Skills Development for the Clean Energy Transition in the Middle East & North Africa Region
Channel: International Energy Agency
Date: 20/03/2023

Learn more: https://www.iea.org/events/skills-development-for-the-clean-energy-transition-in-the-mena-region

Ongoing energy transitions and decarbonisation efforts are poised to bring profound shifts in the sector’s employment, including new opportunities for job creation in clean energy. The clean energy transition requires governments to anticipate the upcoming changes with detailed assessments of workforces and skill requirements to undertake the scale of new projects required for a transition towards low-carbon economies.

In the context of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, training, upskilling and reskilling programmes to support workers in the oil and gas industry for jobs in clean energy industries offer significant opportunities to manage the challenges induced by energy transitions and safeguard macroeconomic stability which is partly underpinned by employment. Producer economies have a significant energy related asset and skill base they can leverage to help develop these new industries (e.g. solar, hydrogen) for which they often benefit from abundant natural resources.

This public virtual workshop, organised as part of the IEA’s people centred clean energy transitions programme, will explore some of the key new job opportunities, labour market needs and skills training programmes associated with clean energy transitions in the context of the MENA region.