ILO Regional Skills Webinar Series: Episode 1
The role of green skills in facilitating the low carbon and green transition in Asia and the Pacific
The ILO Regional Skills Webinar Series sets out to facilitate knowledge exchange and regional dialogue on key issues and policy options relating to skills challenges in Asia and the Pacific. It brings together experts, policy makers, social partners, practitioners and others from the region and beyond to share insights and recommendations.
Episode 1 will focus on the role of green skills in facilitating a low carbon and green transition in Asia and the Pacific with discussion on:
- Effective approaches for the development of green skills and the creation of green jobs
- Policy initiatives to promote workforce skilling and reskilling needs that support industry transformation plans
- Good practices in the European Union, Singapore and globally on how education, training and qualification systems can be adapted to support the green transformation
- The application of approaches, policies and good practices from the European Union and Singapore to Asia and the Pacific
Speakers
- European Commission – Tim Van Rie, Policy Officer, Digital and Green Skills at the European Commission’s Directorate for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion (DG EMPL)
- Government of Singapore – Yeo Wee Siong, Director of Jobs-Skills Insights Division at SkillsFuture Singapore
- International Labour Organization (ILO) - Olga Strietska-Ilina, Senior Skills and Employability Specialist at ILO Headquarters
- Moderator: Akiko Sakamoto, Senior Regional Skills and Employability Specialist at the ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific