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From an international and comparative perspective, young people's access to the labour market is a complex issue with certain contradictory aspects reflecting the level of development of labour law and industrial relations in their respective countries. The papers in this volume aim at providing insights into this issue, taking as a starting point initiatives, policies and legislative measures adopted in different national contexts to tackle youth unemployment.

Most chapters in this publication were presented at the Association for International and Comparative Studies in Labour Law and Industrial Relations (ADAPT) conference held at the University of Bergamo, Italy, on 16-17 December 2010. The international conference, 'Productivity, investment in human capital and the challenge of youth employment: comparative developments and global responses', was dedicated to the challenge of youth employment and aimed at achieving a better understanding of the issue in a global dimension through an interdisciplinary and comparative approach.

The contents are as follows: Foreword / Tayo Fashoyin and Michele Tiraboschi; Youth and the changing world of work / Pietro Manzella and Lisa Rustico; The youth employment challenge: an introduction / Tayo Fashoyin; The challenge of youth employment in the perspective of school-to-work transition / Michele Tiraboschi; Youth unemployment before and after the crisis / Enrico Marelli and Marcello Signorelli; Young workers and the recession / Barbara Grandi and Malcolm Sargeant; The changing nature of youth employment in Australia: how can this be understood? / Erica Smith; Soft skills: a tool for grooming high-performing managers / Thayyullathil Asokan and Mohammed Parakandi; Combinatorial approaches to informal sector human capital investments and youth employment in Sub-Saharan Africa / Benjamin Ogwo; Youth employment: student preferences for mobiflex work / Franz Gellert and Rene Schalk; Training and temporary agency work: a comparative analysis of national regulatory patterns / Lilli Casano; Quality criteria for establishing work-based learning: an evaluation of in-company learning arrangements / Ludger Deitmer; The impact of international mobility on youth employability in VET / Lena Krichewsky; Youth employment and relevant labour market programmes in Hungary / Attila Kun and Balazs Rossu; Issues of the learning through work experience programme for junior high school students: 'the 14-Year-Old's Challenge' in Toyama Prefecture / Satomi Terasaki; Child labour in Tunisia: law and reality / Salma Khaled Slama; From school to work: a comparative study of labour capacity development between Thailand and Vietnam / Phasina Tangchuang; Career support in universities / Mitsuko Uenishi. Show less

This report provides an overview of key findings and evidence from the 'Green Skills in VET' project, co-funded by the European Commission, and implemented by SGI Europe and the European Federation of Education Employers (EFEE). The study was carried out by Fondazione ADAPT as a subcontractor within the project. The report focuses on the needs of providers of services of general interest (SGI) operating in the water, energy, and transport sector in selected countries (Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, and Portugal). In the context of this project, the research also investigated the possible cooperation between vocational education and training (VET) institutions and SGI enterprises.

The main findings are as follows: (1) Sustainability and employment: as highlighted in a recent forecast analysis by the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP) [available in VOCEDplus at TD/TNC 146.867], the EU Green Deal will lead to an increase of employment equal to 63.2 per cent in the water sector, 17.2 per cent in the energy sector, and 0.4 per cent in the transport sector, highlighting a wide range of impacts of the transition to the sectors. The water, energy and transport sectors face very different challenges in relation to the EU Green Deal targets. Specifically, the water sector has reported a decrease in the levels of biodiversity, an increase in pollution and the emergence of new forms of natural resource management. The energy sector calls for investment in research and development to support the transition to sustainable, clean and renewable sources, as well as of innovative and enabling technologies for environmental sustainability processes. Finally, the transport industry aims at reducing emissions equal to 90 per cent by 2050 and using of alternative fuels. (2) Skills and VET: a strategy of economic growth and social inclusion (as well as environmental sustainability policies) through training for skills development is necessary to achieve the objectives of the EU Green Deal. The importance of such an approach has been acknowledged in several recent European policy proposals related to VET, such as the Council Recommendation of 24 November 2020 on vocational education and training for sustainable competitiveness, social equity and resilience, and the European Skills Agenda, which recognize the centrality of vocational training for the green transition.

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