EDDIE is a four-year (starting January 2020) Erasmus+ European Union funded collaborative project creating a Sector Skill Alliance (SSA) to develop a long-driven Blueprint for the digitalization the European Energy sector. The Consortia is coordinated by COMILLAS and brings together 16 partners from 10 EU Countries.
The challenge of the project is to develop a long-driven Blueprint for the digitalization of the European Energy sector to enable the matching between the current and future demand of skills necessary for the digitalization of the Energy sector and the supply of improved Vocational Education and Training (VET) systems and beyond.
This report aims to provide useful insights concerning current and future skill needs in the energy sector, associated with the digital transformation the sector is currently facing. Several channels are employed to provide a thorough analysis of the industrial needs in skills, knowledge and occupations as well as the corresponding offer from education and training providers, focusing on university and vocational education. The skill demand as expressed by the industry, the current status of employees and the offer provided by education and training providers led to the identification of several skill gaps.