Skills for a greener future
Key features
HIGH-LEVEL RESOURCES
Learn from ILO specialists, ITCILO trainers, and external lecturers
LEARN DIFFERENTLY
The Centre’s training methods include lectures, discussions, and individual exercises
ONLINE PLATFORM
Start learning early, then keep the conversation flowing
Introduction to the course
The green transition is changing jobs, occupations and the skills people need to succeed in the labour market. How can countries anticipate these changes and ensure that workers and enterprises have the right skills at the right time? This course provides practical approaches and tools to identify emerging skills needs and translate them into effective skills development responses for the green transition. Participants will explore how to anticipate and assess changing occupations and skills requirements; identify reskilling and upskilling priorities; develop green competency and qualification standards; and adapt TVET, lifelong learning and career guidance systems to a changing world of work. Drawing on practical tools, sectoral examples and country experiences, participants will be better equipped to turn the changing demand for green skills into concrete policies, programmes and training solutions.
Who attends this course?
This course is designed for policymakers and practitioners working on skills development, employment and greener economies, including representatives of government ministries and agencies, TVET authorities and training institutions, skills councils, employers' and workers' organizations, development partners, and other professionals involved in anticipating skills needs and designing and implementing skills, training and lifelong learning policies and programmes.
Objectives
By the end of the course, participants will have been exposed to the latest insights into likely occupational skill effects in declining and growing industries, specifically looking into the alignment between skills, environmental policies and institutional arrangements, and suggested policy response strategies to realize the employment potential of the transition to environmental sustainability. For more details please download the info note.
Modules
- Module 1: Introduction – Key trends and policy context
- Module 2: National and sectoral policies and regulation
- Module 3: Anticipating and matching skills needs: changing sectors and occupations
- Module 4: Linking demand and supply for greener economies - Green competency and qualification standards
Different sectoral approaches and case studies related to the main weekly topics will be included throughout the course.
Format and methodology
The course consists of four online modules offered through the ITCILO eCampus to be completed over a period of four weeks from 7 April until 2 May 2025, for an estimated total of 40 learning hours.
Participants who successfully complete 80% of the required activities and assignments for each module will receive a certificate of participation.
Application and fees
If you wish to participate in this course, please fill in the online application available here.
The application should be accompanied by a letter from the sponsoring organization or a personal letter from the participant, committing to cover participation cost (990 Euros).
These two documents should reach us by Friday 21 March 2025.
