Fostering competences for the green transition
Pays research consortiums roughly €3-4 million to map the skills young people and workers need for the green transition in one high-impact sector and how to teach them.
Fostering competences for the green transition is a single-stage Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Action from the European Commission that funds research on which competences young people and workers need for the green transition in one of five high-impact sectors, and which education, training and policy measures help them acquire those skills over a lifetime. It is funded as a lump sum, ex…
The call funds research on which competences young people and workers need for the green transition, and which education, training and policy measures help them acquire those skills over a lifetime, including the gender and disability dimensions. Each proposal must focus on one of five sectors facing high demand for green expertise: sustainable agriculture and food production, the automotive industry, energy, construction, or nature and climate adaptation.
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