YOUHOOD pretende crear efectos duraderos y positivos en las organizaciones participantes, en las políticas de referencia y en las personas involucradas en las actividades de las organizaciones. Fundación: El barrio de El Rastro es un espacio distintivo en la ciudad de Melilla, antes de un punto próspero en la ciudad, debido a la variedad de culturas (imazighen, hebreos, gitanos). Hoy en día este microcosmos de Melilla, el centro neurálgico del comercio de la ciudad, atraviesa una crisis que conducirá a un profundo declive de no tomar medidas urgentes, medidas creativas que puedan redirigir la situación. En respuesta se da ha dado en el proceso regenerativo de los espacios urbanos un papel principal a artistas jóvenes, con la colaboración del Ayuntamiento de Rotterdam y una asociación artística en Roma (MeP), para trabajar juntos y aprender sobre los barrios y las diferentes culturas, ofreciendo así una serie de ideas ingeniosas para lograr nuestros objetivos a través de un proyecto común. Nuestro proyecto está dirigido a artistas urbanos, plásticos, audiovisuales, artistas en general de estos países para interactuar con artistas locales y juntos: - Interpretar y expresar los símbolos de nuestra cultura en nuestras calles. - Generar espacios públicos de interrelacionación en el barrio. - Realizar estrategias y acciones dirigidas a vincular ciudadanos con artistas. - Realizar acciones específicas dirigidas a resaltar los valores de la interculturalidad. - Aprender sobre emprendimiento y aprovechar sus posibilidades. - Comprender otras culturas. Objetivos: - Presentar a nuestros jóvenes artistas y conocer a artistas de otros países. - Reforzar la pintura mural como una forma interesante de emprendimiento para artistas jóvenes. - Llevar el arte a la calle para interactuar con los vecinos y despertar el interés en diferentes sectores de la población. - Promover la interculturalidad a través del arte. - Promover y fortalecer la identidad del barrio a través de actividades conjuntas con los vecinos. - Obtener una mayor participación ciudadana en torno al arte. - Combatir la islamofobia, la judeofobia y otros tipos de discriminación mediante acciones participativas. Acciones: - Selección de artistas-monitores (coaches) para dirigir talleres en cada país. - Selección de artistas-estudiantes de estos talleres. - Exposiciones en centros de exhibición, pero también en lugares inusuales como locales comerciales vacíos, mezquitas o sinagogas. - Orientación en línea durante el proyecto y formación conjunta presencial al final para pintar un gran muro en Melilla - Realización de intervenciones en espacios urbanos del barrio.

Title: PACT- Partnerships Achieving Communities Tackling early school leaving. Background:Community-based efforts make up the scope of this project as a way to create inclusive models for schools and communities. This is in the context of the EU2020 headline target to reduce early school leaving in 18-24 year olds to 10 % across the EU. This target ultimately led to an EU Council Recommendation (2011) on early school leaving. The Council Recommendation, together with the Council Conclusions (2015) and a number of related EU Commission documents on early school leaving, child poverty and social inclusion (2011, 2011a, 2013, 2013a, 2015), formed the basic overarching framework for early school leaving prevention in general, and also led to particular attention on inclusive systems in and around education. European cities share a focus on neighborhoods which are characterized by unstable demographic development, social tensions among ethnic groups and a challenged public services due to limited economic funds and fast changing public needs. Research shows how these factors influence everyday well-being for families, and this has a proven impact on the learning situations for children and increases the risk of early school leaving. The complexities of the contexts concerning factors for ESL are larger than what the traditional mandate of educational institutions alone can do something about. The inspiration behind creating the PACT- project was to develop new methods for increasing students well