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Technical Expert Consultation on Labour Statistics Moving towards a statistical definition of green jobs Outcomes and conclusions International Labour Office Department of Statistics General issues General support for the over all


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International Labour Office Department of Statistics

Technical Expert Consultation on Labour Statistics Moving towards a statistical definition of green jobs

Outcomes and conclusions

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General issues

  • General support for the over all approach proposed
  • Need for tightening of wording in a number of areas
  • More examples of scenarios at micro level
  • Identification of skill profiles and discussion on the capacity of green

initiatives to address structural issues in the labour markets

  • Prioritization of data collection activities on core environmental

activities, depending on national resources and priorities

  • Importance of data to support modelling, while recognizing the

boundary between the production of official statistics and the use of modelling to develop projections

– What are the key variables that need to be included?

  • Green jobs and clean jobs

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Standard classifications

  • Need for more discussion on the uses and limitations of

standard classification systems in the measurement of green jobs

– occupation – economic activity – environmental domain – goods and services produced – type of green technology used

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Measurement and data collection

  • Use of national environmental standards and certification to identify

producers of green goods and services and green production methods

– But resulting limitations on international comparability

  • Efficiency of data collection in while ensuring that data on

employment both in production of environmental goods and services and in environmental processes

– Without being too obsessive about the double counting problem

  • Need for additional questions in economic censuses and surveys
  • Respondent burden
  • Mixed sources approach

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Next steps

  • ILO will update paper and circulate to the group for

further comment

  • Further research and development?
  • National case studies?
  • What can we feasibly achieve in advance of ICLS?

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