The Role of International Cooperation and Partnerships in Supporting and Promoting an Inclusive and Resilient Future of Work

Glenda Quintini is Head of the Skills and Future Readiness Division at the OECD’s Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs. She leads a team working on how skill needs are evolving in labour markets and on effective policy responses, with a particular focus on adult learning, on-the-job training, and the skills implications of the digital and green transitions.

Her work also covers the OECD Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC), skills gaps, skills mismatches, skills use at work and work-based learning, combining country-specific analysis with international comparative research. She leads the Global Deal Support Unit, hosted by the OECD, which promotes social dialogue, sound industrial relations and inclusive growth.

Before joining the OECD, Glenda Quintini worked at Credit Suisse First Boston and at the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics. She holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Oxford and has published extensively on labour market institutions, employment outcomes, skills and labour market transitions.

Kent Jensen is Head of Programming at the Danish Trade Union Development Agency (DTDA), also known as Fagbevægelsens Udviklingssamarbejde. He has extensive experience in international trade union development and labour market cooperation, contributing to initiatives that strengthen trade union capacity, social dialogue, and workers’ rights. Through his work with DTDA, he supports labour market development and collaboration with trade union organisations across different regions. His expertise and engagement in international labour cooperation contribute to advancing decent work and inclusive labour policies.

Kristof W. Duwaerts is the Project Director for Tunisia and Algeria at the Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSS), based at the Foundation’s Regional Office in Tunis. He is an experienced international non-profit professional with extensive experience in international cooperation and development.

Over the course of his career with the Hanns Seidel Foundation, Mr. Duwaerts has held responsibilities in different international contexts, including serving as Resident Representative of the Foundation in Pakistan. His current work focuses on Tunisia and Algeria, where he supports partnerships and programmes related to institutional cooperation, scientific and academic exchange, economic development, governance, and regional cooperation.

In North Africa, his work includes supporting initiatives that promote research and innovation, entrepreneurship, youth and women’s empowerment, university development, green employment and sustainable economic development. He also contributes to strengthening dialogue and cooperation between public institutions, academic institutions and civil society.

Mr. Duwaerts brings to the conference extensive experience in international development cooperation and a regional perspective on economic transformation, institutional partnerships and emerging challenges shaping the future of work.