The aim of the project is to ensure that private companies qualified labour through the skills development of management and employees with precisely the competencies that the companies demand. The actors in the project consist of Væksthus Syddanmark, Development Funen, the Triangle Region of Denmark, Development Vejen and Vejle Erhverv.The project will contribute to providing qualified labour to three industries in South Denmark, which currently lack qualified labour with specific competences. With the acquisition of the new competencies, companies will be able to realise their growth strategy and employ new employees. The project is targeted at small and medium-sized enterprises in the robot, steel-producing and food industries. In these industries there is a particular need for skilled labour, and in addition, the lack of employees with the right skills is an obstacle to exploiting the great growth potential of the industries. The strength of the project is that the competency activities will be organised on the basis of the specific needs of the companies, and thus demand-driven.The project will establish three industry academies; a robotic academy, a steel academy and a food academy. Through these, the project will carry out growth-oriented skills development for 200 companies, and it is expected that at least 738 people will have their level of competence increased. The expected effects are that 2 years after the end of the project, 285 new jobs and a premium of DKK 260 million have been created for the companies, of which the additional exports amount to DKK 104 million. The project has three phases: Establishment of inter-branch partnerships (recruitment), competence coverage in enterprises, and the allocation of competences; and