In front of youth unemploymentin 2023, equal to 27.9%with beyond one million and 210 thousand young NEETs in the South of which 402 thousand in Campaniaequal to 33.2% of the total and with dramatic data on the front of youth emigration as noted by Istat where between 2002 and 2022 almost 360 thousand young people “disappeared”., positive data is recorded on the front of green employment where in Campania I’m beyond 44 thousand companies that in the five-year period 2018-2022 have decided to invest in green technologies and products placing third in Italy, after Lombardy and Veneto.
There Campania stands out as one of the most dynamic regionswith 143,790 new green jobs contracts expected in 2022 (up 13.5% compared to 2021, confirming itself as the first Region in the South. Legambiente presents the dossier “Green Jobs”, as part of the Green Energy Revolution project, with the objective of promoting and disseminating new green skills; highlight the opportunities and possible employment, economic and social impacts linked to environmental innovation processes; support school, university and work orientation paths towards green jobs; provide tools to public and private actors in order to improve public training systems and strengthen non-formal education paths.
According to ISTAT datawe read in the Legambiente Campania dossierunemployment in Campania in 2023 will settle at 17.8%, an increase of 0.4% compared to the previous year and 10.1% higher than the national average (7.8%) and 3.5% higher than the average for the South. The fragile situation of the Campania context worsens if we refer to the data relating to youth unemploymentin the same reference period (2023), equal to 27.9% (general data), while it settles at 31.7% female youth unemployment. In 2023 young NEETs in the South there are 1 million and 210 thousand, of which 402 thousand in Campaniaequal to 33.2% of the total.
Despite the negative data which gives us a worrying general picture characterized by unemployment, inactive young people (NEETs), intense processes of emigration especially among young people, the Campania, like the South, represents a place in which industrial and employment policies capable of change can be developed the sign in the perspective of the realization of a just ecological transition.
In fact, according to data from the Symbola Foundation’s GreenItaly Report, Campania ranks third in the regional rankings by number of companies that have made eco-investments in the period 2018–2022 in green products and technologies, with 44,530 companies in absolute termsof which 22,980 (51.6%) are located in the metropolitan area of Naples (in third place in the provincial rankings).
They are in total 143,790 green jobs will be hired in Campania in 2022, the region confirms itself in 5th place in the regional ranking drawn up by Symbola and Unioncamere, with an increase of +17,000 activations compared to the previous year of survey. Compared to the rankings relating to metropolitan cities and provinces, we find three Campania provinces in the top 20 positions: Naples, Salerno (15th with 29,410 contracts) and Caserta (20th with 23,020 contracts activated). In the metropolitan area of Naples, 75,680 green jobs contracts were activated in 2022, +8,720 compared to 2021.
“Green jobs – he comments Mariateresa Learnato, President of Legambiente Campania – represent a concrete response to the fragile regional labor market by offering new employment opportunities, in particular for the large segment of the young population, and making the realization of a just ecological transition tangible. Expanding job opportunities through sustainable development means reducing social inequalities, combating poverty in all its forms, fighting against forms of illegal and undeclared work. In other words, the promotion and diffusion of green jobs contribute to expanding the employment opportunities of the territories, creating new opportunities for more equitable, sustainable and democratic development.”
In the Dossier contains a focus on the topic of employment in the energy sector in Campania with a questionnaire submitted to ten companies in the energy sector. The sample identified is varied as it is made up of small, medium and large companies. The ten companies identified, they employ a total of 1,183 workers in Italy, of which 38.5% – 455 workers – are employed in various capacities in Campania.
Seven out of ten companies who responded to the questionnaire have adopted equal opportunities policies in order to respond to the urgent need for female employment in the sector; in fact, from the interviews it emerges that only 12.5% of employees in Campania are women. The 90% of those interviewed he replies that the most sought after figure is that of‘engineerfollowed in second place by the role of skilled worker with 70% preferences; unlike the previous question in which reference was made to technical design; followed by the permitting manager – a professional figure who is responsible for requesting the necessary authorizations from the bodies in charge to build renewable energy plants – with 40% of preferences.
“The energy transition – concludes Mariateresa Learnato, President of Legambiente Campania – it is a challenge that we are playing openly to restore dignity to work and to the South, the heart of the energy revolution that the country needs becomes the opportunity for redemption. To be ready for the demands of the world of work necessary for the transition, it is essential to equip ourselves so as not to miss this great opportunity. It is necessary to implement the “Green Deal of Knowledge and Work” in our region to support new training and employment policies and fight inequalities. .
The proposals of Legambiente Campania – which have been presented as part of the seminar “Green Jobs: sustainable knowledge for innovative jobs” promoted by Legambiente Campania during Orientalife organized by the Regional School Office of Campania, Sviluppo Lavoro Italia and the Campania Region – in the presence of: Ettore AcerraDirector of the Regional School Office, Valeria PironeSchool Director ITT Marie Curie of Naples, Rossella De LucaHeadmaster of the B. Rescigno Scientific High School in Roccapiemonte, Lucia FortiniCouncilor for Education of the Campania Region, are:
Environmental and Energy Education. Strengthen, implement, and test environmental and energy education paths; use non-formal education methodologies and approaches to increase awareness of sustainable and supportive educational communities.
Educational and professional orientation. Redesign scholastic and professional orientation paths, with a focus on preventing dropout; plan and test new school orientation paths and rethink the Paths for Transversal Skills and Orientation (PCTO).
Active labor policies. Strengthen employment services and active work policies to promote the just ecological transition; strengthening the green skills of Job Center operators, and greater coordination between services.
Training. Rethink professional training through specific programming of the development of skills in the environmental field, particularly in the energy sector, implement the regional catalog of professional training, promoting experiments specifically through ITS and IFTS.
Industrial Policies and Sustainable Development. Develop industrial and sustainable development policies that encourage industrial reconversion; strengthen energy and green production chains.
