This project focused on providing the best practices of Vocational Excellence into an lively, culinary-styled handbook for practitioners. The project packages tips, tools and resources in an easy-to-digest format and draws on 11 detailed including Canada, Finland, France, Georgia, Italy, Moldova, Morocco, Singapore, Spain, Tunisia, and Türkiye. The publication categorizes vocational excellence into five main areas of excellence: digital, green, entrepreneurial, innovation and inclusion. The project’s goal is to inspire Centres of Vocational Excellence worldwide to act as agile agents of change, equipping learners for future labour‑market needs while strengthening the ecosystems that surround them.