IGU Special Projects 2009-2012 Triennium: Nurturing Future Generations

Objective Task Force 2  (please click the link for contact details):

• To develop a comprehensive approach to nurture the future generations towards the energy industry and to implement specific programs to address the Youth during the 2009-2012 triennium and WGC

Key Concerns

• A survey by Schlumberger shows that the projected shortfall of petro-technical professionals in 2012 may be as high as 28%!
• There has been a drop in enrolment of students into engineering and technical courses, particularly in western countries.
• Lack of dialogue between educational institutions and industry resulted in a mismatch of talents to meet the needs of the industry.
• The new generation view the industry as dirty, high-risk, polluting, high political interference, offering poor career prospects.

 NEW: IGU Task Force 2 (TF 2) has developed a website called ‘ITSNOTMAGICITSSCIENCE’. The website has information on subjects related to Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) and education .