scholarly journals The Significance of “Green” Skills and Competencies Making the Transition Towards the “Greener” Economy

2021 ◽  
Vol 46 (341) ◽  
pp. 53-65
Author(s):  
Jelena Nikolajenko-Skarbalė ◽  
Rasa Viederytė ◽  
Agnė Šneiderienė
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Drivers Of Change ◽  
Ability To Work ◽  
Green Jobs ◽  
Developed Economies ◽  
Environmental Deterioration ◽  
Economic Trends ◽  
It Skills ◽  
Global Drivers

Abstract Climate change and environmental deterioration have been recognized as global drivers of change, and the shift to the “greener” economy is the key to sustainable development. The green economy is a priority field for developing and developed economies. However, as the authors of the publication have realised, there is no consensus about the meaning of the green economy and “green” jobs, that is why an uncertainty as in measurement of economic trends and an impact of it, as well as in what skills and competencies should be assigned to the “green” ones, arises. The new “green” processes and technologies are arising in a progressive trend, that is why it is important to ensure there are properly skilled candidates with appropriate “green” skills and competencies on the labour market, as well as to prepare fresh graduates with the “green” skills that will meet requirement of both, the recent and the future companies, especially operating in the “green” sector. In the framework of “SB Bridge” project an online survey was conducted by interviewing the “green” companies to identify which skills and competencies are needed for “green” jobs recently, and whether candidates and fresh graduates are enough with the “green” skills and competencies for fruitful engagement to “green” jobs. As the survey identified, fresh graduates and candidates for “green” jobs lack technical and (or) mechanical knowledge, IT skills, as well as experience and ability to work independently and in the team to resolve arising problems.

scholarly journals Central Queensland University's Course Management Systems: Accelerator or brake in engaging change?

2005 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeanne McConachie ◽  
Patrick Alan Danaher ◽  
Jo Luck ◽  
David Jones
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Course Management Systems ◽  
Course Management ◽  
Drivers Of Change ◽  
Domestic Students ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Strategic Position

<p> Central Queensland University (CQU) is a highly complex institution, combining campuses in Central Queensland and distance education programs for Australian domestic students with Australian metropolitan sites for international students and a number of overseas centres, also for international students. In common with many other universities, CQU has recently reviewed its course management systems (CMSs). In doing so, CQU has signalled its desired strategic position in managing its online learning provision for the foreseeable future.</p> <p>This paper analyzes that strategic position from the perspective of the effectiveness of CQU’s engagement with current drivers of change. Drawing on online survey results, the authors deploy Introna’s (1996) distinction between teleological and ateleological systems to interrogate CQU’s current position on CMSs – one of its most significant enterprises – for what it reveals about whether and how CQU’s CMSs should be considered an accelerator of, or a brake on, its effective engagement with those drivers of change. The authors contend that a more thorough adoption of an ateological systems approach is likely to enhance the CMS’s status as an accelerator in engaging with such drivers. </p> <P><STRONG>Keywords: </STRONG>Australia, course management systems, enterprise systems, open and distance learning, teleological and ateleological systems<BR> </P>

Global Warming Solutions and the Path to Recovery

2009 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-118
Author(s):  
David Foster
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
Economic Model ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Economic Consequences ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Global Community ◽  
Green Jobs ◽  
Economic Opportunities ◽  
Look Back

We will look back on the last year as a period when extraordinary economic events marked the unraveling of one economic model and placed in front of the global community a set of choices. Either we restructure the architecture of the global economy and replace it with something else, or we face a future of devastating economic consequences. The Blue Green Alliance has become one of America's leading advocates for global warming solutions and we believe that the benefits and economic opportunities will far outweigh the costs. We have popularized the terms “green economy” and “green jobs” and we believe that every job in America should turn into a green job.

