Human resources in digital era to be hot topic of APEC meetings
APEC economies will participate in a high-level policy dialogue on human resources development in the digital era in Hanoi on May 14 and 15, as heard at a press conference by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs on May 10.
Hanoi (VNA) – APEC economies will participate in ahigh-level policy dialogue on human resources development in the digital era inHanoi on May 14 and 15, as heard at a press conference by the Ministry ofLabour, Invalids and Social Affairs on May 10.
The APEC 2017 National Secretariat said the dialogue isconsidered a highlight of APEC activities this year, as human resources areamong key solutions to economic development.
The dialogue will focus on the topics of employment andworkforce challenges in the digital era; policies and models for vocationaltraining amid the 4th industrial revolution; and social welfare policies thatneed amendments.
Through these issues, cooperation frameworks on jobcreation, vocational training and social welfare will be tabled.
Dao Quang Vinh, Director of the Institute of Labour Scienceand Social Affairs and deputy head of the APEC 2017 National Secretariat, saidVietnam expects to devise an action plan that could provide the groundwork forAPEC economies to enhance engagements in the field.
On the sideline of the dialogue, a number of meetings werescheduled between May 11 and 15. They consist of two separate conferences onlabour market information in the digital era and boosting social welfare inAPEC region on May 11 and 12; a conference to review preparations for thedialogue on May 13; and a meeting of the APEC Human Resources DevelopmentWorking Group on May 14.
About 200 APEC activities are set to take place acrossVietnam this year.-VNA
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