Skills Alliance for the Green, Digital and Social Transformation of the Energy-intensive Industries (Skills4EII)

The Skills Alliance for the Green, Digital and Social Transformation of the Energy Intensive Industries (Skills4EII) will uptake the results of the European Steel Skills Alliance (ESSA) and the Skills Alliance for Industrial Symbiosis (SPIRE-SAIS) and further develop them within the project aligned with the Large Scale Partnership Energy Intensive Industries (LSP EII) under the Pact for Skills. An essential part is to identify additional cross-sectoral and sector specific skills gaps and address them within (cross-)sectoral contexts and national-regional skills and training ecosystems. Skills4EII create a common framework integrating specificities of all industries to continuously and proactively adjust the skills demands of the energy intensive industries (including further process industries).

This will be done by expanding the results of the two blueprint projects and develop a broader alliance and framework to close the skills gaps for specific (additional) sector needs (e.g. SME specific skills in the ceramic sector) and use synergies for cross-sectoral relevant topics and activities (such as Image & Recruitment, cooperation for the exploitation of Industrial Symbiosis, Industry 5.0, Artificial Intelligence). It is essential to open and scale up the challenges and gaps already identified and those still to come in a more general scope (beyond steel and industrial symbiosis) and to focus on the one hand, on the specific needs of the different industrial sectors (Steel, Minerals, Water, Engineering, Logistics, Non-Ferrous Metals, Ceramics, Raw Materials, Chemicals, Cement, Pulp & Paper, Refinery). On the other hand, the rollout to existing and new national-regional ecosystems is key. Central element to support this is the online training platform HUB 5.0 (integrating the ESSA steelHUB and the SPIRE-SAIS online platform SKILLS4Planet). Furthermore, Skills4EII is also taking the next steps toward a Process Industry 5.0, becoming more human-centric, sustainable, and resilient.

Impact is given by

• Equip businesses with the necessary skills to manage the triple transition towards a green, digital and socially inclusive European economy and society
• Consolidation, integration and scaling up of the successful governance, measures, tools, training, and online platforms (steelHub, SKILLS4Planet) of the two sectoral Blueprints ESSA and SPIRE-SAIS in the framework of and for the Large-Scale Partnership Energy Intensive Industries (LSP EII)
• Keeping proactive skills adaptation high and sustainable on the agenda of companies, associations, policy makers and individual learners
• Extension to other industrial sectors, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and stakeholders (in particular Member States authorities, national trade unions) and higher education, which have not been involved in the former Blueprints so far 
• Contribution to the objectives of the European Pact for Skills, the New Skills Agenda for Europe, CEDEFOP Skills Intelligence, the ESCO database and Industry 5.0
• Skills4EII provides direct input to the public-private partnership of Processes for Planet and the Clean Steel Partnership under Horizon Europe and other EU programs (such as CEDEFOP, SET Plan Action 6, Community of Practice Industry 5.0, CoVE, Smart Specialisation) and projects (such as ECoP H4C, BRIDGES 5.0, IS2H4C). 

• TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT DORTMUND
• A.SPIRE
• WORLD STEEL ASSOCIATION AISBL
• INSTITUTO DE SOLDADURA E QUALIDADE
• CIAOTECH Srl
• NEHEM
• INNOPHARMA RESEARCH LIMITED
• ASOCIACION DE INVESTIGACION DE LASINDUSTRIAS CERAMICAS AICE
• H2O-PEOPLE BV
• FUNDACION ZARAGOZA LOGISTICS CENTER
• EUROPEAN CHEMICAL EMPLOYERS GROUP
• EUROPEAN FEDERATION FOR WELDING JOINING AND CUTTING
• INSTITUTE OF PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIOLOGY
• CELSA OPCO, SA
• INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE-DEZVOLTARE PENTRU METALE NEFEROASE SIRARE-IMNR
• EUROPEAN ALUMINIUM
• ARCELORMITTAL SPAIN HOLDING SLU
• SIDENOR ACEROS ESPECIALES SL
• INDUSTRIAL MINERALS ASSOCIATION EUROPE AISBL
• IDENER RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT AGRUPACION DE INTERES ECONOMICO
• UNIVERSIDAD DE LA IGLESIA DE DEUSTO ENTIDAD RELIGIOSA
• UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA
• SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI STUDI UNIVERSITARI E DI PERFEZIONAMENTO S ANNA
• BASTAS-BASKENT CIMENTO SANAYI VE TICARET AS
• RINA CONSULTING - CENTRO SVILUPPO MATERIALI SPA
• UNESID-UNION DE EMPRESAS SIDERURGICAS
• INFRASERV GMBH & CO. HOCHST KG
• APQUIMICA ASSOCIACAO PORTUGUESA DA QUIMICA PETROQUIMICA E REFINACAO
• ESTEP PLATEFORME TECHNOLOGIQUE EUROPEENNE DE L'ACIER
• EUROFER ASSOCIATION EUROPEENNE DE L ACIER
• STICHTING CIRCLE ECONOMY
• Eurometaux
• INDUSTRIALL EUROPEAN TRADE UNION ASSOCIATION DE FAIT

Skills4EII will expand the results of the former two blueprint projects ESSA and SPIRE-SAIS. Within its ecosystem approach of 32 partners from industry, academia, education and training providers, policy and civil society a broader alliance and framework (skills intelligence) to close the skills gaps will be developed in a social innovation process. Cross-sectoral topics (such as Image & Recruitment, cooperation for the exploitation of Industrial Symbiosis, Industry 5.0, Artificial Intelligence) as well as sector specifies will be explored. Specific needs of the different industrial sectors (Steel, Minerals, Water, Engineering, Logistics, Non-Ferrous Metals, Ceramics, Raw Materials, Chemicals, Cement, Pulp & Paper, Refinery) will be explored. Rollout activities to existing and new national-regional ecosystems is key. Central element to support this is the online training platform HUB 5.0 (integrating the ESSA steelHUB and the SPIRE-SAIS online platform SKILLS4Planet). Furthermore, Skills4EII is also taking the next steps toward a Process Industry 5.0, becoming more human-centric, sustainable, and resilient.