As part of RESKILLING, we are gathering insights from Forum members on the potential impacts of Connected, Cooperative and Automated Mobility (CCAM) on the transport workforce.
The transition towards CCAM is expected to reshape job profiles, skills requirements, working conditions, and training needs across the sector. Understanding these changes is essential to ensure that workers, employers, training providers, and policymakers are prepared for a fair and inclusive transition.
We invite Forum members to contribute their perspectives on:
🔹 emerging skills needs and training requirements
🔹 opportunities for new and evolving job profiles
🔹 potential risks of labour market disruption
🔹 barriers to participation in reskilling and upskilling activities
🔹 policy and organisational measures that can support workforce adaptation
Your input will directly contribute to RESKILLING's analysis of future skills needs and the development of recommendations for a socially sustainable deployment of CCAM across Europe.
COMPLETE THE SURVEY HERE: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeRiMEq1Td95dAqFkELFeHXZoquJekL3Rf6YhcZzdFmha2DfA/viewform
RESKILLING invited stakeholders to save the date for the upcoming fourth Interactive Symposium on Research & Innovation for Connected and Automated Driving in Europe (EUCAD Symposium 2026) on 8-9 October 2026, in Geneva, Switzerland.
EUCAD symposia are the bi-annual EUCAD events that alternate with the European Conferences on Connected and Automated Driving conferences. The 2026 edition is the continuation of EUCAD 2018, EUCAD 2020 and EUCAD 2024 symposia.
The EUCAD 2026 Symposium is organised by the CCAMbassador project and supported by the European Commission Directorate General for Research & Innovation (RTD) as well as the CCAM Partnership.
The event aims to delve deeper into specific key topics and challenges for CCAM Research & Innovation and deployment, in Europe and beyond, namely this year: regulations, AI, digital infrastructure and CCAM in cities. It is targeted at public and private stakeholders interested in exchanging knowledge and views on the latest progress and future actions required to accelerate transition from innovation to implementation.
Participants will have the opportunity to learn more about European Research & Innovation activities on CCAM, engage with experts and stakeholders from the EU, international, and Swiss CCAM ecosystem, and experience an automated public transport service in operation in Geneva, as well as other connected vehicle demonstrators.
The Symposium is targeted, though not limited to, European and international stakeholders from the industry and research sectors, policy makers, regulators, representatives from the European institutions, national and local public authorities, road authorities / operators, transport operators and users.
Participation in the event is free of charge, but registration is compulsory.
More information on the role of our project in the Conference and the posibilities for the stakeholders to attend will be soon provided.
For further enquiries, please contact [email protected]
Join the RESKILLING online workshop on 26 May to explore our preliminary labour market forecasting results and discuss how Connected, Cooperative and Automated Mobility (CCAM) is expected to reshape jobs, skills, and workforce needs across the transport and mobility sector.
We want to hear from people and organisations representing workforce groups that may experience the transition to automation and digitalisation differently — including women, older workers, young professionals, workers with limited digital skills, migrant workers, workers with disabilities, platform or temporary workers, and jobseekers.
Your input will help us better understand future skills needs, barriers to participation, and the support measures needed to make the CCAM transition fair and inclusive.
𝐋𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨:
📅 26 May 2026
🕒 13:00-17:00 CEST
🔗 Register here
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The European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) has published a special edition of its working paper series titled “Human-centred digital transitions and skill mismatches in European workplaces.”
Cedefop is an EU agency supporting the development of European vocational education and training (VET), skills intelligence, and lifelong learning policies. It provides robust evidence to inform policy-making at EU and Member State level, particularly on skills anticipation, labour market trends and workforce transformation. The volume presents the first in-depth academic analysis of microdata from the second wave of the European Skills and Jobs Survey (ESJS2), conducted in 2021. Across ten original research contributions, it explores how digital technologies, including artificial intelligence and task automation, are reshaping skill demand, task composition and job quality across European labour markets.
