New Ideas New Goals | Issue 3, July 2022

N E W I D E A S , N E W G O A L S M A G A Z I N E

EProjectConsult, in conjunction with CPIP, have created a magazine entitled “New Ideas, New Goals” used to share and publish this year’s network activities! It is an opportunity to document the results of the network, featuring the various organizations that have participated as well as the projects they are currently undertaking as a result.

The magazine, as a useful dissemination tool for the network's partners, shows organizations, projects and their intellectual outputs. This publication is the third issue.

The magazine is available both online and in hardcopy.

New Ideas for New Opportunities

“New Ideas for New Opportunities” is a networking platform, operating with leadership from CPIP since 2015. In the modern collaborative economy, networking is an especially efficient method to develop new projects, meaning that this established European community is more important than ever. It is a shared space for organisations seeking to create lasting relationships, gain insight from a diverse group of experts and discuss their European Commission project submissions together The network comprises professionals from both the public and private sector, for and non profit, independent of any political affiliation

This year, EProjectConsult will continue to manage the network’s communications and it's promotional material, including creating a short documentary film of the “New Ideas New Opportunities” event to use in further dissemination.

The “New Ideas New Opportunities” event has taken place every year for the past 7 years, leading to the implementation of successful projects across Europe Whilst the event was hosted in Brussels in 2021, our first year together since the Covid 19 pandemic.

The event will take place this year from 29th November to 1st December 2022 and will include members from 50 different transnational organisations who will be submitting many project ideas to be discussed in a series of roundtable

CPIP is ready to start the preparatory actions for our annual networking event. As this is a team effort, we need your input to move forward. Even if the pre registration period is closed, should you still wish to join us and have a contribution to our meeting, please contact Daiana HUBER over the e-mail daiana.huber@cpip.ro

The Network's Course of Cooperation

The New Ideas for New Opportunities network gives us an opportunity to work together, overcoming challenges, and creating a better future. With our transnational cooperation projects, we are striving to find new and innovative ways of working in areas which need crucial attention, including education, diversity, agriculture, the fight against climate change, social entrepreneurship and inclusion, and finally, digital transformation . In this Third Issue of New Ideas for New Goals, partners tell us more about these exciting ongoing projects that will contribute to the creation of a more sustainable and inclusive postpandemic Europe.

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TRANSNATIONAL LEARNING ACTIVITY OF THE PROJECT BECOMING

AN ARTICLE BY INSTITUT INPRO WWW.BECOMINGPROJECT.EU

INSTITUT INPRO

INSTITUTINPRO@GMAIL.COM

INSTITUT INPRO, a.s. is an educational, consulting and trading company with a tradition since 1997, operating in the field of vocational training of workers and adult education both in the conceptual frame of lifelong learning Over the years, the company has become a symbol of quality for employees' education of all categories and field

INPRO specializes in implementing "tailor made" professional training for employees and managers, educational projects for adults and seniors from hard skills to soft skills and consultation services in management, business, marketing, finance, human resources management, digitization and other areas of corporate governance and entrepreneurship Moreover, INPRO is active in the field of adult education projects and vocational mobility project financed from public sources, especially from Community programs of the European Union and within the state subsidy policy.

The first transnational learning activity within the BECOMING project took place in the form of 5 online workshops This educational activity aimed to implement training focused on market mapping for lecturers and representatives of partner organizations from the Czech Republic, Germany, and Italy, using the innovative and complex method of Roadmapping. This method combines various techniques such as already well known PESTEL analysis, supplemented by a time frame, technological aspects of production, workability of employees, and specific profiling of individual positions The purpose of the training was to acquaint participants with the issue of labor market mapping which is one of the pillars of the BECOMING project, both in theory and in practice The basic method used for labor market research was PESTEL analysis The PESTEL analysis examines the political legal, economic, socio cultural and technological environment and the factors that influence or will affect the organization

Subsequently, the participants focused on the product / service as such, their definition, the main factors that affect them and the link to the prepared PESTEL market analysis Based on these findings, a timeline or plan for future development and progress was subsequently created. PESTEL analysis and timeline were created during the first two workshops The third workshop has already focused on the technological aspects of production, which include, for example, technological solutions for specific components of the selected product / service, design, or the production process itself

The individual solutions were then linked to the previous outputs and thus supplemented the timeline with a practical level. The working ability of employees and the specific profiling of individual positions completed this analysis of the labor market for the selected area and products. Thanks to this detailed procedure and analysis, a clear graphic representation, the so called "future wheel", could be created, which together with the previously created timeline completely and clearly shows the individual parts of the analysis The output of this training activity are trained instructors able to spread the Roadmapping method and a guide to a skills' plan for trainers, which summarizes the main findings and procedures discussed in training.

PROJECT: BECOMING

BECOMING is an EU funded Erasmus+ project. Its primary goal is to bring innovative solutions to reduce the risk of leaving the labour market for workers in small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) employed at lower levels, particularly by developing a positive approach to lifelong learning The project preliminarily increases workers’ awareness about the need for guidance and lifelong learning by developing animated videos stimulating “awakening confused consciences” After that, the project focuses on making career guidance services available to workers for reflection and evaluation and making self assessment and planning career tools available to workers They will be both online and face to face, user friendly, and of high value

INTELLECTUAL OUTPUTS

Project Intellectual Outputs are Services Package on Career Guidance and Development and Toolkit for Workers. Services Package on Career Guidance and Development is a range of services available online that CGD operators and VET trainers will use to assist and support SMEs workers. It is made by the following sections: Services Design Handbook, Professional Operators Tools, Guidelines for the use of the tools and Future competencies Toolkit for Workers is a set of experiential tools that SMEs workers use independently to develop the key competence called "Personal, social and learning to learn competence", and will be available online

EDUCATION

V SCHOOL

and GROWTH COOP

AN ARTICLE BY INSTITUT INPRO WWW BECOMINGPROJECT EU

PROJECT: BALANCE THE DISTANCE

Project BALANCE THE DISTANCE focus on support of professional teachers on the elementary school level who, under the current situation of the worldwide Covid 19 pandemic, struggle to balance work life and personal/family life The pandemic drastically changed the structure of life Any labour that is not essential to do in person was moved from offices to people’s homes. Similarly, schools around all Europe are being shut down and the education is moved to the online space This situation creates a lot of tension to teachers who have to react quickly, be extremely flexible in both time and educational content and, in the meantime, they have to take care of their own families and children who are often out of the schooling system too. Working from home and taking care of the family at the same time blurs the boundaries between work and family life Parents may feel like they are working constantly which may result in so called work from home burnouts

INTELLECTUAL OUTPUTS

The Strategy report on work life balance situation of teachers in formal education system during pandemic and post pandemic times in partner countries

Training materials including Best Practices examples collection of real activities, strategies, plans and opportunities that European schools provide to their teachers, learning from other’s experience. School’s Guide to Balance the Distance guideline for elementary schools’ management and headmasters on how to prevent teachers from work from home burnout. And finally, development of a self evaluation quiz on teacher’s competencies to balance work life with personal life, identifying areas of weaknesses and possible burn out areas.

