Agenda

Day 1 – 26 November 2018

9:00 am Registration

9:30 am Welcome and introduction

10:15 am Session 1: What’s the issue? Identifying critical knowledge and skills gaps for designing inclusive green economy policies

Expected results of session 1:

Common understanding of critical competencies needed for designing socially inclusive green economy policies;
Identification of major capacity gaps public administrations are facing and shortcomings of current training approaches;
Identification of challenges faced by education and training institutions in delivering effective training for green economy policy-making;
Overview of existing methodologies to systematically assess learning needs, and suggestions for further experience-sharing in this area.

13:00 pm Lunch break

14:30 pm Session 2: What solutions can work? Effective learning action for promoting a just transition

Expected results of session 2:

Recommendations for enhancing the scale and effectiveness of training (and other learning action) on green economy policy tools;
Lessons learned from integrating green economy concepts and tools within existing training programmes;
Good practices in monitoring the impact and sustainability of learning action.

16:30 pm Fair to share information about existing initiatives among participants

17:30 pm Review of Day 1

18:00 pm End of Day 1

Social event in the evening

Day 2 – 27 November 2018

9:00 Summary of Day 1 and introduction to Day 2

9:15 Session 3: How can we join forces? Fostering long-term partnerships for green economy learning

Expected results of session 3:

Agreement on main benefits of partnerships for green economy learning and type of institutions involved;
Identification of challenges in setting up and sustaining institutional partnerships;
Definition of action items to foster partnerships for green economy learning, building on existing networks and initiatives.

12:30 Wrap-up

13:00 Closure of the Forum