Digital transition in a changing European economy
As European industries navigate simultaneous digital and green transitions, workforce preparedness has become a central policy and competitiveness concern. Rapid technological integration is accelerating demand for advanced digital, cognitive and transversal skills, while demographic change and structural labour shortages are increasing pressure on training systems and employers. In this context, understanding how digital transformation alters work internally — and where mismatches emerge — is essential for anticipating workforce needs and ensuring that innovation strengthens rather than fragments labour markets.
Rethinking automation and skill mismatch
Rather than framing automation as a binary outcome of job loss or job creation, the research demonstrates how technological change reorganises work internally. In many cases, digital adoption transforms the tasks performed within occupations before affecting overall employment levels.
This process generates new forms of skill mismatch. Workers may remain in their roles, yet the competencies required evolve more rapidly than training systems or organisational practices can adapt. The result is a structural misalignment between technological capacity and workforce preparedness.
Organisational responses and structural patterns
The studies identify recurring dynamics across sectors. Digital intensity is associated with increasing demand for advanced cognitive and transversal skills. However, access to employer-supported training remains uneven.
Organisational learning cultures emerge as a critical factor. Firms that embed continuous upskilling strategies are better positioned to manage technological transition without undermining job quality. At the same time, segmentation by age and gender persists in digitally intensive roles, and skill shortages are visible in strategically important domains linked to AI and advanced technologies.
The acceleration of digitalisation during the Covid-19 period further intensified these trends, influencing training participation, worker well-being and perceptions of job insecurity.
Implications for sectors undergoing technological integration
For sectors integrating automation, advanced data systems and AI-enabled operations into core activities, the findings underline the importance of anticipating skill evolution and aligning innovation strategies with structured workforce development.
The publication provides robust empirical evidence for discussions on upskilling, job quality and inclusive digital transitions in rapidly transforming industries.
Stakeholders interested in the intersection of digitalisation, labour market dynamics and skills policy are encouraged to explore the full publication and follow the editors and contributing researchers for further insights.
Read the paper now!
https://www.cedefop.europa.eu/files/6228_en.pdf
The RESKILLING Annual Virtual Stakeholder Events are great opportunities for stakeholders interested in the deployment of Cooperative, connected and automated mobility (CCAM) to come together and discuss needs and potential collaborations related to skills development. The event gathers all stakeholders from the RESKILLING community, covering different backgrounds: industry, research, policy, training providers, international organisations, and more. Presenting latest results from the RESKILLING project activities, specific topics are addressed and provide fact-based analyses to feed informed and productive discussions. Multiple speakers bring forward different perspectives to facilitate comprehensive approaches and ensure relevance of the innovations proposed.
Figure 1: RESKILLING 1st annual virtual stakeholder event visual.
The first edition took place on December 16 from 13:30 to 16:45 CET, joined by over 60 participants, and featuring 10 speakers from the European institutions, the RESKILLING Consortium, and the Advisory Board (AB). After a short interactive introduction to better understand who was in the virtual room, the RESKILLING project officer Georgios Sarros from CINEA set the scene to help the audience grasp the role of RESKILLING in the European research and innovation landscape around CCAM deployment and human resources. Then, the project coordinator Matina Loukea from CERTH presented the project structure, and the first results were explained by partners in a first session focusing on CCAM impacts on jobs and skills.
The RESKILLING CCAM jobs mapping and skills taxonomy were detailed by Teresa de la Cruz from ZLC, and the CCAM employment forecasting and scenario analysis presented by Davide Dolente from ECORYS triggered some discussion, to be further developed in upcoming one-on-one interviews. Participants identified routine jobs and driving skills as under risk of automation, and distinction was made between reskilling and upskilling needs, with questions on responsibilities to ensure both processes. In terms of deployment scenario, the required combination of CCAM market-driven deployment and public sector’s overview was recognized as a challenge.
