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Decent jobs in a safe climate: ILO solutions for climate action

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Decent jobs in a safe climate: ILO solutions for climate action

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The International Labour Organization is the tripartite U.N. agency that promotes Decent Work through employment, social security, labour standards and social dialogue. Its work on skills development is guided by the conceptual framework on Skills to improve productivity, employment growth, and development agreed in 2008 by representatives of Governments, Employers’ Associations and Workers’ Associations. Research, policy advice, and pilot projects and technical cooperation programmes to apply good practices in different circumstances across its 185 member States aims to boost the employability of workers, the productivity and competitiveness of enterprises, and the inclusiveness of economic growth. The ILO Secretariat in offices in 40 countries works with Ministries of Labour, employers’ organizations, and trade unions to integrate skills development into national and sector development strategies in order to better meet current labour market needs and to prepare for the jobs of the future; to expand access to employment-related training so that youth, persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups are better able to acquire skills and secure productive and decent work; and to improve the ability of public employment services to provide career guidance, maintain labour exchange services, and deliver active labour market programmes.For more information regarding the ILO’s work on skills and employability go to: http://www.ilo.org/skills/lang--en/index.htm; for ILO/Cinterfor's Knowledge Management Plarform, see: http://www.oitcinterfor.org

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Anticipating and matching skills needs

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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.

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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.

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08 Feb 2016

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Climate change poses major risks to economic prosperity and social progress. Current carbon and resource-intensive approaches to economic growth and development will increasingly undermine productivity and affect enterprises, jobs, livelihoods and in some cases even the ability of households to remain in their region. According to ILO estimates, a continued rise of emissions until 2050 would result in the loss of over 7% of global economic productivity.

Adaptation efforts imply a range of policy interventions including social protection and public employment programmes; micro-finance and micro-insurance; skills development; local markets and enterprise development, all of which should build on strong and effective social dialogue.

This brief provides a snapshot of selected ILO initiatives, successful practices, tools, instruments and policy guidelines that contribute to the advancement of both climate change and decent work agendas.

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Climate change

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climate-change

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610

Green jobs

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green-jobs

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Green skills

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green-skills

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645

Skills anticipation

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Sustainable development

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sustainable-development

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Global

Case study of Korea: Sustainable career development throughout working life - Policy issues and insights

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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.

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Lifelong learning

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There is a critical need for a greater overall investment in education and training, particularly in developing countries. Education and training investments should be closely linked to economic and employment growth strategies and programmes. Responsibility should be shared between the government (primary responsibility), enterprises, the social partners, and the individual. To make lifelong learning for all a reality, countries will need to make major reforms of their vocational and education and training systems. School-to-work schemes for young people should integrate education with workplace learning. Training systems need to become more flexible and responsive to rapidly changing skill requirements. Reforms should also focus on how learning can be facilitated, not just on training for specific occupational categories.

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Case studies and good practices

Case studies that document good practices and illustrate the benefits and lessons learnt of particular approaches or methods in real practice.

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05 Feb 2016

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Presented at the APEC Forum on Human Resources Development, Chiba, Japan 14 – 16 November, 2007 This paper maintains that most career development efforts are directed to occupation and preparation in response to technological advances, new management process, and the changing economy. However, other workplace characteristics have career implications as well –characteristics such as the changing conditions of employment, alternative work arrangements, and aging population. Career development in the education and training of youth and adults must move to new levels to keep up with these workplace developments. Career management skills such as creative thinking and problem solving may have a new focus as workers strive to navigate through new and uncharted employment practices for their sustainable career development throughout working life.

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Lifelong learning

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lifelong-learning

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Skills and training policy

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Skills anticipation

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skills-anticipation

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Skills upgrading

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Sustainable development

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sustainable-development

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Asia and the Pacific

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Republic of Korea

Professions and training in forestry: Results of an inquiry in Europe and northern america

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Governments

Governments hold a wealth of knowledge on skills development, and are increasingly realizing the value of learning from each others’ experiences. Their policy documents, programme evaluations, and research findings contain their experience and ideas on how to better link skills to employment

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governments

ILO

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International organizations

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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10 Nov 2015

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The report 'Professions, Skills and Training in Forestry' was first published in 1996. This report presented a comparison of the forestry training systems and professions in a total of 22 countries in Europe and North America. The comparison was based on a survey carried out in the corresponding European and North American countries.

Numerous changes have occurred since then, both in the general education policy environment and in the specific context of forestry training. In particular, international mobility has increased and with it the demand for a basis, on which professions and training at international level can be compared.

The current study was carried out against this background and was supervised by an advisory group comprising experts from Switzerland. The research was supported at international level by the Joint Experts Network (FAO, ICE, ILO). This study started in mid-September 2010 and was completed in spring 2012.

