The Energy-Intensive Industries ecosystem includes:
- Raw materials
- Manufacturing of products with high environmental impact: chemicals, iron and steel, forest-based products, plastics, refining, cement, rubber, non-ferrous metals, fertilisers, etc.
Find out more about the Skills Partnership for Energy Intensive Industries below:
Challenges
Energy intensive industries are essential to the EU's green and digital transition. They provide steel for wind turbines, aluminium for electric cars, chemicals for semiconductors, among others. The skills required in these industries are rapidly evolving and competitiveness in this sector requires a highly qualified and specialised workforce. Companies need to find workers with the requisite skills to grow. Therefore, it is essential that people’s skills are keeping pace with changes, so that they are better equipped to navigate the changing job market.
Size of the labour market
Energy intensive industries currently make up more than 20 % of European manufacturing labour force and employ over seven million people in Europe.
Commitments made under the Pact for Skills
The Skills Partnership for energy intensive industries marks an important step in the right direction to help reach EU 2030 training goals. The Partnership aims to identify skill needs and develop appropriate curricula and training programmes. This will ensure that workers have the right skills for energy intensive industries to remain leaders in the green and digital transition. The Partnership will also promote the recruitment and upskilling of workers.
Through its activities, the Energy Intensive Industries LSP aims to promote upskilling and reskilling of 50% of the workforce each year by 2030 across the ecosystem.
For further information please refer to:
- Energy Intensive Industries Large Scale Partnership_Commitments