The EU Chips Act aims to increase Europe‘s global production share of semiconductors to 20% by 2030, leading to a need for a skilled workforce to support this growth. Additionally, the EU‘s Green Deal initiative focuses on a transition to sustainable and energy efficient technologies, further emphasizing the need for expertise in sustainable chip development and green applications. There is an EU wide shortage of skilled workers in microelectronics. Addressing this shortage will be crucial in meeting the goals of both the EU Chips Act and the Green Deal. Furthermore, the next generation of students is largely interested in contributing to a sustainable environment. Providing them with the opportunity to gain deeper expertise in this field will align their skills with the industry‘s future needs. The proposed project „Green Chips-EDU“ supports the aforementioned goals by addressing the needs and challenges of a green and digital transition in the microelectronics industry. The consortium, made up of 15 key players from 7 EU countries, aims to build an attractive education ecosystem in green microelectronics by integrating the knowledge triangle of excellent education, industries needs and research challenges. The consortium includes 6 Unite! partners working on a harmonized curriculum focusing on energy efficiency and the development of sustainable integrated circuits. The project addresses all objectives from the call by offering a wide range of degree programs including mutual recognition as well as self-standing modules, implementing staff and student mobility, digital learning formats and upgrading infrastructure. About 600 students are planned to receive degrees or certificates in green electronics. In addition, summer schools, sustainability hackathons, learn-repair cafés as well as expert lectures by the partner companies and research institutions are organized to attract and train students to counteract the skills shortage in microelectronics in the EU.

The EU Chips Act aims to increase Europe‘s global production share of semiconductors to 20% by 2030, leading to a need for a skilled workforce to support this growth. Additionally, the EU‘s Green Deal initiative focuses on a transition to sustainable and energy efficient technologies, further emphasizing the need for expertise in sustainable chip development and green applications. There is an EU wide shortage of skilled workers in microelectronics. Addressing this shortage will be crucial in meeting the goals of both the EU Chips Act and the Green Deal. Furthermore, the next generation of students is largely interested in contributing to a sustainable environment. Providing them with the opportunity to gain deeper expertise in this field will align their skills with the industry‘s future needs. The proposed project „Green Chips-EDU“ supports the aforementioned goals by addressing the needs and challenges of a green and digital transition in the microelectronics industry. The consortium, made up of 15 key players from 7 EU countries, aims to build an attractive education ecosystem in green microelectronics by integrating the knowledge triangle of excellent education, industries needs and research challenges. The consortium includes 6 Unite! partners working on a harmonized curriculum focusing on energy efficiency and the development of sustainable integrated circuits. The project addresses all objectives from the call by offering a wide range of degree programs including mutual recognition as well as self-standing modules, implementing staff and student mobility, digital learning formats and upgrading infrastructure. About 600 students are planned to receive degrees or certificates in green electronics. In addition, summer schools, sustainability hackathons, learn-repair cafés as well as expert lectures by the partner companies and research institutions are organized to attract and train students to counteract the skills shortage in microelectronics in the EU.

The EU Chips Act aims to increase Europe‘s global production share of semiconductors to 20% by 2030, leading to a need for a skilled workforce to support this growth. Additionally, the EU‘s Green Deal initiative focuses on a transition to sustainable and energy efficient technologies, further emphasizing the need for expertise in sustainable chip development and green applications. There is an EU wide shortage of skilled workers in microelectronics. Addressing this shortage will be crucial in meeting the goals of both the EU Chips Act and the Green Deal. Furthermore, the next generation of students is largely interested in contributing to a sustainable environment. Providing them with the opportunity to gain deeper expertise in this field will align their skills with the industry‘s future needs. The proposed project „Green Chips-EDU“ supports the aforementioned goals by addressing the needs and challenges of a green and digital transition in the microelectronics industry. The consortium, made up of 15 key players from 7 EU countries, aims to build an attractive education ecosystem in green microelectronics by integrating the knowledge triangle of excellent education, industries needs and research challenges. The consortium includes 6 Unite! partners working on a harmonized curriculum focusing on energy efficiency and the development of sustainable integrated circuits. The project addresses all objectives from the call by offering a wide range of degree programs including mutual recognition as well as self-standing modules, implementing staff and student mobility, digital learning formats and upgrading infrastructure. About 600 students are planned to receive degrees or certificates in green electronics. In addition, summer schools, sustainability hackathons, learn-repair cafés as well as expert lectures by the partner companies and research institutions are organized to attract and train students to counteract the skills shortage in microelectronics in the EU.

The EU Chips Act aims to increase Europe‘s global production share of semiconductors to 20% by 2030, leading to a need for a skilled workforce to support this growth. Additionally, the EU‘s Green Deal initiative focuses on a transition to sustainable and energy efficient technologies, further emphasizing the need for expertise in sustainable chip development and green applications. There is an EU wide shortage of skilled workers in microelectronics. Addressing this shortage will be crucial in meeting the goals of both the EU Chips Act and the Green Deal. Furthermore, the next generation of students is largely interested in contributing to a sustainable environment. Providing them with the opportunity to gain deeper expertise in this field will align their skills with the industry‘s future needs. The proposed project „Green Chips-EDU“ supports the aforementioned goals by addressing the needs and challenges of a green and digital transition in the microelectronics industry. The consortium, made up of 15 key players from 7 EU countries, aims to build an attractive education ecosystem in green microelectronics by integrating the knowledge triangle of excellent education, industries needs and research challenges. The consortium includes 6 Unite! partners working on a harmonized curriculum focusing on energy efficiency and the development of sustainable integrated circuits. The project addresses all objectives from the call by offering a wide range of degree programs including mutual recognition as well as self-standing modules, implementing staff and student mobility, digital learning formats and upgrading infrastructure. About 600 students are planned to receive degrees or certificates in green electronics. In addition, summer schools, sustainability hackathons, learn-repair cafés as well as expert lectures by the partner companies and research institutions are organized to attract and train students to counteract the skills shortage in microelectronics in the EU.

