Saha Meyanathan, VETC

1. Inclusive Growth and
Employability
BCM EducationWorking Group andVETC
Saha Meyanathan, May 23 2013

2. Inclusive Growth-Broad
 Youth, vulnerable groups, informal
workers
 Young/youth-large part of unemployed
(24%)
 Rural youth-more impacted
 Livestock sector
 Working poor and skills mismatch
 Inequality

3. Focus on Jobs and Inclusive Development

4. WDR, 2013, JOBS

5. World Development Report 2013
 Jobs; Jobs drive development
 200 million people unemployed; including
75 million under age of 25 unemployed
 Almost half of all workers engaged in
small scale farming or self employment
(1.5 billion people versus 1.6 billion
working for salary)
 Jobs and earnings, reduce poverty
 Jobs encourage social cohesion

6. Mongolia:Two perspectives
 ONE: Livelihoods and Inclusive Growth
 Better livelihoods
◦ Training
◦ Access to finance/financial inclusion
◦ Labor policies
◦ Social Inclusion

7. Mongolia: Livelihoods
 Livelihoods and Inclusive Growth
 Training/Soft-Skills/Knowledge
◦ High Schools students
◦ Career Guidance
◦ Life Skills
◦ Ad-Hoc training
◦ Unemployed/Underemployed- 6600 MOL
◦ Entrepreneurship training

8. Mongolia: Hard Skills
 TWO: Jobs, Skills and Inclusive Growth
 Training and Qualifications/Mismatch
◦ Pre-ApprenticeshipTraining
◦ ApprenticeshipTraining/OJT
◦ TVETTraining/CBT
◦ Certification/Standards/1-4/Diploma/Degree
◦ MQF/MVQF
◦ Skills Testing (of Prior Learning)

9. Inclusive Growth through Skills
Better Livelihoods
BetterJobs