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🌍 In 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, all roads now lead to #Madrid, and " 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙈𝙖𝙙𝙧𝙞𝙙, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙠𝙮’𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙩."😉 Here’s why 👇 👉 The city has become the natural bridge 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮, 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲, and 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮, making collaboration easier and partnerships faster to build. 👉 With a 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗹, a 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 and #EdTech ecosystem, and strong associations like ASEPROCE, #Madrid offers the right environment for 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. And with the city already hosting major industry events, #EdSummit is landing in a 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗱. 📖 Read our full article: 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗱, 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗡𝗼𝘄?: https://lnkd.in/eYxsymbq 📍 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱. 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗻𝗼𝘄: https://lnkd.in/ePC74mTw #EdSummit #InternationalEducation #EdTech #Educationagencies #Educators #EdvisorCommunity #Intled

A couple of days ago I joined “EU priorities in VET – from Osnabrück to Herning and beyond”, a Cedefop event exploring how Vocational Education & Training across Europe can adapt, modernize, and become inclusive and sustainable. Key reflections: VET must evolve beyond traditional training models. Digital tools and AI-enabled learning analytics can personalize skill paths; ESG-based modules can prepare learners for green job markets; and flexible credentials are essential to reach vulnerable learners. For Neireva, this event reinforced our conviction that education, sustainability, and technology must converge. We’re keen to support VET institutions with curriculum co-development, digital tools, and capacity building — bridging what’s currently policy talk into actionable, measurable practice. Many thanks to Cedefop, the speakers, and all participants for the stimulating exchange. Looking forward to follow-up collaboration. #VETnationalplans #ReferNet #VET #VocationalEducation #DigitalLearning #ESG #Skills #LifelongLearning #EU #Neireva #Innovation

🌱 The 1st RESSKILL Newsletter is out! 📣Discover how the RESSKILL project is boosting innovation and bridging the gap in sustainable energy and digital tools within Europe! 👷From insights on skills for sustainable building to highlights of recent events, consortium meetings, and training initiatives, this first newsletter brings forth a complete overview of how RESSKILL is empowering worker to build a more sustainable future. 📰Read the full newsletter and stay up to date with the project’s milestones, opportunities, and next steps: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eYDjJFPb 💡RESSKILL is a project co-funded by the European Union under the LIFE programme. Its goal is to strengthen the construction sector’s capacity to meet new environmental and digital standards through targeted education, innovative tools, and stakeholder collaboration. 💬Join the RESSKILL Knowledge Hubs now: 🔗https://lnkd.in/dqu5THHS Università degli Studi di Genova | Three o'clock | Maynooth University | FINNOVA FOUNDATION | Technical University of Crete | European Education and Learning Institute | Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) | Artémat S.r.l. | University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" | IKIM CINEA - European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency 🇪🇺The project is co-funded by the LIFE Programme with a total budget of €1.5 million and a duration of 3 years. #RESSKILL #LIFEProgramme #LIFEAmplifiers #cinea #GreenTransition #DigitalSkills #SustainableConstruction #SkillsForTheFuture #EUProjects #VocationalTraining

APFN 11 came to an end yesterday, but the selection committee for the APFN awards 2025 is happy to recognize The Change Initiative, led by facilitation expert and futurist Jost Wagner, for its outstanding contribution to advancing the mission of the Asia-Pacific Futures Network (APFN) — to cultivate a “Forest of Foresight.” The selection committee would like to highlight three key achievements: 🌿 First, The Change Initiative’s pivotal role in co-organizing, co-hosting, and co-facilitating several APFN conferences since 2018. Through these efforts, the organization has played a central part in expanding and strengthening our community of futurists and foresight practitioners across the region. 🌿 Second, its commitment to creating affordable and accessible courses with senior futurists. These programs have inspired a significant number of individuals and organizations to embrace futures thinking — not only as a concept, but as a practice embedded in everyday work and strategic decision-making. They have also connected a growing number of futurists with new partners, projects, and opportunities for collaboration. 🌿 Finally, The Change Initiative is acknowledged for its “guerrilla foresight” approach — subtly weaving futures thinking tools and mindsets into facilitation work with organizations such as the United Nations, governments, and development agencies. This creative approach demonstrates that futures literacy can flourish anywhere people come together to shape change. #FuturesThinking #Foresight #APFN #AsiaPacificFuturesNetwork #TheChangeInitiative #FuturesLiteracy #Facilitation #Collaboration #Innovation #StrategicForesight #SystemsThinking #ChangeMakers

‘Work integrated learning isn’t just a training tool, it’s an an innovation strategy’ -Derek Newton giving the keynote at today’s Toronto Region Board of Trade breakfast focused on the ‘WIL Advantage’. Bringing students into your organization can bring new eyes, skills and creativity. Mitacs WIL program models intentionally centre on creating research and innovation outcomes for the host partner while delivering a WIL experience to students. These reciprocal relationships last: 66% of the partnerships we fund are still collaborating 3 years later.

