As part of the strategic objective of the ILO to promote full and productive employment, the Employment Policy and Analysis Programme endeavours to support the capacity of governments, social partners and other stakeholders to design, implement and analyse employment and skills development policies and programmes.
The EPAP programme offers training, knowledge-sharing and other capacity-building activities that cover a range of employment-related topics such as labour market information systems, techniques for assessing the employment impact of economic policy and investment choices, the role of active labour market policies, skills development and training, and the functioning of labour market institutions. In addition to burning contemporary issues, the programme considers structural trends that are changing the world of work, as well as ways and means of anticipating future skills and occupational needs. It gives special attention to disadvantaged groups, notably young men and women who face substantial barriers to entering the labour market, as well as to workers in vulnerable employment.
The programme handles a range of activities, including master’s programmes, training courses, knowledge-sharing events, experts meetings and conferences. Depending on their specific nature, activities may address: university graduates; researchers and analysts; policy makers; implementers; and/or staff of donor and development agencies (including ILO staff). Mixed audiences are often brought together as appropriate at such activities in order to stimulate an exchange of perspectives and insights on what works and what doesn’t work with regard to employment and training systems and programmes.
Contacts
Employment Policy and Analysis Programme
E-mail: epap@itcilo.org
Phone: +39.011.6936757
Upcoming courses
Policies and practices for enterprise formalisation and SME development
Policies and practices for enterprise formalisation and SME development
Based on practical cases and exchanges of experiences and good practices, the course provides in-depth insights into the constraints and challenges that SMEs and microenterprises face in the informal economy and promising policies and strategies to facilitating the transition of enterprises to the formal sector. Read More
Academy on Youth Employment
Academy on Youth Employment
The main objective of the Academy is to enhance the capacity of decision makers (mainly Ministries of Labour and other relevant government institutions and workers' and employers' organizations) to develop comprehensive strategies to tackle the multifaceted dimensions of the youth employment challenge, with gender mainstreaming. Read More
Management of vocational training centres
Management of vocational training centres
This course provides insights into a systemic management approach and discusses the practical concepts and skills needed for the management of vocational training centres. Read More
Measuring informality, monitoring and evaluation of the transition to formality: The role of statistics
Measuring informality, monitoring and evaluation of the transition to formality: The role of statistics
The objective is to offer diagnostic tools and methodologies to measure informality, monitor and evaluate policies and programmes on the transition from the informal economy to the formal economy. Read More
STATA for labour market analysis
STATA for labour market analysis
Using a step-by-step approach based on Stata software, this course provides practical skills and tips for analysing labour force surveys to construct and interpret key decent work and SDG indicators. Read More
Designing an effective minimum wage
Designing an effective minimum wage
This course focuses on capacity building to design and implement coherent and effective minimum wage policies. Read More
Designing effective and inclusive national employment policies
Designing effective and inclusive national employment policies
The course aims to build capacities among government officials, social partners and other relevant stakeholders to design, implement, monitor and evaluate effective national employment policies. Read More
Results measurement of decent jobs for young people
Results measurement of decent jobs for young people
The course's ultimate objective is to support the design and implementation of youth employment programmes by incorporating rigorous monitoring and evaluation plans. Read More
17 September 2018 - 21 September 2018
Turin Centre
A9011258
Enrolment deadline: 22 July 2018
Sectoral approaches to skills development
Sectoral approaches to skills development
This training course will examine the methodologies, institutional arrangements and models to analyse the skills and competences needed for the development of key economic sectors and industries. Read More
17 September 2018 - 21 September 2018
Turin Centre
A9011262
Enrolment deadline: 06 August 2018
Learning Forum on innovation in public investment and employment programmes
Learning Forum on innovation in public investment and employment programmes
The forum will focus on a set of policy and operational measures that can enhance the effectiveness and impact of public investment in infrastructure and public employment programmes in the context of a long-term development framework. Read More
