Julio Rodrigo, Project Manager of the project and Innovation and Sustainability Manager for AMBIT, summarised the project's aims, objectives and expected results, within the framework of the Final Conference in Lyon of the ALLVIEW project, the first and main COVE project for excellence in vocational training in the furniture sector.

The ALLVIEW event was in turn part of the official programme of the COP COVES Forum 2024, with hundreds of delegates from all over Europe, itself a side-event of the WorldSkills Competition 2024, the vocational training Olympics, where 1900 young competitors (from VET and T-VET from all over the world) competed in 59 disciplines accompanied by tutors, supporters, technicians and national delegations, in true Olympic spirit.

CirCLER's presentation got straight to the point: the wood-furniture sector is facing an ecological transition from adapting to increasingly stringent European regulations to adopting new business models.

For companies, the challenge is twofold: to face a radically changing market and to have the right people to do it: from workers to managers. Innovation, Inclusion, CSR are key-drivers towards new business models and a renewed sustainable economy.

The Circular Economy Transition Manager is therefore an innovative professional figure, who integrates different skills: knowledge of regulations, together with innovation management, business process integration, and production management.

Sustainability was a key word at Skills Week 2024: there is no Planet B. The ecological transition involves everyone and starts from individual behaviour to disruptive business models, where resources are used within circular economy and corporate social responsibility models.

There is a deep connection between the vocational training Olympics and a project such as CirCLER: know-how and know-how evolve together, in the life of companies, in the evolution of vocational and university training, in personal growth paths.