A capacity building seminar for those involved in designing and putting in place local strategies to respond to the climate change challenges
"Local strategies for greeening jobs and skills"
9-11 June 2010, Trento, Italy
OECD BACKGROUND MATERIAL Greening jobs and skills: labour market implications of addressing climate changes |
'GREEN' Projects Session This session provided an excellent opportunity to present and discuss projects with colleagues and experts from other countries. |
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Session 1 |
Understanding the impact of climate change on your local labour market Green growth and labour market outcomes within the Europe 2020 strategy Unpacking the green enigma The local impact of green growth |
Session 2 |
What exactly is a green job and a green skill? Green jobs.. and the skills needed for them How green is your job? Study visit to Habitech: an energy and environment cluster of over 300 companies, research organisations and public agencies, for a total of 8,000 employees with a turnover of close one billion euro. Habitech focuses on green building, energy and sustainable mobility and provides services for innovation, technical and commercial support for enterprises. |
Session 3 |
Opportunities and threats to diagnose job creation and job transformation opportunities in your locality |
Session 4 |
4a Local responses: greening jobs & skills Case studies: California by Andrea Baker, Chair, California Workforce Association, U.S. Sydney by Graham Larcombe, Director, Strategic Economics, Australia
4b Local responses: green job creation Case study: The case of ‘Eolicas de Portugal’ by Gabriela Prata Dias, CEEETA-ECO Energy Consultancy, Lisbon, Portugal
4c Local responses: innovative approaches for traditional industries Case studies: Italy: the Peccioli System by Renzo Macelloni, President of Belvedere plc. and former Mayor of Peccioli Municipality and Nadio Delai, President, Ermeneia Studies&Systemic Strategies ltd., Italy Further reading: Waste & development. The Peccioli System: virtuosity in practice Systemic Design by Silvia Barbero, Team Coordinator, Politecnico University of Turin, Italy |
Session 5 |
Stimulating green demand Sustainable Public Procurement Public procurement as a policy tool for environmental sustainability and green jobs Environmental and sustainability labelling |
Session 6 |
Putting it all together: integrating different policy strands and coordinating who does what Partnerships and environmental issues E:job. New energy, new work |
Session 7 |
Conclusions and reflections on next steps: panel discussion Panel: |
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