MENA Leadership Programme on the Just Transition

OBJCETIVES The activity focused on high-level representatives of Ministries of Labour and Environment, workers’ and employers’ organizations with a particular interest and stake in the just transition upon nomination by their institutions. The programme aimed to strengthen the capacities of representatives from government workers and employer’s organisations in the MENA region to effectively engage in the followup discussions and implementation of the outcomes of the COP27 and in shaping the discussions ahead of COP28. CONTENT Course contents evolved around the interlinkages of climate policies with macroeconomic and growth policies, labour market policies, industrial and sectoral policies, enterprise and skills development policies, rights at work, social protection and occupational health and safety. ACHIEVEMENT Participants gained a better understanding on how to reflect aspects around labour market impacts and social justice in the process of shaping a comprehensive set of policies to successfully implement climate change commitments NUMBER OF HOURS: 30