Just transition
ENTRUST Initiative: Enhancing tripartite roles to uphold just transitions in sectors undergoing green transformations
The ENTRUST Initiative strengthens the capacity of government, workers’ and employers’ organizations in the Philippines to advance just transitions in key employment-generating sectors undergoing green transformation, particularly renewable energy, transport and construction, through stronger policies, data, skills and social dialogue.
Duration
1 June 2024 - 31 January 2027
Development partner(s)
ILO’s Core voluntary funds: Regular Budget Supplementary Account (RBSA)
Reference
PHL/24/01/RBS
Location
Philippines
Contact
Ms Georginia Pascual, National Project Coordinator
Priority sectors
Construction
Renewable energy
Transportation
The Enhancing tripartite roles to uphold just transitions (ENTRUST) Initiative strengthens the capacity of the government, workers, employers and local partners in the Philippines to shape and implement a just transition in key sectors undergoing green transformation. The initiative is supported by the ILO’s Regular Budget Supplementary Account (RBSA) with contributions from Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Spain, and Qatar.
Outcomes:
- Enabling tripartite partners (government, workers’ and employers’ organizations) to shape and advocate for just transition in national policies, plans and programmes, supported by relevant data, statistics, labour market information and research, and through formal participation in decision-making.
- Engaging partners in demonstrating just transition strategies and mechanisms across different levels of climate action.
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- Support implementation of the National Green Jobs Human Resource Development Plan and sectoral plans for renewable energy, transport and construction.
- Strengthen green jobs data, labour market information and research to inform just transition policies and programmes.
- Increase workers’ and employers’ participation in national just transition and climate policy processes.
- Build the capacity and networks of women and young workers to participate in just transition.
- Support green skills development, upskilling and reskilling for sectors undergoing green transformation.
- Develop policy, advocacy and knowledge products to support just transition action.
- Strengthen social dialogue to integrate just transition into climate policies and action.
- Create dialogue platforms for government, workers, employers and other stakeholders to shape just transition at national and sectoral levels.
- Promote just transition measures in workplaces, including collective bargaining and workplace cooperation.
- Advance green skills, Green TVET, assessment and certification to meet emerging skills needs.
- Support reskilling and upskilling for workers in sectors undergoing green transformation.
- Build capacity and partnerships for just transition finance to support a greener economy.