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Forestry

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forestry

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Skills and training policy

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skills-and-training-policy

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Skills re-training

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Sustainable development

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sustainable-development

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Developing skills for employability with German partners: 8 success stories from the renewables and cleantech sector

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															Developing skills for employability with German partners: 8 success stories from the renewables and cleantech sector
													

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Participation of employers' and workers' organizations

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The world of learning and the world of work are separate but linked. While one involves learning, the other produces goods and services. Neither can thrive without the other. Strong partnerships between government, employers and workers help ensure the relevance of training to the changing needs of enterprises and labour markets.

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Case studies and good practices

Case studies that document good practices and illustrate the benefits and lessons learnt of particular approaches or methods in real practice.

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07 Oct 2015

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The initiative iMove was established by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research in 2001 in order to promote cooperation between German training providers and public and private organisations in other countries. This report presents eight success stories of partnership between German and other international partners in skill development in the renewable energy and environmental technology sectors.

The projects covered are as follows: Sustainable qualification in the water sector / AQWA Academy; Building intelligence in China / BFW Bau Sachsen; Master craftsman qualification for solar technology and energy efficiency / ICON-INSTITUT Gesellschaft fur Berufliche Bilding und Training mbH; Qualification for green economy demands / German Academy for Renewable Energy and Environmental Technology; Capacity building for engineers in the MENA region / Renewables Academy (RENAC); Training of trainers for renewable energy / Saar-Lor-Lux-Umweltzentrum gGmbH (UWZ); Training curriculum development in Bangladesh / DWA - German Association for Water, Wastewater and Waste; Comprehensive renewable energy education concept / Dr-Ing Paul Christiani GmbH and Co KG.

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Green jobs

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Future skills needs of enterprise within the green economy in Ireland

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Future skills needs of enterprise within the green economy in Ireland

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21 May 2015

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The aim of the Study is to identify the future skill requirements of enterprises engaged with the ‘green economy’ in Ireland and to propose a range of measures to ensure that their skills base will drive employment and business growth and sustain competitiveness. The Study aims to inform education and training providers on the required alignment of programmes to meet enterprise skills needs and to help individuals make an informed decision around employment opportunities and their career choice.

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Agribusiness

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Energy

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energy

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Environment

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environment

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Financing of training

Green skills

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green-skills

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645

Skills anticipation

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skills-anticipation

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Skills mismatch

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Europe and Central Asia

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Ireland

Green jobs and skills: The local labour market implications of addressing climate change

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															Green jobs and skills: The local labour market implications of addressing climate change
													

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10 Apr 2015

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This working paper has been prepared as part of the project Climate Change, employment and Local Development undertaken the auspices of the OECD LEED Directing Committee, within the framework of the OECD’s Green Growth Strategy. The impacts of climate change, and especially subsequent mitigation and adaptation policies, on labour markets are still largely unknown despite the recent demand for knowledge production and diffusion on this topic and the increasing avalanche of reports and studies from public and private organisations as well as from community groups. The search for alternative models of growth in the midst of the financial crisis has increased the interest in the ‘green growth paradigm’. This paper discusses some of the impacts of climate change including its regulation on labour markets, the dynamics of green growth at the levels of jobs and skills development, and the local implications for mitigation and enabling green growth. Although the paper does not provide all the answers to the green enigma (green jobs will come but how?), it argues that much benefit will come from focusing efforts on the skills transformation tools and initiatives.

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Environment

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environment

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Green jobs

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green-jobs

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Job matching

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job-matching

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677

Sustainable development

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sustainable-development

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Youth and agriculture: Key challenges and concrete solutions

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Youth and agriculture: Key challenges and concrete solutions

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Rural employment

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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.

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Youth employability

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Globally, nearly 68 million young women and men are looking for and available for work, and an estimated 123 million young people are working but living in poverty. The number who are not in employment, education or training (NEET) stands at 267 million, a majority of whom are young women. Significantly, young people are three times as likely as adults (25 years and older) to be unemployed.

Skills development is a primary means of enabling young people to make a smooth transition to work. A comprehensive approach is required to integrate young women and men in the labour market, including relevant and quality skills training, labour market information, career guidance and employment services, recognition of prior learning, incorporating entrepreneurship with training and effective skills forecasting. Improved basic education and core work skills are particularly important to enable youth to engage in lifelong learning as well as transition to the labour market.

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08 Apr 2015

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While most of the world’s food is produced by (ageing) smallholder farmers in developing countries, older farmers are less likely to adopt the new technologies needed to sustainably increase agricultural productivity, and ultimately feed the growing world population while protecting the environment. Hence, we need to re-engage youth in agriculture. Can this be done?