Digital educational platform for teachers and schools’ management staff to use the training materials for free and adapted to online form

EDUCATION IS THE MOVEMENT FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT

Allan Bloom

THE ROAD TO FIT4DIGILINE CROSSNATIONAL REPORT

AN ARTICLE BY EGINA SRL WWW FIT4DIGILINE EU | WWW EGINA EU

EGINA SRL

EGInA Srl is a private training agency and consultancy body, operating in the field of EU projects and grants. The company has been founded by a team of project managers with long term experience in the preparation, submission and implementation of project proposals, as well as in the coordination of international partnerships and the administrative and financial management of actions at local, national and EU level.

EGInA Srl is located in Foligno, in the Umbria Region, and it operates within a wide and consolidated network of public and private bodies, providing high quality services and consultancy in different fields. The main expertise and the company's core activities are strictly related to the digital field, digitalization, entrepreneurship and cultural heritage.

Over the last year the partnership has been involved in the development of a cross national report, aimed at deeply investigating the motivation and/or limitation for digital transfer of languages by providing an updated and contextualised overview of teachers and experts’ opinion on the matter

The report and a Research abstract were published in October 2021 and the findings will lay the foundation for the development of the e learning course focused on personal, social and digital competences for teaching languages in a digital setting In this initial research phase, partners involved more than 300 experts (between teachers, language educators and language schools’ managerial bodies) in structured surveys, online or face to face semi structured interviews, and focus groups. A survey was structured to analyse language educators and managers’ opinions on their needs and demands, with a specific focus on Digital, Social and Personal competence educators believe is important to be competent in. The aims were to understand the target groups' point of view when it comes to digital literacy, resources and the possible benefits to the teaching environment.

Partners also examined whether participants believe or not that technical and digital tools (such as online or device based apps) may help them when teaching a language,

ELISABETTAMEI@EGINA.EU

making their lessons more exciting and interactive for the learners

From December 2020 until March 2021, two different surveys were shared within and outside the partner countries, addressing teachers and experts on one side a

PROJECT: FIT4DIGITAL LINGUISTIC EDUCATION

A (225 teachers and 51 managers), partners proceeded with the conduction of face to face/phone or Zoom preliminary semi structured interviews (36 interviews in total) before running the focus groups These initial interviews, indeed, allowed the gathering of excellent insights that were then further explored during the focus groups In April and May 2021, the consortium organised online focus groups interviews with the involvement of 33 language educators and managers, highlighting the interviewers’ views on digital language education and collecting several good practice examples they are aware of After the overall analysis of all the research results, partners came up with a catalogue of requirements summarising different demands and needs of language educators and managerial bodies in the national countries On the ground of the information gathered in the first research phase, last October the partnership published a Research Abstract (which is being translated in the national languages) and the full report, presenting the status quo of digital language teaching and the digital tools already in use in Austria, Italy, Greece, Finland and Spain, together with an illustrated collection containing 21 examples of good practices and useful resources. If you are interested to know more about the research and the findings, please click here (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Oeu2kN6vMMJJ 4HENy fyzR3F7UjoqouF) to download the resources Fit4DigiLine partners hope this report may lay the basis for further and more extensive research activities.

Language learning is time and cost intensive: the digitalization has created opportunities to teach complex content in online tools and courses, but teachers also need the corresponding skills to be able to use these efficiently The Fit 4 Digital Linguistic Education project aims to create a European knowledge base of digital competence for language educators and provide the educational landscape with a newly developed Self Reflection tool The partnership consists of: two adult education centres (bit schulungscenter GmbH, Austria and Työväen Akatemia, Finland), one language school (Babel Idiomas, Spain), one innovative educational technology & research company (Innovation Frontiers, Greece), one training agency (EGInA Srl, Italy) and one assessment centre and developer of languages tests (ÖSD, Austria) Partners have been cooperating since November 2020 to help boost the skills of language educators by focusing on digital, social and personal competences

INTELLECTUAL OUTPUTS

The project outputs to be achieved are as follows:

IO1: a transnational report about the motivation and limitations for digital teaching of languages, digital tools used and good practices within language education;

IO2: a new e learning course with 8 10 training modules on personal, social and digital competences for teaching languages in a digital setting Each module will also contain at least one video and one self reflection assignment;

IO3: an online Self reflcetion tool to enable language teachers to self evaluate the knowledge and skills they have acquired in the fields of digital, personal and social competences;

IO4: Train the trainer Guide for the correct use of the assessment tool and the digital assessment of users' learning progress;

IO5: a MOOC Course, containing six different course units related to digital, social and personal competence It will be accessible for at least five years after the end of the project

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SOCIAL

SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP

AN ARTICLE BY COWORKING PLUS WWW.COWORKINGPLUS.DK

COWORKING PLUS MARTIN@COWORKINGPLUS.DK

We started with the goal of making a real coworking space in Odense The concept of 'coworking' is part of our DNA our vision is to have a space in constant motion, where knowledge sharing, networking and creative frameworks create fertile ground for a house that develops with its members The culture is characterized by the desire to share both knowledge and everyday life with like minded people.

The coworkers we have in the house help each other where they can, and they put their network, knowledge and skills into play when it makes sense

Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of Europe’s economy. They represent 99% of all businesses in the EU In the past five years, they have created around 85% of new jobs and provided two thirds of the total private sector employment in the EU.

