The partnership comprises 24 European steel partners and is completed by around 20 associated partners.

The dedicated roles are:

• Steel companies: defining skills needs, developing training tools, good practice exchange, feedback on blueprint and implementing, testing of tools and programmes, involving company related training organisations, roll-out to other company sites
• Training providers: defining skills demands and answers to it, developing training tools and strategies for the blueprint, leadership and train the trainer programs, developing new methods and learning arrangements
• Steel associations / social partners: setting-up the Skills Alliance; feedback, assessment of the blueprint strategies and tools, dissemination, involving national VET organisations, roll-out of the Blueprint on the European and national level
• Research institutions: management of the project, research on technological, economic, skills development, VET system integration, strategy development for the Blueprint
• External experts: integration of technological and skills expertise.