13-17 June 2016, Sunbird Nkopola, Mangochi, Malawi Skills contribute to higher and more diversified exports with more job creation Providing the right skills at the right time is important and requires policy coordination Training Structure and Content Learning Outcomes This 5 days’ training workshop will take place in Mangochi, Malawi. It adopts a good mix of technical content and action learning through group works. The technical content will be organized as following: At the end of the Workshop, participants will be able to: identify priority sectors with growth potential in which skills can make difference; anticipate sectors’ development and growth opportunities based on global competitive position and market development; identify gaps between the capabilities now and what will be needed in future success; identify skills implications of tackling those business capability gaps; identify supply and demand of skills that are important for sectors’ skills development implications; integrate skills development in sector growth strategies, building up and using labour market information, and strengthening institutions for social dialogue to link trade, employment and skills policies; formulate common arguments in a multi- stakeholder context in order to promote coherent policies for effective skills response strategies; formulate skills-based strategies and action plans to improve sector performance; articulate clearly how these strategies are expected to impact on sectors’ growth and employment; develop recommendations for institutionalizing STED in Malawi. For further détails Contact:- ILO, STED Project, Area 13, Evelyn Court, P. O. Box 30135, Lilongwe 3, Malawi Tel: 265 1 773 466 Training workshop on ″Skills for Trade and Economic Diversification″ methodology 13-17 June 2016, Sunbird Nkopola, Mangochi, Malawi Day 1 Introduction to STED: Why? and What? Malawi National Export Strategy STED development logic, Sector selection and Policy coherence STED Process, Social Dialogue, Stakeholders STED Analysis: Sector Position and Outlook, Part 1 Day 2 STED Analysis: Sector Position and Outlook, Part 2 STED Analysis: Business Capability Gaps Day 3 STED Analysis: Skills implications STED Analysis: Skills Supply and Skills Gaps Analysis Day 4 STED Recommendations and implementation, Capacity Building and Sustainability STED RBM and M&E frameworks Day 5 Institutionalizing STED Developing Recommendations and Action Planning Background Overall Objective Skills for Trade and Economic Diversification (STED) is a sector level methodology developed by the ILO to provide guidance for the integration of skills development in sectoral policies. It is designed to help identify skills needed to support growth and decent employment creation in sectors that have the potential to increase exports and contribute to economic diversification. STED takes a forward- looking perspective, anticipating a sector’s development and growth opportunities based on its global competitive position and market development. Together with an analysis of current skills supply and demand, this provides an outlook on existing and future skills shortages. Thus, STED supports the development of skills for which there is demand in the labour market and helps to avoid skills mismatches. The overall objective of the workshop is to enhance the capacity of national and sectoral practitioners, social partners, training providers and academic Institutions to:- Analyse and anticipate skill needs in export-oriented sectors that have growth potential, and Design effective skills response strategies that contribute to higher and more diversified exports with more and better job creation. Target Audience The training content is addressed to a mixed audience including: Representatives of Government Ministries and apex organizations The Malawi National Export Strategy recommends application of Skills for Trade and Economic Diversification methodology to help identify the skill sets and the volumes of skills required to allow the productive base to emerge and to keep up with demands on consumption and imports. Representatives of Workers’ and Employers’ Organizations and representatives of sectoral organizations and Associations Representatives of training Institutions and Universities and research Institutions. The STED analytical research has already been undertaken in at least two sectors in Malawi, namely; Oilseeds and Horticulture.