Green Performance Strategies in Romanian Economy in the View of EU 2020 Strategy

2017 ◽  
pp. 76-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Violeta Sima ◽  
Ileana Georgiana Gheorghe
Keyword(s):  
Green Economy ◽  
Environmental Taxes ◽  
Green Growth ◽  
Green Jobs ◽  
Greenhouse Gasses ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
Environmental Performance Index ◽  
Green Performance ◽  
Sustainable Economic Growth ◽  
Performance Strategies

This chapter aimed to investigate green performance strategies in the Romanian economy. In the first part, authors exposed specific definitions and concepts related to the green economy, as they appear in the literature in the field. The European context and the main ways of implementation of the green economy are presented as they result from the objectives of The Agenda 2020 UE and The Agenda 2030 UNO. Green Performance in Romania during 2010-2014 is assessed by analyzing the environmental protection expenditures, environmental taxes, greenhouse gasses emissions, green jobs roles, and Environmental Performance Index. The sustainable economic growth effects are materializing in a major growth of the ecological productivity, an increased amount of energy derived from renewable sources, emissions reduction, improved air and water quality, widened access to the benefits of civilization - education, water sanitation. Thus, this green growth “can fight” against climate change. Also, green growth provides opportunities for creating new jobs requiring new skills.

scholarly journals Aligning the Criteria of Green Economy (GE) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to Implement Sustainable Development

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (17) ◽  
pp. 4615 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seyed Meysam Khoshnava ◽  
Raheleh Rostami ◽  
Rosli Mohamad Zin ◽  
Dalia Štreimikienė ◽  
Alireza Yousefpour ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Analytic Network Process ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Network Process ◽  
Economic Trends ◽  
Development Goals

Global economic trends have shown the progression of social inequalities and environmental deterioration in the grey economy. New economic practices and policies need to be developed in order to achieve the sustainable development goals (SDGs). A green economy (GE) has a correlative role with the implementation of sustainable development (SD), which could revive the grey economy, human well-being, and social equity, as well as substantially decrease environmental risks and ecological scarcities. This study aims to develop a hybrid methodological and mathematical approach to prioritize the most effective variables from classified GE and SDGs criteria (23 criteria) to implement SD. This study has deliberated over the Decision making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) technique for considering interconnections among numerous criteria to collect the most effective variables (12 criteria) based on three pillars (3Ps) of SD. Likewise, the analytic network process (ANP) technique ranked these effective variables by considering their network relations based on three indicators. Lastly, integration was used to finalize and prioritize the most effective variables based on their weight from the ANP technique. This study will highlight the green economy with exclusive environmental issues and sustainable growth as the greatest effective variables among GE and SDGs criteria for SD implementation.

BUILDING A GREEN ECONOMY: ADVANCING CLIMATE JUSTICE THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL-LABOR ALLIANCES*

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 245-264
Author(s):  
Joanna L. Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Labor Movement ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Climate Justice ◽  
Labor Movements ◽  
Organizational Diversity ◽  
Green Jobs ◽  
Hybrid Identities ◽  
Climate Change Policies

This article explores the role of environmental-labor coalitions in creating opportunities to promote green jobs and to shape climate change policies. The development of a green economy is critical for combating climate change, as well as for addressing rising unemployment and the expansion of precarious work. My research is based on a qualitative study of environmental-labor coalitions in California, United States, and British Columbia, Canada, including fifty-six in-depth digitally recorded interviews with environmental and labor movement leaders and policymakers. The findings point to the importance of three key mechanisms that shape the success of these coalitions: (1) drawing on the strength of organizational diversity, (2) fostering relationships of trust that allow organizations to adopt flexible ideologies, make concessions and tradeoffs, and create hybrid identities, and (3) frame bridging by local social justice organizations to mitigate conflict between environmental and labor movements.

scholarly journals Measuring and Analyzing Green Economy on Sustainable Development in Iraq

Webology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 1295-1314
Author(s):  
Nadia Mahdi Abdelkader ◽  
Mohammed Noori Farhan ◽  
Balqees Kahlan Khaled
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Green Jobs ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Indicators ◽  
Broad Concept ◽  
Psychological Pressure ◽  
The Impact