being and motivation in order to prevent early school leaving.Results:The activities and results in this project were:1. The development of a student- to- student mentorship method to support talented students in at-risk conditions 2. A development of vitue education and after school-program3. Report and video material to describe methods for community based homework programs The Nordpolen primary school developed activities to promote student identity and belonging, and these activities wiere integrated into the school as a center for the neighborhood together with parents. In Riga, there were targeted efforts to meet the children’s emotional and cognitive needs early within the primary schools. The models for support aimed to empower students through targeted municipal resources within the schools easily accessible for the teachers and a renewal of how the arts, crafts and ethics in after-school activities play a part in implementing policies for what is called virture education. These effeorts led to the development of different moduls in a virtue education program. In Rotterdam, the targeted efforts focused on “student- to-student mentorship” in the upper school levels that was established in collaboration with the Erasmus University Rotterdam. These efforts led to the development of a mentor program. The purpose with PACT was establishing flexible models for community collaborations in and around schools to motivate learning and tackle early school leaving. PACT addresses the needs of students in a holistic way (their emotional, physical, cognitive and social needs), and recognizes their individual talents and voices. Inclusive systems in and around schools particularly focus on the differentiated needs of marginalized and vulnerable groups, including those at risk of early school leaving and alienation from society. The practitioners and community particpation in the project can bring forth nuances for expert’s assessments and methods. The methods developed can have transnational transferrable knowledge. The long term impact is hope for increased community participation and possibilites for social inclusion and a sense of belonging.

The Building Capacities in Innovation Procurement for Cities (BUILD) project will roll out a number of training and capacity building actions targeted at upskilling the public procurers on the topic of innovation procurement. Public procurement is a powerful instrument to drive faster adoption of innovation among public sector users while simultaneously promoting economic growth by providing innovative companies opportunity for first user references. The strategic use of procurement to boost demand for innovative goods of services has become an important part of the innovation policy agenda in many EU countries, and is at the core of the new EU public procurement directive (2014/24/EU), which underlines importance of opening opportunities for public procurement of innovation (e.g. by introducing a new innovation partnership procedure). BUILD integrates the highest-quality capacity-building tools to facilitate the roll-out of capacity building and training services to cities. BUILD will engage and train public – private procurers, SMEs and startups via both onsite and online avenues on a number of topics like; 1) Guiding Principles (Valonia) 2) Legal Knowledge and Procedures (Rotterdam) 3) Preliminary market consultation (CE) 4) Pre-commercial procurement (Turku) 5) Competitive dialogue (Turku) 6) Competitive procedure with negotiation (Tartu) 7) Innovation partnership (Valonia) 8) Legal questions and considerations (Rotterdam) and 9) Risk assessment (Valonia). Lastly, BUILD will link and establish synergies with research and innovation projects funded by the EU (via Horizon Europe or other EU funding programmes), with specific focus on EU funded projects fostering PPI, with the aim of facilitating mutual learning and knowledge exchange and will also set up a pro-active dissemination action which will facilitate outreach to key target audiences, namely; public and private buyers, public-owned enterprises, SMEs and start-ups, research institutions among others.

