Project BUILD UP SKILLS – LT
Project no IEE/12/BWI/460/SI2.623222
Project name: BUILD UP Skills – Lithuania
Project acronym: BUILD UP Skills - LT
Contract number: IEE/12/BWI/460/SI2.623222
Duration: from 2012.06.04 to 2013.12.03
Document created: 23.01.2014
Project partners
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Project BUILD UP SKILLS – LT
Project no IEE/12/BWI/460/SI2.623222
Project Summary
The aims of the Project are to bring together all (as far as possible) interest groups for
building a national platform of qualifications for Construction sector workforce required to
meet EU 2020 targets within energy efficiency and to develop a strategy with detailed
action plan identifying the quantitative need for skilled workers (blue collar), their training
measures, priorities, certification procedures, etc.
Project partners
•Lithuanian Builders Association
•Kaunas Technology University
•Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
•Regional Innovation Management Centre
Project results
•The report on analysis of the national status quo
•Establishment of National workforce and qualification initiative platform for construction
sector
•National building workforce and qualification initiative roadmap 2020 with 25 endorsers
•The report on the roadmap endorsement activities
•The project website: www.energinisefektyvumas.lt.
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Project BUILD UP SKILLS – LT
Project no IEE/12/BWI/460/SI2.623222
Project Background
Underlying problems and issues the project aims to address:
•Focus on processes and reglamentation, instead of 2020 goals and
training;
•Fragmentation within VET-construction sector;
•Lower price biddings result in lower quality;
•A lack of resources for continuous training and skilled workers ;
•Low demand for EE and RES;
•Lack of awareness among SMEs regarding energy savings;
•Big gap between theory of energy efficiency improvements and practice;
•Market is not prepared to embrace Directive on Energy Performance of
Buildings No. 2010/31/EU (EPBD)
•Lack of data with regard to Status Quo;
•Weak experience in terms of renewable implementation in buildings;
•No demonstration buildings, limited data for research, limited best practice.
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Project BUILD UP SKILLS – LT
Project no IEE/12/BWI/460/SI2.623222
The aims of the Project
• Bring together all (as far as possible) interest groups
(stakeholders) for building a national platform of
qualifications.
• Develop a strategy with detailed action plan identifying
the quantitative need for skilled workers, their training
measures, priorities, certification procedures and etc.
required to meet EU 2020 targets within energy
efficiency.
• Endorse new developed National building workforce and
qualification initiative roadmap 2020 (Energy efficiency
improvement)
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Project BUILD UP SKILLS – LT
Project no IEE/12/BWI/460/SI2.623222
Main project steps
• Analysis of current status (continuous education and training
system in EE&RES) and identify:
• Demand from business perspective and existing education and
training systems capabilities;
• Barriers (education, qualification, legislation, financial, social,
administrative and so on);
• Gap analysis between supply and demand;
• Development of Roadmap 2020 for training of Blue Collar
workforce;
• Initiation of National workforce and qualification initiative
platform;
• Communication activities
• National and international Exchange activities
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Project BUILD UP SKILLS – LT
Project no IEE/12/BWI/460/SI2.623222
Major outputs & results
• The report on analysis of the national status quo
(Publishable Result-Oriented Report in Lithuanian and
English language);
• Initiation of national workforce and qualification initiative
platform;
• Developed and endorsed national building workforce and
qualification initiative roadmap 2020 (Publishable ResultOriented Report in Lithuanian and English language);
• The report on the roadmap endorsement activities (in
Lithuanian and English language);
• Development of the project website.
• Communication (articles, seminars and so on)
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Project BUILD UP SKILLS – LT
Project no IEE/12/BWI/460/SI2.623222
Endorsers
Public authorities
• Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania;
• Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Lithuania;
• Ministry of Social Security and Labour of the Republic
of Lithuania;
• Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of
Lithuania;
• Lithuanian Labour Exchange under the Ministry of
Social Security and Labour of the
• Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Lithuania;
• State Energy Inspectorate under the Ministry of Energy
the Republic of Lithuania;
• Qualifications and Vocational Education and Training
Development Centre;
State Enterprise Energy Agency;
Industry, professional organisations, trade unions:
• State Enterprise Certification Centre of Building
Products;
• Public Enterprise Housing Agency for Energy
Conservation;
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Lithuanian Builders Association;
Lithuanian Association of Civil Engineers;
Association of Local Authorities in Lithuania;
Lithuanian Electricity Association;
Republican Association of Manufacturers of Windows
and Doors;
• National Passive House Association;
• Regional Innovation Management Centre
Educational institutions
• Vilnius Gediminas Technical University;
• Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture of Kaunas
University of Technology;
• Kaunas University of Applied Engineering Sciences;
• Vilnius College of Technologies and Design;
• Public Enterprise National Training Centre for Energy
Specialists;
• Public Enterprise Vilnius Jerusalem Labour Market
Centre;
• Public Enterprise Vilnius Builders Training Centre.
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Project BUILD UP SKILLS – LT
Project no IEE/12/BWI/460/SI2.623222
Project partners
1. Certification Center of Building Products (Coordinator)
Contact person name: Mr. Robertas Encius
Contact person phone: +370-5-2728077
Contact person email: roben@spsc.lt, centras@spsc.lt
Address: Linkmenų str. 28, LT-08217, city: Vilnius, Lithuania
2. Lithuanian Builders Association (LBA)
3. Kaunas Technology University (KTU)
4. Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU)
5. Regional Innovation Management Centre (RIMC)
Project website: www.energinisefektyvumas.lt
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