Labour market concepts and indicators for project managers and policy makers
Labour market concepts and indicators for project managers and policy makers
This course aims to support project managers and policy makers to better articulate key labour market concepts, indicators and policies for effective design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of employment-related projects. Read More
Sectoral approaches to employment creation: Formulating effective policy and strategy for pro-employment creation at a sectoral level
Sectoral approaches to employment creation: Formulating effective policy and strategy for pro-employment creation at a sectoral level
This course provides an in-depth insight into diagnostic analysis, policy formulation, monitoring and impact evaluation to harness employment creation through agribusiness value chain development. Read More
15 October 2018 - 19 October 2018
Turin Centre
A9011264
Enrolment deadline: 01 September 2018
Master in Applied Labour Economics for Development
Formulating policy instruments to address the challenges of Youth NEETs: Outreach, activation and inclusion
Formulating policy instruments to address the challenges of Youth NEETs: Outreach, activation and inclusion
This course provides a platform for knowledge and experience sharing for policy approaches and instruments to tackle the challenges of youth not in employment, education or training. Read More
29 October 2018 - 02 November 2018
Turin Centre
A9011260
Enrolment deadline: 23 September 2018
Master of Laws in International Trade Law
Master of Laws in International Trade Law
This programme aims to provide participants with an in-depth understanding of the main legal issues in international trade law, contract law and contract drafting. Read More
Macro policies, jobs and inclusive growth
Macro policies, jobs and inclusive growth
The course aims to build capacities among government officials and other relevant stakeholders on how to better integrate employment concerns into economic policies, particularly at the macroeconomic level. Read More
05 November 2018 - 09 November 2018
Turin Centre
A9011266
Enrolment deadline: 15 September 2018
Macroeconomic modelling for labour market analysis
Macroeconomic modelling for labour market analysis
This course provides an in-depth analysis of the dynamics of employment and labour markets in traditional macroeconomic models and their assumptions. Read More
12 November 2018 - 16 November 2018
Turin Centre
A9011269
Enrolment deadline: 15 September 2018
Academy on the transition to the formal economy
Academy on the transition to the formal economy
The academy aims to enhance the capacity to formulate, implement and/or evaluate formalization policies through effective diagnostic analysis, better understanding of concepts and approaches for measuring informality, and its drivers and impacts on the world of work. Read More
Financing of TVET Systems
Financing of TVET Systems
This course discusses underlying principles, general guidelines and different approaches to identify adequate financing mechanisms for sustainable skills development and TVET systems. Read More
Instruments for projecting the employment effects of economic policy: A multiplier analysis approach
Instruments for projecting the employment effects of economic policy: A multiplier analysis approach
This course will aim to increase the capacity of participants to use input-output and SAM-based multiplier methodologies for simulating the employment effects of economic policies in various sectors. Read More
26 November 2018 - 30 November 2018
Turin Centre
A9011282
Enrolment deadline: 29 October 2018
Quantitative impact evaluation techniques for youth and female employment programmes. A step-by-step approach
Quantitative impact evaluation techniques for youth and female employment programmes. A step-by-step approach
This course focuses primarily on quantitative impact evaluation techniques for youth employment programmes. Read More
03 December 2018 - 07 December 2018
Turin Centre
A9011259
Enrolment deadline: 29 October 2018
Institutional capacity building for effective labour market information systems
Institutional capacity building for effective labour market information systems
This course aims to build the institutional capacity to design effective systems for comprehensive, timely and high-quality labour market data production and analysis that supports evidence-based policy formulation. Read More
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Working for a better world
The Academy on the Promotion of Decent Work in Fragile and Conflict-affected Settings took place in Freetown, Sierra Leone, from 27 November to 2 December 2017. Read More
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A training activity on the Management of Vocational Training Centres will take place in Turin from 27 November to 1 December 2017. Read More
“Financing Skills Development” – a new ITCILO Training Course 16 – 20 October 2017, Turin (Italy)
Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and lifelong learning benefit individuals, employers and society as a whole. Economic principles demand that the costs for services that bring about public and private benefits should be shared between public and private sources of funding. Read More