On 8–9 November, the Creative Development Centre (CDC) hosted the Tech4Skills Ideathon in Tbilisi, held in partnership with the EU4Youth: Youth Engagement and Empowerment and VET in Georgia Growth Sectors projects. The initiative aimed to boost young people’s engagement in the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) sector, building on insights and recommendations generated through Youth Policy Labs in Georgia.
The two-day event opened with leading experts from the tech, youth, and TVET fields and provided a public platform to present the Youth Policy Lab findings.
Over 48 hours, 100 young participants formed 32 teams to design and prototype technology-driven solutions to some of the most pressing challenges in vocational education.
Four teams were selected as winners:
- Skillzy – an AI-driven platform designed to foster knowledge sharing, promote gender balance, and strengthen inclusion. The platform allows users to create profiles, access workshops and lessons, and engage as both learners and peer-educators.
- Science Ambassadors – a mobile STEM outreach initiative developed by Curie Lab to empower girls in Georgia’s regions, helping them build scientific skills and share knowledge within their communities.
- MentorAI – an AI-powered mentoring tool connecting women and young people with personalised guidance, career recommendations, scholarship information, and access to real mentors.
- NeuroPath – Georgia’s first neuroscience-based career exploration platform for 15–25-year-olds, offering interactive learning paths, real-life examples, and tools to reduce gender stereotypes in career decision-making.
The winning teams are actively refining and developing their ideas, supported by experts and project partners.
The Tech4Skills Ideathon highlighted the creativity, drive, and problem-solving capacity of Georgian youth, giving them a platform to shape the future of the TVET sector in alignment with Youth Policy Lab insights.
The Ideathon is organized by the Creative Development Center (CDC) in
collaboration with the EU4Youth: Youth Engagement and Empowerment and
“VET in Georgia's Growth Sectors” projects, co-funded by the European
Union and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and
Development (BMZ) and implemented by GIZ.
