The World Meets in Liverpool – Be Part of It!

Join us in Liverpool, UK, on 4–5 November 2025 for the Skillman International Forum (SIF2025) – a vibrant, high-level gathering where global changemakers meet to shape the future of skills, innovation, and sustainable transformation.

From the majestic docks of the River Mersey to the legendary rhythms of The Beatles, Liverpool is a city of bold ideas and proud reinvention. And this year, it becomes the beating heart of a world-class summit on green and digital transitions, entrepreneurial education, and skills for tomorrow.

Whether you're a policymaker, entrepreneur, educator, student, or simply passionate about innovation in technical and vocational education, this is where your journey continues.

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SKILLMAN INTERNATIONAL FORUM

Liverpool | 4–5 November 2025

Travel grants available for the upcoming international conference – limited availability!

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SIF 2025 - The High-Level Stakeholder Programme in Liverpool

Panels, Pitches, Roundtables (4th and 5th)  
and an international Social Dinner (4th Nov) with High Level Stakeholders 
Guy Fawkes Night (5th Nov), also known as Bonfire Night or Fireworks Night 

This year’s Summit will bring together policy makers, educational leaders, industry representatives, and civil society organisations from across the world, with a special focus on the following themes:  

Twin transition to green and digital economies

 Digital skills development 

Strategies for skilling, upskilling and reskilling 


Entrepreneurship and Innovation in VET 

 World-wide Micro-Credentials (MC’s) Evaluations 

 

Digital Badges for the Future: dqf.eu 


The Summit will additionally feature a dedicated presentation of the Skillman Teacher Academy (STA) – a transnational initiative aimed at enhancing teacher education in the VET sector and supported under the Erasmus+ Teacher Academies action.  


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Welcome from Liverpool Hope University

A warm Hope welcome to Liverpool! SIF 2025 is firmly anchored in our 180-year history of innovation, of championing social justice, and of building a kind, generous and gracious community where all may flourish. These virtues we believe support Liverpool Hope’s ethos of hard work, scholarly dedication and the rounded education of its graduates. We strive to be an anchor institution in our region, to contribute to solutions for local and global challenges, to play a central role in the development of a skilled and future ready workforce, and to contribute to realising a more equitable society. 

Skillman.eu was launched in 2014 and received the European Commission support in 2015 in the field of education and training. In its specific field of intervention it is the largest EU multilateral network combining a solid knowledge of skills needs and training practices with a well organised systemic and sector-related information system.

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The Forum will span two intensive days, featuring presentations, pitches, roundtables, workshops, and a co-design process aimed at fostering excellence and equipping learners with digital credentials.

We are committed to creating a better society, and we invite institutions and individuals to join us in this mission.


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