The European Commission considers SMEs and entrepreneurship as key to ensuring economic growth, innovation, job creation, and social integration in the EU This is especially important taking into account that according to Eurostat an average of more than 60% of SME die in the first five years of life, and the right election of the staff has much to do with it Most of those small businesses are micro companies with less than 10 employees Taking these factors into account, the election of the right fellow travellers is one of the key decisions for a small entrepreneur, because the chances of success or fail will largely depend on the people chosen

SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Employees are a critical component of any business, but though in big corporations, with a specific HRM department, this election is an almost systematic process, in SMEs it is even more important Employees are part of the delivery of the product and service Their performance, commitment and loyalty to the job are critical, but even more in a SME, where they have to share the passion, motivation, values and standards of the entrepreneur.

PROJECT: FETRA

The project plans to help young entrepreneurs and SMEs in the implementation and development of human resources on their own companies

Caring about the employees by the development by an appropriate management of the human resources is the first step for a company who is aiming to grow Young entrepreneurs without human resources education will receive the information about the right soft skills for this area, through OER (Open educational Resources) platform In addition, with the development of these soft skills, young entrepreneurs will get other skills that are essential to be successful in the company

Obviously the election has to do with technical competences, but in a micro company, with a more direct and human contact, there are other aspects which are essential. Hiring the right candidate involves more than just assessing their technical skills and knowledge Competencies play a crucial role in determining how successful a candidate will be at organizations which globally are struggling to plug their skill gaps and are sourcing talent from unconventional channels. Competency based hiring is the solution to ensuring you have the right person for the job

INTELLECTUAL OUTPUTS

Self Evaluation in Human Resources soft skills

Development of Open Educational Resources in human resources soft skills

Development of the Inspiring Success Stories in soft skills

Participating in the conference of "New Ideas New Goals" has been a great professional experience, where we could meet all of our partners and new ones. Establishing good professional relations is essential for the success our projects. Developing high quality products is our mission and the conference offers the ground for meeting likeminded partners from all Europe. CoWorking Plus

SOCIAL ENTERPRISE AND WOMEN

Merseyside Expanding Horizons is an NGO that works with people who experience isolation and social exclusion in their communities. The Management Committee, staff, and volunteers at Merseyside Expanding Horizons share a vision of a socially inclusive society in which all individuals can achieve their potential The activity of MEH is underpinned by four core values that determine and inform the projects that MEH undertakes and how it does the work that it does. We have extensive experience of supporting people with multiple barriers and complex needs Our tailored interventions make positive and lasting changes to the lives of our service users enabling them to broaden their life choices and achieve their personal goals. MEH’s core values are:

The European Commission's definition in The Social Business Initiative, launched in 2011, has had a significant influence on the definition of Social Entrepreneurship: “Social enterprises combine societal goals with an entrepreneurial spirit. These organisations focus on achieving wider social, environmental or community objectives” In general, social enterprises have two primary dimensions: they have a social/environmental objective and they offer products or services on the market However, there is a true absence of a consistent and standardized definition across nations This scenario may be explained by the fact that the notion is still relatively new in certain countries. A comprehensive definition of social enterprise might help social entrepreneurs and governments better understand what social enterprises are and how to recognize their social benefits.

Through its influence on beneficiaries, entrepreneurs, workers, and societal norms, social enterprise is playing a rising role in women's empowerment by developing skills, creating employment, promoting the economic empowerment of women, and giving women a voice in their community. Social enterprises provide more flexible employment possibilities than other industries and more prospects for underemployed women, assisting in the management of work life balance. In many places, it appears that women who create social enterprises confront less cultural pushback than those who launch project based for profit organisations. But, women have to face many barriers in the development of their social enterprise Across the EU, a dearth of leadership chances for women adds to a systematic and significant gender disparity.

SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Women encounter several challenges in their daily and professional lives Women expressed a wide range of barriers to accessing leadership opportunities, including:

Perception issues from society and institutions: Many women had to deal with a lack of recognition and undervaluation of their competencies and degrees;

Having children and maternity is still seen as a problem by employers;

Problems with self expectancies: women express a lack of self confidence and expectations, which can be exacerbated by discrimination based on gender, disability, social status, and/or migrant status A lack of a network might also stymie women's efforts to start social entrepreneurial projects;

Practical and financial issues: For the vast majority of them, budgetary constraints prevent them from starting a project as early as they would want They require assistance in dealing with bureaucracy and technological issues.

In 2019, MEH carried out research to identify the needs and the barriers of women interested in Social entrepreneurship. Questioned women frequently stated that they could not rely on another female social entrepreneur to carry out their initiative They said that it would have been beneficial for them to discuss their experiences, points of view, and receive feedback on their own experiences They also expressed a general lack of knowledge regarding social companies and how to build them They may also require genuine assistance in developing company concepts, attracting consumers, and establishing networks. It might also be quite interesting to train them in order to boost their self esteem by teaching them to respect their abilities Finally, there is an urgent need to encourage women to engage in social entrepreneurship More than that, they provide vital professional chances Social businesses may be an inclusive paradigm for valuing all women's abilities and enhancing society as a whole. Social enterprises make sense for entrepreneurs since they have a big influence on communities and provide increased self confidence and aspirations.

PROJECT: WISE

“The WISE project aims to create leadership opportunities for women in the field of social entrepreneurship and tackle gender based segregation in working environments to improve equality. For this, a group of partners from all over Europe has come together to work on different results and activities aimed at the target group and those who work with them The objective of the project is to foster social inclusion of women from all ethnic, faith, and social backgrounds, to increase their employability, skills development, entrepreneurial education, and finalization of innovative social business ideas by providing them with a safe space to become active members of society There are five target groups: women of marginalized groups aspiring to become social entrepreneurs; women business leaders from the social enterprise; adult educators; participating organisations, and training centers

INTELLECTUAL OUTPUTS

IO1: Contemporary Comparative Study on Social Enterprises in EU Economies and the role of Women within these Social Enterprises

IO2: European Training Module. “What are social enterprises and why do they enable women to develop their own labour market opportunities”

IO3: Step by Step Guide and “WISE” Course Manual for Adult Educators

IO4: Training Module for Peer Mentors/Educators

IO5: Self Directed Training Module and Resource Bank for Women Social Entrepreneurs

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PROJECT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF REHABILITATION PROGRAMME THROUGH ART ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN IN PRISON

CPIP RO

CPIP

The Center for promoting lifelong learning CPIP is a non governmental, non profit institution active in the educational and social field. Our vision is a European one. Education overcomes the borders of scholarly age and training is a lifestyle that goes beyond the walls of a specialized institution.

