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“Green jobs” young people who care deeply about climate change of-
ten feel that they are unable to make a difference”, Mann
Three representatives from Austria, Wolfgang Bliem,
ibw Austria – Research & Development in VET, Margit stated, and then elaborated what studies suggested to
Helene Meister, Department of Environmental and be most effective in terms of career guidance.
Energy Management of the Province of Lower Austria To deepen the exchange on the topic, four parallel work-
and Rosemarie Pichler, Educational Guidance Lower shops were provided in the afternoon session of the
Austria, then jointly presented the recent regional initi- conference, with experts from Austria, Czech Republic,
ative - Green Jobs for you. “Raising awareness among Iceland, Ireland and Switzerland.
young people and young adults about green jobs, mo-
tivating them and providing them with comprehensive The OeAD - Austria’s Agency for Education and Inter-
information is the focus of this year’s activities in Lower nationalisation / Euroguidance Austria thank all partic-
Austria”, Rosemarie Pichler said. A special focus was ipants and speakers from the more than 24 countries
set in developing “Green Guidance” especially for peo- who contributed to the success of the conference.
ple in reorientation phases.

Anthony Mann, OECD, then provided insights into three
recent OECD studies which all addressed the question The publication, presentations and
of green jobs, including young people’s interest in under- video recordings of the conference
standing and accessing green jobs. While eight out of ten are available HERE
students across the OECD agree or strongly agree that
‘looking after the global environment is important to me
personally’, there are also concerns. “Across countries, Eva Baloch-Kaloianov, Euroguidance Austria

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