We firmly believe in the right to continuing professional development for everyone. This ensures a workforce that can acquire and maintain the skills they need to stay on the job market.
A healthy work-life balance is as crucial as competencies. It helps keep the workforce motivated and productive, laying the foundation for sustainable success.
The role of engineers and STEM professionals
The green and digital transition in the Nordic region hinges on upskilling our existing workforce. With the number of engineers already in employment far exceeding the output of new students, investing in the reskilling of the existing workforce will have an immediate and significant impact.
Engineers and STEM professionals can now work practically anywhere and at any time. This increased flexibility creates new opportunities for work-life balance, but it also poses challenges and risks to the well-being and health of employees, that require actions from employers, unions, and legislators.
ANE’s approach
We are actively engaged in policy influencing at both the Nordic and EU levels. Our future-focused priorities include:
- Establishing a Nordic Forum to identify and address the STEM skills gap and promote cross-border collaboration.
- Enhancing the education system to produce more specialists in STEM fields.
- Boosting STEM education in primary and secondary schools to make it more appealing to younger generations.
- Supporting and incentivizing lifelong learning opportunities. We advocate for the removal of legislative barriers that hinder the development of flexible and agile lifelong learning offerings.
- Mitigating the risks associated with limitless work by shifting the responsibility from employees to employers, unions and legislators.
Any work that ANE undertakes will always consider the impact on equality, diversity, and sustainability. We have a special focus on creating better conditions for women and young people to succeed in STEM careers.
Diversity & Equality
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A Look at Gender Diversity in Nordic Engineering: An ANE survey
At ANE, our Diversity Expert Group recently conducted a survey to assess the diversity landscape among engineers in the Nordics.
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Fostering Girls’ Interest in Technology
Boosting girls’ interest in tech is key to closing the gender gap in STEM. A new report by Engineers of…
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Celebrating Women in STEM: A Path to Progress
This International Women’s Day, we join Plamena Cherneva, Founder and CEO of Nordic Women in Tech Awards, to discuss the…
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Embracing Neurodiversity
How can engineering unions better support their neurodivergent members? In our recent workshop in Copenhagen, we explored this question by…
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ANE Celebrates International Women’s Day with High5Girls
This IWD, we celebrated the accomplishments of women and recognized their contributions in STEM.
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Celebrating World Engineering Day & International Women’s Day 2023
ANE is celebrating IWED & IWD 2023 with a portrait of 10 fantastic Nordic women in STEM. Watch the video…