Onto-DESIDE aims to develop and study technologies and methodology for allowing data sharing and semantic interoperability about materials and products at a global scale, to support the setup, management and execution of new and innovative circular value networks, and thus accelerate the European transition to a Circular Economy (CE). This proposal describes an extension to the ongoing Onto-DESIDE project, by adding a new partner from a widening country. The project has identified a large number of existing ontologies in this area, and also noted a diversity in modelling patterns of CE-related concepts. Currently Onto-DESIDE only targets manual methods for managing ontology and data transformations, however, with the proposed extension novel methods and tools will be developed to automate parts of those processes. The addition of the widening partner, VSE, will therefore significantly contribute to the quality of the first core project outcome; the network of ontologies that is to serve as a shared vocabulary for semantic interoperability in the CE. In addition, it will enhance the usability of the project results, by providing tools and guidelines for managing ontology dynamics and data transformations, and thus greatly increase the exploitability of results.

The project is based on the idea of creating a new training course that will combine general economic knowledge with the specifics of the sectoral economy. During their studies in the field of tourism, students get acquainted with general principles and methods of financial management and business economics in basic courses. In the courses focused on tourism, they subsequently focus mainly on the operational specifics of tourism companies with only a marginal emphasis on the financial issues of business in tourism. The aim of the project is to combine the areas of tourism and financial management and to create a new holistic training course. The second impulse for the creation of the project was the current epidemiological situation, which emphasized the need for intensive use of modern technologies in teaching and pointed out the insufficient quantity and quality of available didactic materials in electronic form.The main goal of the project is to create an innovative didactic material with the support of modern information technologies, which combines general economic knowledge with the sectoral economy specifics. Other goals are to support the internationalization of the educational process within higher education and to fill the gap in the education in the tourism sector.The project involves three European universities (Prague University of Economics and Business, Technische Hochschule Deggensdorf, Universidad Europea de Madrid), which have extensive experience in teaching subjects in tourism, finance and business economics and in processing international projects. All partners have set up highly accomplished expert teams to work on the project. Representatives of partner universities consider the project to be very beneficial, as they perceive a gap in university curricula and study materials and are interested in using the created didactic material in their teaching. There is no comprehensive modern methodology on the topic Financial management specifics in tourism companies, which would mediate this issue to students with the use of digital technologies.The output of the project will be comprehensive modern didactic materials (course content and methodology (syllabus), online teaching course, methodological manuals for teachers and students). All outputs will be in English The main output is an online training course comprising of 12 lessons, which will include in each lesson: a digital presentation of the topic, an example, a video / audio interview (podcast) with an expert, a case study, a control test. The content of the course is divided into two parts: the first part contains the theoretical background of financial management (4 lessons) and the second part describes the financial management specifics in various types of tourism companies (restaurants, hotels, travel agencies, guide services, transport companies, destination management organizations, spa facilities, event companies). Experts from the industry will also collaborate on the output - in the form of consultations and podcasts.Other outputs will be accompanying materials to the online training course: methodological guidelines for students and teachers and course syllabus (course content and methodology). Methodical guidelines will be the basic support for teachers and students, they will contain methodological procedures, solving examples and case studies, expanding questions and tasks, recommended resources. The syllabus puts the course into study plans, defines the requirements for students, requirements for graduation, states the structure of the course and the recommended literature.All partners will participate equally in the processing of individual outputs; one partner university will always be responsible for the finalization and final form of each output. Each partner will work on all outputs simultaneously. Representatives of partner universities will meet regularly at semi-annual intervals (a total of 4 meetings), further communication will be online (e-mail, video calls).The main result of the project will be modern teaching material that will be available to students and teachers in the field of tourism free of charge online. The newly developed online training course can be used as a whole or only for selected topics. The training course will contain mainly timeless information. Due to the digital form, it will be easy to update, the update will be performed primarily by the project coordinator or the partner university under its direction. The sustainability of the project is estimated to be at least 5 years.The main group that benefits from the project results are students and teachers of partner universities. The project results will be available to other schools on the platform Erasmus+. Given the expected average number of students per year at the partner universities, it can be estimated that the project outputs will be used annually by 360 students in the field of tourism.

