Better chances on the European labour market through further education in environmental protection

Climate change, lack of resources, dwindling biodiversity and increasing environmental pollution - these are the global problems of our time. We focus on education at the European level. Together with its cooperation partners in Germany, Poland, Hungary and Romania, the Umweltbüro für Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. (ubb) / Environmental Office for Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. has established a number of new partnerships. The ubb has been working for two and a half years on a European Educational Concept in Environmental, Nature and Climate Protection for Ensuring Cross-Border Sustainable Development (EUBILD-UNAKLIM) as part of an ERASMUS+ project. All participating partners thus contribute to supporting the climate and energy goals of the Europe 2020 Strategy.

Information, education and training are requested for a „greener" economy. The target groups of our project are those affected by unemployment, university graduates and anyone interested in further training in this field, which opens up new perspectives on the labour market, especially in the area of the "green economy". "It does not mean to create new professions, but making the existing ones ´more green`. Therein we see the task of the qualification“, says Ilona Winter, ubb managing director. The project objective was the development of a cross-border further training concept in environmental, nature and climate protection for adults who already have basic skills and thus have the opportunity to acquire additional knowledge in this field.

More flexible on the international labour market

The European approach also enables participants to participate more flexibly in the international labour market and to integrate environmental aspects more closely into the various work processes. "It is quite clear that environmental and climate protection is a complex issue and only works across borders," said Ilona Winter. According to a study by the Bundesumweltamt / Federal Environment Agency (from 2016), more than five percent of all employees were already employed in the "green economy" in 2012.

Within the framework of the project, studies on the current state and needs in the field of "green" further education in the four partner countries were prepared as a requirements for the development of an applied and practice-oriented European further education concept in environmental, nature and climate protection with a curriculum as well as example letters and a solar handbook:
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The current climate protection index shows just how urgent it is to promote climate protection. In terms of climate protection, Germany ranks just 27th, which Germanwatch calls "moderate". The situation is even worse for Hungary and Poland, which rank 42nd and 41st respectively - rating: "Bad". Romania, which is ranked 20th, is even better.

Portrait of the Environmental Office for Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. (ubb) / Umweltbüro für Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. /

The Umweltbüro für Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. was founded in 1994 as a non-profit association. The qualified members of the association are scientists, engineers or business economists.

Ubb e.V. has been working since 1994 in publicly funded projects on various topics in environmental, nature and climate protection. It provides consulting services for municipalities and businesses on its own responsibility and in cooperation with competent partners within the framework of environmental orientation consulting promoted by the DIFU or the Chamber of Industry and Commerce.

Further projects were and/or are among others
- Soil air investigations on street trees in Berlin for the diagnosis of gas damage,
- Waste consulting in old people's homes and hospitals,
- Biotope type mapping,
- Production and publication of consumer information as online brochures on eco-labelling in the food, construction materials, energy-efficient construction, green electricity, textiles, toys, energy-powered household appliances and climate labels sectors.

In addition, the association participated in EU calls for proposals as project coordinator for international projects, in particular in the implementation of international conferences, workshops, forums on environmental protection and sustainable energy management within the framework of BMBF-DLR calls for proposals, research framework programmes 5-7, IEE-CIP and is a stakeholder in other EU projects.

Ubb e.V. is experienced in conception, fundraising and management of international projects in the frame of environmental issues. It is part of a large network especially with partners from Eastern and Central Europe, i.e. Universities, Higher Education Institutes, academies, enterprises in Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Russia, Romania.

Since 2005, Ubb e.V. has regularly carried out further training courses in environmental, nature and climate protection, which are supported by the ESF (European Social Fund). These previous courses are aimed at unemployed academics who are interested in getting started in the future market of environmental, nature and climate protection. The Ubb e.V. works exclusively with speakers from the private sector, in particular with the companies YGGDRASIL-Dr. Rahner, YGGDRASILDiemer, and contributes its own extensive experience.

For further information please contact us:
Dr. Susanne Rahner: info@yggdrasil-dr-Rahner.de
Ilona Winter: winter@ubb.de
Volker Voss: projektteam@ubb.de
Our contact:
Umweltbüro für Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.
(Environmental Office for Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.)
Phone: 030 4213700
Ueckermünder Straße 3,
10439 Berlin

This release was published on openPR.