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. The CATALYST CoVEs strategy aims to impact three main sectors:
- business (with a focus on SMEs, professionals, and startups),
- teachers, students and educational institutions,
- government agencies and public authorities.
By providing sustainability knowledge and skills, CATALYST CoVEs seek to catalyse positive change in business, empower future leaders through education, and equip government officials with a deeper understanding of environmental and social issues. This inclusive strategy is further refined on a national level within specialised Centres of Vocational Excellence to address specific industry needs on national level.
Resource available: CATALYST Centres of Vocational Excellence Strategic Document