Who we are

Who we are
ANE is the voice of over 500,000 engineers in the Nordic countries, championing their interests and advancing their collective goals. We promote cooperation between the engineering trade unions:  
  • The Swedish Association of Graduate Engineers (Sveriges Ingenjörer) 
  • The Danish Society of Engineers (IDA) 
  • The Norwegian Society of Engineers and Technologists (NITO) 
  • The Association of Chartered Engineers in Iceland (VFÍ) 
  • Engineers Finland representing the Finnish organisations: the Academic Engineers and Architects in Finland (TEK), the Technical Association in Finland (TFiF), the Union of Professional Engineers in Finland (ILRY) and the Engineers in Finland (DIFF)  
See ANE’s structure here 
Front page of the ANE Strategy 2023-2025. An image with three people are standing around what looks like a robot. There is a headline saying: Together - creating & sharing knowledge.

Our strategy

Our collaboration is centred on ensuring a sustainable work-life balance for engineers and underscoring the significant role that engineers and STEM professionals play in driving the sustainable evolution of our societies. 

We unify our positions and communicate with a singular voice across the Nordic region, within international organisations, and at the EU level: 

Read the 2023-2025 strategy (pdf)
Read 4 key work areas for ANE in the EU

Networking

Pact for Skills

ANE is part of the EU Pact for Skills. The key principles of the charter ANE has subscribed to are: promoting a culture of lifelong learning for all; building strong skills partnerships; monitoring skills supply/demand and anticipating skills needs; working against discrimination, and for gender equality and equal opportunities.
See ANE’s response to Pact for Skills – Stakeholders’ survey (pdf)

The Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition

ANE is a member of the Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition. The coalition is a multi-stakeholder partnership involving Member States, companies, social partners, NGOs and educational establishments – to help meet the high demand for digital skills in Europe which are essential in today’s digital society and economy.
Read more about the Coalition

Nordic Civ

Nordic Civ constitutes an independent platform for cooperation between Nordic Civ’s members, the Nordic Council of Ministers, the Nordic Council and other key players in Nordic cooperation. Through this network, ANE brings the voice of engineers to discussions concerning civil society in the Nordics.  
Read more about Nordic Civ

The European AI Alliance

The alliance is a broad multi-stakeholder platform which complements and supports the work of the AI High Level Expert Group particularly in ensuring competitiveness of the European Region in the burgeoning field of Artificial Intelligence.
Read more about the European AI Alliance

European Clean Hydrogen Alliance

ANE is a member of the European Clean Hydrogen Alliance. The purpose of the alliance is to promote the deployment of renewable and low-carbon emission technologies.
Read more about the Clean Hydrogen Alliance

Celebrating 15 years of ANE

On May 15th, ANE celebrated its 15th anniversary. To celebrate, we invited the presidents of our member organisations in Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Norway, and Sweden to share their thoughts about why ANE is important and how ANE makes a difference.

Read more about ANE’s 15th anniversary