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Participants will break out into three parallel workshops, each delving into the opportunities for a group facing substantial labour market and skills challenges.

In the United States, partnerships are a key governance tool to better connect state and local workforce development policies to the needs of the economy. The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) was designed improve coordination between and among agencies so that workers and jo...

Apprenticeships are often viewed as an effective training program to better link young people to good jobs. Given that young people are most vulnerable to changes in the future of work, it is important to consider how apprenticeships can be used to promote local economic development opport...

This session will explore how workforce development and training policies need to be reconfigured to be more responsive to changing in the workplace from automation and digitalization. It would explore different policy options for promoting lifelong learning at the local level. In addition...

OPENING REMARKS Scott Sanders, Executive Director, National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) John Pallasch, Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration Ulrik Vestergaard Knudsen, Deputy Secretary-General, OECD

The future is work is now and it is fundamentally transforming economies across the United States. This session will explore both domestic and international lessons for how local policy makers can help both people and places deal with the transition from an industrial to a digital economy....