Regional Study Report on Human Resources Development (HRD) Readiness in ASEAN

Recognising the importance of preparing our workforce to be future-ready, globally competitive and resilient, the 36th ASEAN Summit adopted the ASEAN Declaration on Human Resources Development (HRD) for the Changing World of Work in June 2020. Subsequently, the multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder HRD Roadmap was launched in September 2020 to translate the Declaration into concrete strategies and actions.

This publication was designed to provide a baseline on the status of HRD across ASEAN Member States (AMS) and identifies areas of improvement against the current progress. In particular, the study explores the HRD strategies, policies and programs currently applied in AMS in response to future challenges in a changing world of work

The Study was initiated by the ASEAN Secretariat to support Viet Nam’s Chairmanship of ASEAN in 2020 and in collaboration with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH through RECOTVET.