The LETSGROW project consortium met in Katowice on 13–14 November 2025, bringing together partners from across Europe for two intensive days of progress updates, collaborative workshops, and strategic discussions. Hosted by the University of Silesia, the meeting served as a key milestone in assessing the advancement of core work packages and shaping the next steps toward building a sustainable intersectoral talent ecosystem for the agri-food sector.
The first day brought together partners for an intensive series of updates and strategic discussions that reaffirmed the project’s strong momentum. The coordination team highlighted solid administrative progress, timely deliverables and clear steps toward the upcoming reporting period. Partners presented significant advancements in developing the training activities, including concrete work on accreditation models, micro-credentials and early pilots. The consortium also reviewed preparations for intersectoral mobilities, refining matching mechanisms, support structures and practical arrangements to ensure smooth implementation. Early insights from the ecosystem analysis sparked productive debate on career pathways and upcoming policy work, while communication updates showcased expanding visibility and outreach.
The second day shifted into an energetic, innovation-driven workshop, where partners immersed themselves in a full design-thinking process to sharpen the project’s understanding of user needs and shape practical solutions for intersectoral career development. Through fast-paced collaborative exercises—mapping challenges, defining key personas, generating ideas and rapidly prototyping early concepts—the teams produced fresh insights and tangible prototypes that will directly inform upcoming deliverables and policy recommendations. The hands-on format sparked lively discussion, creative alignment and a clear sense of direction, and the day closed with a concise wrap-up that captured the collective enthusiasm and outlined immediate next steps as the project continues to grow.
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