"<< Objectives >>The project, implemented in transnational partnership between Romania, France and Italy, aims at developing new pedagogical competences (knowledge, skills, attitudes) allowing adult education actors to design and implement innovative Human-Centered Climate Change Education programs, adapted to the relational spaces that adults freely frequent (Third-Places).<< Implementation >>1) Experiment, by 36 Educators, a Climate Education approach that places the human needs of 90 Adults attending 9 Third-Places at the center of the design of the educational process;2) Share freely the approaches experimented by the 36 Educators and 90 Adults in the various Third-Places, organizing them in 1 ""open license"" Climate Education resource;3) Adapt the model of ""Climate Third-Places"" to 30 European structures of various sizes, empowering 60 Staff and the 3 Partners.<< Results >>- 9 HUMAN-CENTERED CLIMATE EDUCATION PROGRAMS that facilitate the exchange of a wide range of adult audiences on Climate in an open and sharing way;- 1 FREE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE that shares and supports the free transfer of Climate Education resources (in Romanian, Italian, French, English);- 1 COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE open to all those who, by helping and being helped through the OER, have an effective practice of Climate Education centered on the human being."

"In a world where climate change is among the most important global challenges, Clim'Act promoted a capacity building experience tailored for youth and youth workers in climate justice campaigning developed by partners' grassroots organisations engaged in climate justice in different areas of the world. The project was a unique opportunity for youth from different social, economic and cultural backgrounds, to meet, exchange, collaborate and team build.Through a training summer camp and youth engagement in campaigning and capacity building, the project's action reinforced youth work in climate change active citizenship; built capacity of 656 youths and 27 youth workers; reinforced youth capacity to follow and analyse international climate policy processes and increased 437 youngsters with fewer opportunities’ social inclusion.A1. Capacity building workshop ""Climate justice summer camp""An engaging 6 days' summer camp hosted by A Sud was realised in Rome in the regional natural reserve “Parco dell’Aniene” to train youth workers and youth participants and design a shared campaign for climate justice. The camp and its step down training in Nigeria reinforced cooperation among partners and built synergies among participants, enhanced group spirit and youth work capacities in each national groups and most of all it developed key competences and the skills of 24 youths and 14 youth workers from Nigeria, Bulgaria, Ecuador and Italy providing youth with better capacity to participate in democratic life and climate issues. The workshops have been developed in a natural setting and in a camp modality aiming at enhancing sustainable behaviours and consumption. An educational platform (OER) containing workshop presentations, videos of training session and didactic file cards was created on the basis of the workshop contents and is now available in Spanish, Italian, English and Bulgaria. It was disseminated towards 20.000 contacts of entities engaged in climate change so to multiply the project effects on youth active citizenship and their competences in the field of climate change. A2. Climate justice campaign During the Clim’Act summer camp workshop the campaign “Climate Changing me” was created. In the process of identifying common grounds between Italian, Ecuadorian, Nigerian and Bulgarian contexts, the participants have decided to centre the campaign around people perception of climate change impacts, how climate change is changing their lives. Campaign's core actions were directed at the diffusion of information regarding climate change impacts, further youth capacity building and the gathering of direct testimonies to be disseminated online in particular through the campaign facebook page that was able to create a community of about 2500 followers (78% under 35 years old) from 58 countries. Moreover, their active participations in the development and diffusion of campaign tools in particular in the social media, youth participants gathered and disseminated over 110 testimonies from 19 countries in 4 continents, 54,5% from individuals under 30. Over 3000 people have participated to public events where the campaign was presented. The project activities were an opportunity for many youths with fewer opportunities to increase their social inclusion, being part of a joint international action bringing together youths and professionals from different cultural, economic and social backgrounds.Both the workshop’s contents and the campaign’s activities have offered participating youth the opportunity to analyse and follow climate policies but also to disseminate pertinent information and tools and raise awareness towards more youths, in particular through social media and face to face sensitization."