With this in mind, the CPIP team promotes a fundamental concept for our existence as specialists active in European construction: lifelong learning Our mission is to bring forward the concept of lifelong learning and make it accessible to the communities with which we come into contact In this way, we can contribute to the development and implementation of coherent policies in the field of education and professional training starting from data based on practical evidence

Taking into consideration the activities for the project, Sosyal Hizmet Uzmanları Derneği (SHUDER) Association of Social Workers organized on 28 30 March 2022 in Izmir, Turkey an efficient evaluation workshop focused on evaluation of pilot implementation process of the rehabilitation program in Turkey

Thanks to the invitation of Sosyal Hizmet Uzmanları Derneği (SHUDER) Association of Social Workers, the participants had the chance to enroll in the three day workshop and shared a common understanding as well as various reflections on Juvenile Justice and the i

Representatives of Rahova Penitentiary attended the three day evaluation workshop, considering CPIP's institutional partnerships and close collaborations with the National Administration of Penitentiaries and the Prison System Network in Romania! The experience gained during the evaluation workshop in Izmir, Turkey will ensure success and effectiveness of the rehabilitation programme to be implemented in children's prisons!

AN ARTICLE BY CPIP THE CENTER FOR PROMOTING LIFELONG LEARNING WWW

DAIANA.HUBER@CPIP.RO

The week 4 8 April 2022 was dedicated to intensive and productive study visits activities organized by Centrul pentru Promovarea Invatarii Permanente CPIP in the framework of the „Project for the Development of Rehabilitation Programme Through Art Activities for Children in Prisons”.

During the study visit to Romania, there were both practical workshops to improve skills and knowledge of prison staff on the rehabilitation programme and also field studies Thanks to CPIP's institutional partnerships and collaborations with the Buziaș Centre for Minors and Young Offenders and the Timisoara Adult Penitentiary, the experts and prison staff had the opportunity to visit the two institutions and reflect on the correctional context and observe similar practices in the juvenile justice system in Romania and Turkey

PROJECT:

PROJECT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF REHABILITATION PROGRAMME THROUGH ART ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN IN PRISONS

Led by Sosyal Hizmet Uzmanları Derneği (SHUDER) Association of Social Workers and co led by Centrul pentru Promovarea Invatarii Permanente, being funded under the Support of Civil Society Dialogue Between EU and Turkey Grant Scheme (CSD VI).

This project aims to contribute as a solution to one of the most important problems in children's prisons. This project was designed to decrease the ratio of recidivation (put into prison again) of children after releasing from prisons through a new prison rehabilitation programme The main goal of this project is to develop an alternative rehabilitation programme with art for children in prisons

INTELLECTUAL OUTPUTS

1 Development of rehabilitation programme

The main aims of this work packages: To develop an alternative rehabilitation programme with art activities for child prisons and to make pilot implementations of this rehabilitation programme Activities in this work package will serve to 2nd specific objective of the project “To give contribution decreasing the ratio children getting involved in crime after releasing from prisons” and 3rd specific objective “To develop an alternative treatment/training programme to implement in child prisons and child open prisons in Turkey”

2. Analyzing Best Practices and Development Sustainable Partnership Among Partners: Aim of the work package: To analyse child justice system in Romania and to develop sustainable partnership among project partners

Albert Einstein

PREVENTGBV - EAR GENDER-BASED CYBER PEOPLE IN CONFLIC JUVENILE JUST

AN ARTICLE BY CPIP THE CENTER F WWW PREV

The EIGE (2017) research on cyberviolence against women and girls refers that one in three women will suffer some form of violence during her life, and it is estimated that one in ten women has suffered some form of cyberviolence since the age of 15.

The COVID 19 pandemic has intensified the impact of cyberviolence, as Almenar (2021) points out; the risks of suffering cyberharassment, cybergrooming or cyberstalking, combined with other online crimes, have increased in line with the higher rates of Internet use during the COVID 19 health crisis

Priority of this initiative: Early detection, prevention and protection of and/or support to women, children, young people and LGBTIQ victims or potential victims of violence, with specific attention paid to situations emerging from the COVID 19 pandemic.

Specific objectives

1 To comprehend the reality experienced by the target group

2. To improve digital skills development among the target group to prevent and react to GBCV

3 To increase young people´s commitment and participation in GBCV awareness raising

4 To raise awareness of communities and families of the target group on GBCV

5. To upgrade capacity building among professionals working with the target group

6 To produce knowledge, to share good practices and to promote stakeholders networking

Target group Primary: a) Young people in conflict with the law

b) Professionals working with people undergoing custodial and community sanctions

Secondary: a) Families and communities

b) Professionals working on other fields: law, health, social and educational services

Activities planned throughout the project are:

1) Co creation of training and awareness materials for GBCV prevention;

2) Development and piloting of a peer to peer training and awareness raising workshop for GBCV prevention;

3) Implementation, sharing and evaluation of training and awareness workshops for GBCV prevention;

4) Transfer of experiences, knowledge and practices and dissemination of the project

PROJECT: PREVENTGBV

The project is co funded under CERV 2021 DAPHNE and it`s general objective is to prevent gender based violence (GBV) among young people (girls and boys) who are subject to custodial and community sanctions in juvenile justice systems, with a focus on cyberviolence in the current context of the COVID 19 pandemic.

It contributes to identify and prevent GBCV among young people and to develop digital skills for a safe use of ICTs Young people are the active agents in the project, co creating training methodologies, participating in tailored workshops and being involved in awareness raising among their peers, families and communities.

INTELLECTUAL OUTPUTS

1 Co creation of training and awareness raising materials to prevent gender based cyberviolence for young people in conflict with the law

2 Developing and piloting a training and awareness raising peer learning workshop on the prevention of gender based cyberviolence for young people in conflict with the law

3 Implementation of training and awareness raising workshops to prevent gender based cyberviolence among young people in conflict with the law

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TRANSFORMATION

FEWER OPPORTUNITIES RETHINKING Z TO A

AN ARTICLE BY ASSOCIAZIONE ARTISTICA CULTURALE “A ROCCA” WWW.EPROJECTCONSULT.COM

INFO@EPROJECTCONSULT.COM

“EProjectConsult. Istituto Europeo Formazione e Ricerca” is an Italian NGO established in 2009 that organizes traineeships for around 500 young people a year (both students, teachers and professionals). We are an upcoming and enthusiastic staff, highly committed to spread innovative ideas, creativity and self development.

