Latin America Energy Transition Workforce
Readiness Assessment and Barometer

Argentina

Brazil

Chile

Uruguay

Colombia

Mexico

Perú

Ecuador

The Barometer is based upon an analysis of data collected through our expert surveys. By weighting a series of survey questions pertaining to energy transition and workforce readiness in the eight countries, we created four categories to measure their levels of preparedness: Prepared; Preparing; Gradually Preparing; and, Unprepared. Each category is further explained here:

Prepared: Indicates that the energy transition strategy and workforce preparedness in place will result in local employment opportunities.

Preparing: Indicates that the energy transition strategy and workforce preparedness are underway and with additional policy development, alignment and enhanced training, local employment opportunities will be increased.

Gradually Preparing: Indicates that initial efforts for an energy transition strategy and workforce preparedness are at a nascent stage and insufficient to create significant local employment opportunities.

Unprepared: Indicates there is a level of uncertainty and inconsistency in development and implementation of an energy transition strategy and there are limited workforce preparedness efforts that currently inhibit local employment opportunities.

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Latin America Energy Transition Workforce Readiness Assessment

Countries across Latin America have long faced challenges with regard to fostering sustained economic development, specifically in creating economic opportunities that translate to jobs.

It is crucial to understand the role of the energy transition as a policy objective and overall economic framework for the region’s governments, as well as within the private sector and academia.

This understanding may help provide a more informed sense of the potential employment opportunities related to the energy transition, along with the extent to which the region is prepared to obtain them.

To that end, the Institute of the Americas launched a research project to assess the readiness of Latin American countries to capture the jobs that will be generated from the energy transition and pursuit of Net Zero and clean energy targets.

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Snapshots

As part of our project, we developed country-specific analyses, what we have termed Energy Transition Snap Shots. These serve to present important data sets and facts on a country-by-country level. Additionally, the Snap Shots provide further discussion of some of the nuances for the countries at the core of our research. Importantly, they allow us to disaggregate the regional context for the eight countries featured in our analysis and surveys.

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Argentina

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Ecuador

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Contributors

The analysis presented here is a culmination of several months of work by a large group of contributors. The project began as part of our Non-Resident Fellow Zoom meetings and discussions and evolved into an analysis of energy transition in the region that is reflected in the Energy Transition Snap Shots presented separately on the website. 

We also acknowledge all the experts across the hemisphere who participated in the survey phase that provided essential data to further our assessment of eight countries workforce readiness for the energy transition. The results of the survey are at the core of our report and the inputs for our Barometer, which is also presented separately on the website. 

We are extremely grateful to all our Non-Resident Fellows for their efforts: Leonardo Beltran, Maria Trinidad Castro, Andres Chambouleyron, Carla Lacerda, Nelson Narciso, Marta Jara, Francisco Xavier Salazar, Chris Sladen and Roger Tissot, who deserves additional recognition for his data analysis. The ultimate success of the project was also due in large measure to our research interns from UCSD’s GPS graduate program: Marco Gutierrez-Casale and Ezra Kraus. And, of course, the work by Cecilia Aguillon, Energy Transition Initiative Director as well as the Energy & Sustainability team members Diana Rodriguez and Rita Oliveira, who always provide important and steady hands in all that we do at the Institute of the Americas. 

Contact: Jeremy M. Martin, Vice President, Energy & Sustainability, Institute of the Americas

jmartin@iamericas.org