Maria Zilincikova

Key Competences – defined as a mix of skills, knowledge and attitudes, are increasingly important also in the automotive and mobility ecosystem. Due to their transferable nature, they are considered important in the current economy, with a rapidly changing labour market which leads to skills gaps in crucial sectors. In order to address this problem […]

The European mobility ecosystem is recently seeing a lot of transformation and actions from various typologies of stakeholders in their efforts to adapt to the new green transition and to offer solutions for up-skilling/ reskilling to ensure development and adjustment of the workforce in the new environment. The collaboration between those stakeholders becomes nowadays the

Key skills and competences are increasingly discussed as important features of education and employability. Yet, the automotive sector at this moment lacks a comprehensive system for assessing these competences or structures for their development. The European project PASS is aiming to develop precisely that. ASA stakeholders are invited to fill in the survey, which can

The European project PASS, launched in 2022, aims to develop frameworks for the assessment and support of key skills and competences among students and workers in the automotive-mobility ecosystem. The project addresses skills gaps arising from the twin transitions, particularly digital skills and soft skills, which contribute to overall employability.  The project operates in Belgium,

On March 21st, the 10th meeting of the Regional Implementation working group of the ASA took place in a hybrid format, to support further collaboration among the participating regions. The objective was to brainstorm on joint activities, benefits and opportunities brought about by the regular exchange between regions with strong interest of supporting up- and

Since the beginning of the year, multiple ASA Working Groups have created the opportunities to meet and initiate activities focused on supporting up & re-skilling needs and discussing common solutions at local and regional levels. Working Group 1 Horizontal Issues has outlined a series of meetings focused on attracting talent in the automotive industry, apprenticeship

PASS project lays groundwork for activities through Study on Key Competences State of the Art How can key competences be effectively assessed and supported in order to facilitate the development of employable skills in the automotive sector? That is the focus of the project PASS, kicked-off in November 2022. The project now continues with a

Established in November 2020, the Automotive Skills Alliance (ASA) is now proud of its second year of facilitating European collaboration for skills development in the automotive-mobility ecosystem. As a large-scale Pact for Skills partnership, the ASA is the first and the most successful network of partners, counting more than 90 members from the industry, education

28. November 2022 in Brussels On the 28th of November 2022, a co-creation roundtable took place in Brussels to identify challenges and opportunities for transforming the mobility ecosystem. This event was focused on the role of regions as catalysts of the green and digital transformation, the social dimension and tools to accelerate the twin transitions.

At the end of September, the ASA, supported by the Stuttgart region, organized a conference “Skills in continuous transition? Bringing together human approach and technological changes in the automotive ecosystem”. The key outcome of the conference was that the transformation of the automotive ecosystem needs to happen with people at the center. In order to