The reputation is very important for businesses and destinations. A change in rating has an impact on occupancy (around 7 % per one point of 5), average daily rate (up to 11 % per one point) and revenues of the hotels or restaurants (Viglia, G., Minazzi, R. and Buhalis, D. (2016). However, the syllabuses of hotel management courses, marketing courses etc. are usually not adapted to cover this topic with enough lessons, details and practical knowledge. The new syllabus created in this project should fill the gaps in education and offer new perspectives. Not only reviews and ratings are part of the reputation. Mentions, comments and influencers are another part of the reputation. Managing it requires the know-how of modern applications for monitoring, social listening etc.The main objective of the project is to create a syllabus and teaching materials for a new course that will enable to teach the topic of online reputation management (ORM) systematically, based on real data and experience. The overall strategy of the project is to develop a sustainable training product for the enhancement of the skills and competencies for future managers and tourism workers. The main outcome of the ORM project will be a syllabus of a new course with highly important and demanded knowledge. The outcomes will include:- syllabus, - presentations, - textual support for teachers, case studies, best practices (e-books), - experimental online module. The target groups are mainly (1) students of tourism and hospitality programs, (2) academicians and teachers of hospitality and hotel management, tourism/online marketing. (3) managers and practitioners. Besides these three main target groups, there are other subjects potentially involved in the project - tourism managers as consultants, national associations as partners for dissemination, student communities interested in the theme etc. During the project realization, it is expected to reach 100 students, 40 academicians at the consortium universities, other 800 thanks to the local and international conferences and about 800 practitioners at the conferences + other thousands through the published research results in specialized journals for professionals and other dissemination events. After the project completion, it is expected that 750 students will go through the created courses at the partner universities during the next five years and another 700 students will be fully or partially aware of ORM at other universities thanks to the inspiration with the syllabus. Activities leading the successful realization of the project and reaching the goals are divided into six work packages.WP0. Management and administration of the project - will contribute to the flawless progress of the project. WP2. Realization of the researches - to be able to teach relevant information and strategies, it is necessary to gain the data and have an overview of what is going on on the market, what are the motivations of the writers, how the content of reviews influences the decision-making process etc. This WP will lead to the creation of the content of the presentations, e-book and e-learning module.WP3. Preparation of the syllabus, teaching materials and online module - after collecting all the relevant data, the teaching materials themselves must be prepared. With this WP, the syllabus will be prepared and the teaching materials will be created. The layouts, design, chapters, online platforms etc. will be decided and created. This WP will lead to the most visible results of the project for the end-user.WP4. Dissemination and WP5. Evaluation and control - will increase the awareness of the Erasmus+ program, project and ORM itself and will ensure flawless carrying out the project.To prepare the course, it is necessary to conduct research in ORM and related fields. Three groups of research subjects are involved in ORM - future customers (readers of reviews), customers (writers of the reviews and ratings) and tourism businesses (companies, destinations, sightseeing etc). These groups have different motivations, needs and expectations in regards to online reputation. To create an effective strategy for ORM, it is necessary to know the motives, factors and consequences. The first will be desk research - a literature review, then qualitative and quantitative methods will be used, including questionnaires, web scraping and in-depth interviews.The results of the project besides the syllabus will be an increased cooperation and knowledge flow between the universities, increase the cooperation between the academic and business sector, increase in internationalization - teacher and students, increase in competences and qualification of the participating academicians, increased attractivity of the study programs etc.The potential long term benefit is an increase in the competitiveness of tourism destinations and businesses through better service quality.

