Project description
Training the workforce for Europe’s raw materials leadership
The EU’s raw materials sector is in urgent need of skilled workers across its entire value chain, yet it faces a significant skills gap. The EU-funded ERMAcademy project will address this issue by equipping the industry, including SMEs, with the necessary skills for current and future demands. The project will empower the workforce and public authorities in Europe to lead green and digital transitions through a comprehensive education and training ecosystem. Using advanced technologies, such as AI-driven skills analytics, it will provide competitive learning programmes focused on sustainability and strategic autonomy in the evolving labour market. ERMAcademy aims to become a skills hub for the raw materials sector, enhancing Europe’s leadership in clean technologies.
Objective
"The European Raw Materials Academy (ERMAcademy) is a transformative initiative addressing the critical skills gap in the EU raw materials sector. Its mission is to provide European industry with required skills for today and tomorrow needs of its enhanced capacities covering the entire raw materials value chain, including SMEs. Also, ERMAcademy aims to empower the workforce, in particular workers and competent public authorities in Europe, to drive green and digital transitions through a comprehensive, industry-aligned education and training ecosystem. Utilizing advanced technologies like AI-driven skills analytics and a cutting-edge virtual learning environment, ERMAcademy focuses on offering competitive learning programmes to address skills, sustainability, and strategic autonomy in response to changing labour market conditions.
The ERMAcademy offers advanced certification programs, personalized learning journeys, and workforce intelligence tools tailored to professionals, SMEs, and large organisations in the raw materials value chain. By addressing the lack of upskilling opportunities, especially for SMEs, it provides an accessible portfolio of industry-relevant courses while engaging stakeholders—industry professionals, academic institutions, policymakers, and the public—to drive awareness and adoption.
Aiming to establish itself as the ""Skills Hub"" in the sector, ERMAcademy’s scalable and user-friendly platform facilitates continuous learning and growth. As a self-sustaining institution, it aspires to become Europe’s premier hub for upskilling and reskilling in raw materials, driving sustainable economic growth, strategic resource management, and Europe’s leadership in global clean technologies."
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Programme(s)
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HORIZON.3.3 - The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)
MAIN PROGRAMME
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HORIZON.2.4 - Digital, Industry and Space
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HORIZON-EIT-KIC - HORIZON EIT KIC Actions
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Call for proposal
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(opens in new window) HORIZON-EIT-2024-ERMA-EAMA-IBA
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10719 BERLIN
Germany
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