EProjectConsult aims to help people to acquire the means to build their own destiny through the almost endless possibilities the framework of the European Union projects (Erasmus+, Creative Europe, Youth on the Move, etc ) EProjectConsult is mostly specialized in the Evaluation (Assessment) and Dissemination of projects, nevertheless have huge experience in the other areas of the project cycle as well

One of the main innovations that this project brings it’s the development of Digital Social Inclusion Strategy, designed to engage youth works from all around the EU in a digital update. The strategy will present tools for extracting and management of data as a first step of creation of individual learning curricula. The second step towards individual learning curricula will be the strategic use of digital tools for directing feedback and evaluation The strategy will pilot institutional framework that could be easily exploited and adapted in any organisation on EU level The learning added value of this project is represented by the e learning platform dedicated to Social Media Marketing. The platform is envisioned to deliver a labour market ready

The preparation of this article goes hand in hand with the preparation of the Kick off meeting of our project called F O R Z A, (Fewer Opportunities Rethinking Z to A) In this project A ROCCA has the role of Coordinator, and the Strategic Partnership is created between organisations coming from Portugal, Spain and North Macedonia

clear learning objectives Module 1 will provide professional practical inside of media content creation, Module 2 and Module 3 will be dedicated to the legal and business side of Social Media Marketing in different national and wider EU context Module 4 will provide information about media literacy and ethics while Module 5 will represent the core of Social Media Marketing, designed to upskill the participants in Social Media Analytics and Social Media Storytelling.

project team, as part of the pre project research reached a conclusion that a guide for youth workers covering that topic in particular could not be found The guide is envisioned to provide methodological top down approach in the work with troubled youth and young people with fewer opportunities Departing from the understanding of the complexity of personal approach, the background of the target group and the management of negative bias Following a logical order, in continuation with workshops and practical engagements, coming to a finish with evaluation and feedback methodology to enhance the impact

Powerful dissemination and exploration strategy with strong visual identity is something that the team of AROCCA takes pride in. For this project the strategy will portray the perfect balance between online and offline events The offline events will take form of National conferences followed by a big European event to be held in Sicily, while the online events will ensure the presence on every major social media channel The online and offline communities together with the associated partners will transform the results of this project in a EU wide network for cooperation and exchange of good practices in the field of digitalisation The consortium will deliver five new projects as part of the sustainability component and will support the work of the SMM peer educators on local and regional level

OJECT: FORZA

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TUAL OUTPUTS

To initiate digitalization and transnationality of youth work through the creation of free open digital educational resources.

To promote the use of ICT in youth work and employment;

To create synergies among youth organizations and other stakeholders on a local and national level;

To strengthen the capacities of the partner organizations in the field of SMM and increase their social responsibility and active participation in EU digital market ;

To advance the digital competences of youth workers;

To promote holistic approach in the creation of digital SMM educational material and e learning platform;

To create SMM peer educators;

To initiate the creation of strategic consortium that will develop new projects; To create opportunities for inclusion of mentors in e learning and youth work

Digital social inclusion strategy

SMM e learning platform

There will be 3 different digital educational resources: 1 2 3.

Special guide for youth workers

QU.A.R.AN.T.I.N.E., DIGITAL KIT TO FACE YOUTH ISOLATION

AN ARTICLE BY CEIPES WWW.CEIPES.ORG

CEIPES

INFO@CEIPES.ORG

CEIPES is an International non profit association founded in Palermo in 2007. The vision of CEIPES is to empower people, organisations, and communities and develop their potential through education work and experience. The main topics we address are:

ICT innovation and STEAM

Health, Food, Sport and Outdoor Education

Special Educational Needs (SEN) Local development and social inclusion

Human rights Education and raising awareness, advocacy and anti discrimination Art, Culture and Creativity Sustainability, Environment and Climate

Change

Capacity building of third sector organizations, educational institutes and public sector.

Our activities, depending on the area of intervention, are addressed to: young people, adults, migrants, disadvantaged youth and NEET, women, educators, teachers and students, members of public institutions, unemployed

Born in the meanwhile of the first wave of Covid 19 pandemic, the project QU A R AN T I N E QUalitative Advanced Research ANd Training for Inclusion of Neets through Electronic tools aims to provide useful digital instruments to support the activities of “distance” youth work, involving European young people, in particular those youngsters who suffer the consequences of isolation and social distances, especially NEETS and people with other lower opportunities, disability and geographical obstacles.

From December 2020 the consortium composed by 5 European organizations: Eufemia (IT), CEIPES (IT), Novo Mundo (PT), GAMMA (RO) and K GEM (TR), has hardly worked to give life to a valuable tool for youth workers who have to face this unprecedented and difficult situation A collection of data, through a questionnaire which gave more than 250 responses from European youth workers, was made to assess the situation with youth work and the respondents’ needs, focussing on the impact of the COVID 19 pandemic on youth, youth workers, and youth work activities, with reference to conducting such activities digitally The analysis of these data produced the General Need Analysis that reflects the state of the art of youth work in Europe. Since December 2022 this overall analysis can be consulted in the Handbook, available on project’s Web site as a suitable Open Education Resource (OER). It promotes methodologies for approaching young people in isolation, social distance, or with any barriers as obstacles to a face to face interaction.

The Handbook contains the theoretical framework that consists of guidelines for digital youth work, dealing with its various aspects: from blended approach to digital competences;

from the experiences of European volunteers to youth work with young people with fewer opportunities and special needs, as well as the psychological sphere of digital youth work

Furthermore, it includes a toolkit of useful digital tools that encourage digital transformation in youth work fields It is divided into categories: activities for online meetings, organisational and interaction tools, creative and presentation tools, tools for quizzes and feedback, and gamification tools This valuable tool will be useful in the coming months, and it can be a starting point for the implementation of a more conscious digital youth work, increasingly engaging and in line

PROJECT: QU.A.R.AN.T.I.N.E.