Besides discouraging impacts of climate change all over the world there are several grassroots solutions already in place which can be inspiring for youth and adults. Previous common experiences and the shared certainty of the importance to emphasize that alternatives exist and are being practiced, thus to reinforce the perception of possible socioenvironmental changes and the self-perceived ability to be part or generate them, are the basis on which we built the project idea and the partnership.We think that combining an online training on global environmental issues with field-visits to local solutions and communities involved in tackling climate change will result in the enhancement of youth and youth workers capacity to take action, networking and participate in social and political processes regarding climate issue. Moreover, through a developed educational game the youth will apply knowledge and competences acquired during the training to a proposed scenario and figure out how they can change/improve it.The project aims at raising awareness in the youth about the solutions side of the climate change debate by discover, discuss, analyse and spread local and concrete examples of alternative economic models within the 4 countries participating in ClimAlt.SPECIFIC NEED 1: Citizens are not fully aware of climate change, they still perceive it as something distant. They are often not able to link causes, effects and possible alternatives.SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE 1: Enhanced youth critical attitude towards climate change issue: they are aware of causes, effects and solutions.EXPECTED RESULT 1: 100 youth taking part in the 2-years training (online training, webinars) and 250 attendees participating in public events and youth-driven activities.SN 2: Citizens feel powerless in front of climate change, they don’t feel that individual actions can contribute to reverse course, they are still waiting from top-down solutions. There is a need to bridge the gap between causes, impacts and solutions, showing that climate change is occurring with it terrible effects, but we can be part of the change. SO 2: Youth empowerment and reinforced capacity to take action, networking and participate in social and political processes.ER 2: 39 youth participating in mobility activities and contributing to the organization of public events in their countries.SN 3: In the era of fast communication, complex problems need smart and innovative tools to attract people attention.SO3: Increased offer of contents and tools for youth, youth workers, educators in the field of environmental education.ER 3: 3 new educationalproducts developed by the partnership freely available on the project website and disseminated by communication and dissemination activities to 10.000 youth, youth workers, educators, students, volunteers, activists, citizens.SN 4: Environmental organizations often do not have the necessary resources to broaden their networks and capacity to advocate for sustainable solutions, compared to big corporations supporting the mainstream economic model. SO 4: Strengthened partnership among organizations committed to promote an alternative and sustainable economic model.ER 4: 2-years networking and expertise sharing among the partnership.Among the outputs to be developed and tested by the partnership: an e-learning training course on climate change causes, effects and possible solutions for youth; 4 in-depth webinars focusing on alternative model best practices; an educational game to enhance youth constructive attitude towards climate change phenomenon and ability to link the knowledge and competences acquired during the training to a proposed case.4 mobility for youth are foreseen by the project in 4 countries, they will add great value to the training and the overall project because of their pivotal role in connecting theory and practice, problems and solutions, case studies analysed and people or communities involved in the creation and implementation of viable alternatives. The mobility will complement the previous phase of the training by associating global environmental issues discussed with a 3-day fieldtrip through solutions to tackle climate change. Although such solutions are generated from different socioenvironmental ad geographical contexts, they are all answers to climate change related issues and they all constitute virtuous and inspiring attempts to take action against such issues. An additional staff mobility is foreseen to strengthen their ability to network and create partnerships, to share their complementary expertise and develop educational materials and activities.Project material will be freely available on the online platform to facilitate post-project exploitation and dissemination among youth, youth workers, educators, volunteers, activists and citizens. In addition, public events will take place in each country in order to disseminate project’s intellectual outputs.

