The main aim of this handbook is to provide a set of tools for conducting studies of the potential for creating bioenergy jobs at the provincial level, including the related requirements for skills and capacity. These tools resulted mainly from studies on employment in the bioenergy sector in Santa Fe, Salta, and Misiones provinces conducted by the FAO Project for the promotion of energy from biomass and the ILO in 2016 and 2017. Specifically, the handbook:
- Establishes conceptual guidelines on bioenergy and green jobs;
- Sets out a methodological basis, which includes the necessary technical procedures to analyse a value chain, manage surveys of enterprises and workers, and use an input-output model (IOM); and
- Proposes a planning and organisation strategy for the studies.
The effects of bioenergy production on employment are proposed from different perspectives: the main characteristics of the sector and its value chain; an estimate of direct green employment in the sector; the quality of this employment; an estimate of indirect and induced employment in the sector, and the development of likely scenarios corresponding to sector policy lines, using microsimulations. The purpose is to undertake the systematic development of studies on bioenergy employment at the provincial level in order to generate useful knowledge for designing and managing local public policies.