About us
The Automotive Skills Alliance (ASA) exists to build, extend, and maintain a long-term ecosystem for continuous and structured cooperation on skills development in the automotive and mobility sectors.
We support both initial education and continuous upskilling and reskilling of the workforce by:
- Connecting all key stakeholders – industry, education & training providers, policymakers, and social partners
- Responding to rapid innovation and emerging technologies
Matching training offers with the real skills needs of the ecosystem - Supporting collective action on the European, national, and regional levels
The ASA mission is to contribute to a better coordination of relationships at the European level of all the relevant national or regional stakeholders in automotive ecosystem, in order to ensure and develop a common platform for collaboration and best practice sharing across borders. In this regard, ASA intends to ensure continuous, pragmatic and sustainable cooperation on the skills agenda in the ecosystem.
ASA Strategic Focus
ASA Operates as a dynamic platform for collective action, fostering cross-border collaboration and systematic knowledge-sharing
ASA Focus Areas
- EU-wide platform for collaboration between EU, national, and regional stakeholders
- Exchange of best practices across sectors, regions, and actors
- Systematic gathering and update of sectoral skills intelligence
- Provision of access to training offers via tools like the Skills Hub and Learning Platform
- Promotion of micro-credentials and individual learning accounts to support modular and flexible learning
- Initiation and mainstreaming of relevant European and national projects (e.g., DRIVES, ALBATTS, FLAMENCO, etc.)
Objectives
The Pact for Skills - Large Scale Partnership (LSP)
ASA is a large-scale Pact for Skills partnership in the Mobility–Transport–Automotive ecosystem, focused on fostering collective, coordinated action on skills.
Key Milestones
- Launched: November 2020 under the EU Pact for Skills
- Legal entity established: January 2022 as a non-profit organization by ACEA, CECRA, CLEPA, and ETRMA
- Membership: Over 130 organisations and growing
Building the skills
for what comes next.
Our commitment: 5% of workers across the automotive ecosystem participating in upskilling and reskilling every year by 2030 - an estimated 700,000 people annually.
2030 target
Planning baseline
2025 milestone
2025 milestone
2025 milestone
A shared ambition.
A practical roadmap.
Connecting industry, education and regions to support the transformation of the automotive-mobility ecosystem. Explore the commitments below.
The foundation for our ambitionWorkforce assumptions & sector-wide impact
- A workforce of 15 millionTargets use an estimated total workforce of 15 million, incorporating growth projections and baseline data from Erasmus+ Blueprint projects and external sources.
- Impact across the ecosystemLarge-Scale Partnership initiatives and member actions aim to influence upskilling and reskilling across the entire sector, extending beyond their direct operational scope.
Turning ambition into actionMilestones set for 2025
To support the 2030 commitment, the Automotive Skills Alliance Large-Scale Partnership set the following milestones:
- 500+ micro-credential coursesMake at least 500 courses with micro-credentials available on the Skills Hub to support ecosystem transformation.
- 10+ structured learning pathsProvide at least 10 learning paths on the Skills Hub, combining courses to prepare workers for specific target roles in the reference database.
- A European blueprint, tested regionallyCreate a pan-European blueprint for large-scale training and launch pilot tests in at least three regions.
Working together on skillsA cooperative framework built around four priorities
Fully launch a cooperative framework that enables stakeholders to work together on critical skills agenda priorities.
Market trends & job roles
Track industry shifts, identify emerging skill needs and define updated job descriptions.
Curriculum & training
Develop and update relevant education and training programmes.
Lifelong learning
Organise targeted events that encourage continuous professional development.
Attractiveness & recognition
Promote sector appeal and facilitate formal skill recognition across the automotive-mobility ecosystem and beyond.
ASA
Regional Skills Partnership (RSP)
Regional Skills Partnership for the Automotive Regions' Twin Transition
A regional partnership bringing together authorities, VET centres, SMEs and local clusters to strengthen skills cooperation across automotive regions.
Regional cooperation prioritiesWhat the partnership brings together
- Share best practicesConnect regions and local actors around proven approaches to automotive skills development.
- Collaborate on transition strategiesSupport coordinated responses to the green and digital transition in mobility.
- Discuss funding and policy alignmentBring regional needs into dialogue with funding opportunities and policy priorities.
Workshops and pilot projectsRegional projects and best practice exchange
ASA actively supports workshops and pilot activities to foster the creation or expansion of regional-level skills initiatives.
Pilot projects under the Just Transition Fund:- Moravian-Silesian Region
(Czechia) - Stuttgart Region
(Germany) - Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes
(France)
Regional workshopsTurning ASA intelligence into practice
- Translate intelligence into practiceUse ASA insights to support regional action and capacity building.
- Facilitate peer learningEnable exchange across EU regions facing similar workforce and industrial transition challenges.
- Co-develop fundable projectsEncourage project concepts that can access EU funding and scale successful models.
EWRC workshops in BrusselsBest practice exchange at European level
Organised by ASA-affiliated regions in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2026 as part of the European Week of Regions and Cities.
- Enable green transition through regional collaborationShow how local and regional actors can coordinate practical skills actions.
- Highlight the role of regions in ecosystem transformationPosition regions as active drivers of automotive-mobility transformation.
- Showcase policy alignmentShare best practices and align regional needs with European policy and funding.
What You Gain - ASA Member Benefits
ASA members gain access to a collaborative, forward-looking environment where they can influence, co-create, and implement the sector's skills transformation.
Who Should Join ASA?
ASA brings together all actors contributing to workforce development in the automotive-mobility ecosystem, including:
- Industrial players (OEMs, Tier 1–3 suppliers, mobility service providers)
- Education and training organisations (VETs, HEIs, adult learning centres)
- Public authorities (EU institutions, national ministries, regions)
- Social partners and unions
- Sectoral associations and innovation clusters
- EU-funded initiatives and alliances
Be Part of the Transformation
Joining ASA gives your organisation the opportunity to:
- Lead and influence skills strategy for the sector
- Access insights, data, and tools to boost your upskilling efforts
- Collaborate with top players and innovators
- Shape the future of education and training in Europe