Backgrounds
- Mismatch between technical education and current employment market for engineers
- Service providers (new SMEs) in great demand, e.g. spare parts handling, auxiliary services, and recycling
- Low investments for start-ups or small-scale businesses in mechanical and process engineering related to raw materials
- Outsourcing, extending the network and establishing partnerships in East and South-East Europe (ESEE) countries
Objectives
- Avoid the brain-drain of local communities and promoting circular economy in the ESEE region
- Create highly qualified professionals or entrepreneurs with a specification in maintenance engineering for the ESEE region
- Contribute to technological advancement and competence building in the ESEE region
- Support commercial know-how and technology transfer for the subject-specific operations in the raw material industry
- Seed start-ups in the ESEE region
