Educating labour force for a green economy and renewable energy jobs in Turkey: A quantitave approach

Karakul, Aygülen Kayahan

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2016.05.072

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“…Green economy creates opportunities on the labour market, making a successful transition to quality and sustainable jobs associated with these specific skills (Ragwitz et al 2009). But this transition requires educating the leadership and labour force to actively realize green economies and jobs in the renewable energy sector (Karakul 2016). This approach is supported by the new EU vision of the new circular economy package within which the renewable materials will continue to play an important role in the production processes, attention being moved to social and environmental issues.…”

Section: The Importance Of Renewable Energy For Sustainable Developmementioning

confidence: 99%

The Rural Sustainable Development Through Renewable Energy. The Case of Romania

Aceleanu

Șerban

Țîrcă

et al. 2018

Technological and Economic Development of Economy

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The study aims to analyze the importance of renewable energy and to assess the progress made by Romania comparing to European Union and to targets set by Community institutions. We consider that both economic issues such as job creation or reduction of import dependency, but also ecological issues including reducing greenhouse gas emissions are important in discussions about renewable energy in rural areas in Romania. By using linear regression it has been identified a strong correlation in Romania, for period 2004–2014, between share of renewable resources in gross final energy consumption and import dependency. Taking into account that energetic independence is a problem of great importance for each country, the paper aims to identify unused renewable energy potential in rural areas and also opportunities for developing renewable energy sector based on the resources that can be exploited with high efficiency, action that will generate economic and social positive effects. Our results reveal that Romania has a high development potential of rural areas using renewable energy because Romania has a high volume of renewable resources (sun, wind, water). Under these circumstances it is necessary to adopt the policies in order to support projects referring to these types of energy.

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Section: The Importance Of Renewable Energy For Sustainable Developmementioning

confidence: 99%

The Rural Sustainable Development Through Renewable Energy. The Case of Romania

Aceleanu

Șerban

Țîrcă

et al. 2018

Technological and Economic Development of Economy

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“…The use of renewable energy sources is likely to positively impact the future economy. Since new labour force will be required for the implementation of renewable energy, new jobs will be created as well (Karakul, 2016;Aliyu et al, 2017). Moreover, the agricultural sector could benefit from the adoption of a green treatment process by the treatment plants.…”

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“…These alternatives fall under the initiative called the green economy (GE). The GE conceptually refers to improved human well-being and social equity, and reduced environmental risk and ecological scarcities (Karakul, 2016;Musango et al, 2014;Topgül, 2015). The GE concept, coined at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) is seen by several international organizations, including the World Bank, as a means to sustainability (Loiseau et al, 2016;Bek et al, 2017).…”

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confidence: 99%

Green economy in the wastewater treatment sector: Jobs, awareness, barriers, and opportunities in selected local governments in South Africa

Otieno

Ochieng

2018

J. energy South. Afr.

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The green economy (GE) has increasingly gained international focus, with new strategies aimed at restructuring the economy in an environmentally friendly manner. A study was carried out to analyse existing and potential green jobs and identify green qualifications and skills necessary for the development of the GE. The study was done within the context of the role of local governments in the adoption of green economy strategies in the wastewater treatment sector, in selected local governments across the northern provinces of South Africa. A descriptive survey method with qualitative and quantitative approaches was employed for data collection from twenty-four wastewater treatment plants in eleven local municipalities. The concept of the GE was foreign to several employees, who could not identify green jobs within most sectors of the economy. Only13.5% of the employees of the surveyed plants were involved in directly green jobs. A further 36% were in green-related jobs while the remaining 50.5% were involved in non-green jobs. Barriers to the creation of green jobs and implementation of green practices were the shortage of employees with green and conventional wastewater treatment skills, and lack of training in green skills. Several opportunities for green jobs creation exist, such as the implementation of renewable energy, re-use of treated effluent, and processing of waste sludge into compost. To spur GE growth and create green jobs, the creation of awareness, development of skills and implementation of green technologies should be intensified.

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“…So far, several studies have been conducted at national level on this issue [7][8][9]. However, the knowledge and skills gained at University level do not always fit with the practical needs of the industries thus extending the formation period of the new employees and decreasing the consequent benefit-cost ratio.…”

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Analysis of labour market needs for engineers with enhanced knowledge in sustainable renewable energy solutions in the built environment in some Asian countries

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Despite the rapid growth in the uptake of renewable energy technologies, the educational profile and the skills gained at University level do not always comply with the practical needs of the organisations working in the field. Furthermore, even though the residential sector has very high potential in curbing its CO2 emissions worldwide thus meeting the challenging goals set out by the international agreements, such reduction has been limited so far. Within this context, the ‘Skybelt’ project, co-funded by the EU under the framework of the Erasmus + programme aims at enhancing in several Universities of Asia and Europe the engineering skills of students of all level for application of sustainable renewable energy solutions in the built environment. With the target of increasing the employability of graduates and the impact of the project, a survey on the labour market needs for specialists with enhanced knowledge and skills in the topic of the project has been conducted in the related Asian countries. Hence, relevant industries, labour market organisations and other stakeholders have been interviewed and the main results of this analysis is reported in the present paper. As first outcome of this activity, the obtained results have been considered in the selection of the modules to be improved according to a student centred study approach.

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Educating labour force for a green economy and renewable energy jobs in Turkey: A quantitave approach

Cited by 31 publications

References 13 publications

The Rural Sustainable Development Through Renewable Energy. The Case of Romania

The Rural Sustainable Development Through Renewable Energy. The Case of Romania

Green economy in the wastewater treatment sector: Jobs, awareness, barriers, and opportunities in selected local governments in South Africa

Analysis of labour market needs for engineers with enhanced knowledge in sustainable renewable energy solutions in the built environment in some Asian countries

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