The digital revolution has transformed and is transforming our daily lives and the way people interact and organize to reach common goals. This is particularly true for younger generations: the way they interact, access information, communicate with each other and learn has tremendously changed. But, so far, school classrooms haven’t been nor at the forefront nor the main stage of this revolution. Especially in the countries touched by the project, teaching and learning processes in the formal education sector remain largely uninvested by this transformation. The lockdown across most EU countries, including Italy, Romania, Greece and Portugal, with the sudden deployment of distance digital learning for schools of all levels has suddenly highlighted the extreme difficulties experienced by a large section of teachers to effectively engage students, and particularly those with disadvantaged backgrounds, in on line learning processes and to manage the digital environment. The educational community has made important efforts to maintain learning continuity with on line lessons and distance learning support: however these measures have failed many children, especially those with special needs or fewer economic/social opportunities. European teachers were largely not equipped to adapt to the new circumstances: only 20% to 25% of students in EU are taught by teachers who are confident using technology in the classroom, and this is confirmed by all national level surveys in Italy, Greece, Romania and Portugal. Many teachers have tried to respond to the challenge in different forms but with no prior training they reported high level of stress and tiredness and were not successful to help students achieve their educational objectives. The BET! project contributes to innovate the professional practices, skills and knowledge of European teachers to respond properly at the challenges of the future of a global and digital society, by specifically: 1) delivering a needs analysis research on educational innovation and digital skills development in school curricula in the Covid 19 and post-Covid 19 era in the 4 countries involved. The research aim is to assess digital competences gaps emerged during 2020 lockdowns and identify a common needs of teachers and schools (IO 1 Betting on research) 2) designing a European Digital Curriculum aimed at identifying the best learning strategies and the most appropriate digital and technological tools to address the formative needs of socially, economically, culturally disadvantaged students, or cognitive/emotionally vulnerable students (IO2 Betting on teachers;3) implementing an EU BET! Academy (IO3 Betting on our future): a comprehensive set of on line and in presence training courses and webinars for teachers on the issues of Agenda 2030, inclusive education, and ICTs applied to learning environments. These outputs will focus on: a) improving teachers ICTs skills to guide and teach their students to use digital technologies creatively, responsibly and cooperatively; b) providing digital resources and tools on the cross cutting issue of Agenda 2030 – a theme chosen because of the role that the Agenda 2030 can play to understand the present and future implications of the COVID 19 pandemic. The main direct target of the BET project will be: 12 hub primary/secondary schools (mainly working with disadvantaged target); 12 classrooms totalling av. 240 students; 60 vulnerable and disadvantaged students; 80 teachers involved to test the training program and workshops with students and 400 teachers and educators involved to the webinar and EU BET! Academy. In terms of methodology, each CSO partner will work with 1 hub school to identify the teachers and classrooms to be involved in the project. The BET! Dissemination strategy will also involve educational institutions, CSOs and the wider educational network at country level. The BET! project aims to produce the following lasting impacts at local, national and EU level: •strengthening the schools’ management and the teachers’ skills to innovate the learning and teaching processes; •innovating the regional and national strategy for the promotion of GCE into the curricula. •reinforced connections and networking among CSOs, schools, municipalities and other local entities to guarantee the sustainability and wider implementation of the digital practices. •provide a unified framework at EU level to build a transnational community of teachers (the BET! Community) that would have a digital space to interact on the specific challenges entailed with adapting their teaching styles and methods to the digital environment •inform EU-level decision makers (namely, MEP) with the BET! Project results to stand as example of a fruitful adaptation of teaching to the new digital era. This will be possible thanks to the international networks where Oxfam Italia and Action Aid Hellas are represented, as well as to the Impact Hub Network.

<< Objectives >>HEIsCITI project focus on creating universal curricula (methodology and teaching tools) for all types of university courses to teach students the best ways to animate and coordinate communication between citizens and local authorities for inclusive and sustainable urban development in the post Covid -19 era.<< Implementation >>HEIsCITI activites:1.Preparation of universal Methodology, Tools, Guidelines and Syllabus to animate and coordinate communication between citizens and local authorities for inclusive and sustainable urban development in the post Covid -19 era2.3 pilot actions in Cieszyn,Joniskis and Stuttgart with wide group of citizens, students and stakeholders3.Evaluation surveys4.Transnational meetings in Rijeka and Florence5.Final Conference in Poland6.Comminication and Dissemination activities<< Results >>HEIsCITI results:- a methodology for university lecturers,- tools for teachers, students, local authorities, educators,NGOs involved in the development of the city.- guidelines for local/regional authorities on how to work with citizens,- 3 pilot activities in Cieszyn, Joniskis and Stuttgart- 3 described ideas for sustainable and inclusive development of abandoned areas, - Vietnamese good practice - 3 surveys taken during pilots- full teaching materials in English (Syllabus)

