Each year, British Council work directly engages more than 30 million people worldwide, and reaches nearly 600 million people through digital media, radio and television and in the UK, we provide opportunities for more than 3 million people to improve their skills and gain international experience.

Our Skills for Employability programme brings together international agencies, governments, employers, educators and students from the UK and the world through seminars, conferences, competitions and collaboration projects with the aim of supporting education and training systems that are better able to respond to market demands.

Our programmes and events take place all over the world – you can find out about events coming to your region and keep up with the latest news here.

Skills for Employability support partnerships that focus on developing education and training programmes to meet the needs of local and global industry. To date, we have facilitated 65 partnerships that have increased employer engagement, encouraged entrepreneurship, have facilitated student exchanges and developed new qualifications and quality assurance systems.

Read below some of the stories about our work:

			Young Emiratis take part in the Global Business Opportunities GBO The GBO is a unique educational and cultural project that offers young people the opportunity to develop entrepreneurial skills through learning and sharing ideas. Read more
			A Successful Partnership PSG Consortium is the result of a successful long term partnership between Institute of Technology from Sharjah-UAE and two colleges from Wales. Read more.
			A new profession to be taught in Armenia The Mechatronics profession licensed by the Ministry of Education and Science will be taught in Armenia for the first time starting from this academic year. Read more.
			Unprecedented Youth Career Fair in Armenia As part of the Skills for Employability Programme, British Council Armenia supported the “Build Your Future Today” youth career fair. Read more.
			Partnerships for Pursuing World Standards and Changing Perceptions Two British-Kazakh college partnerships and their social partners started their co-operation in 2007 under the Skills for Employability in Central and South Asia. Read more.
			Embracing the Importance of Vocational Education British Council Montenegro closes the first Quarter of the year with a series of remarkable activities Read more.
			New Era in Technical Education in Pakistan Skills for Employability programme aims to bridge that gap between education and employment by developing curricula in partnership with employers and learning providers. Read more
			Changing Lives in China! China counts down for the WorldSkills 2011 in London. Read more