Upskilling Initiative

The IPEF Upskilling Initiative was launched in September 2022 in partnership with The Asia Foundation with the goal of supporting sustainable and inclusive economic growth through training and education in digital skills to IPEF emerging and middle-income partners. As of June 2024, the Initiative has already delivered over 10.9 million in-person, hybrid, and online upskilling opportunities, surpassing its initial goal of providing 7 million opportunities by 2032, and has supported over 5.2 million women and girls across the eight participating IPEF partner countries in basic to advanced digital literacy skills training.

⇒ Read the IPEF Upskilling Initiative Press Release.

⇒ Read the fact sheet for the IPEF Upskilling Initiative.

⇒ Read the press release on the Upskilling Initiative launch.

IPEF Public Private Partnership

Ahead of the IPEF Leaders meeting in San Francisco in November 2023, the United States Department of Commerce entered into a memorandum of agreement with the Indo-Pacific Partnership for Prosperity, a public-private partnership formed by a coalition of international private and nonprofit sector leaders. This public-private partnership will support the Department’s IPEF objectives by working to mobilize engagement and investment from the private and nonprofit sectors to strengthen Indo-Pacific supply chains, promote environmental sustainability, expand upskilling for workers, and grow economic opportunity in IPEF Partner economies.

For more information, visit Indo-Pacific Partnership for Prosperity.