CONTEXT:The increasingly worrying convergence of different crises in EU requires our society to reconsider our production and consumption models: it is urgent to foster the creation of synergies between private actors, institutions, social groups and unions, which need to work together in order to achieve a successful ecological conversion of our production models. Our partnership believes that educational improvements can help employability and reduce poverty, so the project is inspired to the priorities of EU 2020 Strategy, and its activities aim to contribute to the achievement of Strategy 2020 targets on Employment and Climate change and energy sustainability.OBJECTIVES:Main: To build and deliver a training path aimed at creation and recognition of a new professional profile/curriculum in response to the emerging need of the EU job market: a Sustainable conversion consultant, a professional able to move into a global/local contest and understand and promote transition scenarios towards environmental and social sustainability.Specific:- promote green entrepreneurship education for developing active citizenship, employability and creation of new professional CV;- support lifelong learning and work paths for individuals; - support the mainstreaming of OERs for lifelong learning;- provide partner organizations with new tools to improve/renew/update their training offer;- establish connections and business partnerships between different actors;- promote and raise awareness throughout EU on the opportunities of employment offered by green jobs.TARGET GROUPS:- young unemployed graduates of several backgrounds: architects, urban planners, engineers, urban sociologists;- older unemployed professionals of the same backgrounds who have had previous work experience but have lost their jobs;- administrators of local public authorities.INDIRECT TARGET GROUPS:- university students, private actors, consultants and professionals interested or involved in sustainable conversion/green economy sectors, local authorities, policy makers.PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS (6):Lead: Society for Sustainable Development Design (DOOR), Croatia - a civil society organization of experts devoted to the promotion of sustainable energy development, www.door.hr.Partners:A Sud - Ecologia e Cooperazone ONLUS, Italy - an independent Italian association dedicated to environmental, intercultural and educational issues, www.asud.net.Ce.S.F.Or. Centro Studi Formazione Orientamento, Italy - a non-profit association accredited and recognized for the activities of higher education and research, www.cesfor.net.Civitas Foundation for Civil Society - Cluj Branch, Romania, a foundation that aims to stimulate local & regional development, www.civitas.ro.EUROPANORAT Beratung, Training, Management, Consulting GmbH, Germany, a private educational provider, www.europanorat.de.BULGARIAN DEVELOPMENT AGENCY SDRUZHENIE, Bulgaria - a non-profit association aims to contribute to regional development as well as to promote the democratic and integration processes in the context of Knowledge society, www.bg-da.eu.MAIN ACTIVITIES/OUTPUTS:Building and delivering a training path aimed at creation and recognition of a new professional profile: Sustainable conversion project consultant. Production of 3 innovative intellectual outputs:- COMPASS Pilot Training course and Interdisciplinary Curriculum: Sustainable conversion project consultant- Case Studies (short documentaries) with best practice examples of sustainable conversion from 5 EU countries - to be used as didactic material within the course and as standalone OER for the promotion and sensitization on the project topics. - Final Methodology Guidelines that explain in detail the methodology developed by project team for the implementation of Interdisciplinary Curriculum.Thanks to COMPASS broad and targeted dissemination strategy we intended to create awareness throughout EU on the necessity to create CV in response to a changing world, where the sustainability has to be considered in every choice, in our private lives and in the changing labor market.RESULTS:- an in-depth Context analysis produced;- Implementation of innovative learning/teaching methodologies;- update, renewal and enhancement of partner organizations' teaching/training offer;- creation of a new professional profile: Sustainable conversion project consultant;- increased young unemployed graduates' and older unemployed professionals' entrepreneurial competences, their capacity to create and manage entrepreneurial activities and skills, entrepreneurial competences in sustainable conversion sector;- the development and use of OER in the area of green economy, participatory planning and sustainable conversion.IMPACT/BENEFITS:- direct impact on participating organizations and target groups in the period of project implementation;- long term benefits for all future replicators and participants of the course.

