ASEAN TVET Conference

Background:

Launched at the skills competition event in Kuala Lumpur in 2016, the ASEAN TVET Conference is held every two years in conjunction with the ASEAN Skills Competition. It is a unique avenue for stakeholders from ASEAN Member States (AMS) comprising representatives from governments, academia and industries to share their experiences in addressing challenges in developing vocational education and skills training across Southeast Asian countries.

‘ASEAN TVET Conference 2018 - ASEAN Skills, Crafting The Future’ allows 300 AMS representatives to exchange their experiences in addressing challenges in developing TVET to respond to future of jobs and skills in demand.

Key focus areas of the conference are:

• Trends and Opportunities for ASEAN Workforce in the Future of Jobs
• Anticipating the Future of Jobs: Mapping Skills Supply
• Skills Competitions – The Experiences and how to link with TVET
• Building Young Talents for the Future of Jobs– Challenges of TVET Delivery

Objective(s):

• To share experiences between ASEAN countries and WorldSkills members on how skills competition contribute to the demand of industries;
• To discuss mechanism that can help improving TVET delivery in ASEAN to be in line with industrial needs; and
• To identify potential future skills to be promoted in the next ASEAN Skills Competition.

Further Information: 

Key expected outcome of the conference is:

• Know-how to adjust learning or training courses to respond to future of jobs.