Socio-economic and employment impacts of CCAM across the entire value chain

The EC project ReSKILLING aims to implement a strategic approach to empower the (people and goods) mobility sector workforce and businesses of Europe to cope with the anticipated changes in the sector from Connected, Cooperative, and Automated Mobility (CCAM) deployment. The project approach includes a range of services and tools to support the mobility sector ‘s adaptation to the deployment of CCAM solutions and services.

ReSKILLING approach also encompasses the analysis of the socio-economic and employment impacts of CCAM across the entire value chain. To this end, the project will follow the methodology proposed by the European Common Evaluation Methodology for CCAM (EU-CEM), addressing the following impact areas: 

• Society impacts focus on economic activity, employment, socio-economics, and equity, reflecting the project’s mission to strengthen workforce skills and promote fair job opportunities in the age of transport automation. 
• Human impacts address quality of life, examining how CCAM-related job transitions influence well-being, satisfaction, and occupational health. 
  • Transport system impacts explore services and operation, assessing how skilled workers can improve service quality, scalability, and the viability of business models for automated mobility.

To measure these dimensions, ReSKILLING has defined a structured set of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and their corresponding research questions by impact area:

• Societal impacts: number of jobs and businesses involved and their productivity (Economic Activity and Employment), societal cost and distribution of skills development benefits (socio-economic and equity dimensions).
• Human impacts: public health (particularly in relation to occupational well-being in new CCAM jobs) and livability.
• Transport system impacts: operational costs, quality of service, scalability, replicability, and business model viability, .

In addition, ReSKILLING will develop training modules, strategies, pathways, and business toolkits for skill enhancement and adaptation, with an emphasis on their replication and transferability potential and customised scalability for adoption throughout the EU.

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