Projects

Enhancing the workforce skills in the energy efficiency and renewably energy sources – BUILD UP Skills – Greece (BUS-GR)

The project implements actions with regard to: (a) identification of the training needs in the construction sector and (b) formulation and implementation of a national strategy regarding the certification of training and skills of construction workers and installers of energy-saving technologies (EST) - and Renewably Energy Sources (RES) systems.

Within the framework of this project, the following actions were undertaken:

• Analysis of the current situation and quantification of needs and priorities for a sufficient number of trained and specialised workforce employed in the energy efficiency and RES sectors by 2020.
• Establishment of a national professional skills platform to enable dialogue at national level on energy efficiency and RES for employees in the building and construction industry.
• Development of a qualifications’ roadmap for the formulation of a national strategy concerning training and skills certification of the workforce employed in the building industry, on EST and RES, aiming to achieve the 2020 national goals on sustainable energy.
• Validation and support of the qualifications roadmap by relevant stakeholders (social partners, associations, scientific bodies, etc.).