This publication provides real life examples of how this can be done. The first principal challenge identified is youth’s insufficient access to knowledge, information and education [Chapter 1]. Poor and inadequate education limits productivity and the acquisition of skills, while insufficient access to knowledge and information can hinder the development of entrepreneurial ventures. Particularly in developing countries, there is a distinct need to improve young rural women’s access to education, and to incorporate agricultural skills into rural education more generally. Agricultural training and education must also be adapted to ensure that graduates’ skills meet the needs of rural labour markets. Case studies from Cambodia, Uganda, Saint Lucia, Pakistan, Madagascar, Brazil, Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda and Zambia illustrate innovative ways of making this happen.

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Climate change

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climate-change

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Food

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food

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Food security

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food-security

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Green jobs

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green-jobs

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623

Green skills

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green-skills

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645

Rural employment

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rural-employment

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670

Rural workers

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rural-workers

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637

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skills-anticipation

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Skills mismatch

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Sustainable development

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Global

Green jobs: Beschäftigungswirkungen einer green economy

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Bilateral organizations

The development agencies of many countries make skills development a pillar of their Official Development Assistance – from the perspective of education systems, employment promotion, poverty reduction, and private sector development. Documentation of their experience, evaluations and impact assessments, mission statements, and other knowledge products are made available through the Global KSP.

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23 Feb 2015

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Mit einer Green Economy sollen nicht nur Emissionen und Inanspruchnahme von Ressourcen reduziert werden, sondern damit ist auch die Hoffnung auf eine Ausweitung der Beschäftigung in Sektoren verbunden, die auf einer nachhaltigen Ressourcenbewirtschaftung bzw. deren Schutz beruhen. Die Beschäftigung, die im Bereich Umwelttechnologien und erneuerbarer Energien in Deutschland und anderen westlichen Industrieländern entstanden ist, nährt eine solche Hoffnung. Aber ist dies auch auf den Kontext von Entwicklungsländern übertragbar? Oder fallen hier Mehrkosten gegenüber ressourcen- und emissionsintensiven Wirtschaftsweisen stärker ins Gewicht und werden insgesamt Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten sogar beeinträchtigt? Die hier vorgelegte Literaturstudie versucht, einen Beitrag zur Debatte zu leisten, indem zentrale Konzepte, Methoden sowie Befunde zur Messung und zu den Voraussagen der Beschäftigungseffekte eines Übergangs zu einer Green Economy zusammengetragen werden. Auf dieser Basis werden Handlungsempfehlungen für die Entwicklungszusammenarbeit entwickelt.

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Environment

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environment

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Green skills

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green-skills

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645

Skills and training policy

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Skills anticipation

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skills-anticipation

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677

Sustainable development

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Skills development by green and inclusive SMEs in India: Entrepreneurs' approaches

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															Skills development by green and inclusive SMEs in India: Entrepreneurs' approaches
													

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Training quality and relevance

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26 Nov 2014

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All countries, regardless of their stage of development, have a role to play in the universal goal of transitioning to a low carbon economy. Ensuring that the private sector adjusts and re-engineers business operations and production modes, while at the same time ensuring that businesses can seize the opportunities linked to the process of transition, is a major challenge. However, the ways in which some entrepreneurs are innovating today in the emerging green market-place offer illuminating suggestions for the design of policies and strategies which will support an inclusive transition to low carbon growth.

This discussion paper provides insights into how small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in India are making the green transition today while simultaneously addressing the social implications of their business activities. It examines the approaches of entrepreneurs in developing the skills necessary for themselves and their employees to achieve green innovation that fosters inclusive growth. The innovative approaches used by these Indian companies to adjust their business models, which in certain cases also generate intentional benefits for the communities where they operate, offer unique, field-based knowledge that can inspire SMEs and agencies in other parts of the world.

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Climate change

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climate-change

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610

Enterprises

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enterprises

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175

Entrepreneurship

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entrepreneurship

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182

Green skills

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green-skills

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645

Private sector

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private-sector

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229

Sustainable development

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sustainable-development

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658

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Asia and the Pacific

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India

Spain: Growth with jobs

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Spain: Growth with jobs

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English

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ILO

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Training quality and relevance

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training-quality-and-relevance

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30 Sep 2014

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Part of the 'Studies on Growth with Equity' series The Spanish economy is recovering from both the global financial crisis of 2008 and the sovereign debt crisis that affected the country in 2011. Following ten consecutive quarters of contraction, the economy started to rebound at the end of 2013 and is expected to grow by around 1.5 percent in 2014. While this report welcomes the recent reductions in unemployment, it also highlights the importance of taking further action to ensure there are sustainable improvements in employment and social conditions: actions to nurture enterprise growth and economic diversification; a coherent set of measures to help jobseekers remain in the labour market, acquire new skills and obtain employment; balanced reforms that facilitate hiring and boost job quality; adequate social protection.

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