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Study on the role of the socio-economic partners in skills strategies for a just green transition: a regional perspective
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Date:
1 Jan 2023 - 28 Nov 2025
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Project funding:
CEDEFOP
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Project duration:
01.01.2023 - 31.12.2024
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Agnieszka Maj
Economist
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Izabela Marcinkowska
Izabela Marcinkowska is a labour market and social policy economist and Director for Labour Market and Social Policy with over 18 years of experience in employment, skills, and social policy research. She leads and manages international research and policy projects on labour markets, skills development and inclusive growth, with a strong focus on the employment dimension of the green and digital transitions. Her expertise covers just transition, reskilling and upskilling, skill shortages and skill poverty, ageing societies, and policies supporting vulnerable groups in the labour market.
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Zuzanna Stańska
Specialist in Social Sciences
Zuzanna Stańska is a Social Sciences Specialist at CASE - Center for Social and Economic Research, where she conducts qualitative research on adult and youth education, lifelong learning, migration, and social policy. Her work explores how individuals and communities adapt to social and technological change, with a particular focus on educational equity, digital transformation, and the inclusion of groups at risk of marginalisation.
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Digital Resilience of Children and Young People in Rural Areas
The objective of the study is to collect evidence on and investigate the role of the socio-economic partners in the skill component of just green transition strategies at regional level and to draw lessons and formulate policy recommendations as to how this role could be enhanced in other regions facing similar challenges.
The investigation will explore the governance of the skill component of the just green transition strategies and will analyse the role of various socio-economic stakeholders and their collaboration patterns in relation to the following analytical dimensions:
- integration of the skills component in the wider just green transition strategy;
- Responsiveness of the skill supply to the skill demand;
- Engaging employers in the process of skills development;
- Engaging in training of displaced workers or at risk of displacement.
Evidence will be collected in selected regions of four countries i.e. Germany, Poland, Slovakia and Spain. In each of the countries, two regions will be covered: one that successfully managed the transition away from fossil fuel intensive energy sectors and one which is undergoing such transition.
For the purpose of the survey a research strategy and data collection tools will be designed. Evidence on the state of play of the involvement of the socio-economic partners will be collected through desk research encompassing literature and data review as well as general and in-depth surveys (160 in total). Representatives of various stakeholders at different levels will be invited to cooperate and discuss weaknesses, strengths, gaps, areas of improvement and possible solutions.
Final findings will be discussed in a workshop with EU level representatives of socio-economic partners and other relevant stakeholders. Following the discussion and its outcomes incorporation into the study, a comparative analysis and a policy handbook will be developed.
Leader: CASE – Center for Social and Economic Research
Partners: the Slovak Academy of Sciences, CIRCE Technology Center, The CIT GmbH – Regional Economic Development Agency (RDA).
Project funding: CEDEFOP