One of the key challenges of the automotive transition is how workers, companies and institutions can prepare for the rapidly changing skill requirements in an era of the digitalisation, automation, and decarbonisation.

This was the topic of the strategic capacity-building workshop organised by the Hungarian employers' association MGYOSZ/Business Hungary in Budapest on 16 June 2026.

The discussion centered not only on what skills will be needed in the automotive industry of the future, but also what challenges this ongoing transformation poses for both companies and employees.

Technological transition is not just a matter of knowledge, but also of trust. A key message of the internal workshop was that workers and managers need new skills, but they also need the confidence that they are capable of adapting to change. And employers have a key role (and responsibility) to play in this: through conscious preparation, training, and, above all, open dialogue.

CELSI researcher Tibor T. Meszmann co-facilitated the workshop and presented findings from a recent SEAD project report.

The workshop was organized as part of the #SEAD project (101197679), co-funded by the European Union.

🤝 SEAD project partners include CELSI, České priority, WageIndicator Foundation, NELA, Odborový zväz KOVO, Zväz strojárskeho priemyslu SR, MGYOSZ / BusinessHungary, Vasas Szakszervezeti Szövetség, together with EU-level partners industriAll Europe and CEEMET.

🔗 More about the SEAD project: https://celsi.sk/en/SEAD-project/

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