Modern mankind faces many challenges. One of the most significant is the challenge of acquiring new skills that will contribute to the endangered environment preservation and tackling climate change. It is about more efficient production with lower CO2 emissions, including the generation of larger energy quantities from renewable sources. Thus, a relevant contribution is made to the process of greening the economy and creating a basis for it to gradually become sustainable. To this end, it is required to analyze the emergence of green skills that will be in line with current changes and processes, while also including the newly emerged green jobs. Green skills should gradually contribute to maintaining and restoring the quality of the environment and avoiding future damage to eco systems.
The focus of this part of the research is aimed at analyzing the strategies in the area of environmental protection, sustainable development, and other strategies related to these issues. A review was also made of strategies and programs related to economic development, especially the issues of energy efficiency, workforce and employment in our country. The same research principle was also applied to the analysis of individual legal acts. The choice was made on the basis of strategies and legal acts’ relevance in terms of the issues studied, i.e., the creation of prerequisites for green skills development. As to the time horizon, the analysis takes into account current strategies and documents, but also those that have been developed during the last 15-20 years. In doing so, the intention of our country to integrate and accede to the EU was taken into account, which in principle is reflected in the strategic documents analyzed and legal acts prepared in accordance with the EU standards.
