To date, there is no tool available to track in a coordinated way the effective deployment of Fuel Cells and Hydrogen (FCH) technologies, the market penetration, as well as the existing policy framework, with a few exceptions such as the European Alternative Fuels Observatory (EAFO), which covers fuel cell vehicles and hydrogen refueling stations deployment. Accordingly, the massive deployment of FCH technologies will generate employment that will require the development of new skills. Today there is no monitoring or forecast of these skills requirements and how this translates into technical and other training requirements at various levels of the education system. The FCH 2 JU wishes to fill this gap by establishing an observatory with the aim of becoming a reference point for information about Fuel Cells and Hydrogen technologies and applications.

See Internet address provided in section I.3