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Klimaaktiv: linking up the governance of green growth and employment

A few EU countries (Austria, Finland, France and the United Kingdom) have already started developing an integrated approach, linking up the governance of green growth and employment through the Klimaaktiv brand.

In its latest Social Agenda (n. 39), the European Commission comes back on a best practice undertaken by four European countries with a view to accompany the market transformation towards more energy efficiency.

Fourteen years ago, Austria integrated all voluntary and supportive climate change mitigating measures (training, consulting, quality management, networking and awareness campaigns) under a single brand: Klimaaktiv.

Klimaaktiv brings together the construction, energy efficiency, transport and renewable energy areas in a “market transformation” approach: raising the share of energy efficient products and services in the Austrian economy.

Its main activity is to provide education and training to professionals, develop standards, ensure quality, inform and inspire rethinking and bring together players from business and the public sector into a single climate protection network.

As a result, 900 building specialists now actively exchange on an e-learning platform and 9 000 plumbers, master builders, fuel-save trainers and energy consultants have been trained.

New trainings have been put in place in areas like e-biking, bicycle mechanic and bio heat plumbing.

 

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European Union