Decent Work in the Green Economy

The interest in Green Jobs and the demand for knowledge and technical support is increasing sharply, accelerated by the UNCSD 2012 Summit (Rio+20). A growing number of studies and initiatives address the development potential of the green economy and the need to steer the transition towards a more inclusive and fairer society. However, more visibility and understanding is needed about the employment and social dimension in the transition to the green economy to ensure productive and decent work for present and future generations. The ILO project “Decent Work in the Green Economy” will focus on the employment aspects of national efforts for a transition to the green economy: At national level, awareness raising, capacity building and green jobs assessments will build the ground for the design of national strategies that focus on the creation of decent work for women and men in green or greened economic sectors. The intended impact of the project is that these country strategies and initiatives will benefit job seekers and workers through accessing gainful and productive job opportunities. Enterprises, esp. SMEs, will be taking advantage of new business opportunities in green markets and will be adopting green business practices in their operations (greening-up and greening-down the value chain). Special emphasis will be given to the challenge to overcome skills shortages for green jobs. Country level activities will be reinforced by a global knowledge sharing strategy providing stakeholders access to up-to-date information and policy guidance and strengthening networks and cooperation among countries and international institutions. The two level project strategy (national – international) aims to strengthen the ability of national stakeholders to design strategies for decent work in prioritized sectors/areas and to expand their policy initiatives for green jobs to other sectors/areas, seeking coherence and collective efficiencies among ministries and social partners. The project will be implemented by the ILO. Project target countries are China, Mexico and Turkey.

Project symbol

GLO/13/50/FLA

Admin unit

EMP/ENTERPRISE

Start date

01/01/2013

End date

31/03/2015

Total allocation

561819

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

561819

Development Partners

Belgium, Government of Flanders, Department of Foreign Affairs

Country/Countries

Global

Outcomes

Sustainable Enterprises