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"Madam President, I wanted to start by thanking all the shadows for their very serious input to my report and also the opinions from the two committees. We also held a round table in Brussels and a hearing in the committee. I really welcome all the additional input that came from those that participated.
While the issue around green jobs was originally to have been published with the circular economy paper with the previous Commission, I really welcome the opportunity to debate it this evening, in particular with a very good report on employment guidelines, which I think makes this discussion more strategic, rather than a small niche area.
We know that the European Union needs jobs. We have just heard that being very eloquently put. We can identify a number of new sectors where we can find them. And we have seen resilience, for example in the environmental services sector, during the crisis. We also know we need to respond to global trends, the inefficient re-use of resources, the unsustainable pressure on our environment and, indeed, climate change. We know that we have growing social exclusion and inequalities challenging our societies.
So we really need to maximise the employment potential of new sectors. We need to change working practices and methods to increase resource efficiency, minimise environmental impact and take care of those whose existing employment may be adversely affected by change. We also want to ensure that those new jobs are quality jobs that actually pay a decent wage, as the International Labour Organisation has in its definition of a green job.
So what does it take to help maximise this potential? We were clearly told in the hearing and elsewhere that we need a coherent comprehensive policy framework which will provide a predictable environment for training and investment. That was recognised at the meeting of EU environment and employment ministers not so long ago. So we need policies that are mutually reinforcing, not running off in different directions. Whether that is within the Semester or within the EU 2020 Strategy and the review of the strategy, we need the ‘Just Transition’ roadmaps which will move from the local level onwards to actually help people plan for the changes that we need.
We need this to be reinforced by an efficient implementation of relevant EU legislation with clear and ambitious targets where those are appropriate. We also need this effort to be supported strategically by European Union funds, including as well the 2016 review of the Multiannual Financial Framework, using that as an opportunity to promote the green transition of the economy.
We were also told in the background to this report that there are three very effective drivers of change: environmental tax reform (which proved very controversial in the committee), energy and resource efficiency and the development of the supply chain. We are also aware how essential workforce engagement is in initiating, owning and helping to create the necessary changes. There is clear evidence of the value of this engagement. So we should be taking full advantage of the existing experience and opportunities within social partnership and sectoral and social dialogue.
There are many companies that want to make changes but are not confident or cannot find people with the right skills. So we need to raise general awareness, to promote stem skills and to make sure that women can also participate in the new economy. We need to look at generic sectoral and specific skills, as well as at supporting SMEs in the changes that they are trying to make."@en1
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