





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
Latest news
17 May 2023
SmartRail Europe: Bridging the Skills Gap with STAFFER
The SmartRail Europe conference, held on May 16-17, 2023, featured a special focus on Skills, Training, and Recruitment in the rail sector. Among the experts at the event was Barbara Grau from SNCF, w...
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22 April 2023
STAFFER joins ERA on Track towards more Diversity webinar
European Union Agency for Railways hosted a webinar "ERA on Track towards more Diversity" on 21st April, featuring several speakers including Josef Doppelbauer, Anna Gigantino, Oana Gherghinescu, Nath...
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04 April 2023
STAFFER published on CEDEFOP’s website
STAFFER's project and our latest findings on the current and future skills and competence needs of the European rail sector are now available on the CEDEFOP website.
The findings include the identi...
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28 March 2023
STAFFER hosts a Roundtable Session on Skills and Youth at SIFER 2023
STAFFER had the pleasure of hosting an insightful roundtable discussion at SIFER 2023 in Lille on the topic of Skills and Youth and the challenges faced by the rail sector. The panel was moderated by...
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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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