Creative Skills Week Aftermovie and Closing Notes from Isabelle Vérilhac
The Creative Skills Week (CSW) 2025 aftermovie is out! Click here to watch it on the Vimeo platform.
Take a moment to revisit the highlights and inspiring moments that made this year’s edition unforgettable—and feel free to share them with your network.
Among the other recordings from the CSW 2025 are a dedicated CYANOTYPES video, showcasing the two-day workshop, and a Closing Plenary on 25 September, including Isabelle Vérilhac’s speech.
Watch all recordings here: https://vimeo.com/showcase/11066277
About the Creative Pact for Skills
At the CSW Closing Session of the day, BEDA’s immediate past president, Isabelle Vérilhac, closed the event as an opening for further pathways. The previous two days of the Creative Skills Conference and Cyanotype trainings have been inspiring, opening new opportunities and marking the start of ongoing collaboration.
The Creative Pact for Skills, co-led by BEDA and Creative Fed, was launched in 2022 by the European Commission as part of the Large Scale Partnerships to promote lifelong learning, with a focus on the Cultural and Creative Industries. Creative Pact for Skills has grown to 230+ members, and is supported by DG Employ and DG EAC.
The Creative Pact for Skills operates as the European coordination platform for skills development in the Cultural and Creative Industries, bringing together education providers, creative businesses, intermediary organisations, social partners, and public authorities. Through its thematic Working Groups, biannual plenary meetings, and shared collaboration tools, the Pact enables members to exchange knowledge, co-create solutions, and collectively address skills needs related to the triple transition.
The Pact’s work is reinforced by EU-funded initiatives such as SACCORD, which supports policy development, Local Ecosystem Partnerships, structured skills intelligence, microcredentials, in close collaboration with sister projects like CYANOTYPES and with EIT Culture & Creativity. By connecting European policy priorities with concrete actions at sectoral, regional, and local levels, the Creative Pact for Skills serves as a living framework for collaboration, experimentation, and long-term impact in creative skills development across Europe.
Be part of the Creative Pact for Skills and endorse the Manifesto!
Imagine a future that is inclusive and sustainable—where creativity thrives, gender balance is the norm, and everyone in the Cultural and Creative Sector Industries (CCSI) ecosystem has the chance to succeed. Show your support by endorsing the Creative Pact for Skills Manifesto here.
Save the date: Join the next Creative Pact for Skills meeting on 21 January 2026, from 10:00 to 13:00 CET, online. Registered members will receive full details from the Pact coordinators.