From Automation to Employment: Skills for Europe’s Transport Future

19/12/2025

On 16 December, EARLALL participated in the RESKILLING Annual Virtual Stakeholder Event,From Automation to Employment: Skills for Europe’s Transport Future. The event focused on the transformation of the mobility sector driven by Connected, Cooperative, and Automated Mobility (CCAM), discussing strategies to prepare the workforce, enhance skills and ensure inclusive and sustainable deployment.

Matina Loukea, RESKILLING Coordinator at CERTH-HIT, presented the RESKILLING project, a Horizon Europe initiative that promotes a strategic and inclusive approach to strengthening Europe’s mobility workforce. The project’s framework is built around three pillars:

1. Stakeholder engagement – fostering collaboration among public authorities, industry, and civil society.
2. Jobs, skills and education – anticipating workforce transformations and providing targeted training and reskilling.
3. Growth and innovation – supporting business model innovation and new employment opportunities.

The webinar showcased several topics connected to mobility and transport. The first session, Understanding the Impacts of CCAM on Jobs & Skills, mapped the jobs affected by CCAM and identified four main job families: technical, social, commercial, and education. The session underscored the importance of anticipating workforce transformations in these sectors, while maintaining competitiveness and ensuring inclusive and just transitions. The second segment focused on Preparing Workers and Social Frameworks. Key points included maintaining job quality and ensuring mobility as a fundamental right through the promotion of social dialogue. The discussion emphasized the need to design policies that enable safe transitions for workers while fostering fair and sustainable deployment of CCAM technologies.

The third intervention addressed Training and Reskilling Needs for Current and Emerging CCAM Roles. It addressed the need for structured training and retraining modules aligned with the Pact for Skills to foster job creation and growth. The discussion also focused on business model innovation for SMEs and start-ups, as well as the integration of social innovation into training and reskilling initiatives. Summarizing the event, the final session underscored the role of Engaging Stakeholders for Inclusive Deployment, emphasizing the importance of stakeholder involvement to ensure the effective and inclusive implementation of CCAM. It highlighted international cooperation and pilot projects as drivers of new employment opportunities, while stressing the need to involve underrepresented groups.

The RESKILLING Annual Stakeholder Event demonstrated that jobs, skills and stakeholder engagement are central to Europe’s mobility transition. By anticipating workforce changes and fostering reskilling, the project offers a model for a future-ready and resilient transport sector. EARLALL continues to promote these insights among regional authorities to strengthen lifelong learning and skills development across Europe.