Akiko Sakamoto is Senior Skills and Employability Specialist at ILO for Southeast Asia and the Pacific currently based in Bangkok, Thailand. She has been working in the field of skills development and technical vocational education and training (TVET) for over 20 years, including at ILO Headquarters in Geneva and its field offices in New Delhi, Bangkok, and Manila.
She has undertaken policy advisory, project formulation, and project implementation work, covering a wide range of skills-related issues. These include: formulation of national policies on skills development, reform of skills/TVET systems, skills for enhanced productivity and employability, anticipation of skills demands, qualifications framework and skills recognition, skills for green jobs and skills for the informal economy workers and disadvantaged groups. She is also co-editor of the book Skills and the Future of Work: Strategies for Inclusive Growth in Asia and the Pacific (ILO, 2018). She holds a PhD in Education from the University of London.