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In a bid to turn university campuses into environmentally friendly spaces, the Council of Higher Education (YÖK) has launched a project to promote sustainable solutions, the YÖK president has announced.

Greece remains a laggard when it comes to strategies to upgrade its human resources with new skills, through reskilling and upskilling policies offered by in-company training programs.

Almost eight in every 10 employers in Greece say they find it hard to obtain the workers they need to fill their vacancies, particularly as regards technicians, engineers with degrees and professional sales assistants, according to an international survey by ManpowerGroup.

The ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey is conducted quarterly to measure employers' intentions to increase or decrease the number of employees in their workforces during the next quarter. ManpowerGroup's comprehensive forecast of employer hiring plans has been running for more than 55 years and is one of the most trusted surveys of employment activity in the world.

Employers have been hiring foreigners to alleviate the shortage, but the manpower pool of the former Yugoslav republics is depleting as well.

The organisations thus expect the government to speed up measures to tackle the issue and come up with a strategy for promoting economic migrations.

Falling oil prices show the "high risk" of fossil fuel investments compared with renewable energies, the U.N.'s climate chief said on Dec. 1 at the start of 190-nation talks on a deal to slow global warming.