(n 2020 2 IT03 KA205 019431)

QU A R A N T I N E (QUalitative Advanced Research ANd Training for Inclusion of Needs through Electronic tools)

This project aims at innovating in the field of youth work due to the difficult situation of Covid 19, and face the needs of both youth workers and youngsters The project provides knowledge, competencies and tools to increase the quality of “distance” youth work, for emergency situations like the one we are living, or for other potential situations in which a “blended” approach can be useful and increase the quality of the goals Thus, it addresses youth workers and youth organizations. The project aims also to motivate, improve opportunities and empower European young people It is addressed to those youngsters who suffer the consequences of isolation and social distances, especially NEETs and people with lower opportunities, disability and geographical obstacles

INTELLECTUAL OUTPUTS

The final results of QU.A.R.A.N.T.I.N.E. project are:

Guidelines and a Toolkit about suitable existing tools for distance youth work activities, explaining blended methodologies and approaches for working with people through digital platforms.

second and the third output are designed to achieve this objective. From February 2022, indeed, the consortium is working on 36 motivational videos, recorded in high quality and enriched by PowToon animation related to six specific topics

The video will be released from June 2022 on the YouTube Channel I’m With You(th) and will give life to the motivational campaign that will be enriched by infographics on Instagram and Facebook page, and especially by the contribution of personal experience from youngsters and youth workers on Twitch. The consortium encourages its stakeholders to follow the next steps and involve them for the upcoming social campaign “I’m With You(th)”.

A set of motivational videos for youngsters with different backgrounds

A Youth Social Campaign to rise up opportunity of empowerment among youngsters in isolation or in social distancing condition

All the results are supported by a network of European youth organizations which will take care of future activities for promoting distance youth work and guarantee the sustainability of the project

My name is Jaqueline Rinaldi, since January 2021 I’ve worked at CEIPES International Centre for the Promotion of Education and Development as a project manager I have a degree in Industrial design and for this reason, I am responsible for the projects in the STEAM field and innovative technologies, such as the 3D printer and augmented reality.

I can describe my experience working in the field of European projects as a continuous discovery of how many opportunities the future could give. In particular, I have implemented the BRAVE NEW WORDS project, with the aim of providing more support for those people with Specific Learning Disorders. Thanks to my mother, an English teacher and SpLD specialist in the school sector, I discovered at a young age that I needed more motivation to learn math, history and other school subjects. This has led me to identify myself with the people who will instead have the opportunity to use the exercises developed with the BNW project. Thus, the results of the project will provide a new way of learning, through the two innovative technologies: 3D Printing and Augmented Reality.

The implementation of the exercises, 3D printed and in AR, will be of great help to those who need to learn more directly and not only theoretically From the beginning I’ve thought that this will greatly improve the school career of many children who are already struggling not to feel different to their peers For this reason, I am grateful to give my contribution to the younger generations, becoming an example for them. I hope to see many other new technologies in the future used as help and support for those who have this different and beautiful way of learning

DIGITAL CULTURAL HERITAGE IN RURAL AREAS

AN ARTICLE BY BULGARIA TRAINING

WWW.BULGARIATRAINING.BG

BULGARIA TRAINING

IVELINA@BULGARIATRAINING.BG

BGTR is a training company, we organize vocational trainigns, seminars, events, conferences and youth exchanges. Since 15 years, we are working under European international projects in several fields : educational trainings, entrepreneurship, study visits, conferences, language courses etc We are mostly working with Erasmus plus projects, we host inte providing work placements for students f abroad (all EU countries) All their stay Bulgaria, including accommodation, workpl language courses, cultural visits and monito is managed by our company We collaborate w around 100 companies form different fields order to find the most suitable workplace for trainees

Teachers are also involved in our projects as organize for them study visits for exchange educational experiences between differ countries

Cultural Heritage Sector powered by Digitalization The project "DIGICULTURE" encourages the promotion of local identity and the development of an entrepreneurial approach to research, analysis and digitalization of sites of local, national and European cultural and historical value Using innovative methods for advertisement and education, the project aim to the inclusion of people from rural areas to global communication The valorisation and popularisation of cultural heritage in rural areas through the use of digital technologies will reduce the growing gap between urban and rural and between the younger and older generations. "DIGICULTURE" will open new horizons for young people who can develop activities on their own, including self employment This is only 100 words

PROJECT: DIGICULTURE

Digitalization is a process of introduction of digital technologies in all social and economic areas, creation of new business models, creation of new products and services based on digital technologies Digitalization today affects every aspect of our society and economy and leads to fundamental changes in personal life, professional fulfillment and our future. Cultural heritage is part of our European and National identity and is an indispensable resource for cultural tourism, social and economic revive of our cities and villages.

Digital technologies play key role for the development of potential of cultural heritage in rural areas."DIGICULTURE" aims to preserve the cultural heritage in rural areas and to promote the local identity Digital tools have the potential to make cultural heritage more accessible, to increase their importance and to preserve them for the future generations.

INTELLECTUAL OUTPUTS

The intellectual outputs are directly related to the need to provide training materials and methodology for digitization of accumulated information, which must be processed in a certain way to become a "digital business card" of the territory

IO1: Research, mapping, gathering information and creation of criteria template for cultural and natural sites

IO2: Existing situation analysis about cultural and natural sites and their accessibility and collecting of date (infrastructure, ways of promotion, general information etc )

IO3: Developing a methodology for digitizing the collected data and elaboration of digital interactive map

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ENHANCING RURAL ELDERS TO BOOST CREATIVITY IN AGRICULTURE

AN ARTICLE BY CSR INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS AS WWW CSR INNOSOLUTIONS COM

CSR INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS AS

CSR Innovative Solutions provides corporate project management for private companies within Corporate Social Responsibility services. For enterprises, we provide important benefits in terms of risk management, cost savings, access to capital, customer relationships, HR management, sustainability of operations, ability to innovate and eventually generating a profit.

Our mission is to help our partners to build the future and further grow, using cutting edge technologies and best practices in software development We do not shy away from admitting that we are driven by the wide cliché of making the world a better place by providing one solution at a time with our projects. We diligently play our part in making this vision a reality, whether by developing in house projects or working for our partners, to bring all ideas to life.

CSR Innovative Solutions AS (Norway) is eager to share the project concept of Enhancing Rural Elders to Boost Creativity in Agriculture EARLY Erasmus+ project, where our company is also a coordinating partner. The project has been approved by the Norwegian National Agency of Erasmus+ Programme The Directorate for Internationalization and Quality Development. in higher education Diku

In Norway the arable land is only 3% of the total territory of Norway, not including the islands of Svalbard and Jan Mayen Of these, only a very small proportion are located in regions where climatic conditions and soil are suitable for growing cereals suitable for human consumption According to the latest data from the Central Statistics, the arable land used for agriculture is 9,845,182 hectares.

