Intersectoral Workshop “Towards a Stronger Coordination between Education and Labor in the Americas"
General objective: Increase knowledge and strengthen the capacities of the Ministries of Labor and Education to move towards greater intersectoral coordination, especially around national and regional qualifications frameworks.
Specific objectives:
- Exchange and analyze concrete experiences of collaboration and/or coordination between Ministries of Labor and Education in the region.
- Exchange information on the state of progress, the successes, and challenges in the development of national qualifications frameworks in the different countries of the region.
- Discuss and explore possible steps to follow to design a regional qualifications framework.
- Identify lessons learned and policy recommendations to strengthen the coordination between Ministries of Labor and Ministries of Education and the development of national qualifications frameworks.
The Organization of American States (OAS) in partnership with the Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security and Ministry of Education of Argentina.
| Attachment | Size |
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 Outcomes and Recommendations from the Workshop | 243.34 KB |
 Workshop Agenda | 246.16 KB |
| Participant List | 309.28 KB |
| Descriptive Document | 186.05 KB |
| Draft Work Plan of CIE for 2022-2025 – Annex IV – Intersectoral Agenda (Hemispheric Program) | 84.98 KB |
Registration and Participation
Representatives from Governments must send the registration form included in the Descriptive Document to the Technical Secretariat through their Permanent Mission to the OAS. The RIAL/OAS may co-fund some travel expenses (lodging, transportation in Buenos Aires) for some delegates.
1st Session – Institutional coordination: Concrete experiences of coordination between Ministries of Labor and Education in the region
Guiding Questions for the presentations and dialogue:
- What are the main areas and actions of coordination between the Ministries of Education and Labor in your country? We suggest considering actions in the field of teacher training, the link between education and professional training, actions to facilitate the school-to-work transition, among others.
- What are the main successes and lessons learned from the actions indicated in the previous question?
2nd Session – The National Qualifications Frameworks as a concrete tool for education-labor coordination
Guiding Questions for the presentations and dialogue:
- At what stage is the development of the qualifications framework in your country?
- What aspects favor and what aspects hinder the formulation of a national qualifications framework?
- What lessons learned can be synthesized to further advance in national qualifications frameworks?
3rd Session – Activity in subgroups
Sub-group exercise based on the following guiding questions:
- What are the main successes and lessons learned from the actions of coordination between the Ministries of Education and Labor? [Question comes from the 1st Session]
- What lessons learned can be synthesized to further advance in national qualifications frameworks? [Question comes from the 2nd Session]
- What public policy recommendations can be made to promote and improve the coordination between the Ministries of Labor and Education? What should be the priority areas for such coordination?