<< Background >>The current climate crisis requires immediate and drastic action. The IPCC 1.5°C Special Report in 2018 clearly states that global climate neutrality has to be reached by 2050 to avoid irreversible effects and that a collective effort from all sectors of economy and society is needed. Through the European Green Deal and its Climate Law the EU is leading among the most ambitious positions on GHG emission reduction targets at international level: to reduce by at least 55% net greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and reach climate neutrality by 2050. EU’s role in climate change action goes beyond its frontiers and development cooperation and humanitarian organisations (NGDOs) have a fundamental role to play in this transformative effort. If many initiatives are targeting for profit economic sectors, much is still to be done to improve NGDOs’ climate footprint and enhance their influence in promoting climate neutrality. Building change implies building capacity through the diffusion of future-oriented competencies among current and future professionals of the sector. Innovative approach in Higher Education and cross-sectoral cooperation between NGDOs, climate experts and Universities becomes fundamental in this endeavour to build development cooperation’s decarbonisation and enhance positive climate practices among NGDOs.Most NDCOs lack tools and methodologies to improve their climate performance and to boost the climate-related potential of their programs and projects. Given the rising awareness on climate issues and the new and future requirements from DGs ECHO and DG INPTA, it is strategic for NDCOs’ public image and credibility towards national, EU and foreign institutions to monitor and improve their environmental and carbon footprint and enhance the positive climate value of their actions. NGDOs’ staff, Development Cooperation and Humanitarian aid (DC&H) unemployed and not yet employed professionals, students and academics from the sector and volunteers are usually sensitive to environmental and climate issues but they lack knowledge-based solutions tailored for their sector which they can use to address the gap of the climate and environmental impact of their professional activities, take practical action to improve it, implement the climate-related potential of projects and programs they conduct, thus becoming actors of change within their organization and multiplier actors in their sector. HEIs have a leading role in mainstreaming climate neutrality through education innovation including through the development of their potential as lifelong learning actors: international cooperation higher education still lacks dedicated programmes providing cutting-edge and practical competences so that future and current professionals can boost climate neutrality actions. To bring innovation into this field, HEIs need to develop cooperation with climate experts and NGDOs to provide climate change and carbon neutrality qualifications that meet the needs of the sector and tackle climate change challenges.<< Objectives >>The (e)mission (im)possible project aims to develop Higher Education qualifications in the field of climate action among development cooperation and humanitarian future and current professionals in order to boost NGDOs’ climate leadership.The project wants to enhance the access to flexible and recognised learning opportunities to build key climate neutrality competences and enable NGDOs professionals to become true agents of change. The MOOC will facilitate the access of a large number of DC&H professionals to flexible training opportunities to build key climate neutrality competences. The training scheme will provide a limited number of participants with high qualifications on climate neutrality and the methodological framework will build its replication. (e)mission (im)possible wishes to offer a flexible training opportunity, based on co-creation and work-based learning contents tailored on the actual needs and competencies gaps among DC&H professionals to provide certified (ECTS) and innovative competencies and skills that will be particularly required in future years.The project wants to test and certify an innovative lifelong learning pathway dedicated to climate neutrality competences in the development cooperation and humanitarian sector building a new profile: the DC&H climate neutrality strategist to lead climate action within NGDOs. Through the creation of a dedicated training scheme, the project aims to build a replicable model to upskill NGDOs staff so they can promote climate neutrality strategies in the sector.(e)mission (in)possible wishes to promote the diffusion and transfer of Higher Education qualifications on climate neutrality tailored for the third sector. With its methodological framework for implementation, the project wants to provide fundamental guidelines for the training scheme replication and promote advanced qualifications of DC&H professionals in climate neutrality outside the partnership. Finally, the project wants to foster the cooperation between HEIs, NGDOs, environmental and climate experts in mainstreaming climate neutrality qualifications in higher education. Partners cooperation in project development, implementation and management as well as in dissemination activities aims to enhance their cooperation inside and outside the project partnership. Through such cooperation, (e)mission (im)possible wishes to enhance the ability of HEIs, NGDOs and climate organisations to train and further develop qualifications on climate neutrality in the DC&H sector.<< Implementation >>Project activities are articulate around the preparation, the development and implementation and the promotion of 3 main results: R1. (e)mission (im)possible MOOC, R2. Climate neutrality training scheme and R3. (e)mission (im)possible methodological framework for implementation.Partners will develop and implement a MOOC that will provide DC&H professionals with key skills and competences in climate action.The MOOC will be structured in 12 modules of 1 video lecture of 15-20 min and 1 test to evaluate the acquisition of knowledge for a total duration of approx. 