Today, UGT FICA presented the European Blueprint2 project to territorial secretaries and coordinators from the construction sector.
The session included the participation of Andrés Mellá on behalf of FLC, who, after presenting the Blueprint2 project, outlined its main pillars. The project aims to develop new strategies to improve the exchange of training resources and to establish a pilot initiative featuring an innovative training programme focused on urgently needed skills. Work is also underway to update the Construction Skills Observatory.
One of the project’s objectives is to create a website that will host training resources for reskilling and skills development, implement vocational training programmes that include transversal, digital, and green skills, and adapt competencies to new sector needs. It also aims to train trainers, develop practical materials for teachers and students, and create a flexible micro-credential certification system, among other actions.
As part of the project, efforts are being made to identify the most urgent and emerging skills required in the construction industry, particularly those linked to the sector’s green and digital transition.
The next step will be to implement a pilot project to promote training in green and digital skills and begin developing an interactive map of best practices.
At the end of the session, participants, as workers’ representatives, highlighted the real difficulties workers face in accessing training during working hours, as well as the challenges in offering training to unemployed people. They also stressed the need to provide online training in areas not covered by existing initiatives, the importance of increasing training hours in provincial agreements, and the need to adapt occupational risk prevention training to the use of new materials in the sector.