The second session of the event addressed the social frameworks needed to support workers’ preparation and transition. It featured two AB members: Philip Freeman from the European Transport Workers Federation (ETF) presented the unions’ perspective, and Cristina Pronello from Politecnico di Torino highlighted social policy recommendations associated with transport services’ automation and digitalization. The diversity of workers affected by CCAM impacts on their functions was highlighted, together with the need to adopt specific approaches and the related investments required. On the other hand, solutions were mentioned, such as the potential integration of social dialogue practices in training upskilling workers, but also managers of transport companies and service providers. Pathways for European harmonization were proposed, and the WE-TRANSFORM project results were brought forward as key guidance in this regard.
The third session of the day, slightly shorter, covered the identification of training and reskilling needs, and the new jobs and skills’ consequences on the transport socio-economic framework. Susana Val from ZLC presented the RESKILLING upcoming activities to prepare relevant reskilling and upskilling curricula, and Fabienne-Agnes Baumann from VDI/VDE-IT exposed the plans to assess new business models so they support social skills development and innovation. Participants had a chance to influence the orientation of these key steps in the work of the consortium.
The fourth and last session of the event was all about cooperation, synergies, and exploitation to multiply positive impacts of work results. The RESKILLING Stakeholder Forum was first presented by Jorge Manso Garcia from POLIS to encourage all participants to use it, contribute and make the most of its contents. Then, Henriette Cornet from Urban Innovate, also a member of the RESKILLING Advisory Board, shared experiences of AV operations in American cities, concluding key challenges related to governance, local employment impacts, and social acceptance of the services. Considering the advancement of mobility automation in the US, many of the lessons learnt are very helpful in European cities’ current decision-making processes, with a key question as driving light: how to ensure technology serves sustainability and social good?
This presentation was followed by 30 minutes’ discussion in smaller groups, with a clear structure: get to know each other individually, learn from others’ challenges and share yours, and identify who can help you with what. The result was a summary of key fields where cooperation can support a public interest-driven CCAM deployment, with a focus on social transition. Reports from the four breakout rooms were shared in a conclusion highlighting the project’s next steps and the essential role of the community.
Overall, the event was extremely insightful, with rich content and bright speakers, and efficient time management. Participants were very happy about the content, and the use of Slido at the beginning of each session ensured an interactive feeling despite the full online setup. Considering the number of issues to discuss and the need to listen to multiple perspectives, the next edition might be separated into two parts, leaving more room for questions and exchanges while keeping the dense learning aspects. Up to 2026!
The event’s full presentation and recording are available on the RESKILLING RESKILLING YouTube Channel (or down below) and website.
The Autonomy Whitepaper by movingfutures presents a quantitative assessment of how public transport fleets in Europe could transition from manually driven vehicles to autonomous buses and shuttles. The analysis covers 28 European countries and models fleet evolution over a 20-year timeframe, taking into account vehicle replacement cycles, operating and capital costs, and different levels of automation. Rather than proposing a single outcome, the white paper compares multiple transition pathways, highlighting the conditions under which autonomous vehicles become economically relevant for public transport systems.
The white paper is primarily addressed to public transport authorities, operators, and policymakers involved in planning, financing or regulating public transport services. It is also relevant for organisations working on employment, skills and training, as it provides a structured view of how automation may progressively reshape public transport operations. By clarifying the expected timing and scale of fleet transitions, the analysis helps frame discussions on workforce impacts, including changes in roles, responsibilities and competence requirements.
To support practical use of the analysis, movingfutures has developed the Autonomous Vehicle Transition Simulator, an online tool that applies the same modelling framework used in the white paper. The simulator allows users to test different assumptions—such as cost developments, fleet replacement rates and adoption strategies—and to visualise how autonomous vehicle deployment could evolve over time in specific contexts. This makes it possible to compare conservative, moderate and more ambitious scenarios using a consistent methodological basis.
For RESKILLING, these resources are relevant as background evidence for understanding how technological deployment trajectories intersect with workforce planning. By linking automation scenarios to concrete timelines and system-level changes, they support informed reflection on reskilling needs, organisational adaptation and the design of accompanying measures to manage the transition in public transport employment.
