Forum on Vocational Excellence 2025 in Kolding, Denmark
“Together we design the future”
Between 10 and 12 September 2025, the Forum on Vocational Excellence 2025 was held in Kolding, Denmark, bringing together leading Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVEs), educators, researchers, and professionals to exchange insights on skills development, innovation, and collaboration in vocational education.
Representing the CATALYST Project Erasmus+, Ms. Eleni Toli and Ms. Lydia Papadaki from the Athens University of Economics and Business, under the leadership of Professor Dr. Phoebe Koundouri (PI), actively contributed to the event.
The CATALYST team hosted the workshop “Sustainable Transformation & Future Competences”, an interactive session designed to explore how the CATALYST platform and programmes can support CoVEs in addressing emerging skill needs.
The workshop included:
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Interactive Mentimeter polls to map participants’ organisational backgrounds and identify urgent skill gaps,
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A hands-on session using the catalystplatform.eu, where participants explored available courses and services,
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A group exercise in which participants co-designed upskilling programmes, pilot projects, and collaboration ideas with the support of the CATALYST team,
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A dynamic closing session with key takeaways, collaboration commitments, and feedback on CATALYST’s access models.
Participants left the session with concrete ideas for future partnerships and tailored learning pathways, in line with the CATALYST mission to foster future-fit competences through co-creation, specialisation, and business innovation.
The Forum also featured high-level presentations and thematic exchanges on mobility, digital transformation, sustainable industries, inclusive education, and the evolving role of CoVEs in shaping Europe’s skills ecosystem.
