(Key words and concepts: providing every academic target with the needed tools; empowering the participation in the Green Transition at all levels.) Our aim was to create a more harmonized and strengthened capacity within HEIs to actively participate in the Green Transition. In particular, we aimed at raising awareness across all members of the academic community about their potential roles in fostering sustainability and equipping them with the necessary tools to contribute to such effort. Through a series of targeted educational and training initiatives, the project aimed to enhance awareness and engagement at various levels. This ranged from developing students’ green skills and preparing them for opportunities in the growing green jobs market, to driving systemic change within participating institutions by fostering innovative learning and teaching practices. These practices were intended to integrate sustainability into the core of academic and operational frameworks, ensuring a lasting impact across all levels of the organizations involved.
(Keywords: upskilling, reskilling, tailored training) The project aimed to empower higher education institutions (HEIs) to lead the green transition. The academic community, at all levels, has been empowered through upskilling and reskilling initiatives tailored to diverse needs. - For students, the project addressed the demand for awareness of SDGs and Sustainability, and the need for transversal green skills development. Students gained leadership skills in sustainability, enabling youth involvement in the transition and enhancing career opportunities in the emerging green jobs sector. Diverse student backgrounds were aligned through multidisciplinary approaches, framed using tools like Open Badges and the Green Comp Framework. - For teaching staff, the project delivered innovative methodologies, transforming traditional teaching approaches in order to deliver contents in new stimulating and student-centered ways, developing transversal and green skills-oriented methodologies, for a greater efficiency of the teaching. - Administrative staff, especially sustainability officers, received specialized, tailored training, strengthening their ability to catalyze green opportunities and enhance institutional sustainability efforts.