





Project Objectives

Identifying skills needs
STAFFER will help operators, infrastructure managers and suppliers anticipate their competence needs of tomorrow

Adapting curricula
This Blueprint for Skills will design new training curricula to complement existing training programmes and adapt existing ones to meet future challenges

Facilitating transnational mobility
Our consortium’s work will allow the development of a framework facilitating transnational mobility for students, apprentices, trainees, or other staff groups in the rail industry

Developing a long-term strategy
This initiative will help the whole rail sector come together around a long-term action plan for skills
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23 February 2023
Roundtable Discussion – Skills and Youth: What are the Challenges for the European Rail Sector?
Join the roundtable panel discussion on Skills and Youth: What are the Challenges for the European Rail Sector? (in French) at SIFER 2023 in Lille!
28 March | 15:20 - 16:20 | Forum 2 - Skills and...
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14 October 2022
European rail alliance discusses long-term strategy to address skill shortages in the sector
Partners of the 4-year-long, ERASMUS+-funded Skill Training Alliance For the Future European Rail System (STAFFER) came together yesterday in Brussels to assess the proj...
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19 April 2021
Training & Skills: Time to HOP on board
Innovation and digitalisation are changing young people’s perception of railways, while opening up attractive career opportunities. Work is underway to rethink rail-related training and education, i...
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03 December 2020
European Erasmus+ project to train skills for the future of railways
UNIFE has announced the kick-off of an Erasmus+ project for skills development in European rail. The 4-year Skill Training Alliance For the Future European Rail System – known as STAFFER – gathers...
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03 December 2020
European rail alliance launches four-year skills project
AN alliance of rail industry organisations has officially launched a four-year programme to develop a long-term strategy to address skill shortages in the sector.
The Skill Training Alliance for...
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02 December 2020
Pan-European alliance to develop rail skills base
EUROPE: The Skill Training Alliance For the Future European Rail system partnership of 32 organisations from across the transport, policy and education sectors has been launched to address the rail in...
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