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Skills for a Green Economy - A BIS report

Recognising its potential, the government wants a ‘green economy’. This will require a skilled workforce.

BIS has now published an evidence report on ‘green skills’ showing that there is latent demand, but this is not clearly articulated in all sectors.

The report supplements the skills proposals in Enabling the Transition to a Green Economy (August 2011), which were developed in the context of Skills for Sustainable Growth. They include:

• a new ‘skills for a green economy’ group of Sector Skills Councils and others to address green skills needs

• improving the information, advice and guidance available through the new national careers service

• LSIS and the Institute for Learning improving green skills training provision

• raising awareness of the green economy through Unionlearn

• maintaining the policy focus on science, technology, engineering and mathematics; and

• funding for up to 1,000 Green Deal Apprenticeships, subject to business take-up.

Dowmload the full report below.

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