Against this background, the European Steel Skills Alliance ESSA was initiated to develop a Blueprint for a sustainable, steel industry driven European Steel Skills Agenda. This Agenda , which was finalised in June 2023, presents a strategy for meeting current and future skills demands, and pilots the development of modules and tools for building awareness and implementing new skills for a globally competitive industry. Skills assessment, training modules and other components are delivered and will be further developed by the open online training platform steelHub.

The following results were the central components of the Blueprint:

• steelHub: An Online Training Platform that includes courses related to the steel industry and helps to close skills gaps in the steel industry. The platform is accessible via https://hub.steeluniversity.org/ 
• European Community of National-Regional Training Ecosystem: A system designed to strengthen a successful partnership on sectoral-national-regional level by integrating various stakeholder groups.
• Foresight Observatory: A set of methodologies to anticipate future technological trends and skill demands continuously, including a survey as well as an expert group discussion (“Skills Radar”)
• Image and Recruitment: The focus of these activities lies in enhancing the steel industry’s image and thereby increasing the attractiveness of the sectors for new talents.
• Policy Recommendations: A set of guidelines to define policies that might help to fulfil the industry’s ambitions.

In addition to these content-related elements, some formal aspects will also be presented, the structure of the project consortium, the working structure of the projects and the publications that were produced as part of the project or are related to it.