10 Dec 2024
EU announces Raw Materials Academy
At the 2024 Raw Materials Week, the European Raw Materials Academy was announced. The Academy will develop learning content and credentials to meet the skills gap along the raw materials value chain. It will support the upskilling and reskilling, by education and training providers in EU Member States, of the workforce required in the EU for, among others, exploration, extraction, processing, and recycling of raw materials. The European Raw Materials Academy will be implemented by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology and will be supported with €10 million from the Single Market Programme and Horizon Europe.
With an expected 1,200 participants, experts in raw materials and strategic sectors like batteries, digital technologies, defence and space will exchange on how to foster domestic capacities along the value chain, finance and derisk projects, stimulate research and innovation and enhance circularity for critical raw materials.
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