The climatic conditions, global environmental crises and disasters and the exacerbation of the pollution problem have prompted global economic and financial organizations such as the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development to reconsider traditional economic models, Which resulted from it the emergence of the concept of green economy. Which made the economy more efficient by increasing the productivity of used resources and directing investments towards sustainable management of natural resources to increase their economic and environmental productivity and their ability to create green jobs and support the poor to the maximum extent possible. Because of the modernity of this economy, developing countries requested not to impose a single model that includes developed and developing economies at the United Nations Conference (Rio + 20) held in the Brazilian capital, Rio de Janeiro in 2012, and the necessity to create a broad concept for a green economy that is flexible and takes into account the disparity in levels of economic development and transformation policies Towards a green economy. Many scientific studies have proven that the development of the relationship between man and the environment was characterized by an increase and an imbalance between environmental degradation and human progress. The earth, with all its surrounding organisms, is the natural home of man who gets it, and many studies and research revealed that the environments in which a person lives can be It causes an increase or decrease in stress on his body, as the uncomfortable environment causes feelings of anxiety or sadness in contrast to a comfortable environment, and a person finds pleasure in nature regardless of his age or culture, and more than two-thirds of people choose to be in a natural environment to get rid of psychological pressure and cure many diseases Psychological and physical. The research aims to activate the role of the green economy in achieving sustainable development and focus on the health aspect. To achieve the aim of the study, the descriptive and analytical approach was used to study the reality of the trend towards a green economy in Iraq and its role in achieving development. A quantitative approach is used to analyze and interpret the impact of the green economy on sustainable development. And through the benchmarks, it was found that there is a relationship between the sustainable development indicators and the green economy index.

scholarly journals Development of green jobs in the res sector in the Visegrad Group countries

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 570-588
Author(s):  
Piotr Kułyk ◽  
Leszek Kaźmierczak-Piwko ◽  
Anna Gąsiorek-Kowalewicz ◽  
Patrycja Świstak
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Relative Number ◽  
Energy Sector ◽  
Transformation Process ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Green Jobs ◽  
Low Emission ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Visegrad Group

Abstract The transformation process towards a low-emission, green economy implies an increase in the demand for new professions and competences. Quality changes of jobs under the influence of the idea of sustainable development are both an opportunity and a challenge for both countries and individual regions. Green jobs are created as a result of the development of eco-innovation, new environmentally friendly technologies. The development of green jobs is particularly noticeable in the renewable energy sector. The article presents the results of empirical research in the field of analyzing the number of green jobs in the renewable energy sector in the Visegrad Group. In order to identify and determine the nature and changes in the impact of individual factors on the development of green jobs, panel regression was used – a model with fixed effects. The dependent variable was the relative number of green jobs per million inhabitants in 2000-2016.

Changing IT skills

2008 ◽  
pp. 1325-1347
Author(s):  
Christine V. Bullen ◽  
Thomas Abraham ◽  
Kevin Gallagher ◽  
Kate M. Kaiser ◽  
Judith Simon
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Global Sourcing ◽  
It Professionals ◽  
Hard Skills ◽  
Critical Skills ◽  
Economic Trends ◽  
It Executives ◽  
Almost All ◽  
It Skills

The increasingly global sourcing of IT work and other socio-economic trends are prompting fundamental changes in the availability of IT skills needed in both client and vendor organizations. This article analyzes the results of a survey conducted in 2005, in which IT executives were asked to describe the skills they felt were critical to keep in house now and in 2008. The top ten current skills included three in project management, five in business domain and three in technical. In 2008, the top five emerging skills are almost all business domain while the top five exiting skills are all technical. Our findings indicate that the critical skills to keep in-house are primarily client-facing skills, even when they are technical. Findings indicate that IT professionals need to have a balance that demonstrates a foundation in the traditional “hard skills” and experience with “softer” business-oriented skills.

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