by Tiziana ChiappelliThe Skill council, of which Skillman is a member, has published the 2016 Report on Automotive sector.Main topics of the Report are the employment situation in the automotive sector, including forecasts and trends and the evolution of the automotive sector’s occupations and associated skills with a specific focus on the innovative tools and strategies used at national and regional level together with local initiatives to monitor skills’ needs and address skill’s mismatches and gaps.See the Article at: Employment-and-skills-automotive-industry-4.0The European Sector Skills Council for the Automotive Industry is an 18-month project, funded by the European Commission DG Employment, which aims at establishing a networking platform with focus on skills issues in the automotive sector. Project partners CLEPA, ETRMA and industriAll – with the support of ACEA and CEEMET – have been trusted with the establishment of this networking platform which will enable and facilitate the exchange of best practices at European level in terms of anticipating and managing skills requirements for the automotive industry.