Ebook: Dismembered

Executive summary -- Foreword -- Green skills and the transition to a green economy -- Flanders and the transition to a green economy in the OECD green growth framework -- Company survey questionnaire -- Policy framework and local initiatives for greening skills and jobs -- Greening company practices in Flanders -- Policy recommendations -- Interviewed companies and sector federations -- Dashboard indicators for Flanders -- Fact finding roundtables summary note.;The Flemish economy is extremely diversified with a number of value-added industries and a highly skilled workforce. The shift to a green economy will however require specific knowledge, values and attitudes from the Flemish workforce. This report analyses the skills dimension of the transition to a green economy at the local level, with specific reference to emerging needs in the agro-food, construction and chemicals sectors. It also provides recommendations for the development of green skills and occupational profiles at the organisational level, while advising policy makers on the best method of assisting firms to transition to a green economy.