6 June 2025

Join us for the Skills2Capabilities final conference

From 13-14 November, we will meet a at the Bonnefanten Museum in Maastricht (NL) to discuss insights from our project and input from the research community with policy-makers and practitioners.

Over the past three years, the Skillls2Capabilities project (S2C) — funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe programme — has inve­sti­ga­ted how indi­vi­du­als’ skills and capa­bi­li­ties can be developed and sustained throug­hout working life. Drawing on inter­di­sci­pli­na­ry research from nine partner orga­ni­sa­ti­ons across Europe and beyond, we explored the changing nature of work, tran­si­ti­ons across the life course, and the role of education and skills policy in shaping capa­bi­li­ties for the future.

This two-day con­fe­rence will bring together rese­ar­chers, policy-makers and prac­ti­tio­ners to share results, reflect on impli­ca­ti­ons, and explore con­nec­tions with related initia­ti­ves. We hope the event will provide space for mutual exchange and future collaboration.

Programme high­lights:

Thursday 13 November – Policy and Strategy Day

  • Keynote lectures by Sandra McNally (University of Surrey, England) and Stephanie Matseleng Allais (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)
  • Policy insights from S2C’s research
  • Poster session and panel dis­cus­sion on project findings and policy impli­ca­ti­ons with, among others, Glenda Quintini (OECD), Ken Mayhew (Oxford), Paolo Nardi (EfVET), Irene Mandl (ELA).
  • Concluding reception and informal networking

Friday 14 November – Research Insights Day

  • Scientific pre­sen­ta­ti­ons from S2C and related projects
  • Closing forum: Where do we go from here?

Further details, including the regi­stra­ti­on link and practical infor­ma­ti­on, will follow soon. You can choose to par­ti­ci­pa­te on Day 1, Day 2 or both.

Keep updated on the project website.

Save the date and see you in Maastricht!


Contact: Daniel Unterweger

Client: Horizon Europe

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