Green skills in the field of Social Economy

This monograph is the result of research in the project entitled “Harnessing the potential of the Social Economy towards a green transformation through the establishment of Socially Driven Green Labs within Universities” (SDG Labs) and consists of 9 chapters. The first is devoted to the genesis of the green transformation in the European Union with a presentation of the key concepts related to it. The second chapter presents the role of the public sector in relation to other market actors in the green transition process. This outlines the framework for the role of the social economy in this process, which is discussed in detail in chapter three. In this way, the key issues from the point of view of the green transformation process are presented. Chapter four is devoted to the green skills component of this transformation, where their characteristics are outlined. Chapter five presents the activities of public institutions for the development of green skills. The sixth chapter is devoted to the role of education in green skills development. Based on this, a framework for the concept of SDG Labs as a laboratory space for green skills development in the social economy sphere was developed, which formed the content of the seventh chapter. The eighth chapter was a presentation of the research methodology and results of the international surveys carried out within the project among its three target groups: social economy actors, social economy academics and social economy students. The final ninth chapter dealt with the development of a theoretical model for the SDG labs programme, which will be the subject of further project activities.

This publication is an outcome of a project “Harnessing the potential of the Social Economy towards a green transformation through the establishment of Socially Driven Green Labs within Universities” (SDG Labs) Project number: 2021-1-PL01-KA220-HED-000032077 Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the National Agency (NA). Neither the European Union nor NA can be held responsible for them.