Sustainable and carbon neutral industry is a pre-requisite for green transition. To achieve this goal, capacity building by continuous learning is required. The form of education can be self-motivated, the staff training of companies or employment training provided by authorities.
The variety of education and training modules are available but not always easily accessible for those who would need them. The reason for that can be that they are scattered into organizations’ supply of education, or simply the way they are implemented. The challenge for companies can also be that they do not know whether they should search for education from vocational education, the university of applied sciences or from university level. Also, a reason can be that for a specific skill or knowledge, there is no suitable education available.
This project responds to the challenges of continuous learning in sustainable and carbon-neutral industries by building strategic networks for education and training providers and manufacturing industry, namely the bioproduct, the mechanical engineering and the textile and fashion industry. Other bodies responsible for updating competence will also be invited to the networks. These three sectors of industry identify the education and training needs for continuous learning (sector specific, overlapping, and general) and identify the matching of available education with needs. Also, existing good practices are identified and shared. Similarly, the missing elements of continuous learning and the need for change for existing operation modes will be identified and future skills need will be anticipated.
The outcome of the development work is a user-driven model for continuous learning that serves different industries individually and three industries together to ensure the competitiveness of companies. The model aims at using resources wisely and ensuring the added value of networks and partnerships. As a result of the strategic networks’ work, the anticipation capacity will increase. For example, the textile and fashion industry is undergoing a major transformation. New wood-based textile innovations and technical textiles overlap with both the bioproduct industry, and the mechanical engineering industry and co-development is a clear added value, even a necessity.
Contact
Tampere University of Applied Sciences
Yulia Sergeeva, Project Manager, julia.sergeeva@tuni.fi
Marja Rissanen, Specialist, marja.rissanen@tuni.fi
Mika Moisio, Specialist, mika.moisio@tuni.fi
Sampo Saari, Specialist, sampo.saari@tuni.fi
LAB University of Applied Sciences
Eija Lantta, Project Manager, eija.lantta@lab.fi
South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences, Xamk
Anna Dunderfelt, Project Manager, anna.dunderfelt@xamk.fi