Starting from the participating institutions, the project will bring to light the difficulties and discrepancies in HEIs regarding the processes and mechanisms for managing European projects. At all geographical levels, it will facilitate access to the opportunities offered by European programs for universities, improving knowledge of the programs and requirements necessary to apply and manage them.This project will strengthen the capacity and role of the Higher Education and, all Project centres/offices which works to supports, on one hand, the modernisation, capacity building and internationalisation of HEIs and research institutions. On the other, it carries on Quality assurance and evaluation of processes at HEIs and research institutions. The tools developed within the project will be available at other HEIs at the international level. All Higher Education Institutions at local, regional, national and EU levels who intend to work more easily in the field of the European funds will benefit from the project Outputs.The Project NUTSHELL will be implemented by the consortioum of 4 institutions:University of Economics, PragueUniversity LjubljanaCESIE - European centre of studies and initiatives, ItalyHUMAK – University of applied Sciences, Finlandwith the aim of Quality assurance of international project management and cooperation in the field of higher educationfollowing the Needs and Objectives:To increase the competencies of administrative staff academics and Ph.D. students who are in the role of potential coordinators/partners of international projectsTo identify main problems and challenges being solved in the field of higher education international project management and offer solutionsTo facilitate the exchange of best practices among institutions involved in international projects and increase their capacity for international project managementTo identify good practice and pilot support tools for smooth and efficient communication with project partners Intellectual outputs leading to the project results:IO 1 Analysis of processes of international project management in institutions involvedIO 2 Optimization of the international project agenda processes in project centers/offices of higher education institutions based on needs analysis resultsIO 3 Toolkit for the implementation in preparation, realization and evaluation phase of EU projects in the field of higher educationIO 4 Guidelines for effective communication and networking strategy Results expected during the project and on its completion:Analysis of processes of international project management in institutions involved will take place.Optimization of the international project agenda processes in project centres/offices of higher education institutions based on needs analysis results will be designed.Toolkit for the implementation in preparation, realization and evaluation phase of EU projects in the field of higher education will be available. The Toolkit will be addressed to administrative staff, academic staff and PhD students who are in the role of potential coordinators/partners of international projects and it aims at providing them with core skills and a lean method to plan, manage and implement EU funded international projects not only on partner institutions, but also to all relevant stakeholders and will be published on all relevant platforms. Guidelines for effective communication and networking strategy will be established.Training for the staff in the use of process mapping software and methodologies and contribute to the piloting of the new processes will be implemented.Training on piloting of the new processes which will serve as a learning experience for project participants and administrative staff of partner institutions will be organized.Directly supported participantsduring the trainings: 24Target group inside partnership:Staff from project departmentsAcademicsPh.D. studentsTarget group ouside partnership:All Higher Education Institutions at local, regional, national and EU levels who intend to work more easily in the field of the European funds. Other organisations such as NGOs, research institutions, business actors and public authorities, other educational levels as potential partners in European projects in collaboration with HEIs.

ENHANCING R&I SYNERGIES FOR SCHOOLS OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS project, or RIS4SEB, is a proposal for the Pathways to synergies call, selecting the a) Upstream synergy mode (focusing on HR development and internalization). The RIS4SEB project creates a synergy for the widening project partners (Prague University of Economics and Business, Kaunas University of Technology, and Estonian Business School) who were previously successful in obtaining ERDF, Interreg, or similar indirect EU projects in cooperation with a highly experienced non-widening partner, the Bocconi University, building a pathway towards increased success in international research projects such as within the Horizon Europe (HE) programme. To this end, based on an analysis of widening countries low integration into ERA, the consortium chooses to focus on the research areas of economics and business, with the project partners all being either economics and business universities or schools / faculties. The project overall objective is to design and pilot three strategies aiming at enabling and facilitating effective synergies between Horizon Europe and other national/regional funds, by strengthening Internationalization of R&I widening actors, developing Human Resources, and improving Research management capacity and overall competitiveness of the widening partners. RIS4SEB will achieve this objective via supplementary capacity-building activities, such as networks, infrastructures, upskilling of research managers and researchers and research proposal pipelines and clinics, resulting in submitting of at least 4 HE projects.