Transcript Presentatin by Marjorie Norbis, Agence Française de Développement

23.11.2010
What training for « Green Jobs »?
Marjorie Norbis
Aim of the study on « Green Jobs »:
1. Clarify the concept of « Green Jobs »
2. Provide guidelines for identifying the « green » skills for
which the demand is expected to grow
3. Determine the role of VET in developing these skills
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OUTLINE
Background and genesis of the concepts of « green
economy » and « green jobs »
 Institutionalization
of sustainable development
 Climate change and financial crisis  « green economy »
 « Green jobs » definition as a dynamic process
Role of VET: to accompany the labour market
towards the « green » shift
 Tool
for analysing each activity sector
 Deducing the main trends
 Environmental policies implementation relies on VET
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1.1
1.1
Background of «green economy » and « green jobs »
 Institutionalization of sustainable development is the result of:
 International negotiations process
 Empirical assessments
 The « green economy » as a response to the climate change
and the economic breakdown
« GREEN »
Tackling climate change
Repair Ecosystem’s degradation
Natural resources management
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1.1
1.2
Background of «green economy » and « green jobs »
 A « green job » is a work in agriculture, industry,
services and admnistration that contributes to preserve
or restore the quality of the environment ILO, 2008
-New Jobs?
-New or traditional skills?
-Skilled or low-skilled jobs?
-Quality of the environment?
-Starting from what degree of
contribution?
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1.3
Background of «green economy » and « green jobs »
Green Jobs » are not a homogeneous and definable
category!
 «
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« Green Jobs » = dynamic process of the labour market
ENVIRONMENTAL
ISSUES
Labour
Market
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2.1
The role of VET in the « green » shift
 Analyse the current labour through the light of global environmental
challenges
 2 questions :
– What are the environmental impacts of this activity?
– Which are the practices that can reduce these impacts?
Answers in terms of:
» GHG emissions
» Natural resources consumption
» Ecosystems losses
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Examples from agriculture
Climate Change
Ploughing the soil
Sprinkler irrigation
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Ecosystems
biodiversity
and
Increases
GHG
emissions
by
reducing the soil’s
capacity to capture
CO2
Monocultures
Fertilizers
Natural Resources
Increases
emissions
Reduce soil fertility. Reduce biodiversity
Raise the need for and
weaken
new
lands
to ecosystems resilience
maintain the same
level of productivity.
GHG
Fertilizers drained by
water
highly
degraded
aquatic
ecosystems
Leads to water waste
because of a high
percentage
of
evaporation during
the irrigation process
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Climate Change
Ploughing the soil
Agroecology
Monocultures
Agroecology
Fertilizers
Organic
agriculture
Sprinkler irrigation
Efficient irrigation
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Natural Resources
Ecosystems
biodiversity
and
Reduces
GHG
emission
by
increasing the soil’s
capacity to capture
CO2
Increases the soil’s Preserves
fertility and the biodiversity
and
overall productivity
increases ecosystems
resilience
Reduces
water
pollution
and
acquatic ecosystems
degradation
Reduce
water
evaporation
and
water waste
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2.2 The role of VET in the « green » shift
 Knowledge recquired for a better understanding of environmental issues:
Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Engineering, Geography
 Skilled Labour  conception of innovative solutions  high scientific
knowledge required
 Low-skilled Labour implementation training interactions job/environment
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2.3 The role of VET in the « green » shift
 International negiotiations  National strategies for sustainability
Implementation
Management
skills
Environment
awareness
VET
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Thank you for your attention!