‘Greennovation’ meets skills anticipation: policy lessons for making the green transition happen

Previously, he worked in the Unit in charge of sustainable freshwater management (Water Framework Directive).

Before, he developed different tasks related to environment and regional policy at the European Committee of the Regions, the Regional Office of Valencia in Brussels and the European Parliament.

Alfonso is a lawyer and holds a master degree from the College of Europe in Bruges.

Mr Bergqvist has extensive experience, working since 2000, with the Swedish system for higher vocational education.

His current responsibilities also include the development and implementation of the Swedish qualifications framework (SeQF) and the Swedish NCP for the EQF.

In cooperation with social partners and labour market stakeholders and representatives from the education system as well as regions, he is leading the work on developing structures for validation of prior learning.

Mr Bergqvist has also overseen several EU-funded projects in the areas of qualifications, validation, microcredentials, and lifelong learning.

She holds a university degree in Economics and a Master in Economics, politics and law of the European Union. Her mother tongue is Italian (born in Perugia) and she is fluent in English, French, Greek and Spanish.

Stelina coordinates the skills intelligence and foresight team, and contributes to the Centre’s research on skills anticipation and skills governance.

Before joining Cedefop, Stelina worked for almost a decade as a researcher and policy analyst in the private sector.

In that capacity, she has worked on and managed projects on national and EU comparative analysis on VET, skills and entrepreneurship.

Anders has extensive experience in EC projects, and is currently coordinator of the ERASMUS+ blueprint project ALBATTS, with 21 partners in 11 countries 2019-23, working in education development in the field of batteries and electromobility at the EU level.

His well-cited research specialises in blended learning/ICT integration, educational justice and education logistics. Anders is also Vice President of the Automotive Skills Alliance, a large-scale European Pact-for-Skills partnership.

As a senior manager in the public and private sector, Aoife has gained a solid understanding of the development and learning needs of companies at various stages of their growth lifecycle.

Aoife holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Multimedia and an MA in Communications & Cultural Studies.

She has worked for the Swedish Ministry of Education and Research for 13 years, of which 5 as Education Counsellor at the Swedish Permanent Representation to the EU.

Åsa Petri is currently on leave from her post of Head of Unit of the International Office at Stockholm University.

She has previously worked for the Swedish National Agency for Erasmus and other funding programmes, for the UCLA Anderson School of Management, the Stockholm School of Economics and for CEMS, a global alliance of management schools.

Before joining WindEurope, he worked for 6 years as a technical project manager on large-scale mechanical and electrical installations across Europe for Procter & Gamble.

His professional experience includes working as freelance management consultant and as finance manager at French retailer Carrefour.

He studied in Mexico and Canada, where he graduated with a BSc in Industrial Engineering, and in the UK, where he obtained an MSc in Sustainable Energy Technology at Imperial College London as a Chevening Scholar.

The Department work encompasses a wide range of research and policy analysis in two Cedefop strategic areas of operation, namely skills and labour market and learning and employability.

An economist by training, Antonio has taught regional economics at the University of Rome since 2002. He also lectured at the National High School of Public Administration on cost-benefit analysis and public expenditure.

Prior to joining Cedefop, in 2010, he was Head of Research and Studies at the public services authority of the Municipality of Rome. Until 2007, he was Head of Area at CLES, an independent centre of studies on labour market and economic development based in Rome.

Involved in a number of initiatives focused on transformation of coal-dependent regions and just transition – among them the CEE Community Lab, the Post Coal Future Lab, and Reboost – a Boost for Rural Lignite Regions.

Tim works on skills needed for the green transition on the labour market, internationalisation of VET, as well as higher VET.

Currently, Tim is also closely involved in the organisation of the European Year of Skills.

Previously, he worked in DG EMPL’s geographical desk for Austria and Germany, in a Brussels-based public sector consultancy and in the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN).

He holds a bachelor degree in Political Science and a master degree in International Relations.

As Executive Director, Jürgen is responsible for managing the Agency’s operations in accordance with the strategic direction of its tripartite Management Board.

Before joining Cedefop, Jürgen served for more than 20 years as an HR manager with global governance and business-partner responsibilities at Siemens.

Jürgen earned his MSc in Economics at the University of Hamburg, and a PhD in Business Administration from the University of Vienna.

Jakub is also leading the WP in ALBATTS project, the Blueprint project for batteries for the electromobility sector.

His recent activities are strongly focused on a sustainable and pragmatic approach towards the skills agenda in the automotive ecosystem, establishing the Automotive Skills Alliance, a Pact for Skills partnership in the automotive-mobility ecosystem.

He has experience in project/programme management, development of training and education programmes, and a technical background in informatics and mechatronics in the automotive ecosystem.

He has a master degree in quantitative and general economics and holds a Ph.d. in social sciences.

As a researcher and project manager at the Dutch research centre for education and the labour market (ROA) Jasper led research projects on labour market issues, skills, employability and obsolescence of knowledge.

He also worked on HRD and HRM, taking an economic perspective to human resources issues. Jasper started working for Cedefop in 2007. He led the centre’s early work on skill mismatch, coordinated the centre’s work on national VET systems and policies for several years, and led the centre’s skills governance work.

He was one of the lead authors of the IEA Sustainable Recovery report and the IEA Sustainable Recovery Tracker, and coordinated IEA’s co-custodianship of Tracking Progress on Sustainable Development Goal 7.1: Universal Access.

Dan also oversees the employment and parts of the demand analysis in the annual World Energy Outlook.

Prior to joining the IEA, Dan worked at the Rocky Mountain Institute in their Beijing office, leading their Power Market Reform programme, and in Colorado, working on regional energy transition plans.