Read all about the BeWell Large-Scale Partnership (LSP) — HealthEcosystem in-person workshop our BRIGHTskills leadership team attended in Brussels last month.

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BRIGHTskills exists to make sure the health industry — from biomanufacturing and pharma toMedTech and digital health — has the people and technical know-how to deploy rapidly evolving technologies. Our consortium (led by EITHealth) is mapping employer needs that respond to these technological developments.Without industry-driven innovation, initiatives like BeWell(focus on green & digital skills among the healthcare workforce) would look very different.

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This inter-dependenceis precisely why strong, formal lines of communication between the BRIGHTskills project, the Health Industry LSP and the BeWell LSP are essential. BeWell has developed the first version of Skills Strategy and is mobilising the Pact for Skills community to upskill and reskill healthcare professionals, who deliver front line patient care, at scale — but those plans must reflect what companies build, deploy and ask their teams to manage.Two-way sharing provides opportunities for lessons learnt, speeds up relevant curriculum roll-out, and ensures policy recommendations are grounded in the realities of the twin transition.

To keep up momentum and make collaboration tangible, practical options were discussed and recommended for ongoing cooperation between the two LSPs and their respective Erasmus+funded projects. These included:

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· Clarifying what green skills mean for healthcare services and health care companies and how both workforces will benefit.

· Improve coordination and adoption of the BeWell and the upcoming BRIGHTskills workforce skilling strategies at the EU, national, and regional levels.

· Strengthen incentives for individuals to engage in upskilling, supported by coordinated communication between EU, national and regional authorities.

· Ensure alignment and clear communication on EU-level employment and education actions.

· Address workforce attraction and retention challenges in both sectors of the health ecosystem, supported by better data to inform policy decisions.

· Reate more flexible education pathways to enable lasting change.

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LSP Collaboration isn’t just efficient — it’s strategic. When industry innovation drives new roles and competencies, aligning education, employers and policy through sustained project-to-project and LSP-to-LSP dialogue turns potential skills gaps into opportunities for workforce resilience and competitiveness.

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If you’re interested in joining the conversation or exploring a pilot partnership, get in touch or follow BRIGHTskills for up dates on our employer-driven training offers and joint activities with BeWell.

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