This document is published by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), under the leadership of Mr. Riccardo Savigliano from UNIDO, and it depicts the proceedings from the Learning and Knowledge Development Facility (LKDF) Forum 2021, a collaborative effort between UNIDO, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), the European Training Foundation (ETF), and WorldSkills International. The final document prepared by Ms. Anna Jarda-novsky and Karin Monaco from UNIDO, benefited from the valuable inputs, review and constructive comments received by Mr. Mattias Larsen and Ms. Jiexi Jia from UNIDO. The authors are grateful to Mr. Niels Schulz, Ms. Giorgia Epicoco and the colleagues from the Agro-Industries and Skills Deve-lopment Division at UNIDO for their continued support, to the partners of the LKDF, and the speakers of the LKDF Forum 2021 for their trust and invaluable contributions. Special thanks to the moderator of the forum, Ms. Fifi Peters, Financial Journalist.