ILO/Regional Skills Programme/Japan Skills Development in Asia and the Pacific 2015-2018 (3 years)

A just and inclusive transition to a greener economy requires focus on skills. Skills are needed both for the newly emerging jobs and for the adjusted or “greened” existing jobs. Without a suitably trained workforce, a smooth and effective transition will be impossible. Skills gaps and shortages are already recognized as a major bottleneck in a number of sectors and industries, such as, but not limited to, Energy sector- renewable energy, energy efficiency; construction sector- energy efficiency and resource efficiency; Service sector- provision of environmental/waste management, etc. Responding to current and emerging concerns on skills development for green jobs, the ILO/Japan Skills Programme will focus on the theme: Skills for Green Jobs for the next three years. This proposed Programme will cover a three-year period, starting from Fiscal Year (FY) 2015-2016 to 2017-18, inclusively. The first year (FY 2015-16) of implementation will cover the overall approach on skills for green jobs, challenges, issues and priorities. The second year (FY 2016-17) will focus on the sectoral approaches to skills for green jobs with the selection of two sectors. These could include any two sectors like building/construction, tourism, energy, agriculture, etc. which will be affected by green structural changes. The third year (FY 2017-18) will address the challenges involved in identifying and projecting/anticipating what skills will be required in the future. The proposed Programme aims at mainstreaming green and environmental concerns into the skills policy and skills standard development. The overarching goal is to assist the countries to transition to a low-carbon and sustainable economy through skills development. The ILO/Japan Skills Programme will continue to be a forum where Member States will be able to gain information and good practices from Japan's experiences in the field of skills and employability.

Project symbol

RAS/15/07/JPN

Admin unit

RO-Asia and the Pacific

Start date

01/04/2015

End date

31/03/2018

Total allocation

289206

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

289206

Development Partners

Japan, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

Country/Countries

Asia and the Pacific - regional

Outcomes

Advocacy for decent work