Engineering X Skills for Safety programme
Focused on enabling the delivery of skills for safer engineering through education, advocacy, community building and industry partnerships.
Skilled people for safer engineering
Discover how Lloyd's Register Foundation is increasing the number and diversity of skilled engineers, especially in parts of the world where they're most needed.
17.2 million
17.2 million
Source
Estimated number of scientists and engineers in Europe (2018).
The global engineering sector is facing a skills shortage.
Occupational accident data indicates that the safety gap between developing economies and the developed world is increasing, and emerging technologies, unless adopted safely, could exacerbate this gap rather than close it. To meet the demands of urbanisation, industrialisation and a rapidly growing population, we need a new approach to engineering education that has diversity, equity and inclusion at its heart.
Lloyd’s Register Foundation is building a global evidence base that informs us where engineering capacity is most lacking, helping identify which interventions are most effective to address safety challenges in their local context. We champion skills initiatives that will support a safe, equitable and just transition to zero-carbon fuels, and remove barriers for new talent and underrepresented demographics to enter the engineering workforce, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.
Explore our work in this area below.
Help us make a difference
27
27
Live skilled people for safer engineering grants.
10
10
Countries receiving funding in this area.
£22m
£22m
Current value of grant portfolio in this area.
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Global multi-stakeholder taskforce aims to improve safety outcomes for construction workers in the informal economy
A global partnership led by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and funded by Lloyd’s Register Foundation aims to investigate where chronic hazards occur in the informal construction value chain in three locations: Kenya, India and the Philippines.
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How SEASEP is strengthening engineering safety in the Philippines
The Southeast Asia Skills Enhancement Programme (SEASEP) was created to support a growing workforce entering potentially hazardous engineering environments. Rather than addressing a single issue, the programme works across the sector to raise safety standards.
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Navigating maritime safety challenges: Paola Acuña discusses leadership, law and the future of ocean governance
International maritime lawyer Paola Acuña, Costa Rica's first IMLI graduate, is tackling governance, enforcement, and environmental protection head-on, demonstrating how legal expertise is essential for safer seas and stronger ocean governance worldwide.
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The Nautical Institute calls on seafarers worldwide to share their views on technology at sea
#ListeningToSeafarers survey launched as part of the STEER Project in collaboration with Lloyd’s Register Foundation
Skilled people for safer engineering
Infrastructure is evolving rapidly, bringing new safety challenges and increasing the need for safer decision‑making across essential systems. Our work helps ensure more resilient infrastructure for the long term by supporting better insight, stronger capability, and safer ways of working.
Tim Slingsby Director of Skills and Education
We will support safety leadership, identify safety skills needs and promote more capacity and capability for safer engineering where it is most needed.
