Teach4SD EU Summit

On March 9-10, 2026

The EU Summit toke place in Brussels, Belgium, hosted by Odisee University of Applied Sciences.

ESD TALK #8: Micro-credentials in the EU and their role in enabling learning across borders

On January 27, 2026, TEACH4SD hosted ESD TALK #8 on the theme micro-credentials in the EU.

The webinar combined a policy perspective from Isabel Ladrón Arroyo (European Commission) with practical examples from a EU-funded project shared by Marta La Torre, highlighting how micro-credentials can support lifelong learning, inclusion, and employability.

ESD TALK #7: “Teaching Sustainability in Practice”

On September 30, 2025, TEACH4SD held ESD TALK #7 on the theme Teaching Sustainability in Practice.

The event showcased tools developed within the TEACH4SD project to support educators in integrating sustainability into curricula and practice. The webinar presented practical approaches to teaching sustainability, with contributions from educators in Denmark, Romania, and the Netherlands.

ESD TALK #6: “Future of the Textiles”

On June 17, 2025, TEACH4SD held the sixth ESD TALK with the theme Future of the Textiles.

The European Commission’s Pact for Skills for the textiles ecosystem has highlighted the significant shortage of skills facing the European Textile sector, particularly in areas like design, product development, craftsmanship, entrepreneurship, as well as in digital and green competencies. These gaps have been identified as critical barriers to improving the industry’s sustainability and competitiveness. The webinar examined how education can foster sustainability and competitiveness in the textile sector, equipping workers with the skills needed to navigate ecological, digital, and demographic transitions. Experts from education and industry discuss solutions to labour and skills shortages, including perspectives from learners, the educational community, industry and public partners.

ESD TALK #5 “Entrepreneurial Skills in the Green Transition”

On May 13th, 2025, TEACH4SD held the fifth ESD TALK with the theme Entrepreneurial Skills in the Green Transition.
Entrepreneurship and the mindset supporting this will be crucial when building robust societies and sustainable markets. To support this from a skills side, the European Commission has developed various tools and guidelines to assist educational providers, businesses, and sectoral organizations to achieve this. This session focused on GreenComp and EntreComp, both published by the Joint Research Centre, as key tools for the business sector in the green transition.

ESD TALK #4 “Boosting green skills in construction”

On December 11th, the fourth ESD Talk took place, with the theme construction. The construction sector is key to achieving the EU Green Deal goals, as this sector is responsible for large emissions and waste generation in the EU. Additionally, the EU construction industry employs 6.1% of the total EU workforce (12.7 million people), and the EU construction ecosystem itself employs approximately 24.9 million people. To achieve the goals set by the EU, there is a need to increase green and circular skills in the construction sector. To discuss the challenges and opportunities within the construction sector, TEACH4SD hosted the fourth ESD Talk, where we zoomed in on the green skills needed to increase sustainability within construction.

ESD-TALK #3 “Greening Responses to Excellence”

On September 9th, the third ESD Talk was held live from the ESD conference in Barcelona – making this the first ESD Talk with both a physical audience and an online one.

The talk featured Susanne Nielsen from European Training Foundation – an EU-agency with key tasks of supporting EU neighboring countries, providing policy advice, and managing peer learning networks within the digital and green transition. Susanne Nielsen presented the global green partnership: GRETA (Greening Responses to Excellences through Thematic Actions), focusing on both on-the-ground examples as well as presenting key recommendations in greening responses such as: integrating green skills with global communities, cultivating collaborative partnerships in skills development, embed sustainability into VET curricula, empower educators as champions of sustainability, implement sustainability practices in VET schools and management, and ensure financial sustainability for green initiatives.

September 9, 2024: ESD Conference in Barcelona

The ESD conference brought together international experts from the project consortium and a guest keynote speaker, from the European Training Foundation, whose expertise is in sustainability and education issues. The event focused on the role of education in equipping future generations with the competences needed for a sustainable future. The progress of the European TEACH4SD project and the Education for Sustainable Development Roadmap was also presented.

ESD-TALK#2 “Uncovering Skills For The Future In Healthcare” 

May 22nd at 2pm we launched the second ESD-talk .This ESD-talk looked into the theme health sector from the skills side. In the ESD-TALK Claire Nassiet, Head of Innovation Adoption & Healthcare Transformation, EIT Health, and Matilda Åberg-Wennerholm, Partnership /Collaboration Lead, EIT Health Scandinavia. Claire Nassiet and Mathilda Åberg-Wennerholm present Pact for Skills for Partnership for the European Health Industry with a view on skills needed in the future and the green transition. 

Panel debate: Implementing ESD in the Healthcare Sector Seeing from different Perspectives. Susanne Jastrup, Head of Education for the nursing programme in VIA University College. Sigrid Amalie Beierholm, student ambassador for SDG Ambassador corps at VIA University College and Birgitte Woge Nielsen, educator at VIA University College

ESD-TALK #1 – “European Progress on integrating Sustainable Development in Education”

On January 23rd at 2pm, we launched our first webinar ESD-TALK!

In the first edition we were proud to welcome Vera Leuner, Policy Officer in DG Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion, as the main speaker who shared the European Commission’s initiatives on skills for the green transition.