Recognizing Green Skills Through Non-formal Learning : A Comparative Study in Asia

I. Debate on the need for green skills inclusion in the RVA framework.-

1. Green Skills: An Insight into the Need for Environmentally Friendly Practices.-

2. Dissecting the Playing Field: Existing Practices and Issues in the Recognition, Validation and Accreditation (RVA) Mechanisms.-

II.Case studies from Asia and the Pacific region - environmental friendly practices and the RVA applications.-

3. RVA and Sustainable Development:  the Philippine Experience.-

4. Current Practices in Bangladesh.-

5. Greening TVET Initiatives in Nepal.-

6. Environmental friendly practices in SMEs in Kazakhstan.-

7. Social recognition of green skills by different stakeholders: India.-

8. Skills recognition for improving environmental and sustainable development in certain industries in the formal and informal sectors:  A Comparative Study in China.-

9. Realities of SMEs in Hong Kong: what green skills are included in the RVAs?.-

10. RVA: The Awareness and Practices of green skills in SMEs in Malaysia.-

III.Identifying patterns and principles for a model development for the RVA.-

11. Enlightening through Recognising and Making Visible: Best Practices to promote the Recognition of Skills amongst SMEs.-

12. Model Development based on principles and results obtained from case studies.