The project MEDIS aims to address the integration of migrant children and their inclusion in schools. The main goal of the project is to strengthen and consolidate social cohesion, intercultural education and local language in a multilingual framework of newly arrived migrants at primary and secondary schools. This will be achieved through the Mediterranean Inclusive Schools Programme based on the LIC Plan (Llengua, Immigració i Cohesio social – Language, Immigration and Social Cohesion), an effective social inclusion action plan already developed and validated in Catalonia, Spain. This programme will be based not only on language education but also on socio-cultural education to bridge cultural gaps between migrants and the host society and to teach all stakeholders how to live in a diverse society.
The Mediterranean Migration Network (MMN) aims to promote collaboration and exchange of good practices among public and private stakeholders active in the fields of migration and integration. More than 200 member organizations participate in project activities, coming from the Mediterranean region, Europe and the world. MMN members have opportunities to discuss and debate migration related issues, share ideas, exchange good practices and generate opportunities for further collaboration on projects and proposals. On the MMN portal, registered users have access to numerous resources related to migration. Joining the MMN is free.
The AIRTHINGS Project is co-funded by the Transnational Cooperation Programme “Interreg V-B Balkan-Med 2014-2020” and seeks to foster sustainable development and mitigate climate change in the region through joint cooperation measures and transfer of experience between the six project partners. The main objective of the project is to put forward innovative and cost effective measures that national and regional authorities can take to ensure better air quality in urban areas as well as raise public awareness, so such policies and approaches are adopted.
5 Balkan countries and 6 institutions are joining efforts for better air quality
SOFIA MUNICIPALITY
ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI – SPECIAL ACCOUNT FOR RESEARCH FUNDS – DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
THESSALONIKI MUNICIPALITY
CENTRE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY ‘CARDET’ LTD
TIRANA MUNICIPALITY
STATE ENVIRONMENTAL INSPECTORATE of North Macedonia
The project partners will combine state of the art technologies and know-how into synergic unity that will result in sustainable development and urban resilience. Information availability and understanding of the air quality issue is essential part of tackling it with efficiency. Under the AIRTHINGS project, important technologies will be used:
IoT Sensors providing real time data and forming a network of connected cities jointly monitoring air quality;
Cloud based Open Data Platform for sharing online information obtained from the sensors;
61 chimney filters for biggest domestic heating emitters
3D MEMO, 3D MARS-aero and 3D MIMO air quality assessments models
Smart Application with push notifications that will raise public awareness rising and engage citizens towards air pollution reduction and sustainable development behavior
CARDET is responsible for the supply and installation of IoT sensors that will collect data and provide detailed observation of pollution levels within the city of Nicosia. Gaining insight into the local air quality and having clear understanding of the parameters affecting the pollution levels, will enable the team to monitor the pollutants, introduce measures and urge public authorities to adopt new policies. CARDET will also develop a user friendly smart application that will provide push-notifications and visualize the information collected by the sensors from all the participating cities. CARDET will organize a Thematic Workshop on Air Quality and the Air It Nicosia Marathon as a mean of disseminating the Project and its objectives aiming at massive public engagement and promoting a more sustainable way of living.
The numbers of unaccompanied children arriving in the UK, Cyprus, Denmark and Greece have risen significantly in the last few years. Special attention is now given to the processes of support provided to unaccompanied children. Project SAFE aims to build knowledge and capacity of professionals and foster carers, kinship and Dublin family caretakers to enhance family-based care to promote welfare and ensure protection of unaccompanied children in the UK, Cyprus, Denmark and Greece. The project will develop e-modules, learning and training materials and standard operating procedures in such a way, so that they are easily adaptable and transferable to other regions and Member States, as well as widely available. The project will contribute to the transfer of know-how and good practices between EU Member States on the implementation of minimum family-based/foster care standards.
Integration and the proper assessment and support of an important minority such migrants and refugees with disabilities is a key concern for many EU countries. Project AMiD aims to outline and develop a Needs Assessment tool (NAT) to empower NGOs and Local Authorities to assess and support with adequate responses migrants and refugees with disabilities in the EU, improving cooperation among LAs and NGOs. In addition, AMiD will create a Community-Advisory Board (CAB) which aims to support the modelling and valorisation of project results both within and beyond the lifetime of the project. By developing and implementing the NAT and creating the CAB, the partners will be able to coordinate future common actions together with EU Agencies, inspiring a common European Union approach and strengthening important aspects of the Common European Asylum System.
A recent European survey of enterprises on new and emerging risks shows that work-related stress is a main concern for administrative business executives and organizations. The EU legislation expresses the need of systematic training and support for young employees so they can perform their duties. BooStress will develop a vocational training package to equip young workers with stress management skills, in the context of health and safety framework, and build their capacity to address relevant challenges at work. The project will upgrade and multiply the opportunities for up-skilling and re-skilling young workers in managing work-related stress, via innovative VET tools and pedagogies, accompanied by skills acquisition assessment, recognition and validation methods; and empower the youth to co-opt with the contemporary market needs in EU.
Through the Entrepreneurship 2020 Action Plan and the Rethinking Education Communication, the European Commission has emphasised the need to embed entrepreneurial learning in all sectors of education including non-formal learning. The project aims to provide high quality opportunities for skills and competences development under an entrepreneurship education programme which will make use of alternative pedagogical methods established in a digital area. More specifically, the T-Challenge project aims at using and creating Web Quests for engaging learners in obtaining a deeper knowledge of the subjects they are studying. Target groups of learners will benefit from receiving innovative and quality training, preparing them with an entrepreneurial mind-set to do better at the Labour Market and giving them recognised outcomes and competences.
InterCap addresses the emerging concern regarding public perceptions of (in)security and risk, and how it influences understanding of migration, sustainable development, roles, and responsibilities of EU citizens. The aims are to establish European CSOs-university networks; build the capacities of education actors; and promote global learning on migration, security and sustainable development in an interdependent world. InterCap will enhance critical understanding of migration and sustainable development in the context of SDGs. Activities include teacher education through the creation of European and national networks, the development of a training package, workshops, awareness raising activities, etc. It is expected that InterCap will build the capacity of CSOs-University teacher trainers in participatory methods; establish a cross European development education community of practice; increase the understanding of education authorities’ representatives on Policy Coherence for Development; and empower the collaboration among teacher trainers, teachers and students.
Due to changes in the economic environment, demographic change and greater socio-cultural diversity, businesses and organisations are facing a number of challenges and opportunities in effectively managing their day-to-day operations and strategic direction and development. Similarly, socio-cultural diversity is increasing with the greater movement of people. In turn, this creates a set of different learning and skills development needs and generates the need for innovative responses from external providers of education and training.
The project aims to:
Support the continuous professional development of VET professionals working with businesses and organisations to implement social innovation.
Support businesses and organisations in assessing strengths and areas for development in implementing social innovation.
Provide access to tools for businesses and organisations to assist in implementing social innovation.
The necessity for direct active citizenship is the democratic link between the millions of European, 3rd Country Nationals and refugees who live in the EU, with the European Union institutions. The project CivAct will carry out activities such as conduct national needs analysis, promote intercultural engagement and volunteering, promote opportunities for a better understanding of the Union policy making – process, hold national conferences with debates for the integration and the preparation and implement of international seminars for an intercultural engagement. By implementing these activities partners will create a healthy space for discussions on the role of the European Institutions, the European Identity and how EU democracy functions based on collective engagement.
