Case study: Multistakeholder partnership for training public TVET instructors on the creation and delivery of online distance learning in Indonesia

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the planned activities of the ILO’s Women in STEM Workforce Readiness and Development Programme. The project’s objective had been to increase the participation of women in STEM (science, technology, engineering and/or mathematics) training and education to help them gain quality employment, especially in IT fields. However, once the pandemic hit, public TVET centres in Indonesia were unable to fulfil their role in training the women, since they lacked skills and experience in delivering online training, and face-to-face training activities were forbidden. Creativity on the part of the ILO project team led to a shift in focus from female students/workers to public TVET instructors and the development of an innovative and impactful online training programme involving private sector and government partners. The result was high-quality accredited training on the creation and delivery of online training being provided to 180 public TVET instructors from 28 of Indonesia’s 34 provinces.