Social challenge/ impact linked to: | Economic |
Level of importance | 1 - High Importance / must have |
Description | Green jobs should contribute to environmental benefits. They should be striving for minimisation of resources, create
decent employment opportunities and build low-carbon sustainable societies. The International Labour Organization(ILO) has a methodology to estimate green jobs. According to ILO's various country-wide studies, primary green activities (i.e., organic agriculture, sustainable forestry), secondary activities (i.e., renewable energy, clean industry, sustainable construction) and tertiary activities (i.e., recycling, sustainable tourism, and sustainable transport)are defined as green jobs. This KPI, related to economic aspects measurements, evaluates how NBS interventions can increase the attraction of businesses, or how to increase the value of the existing ones. This value, evaluated through the measurements of the number of jobs created will reflect the economic opportunities and potential of NBS solutions. |
Scale as linked to D2.2 framework | |
| - City official data, city platforms, questionnaires, small-medium enterprise accounts… (Related to de NBSinvestment zone
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Connection with SDGs | - Goal 1: No poverty
- Goal 4: Quality education
- Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth
- Goal 10: Reduced inequalities
- Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities
- Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production
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Required Data | - Direct value on employment by zone, before and after implementation, during the established period.
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Expected Outputs | - (Nº jobs) (€/m2)
(Nº jobs or nº users) (€/year)
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Calculation methods | - Essentially a 'before-after' indicator which captures the part of the employment increase that is a direct consequence of NBS implementation (workers employed to implement the NBS project should not be directly counted). The positions need to be filled (vacant posts are not counted)and increase the total number of jobs in the enterprise. If total employment in the enterprise does not increase, the value is zero – it is regarded as realignment, not increase. Safeguarded, etc., jobs are not included.
- Gross: Not counting the origin of the jobholder as long as it directly contributes to the increase of total jobs in the organisation. The indicator should be used if the employment increase can plausibly be attributed to the support.
- Full-time equivalent: Jobs can be full time, part-time or seasonal. Seasonal and part-time jobs are to be converted to FTE using ILO/statistical/other standards. Durability: Jobs are expected to be permanent, i.e., last for a reasonably long period depending on industrial-technological characteristics; seasonal jobs should be recurring. Figures of enterprises that went bankrupt are registered as a zero employment increase.Timing: Data is collected before the project starts and after it finishes; the NBS holders are free to specify the exact timing (depending on the NBS time needed to get the profit). Using average employment, based on 6 months or a year, is preferred to employment figures on certain dates.
- Number of jobs created (Direct employment)
- Direct value on employment by zone, before and after implementation, during the established period.
Number of jobs created= n * Z [(nº jobs) (€/m2)] - Where n is referred to the direct full-time employment in during the time defined (directly related to the each particular NBS); Z- affected zone/area in reference to the NBS (should depend on NBS the definition of the area)
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Level of expertise required | |
Links and references | - URBAN GreenUP Deliverable D2.4 - Monitoring program toValladolid.https://www.urbangreenup.eu/insights/deliverables/d2-4---monitoring-program-to-valladolid.kl
- URBAN GreenUP Deliverable D3.4 - Monitoring program toLiverpoolhttps://www.urbangreenup.eu/insights/deliverables/d3-4---monitoring-program-to-liverpool.kl
- URBAN GreenUP Deliverable D4.4 – Monitoring program to Izmirhttps://www.urbangreenup.eu/insights/deliverables/d4-4--monitoring-program-to-izmir.kl
- URBAN GreenUP Deliverable D5.3: City Diagnosis and MonitoringProcedureshttps://www.urbangreenup.eu/insights/deliverables/d5-3-city-diagnosis-and-monitoring-procedures.klAn impact evaluation framework to support planning andevaluation of nature-based solutions rojects; An EKLIPSE
- Expert Working Group report, 2017"The Model of the Environmental Sustainability Matrix" (“El Modelode la matriz de Sostenibilidad Ambiental”); La ordenación Urbana y el Desarrollo Sostenible, Angel Ibañez Ceba, FermínCerezo Rubio, August 2009
- The five principles of the urbanization theory of Cerdá, Engineering and Territory Magazine, Spanish edition, 2009
- Expert evaluation network delivering policy analysis on the performance of Cohesion policy 2007-2013, 2013, “Job creation as an indicator of outcomes in ERDF programmes”, Synthesis report, August 2013, A report to the EuropeanCommission Directorate-General for Regional and urban policy
- Forestry Commission, Scotland, The economic and social contribution of forestry for people in Scotland, David Edwards, Jake Morris, Liz O´Brien, Vadims Sarajevs and Gregory Valatin, September 2008Guidance Document on Monitoring and Evaluation – ERDF and Cohesion Fund, Concepts and Recommendations, Programming Period 2014-2020, European Commission, April 2013. Annex1
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