Green skills for rural youth in South East Asia
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Experts from many international, regional and national agencies generously share their views, experiences and findings on skills, helping policy-makers among other stakeholders to understand the linkages between education, training and the world of work, and how to integrate skills into national development planning to promote employment and economic growth.
Anticipating and matching skills needs
Anticipating and building skills for the future is essential to a rapidly changing labour market. This applies to changes in the types and levels of skills needed as well as in occupational and technical areas. Effective methods to anticipate future skills needs and avoid potential mismatches include: sustained dialogue between employers and trainers, coordination across government institutions, labour market information systems, employment services and performance reviews of training institutions.
Rural employment
Eight out of 10 of the world’s working poor who live on US $1.25 per day live in rural areas, where many are caught in vulnerable employment, especially in agriculture.Flourishing rural areas are vital to regional and national development. Yet, rural economies tend to face a wide range of challenges that urban areas are more likely to overcome. These include access to transportation, sanitation and health services, and a consumer base in close proximity to support small and medium enterprise development. Women and men working in rural areas also face difficulties associated with a paucity of economic opportunities, under investment, poor infrastructure and public services, including education, and, in many cases, weak governance and underdeveloped markets.
Education, entrepreneurship, and physical and social infrastructure all play an important role in developing rural regions. Skills are central to improving employability and livelihood opportunities, reducing poverty, enhancing productivity and promoting environmentally sustainable development.
Training quality and relevance
Research papers
Working papers, reports, and other publications from international organizations, academic institutions and bilateral agencies. Research findings to stimulate informed debate on skills, employment and productivity issues.
From the research, it is believed that that there are three main areas of green skills development that Plan could focus on: Enabling those in rural areas affected by climate change to learn new skills in agriculture, to preserve their livelihoods; Integrating elements of Youth Economic Empowerment (YEE) programmes into Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) programmes to enable young people in areas affected by climate change to receive training in alternate livelihoods with improved employment prospects; and integrating knowledge from CCA programmes into the common YEE curricula, to ensure that students benefit from basic environmental awareness.
Climate change
Green jobs
Green skills
Rural development
Rural employment
Skills and training policy
Skills anticipation
Vocational training
Youth
Asia and the Pacific
