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CONFINTEA V, the Fifth International Conference on Adult Education (report indexed at TD/INT 59.65) was held in Hamburg in 1997. The aim of the conference was to emphasise the importance of adult learning and to encourage international commitment to adult and continuing education in the perspective of lifelong learning. The broad and complex issue of adult learning was considered under 10 themes. In 2003, the CONFINTEA Mid-term Review Conference (synthesis report indexed at TD/TNC 78.108) was convened to review developments in adult learning and the commitments that had been made at CONFINTEA V. A workshop was held at the conference to examine theme five, 'Adult learning and the changing world of work'. This document is one of the papers presented at the workshop. Its premise is that traditional learning systems no longer fit the changed social and economic context and it uses the example of Tanzania to show how innovations are being introduced to deal with youth unemployment and redundant workers. In 1998, the traditional learning system was replaced by a competence based education and training (CBET) system and the paper outlines the application of CBET in different training settings and its packaging, which is aimed at addressing employment requirements. It concludes with recommendations to address the divide between education and training and the world of work.