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CATALYST

European VET Excellence Centre for Leading Sustainable Systems and Business Transformation

CATALYST main results:
  • 5 National Centres of Vocational Excellence
  • 70 online courses covering eight thematic areas and three competence levels
  • 1,844 enrolled learners, and 359 certificates issued
  • 8 Specialisation Programmes, 3 of which were piloted during the project
  • 15 Business Pilot Projects implemented with SMEs and public-sector organisations
  • CATALYST Platform, a digital learning, and networking platform
  • 60+ practical resources and services 
  • CATALYST European network of education, business, and public-sector stakeholders
The CATALYST project is developed and envisioned to:
  • Champion in business transformation
  • Accelerate high-quality VET education
  • Transcend challenges of SMEs and professionals
  • Applicable knowledge and increased employability
  • Lead sustainable partnerships
  • Yield high returns from investments and efforts made in education
  • Shape sustainable systems
  • Treasure competencies for a greener and circular economy

Inspire

Providing mentorship and guidance for SMEs in applying new and sustainable concepts in their organisations.

Enable

70 VET courses for up-skilling professionals and students in topics related to sustainability, management, leadership, and transversal skills.

Catalyst platform

International web-based and open-access medium for sharing knowledge, providing training opportunities, and exchanging practices.

Catalyst network

Engaging stakeholders and creating synergies, by applying the CO-IN Model and enhancing the knowledge triangle.

5

5 Centers of Excellence (CoVEs)

70

VET courses for up-skilling professionals and students

17

Countries

56

Partners

Latest News

Want to catch up on what’s been happening lately? Take a look at the latest news connected to CATALYST project.

Wuppertal Event

The idea of the Project, as well as the Platform were launched in Wuppertal with the emphasis on building an interconnected European network where business partners and platform members can collaborate, share content, and co-create solutions for real-world challenges.

Wuppertal 6th Project Meeting

This meeting saw the evaluation of the Interim report and the training resources. The structure of business pilot projects and platform targets were clarified. The improvement of national promotional events was the concluding takeaway.

CATALYST Promo

We have compressed the scope of the CATALYST Platform in three big complementary branches, for better visual overview.

Project coordinator

Institute for Research in Environment, Civil Engineering and Energy

Drezdenska 52, Skopje, North Macedonia
Tel. 00 389 2 30 91 931
www.iege.edu.mk

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