International Partnership for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in the Economy

The International Partnership for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in the Economy (IPHE), established in 2003, is an international Government-to-Government partnership whose objective is to facilitate and accelerate the transition to clean and efficient energy and mobility systems using fuel cells and hydrogen (FCH) technologies.

Hydrogen Europe Research has been mandated to represent the European Commission in the Skills Task Force of the IPHE, highlighting HER’s widely acknowledged expertise in the subject.

The goal of the Task Force is to enable countries to streamline hydrogen skills development efforts through knowledge sharing to develop a database of hydrogen value chain skills and training, and to propose recommendations, in particular for new adopters, for building the foundation of a sustainable hydrogen workforce.

The database and associated report(s) are expected to be a resource for government, industry, international organisations (UN, international funding institutions and foundations, NGOs etc.) and training institutions in partner and non-partner countries.

Hydrogen Europe Research contributed to a 2025 report of the Task Force, titled “Skills for the hydrogen economy: Training – International Case Studies”, specifically leading Part 2.