OiEAU ANNUAL REPORT - 2019

Industrial leaders C hemical, agro-food industries, major energy stakeholders initiate strong environmental, energy and eco- logical transitions. Technical expertise, technological and regulatory watch, specialized job skills training, support for innovation through the establishment of OiEau-developed, built and operated pilot and test units for new techniques, are among our usual activities with these industries. Private and public operators - equipment suppliers & distributors T hey are the historical customers of vocational training in the water, sanitation and waste sectors. The quality of short continuing training courses, the evolution towards multi- modal (blended-learning) and digital training, the evolution of the themes covered allowed, over the years, quick returns on investment in continuing and professional training. Long-term partnership agreements are thus signed with these essential stakeholders. Stakeholders in higher education and research O ur skills in vocational training, com- petent use of technical educatio- nal tools and pedagogical engineering capacity are recognized and sought for by those involved in basic-qualifying or work-linked training. Pooling effective means of acquiring technical skills has become a challenge in responding to the Vocational Training Reform in France. Among the fields of activity of the OiEau Training Center (IWTC): collabora- tive agreements and jointly developed work-linked qualifications. Scientific partners F rench and european public research institutes, universities, Resource and Transfer Centers are partners in innovation projects carried out by the European Union. We find our place there as coordinator or technical partner and in dissemination of innovation. The creation of a "living-Lab" on our technical sites also allows, with renowned scientific partners, to study the func- tioning and the efficiency of new processes. 9