The project will support the implementation of the Pact for Skills by developing a sectoral skills strategy on AI. This strategy aims for systemic and structural impact on reducing skills shortages, gaps, and mismatches, as well as ensuring appropriate quality and levels of skills.
Project Duration: 48 months
Project Start: June 2022
ARtificial Intelligence Skills Alliance
The growing demand for skilled employees within the Artificial Intelligence (AI) cannot be met by current education and training programmes. Europe needs an innovative European AI Strategy that can fast-track the upskilling and of the EU’s workforce to meet this ever-increasing demand.
The ARISA project configurating the European AI Skills Alliance, sets up a consortium of 16 partners and 4 associated partners and brings together key Industry and Education stakeholders from across the domain. The ARISA consortium will work together to develop, implement and disseminate an AI European Strategy that will tackle the current and future skills shortages in the AI Sector, enabling continuous development, innovation and competitiveness within the industry.
Activities in ARISA:
- Establishment of a long-term partnership for an innovative European Artificial Intelligence Skills Alliance
- Design of an innovative and sustainable short term and long term Strategy
- Development, testing and roll-out of VET and HE training curricula in 8 pilot sites (5 universities and 3 VET providers)
- Adaptation of programmes and qualifications in line with latest market needs.
The project will be implemented in 9 work packages as follows:
WP 1 – Project management
WP 2 – Needs analysis
WP 3 – AI Skills Strategy
WP 4 – Development of an innovative curricula and training program
WP 5 – Development of a certification system
WP 6 – Piloting in different EU countries
WP 7 – Dissemination and communication
WP 8 – Long term sustainability
WP 9 – Quality assurance
DIGITAL SME tasks:
In ARISA, DIGITAL SME leads and coordinates the work on ensuring long-term sustainability of project results and contributes to the analysis of both demand and needs of AI sector in Europe.
Our work during the course of ARISA will include research activities on the state of Artificial Intelligence in labour market, creation of a strategy for a European AI Skills Strategy together with other big European players and initatives in this field. The foreseen activities will include organisation of stakeholder events such as presentations, workshops and events bringing together both with our members and other stakeholders of European initiatives related to developing the European AI community.
| Name | Country |
| DIGITALEUROPE | Belgium |
| Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Slovenia | Slovenia |
| ICT Association of Hungary | Hungary |
| BCS Koolitus | Estonia |
| DIGITAL SME | Belgium |
| EXELIA | Greece |
| CIMEA (the Italian Centre for the NARIC-ENIC Network) | Italy |
| German Accreditation Agency for qualification programs in the STEM field | Germany |
| HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht | Netherlands |
| Budapest University of technology | Hungary |
| Technology Ireland ICT Skillnet | Ireland |
| University of Ljubljana | Slovenia |
| Adecco Formazione | Italy |
| Warsaw University of Computer Science | Poland |
| Global Knowledge | France |
| Universidad Internacional De La Rioja Sa | Spain |
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Erasmus+ Programme under grant agreement No 101056236.
