Purpose:

The purpose of this project is to initiate a comprehensive approach to ensuring a qualified workforce for the water sector. The project supports this by:

• Promoting lifelong learning and skills development broadly across SMEs in the water sector
• Upgrading the skills of SMEs by developing digital capabilities.
• Increasing water tech SMEs awareness and competencies regarding the green transition in the water sector and the necessary knowledge related to it.
• Connecting foreign labor for the benefit of Danish SMEs.

Main activities:

• Sustainable skills enhancement across the water cycle: Prioritized skill development throughout the entire water cycle to strengthen the ability to address significant challenges and translate them into opportunities.
• Water’s ADC (Ability, Development, Competence): Concrete skill development programs and a new model for skills development to ensure the sector’s digitalization.
• Concrete measures to enhance “An attractive Danish water industry”. Increase the pool of competent individuals; both those who choose and those who continue to work in the sector.

Partners

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