BUILD UP Skills Overview and main achievements Lisbon, 8 July 2015 www.buildupskills.eu Alessandro Proia Project Adviser Alessandro.Proia@ec.europa.eu
The EASME Executive Agency for Small and Medium- Sized Enterprises As of 1/1/2014 the EASME replaces the EACI (Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation) Based in Brussels http://ec.europa.eu/easme/
EASME: the programmes managed Part of Horizon 2020, in particular: Parts of the 'Societal Challenges' pillar: The Energy Efficiency part of Secure, Clean and Efficient Energy ; The fields on waste, water innovation and sustainable supply of raw material under the challenge Climate action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials The SME instrument Some areas of the 'Industrial leadership pillar: Part of 'Leadership in Enabling and Industrial Technologies' (LEIT) The Sustainable Industry Low Carbon Scheme (SILC II) Innovation in SMEs The EU programme for the Environment and Climate action (LIFE) Most of the EU programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (COSME) The European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) The legacy of the Intelligent Energy Europe programme and the Ecoinnovation initiative
Horizon 2020 New research and innovation funding programme (2014-2020) of nearly 80 billion (in current prices) A single programme coupling research to innovation from research to retail, all forms of innovation Focus on societal challenges facing EU society, e.g. health, clean energy, transport Simplified access, for all companies, universities, institutes in all EU countries and beyond
BUILD UP Skills - Structure Pillar I National Qualification Platforms and Roadmaps Call for proposals 2011 and 2012 Pillar II Qualification and Training Schemes Call for proposals 2012, 2013, 2014 European Exchange Activities Organised by EASME
Pillar I National Qualification Platform Status Quo Analysis Gathers stakeholders from the energy, education & training and buildings sectors Mapping existing workforce Future needs for 2020 Gaps and barriers analysis National Roadmap Measures Endorsement
30 countries! Call 2011 countries Call 2012 countries
Identifying needs : main conclusions Slight shortage of building workers by 2020 in most European countries The need for training of the current workforce is much stronger than the estimated need for additional workers More than 3 million workers would require upskilling on energy efficiency or renewable energy sources by 2020 Importance of transferable and cross-trade knowledge and skills
BUILD UP Skills - Structure Pillar I National Qualification Platforms and Roadmaps Call for proposals 2011 and 2012 Pillar II Qualification and Training Schemes Call for proposals 2012, 2013, 2014 European Exchange Activities Organised by EASME
From strategy to action Pillar II 10 BUILD UP Skills Pillar II projects have started in October 2013: national projects in AT, CY, DE, EE, ES, FI, IE, LV, NL, RO 12 BUILD UP Skills Pillar II projects have started in September 2014: national projects in BG, EL, HR, HU, IT, LT, LU, MK, PT, SE, SK 5 new projects started between March-June 2015 (Construction Skills topic under Horizon 2020; blue and/or white collar workers) Work programme 2016-2017
Tender BUS Pillar I evaluation Objectives: Methodology to evaluate the impacts of the BUS PI projects (can include the assessment of the implemented roadmap measures and level of political endorsement) Methodology for assessing the medium to long-term impacts of BUS PII projects i.e. number of workers trained, energy savings, RES, CO2, job creation, economic growth Recommendations for future market uptake activities within H2020 e.g. replication, extension of the scope Duration: 12 months
Duration: 30 months Tender BUS EU Exchange activities Objectives: Designing, organising and animating the EU Exchange meetings Creation and animation of Technical Working Groups on specific topics of interest for the BUS PII coordinators Ensuring continuity between the BUS initiative and the construction skills projects of H2020 First evaluation of BUS PII initiative building on the methodology developed by the contractor of the other tender
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