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Promoting interests of Nordic engineers through
cross-organisational cooperation

The Association of Nordic Engineers, ANE is a cooperation organisation between trade unions representing more than 500.000 engineers in the Nordic region. ANE is a platform for affiliates to share know-how and generate new ideas. The created knowledge is used for policy influencing in the region, at the EU level and globally.
The primary objective is to promote the attractiveness of STEM education, strengthen the role of engineers in the transition to a sustainable society and advocate for good working conditions for STEM professionals in the labour market.

Latest Publications

Competences for a Sustainable Future

The report Competences for a Sustainable Future is the first attempt to provide a unique picture, though quite specific, of the particular STEM skills needed to drive the ongoing and necessary development of a greener Nordic energy sector and how to mitigate the expected shortage of STEM professionals with green skills.

Towards a Circular Economy

This report provides an overview of the future need for STEM and engineering skills in the transition to and during a circular economy. The benefits of transitioning to a circular economy outweigh the disadvantages. However, more efforts are needed to move from conceptualisation to implementation. 

Sustainable Limitless Work

Limitless working brings flexibility and freedom to be able to choose where and when tasks are performed. At the same time, digital site-independent workplaces put new demands on the relationship between employees and employers. This report explores the effects of limitless working. 

Policy Areas

AI & Ethics

Across the engineering profession, there is an increasing recognition that ethical considerations need to be an explicit and integral part of engineering in a data-driven world. We intend to create fora for engineers to take a more active role in generating the debate on responsible AI.

Skills & competences

Everyone should have the right to continuing professional development to maintain and acquire skills to remain in employment and manage the transition in the labour market. Our objective is to raise awareness of lifelong learning opportunities as an investment in nurturing STEM professionals’ potential.

Sustainability

Engineers play a crucial role in finding bright solutions for the transition toward sustainable societies. As a matter of fact, they are key in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Our aim is to promote their expertise and create platforms, where engineers can voice their solutions to politicians or the broader public.

Diversity & Equality

A mix of all types of people and inclusiveness contribute to more robust technical solutions and create a good work environment. Equality and diversity improve STEM and should be regarded as an asset and a competitive advantage for the workplace. Our objective is to promote gender balance and social diversity in STEM education and professions.

Projects

Nordic Engineering Hub

ANE joined forces with the consortium of Nordic Technical Universities to identify changes needed to modernise the engineering education and determine approaches for attracting a more diverse group of students to STEM education, i.e. to improve gender balance and social diversity.

Read more about the project here

SDGs in Sierra Leone

in 2019-2022 ANE teamed up with Engineers Without Borders – Denmark to carry out a project in Sierra Leone with the aim to share the Nordic expertise and strengthen the organisational and technical capacity of the Sierra Leone Institution of Engineers for sustainable development.

Read more about the project here

Work-life management project

ANE has conducted a survey to shed light on sustainable working life from the point of view of Nordic Engineers. The focus of the project is to investigate possibilities on how to set up healthy and sound working conditions in the borderless and connected working life.


Read more about the project here