4 facts on the ETF's support for green skills
- The ETF annual Green Skills Awards showcase best practice from the EU’s neighbouring regions and beyond on education, training and skills development supporting sustainable, clean, carbon-neutral circular economies and societies. It recognises the achievements of teachers, practitioners, VET centres, private companies and other actors involved in lifelong learning and human capital development.
- The ETF systematically monitors the demand for green skills and their development in the EU neighbourhood to better inform our policy advice and guidance to partner countries and give input to EU activities and programming. We also undertake sectoral studies to understand the specific impact of the green transition on skills for existing jobs and those required for new occupations.
- The ETF offers support for tools that support the development of green skills such as the EU’s GreenComp for sustainable competence development, which is designed to support education and training programmes for lifelong learning. It is written for all learners, irrespective of age or education level and in any learning setting – formal, non-formal and informal. Additionally, the ETF’s READY model (Reference model for Educators' Activities and Development in the 21st-century) offers a structured way to identify the professional practice and development needs of 21st-century educators including those for the green transition.
- Skills development for the green transition is a cross-cutting issue for which the ETF advocates specific attention in other policy areas, such as migration and gender equality to ensure equal opportunities and inclusion in green growth sectors and green jobs.
