The chemical industry is currently undergoing a four-fold or two-fold transition. It includes green and digital transformation
in addition to circularity and the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability (CSS). The initiative "ChemSkills: enabling the green and digital skills
chemical industry transformation" should respond to these challenges and identify and develop green and digital skills, in addition to
skills to produce "safe and sustainable chemicals by design" within the low-carbon energy-intensive ecosystem.
The project covers several subsectors of the chemical industry: plastics, consumer chemicals, fertilizers, rubber, pharmaceuticals, petrochemicals.
It will map already existing skills and develop new occupational profiles and associated qualifications for higher and post-secondary VET (EQF levels 3 to 5) and tertiary levels (EQF levels 6 to 8). The project will bring together stakeholders to jointly implement strategies to address skills shortages in the above subsectors. Key stakeholders include social partners, industry representations, research institutes, education and training providers, universities and governments.