<< Background >>Climate change has resulted in an increase, frequency, and severity of heatwaves. In 2003 70.000 deaths were reported in 12 EU countries and in 2015 the deadliest disaster in France, Belgium, and the Netherlands, was a summer heatwave causing 2,500 deaths. Furthermore, if high temperatures continue for consecutive 6 days, the negative impact on mortality is 1.5 to 5 more detrimental than shorter events. One of the reasons this is an issue is due to an increasing rate of mortality and morbidity among older adults during extreme summer heat. At the same time, the aging population in Europe is increasing and the older adults stay living longer at their own homes. In 2020, 20.6 % of the EU population was aged 65+, and the share of people aged 80+ years is projected to increase from 5.9 % to 14.6 % between 2020 and 2100. The effect of the heatwaves displays an increasing trend in all project consortium countries and generally across Europe. Being aware of this problem, the EU member states have developed different methods and projects, but mostly in the physical and construction sectors. In most cases heat warning systems have been created and the way buildings are constructed has been modified. However, a social emphasis in our response to the heatwaves is needed too, since these affect people’s daily life and sense of wellbeing and security. Yet, social/health/care educations and sectors have hardly been involved in developing strategies on how to deal with this issue. They are therefore not sufficiently prepared and equipped to counter extreme thermal conditions to prevent and decrease mortality and morbidity. Since the health consequences of the climate change are already visible, these sectors need to play an active role in the solution delivery. It is therefore important to adopt a sustainable approach to counter this issue by developing (practical) education on the topic, training formal, informal and volunteer caregivers, and supporting social and care organisations in adapting strategies and tools on how to support older adults during the heatwaves. These efforts will also enhance collaborations and exchange of knowledge and experiences between stakeholders in different countries to address the problem at local, regional, national, and European levels.<< Objectives >>The project HOPE (Responding to Heatwaves in the Older People Ecosystem) aims to put the severe health threats of heatwaves on the agenda of the older adult service and healthcare sectors and to have an inclusive approach for the whole ecosystem by: (1) Developing and strengthening competences of students, informal caregivers, and professionals in older adult health, care and social sectors on better responding to the needs of older adults during heatwaves and thereby better mitigating the risks. An innovative teaching-tool for students and formal/informal caregivers will be developed and implemented. This tool will be innovative, attractive, and practical to use. The international component will be appealing to the learners, since it provides a broader scope of options on how to deal with heat-problems in times of heatwaves in vulnerable older adults. Increased skills will therefore contribute to better care for older people. In other words: there is a goal with respect to the content (improving prevention and care for older people in times of heatwaves), and a goal with respect to the methods used (continuous international learning and finetuning of the e-learning). (2) Supporting and stimulating organisations in the older adults ecosystem to apply guidelines and best practices regarding care during heatwaves. The Guidelines for Ecosystems and the Database of Good Practices will be developed in collaboration with associated partners, older adults and caregivers, and implemented in organisations connected to the project. Through these tools, organisations will be able to increase their response capacity in case of heatwaves and will become faster and make better-informed decisions. By increasing the expertise of organisations and thereby their staff too, older adults will also learn how to mitigate the impact of heatwaves. This will increase their confidence to manage their own health and wellbeing, and thereby reduce hospitalizations and mortality rates. (3) Supporting local and regional authorities through developed Policy Recommendations on how to play a role in the fight against heat risks for their older inhabitants. The recommendations will be translated into the local languages of project partners and implemented by municipalities connected to the project. (4) By communicating and disseminating project results and best practices on local, regional, national, European, and international levels, the aims is to develop an integrated approach to be further adopted by other organisations and authorities, decreasing the morbidity and mortality rate and improving the care provided through collaboration, new policies and approaches, knowledge exchange and change management.<< Implementation >>The project consists of 5 phases and each will have following activities: 1.Research phase- Organising and executing research activities: Literature review, collecting good practices, meetings, interviews and visits with Local Advisory Boards and older adults focus groups in Rotterdam, Treviso and Amadora. - Transnational project meetings in Rotterdam, Treviso and Amadora- Preparing tools and collecting materials and information for the e-learning, MOOC, Guidelines for Ecosystem and Database of Good Practices.