European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA)

With the accelerated pace of the clean energy transition, the lack of professionals with the relevant skillset is becoming a real bottleneck for both the energy transition and for the European economic growth potential. Launched in 2011, the BUILD UP Skills initiative aims to increase the number of skilled professionals (blue- and white-collars) along the construction and renovation value chains. BUILD UP Skills has also engaged public authorities, building owners and tenants, to create awareness about the importance of a skilled workforce.

The topic focusses on eligible countries not having yet updated their national skills platform and roadmap (this includes the following EU Member States: Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, Portugal, Slovenia, Sweden; and countries associated to the LIFE Programme: Iceland, Moldova, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Ukraine).

In terms of qualitative impact, proposals under this topic should demonstrate how they will contribute to the following outcomes:
- Increased collaboration between key stakeholders, including public authorities, towards the goal of upskilling professionals in the construction and renovation value chains
- National skills roadmap with detailed measures and action plan addressing the identified skills gaps, endorsed by key stakeholders
- Increased visibility and attractiveness of energy efficiency professions through communication and awareness raising campaigns.

In terms of quantitative impact, proposals should quantify their results and impacts using all the indicators provided below. The results and impacts should be quantified for the end of the project and for 5 years after the end of the project. The quantitative indicators for this topic include:
- Number of key stakeholders involved in the national platform
- Number of meetings of the platform, including thematic working groups organised
- Number of relevant national stakeholders endorsing the updated national roadmap
- Number of people impacted by the communication and awareness raising campaign (to be measured through specific indicators e.g. gross reach, net reach, recall, increased knowledge, percentage of audience who took action as a result of the campaign)
- Amount of funding secured (public and/or private) to roll out training and qualification programmes.

Funding rate: 95%

Proposals may be submitted by a single applicant or by applicants from a single eligible country. The detailed application requirements can be found on the EU Funding & Tenders Portal (see link below).