Background information

In 2021, the Danish government agreed to allocate DKK 100 million (€13.44 million) for the green transition. The funds are being disbursed for the purpose of including vocational education and training in the green transition and climate ambitions. The political parties agreed to allocate funds to ensure the climate adaptation for 2022 in a long-term policy which will last until 2025. On the 10. September 2024 it was decided and approved that a further DKK 217 million (€29.10 million) would be added to the pool for green continuing education and learning for the year 2025

Content of measure

The initiative focuses on four main areas:

1. Specifying green conversion as a purpose in the Vocational Educational Act: the parties involved in the initiative want to highlight the importance of the vocational education as a key factor to fulfilling the green ambitions.
2. Development and anchoring of knowledge and competence in the green transition: the parties want to strengthen and anchor the knowledge and competencies into the green transition. Knowledge and skills are essential to ensure the green transition, for which ten research centres were established with the purpose to collect and share knowledge within technology and skills associated with craftsmanship.
3. Local initiatives within the green transition: the parties want to support local initiatives, activities, and projects that can support green transition, sustainability, and climate adaptation.
4. Mapping needs and challenges: the parties want to map and secure vocational education into the green transition and sustainability.

Use of measure

The allocated sum of DKK 100 million (€13.44 million) is divided between the three main areas as prescribed:

• Development and anchoring of knowledge and competence in the green transition: DKK 54 million (€7.25 million)
• Local initiatives within the green transition: DKK 36 million (€4.83 million)
• Mapping needs and challenges: DKK 10 million (€1.34 million).

Target groups

Workers	Businesses	Citizens
Does not apply to workers	Does not apply to businesses	Applies to all citizens

Actors and funding

Actors	Funding
National government	National funds

Social partners

Social partners' role in designing the measure and form of involvement:

	Trade unions	Employers' organisations
Role	No involvement	No involvement
Form	Not applicable	Not applicable

Social partners' role in the implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:

• No involvement
• Main level of involvement: N/A

Involvement

There has been no involvement from social partners.

Views and reactions

There has not been any reactions from social partners.

Sectors and occupations

This case is not occupation-specific.

Sources

• 02 November 2021: Aftale mellem regeringen om udmøntning af pulje til grøn efteruddannelse og opkvalificering
• 13 April 2022: Denmark: Greem transition in vocational education (www.cedefop.europa.eu)
• 28 June 2022: Bekendtgørelse om pulje til grøn efteruddannelse og opkvalificering inden for arbejdsmarkedsuddannelserne og erhvervsuddannelserne (www.retsinformation.dk)
• 25 April 2023: Finanslov for 2023 (www.uvm.dk)