Green and digitals skills development in Western Macedonia region
西マケドニア地域におけるグリーンおよびデジタルスキルの開発 (AI 翻訳)
Goulaptsi, Maria, Kakderi, Christina
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日本語
ギリシャの西マケドニア地域は、約70年間国内の褐炭生産の約80%を担ってきたが、2019年に2030年までの褐炭全廃が決定された。本ケーススタディは、グリーン・デジタル移行政策が既存の社会経済的不平等とどのように相互作用するかを、雇用、スキル開発、資金アクセスの観点から分析。大規模再エネ投資の雇用創出効果は褐炭部門より低く、訓練プログラムは実際の労働需要と一致せず、資金調達には制度的に強い主体が有利になる複雑さがある。
English
This case study examines how green and digital transition policies interact with existing socio-economic inequalities in Western Macedonia, Greece, a region historically dependent on lignite mining. It finds that renewable energy investments create fewer jobs than lignite, retraining programs are misaligned with labor demand, and funding access favors institutionally stronger actors, compounding challenges like energy poverty and spatial concentration of investment.
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📝 gxceed 編集解説 — Why this matters
日本のGX文脈において
本論文は、日本の石炭依存地域（例：北海道、九州）における公正な移行政策の設計に示唆を与える。特に、雇用創出効果の低い再エネ投資への依存、訓練と労働需要のミスマッチ、行政手続きの複雑さによる格差拡大のリスクは、日本のGX推進においても重要な教訓となる。
In the global GX context
This paper provides a granular, evidence-based analysis of just transition challenges in a European coal region, relevant for global discussions on equitable decarbonization. Its findings on employment intensity of renewables, skills mismatch, and administrative barriers to funding are broadly applicable to regions undergoing energy transitions, offering cautionary lessons for policy design.
👥 読者別の含意
🔬研究者:Researchers can use this empirical case to study the socio-economic impacts of rapid phase-out policies and the effectiveness of just transition instruments.
🏢実務担当者:Corporate sustainability and training providers can learn from the identified gaps between training programs and actual labor demand to better align reskilling initiatives.
🏛政策担当者:Policymakers should note the risks of spatial concentration of investment, administrative complexity excluding weaker actors, and the need for integrated policies linking energy, employment, and social protection.
📄 Abstract（原文）
The Region of Western Macedonia in Greece represents one of Europe's most emblematic cases of transition-related vulnerability. For nearly seventy years the region functioned as the primary energy hub of Greece , hosting approximately 80% of national lignite mining capacity and contributing between 34% and 45% of regional gross value added at its peak. The Greek government's 2019 commitment to a complete lignite phase-out by 2028 has set in motion a profound socio-economic reconfiguration, unfolding against deep structural constraints: population declined by 10.3% between 2011 and 2021, lifelong learning participation stands at just 3–4%, and the region is classified as an "Emerging Innovator" under the Regional Innovation Scoreboard. The policy response is anchored in the Just Transition Development Plan (JTDP), supported by the Just Transition Fund, the Recovery and Resilience Facility, ESF+, and ERDF, and complemented by the SYNERGiNN European Digital Innovation Hub for SME digitalisation. This case study examines how policies supporting the twin green and digital transition interact with existing socio-economic inequalities, with a focus on employment dynamics, skills development, and access to emerging opportunities. The analysis demonstrates that the transition is shaped by deeply embedded inequalities across the policy cycle. Large-scale renewable energy investments generate lower employment intensity than the lignite sector and have limited local economic spillovers. Up to 50% of affected workers require reskilling, yet training programmes delivered through the Public Employment Service (DYPA) are not consistently aligned with actual labour demand. Access to funding is conditioned by administrative complexity — described by local stakeholders as a "technical race" — that systematically advantages institutionally stronger actors, while spatial concentration of investment and energy poverty risks from the disruption of lignite-based district heating further compound these dynamics.
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