Presentation of the European Chips Skills Academy & aim of the questionnaire

The European Chips Skills Academy (ECSA) is a consortium co-funded by the European Union and coordinated by SEMI Europe. It embodies EU excellence in microelectronics, with 18 partners from 12 countries representing the industry, national and EU industry associations, formal educational providers and regulatory bodies in the field of accreditation and certification.

To develop its competitiveness, the EU microelectronics sector needs to overcome severe skills shortages and to adapt to future needs in terms of skills and competences.

In this light, the objectives of the European Chips Skills Academy are to:

  1. Analyse key trends affecting the sector and provide strategic insights and foresights to update the EU Microelectronics Skills Strategy.
  2. Establish the first-of-a-kind decentralised academy for microelectronics, linking industry, research, HE and VET currently operating in isolation
  3. Develop innovative training and curriculum to provide reactive and proactive response to the skills needs of the sector.
  4. Implement and operationalise the EU Pact for Skills

The European Chips Skill Academy is building on the legacy of the METIS project which, since 2020, has conducted an in-depth analysis of the skills needs in the European microelectronics industry.

The aim of this questionnaire is to monitor the skills needs evolutions in 2024.


 

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