Aurland municipality of Norway is located in the territorial district of Sogn og Fjordane located in the central, western part of the country of Vestland in Norway Aurland is located in the southern part of the 204 km long Sognefjorden, on the coast of Nærøyfjorden and is the administrative and cultural center of the villages of Flam, Undredal, Gudvangen and others

We have identified that migration of young people to cities and increasing employment in will have consequences for the rural production and within the service sector such as tourism. Furthermore, aging of the population and Loss of valuable experience, traditions and continuity between generations will have an impact on traditional branches and products such as knitting and weaving, carpentry activities and crafts, livestock, agriculture and farming

The increasing trend of transition from agriculture to animal husbandry, which in the future will lead to dependence on imports, loss of national food resources and danger to the population during crises (pandemic, war) as well as pollution (Fukushima)

PROJECT: EARLY

Enhancing Rural Elders to Boost Creativity in Agriculture EARLY project aims to match the “old ways” with new generations through creativity to activate new trends (e g circular economy, community development, etc) in low density regions. Through the use of cultural resources, we want to:

improve the quality of life in project areas, attracting new economic, financial, and human resources, improving social and territorial cohesion; foster creative and innovative approaches for preservation of Cultural Heritage and its ations; and to provide a ’ reflections upon aning of cultural

sion, regional iched cultural rational learning, g the knowledge nd roll of cultural h.

INTELLECTUAL OUTPUTS

Research about the state of the art of each rural country partner about the profile of experience, practices, knowledge of elders and old generation; Mind Maps and PDCA Plan, Do, Check, Action EARLY platform Artistic and cultural activities

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ENABLING VET WITH DIGITAL TOOLS FOR HIGH-QUALITY CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTATION

BALTIC EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE

(BETI)

BETI was founded in 2003 by an active team of professionals who have been working in the field of ICT and education technologies for more than 15 years While implementing different activities in higher education and vocational training sectors, rich experience, knowledge, and skills were accumulated in the field of ICT, including enhanced training, distance education methodology, learning technologies, multimedia production, development of web applications, etc The main aims of the Institute are to apply scientific, methodological and practical activities to encourage ICT based training and learning; to seek the development of democratic, wide accessed and self dependent training conditions while implementing lifelong learning paradigm; to develop distance learning initiatives and create information systems; and to support IT based projects and process management, in cooperation with organizations and individuals seeking to ensure effectiveness and quality of implemented activities.

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teachers and mentors of practical classes to be able to implement a high quality curriculum for the practical contents in the digital environment. This should be the answer to the pandemic COVID 19 and all the future challenges that might render live classes impossible The epidemic of Coronavirus illness (COVID 19) has prompted educational institutions to transition from face to face to online learning Learning activities on campus or in the classroom were previously face to face, but this has shifted to learning online from home utilizing different platforms The change came as a shock. Many institutions, instructors, employees, and students are unprepared for the transition Online learning during an emergency provides several challenges in terms of execution. Unstable learning medium, limited internet connection, a lack of desire, and disorderliness during the learning process are just a few of the issues When it comes to transferring practical classes online, VET classes have extremely particular requirements Issues connected to the electrical supply, online access, limited bandwidth, and a lack of network capacity to cope with growing data traffic appeared to add to the COVID 19 crises' challenges in many nations

For many students, getting on the internet was a difficulty. As a result, when digitizing VET lessons, it is critical to examine the digital teaching tools' required equipment, as well as the cost of such programs

GRETA VOLODZKAITĖ: BETI@BETI.LT

The DIGIHiQVET GOALS are in accordance with the preferential tasks of the measure in relation to COVID 19 (improving capabilities of institutions to face the challenges of education and training for providing a high quality and inclusive digital education) and with preferential tasks within the national framework (teaching staff measures supporting the encouragement of a high quality and innovative teaching in all educational sectors including training).

These goals are:

• Upgrade of pedagogical and digital knowledge, skills and competencies of teachers and mentors within the context of practical teaching in VET (vocational education and training) in order to qualify them for an adequate pedagogic (methodical and didactic) implementation of practical distance education (e g making pastry), which should be as good and efficient as the classical implementation in workshops

• Promotion of informal, professional, widely accessible distance education of teachers and mentors.

• Improvement of distance education with an emphasis on practical classes for all pupils, including those with learning difficulties, or the ones belonging to socially deprived groups, or pupils without access to the internet at home, pupils without computers or with low digital competencies.

• Increase of practical classes adaptability and its successful inclusion in distance learning modes, in combined classes (partly distance learning, partly classical classes), and in time of substituting teachers.

For this purpose and on the basis of research (referring to distance education, the use of digital environment, tools and applications as well as the cases of good practice in other countries), the project shall develop an innovative, simple, effective and free access digital training for E practical classes It will be based on contemporary pedagogic knowledge and supported by modern graphic principles. There will be six preparations for distance practical education classes with chosen practical contents, implemented by practical classes teachers, after the training among the pupils of the selected partner schools, with an intention of a high quality, interactive and inclusive teaching and learning of distance practical education.

PROJECT: DIGIHIQVET

Didactical and digital skills for teachers to provide high quality online practical VET (2020 1 SI01 KA226 VET 093565)

The aim of DIGIHiQVET project is an empowerment of teachers and mentors of practical classes for the implementation of high quality educational situations referring to practical contents in the digital environment as a response to COVID 19 pandemic and all future challenges which might render live classes impossible. The project DIGIHiQVET strives to develop, implement and evaluate a free access, innovative and high quality online training for practical classes E teaching The training will help the teachers in their professional development as they will be able to use the acquired knowledge, skills and competencies at their work as teachers of practical classes Furthermore, teachers will upgrade their digital, innovative pedagogical competencies, and cooperative and innovative practices to develop new methods of distance teaching

INTELLECTUAL OUTPUTS

To achieve the goals of the project, the consortium has defined the following intellectual outputs:

O1: State of the art analysis of the existing tools, environments and applications for the practical distance teaching with the case studies of good practices

O2: The curriculum of web training “E practical classes” and the preparation of professional modules knowledge catalogues

O3: E materials development and the establishment of web training “E practical classes”

O4: Sample e lesson plans, their e implementation and practical evaluation

DEVELOPING LEARNERS' FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND CORE SKILLS MORE EFFECTIVELY

AN ARTICLE BY ANDRAGOŠKI ZAVOD LJUDSKA UNIVERZA VELENJE

ANDRAGOŠKI ZAVOD LJUDSKA UNIVERZA VELENJE (LUV)

TINA.OJSTERSEK@LU VELENJE.SI

Ljudska univerza Velenje (hereinafter: LUV) established in 1959 is a public non profit adult education institution providing education and support to various target groups LUV takes an active part in regional community by improving the educational structure of the population, by motivating and informing the members of the community and by involving them in formal and non formal educational programmes. LUV is active in local environment by supporting rural areas through development programmes and trainings to improve basic and entrepreneurial skills. What is more, it is also involved in various local, regional and national initiatives and actions, such as life long learning week, educational festivals and other events.