6 hours. Each module will offer additional resources for individual learning.Among the topics foreseen: the role of NGDOs in climate actions; emissions sources in development cooperation; office emissions reduction; enhancing climate action in projects; climate and environmental mainstreaming in project writing and management; climate benefits of health and education actions, food conservation and land and forest management; impact evaluation and emission reduction certification; carbon compensation; DG ECHO and INPTA new measures on environmental footprint.(e)mission (im)possible will also develop a training scheme for the development of NGDOs staff’s competencies on climate neutrality, including a Toolkit and a Training scheme for the transfer of skills and tools for DC&H professionals to become climate action strategists.The training scheme will include a description of the training path steps, training contents, work plan and ECTS credits system. It will include a toolkit composed of a climate impact calculation tool and its instructions for auto-evaluation of impacts in relevant sectors and a handbook on transformative climate neutrality strategy to provide learners with guidance to develop strategies for their organisations.Partner NGDOs will contribute to the design of the toolkit with key information on their usual activities, informing the database of each relevant sector, the expected outputs, functionalities and interface.The training scheme and toolkit will be presented and transferred to partners’ staff, including financial and communication officers, project coordinators, managers, logicians, fundraisers, in a Joint Staff Training Meeting. A workplace learning experience will follow over a period of 7 months during which staff members will further develop their competences by implementing their transformative climate neutrality strategy in their workplace, supported by tutors from A Sud, Iroko and Ecosistemi.Project methodological framework will provide key insights for the development of climate neutrality competencies among professional NGDOs and spreading of lifelong learning opportunities in this field. It will provide key tools and advice for the replication of (e)mission (im)possible HE flexible and lifelong training scheme: methodological approaches, learning contents, monitoring and assessment scheme, validation and recognition systems etc.Sound project monitoring, evaluation and management will be implemented to guarantee project success while dissemination activities, in addition to social media diffusion, foresee the realisation of multiplier events and webinars to engage targeted stakeholders (NGDOs, HEIs, Institutions, etc) more actively. Apart from the MOOC participants' recruitment, the dissemination of the methodological framework, in particular towards HEI, will be key for project’s follow-up.<< Results >>(e)mission (im)possible will design and test a Massive Online Open Course (R1) of 6 hours available in 5 languages (Italian, English, Spanish, Portuguese, French) on climate neutrality competencies for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid professionals that will remain available for at least two years after project completion as an Open Educational Resource. Indicatively 1000 professionals, among which 500 NGDOs staff, 100 unemployed or not yet employed, 150 DC&H volunteers, 200 students and 50 academics are expected to access the MOOC flexible learning opportunity and its key competences in the field of climate neutrality. At least 400 of them, in particular 200 NGDOs’ staff members, 50 unemployed or not yet employed, 50 volunteers and 100 DC students shall improve their employability with new climate neutrality qualifications recognised by ECTS. As a snowball effect, new competences among current and future professionals of the sector will enhance the climate and environmental footprint of NGDOs and speed up the transition towards climate neutrality in the sector.The project will design and test an innovative work-based lifelong training scheme (R2) of 8 months to build DC professionals’ advanced qualifications towards climate neutrality, including an impact calculation and climate neutrality strategy toolkit transferred to 22 partners’ staff (5 NGDOs in 3 countries) through a Short Term Joint Staff Training Meeting. Thanks to this process of tailored work-based learning scheme, participants will build their capacities to develop transformative climate neutrality strategies in the Development Cooperation and Humanitarian aid sector. It will enhance their leadership and ability to be actors of change, developing 5 NGDOs transformative climate neutrality strategies, improving their organisations’ climate footprint and their public credibility in the field of climate action.(e)mission (im)possible methodological framework for implementation (R3) will facilitate the training scheme replication and the development of NGDOs qualifications in the field of climate neutrality outside of the partnership, thanks to 4 webinars, 6 multiplier events that will promote the methodological framework and the “NGDOs climate neutrality strategist” profile towards 300 NGOs, 100 representatives of national, EU and international institutions from the DC&H sector and 200 HEI academics.Thanks to the co-design experiences and tight cooperation developed through the project and the partnership, HEI, NGDOs and climate partner organizations will enhance their ability to promote the development of advanced competencies on climate neutrality in the DC&H sector. Moreover the 6 multiplier events, by engaging 225 people representing key stakeholders among which NGOs (50), institutions and public entities (10), academics (25) and climate experts (50), will further reinforce the cooperation between higher education institutions, development cooperation and humanitarian aid organisations, environmental organisations and climate experts outside the partnership.