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Event

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21 Oct 2021

End Date:

17 Jun 2026

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Online

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Event

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English

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Information is gathered from other international organizations that promote skills development and the transition from education and training to work. The Interagency Group on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (IAG-TVET) was established in 2009 to share research findings, coordinate joint research endeavours, and improve collaboration among organizations working at the international and national levels.

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Skills for green transition/climate action

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The growing importance of sustainable development and the shift to a low-carbon and climateresilient economy will require new skills and qualifications, offering great potential for the creation of green jobs but also implying structural changes and a transformation of existing jobs. The transition to a low-carbon and greener economy will generate millions of new jobs, negatively affect some high-emitting sectors, and alter most existing occupations in terms of task compositions and skills requirements. 

Ensuring the right skills for green jobs is a prerequisite to make the transition to a greener economy happen. Today, skills gaps are already recognised as a major bottleneck in a number of sectors, such as renewable energy, energy and resource efficiency, green building or environmental services. The adoption and dissemination of clean technologies require skills in technology application, adaptation and maintenance. Skills are also crucial for economies and
businesses, workers and entrepreneurs to rapidly adapt to changes deriving from climate change and environmental policies. 

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Joint Cedefop/OECD symposium: Apprenticeships for greener economies and societies

The joint Cedefop/OECD symposium on apprenticeship brings together policy-makers, practitioners and researchers from around the world to consider new research or analysis of practices exploring the links between apprenticeships and the transition towards greener economies and societies, as well as the implications for policy-making.

After a period of relative neglect in many countries, the past decade has witnessed a revival of apprenticeships, in recognition of their effectiveness in easing school-to-work transitions, but also increasingly because of their particular potential for developing skills closely tied to labour market needs.

The transition to a green economy and society aims at mitigating the environmental impact of human activity, including investment in environmentally friendly technologies, better waste management and land use, and changes in production, consumption and behaviour patterns, among others. Ambitious climate change mitigation policies are not only good for the environment, but also for jobs. The OECD’s 2020 Ministerial Council Statement highlights that OECD country recovery plans will boost growth, incomes and employment while promoting cleaner and more sustainable economies.

These changes have implications for preparing, reskilling and upskilling the workforce. Both the Paris Agreement and the European Green Deal (EGD) – the EU growth strategy – recognise that skills development is an indispensable pillar for the transition. Possessing the right set of skills will be essential in supporting worker mobility from sectors and jobs with declining employment – for example the oil and gas, agriculture, aviation and tourism sectors – to sectors such as renewable energy industries, where job opportunities rise rapidly; it will also be essential in creating a qualified workforce in the long term in a greener labour market. Apprenticeships can provide opportunities to develop the right skills for the green transition, both for young people in initial education and for adults in need of upskilling or reskilling.

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Event

Start Date:

10 Nov 2021

End Date:

17 Jun 2026

Event Location:

Online

EventType:

Conference

Language:

French

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french

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skpFrn

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Information is gathered from other international organizations that promote skills development and the transition from education and training to work. The Interagency Group on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (IAG-TVET) was established in 2009 to share research findings, coordinate joint research endeavours, and improve collaboration among organizations working at the international and national levels.

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Gender equality

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Women represent both half of the world's population – and half the world's economic potential. Their participation in the labour market reduces poverty because they often invest 90 per cent of their income in the well-being, education and nutrition of their families. Yet labour force participation by women has stagnated at about 55 per cent globally since 2010. Moreover, women are disproportionately represented in precarious work – low-paid, low-skilled and insecure jobs.

Training plays an important role in the pursuit of equality of opportunity and treatment for women and men in the world of work. Yet women often lack access to technical and vocational education and training. Many also lack the basic functional skills, such as literacy and numeracy, to participate meaningfully in the work force. Overcoming this challenge requires the adoption of a life-cycle approach. This includes improving girls’ access to basic education; overcoming logistic, economic and cultural barriers to apprenticeships and to secondary and vocational training for young women; and meeting the training needs of women re-entering the labour market and of older women who have not had equal access to opportunities for lifelong learning.

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skpGenEqul

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gender-equality

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Cet événement, organisé par l'UNESCO en partenariat avec Plan International et le Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères de France, célèbre la Journée internationale de la fille 2021. Le thème de cette année, « Génération numérique. Notre génération », met en avant les transformations profondes qui ont eu lieu lorsque de nombreux pays se sont tournés vers l'éducation high-tech pour assurer la continuité de l'apprentissage pendant la pandémie de la COVID-19. L'événement soulignera également ce que cela signifie pour les filles qui, en raison de la fracture numérique entre les genres, sont plus susceptibles que les garçons de ne pas pouvoir tirer profit de ces précieuses opportunités d'apprentissage.

En mettant les jeunes en avant, cet événement explore les moyens de combler les lacunes en matière d'accès et de compétences numériques, de promouvoir des espaces en ligne sûrs et de tirer parti de la richesse de la technologie pour faire avancer l'éducation des filles et des femmes, le leadership et l'égalité des genres et veiller à ce que les filles aient les moyens de maximiser leur potentiel en ligne et hors ligne.

De nouvelles études seront également présentées au cours de l'événement, notamment l'étude de l'UNESCO sur les dimensions de genre des fermetures d'écoles liées à la COVID-19, étude élaborée dans le cadre du programme phare sur le genre de la Coalition mondiale pour l'éducation de l'UNESCO, ainsi que le rapport 2021 de Plan sur la situation des filles dans le monde, axé sur l'apprentissage en ligne.

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