The Skills for Prosperity in Malaysia (SfP Malaysia) aims to contribute to increasing skills development and TVET systems’ readiness to meet the skills needs of the future of work and those of vulnerable groups, through enhancing four areas of the TVET system and delivery.

Under the programme area of “Quality”, the SfP Malaysia aims to increase national capacity for inclusive economic growth by supporting the development of future-ready and coordinated skills and TVET systems. This includes the development of a big-data supported skills demand analysis system to address skills mismatch between industry demand and TVET/skills supply at a national level.

In this particular project, the SfP Malaysia is assisting the Government of Malaysia in developing the National skills Registry (NSR), an on-line database that will contain comprehensive information about occupations and skills, as a part of the Labour Market Information Analytics Platform (LMIAP).

Under the supervision of Chief Technical Advisor and with guidance from Senior Programme Officers, specialists of the ILO, and an international consultant hired separately, the main responsibility of the contractor is to:

1. Conduct a comprehensive stock-taking and mapping study of existing skills frameworks to provide a basis and justification for the development of the NSR, taking into account of national partner needs.
2. Based on the results of the stock-taking and mapping study, develop the concept and basic framework and structure of the NSR, involving key stakeholders.
3. Assist national partners to develop the detailed work plans for the development of two pilot sectoral skills taxonomies and formulate the mid-term roadmap to develop and maintain the full-fledged NSR.