Fuel Cell and Hydrogen (FCH) technologies hold great promise for energy and transport applications from the perspective of meeting Europe’s energy, environmental and economic challenges. The European Union is committed to transforming its transport and energy systems as part of a future low carbon economy. It is recognized that FCH technologies have an important role in this transformation and they are part of the Strategic Energy Technologies Plan (SET) Plan adopted by the European Council. This is in line with the European Commission’s (EC) Communication “Energy for a Changing World – An Energy Policy for Europe”, the goals of the Lisbon Strategy and the European Strategic Transport Technology Plan.Hydrogen vehicle technology is commercializing rapidly, while the increasing demand for skilled labor in this field contrasts with the lack of training programmes provided to technicians. Denmark is, as far as known, the only country in the world that has nationwide network of hydrogen filling stations (10 stations). Denmark is one of the first countries to get access to the new fuel cell vehicles from Toyota and Hyundai. Thus, Denmark is leading in implementing fuel cell vehicles - and also a leader in system knowledge.The increasing number of hydrogen and fuel cell vehicles will lead to growth in employment in service and maintenance of these vehicles and thus an increasing demand for skilled labor in the field.Education and training in the fuel cells and hydrogen sector is critical for the current and future workforce and thereby supports indirectly the commercialization of the technology. Knowledgeable and capable workforce that understands the functioning of both technology and underlying fundamental processes, but knows also about obstacles and technological restrictions, is essential for successful development, planning and implementation of FCH technology.It is widely accepted that job opportunities for technicians and workers within the fuel cells and hydrogen (FC & H2) applications will emerge in the short term, but there is also a lack of appropriate training for technicians.Hydrogen vehicle technology is commercializing rapidly, while the increasing demand for skilled labor in this field contrasts with the lack of training programmes provided to technicians. This highlights the need for transferable skills and a common training approach for this new sector. It has become fundamental to share European knowledge and experiences to participate in the creation of an appropriate training in order to develop excellence covering hydrogen vehicle maintenance.It is the project purpose to gather experiences and knowledge from three European countries (each of them owning an area of excellence in the FCH technology) and convert it in a training programme for future technicians of FCH vehicles. The project's expected results are: O1: Report: Mapping the necessary content of the curricula and compendium, explore the posibilities for integration of the training programme in the already existing study programmesO2: Training curriculumO3: CompendiumO4: Description of training sessionsO5: Preparation for accreditationThere will be two training sessions during the project period: a training sessions for trainers and a training sessions for FC technicians. The main target groups of the project are:- Auto mechanics (car and trucks);- Organizations providing professional training courses (including VET organizations);- Municipalities interested in introducing i.e. FCH buses;- FCH vehicle manufacturers;- Car dealers.- Auto workshops.

Understanding citizen acceptance of the Energy Union, responsiveness to socioeconomic incentives for increased ownership, and prosumerism requires a multidisciplinary understanding of social systems and inclusiveness and robustness of policymaking depends on having empirically and theoretically grounded methodological tools to assess and adapt policy strategies. SMARTEES addresses this need by an iterative process: (1) integration of theories and methodologies of social innovation and agent-based socio-economic simulation in a comprehensive, flexible framework; (2) unprecedented data collection and integration in five trans-European case clusters in the domains of consumer-driven regenerative energy production, energy efficiency in buildings, low-carbon regional transport and consumer empowerment; (3) dynamic, multilevel agent-based models of successful innovation transfer; which ultimately lead to (4) a policy sandbox which allows a realistic prospective analysis of existing and future policy and market incentive scenarios. Each case cluster addresses a particular social innovation and consists of two reference cases and 4-5 followers. This enables SMARTEES to study the upscaling and replicability in different contexts. The policy sandbox is developed in a co-constructive process with users on the case level and in policymakers workshops on the European level. By doing this, SMARTEES contributes to robust and adaptive future policymaking, understanding of barriers and sources of resistance, the effects of the Energy Union on vulnerable consumer groups, genders and cultures. Furthermore, SMARTEES substantially drives advancement of social innovation and social simulation research by dynamic modelling of supply chains, companies, social groups, cities and neighbourhoods. In addition to making all modelling code and findings publically available, SMARTEES also ensures long term impact of the project by developing a commercialized version of the policy sandbox tool.