Overview
- Title
- CHAISE - A Blueprint for Sectoral Cooperation on Blockchain Skill Development
- Abstract
CHAISE will formulate and deliver a European strategy to address skill mismatches and shortages in the blockchain sector (BC) and deliver appropriate and future focused training, qualifications and mobility solutions, geared to sectoral realities and needs.
- Status
- On-going
- Duration
Duration November 2020 – October 2024
- Sector
BLOCKCHAIN
- Countries
- Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Romania, Slovenia, Spain
- Scope of the project
CHAISE is a transnational initiative or else a Sector Skill Alliance (SSA), funded by the European Commission to set forward a sectoral approach on blockchain skills development.
- Objectives
- Improve BC skills intelligence and document prevailing skills mismatches at EU level.
- Set up a collaborative approach to monitoring the evolution of workplace requirements and anticipating future BC skill needs, to act as an early warning information mechanism for skill mismatches.
- Design a learning outcome oriented modular VET programme and educational resources on BC, applicable across the EU member states, to address technical, non-technical and cross-discipline (horizontal) skill requirements.
- Define EU-wide occupational requirements for the BC workforce to address labour market fragmentation.
- Establish a sectoral qualification linked to the emerging BC occupational profiles, to set common educational requirements for BC skills across the EU.
- Connect jobseekers and blockchain companies to support professional transnational mobility and increase the attractiveness of BC sector.
- Set up a post-project permanent cooperation network to systematically monitor labour market and skill developments and keep the European BC skills strategy up-to-date and relevant.
- Short description
Blockchain is at the core of the EU strategy to advance digital transformation, benefitting society and businesses and stimulating sustainable growth. The European BC Sector is well placed to acquire global leadership; still its competitiveness largely relies on the availability of a competent and versatile workforce. Whereas the demand for BC skills is steadily increasing, employers are facing a shortfall of skilled professionals that prevents the sector from unleashing its full potential. The BC sector is challenged by talent shortage, global competitive pressures, limited connection between education and the market, and low responsiveness of formal education to new workplace requirements. The aim of CHAISE is to set forward an open, inclusive BC skills governance system, to address skills mismatches and deliver appropriate training, intelligence gathering & mobility solutions tailored to sectoral needs. Read more on the project’s dedicated website: https://chaise-blockchainskills.eu/
- Key findings
BLOCKCHAIN SKILLS INTELLIGENCE
The project implemented a comprehensive needs analysis, first time employed for the European BC sector that led to:
Evaluation of Blockchain ecosystems’ maturity in EU Member states. The factors used to determine maturity included a) the volume of BC related business activity and start-ups creation, b) the availability of BC related formal educational initiatives, and c) the presence of user driven communities around Blockchain and digital assets.
Definition of BC workforce characteristics by age, gender, educational background, working experience, industry, employment status, type of contract, level of wage.
Analysis of the BC educational landscape, and creation of a centralized database with available training offerings in partnership countries and beyond.
Definition of skill requirements (divided into technical, business and transversal) and training priorities for BC roles.
Definition of the emerging BC occupational profiles in the EU labour market
AN INDUSTRY VALIDATED EUROPEAN BLOCKCHAIN SKILLS STRATEGY
The European BC skills strategy, released by CHAISE April 2022, sets the framework conditions for sectoral cooperation on BC skills development and outlines the main priorities and actions to address skill shortages and mismatches in the labour market. The Strategy formulates the way forward for a coordinated approach to tackle skills related challenges and uphold the EU at the forefront of BC innovation. The strategy is articulated around five strategic objectives:
- Launching a consistent message of BC educational needs and monitoring of the labour market
- Creating a common European BC learning and knowledge-building platform
- Enhancing collaboration and knowledge transfer from business to academia
- Bringing BC to everyone
- Creating a decentralised BC training and marketplace platform
BLOCKCHAIN SKILLS FORECASTING
The CHAISE partnership developed a novel dynamic methodological framework for forecasting the demand for BC skills across EU countries and matching this against educational supply. The forecasting results for the period 2020-2026 indicate a shortage of BC professionals, which results from the low number of expected graduates as compared to the future needs of the market. The gap is estimated to around 13K positions.
SKILLS FORECAST FOR THE BLOCKCHAIN LABOUR MARKET, 2020-2026
AREA
FORECASTED BLOCKCHAIN DEMAND
FORECASTED BLOCKCHAIN GRADUATE SUPPLY
FORECASTED GAP
EU
28,092
14,972
13,120
UPCOMING RESULTS
- A 5 semester VET Programme and qualification on BC in 11 EU languages.
- A Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) to act as a wide access delivery method for the CHAISE VET Programme.
- An online examination portal, to support the assessment and validation of BC related learning outcomes, leading to the award to of an industry recognised certificate.
- EU-wide occupational requirements for the three identified BC occupational roles.
- A BC career guidance and alumni platform.
- Blueprint for the creation of an EU-wide BC scholarship and traineeship programme.
- National BC skills partnerships to roll out project results at national/regional level.
- A permanent European BC skills cooperation network.
