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  1. Global Skills Forum 2025 - The role of private sector in skills development: Driving innovation and impact

    Global Skills Forum 2025 - The role of private sector in skills development: Driving innovation and impact

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    22 October 2025
    03:30 - 04:30 GMT+2 (Europe/Zurich)
    Kuala Lumpur
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    As the world of work transforms, the Global Skills Forum 2025 provides a global stage for bold conversations and breakthrough thinking on the future of skills. 

    This collaborative effort with the ILO and the International Organisation of Employers (IOE) and hosted in Malaysia by the Human Resource Development Corporation (HRD Corp) under the Ministry of Human Resources Malaysia (KESUMA) convenes some 49 countries, ministers, experts and industry and global leaders on one platform to accelerate global efforts to transform skills development by rethinking and revolutionizing the role of the private sector, specifically in leading Sector Skills Bodies (SSBs) and other forms of public-private partnerships and promoting innovation and digitalisation.

    The Forum provides an unparalleled opportunity to delve into success factors and strategies, examine good practices and innovations, and foster global collaboration for enhanced private sector engagement in skills development. 

    Watch the opening session of the Global Skills Forum 2025.

    Speakers

    Steven Sim Chee Keong
    Steven Sim Chee Keong
    Minister of Human Resources, Malaysia
    Matthias Thorns
    Matthias Thorns
    Deputy Secretary-General at International Organisation of Employers (IOE)
    Gilbert F. Houngbo
    Gilbert F. Houngbo
    Director-General, International Labour Organization (ILO)
    Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
    Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
    Deputy Prime Minister, Malaysia
    Event details

    Date

    22 October 2025
    03:30 - 04:30 GMT+2

    Location

    Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Resources
      • Global skills forum 2024
      • Podcast - Skills financing: An eroding pillar of social development?
      • ILO Recommendation 208 - Quality Apprenticeships Recommendation, 2023 (No. 208)

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