Creative Futures Academy is joining forces with Creative Skills Week again as a contributor of the CSW2025 programme! Together, we’re building cross-sector alliances, promoting lifelong learning, and future-proofing the Cultural and Creative Sectors.
Across the conference days at CSW2025, there is an opportunity to mix and match sessions from the Create, Transform, and Regenerate streams, crafting a path that reflects your interests, goals, and role within the cultural and creative sectors. Whether you’re looking to gain hands-on skills, explore big-picture strategies, or get inspired by bold new ideas, the programme is designed to meet you where you are and take you further.
CFA is contributing with members of the CFA team involved in the Creative Skills Conference sessions on Wednesday 24 and Thursday 25 September.
Find out more about each session below.
Follow along online and register HERE
This dynamic panel discussion, guided by the Working Group on Green Transformation of the Creative Pact for Skills, explores the pressing challenges of the green transition within the Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs). With a focus on the growing mismatch between existing training programmes and the evolving needs of the sector, the session will highlight insights and initiatives from key actors. Key topics include barriers to upskilling, strategies for inclusive and sustainable transformation, and the role of regional partnerships in strengthening training ecosystems. Participants will gain access to actionable tools like the GreenComp Pass and explore collaboration opportunities, policies, and education methods.
Speakers:
In this session, panellists and audience explore the challenges and opportunities facing the European craft sector. Craft, a sector rich in diversity and deeply linked to heritage, region, culture, and tradition, is undergoing significant changes influenced by economic trends, technological innovation, and shifting market preferences. There is a significant resurgence of interest in handmade, artisanal products, partly driven by an appreciation for traditional craftsmanship, authenticity, making spaces, slow movement, and sustainability. This resurgence is evidenced by the estimated size and value of the European market for crafts and makers. However, challenges such as skill gaps, inadequate training, and a lack of entrepreneurial skills persist. Education and training are key factors to guarantee the future of crafts and creative makers.
Organised by EIT Culture & Creativity with Aarhus University, CRAFT-IT4SD, Craftwork 4.0, CUBE, Creative Futures Academy, European Crafts Alliance, Materahub, MOSAIC.
