Southeast Asia Regional Policy Network on Education and Skills

The aim of the OECD’s Southeast Asia Regional Policy Network on Education and Skills is to foster knowledge exchange in support of national growth and regional integration by encouraging a whole-of-government approach to the formation and implementation of skills policies.

The SEARPN on Education and Skills builds on the platform of the OECD’s Employment and Skills Strategies in Southeast Asia (ESSSA) initiative, which has been networking skills and labour ministries from ASEAN and OECD Member States since 2008.

• The rise of (Generative) AI: Implications for regional labour markets, businesses and skills
  14th edition, 4 December 2024, Virtual | Watch the replay
• Skills for the green and digital transitions
  13th edition, 22 November 2023, Virtual | Summary
• Skills in partnership
  12th edition, 30 November 2022, Virtual  | Summary
• Lessons learned from the COVID-19 crisis and its impacts on education, skills and employment policies
  11th edition, 24 November 2021, Virtual | Summary
• Building skills and facilitating employment in rural areas of Southeast Asia
  10th edition, 21-22 November 2018, Lao PDR ｜ Summary
• 9th edition, 11-12 Oct. 2017, Viet Nam
• Bridging the gap: The private sector's role in skills development and employment
  8th edition, 11-12 Oct. 2016, Philippines｜ Summary
• Better connecting the skills system to the world of work
  7th edition, 7-8 October 2015, Cambodia｜ Summary
• Building effective skills strategies to foster quality job creation and growth
  6th edition, 17-18 Sept. 2014, Thailand | Summary

Network participants include: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, The Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam and neighbouring economies such as China, India, Japan, Korea, Australia and New Zealand.