This document is a foundational resource on the CATALYST platform, providing participants with clear definitions of essential sustainability terms for each course. It is structured to enhance understanding by offering a shared language across multiple courses and topics, helping learners connect and deepen their knowledge of sustainability concepts. The glossary is available in English, German, [...]
Engaging an expert to provide recommendations ensures that training aligns with the Catalyst Project while being highly targeted and efficient. Expert validation plays a dual role, helping participants develop the right skills and, at the same time, offering recognition that motivates and boosts professional credibility. This combination fast-tracks career advancement by ensuring that learning is [...]
The Case Study Practicum is divided into several key categories, each addressing essential aspects of business and personal transformation: Sustainable Development focuses on strategies and practices that contribute to long-term environmental, social, and economic sustainability. Resilient Transition – Explores approaches to building resilience in organizations and systems to withstand external shocks and changes. Sustainable Business [...]
The COM-B model is a widely recognized framework in behavioral science, emphasizing three essential components: Capability, Opportunity, and Motivation. It offers a structured method for understanding behavior change by examining the interplay among these elements. Capability pertains to an individual's psychological and physical capacity to perform a behavior, encompassing knowledge, skills, and physical abilities. Opportunity [...]
This guideline provides individuals with a practical framework to green up their work life through 16 engaging challenges designed to reduce environmental impact and promote sustainability in the workplace. It begins with initiatives like reducing commute emissions and minimizing digital waste, followed by steps to conserve energy and adopt sustainable habits. Participants are encouraged to [...]
As society becomes increasingly focused on climate protection, consumers are more likely to consider sustainability in their purchasing decisions. For SMEs, the concept of sustainability should extend beyond product manufacturing. Encouraging carpooling or public transport use for employees can enhance mobility while offering incentives for biking or walking is also beneficial. In terms of electricity, [...]
The "Case study of Ohrid-Prespa Lakes" through the frame innovation approach will present the importance and relevance of system design thinking. Frame innovation is a tool to enhance innovative partnerships for sustainable growth in solving and reframing complex problems. It delves deeply into many aspects of system and design thinking, participatory research, system innovation, transformation [...]
European VET Excellence Centre for Leading
Sustainable Systems and Business Transformation
Ref. number 101056114 — CATALYST — ERASMUS-EDU-2021-PEX-COVE
The project is co-funded by the Erasmus+ Program, CoVEs
Partnership for Excellence – Centers of Vocational Excellence.
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.
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