Towards a European steel council on jobs and skills? Identifying the actors
The European Metalworkers’ Federation (EMF) and the European Confederation of Iron and Steel Industries (EUROFER) have jointly submitted a project proposal to the Commission (Budget heading 04.03.03.01 - Industrial Relations and Social Dialogue) concerning the possible setting up of a European Sector Council on Jobs and Employment for the steel industry.
The main objective of the project “Towards a European steel council on jobs and skills? Identifying the actors” is to identify the existing structures in each Member State including those organisations active at national and sub-national levels, such as education and training institutions and public authorities responsible for the steel sector.
The first seminar to launch the project was held on on 15th December in Brussels and for this purpose, the external consultant (ICSIM – Mr Tropeoli) drafted a questionnaire which was sent to the national affiliates of the EMF and EUROFER.
The questionnaire’s aim is to map the national existing skills councils and organisations active at national and sub-national levels (e.g. national structures - including social partners, education and training representatives as well as public authorities on national/regional level) – all of those who analyse labour market and skills development in the steel sector.
An overview of the national reports were presented during a second seminar, which took place on 18th March in Brussels. A final conference was organised on 15th July to present the project results and to assess the possibility to create formal EU sector council on jobs and skills for the European steel industry.
The final report as welll as other documents related to this European project are available on EUROFER extranet. Further information on the final conference can also be found on the EMF website