International Labour Organization (ILO) announces Skills Challenge Innovation Call
The International Labour Organization (ILO) is calling on individuals and organizations to share innovative ideas and solutions to address the skills mismatch challenge. The ILO Skills Challenge Innovation Call will recognise and support the development of solutions that aim to address the different forms and dimensions of skills mismatch.
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The ILO Skills Challenge Innovation Call aims to support achievement of UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 4, which aims to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all, and SDG 8, which aims to promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all, by enabling new solutions for workforce development that deliver relevant skills for productive employment and decent work.
These can include proposals to:
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What is the skills mismatch challenge call?
Skills systems are confronted by the need to respond to increasingly dynamic and fluid labour market and societal conditions. Climate change, technology, demographic shifts, migration and globalization are causing increasing disruption in the world of work, while making skills development more complex, fluid and unpredictable.
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Skills mismatch continues to be a challenge in today’s labour markets. The concept of skills mismatch covers different issues and requires targeted solutions. Studies have reported that in 2018 up to 45 per cent of employers could not find people with the right set of skills, an increase from 31 per cent in 2008. At the same time, more than one-third of workers experience qualification mismatch, with a sizable wage penalty of 20 per cent compared to their well-matched counterparts.
Skills mismatch can take different forms. It can refer to the problems faced by employers to fill vacancies (skills shortages), where employees lack the skills necessary to do their jobs effectively (skill gaps); and when individuals have qualifications above or beyond those required for their job (over/under qualified). It also covers the concept of skills obsolescence where workers lose skills over time due to lack of use.
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What will the winner get?
The winning entry will receive substantial support comprised on the following:
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What must the winner do?
To receive the grant, the applicant must sign a Grant Agreement with the ILO, which includes standard clauses on intellectual property rights, financial reporting requirements, criteria for the disbursement of funds, dispute resolution, and details of the proposed solution implementation. Naturally, grantees are expected to comply with the terms and conditions stipulated in the agreement;
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As a pre-condition, before being permitted to sign a grant agreement with the ILO, the winner must within three weeks produce a detailed work plan and budget that will form the basis for the milestones that must be achieved. Final award is subject to the satisfactory completion of this detailed work plan.
Eligibility Criteria
What can be submitted?
One or more ideas and solutions to tackle the skills mismatch challenge. ILO embrace innovative approaches, projects, tools, technologies and partnerships that seek to rethink and redesign the way they work to match skills and labour market needs.
How to Apply
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To submit your idea or solution, applicants should:
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