Environment and labour force skills

Environment and labour force skills Overview of the links between the skills profile of the labour force and environmental factors Final report Client: European Commission DG Environment ECORYS Allister Slingenberg Koen Rademaekers Ekim Sincer Ruud van der Aa Rotterdam, 9 December 2008 ECORYS Nederland BV P.O. Box 4175 3006 AD Rotterdam Watermanweg 44 3067 GG Rotterdam The Netherlands T +31 (0)10 453 88 00 F +31 (0)10 453 07 68 E lsp@ecorys.com W www.ecorys.com Registration no. 24316726 ECORYS Labour & Social Policy T +31 (0)10 453 88 05 F +31 (0)10 453 88 34 SIN/RG AE18670repcon SIN/RG AE18670repcon Table of contents Executive Summary 7 1 Introduction 9 1.1 Background and rationale 9 1.2 Outline of the report 11 2 Current and future environment-related structural employment trends 13 2.1 Introduction 13 2.2 Current employment trends in environment - related industries 13 2.2.1 Employment in various environment- related activities 16 2.2.2 Employment in environment related activities by Member State 17 2.3 Future employment trends in environment - related industries 19 2.3.1 Future employment in Europe in general: 20.3 million additional jobs by 2020 19 2.3.2 Future employment environment-related sectors: employment will be affected in 4 ways 20 3 Current and future skills profiles in environment - related industries 25 3.1 Introduction 25 3.2 Current skills profiles 26 3.2.1 Existence of environmental skills 26 3.2.2 Data on skills profiles in green economy generally insufficient 26 3.2.3 Skill profiles in eco-consulting, eco-industry and waste management, agriculture and fishery and the agri-food sector 27 3.2.4 Skills in environment-related industries in EU Member States 34 3.3 Future skills profiles 37 3.3.1 High priority on EU agenda: anticipating changing skill needs (general) 37 3.3.2 Future of skills –general: potential skills shortages and increasing demand for higher educated people 38 3.3.3 Environment - related sectors and skill changes: towards more highly skilled people 40 3.3.4 Skill shortages in the EU: potential threat for the green expansion 41 3.3.5 Future skill trends in several environment-related sectors 41 3.3.6 Education level of new labour supply in environment-related sectors in the near future 43 3.3.7 Future skills in environment- related industries in Member States 45 3.4 Mainstreaming of environmental skills and qualifications 48 SIN/RG AE18670repcon ... - tailieumienphi.vn