ASEAN Economic Community 2015 enhancing competitiveness and employability through skill development

Monika. Aring

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: This paper examines the skills needs in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and how Member States can strengthen their skills and training systems to benefit from emerging opportunities of integration and boost competitiveness. Maximizing the benefits of regional integration will necessitate leveraging the knowledge, skills and creativity of ASEAN’s labour force of 317 million women and men. This paper looks at statistical trends since 2005 regarding education and skills attainment, and technical and vocational education and training enrolment in ASEAN. It assesses the quality of education and vocational training and the readiness of ASEAN’s labour force, including young people making the school-to-work transition, to take advantage of new opportunities in a more integrated and dynamic region. The paper also examines the challenge of skills mismatch and skilled labour shortages in the region.

Keywords: labour market; interindustry shift; skill requirements.; competitiveness; employability; marché du travail; mutation interindustrielle; besoins en travailleurs qualifiés; compétitivité; aptitude à l'emploi; mercado de trabajo; desplazamiento industrial; requisitos de cualificación; competitividad; empleabilidad (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 1 online resource (85 p.) pages
Date: 2015
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