Domain: Foresting institutional engagement and change
Action: Multi-disciplinary support structures
Best practice title: EBA250 Academy
Best practice summary: EBA250 Academy, a public-private partnership on learning services by industry for industry covering the entire battery value chain recently launched by EIT InnoEnergy
By whom: EIT InnoEnergy
Key ingredients / description:
It is estimated that by 2025, around 800,000 workers at European level will need to be trained to be able to operate all the industrial projects (more than 70 already today) that are being deployed in Europe. The EBA250 Battery Academy Platform is the solution to this challenge of such volume and in such a short space of time.
In 2018, EIT InnoEnergy received from the European Commission the mandate to coordinate the industrial dimension of the European Battery Alliance and to develop specific initiatives to accelerate the development of the entire European value chain and make it more competitive. One of these initiatives is this EBA250 Battery Academy, which aims to train and requalify workers in the field of batteries. This is a big challenge and an enormous opportunity for Europe as whole, where the automotive sector represents big portion of each country GDP.
Spain is the first European country to deploy the EBA250 Battery Academy, a training platform for all the jobs needed in the battery value chain. This platform already has more than 30 training courses, developed since 2018 in collaboration with leading European companies and organisations in the sector, and offers its services through local centres specialised in training workers.
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Links (if any): https://www.eba250.com/eba250-academy/
Key success factors / How to replicate:
In order for such initiative to work, one needs to have strong involvement from different stakeholders, local companies and organizations in the sector, local centers that can offer such trainings, as well as good educational designers,
Contact: https://www.eba250.com/contact-us/
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