The document discusses linking vocational education and training (VET) with green skills and a green economy for sustainable development. It aims to raise understanding of these topics among VET teachers and students. It defines key terms like green economy, sustainable energy, sustainable development, and green skills. A green economy is low carbon, resource efficient, and socially inclusive. It conserves resources and reduces pollution. Sustainable development meets present needs without compromising future generations' ability to meet their own needs. Green skills support resource efficiency, low carbon industries, climate resilience, and natural resource management.

1. VET & Green Economy
for Sustainable Development
Yourvid YESdigital Project LLP
-TOI LDV- European Commission
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2. VET & Green Economy for Sustainable Development
Why?
VET & Green Economy must be
linked because any activity in 21st
Century required both professionals
skills and green skills. It is time to
find real ways to linked those two
categories of skills.
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3. VET & Green Economy for Sustainable Development
Purpose
"Raise the understanding and
knowledge about the new
Green Economy" among the
VET Teachers and VET
Students”
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4. VET & Green Economy for Sustainable Development
What does it mean
“Green Economy”?
The green economy is one that results in improved
human well-being and social equity, while
significantly reducing environmental risks and
ecological scarcities. Green economy is
an economy or economic development model based
on sustainable development and a knowledge of
ecological economics.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_economy#cite_note-1
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5. VET & Green Economy for Sustainable Development
What does it mean
“Green Economy”?
For the purposes of the Green Economy Initiative, UNEP (United
Nations Environment Programme) has developed a working
definition of a green economy as one that results in improved human
well-being and social equity, while significantly reducing
environmental risks and ecological scarcities. In its simplest
expression, a green economy can be thought of as one which is:
1. Low carbon;
2. Resource efficient;
3. Socially inclusive.
http://www.unep.org/greeneconomy/AboutGEI/WhatisGEI/tabid/29784/De
fault.aspx
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6. VET & Green Economy for Sustainable Development
What does it mean
“Green Economy”?
Conserve
Green natural and
economy energy
resources
Reduce
pollution Provide
and clean
repurpose alternatives
waste
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7. VET & Green Economy for Sustainable Development
What does it mean
“Sustainable Energy”?
Sustainable energy is the sustainable provision of energy that
meets the needs of the present without compromising the
ability of future generations to meet their needs. Technologies
that promote sustainable energy include renewable
energy sources, such as hydroelectricity, solar energy, wind
energy, wave power, geothermal energy, and tidal power, and
also technologies designed to improve energy efficiency.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_energy
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8. VET & Green Economy for Sustainable Development
What does it mean
“Sustainable Energy”?
Yourvid Save Energy
On this site you will find a number of 120 didactical
videos, all about how to save energy at school and
home, and to promote the use of sustainable
energy in Europe Secondary Schools.
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9. VET & Green Economy for Sustainable Development
What does it mean
“Sustainable Development”?
Sustainable Development (SD) refers to a mode of
human development in which resource use aims to
meet human needs while preserving the
environment so that these needs can be met not
only in the present, but also for generations to
come.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_develop
ment
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10. VET & Green Economy for Sustainable Development
What does it mean “Green
Skills”?
Skills are a critical ingredient in setting
coherent education, training, employment and
environmental targets. Given the importance of
green skills to combating climate change and
improving the economic climate, having some
idea of the implications for skills and training
policy would be useful to facilitate VET
responses for a green economy.
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11. VET & Green Economy for Sustainable Development
What does it mean “Green
Skills”?
Skills for a green economy:
 Skills supporting resource efficiency
 Skills supporting low carbon industry
 Skills supporting climate resilience
 Skills to manage natural assets

12. VET & Green Economy for Sustainable Development
Conclusions
"People have the right to live
healthy and productive in
harmony with nature,
and nations have the
sovereign right to exploit
own resources without
causing damage to the
environment outside its
borders “
(Rio Declaration)