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Cedefop Briefing Note - Europe's skill challenge

Posted April 24, 2012 - 17:52

The main findings of Cedefop’s latest skill demand and supply forecast for the European Union (1) (EU) for 2010-20 (Box 1), indicate that although further economic troubles will affect the projected number of job opportunities, the major trends, including a shift to more skill-intensive jobs and more jobs in services, will continue.

Spanish Government agrees on the creation of an Expert Committee to reform the university system.

Posted April 24, 2012 - 17:48

The Spanish Council of Ministers has approved the creation of an Expert Committee to reform the Spanish university system which, as was asserted by the Minister for Education, Culture and Sport, "is an absolute apriority".

José Ignacio Wert explained that in the last few years university education has expanded greatly in Spain. "We have more than 1.5 million students who have been receiving increasingly more public resources"; spending per student is the same or higher than the OECD average, but the situation "is not satisfactory", he stated.

Rio+20 Voluntary Commitments - Commit to the Future We Want

Posted April 24, 2012 - 17:41

All Stakeholders are encouraged to make and implement voluntary commitments at Rio+20 in order to reduce poverty, advance social equity and ensure environmental protection on an ever more crowded planet to get to the future we want.

Early Bird Registration and Exhibitor Prospectus Announced for 2012 GreenGov Symposium

Posted April 24, 2012 - 17:27

The 2012 GreenGov Symposium aims to bring together leaders from government, the private sector, non-profits and academia to identify opportunities to create jobs, grow clean energy industries, and curb pollution by incorporating sustainable practices into the Federal Government¹s operations.

A strategy for restoring confidence and economic growth through green investment and innovation - LSE Policy Brief

Posted April 24, 2012 - 17:17

With fiscal policy generally constrained by the need to restore confidence in the sustainability of public debt and the effectiveness of monetary policy to stimulate growth is reaching its limits, the question arises: what can advanced economy policymakers do to restore economic growth and stimulate investment?   A powerful instrument to restore growth is clear and credible policy to encourage investment in welfare-enhancing activities that need public support to be commercially viable. The low-carbon and wider 'green' sector is an exemplar for this.

 

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