The effective application of biotechnology plays a crucial role in building a sustainable European industry, in line with the EU Bioeconomy Strategy and its Progress Report, and contributing to the transformation of Europe outlined in the Green Deal. But despite the enormous potential of biotechnology for contributing to sustainable development in areas such as healthcare, materials, chemicals and food production, the technology is not widely accepted and supported by the general public. This leads to reluctance among industry to adopt and invest in biotechnological solutions, uncertainty among investors, and creates little incentive to eliminate regulatory barriers that prevent implementation. Recognising their concerns is therefore essential for improving the adoption of these technologies. The main objective of the B-TRUST project is thus to develop a transparent and inclusive governance model enabling the application of biotechnology to the bio-based and agri-food sector. More specifically, to (1) inform and create transparency related to consumer and environmental safety, (2) leverage engagement from citizens and other stakeholders, and (3) develop and exchange best practices. This model will be built based on the Theory of Change, to ensure impact while keeping all actors committed, and use co-creation trajectories with civil society and stakeholders as trust catalysts, leading to a set of measures and principles for building trust. The model will be developed and finetuned via four biotech use cases chosen to cover different types of concerns and benefits. Mapping out the real and perceived risks and benefits of these technologies will lead to a comprehensive assessment of the technologies, laying the foundations for general trust-building. Lastly, a forum will be created to deploy trainings and keep stakeholders engaged and informed, allowing the model to be replicated and sustained for further research and development, policy making and funding schemes.

SCC (Sharing, Collaboration, Cooperation) is an Erasmus+ strategic partnership that unites co-working spaces, higher education institutions, innovation communities, international networks and umbrella organizations, with the general objective of stimulating the development of collaborative spaces for innovation and anticipating the transition to a digital society.In 2017 Cooperatives Europe launched a vision paper titled “A cooperative vision for the collaborative economy,” presenting the European institutions with a set of recommendations to shape a “responsible, sustainable and community-driven collaborative economy”.This project was built in the footsteps of that vision paper and adopted the definition of collaborative economy presented in it. To bring forward the reflection in this field, the partners researched the relationship between innovation and collaboration and produced 4 Intellectual outputs:- Best practices report on collaborative spaces and cooperative governance models (PDF)- Mapping of higher educational programmes embedding work-based learning in co-working environments (delivered in PDF and as an interactive online map on scc.coop)- Caracol Toolkit: Community-Aware Research and Action toolkit for Collaborative Learning (available on scc.coop website as )- Collaborating in times of crisis: Lessons learnt during the Covid-19 pandemic (PDF)The partners explored many dimensions of the topic. Starting from the definition of coworking and collaboration, to mapping existing higher education curricula offering work based learning through coworking spaces, to developing a comprehensive toolkit to support communities in the launch of their own collaborative initiatives, to imagining the future of work and collaboration after the Covid-19 pandemic.The multiplier events organised have reached directly over 100 people live and many more online disseminating project results and all the content published on the project website scc.coop.Partners and associated partners are committed to maintain the network alive and make use of all the produced materials to continue promoting and supporting community-driven innovation.

OpenMaker brings together mainstream manufacturers and makers (i.e. tech-savvy craftsmen driven by social innovation and open source principles) in an purposely designed ecosystem built to enable cross-boundary partnerships for innovation. The partnerships will be facilitated by a targeted programme piloted in four locations in Europe and curated by experienced facilitators. Combining skills and expertise across boundaries will benefit all collaborators and stimulate innovation in manufacturing. Specifically, in relation to business models, production processes, products and governance structure and systems. This is intended to contribute to industrial renewal in Europe which will have direct benefits for sustained growth and employment. This bespoke ecosystem will blend on and offline opportunities for collaboration mirroring the multifaceted ways individuals interact in a networked society. Our dedicated digital platform will support communication between all the partners in the four locations and allow stakeholders and partners from other locations to participate. It will also function to map and collect data on social dynamics. Network analysis will be used to harvest data, and generate a deeper understanding of the social dynamics between the partners and across the stakeholders which constitute this community. Such knowledge will help the consortium to improve methods and tools to foster partnerships for innovation in manufacturing. This project will benefit society through generating novel partnerships that combine greater productivity and social impact. Moreover it will provide evidence for business, policymakers and the public that industrial development can serve the common good while still being competitive and sustainable.