BUILD UP Skills - National Platforms on energy efficiency skills for the clean energy transition
Pays a national platform of public authorities, trainers and unions up to EUR 1.5 million to grow the skilled workforce needed for building-renovation and clean-energy work, including a national roadmap and awareness campaign.
Applicants pick a single scope depending on whether their country's national platform is already running (Scope A) or needs to be re-established (Scope B), and can apply as a single organisation or as applicants from one eligible country, though one proposal may cover several eligible countries. Scope A proposals keep an existing platform running, carry out its already-designed 2030 roadmap, and a…
LIFE Clean Energy Transition wants applicants to run or restart a national platform bringing together public authorities, training providers, trade unions, professional chambers and academia to grow the pipeline of skilled workers for building renovation and clean-energy trades. Where a national skills platform already exists (Scope A, a named list of 15 countries), proposals keep it running and carry out its 2030 roadmap; where it doesn't (Scope B), proposals rebuild the platform from scratch, map the workforce gap, and draft a new national roadmap. Every proposal must also run a large-scale campaign that recruits people, including underrepresented groups, into energy-efficiency careers.
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