ILO Microcredentials Projects and Initiatives

Global Framework on Microcredentials

• Aim: To create a global framework for the recognition and validation of microcredentials in the labor market.
• Activities: Developing guidelines and standards for microcredentials, promoting their recognition among employers, and supporting the integration of microcredentials into national qualification frameworks.

Skills Development and Recognition for Migrant Workers

• Aim: To enhance the employability and mobility of migrant workers through the recognition of their skills and competencies.
• Activities: Implementing microcredential programs to certify the skills of migrant workers, promoting mutual recognition of credentials across borders, and supporting the development of regional qualification frameworks.

Youth Employment and Skills Development

• Aim: To improve the employability of young people by providing them with relevant skills and qualifications.
• Activities: Offering microcredentials for short-term skills training programs, supporting career guidance and job placement services, and promoting partnerships with private sector employers.

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) Initiatives

• Aim: To support the recognition of skills acquired through non-formal and informal learning.
• Activities: Developing frameworks for the validation of microcredentials, promoting RPL policies and practices, and supporting the integration of microcredentials into RPL systems.

Skills for Trade and Economic Diversification (STED)

• Aim: To enhance skills development to support economic diversification and trade.
• Activities: Implementing microcredential programs for sectors with high growth potential, supporting capacity building for training providers, and promoting the recognition of skills in trade-related sectors.

Digital Skills and Jobs for the Future

• Aim: To prepare the workforce for the digital economy through skills development and training.
• Activities: Offering microcredentials for digital skills training, supporting the integration of digital technologies in education and training, and promoting partnerships with the tech industry.

Sectoral Skills Development

• Aim: To address skills gaps in specific sectors through targeted training programs.
• Activities: Developing sector-specific microcredential programs, supporting the alignment of training with industry needs, and promoting the recognition of microcredentials by employers.

Lifelong Learning Policies and Systems

• Aim: To promote lifelong learning as a means to enhance employability and productivity.
• Activities: Supporting the development of microcredential frameworks for lifelong learning, promoting policies that facilitate continuous learning, and integrating microcredentials into national education and training systems.

Regional Skills Initiatives

• Aim: To support regional cooperation in skills development and recognition.
• Activities: Implementing regional microcredential frameworks, promoting mutual recognition of credentials, and facilitating cross-border mobility of workers.

Public-Private Partnerships for Skills Development

• Aim: To enhance collaboration between the public and private sectors in skills development.

Activities: Developing microcredential programs in partnership with industry, supporting the alignment of training with labor market needs, and promoting the recognition of microcredentials by employers.