🚀 We’re thrilled to share some great news! Stichting Sustainable@ (S@) is delighted to announce that we are a partner in the newly approved Erasmus+ project – “TWIN-TECH: Twin Transition for vocational education and training (VET) Resilience.” 🎓💡 This forward-thinking European initiative aims to equip VET learners and educators with the green 🌍 and digital 💻 competencies essential for success in the digital era and the transition towards a more sustainable, future-ready Europe. Through TWIN-TECH, partners from across Europe will do the following.... 🔹 Develop a 4-Pillar VET Teaching Programme focused on sustainability and digital transformation. 🔹 Create an AI-driven business simulation platform for hands-on learning experiences. 🔹 Strengthen collaboration between education, industry, and policy to boost workforce readiness and innovation. At S@, we’ll contribute our expertise in digital innovation, sustainability, and educational transformation, helping to make VET more attractive, impactful, and aligned with the twin transition. We’ll keep all of our partners, followers, and stakeholders informed of key milestones and outputs throughout the project’s journey — so stay tuned for updates! 📢 Ingrid Kloosterman John Vester Dr. Lilly T. Christoforidou Energy Challenges #ErasmusPlus #TwinTech #DigitalTransition #GreenSkills #Sustainability #VET #Innovation #SkillsForTheFuture #EducationTransformation #TwinTransition #EUGreenDeal

🚀 Launching SOON! We are thrilled to announce the launch of our co-edited volume: Digital Resilience of ePortfolios During and Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons for the Future (Mphoentle Modise & Norm Vaughan), published by Open Education Alberta, Canada. This open educational resource (OER) explores the transformative role that ePortfolios have played during and after this global crisis. How ePortfolios sustained educational and professional activities, fostering a new level of digital resilience. It features 43 chapters from 85 authors across the globe, truly a collaborative, international effort. 🌍 One World, Many Voices – A Journey Through 12 Countries, 5 Continents, and 85 Stories. 📅 Soft Launch (celebrating International Open Access Week): 20 October 2025 – with Open Education Alberta (OEA) Pressbooks, Canada 🎉 Official Launch: 13 November 2025 – at the ICDE World Conference 2025, New Zealand Celebrating the power of open knowledge and digital resilience! #OpenAccess #DigitalResilience #ePortfolios #HigherEd #EdTech #ICDE2025 #OpenEducation #OpenEducationAlberta #UNISA #MRU #COL

🌍 𝗘𝗩𝗕𝗕 𝗣𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 – 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 As part of its ongoing commitment to advancing the European Education Area, EVBB continues to foster collaboration, innovation, and excellence within the VET community. Under the metaVET3 operational grant, EVBB will once again bring together educators and policy experts from across Europe and beyond for its annual Peer Learning Activities (PLAs) - a platform designed to exchange insights, strengthen cooperation, and promote the diffusion of the EEA vision. This year’s PLA will focus on the Union of Skills, exploring key themes such as: 🔹 Upskilling of Adults 🔹 Portability of Skills 🔹 Skills for Emerging Sectors in STEM Participants will have the opportunity to engage with international peers from Europe, Africa, Asia, and Latin America, sharing best practices and discussing innovative solutions to today’s training challenges. Together, we aim to enhance the quality and the impact of VET programs across borders. Join us on 26–27 November for an inspiring exchange of knowledge, experiences, and new approaches to skills development.  To find out more and register, scan the QR code in the image or follow the link: https://lnkd.in/gdhFg5AZ #EVBB2025 #PeerLearning #VET #EuropeanEducationArea #SkillsDevelopment #Upskilling #LifelongLearning #EUEducation #Reskilling #InnovationInVET #Sustainability #PeerLearningActivities #VET2025

📊 Good training doesn’t end with a certificate — it starts with continuous improvement. Within the European project MiCrocVET – Developing a common approach to Micro-credentials for non-formal C-VET providers, co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme 🇪🇺, evaluation plays a central role in ensuring that every micro-credential remains useful, up to date and recognised over time. An effective evaluation and adjustment system is built on three main pillars: 🔹 Feedback collection: listening regularly to learners, trainers and employers helps understand how well the courses meet real market and social needs.🔹 Performance indicators: tracking learner results, completion rates and professional outcomes provides a clear measure of impact.🔹 Ongoing updates: adapting programmes, workloads and EQF reference levels keeps courses relevant and aligned with the evolving world of work. Only through this process of continuous evaluation and improvement can we create learning pathways that are credible, transparent and recognised across Europe 🌍 The project is coordinated by MARKEUT SKILLS Sociedad Limitada (Spain) and carried out in partnership with E&D Knowledge Consulting (Portugal), Kainotomia & SIA EE (Greece) and OpenCom I.S.S.C. (Italy) 💡 #MiCrocVET #ErasmusPlus #OpenCom #Microcredentials #VocationalTraining #LifelongLearning #VET #EuropeanEducation #QualityAssurance #InnovationInEducation #Evaluation