- Monthly online progress and budget meetings- 3 transnational project meetings- 2 online Local Advisory Board meetings2. Development phase- Analysing and converting collected materials and research- Methodologically developing the project results (courses, guidelines, database)- Monthly online progress and budget meetings- 1 transnational project meeting- 2 online Local Advisory Board meetings3. Test phase- Validating and testing the project results with main target groups, Local Advisory Boards and associated partners - Monthly online progress and budget meetings- 1 transnational project meeting- 2 online Local Advisory Board meetings4. Implementation phase- The e-learning course is added to the course catalogue and ready to be elected by students- MOOC is implemented on MOODLE and available - Guidelines for ecosystems are shared with the (associated) partners and ready to be applied- Database of Good Practices is finalized on the project website and available for stakeholders- Policy Recommendations are finalized and shared across partners and stakeholders- All developed project results are disseminated and shared across our stakeholders, networks and partners.- Application of the products is monitored and any errors or set-backs are corrected. - Monthly online progress and budget meetings - 1 transnational project meeting- 2 online Local Advisory Board meetings5. Finalization- All project results are evaluated and disseminated- The 4 national and the international end multiplier events are held- 1 transnational project meeting<< Results >>Based on the project objectives, we will develop 8 project results (PR): 1st objective: Developing and strengthening competences of students, informal caregivers, and professionals in older adults health/care/social sectors on better responding to the needs of older adults during heatwaves, will be reached by implementing: - PR 1&2. An e-learning course for the students at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences as part of a minor degree and as an elective course. The objective is to teach students how to manage the care around the older adults during heatwaves and how to empower them to better manage the heat themselves. Through our network and Erasmus+ channels we are also aiming to share the course with other relevant educational institutions. Furthermore, course will be ‘living’ tools, that will be updated constantly, using new insights from various fields related to heatwave management and response. - PR 3&4. A free MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses) aimed for formal and informal caregivers in the older adults care system. The objective of the course is the same as for the e-learning for students. This course will be available worldwide and will be accessible via an open source platform. 2nd objective: Supporting and stimulating organisations in the older adults ecosystem to apply strategies and best practices regarding care during heatwaves, will be reached by implementing: - PR 5&6. Guidelines on how to manage the older adults care before, during and after the heatwaves. Together with our (associated) partners, we will collect the best practices, collect information, and research the ecosystem on what is currently done in heatwave management, what is missing and works well. Based on these findings we will develop a set of guidelines for the organisations in the older adults ecosystem to use and implement. - PR 7. Based on the work of all project partners and the information gathered, we will develop an online Database of Good Practices around older adults care during the heatwaves, which will be shared worldwide and actively within the ELISAN network. 3rd objective: Supporting local and regional authorities on how to play a role in the fight against heat risks for their older inhabitants, will be reached by implementing:- PR 8. Policy Recommendations will be developed based on the information gathered during the project and shared on local, regional, national, and international level. This way we will put the most urgent health threat of climate change, heat, on the agenda in the networks of professionals and organizations focusing on ageing in place. The recommendations will specially pay attention to the importance of strengthening the knowledge and skills of caregivers. The recommendations will guide the authorities and organizations on how to support informal caregivers. They will also stimulate care organisations to empower their clients (older adults) on how to manage the heat themselves.4th objective: Collectively through communicating and disseminating of all of the 8 project results on local, regional, national, European, and international levels, the last project objective will be met.

Adolescents at risk and living in deprived areas have fewer opportunities for out of school activities, informal learning and reduced access to science education. In addition, teenagers seem to have, in general, a lack of interest in Science. Besides, research showed how the social determinants of health, and specifically, deprivation and lower access to health information, have major consequences in terms of chronic diseases. Scientific literacy can be promoted through enhancing health education: health research is well-valued in the society; topics are practical and relevant, and it is important to change unhealthy habits as early as possible; self-leadership and active methods would be key ingredients. There is a need for evidence and validation of effective interventions for fostering science education and public participation with teenagers and young adults from vulnerable and/or deprived populations to raise their academic outputs, while contributing to improve empowerment in health for this group. SEEDS aims at fostering science literacy and STEM education by raising the health understanding, also pursuing the empowerment of youth in critical thinking skills, self-management and self-care through community-based public engagement, therefore improving effectiveness of health promotion interventions in this population. The multi-stakeholder participatory intervention merges the dialogue between citizen science and traditional science. SEEDS joins together the key players in science and society by applying the 4Helix model of stakeholders. Teenagers lead the process; the scientific literacy will be accompanied by a depth health education able to transform their habits, contributing to sustainable behavioural change.