The main aim pursued by SKILLMAN, the Sector Skills Alliance for Advanced Manufacturing in the Transport Sector, has been to establish a sustainable network of key players in the field of Advanced Manufacturing in the Transport Sector, facilitating interaction and cooperation among industrial partners, VET providers and awarding bodies in the perspective of detecting key skills shortages and providing innovative educational solutions. SKILLMAN has implemented research activities to detect labour market requirements, both in terms of hard-to-fill vacancies as well as exploring emerging technologies affecting the sector of advanced manufacturing in the perspective of identifying their impact in terms of skills needs. The outcomes of the research activities accomplished during the first contractual period have confirmed the priorities, which have become the focus of the project educational provisions. One of the key added values is the commitment of the partners and particularly of the industrial partners on the following educational dimensions:•Robotics: programming and maintenance of automated production lines; main industrial partner for this priority is Jaguar Land Rover;•Composite materials: default finding and maintenance of lightweight and composite materials, mainly within, but not limited to, the new generation of aircrafts; main industrial partner for this priority is Scandinavian Airlines Systems•ICT in manufacturing: configuration and maintenance of hardware and software required by the digitalization of production processes, managing big data and internet of thing in automated production lines; main industrial partner for this priority is FIAT Research Centre•energy performance of production processes and end products, as a common issue for all educational dimensions and industrial partners.The main general objective to establish a sustainable network of key players in the field of Advanced Manufacturing in the Transport Sector has been totally accomplished: Skillman.eu has became the largest EU multilateral network addressed to introduce skills, competences and innovative curricula for the advanced manufacturing sector within the VET pathways. The network is currently joined by more than 280 organizations from 48 countries worldwide and includes notable universities and research centre as well NGO and public bodies.

The ALIGHT project will address the global need to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) and other air emissions in order to adapt to climate change and promote a sustainable future. It will do so through the development and demonstration of two sustainable solutions to be implemented in Copenhagen Airport (the Lighthouse airport), namely 1) the supply, implementation, integration and smart use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and 2) the development, integration and implementation of smart energy system (including renewable energy sources, energy storage and energy management). On the SAF side, ALIGHT will tackle a current challenge, namely the smart, sustainable and cost effective handling of SAF in the operational context of a major airport. The project will address the SAF chain from procurement to integration and demonstration and ensure compliance with all relevant criteria, including sustainability. Within the area of smart energy, ALIGHT will address the full chain from system mapping, energy supply (including renewable energy, energy storage and geothermal energy), smart energy management to planning and demonstration in passenger transport, ground handling equipment and buildings (including heating, cooling and electricity). Field performance monitoring will be performed on aircraft exhaust-, vehicle- and air quality level. Sustainability and the reduction of GHG and other air emissions will be addressed throughout, and all components will be subject to relevant sustainability requirements. ALIGHT will bring forward the necessary solutions, knowledge, guidelines and best practice recommendations in comprehensivWith the Lighthouse project, CPH as Lighthouse with two fellow airports, will demonstrate energy-efficient, climate-friendly, fossil-free and smart solutions in preparation for upcoming massive investments in, among other things. infrastructure for biokerosene airplane fuel and electrification of vehicles and machines both in- and outside the airport.