Project description
Upskilling the workforce to boost renewable energy technologies
Guided by its ambitious target to achieve carbon-neutrality by 2050, the EU is throwing a spotlight on the technology supporting this green transition while also focusing on the general skillset of the working force in terms of employing and mastering sustainable technologies. The EU-funded RES4CITY project envisions a codesigned educational framework for upskilling the workforce to integrate, influence, and combine the existing best practices for renewable energies and fuel technologies in the cities. RES4CITY will define microprogrammes, develop serious games for learning and training, establish the industry-academy programme, and analyse industry-based case studies. The programme will be developed and tested in coordination with public governance, industry, NGOs and citizens.
Objective
A carbon-neutral European Union by 2050 is an ambitious target that presents technical and societal challenges. While technical research is advancing rapidly to reach a net-zero target, the overall skillsets of the working force are lagging behind in understanding, employing and mastering sustainable technologies for the business models. Therefore, the RES4City project envisions a codesigned educational framework for upskilling the workforce to integrate, influence and combine the current sustainability best practices for renewable energies and fuel technologies. The main pathways to reach this objective are the definition of microprogrammes, the development of serious games for learning and training, the establishment of the industry-academy programme and the analysis of industry-based case studies for the fast track towards sustainability and circular economy. In addition, the program will focus on developing and testing the program in coordination with different stakeholders such as public governance, industry, NGOs, and citizens. Within the program, a separate task on inclusivity and gender balance will promote and ensure the participation of a representative cohort of students. The thematic area selected for the project is the cities. The link between these sectors is intrinsically defined, and they have extensive unexploited opportunities for renewable energy deployment and fossil fuel substitution to improve their sustainability and the massive potential of circularity implementation.
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Programme(s)
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HORIZON.2.5 - Climate, Energy and Mobility
MAIN PROGRAMME
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HORIZON.2.5.2 - Energy Supply
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Topic(s)
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Funding Scheme
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HORIZON-CSA - HORIZON Coordination and Support Actions
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Call for proposal
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(opens in new window) HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-02
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W23 Maynooth
Ireland
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