Mainstreaming greening in employment and skills strategies requires strong partnerships between public, private and not-for-profit organisations to maximise innovation and to manage smoothly labour market transitions from brown to green energy and employment (OCDE, 2015). Many companies already regard the shortage of skilled personnel as an obstacle to economic development: this trend will be reinforced by long term demographic change and for economic reasons alone, there is a need to step up efforts to provide environment-related training and qualification. However, such efforts are also an important precondition for Europe to achieve its environmental and climate objectives. Cedefop (Cedefop and ILO, 2010; Cedefop, 2012) We can define Green Skills as “Skills for sustainability, also known as green skills, are the technical skills, knowledge, values and attitudes needed in the workforce to develop and support sustainable social, economic and environmental outcomes in business, industry and the community." A report ”Green skills and innovation for inclusive growth” (CEDEFOP; LEED and OCDE (2015) insist in the shortage of green competence evidenced in 2012, and proposed a structure of green skills, which revels the need to promote training that cover different categories of competences. Considering that green economy is an area with a high potential for job creation, it’s necessary to develop certain skills, knowledge and competences that ensure the transition of employment and training to this new concept. Thus, labour market actors have to define specific skills and competences that ensure the use of efficient processes and technologies and integrate them into business and community. GLOBE aims to develop and boost green skills and competences in apprentice pathways helping them to introduce these skills in the productive processes according to the principle of sustainable environmental management and ensuring successful transition to green economy. Thus GLOBE project has a number of specific objectives as follows: * Answer to shortage of skills and competences in green economy, especially in the areas that are more evident and have to be addressed in a short period of time; * Contributing to update the national competence and skills framework, including new competences for green economy and updating traditional professional profiles according to the new requirements; * Improve the training delivery mechanism, through the development and use of innovative learning and training resources (game based learning); * Dealing with the dual challenge of green economy, making economic growth compatible with climate stabilisation and sustainable environment footprint through the development of green skills and competences in apprentice; and * Contributing to develop the social dimension of green economy, promoting training and adapting labour market to new requirements of environmental sustainability. GLOBE project target group are apprentices, defined as (European Commission): Those who receive systematic, long-term training by combining practical work-related training at the workplace (either company- or school-based) with theoretical education in an educational institution or training centre. Benefits of GLOBE project for target group are the following: - Build their capacity on green skills and contribute to green competitive growth of European business, and - Gain relevant skills and knowledge on green economy. Thus, GLOBE project will produce 2 main Intellectual Output: GLOBE- GAME TO DEVELOP GREEN SKILLS WORK-LINKED TRAINING: a training tool based on game-based learning methodology and supported by a handbook for trainers; and GLOBE - MENTORS' HANDBOOK: a handbook for apprentices’ mentors, which help them continue the training activities in the work site. A partnership formed by 6 organisations from five different countries (Romania, Spain, Ireland, Italy and UK) will lead the project. Partners representing different profiles that are key to create sustainable projects in the work-linked training, involving: business associations, training and education centres, employment and social research organisations as well as representatives from social innovation area. GLOBE will be implemented during 2 year (24 months), starting on October 2017 and ending on September 2019.
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