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
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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 the Global South.
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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.
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.
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Safety essentials for engineering professionals
In this article, Margaret Ogai, Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the Engineers Board of Kenya (EBK), discusses their critical work transforming safety culture throughout the Kenyan construction industry and engineering sector. This article was originally published in Engineering News.
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Reflections from HTW 11 – what is next for seafarers in a decarbonised shipping industry?
Alishba Zaman, Project Coordinator for the Maritime Just Transition Taskforce, discusses outcomes from the 11th session of the IMO’s Subcommittee on Human Element, Training and Watchkeeping.
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Thessaloniki becomes the first Port in the EU and Mediterranean to pilot Ship Emissions Monitoring
The Port of Thessaloniki (ThPA S.A.) has become the first port in the EU and the Mediterranean to integrate RightShip’s Maritime Emissions Portal (MEP) under the HELMEPA-led and Foundation-funded METAVASEA project.
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New grant to improve skills for safety and reduce the rate of accidents amongst Kenyan engineers and construction workers
We have awarded nearly £300,000 to the Engineers Board of Kenya to deliver a capacity development programme that enhances safety skills amongst engineering students, professionals and construction workers in Kenya.