The study on foreign language proficiency and employability, published in 2017, indicates that over four in five employers state English is by far the most important foreign language in industry (European Commission, Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, Humburg, M , Beadle, S , Smith, R., et al., Study on foreign language proficiency and employability : final report, Publications Office, 2017,) However, one third of employers find it difficult to fill positions due to applicants’ insufficient foreign language skills

In fact, a Council Recommendation of 22nd May 2019 on a comprehensive approach to the teaching and learning of languages states national governments should support VET providers to better align language learning with the foreign language needs of occupations that they train students for It is not only language skills deemed crucial in the labour market, though. A European Commission report on ‘Promoting Adult Learning in the Workplace’ states that people entering the workplace should acquire a combination of transversal core skills, English foreign language skills and specific skills needed for a job These transversal core skills include (among others) problem solving, communicating, leadership, and collaboration.

How, though, can we develop VET learners’ foreign language and transversal core skills more effectively? Research advocates for a task based learning (TBL) approach, which argues language teaching should be delivered through the context of ‘real world’, authentic tasks. In doing so, language proficiency and transferable skills develop due to the approach’s ability to facilitate language learning through relevant task performance that aligns with a learner’s existing language knowledge (Long, 2015)

A needs analysis identifies relevant target tasks the learner will have to do in the foreign language, which are then broken down into pedagogic tasks A syllabus is designed around this sequence of pedagogic tasks and is implemented according to certain methodological principles, which include encouraging inductive and collaborative learning, and a focus on linguistic form. What about materials design and assessing learning outcomes, though? This project sets out to not just address these points through creation of a materials bank and a teacher training course that among other things covers material design and learner assessment, but to ultimately foster greater employability prospects for VET learners.

Through greater targeting of support for teachers and trainers using this approach towards English foreign language learning, those active in tourism industry will be better able to acquire the language and soft skills required by sector and or in the workplace of their selected vocation. The desired outcome is that they will then be able to achieve higher levels of employability, showcase their businesses and be more resilient to crisis situations due to the fact that they will have a core set of foreign language and transversal competencies that make them a far more lucrative asset in the European labour market.

PROJECT: TBL 4 TOURISM

The partnership of the Task based Language Learning Toolkit for Tourism is comprised of 5 partners that all aim to strengthen, with this project, the professional development of educators by supporting them in the uptake of an innovative task based approach to foreign language learning and thus addressing the issue concerning language and soft skills proficiencies of those active in tourism sector The partnership will work towards producing an innovative teacher training programme, as well as the creation of material to support such an approach towards language learning All partners also demonstrate cooperation with various sectors which will allow the addressing of the project results to the target groups and adaptation of results to the needs of the chosen sector The partners are York Associates (UK), Serveis Lingüístics de Barcelona, SCCL (ES), Centrul Pentru Promovarea Invatarii Permanente (RO), Blackbird (Serbia) and coordinating institution Ljudska univerza Velenje (SI)

INTELLECTUAL OUTPUTS

TBL 4 Tourism project will involve the design of a task based syllabus, the design of a materials bank which will support the implementation of the task based syllabus, and the creation of a teacher training programme which will be adapted to the needs of those active in the tourism sector. It will equip teachers and trainers with the skills needed to both successfully implement a task based syllabus and convince other stakeholders of the importance and relevance of a task based approach to English foreign language learning

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AND FIGHT AGAINST ENVIRONMENT CHANGE

INTEGRATED FOOD AND ENERGY SYSTEMS FOR CLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTURE

AN ARTICLE BY INSTITUT SAUMUROIS DE LA COMMUNICATION (ISC) WWW SOLAR ERASMUS EU

FRANSALESSE@ISC SAUMUR.FR

Institut Saumurois de La Communication (ISC) has been operating as a training course center since 1994, in Saumur, in the West of France.

We work directly with beneficiaries, public and priva statutory sectors. Our service aims to identifying an supporting marginalized and disadvantaged "hard t reach" adults, and young people with long ter unemployed, with varying difficulties within differe community settings and different educational nee with an outcome of improving quality of life, hen improves employability status. We further provid informal adult education on different training facilitate continuous learning with implications f social change hence improve social inclusion. W specially teach young adults who meet real difficulty reading and writing Since 2010 we are involved, wi European partners, in a number of European projects the field of education with different subjects agriculture, prison and justice, non formal educatio etc

For the SOLAR project, as with all projects, we started by drawing up and administering a questionnaire. We then visited about 15 farmers The enthusiasm of the farmers at the presentation of the project was pleasing and the project was very well received. We sought to gather the needs of market gardeners, goat farmers, apple growers but our region being mainly wine growing, we also met four wine growers. One of the interviewees was a winegrower specialising in organic viticulture He showed us around his property and offered us a tasting Fortunately not all our farmers offer us to taste their specialities

Partners who know our region will know what we are talking about :)

PROJECT: SOLAR

Solar : Integrated food and energy systems for climate smart agriculture Project N° : 2021 1 FR01 KA220 VET 000034605

Food production needs to increase by 70%, actually mostly through yield increases (FAO, 2014), to feed the world in 2050. Productivity increases have often been accompanied by negative effects on agriculture’s natural resource base This situation is further compounded by climate change impacts r. Improving resource use efficiency and productivity of agroecosystems are therefore essential to reach food security objectives Continuing this path is not an option as it will put additional pressure on the already stressed natural resource base and local livelihoods, while climate change is further reducing the resilience of agro ecosystems and smallholder farmers Research carried out shows that the ecosystem approaches that combine both food and energy production could substantially mitigate these risks while providing both food and energy to rural and urban populations.

INTELLECTUAL OUTPUTS

Dr. Jane Goodall

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