The MachinE Tool ALliance for Skills (METALS) aims to provide the industry with entrepreneurial skills needed vis-à- vis emerging technologies. The Alliance is built on a partnership bringing together CECIMO, the European Association of the Machine Tool Industries, and its National Associations as well as VET providers, research institutes and regulatory bodies from Germany, Spain and Italy. The partners will firstly analyse emerging technologies in the sector and build a European machine tool industry skills panorama detecting current and future (2025) entrepreneurial skills needs in four key areas, namely design, assembly, operation and maintenance. The partnership, based on the skills needs identified and in line with ECVET principles, will jointly design a curriculum at EQF level 5 and learning materials which will be available for public use through an e-learning platform. The learning programme will be integrated into learning programmes of VET providers and machine tool builders across Europe and will support up-skilling VET learners, machine tool industry workers and low-skilled adults and the unemployed. The knowledge gained through thee-learning programme will be converted into skills and competences by work-based learning experience at machine tool companies. The METALS project will: a) Improve labour market intelligence by bringing together partners from education and industry b) Increase the effectiveness of curriculum delivered in the sector c) Help the sector meet its skills needs d) Give insights to public authorities in order to design and implement policies boosting the competitiveness of sector and employability of workforce.