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The CATALYST project “European VET Excellence Centre for Leading Sustainable Systems and Business Transformation” is designed with a strong vision and motivation to contribute to the realisation of the European Green Deal and the new Industrial and SME Strategies. The project is co-funded by the Erasmus+ Program, CoVEs Partnership for Excellence – Centers of Vocational Excellence.


The main goal is the establishment of a united CATALYST Centre of Vocational Excellence in 5 countries to give support, create an educational offer to tackle personal and organisational development and embrace transformation in SMEs, enabling and inspiring them to re-think and re-design their business models, co-creating and sharing between educational and business organisations. In order to meet the goal of making European economies and societies more sustainable, resilient, and ready for the possibilities and challenges of the green and digital transitions, new VET skills are essential. 

The CATALYST project “European VET Excellence Centre for Leading Sustainable Systems and Business Transformation” was created with a clear vision and the desire to support the implementation of the new industrial and SME strategies as well as the European Green Deal. 

The report includes an analysis and benchmarking of industry trends in the field of sustainable management and leadership. The second part of this research involved field research, which analysed the needs of professionals and SMEs, assessed the challenges and skills gap, and collected best practices role models from industry role-models. 

Resource available: Mapping and Skills Forecast Report