EVBB EU Policy Camp 2025 - Open Schooling

Join the EU Policy Camp 2025 to explore how Open Schooling transforms VET into a collaborative, real-world, community-driven experience.

About this Event


Welcome to the EVBB EU Policy Camp 2025 – Open Schooling Edition!

Ready to rethink the future of VET?Join us for a 3-day immersive experience in Brussels, bringing together over 150 VET professionals, educators, learners, and community actors from across Europe — all on a shared mission: To reimagine Vocational Education and Training as open, collaborative, and deeply rooted in the community.

🔍 What’s This Year’s Focus?

Open Schooling — a game-changing approach that turns VET institutions into hubs of co-creation.Together with families, local authorities, NGOs, companies, and researchers, we’ll explore how to solve real-world challenges and empower learners beyond the classroom.

💡What to Expect

• Keynote talks from inspiring education leaders
• Good Practice Spotlights from schools across Europe
• Hands-on co-creation labs & workshops
• Design process to turn ideas into action
• Field visits to innovative VET initiatives in Brussels
• A vibrant network of changemakers in VET

Would you like to learn more about the Annual Conference on Innovative Financing Models taking place on the 3rd of October? Check the event page here.

Agenda Day 1 - 30/09


🕑: 09:30 AM
Arrival of Participants

🕑: 09:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Welcome Coffee

🕑: 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Official Opening & Welcome Remarks

🕑: 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
Open Schooling and EVBB VET House

🕑: 10:30 AM - 10:50 AM
Keynote:Reimagining VET: Open, Inclusive and Community-Connected

🕑: 10:50 AM - 11:30 AM
Ice-Breaker: “Who’s in the Room?” (interactive networking round)

🕑: 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Panel: Breaking the Walls – Why VET Needs Open Schooling Now

🕑: 12:30 PM - 12:45 PM
Q&A

🕑: 12:45 PM - 02:00 PM
Networking Lunch

🕑: 02:00 PM - 03:15 PM
Workshop: Imagining VET as a Community Hub

🕑: 03:15 PM - 03:30 PM
Coffee Break

🕑: 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
GOOD PRACTICE SPOTLIGHTS I: Inspiring Open Schooling Practices

🕑: 05:00 PM - 05:15 PM
Wrap-up and Closing of Day 1

🕑: 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Networking Dinner

Agenda Day 2 - 01/10


🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:30 AM
Registration & Welcome Coffee

🕑: 09:30 AM - 09:45 AM
Welcome & Energizer

🕑: 09:45 AM - 10:30 AM
Panel Discussion: Positioning Open Schooling in the European Skills Agenda

🕑: 10:30 AM - 12:45 PM
Parallel Co-Creation Labs

🕑: 12:45 PM - 02:00 PM
Networking Lunch

🕑: 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Panel Discussion

🕑: 03:00 PM - 03:30 PM
GOOD PRACTICE SPOTLIGHTS II: system-level impact and scale-up potential (P 1)

🕑: 03:30 PM - 04:00 PM
Coffee Break

🕑: 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
GOOD PRACTICE SPOTLIGHTS II: system-level impact and scale-up potential (P 2)

🕑: 05:00 PM - 05:15 PM
Q&A

🕑: 05:15 PM - 05:30 PM
Wrap-up and Closing of Day 2

🕑: 07:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Networking Dinner

Agenda Day 3 - 03/10


🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:30 AM
Participants arrival at pick up point

🕑: 09:30 AM - 03:00 PM
Field Visits

🕑: 07:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Networking Cocktail Reception (Pre-Conference)

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