Partners

The partnership comprises 24 European steel partners:

• Steel companies:
  thyssenkrupp Steel Europe (also training provider), ArcelorMittal Poland, ArcelorMittal Spain, Salzgitter AG, Sidenor, Celsa Group/Barna Steel, Tata Steel
  

  

• Education and training providers:
  Steel Institute VDEh, IMZ, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Worldsteel Steel University, DEUSTO, Cardiff University (also research institution), ThyssenKruppSteel Europe Training Centre (part of the steel company), ArcelorMittal Spain Training Centre

• Steel associations and social partners:
  EUROFER umbrella organization of the steel industry employers, World Steel Association (also training provider), UNESID Spanish Steel Association, Belgium Steel Platform, Wirtschaftsvereinigung Stahl German Steel Federation, Federacciai - Italian Steel Federation, CIELFFA European Cold Rolled Steel Association, Association of Finish Steel and Metal Producers, OS KOVO (trade union)

• Research institutions:
  TU Dortmund University, Cardiff University, RINA/CSM, Visionary Analytics VA

The consortium is completed by around twenty associated partners:

• European Steel Technology Platform (ESTEP), IndustriALL (European Industry Union), Polish Steel Technology Platform, EIT Rawmaterials, Council of the European Professional Informatics Societies (CEPIS), Community (union UK),  Metalowcow NSZZ - Solidarnosc (union Polen), Federation Metallurgie CFE-CGC (union France), Industriarbetsgivarna (Swedish Industry Federation), UK Steel, Celsa Group (beside partner BARNA representing steel companies from France, Norway, Wales, Poland and Spain), University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Warwick University (UK), Enrico Gibellieri (European Steel expert), Swansee University, SAAT Consulting, Unite, ArcelorMittal Italy (AMI)

The dedicated main 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.