Skills supply and transition

The election manifesto demands massive investments in transition support, skills development and education in sustainable societal development, and states that workers should not be hit by unemployment when society leaves fossil dependence. This is precisely what a green knowledge boost within adult education, vocational college, upper secondary school and higher education means. The party programme also links full employment to a strong education system.

• skills boost for the transitiondecisive»massiva satsningar på omställningsstöd, kompetensutveckling och utbildning i vad hållbar samhällsutveckling innebär« (2022 manifesto ↗)“massive investments in transition support, skills development and education in what sustainable societal development means”
• just transition for workers»Arbetare, som idag är anställda i privata företag och offentlig verksamhet ska inte drabbas av arbetslöshet när samhället ställer om från fossilberoende.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Workers, who today are employed in private companies and public activities, should not be hit by unemployment when society transitions away from fossil dependence.”
• green jobs require education»En framgångsrik klimatomställning kräver många nya och kunskapsintensiva arbeten, hög kompetens och satsningar på utbildningsväsendet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“A successful climate transition requires many new and knowledge-intensive jobs, high expertise and investments in the education system.”
• strong education system»utbildningssystem, som ser till att alla människor kan det de behöver« (party programme ↗)“education system, which ensures that all people can do what they need”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The election manifesto wants to invest in green technology, digitalisation and education so that skills supply improves, and requires a stronger link between education supply and society's personnel needs. The counter-proposal's green knowledge boost within adult education, vocational higher education, secondary school and university is precisely such an investment. The party programme additionally gives all adults the right to continuing and further education.

• green technology and educationdecisive»Vi vill satsa på grön teknik, digitalisering och utbildning så att företagsklimatet stärks och kompetensförsörjningen förbättras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to invest in green technology, digitalisation and education so that the business climate is strengthened and skills supply improves.”
• education to match needs»Det ska finns en starkare koppling mellan de utbildningar som erbjuds och de behov av personal som finns i samhället.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“There shall be a stronger link between the education offered and the need for personnel that exists in society.”
• lifelong learning for all»Alla vuxna, inom alla delar av arbetslivet, ska ha möjlighet till fort- och« (party programme ↗)“All adults, within all sectors of working life, shall have the opportunity for continuing and”
• active labour market policy»En aktiv arbetsmarknadspolitik för fler jobb är särskilt viktig i ekonomiskt oroliga tider.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“An active labour market policy for more jobs is particularly important in economically uncertain times.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The party programme establishes that the green transition places new demands on skills and working methods and wants to make future investments in education and skills provision, with faith in popular education and lifelong learning. The counter-proposal's green knowledge boost through adult education, vocational higher education, upper secondary school and university is precisely such an investment.

• green transition requires skillsdecisive»gröna omställningen, som ställer nya krav på« (party programme ↗)“green transition, which places new demands on”
• future investment in skills»forskning, kompetensförsörjning och kommersialisering av innovationer.« (party programme ↗)“research, skills provision and commercialisation of innovations.”
• lifelong learning»Vi tror på folkbildningen och det livslånga lärandet.« (party programme ↗)“We believe in popular education and lifelong learning.”
• enables studies and transition»höja studiestödet och förbättra studenters a-kassa och sjukförsäkring« (2022 manifesto ↗)“raise study support and improve students' unemployment insurance and health insurance”

The plan establishes that all who want to can educate themselves throughout their lives and that support for transition and further training must become better, while the education system to a greater extent shall proceed from labour market needs. It also counts on new jobs being created in the green transition, from biofuels to minerals. A green knowledge initiative that meets technology and skills change therefore lies in line with the plan's commitments.

• lifelong learningdecisive»Från yrkesvux för den som saknar gymnasieexamen till konkurrenskraftiga universitet och forskning i världsklass. Alla som vill ska ha möjlighet att utbilda sig genom hela livet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“From vocational education for those lacking a gymnasium education to competitive universities and world-class research. All who want to shall have the opportunity to educate themselves throughout their lives.”
• better transition support»Svensk arbetsmarknad behöver både mer flexibilitet och mer trygghet. Stödet vid omställning och vidareutbildning måste bli bättre.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Swedish labour market needs both more flexibility and more security. Support for transition and further training must become better.”
• green jobs in the transition»Med rätt reformer kommer nya jobb att skapas på landsbygden inom allt från produktion av biobränslen till utvinning av de mineral och metaller som krävs för den gröna omställningen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“With the right reforms new jobs will be created in the countryside within everything from biofuel production to extraction of the minerals and metals required for the green transition.”
• education after labour market needs»Utbildningssystemet behöver i betydligt större utsträckning utgå från arbetsmarknadens behov.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The education system needs to proceed from labour market needs to a considerably greater extent.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan requires that the opportunity to further educate oneself or learn an entirely new profession mid-life is greatly improved, with an expanded vocational college and supplementary vocational education in areas of labour shortage. It also sees new technology and new solutions as part of the climate solution, which makes a knowledge lift aimed at the transition compatible with the plan. However, the plan mentions no green knowledge lift as such.