The EU Chips Act aims to increase Europe‘s global production share of semiconductors to 20% by 2030, leading to a need for a skilled workforce to support this growth. Additionally, the EU‘s Green Deal initiative focuses on a transition to sustainable and energy efficient technologies, further emphasizing the need for expertise in sustainable chip development and green applications. There is an EU wide shortage of skilled workers in microelectronics. Addressing this shortage will be crucial in meeting the goals of both the EU Chips Act and the Green Deal. Furthermore, the next generation of students is largely interested in contributing to a sustainable environment. Providing them with the opportunity to gain deeper expertise in this field will align their skills with the industry‘s future needs. The proposed project „Green Chips-EDU“ supports the aforementioned goals by addressing the needs and challenges of a green and digital transition in the microelectronics industry. The consortium, made up of 15 key players from 7 EU countries, aims to build an attractive education ecosystem in green microelectronics by integrating the knowledge triangle of excellent education, industries needs and research challenges. The consortium includes 6 Unite! partners working on a harmonized curriculum focusing on energy efficiency and the development of sustainable integrated circuits. The project addresses all objectives from the call by offering a wide range of degree programs including mutual recognition as well as self-standing modules, implementing staff and student mobility, digital learning formats and upgrading infrastructure. About 600 students are planned to receive degrees or certificates in green electronics. In addition, summer schools, sustainability hackathons, learn-repair cafés as well as expert lectures by the partner companies and research institutions are organized to attract and train students to counteract the skills shortage in microelectronics in the EU.

The H2GreenTECH project looked at cost-efficient ways to make the European economy more climate-friendly and less energy-consuming through the development of hydrogen technology. The goal was to improve access to and the use of the research infrastructure for hydrogen technologies in Slovenia and Austria with the establishment of the Hydrogen Center, a one-stop-shop for enterprises, researchers, and students by 2025. Furthermore, CUAS developed competences in hydrogen technologies with the development of demonstration models to be used as well as educational modules. The H2GreenTECH project was co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund as part of the Interreg V-A Slovenia-Austria cooperation programme.

Das technologische Hauptziel des Projekts ist die Entwicklung einer Roboterzelle für das 3D-Drucken von Composite-, Leicht- undNatur-Materialien. Der Kern der Innovation ist die Adaptierung eines 6-achsigen Roboters mit einer Spritzgusstechnologie und einemFasermanipulator. Diese Technologie ermöglicht die Herstellung auch geometrisch komplexer Produkte mit höchstfestenLeichtbaumaterialien. Damit leistet das Projekt einen Beitrag zur allgemeinen Herausforderung des Programmgebiets, dergrenzübergreifende Zusammenarbeit zur Stärkung der Forschung und technologischen Entwicklung, Wettbewerbsfähigkeit undInnovation durch synergistische Zusammenarbeit der Entwicklungsbeteiligten (Unternehmen, Forschungszentren und Hochschulen). Dasstrategische Projektziel ist, in vielversprechenden Bereichen des Maschinenbaus und der Robotertechnik die kompetentenEntwicklungspartner und das vorhandene Wissen im Programmbereich zu vereinen und den Transfer von Technologie zu verstärken.

This project will enable the training and education of future Ukrainian trainers for automation engineers, maintenance engineers, process workers and students using non classic teaching methods such as learning by doing, remote and mobile teaching with innovative technologies as well as life long learning and the experience of the European universities. The idea of the project started from the fact that specialists at the ukrainian enterprises and students of technical specialities have the lack of knowledge in modern automation technologies (Industrial wire and wireless automation technologies widely used in EUcountries) and at the universities it is a lack of modern equipment. The opening of the hands-on training Centers in the profiling universities of the regions will generate great help in this direction.

Im Projekt KOOPFLEX (SI-AT) wurden drei flexible Fertigungszellen gemeinsam mit unseren Partnern aus Slowenien und Österreich aufgebaut, in Betrieb genommen und ein Schulungsprogramm zur Ausbildung von Schülern, Studierenden und Mitarbeitern von KMUs entwickelt. Dieses speziell erarbeitete Training und Didaktikprogramm wird nun im Nachfolgeprojekt FLEXCELL (Lifelong Learning Programme) an Lehrende von Schulen in der Türkei (Urla) und Kroatien (Pula) weitervermittelt. Aufgrund des modularen Aufbaus der flexiblen Fertigungszelle der FH Kärnten kann einerseits ein Training an den einzelnen Komponenten stattfinden, andererseits aber auch der Prozess in seiner Gesamtheit betrachtet und geschult werden. Die räumliche Mobilität der Zelle ermöglicht es zudem, das gesamte System inklusive fast aller Prozessschritte im Hörsaal ungestört zu betreiben.

Several hundred SMEs in Slovenia + Carinthia are active in the field metal working and as automotive suppliers (=regional strength). These SMEs urgently need modern education in flexible automation and robotics, to secure their economic competitiveness in the future.The School of Zrece (Slov), as well as HTL in Wolfsberg and FH Kärnten in Villach (both in Carinthia) have existing educational programs in machinery and automation and can modernize their workshop infrastructure with reasonable financial effort, in order to systematically 1) educate students and employees and 2) support SMEs in their innovation projects.