Net-Zero Europe Platform

Objective

The Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA) establishes the Net-Zero Europe Platform (Platform) to support the implementation of NZIA. The platform includes representatives from the Commission and the EU countries, with the Commission chairing. It monitors progress towards the Act’s objectives. The key priorities are  

1.     Discuss, coordinate, and share best practices 

2.     Ensure uniform implementation of NZIA across all EU countries

3.     Advise project promoters on financing and investor matchmaking

Tasks of the platform

Monitoring
Track progress towards the goal of 40% EU manufacturing capacity for key strategic net-zero technologies by 2030.

Permitting
Discuss the implementation of permit-granting provisions (single points of contact, duration, etc.).

Strategic projects and financing
Identify and examine bottlenecks and EU financial needs, coordinate EU and national funding, exchange with the net-zero industry advisory group and provide recommendations.

Access to markets
Recommend practices for pre-commercial and public procurement of innovative solutions, and discuss auction implementation and market access initiatives.

Academies
Support EU Member States in developing net-zero technology skills, monitor Net-Zero Industry Academies, mobilise stakeholders, and facilitate learning credential uptake.

Sandboxes
Help EU countries coordinate the set up of regulatory sandboxes.

Partnerships
Help the Commission and EU countries coordinate Net-Zero industrial partnerships and discuss relevant existing partnerships and processes.  

The platform may set up technical sub-groups and a Net-Zero Industry Group tasked with giving recommendations. It will collaborate with other Commission initiatives, such as the high-level forum on standardisation, the SET Plan Steering Group and the EU industrial alliances.

Sub-groups 

The Net-Zero Europe Platform may create standing or temporary sub-groups to address specific questions and tasks related to the Net-Zero Industry Act. The platform members will decide the exact setup of the sub-groups. Initially, the platform will establish a sub-group to ensure the proper implementation of the academies.

Net-Zero Academies sub-group 

The permanent sub-group on skills supports and supplements EU countries’ efforts in upskilling and reskilling of the workforce in net-zero technologies. Key tasks include

• assessing, monitoring and forecasting the demand and supply of skilled workers in net-zero technologies (as listed in the Annex to the Net-Zero Industry Act)
• monitoring the activity of the academies
• analysing the root causes of labour and skills shortages
• assisting the mobilisation of stakeholders
• supporting the uptake of learning credentials developed by the academies
• monitoring the uptake and recognition of learning credentials
  •  by developing and promoting credentials, including micro-credentials, that cover learning achievements in key net-zero professions
• Facilitating the development of European occupation profiles
  • by utilising learning programs developed by the academies
  • where appropriate, by using the European skills, competences, qualifications, and occupations (ESCO) to enhance transparency and mobility across the internal market
• promoting career prospects and quality working conditions
• encouraging and supporting labour mobility across the EU
• coordinating and sharing best practices and knowhow between EU countries 
• seeking synergies with existing training or education programmes

Net-Zero Industry Group

The Platform will establish a Net-Zero Industry Group to provide recommendations, either on its own initiative or at the platform's request, to help achieve the objectives of this Regulation. The Net-Zero Industry Group will consist of promoters of net-zero strategic projects. For more information on strategic projects, visit the strategic projects under the NZIA webpages.

Relevant links

Regulation

Contact

GROW-SOCIAL-ENTERPRISEec [dot] europa [dot] eu (EC-NET-ZERO-EUROPE-PLATFORM[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)