• retraining mid-lifedecisive»vidareutbilda sig eller lära sig ett helt nytt yrke mitt i livet måste förbättras kraftigt.« (party programme ↗)“further educate oneself or learn an entirely new profession mid-life must be greatly improved.”
• expanded vocational college»kompletterande yrkesutbildningar i bristyrken samt en utbyggd yrkeshögskola med hög kvalitet.« (party programme ↗)“supplementary vocational education in areas of labour shortage and an expanded vocational college of high quality.”
• technology in climate transition»Medan andra gröna partier grundades för att stoppa tillväxten vet vi att ny teknik och nya lösningar är en del av lösningen på klimatutmaningen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“While other green parties were founded to stop growth, we know that new technology and new solutions are part of the solution to the climate challenge.”
• build out education with quality»Vi vill öka den lärarledda undervisningen, skärpa utvärderingen och bygga ut de utbildningar och lärosäten som håller högst kvalitet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to increase teacher-led teaching, sharpen evaluation and expand the education and educational institutions that maintain the highest quality.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The party programme requires well-developed adult education that can meet the rapidly changing needs of the labour market and highlights qualified practical education such as higher vocational education. Environmental considerations should also permeate all policy areas. A green skills boost for transition to a sustainable labour market follows from these commitments.

• well developed adult educationdecisive»Det innebär att vuxenutbildningen ska vara väl utbyggd.« (party programme ↗)“This means that adult education shall be well developed.”
• meet labour market needs»tillgodose arbetsmarknadens mångfacetterade och ofta« (party programme ↗)“meet the labour market's multifaceted and often”
• higher vocational education's role»Med kvalificerade praktiska utbildningar på exempelvis yrkeshögskola ökar förutsättningarna för detta.« (party programme ↗)“With qualified practical education at for example higher vocational education, the conditions for this increase.”
• environmental considerations in all policy areas»Miljöhänsyn behöver genomsyra alla« (party programme ↗)“Environmental considerations need to permeate all”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan's answer to the skills shortage is national coordination of education places based on society's actual needs, rather than a politically defined knowledge lift with green focus. The party programme furthermore emphasizes that politics must prioritize and exclude, and the election manifesto that new reforms should fit within the budget surplus target. The plan supports industry's transition, but through the Industry Climate programme rather than a broad education investment.

• needs-based sizingdecisive»Få på plats en nationell samordning över samhällets behov av antalet utbildningsplatser för att förbättra kompetensförsörjningen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Put in place national coordination over society's needs for the number of education places to improve skills supply”
• politics must prioritize»Politiken har en viktig uppgift att prioritera och välja bort,« (party programme ↗)“Politics has an important task to prioritize and exclude,”
• financed reforms»Alla nya löften och reformer – som till exempel våra inkomstskattesänkningar – behöver finansieras eller rymmas inom överskottsmålet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“All new promises and reforms – such as our income tax reductions – need to be financed or fit within the budget surplus target.”
• transition support via the Industry Climate programme»Fortsätta satsa på Industriklivet som hjälper industrin att ställa om« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Continue to invest in the Industry Climate programme which helps industry transition”

The plan states that the education system should be sized according to the actual needs of the labor market and that ineffective programs that hide unemployment should be phased out. A broad green knowledge initiative is a climate policy-motivated investment of the kind the plan wants to avoid when it requires cost-effectiveness and the stopping of symbolic politics. The plan therefore does not support the counter-proposal's demands.

• labor market-driven educationdecisive»Utbilda efter de behov som finns på arbetsmarknaden« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Educate according to the needs that exist in the labor market”
• against ineffective programs»Avskaffa ineffektiva arbetsmarknads- och integrationsprogram som är skapade för att dölja arbetslöshet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Eliminate ineffective labor market and integration programs that are created to hide unemployment”
• against symbolic politics»Stoppa symbolpolitik som går ut över möjligheten att bedriva industri och näring« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop symbolic politics that goes against the possibility of conducting industry and business”
• cost-effective climate policy»Bedriva en effektiv klimatpolitik med ett tydligt globalt perspektiv« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Conduct an effective climate policy with a clear global perspective”