Lifelong Learning for Green Skills and Sustainable Development: Southern European Perspectives

"This illuminating compendium, with scholarly rigor, serves policymakers and practitioners in addressing the pressing contemporary issue at the critical nexus between lifelong learning and sustainable development. This scholarly tour de force, spanning multiple levels - individual, local, organizational, and national, and diverse scientific fields, helps navigate the intricate web of policy transfer within the EU."

--Katarina Popovic, University of Belgrade, Serbia.

"The editors and authors skillfully provide a compelling inter- and transdisciplinary overview of the topic of lifelong learning in the context of sustainable development. This book will be an excellent resource for both those engaged in the scholarly pursuit of the subject and those just starting to learn about it."

--Marina Andrijevic, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria.

This edited book analyses the implementation of green transformation policies and the UN Sustainable Development Goals across the European Union, in the context of lifelong learning and educational practices. The contributions examine how green skills became mainstreamed in member states' education policies, as well as the social, economic and political circumstances contributing to this process. A focus on lifelong learning (from an early age to adulthood) is maintained throughout the volume, and the book will appeal to researchers, students, policy- and decision-makers in education, environmental and social studies.

Tihomir Ziljak is an adjunct professor at the University of Zagreb and the University of Osijek, Croatia.

Philippe Ristord is Head of Lifelong Learning at Maisons Familiales Rurales National Union, Paris, France.

Niksa Alfirevic is a researcher at the Croatian Centre of Scientific Excellence in School Effectiveness and Management, Professor of Management and Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Split, Croatia.

Jurica Pavičic is a researcher and Head of the Croatian Centre of Scientific Excellence in School Effectiveness and Management. He is Professor of Marketing at the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb, Croatia. He also serves as Vice-Rector of the University of Zagreb.