Policy brief

Skills development and lifelong learning in Viet Nam: Challenges for trade unions

06 June 2022

This brief examines skills development and lifelong learning in Viet Nam. The approach takes a macroeconomic perspective on the main challenges and the outcomes in terms of labour market performance.

Policy brief

Skills development and lifelong learning in the Republic of Korea: Challenges for trade unions

06 June 2022

This brief examines skills development and lifelong learning in the Republic of Korea. The approach takes a macroeconomic perspective of the main challenges and examines selected outcomes in terms of labour market performance.

Policy brief

Skills development and lifelong learning in the Philippines: Challenges for trade unions

06 June 2022

This brief examines the policy framework for skills development and lifelong learning in the Philippines, provides a macroeconomic perspective of the outcomes and identifies areas of potential weakness. It also analyses the social and demographic context within which the main policy challenges arise while focusing on the developments in the economy and labour market that have provided the impetus for the policy changes.

Policy brief

Skills development and lifelong learning in Singapore: Challenges for trade unions

06 June 2022

This brief examines skills development and lifelong learning in Singapore. The approach takes a macroeconomic perspective of the main challenges and outcomes in terms of labour market performance.

Policy brief

Skills development and lifelong learning in India: Challenges for trade unions

06 June 2022

This brief provides a macroeconomic perspective of skills development and lifelong learning in India. It examines outcomes for the population and the workforce thus far and highlights the main areas of weakness. It also analyses the social and demographic context within which the main skills challenges arise while focusing on developments in the economy and labour market that have provided impetus for policy changes.

Policy brief

Skills development and lifelong learning in Asia and the Pacific: Strengthening the role of trade unions

06 June 2022

With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been an acceleration in the pace of change. This has added to the urgency for tripartite stakeholders to respond with guiding strategies and policies for the skills development.

Policy brief

Digital learning and training: Opportunities and challenges for trade union education

06 June 2022

This brief aims to inexorably link to the future of work moving towards a digital society. It is an imperative for trade unions to embrace the positive impacts of technological advancement while adopting new changes and digital transformation.

Questions & answers

The role of social dialogue and the social partners in addressing the consequences of COVID-19 in the informal economy

29 October 2020

Policy brief

Peak-level social dialogue as a governance tool during the COVID-19 pandemic: Global and regional trends and policy issues

26 October 2020

This brief provides a review and analysis of peak-level social dialogue practices in the early stage of the COVID-19 outbreak – from 15 March to 10 June 2020. It also presents observations on policy issues and possible avenues for constituents.

Background note

Labour relations and COVID-19 in Italy

22 October 2020

Find out how bipartite social dialogue between employers and trade unions was used to mitigate the COVID-19 crisis in Italy (occupational safety and health).