The Project
The WINd project is an Erasmus+ co-funded initiative that supports Europe’s green and digital transition by addressing the growing skills needs of the wind energy sector. The project focuses on reskilling and upskilling workers from traditional and energy intensive industries, such as electricity and oil and gas, enabling their transition towards sustainable employment in wind energy.
WINd develops innovative, competence-based training solutions to bridge the skills gap between existing workforce profiles and the evolving demands of the renewable energy labour market. Key project outputs include a 120 hour online curriculum (Massive Open Online Course), a mobile learning application, and a Career Support Platform offering career guidance, interview preparation tools, and access to job opportunities across Europe.
By bringing together a university (IPVC, Portugal), industry experts (AEE, Spain), training providers (BZEE, Germany), and consultancies (PROMEA, Greece and INNOVELA, Belgium), the WINd project promotes lifelong learning, employability, and workforce mobility. In line with Erasmus+ objectives, WINd contributes to a just and inclusive energy transition by strengthening Vocational Education and Training pathways and supporting a skilled, future ready workforce for the European wind energy sector.
Objectives
Improve intelligence on job profile matching and skills complementarities/mismatches, to support workforce transition from unsustainable energy sectors to the wind industry.
Develop, pilot-test and deploy an innovative curriculum and a training toolkit to facilitate the integration of targeted workers in the wind energy sector.
Support VET providers to uptake and build upon the WINd training materials and learning methodologies.
Improve cooperation between VET providers and certification bodies through a blueprint for the development of a recognition scheme based on micro-credentials for transitioning energy workers.
Connect people with fewer opportunities (e.g., low-skilled technicians, individuals with low socio-economic background, residents in remote & underdeveloped areas) with energy employers through an online career support platform, to facilitate their employability in wind energy sector.