Month: February 2024

TUA: The Unexpected Artepreneur

Written by Hanna Yerega on 02/02/2024. Posted in Projects & Initiatives. 1 Comment on TUA: The Unexpected Artepreneur

TUA aims to create a more inclusive society for marginalised young people around Europe with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Down’s Syndrome by facilitating their self-expression through creative means and capacity. The purpose is to effect change regarding the social issues that affect them as individuals and the communities they represent.

The project aims to incorporate the power of visual art into creative environments that foster equity and equality for the inclusion of marginalised young people in education.

More specifically, the project aims to:

Promote social inclusion and improve outreach of marginalised youth.
Develop inclusive learning environments and curricula that foster equity, equality and respect.
Increase the quality, innovation and recognition of work produced by young people with DS/ASD.
Promote active citizenship among young people with mental disabilities and strengthen their sense of initiative in the regions they inhabit and broader contexts.

UST: Upskilling municipal staff competences on planning and managing sustainable tourism

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With the European cities facing consistent economical and social changes, the public local authorities are forced to continuously rethink their approaches to city management and effective ways of promoting sustainable tourism.

Most cities today feel the pressure to differentiate themselves amongst other destinations, and even more so as medium-sized cities that do not have an established and consistent flow of tourists. This requires a thorough and strategic planning that goes beyond the scope of broadening the variety of service offerings.

To address this, the UST project aims to bring forward practical solutions and extensive repository of different strategies for promoting sustainable tourism and minimising the knowledge gaps among the Municipality staff. In particular, the project plans to address these issues by developing the training tools for stakeholders, as well as improving opportunities of collaboration.

TEAMWORK2: Combat sexual harassment in the workplace

Written by Hanna Yerega on 02/02/2024. Posted in Projects & Initiatives. 2 Comments on TEAMWORK2: Combat sexual harassment in the workplace

TEAMWORK2 aims to address sexual harassment (SH) at the workplace, which is a widespread and underreported form of gender-based violence across the EU. TEAMWORK 2 is fully committed to gender equality, diversity, and non-discrimination to combating sexual harassment at work and comes as a direct continuation of the REC-funded TEAMWORK 1 project. It aims to further build on the past research activities that resulted in better understanding of the issue of sexual harassment at the workplace as a whole, as well as activate the set of the recommendations to address this issue more effectively at the local and national levels.

DIGITAL TRAINERS: Digital Marginalization of Vulnerable Groups

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Many citizens at risk of marginalization, such as migrants and elderly people, do not have access to digital public services as they do not have the necessary digital skills. The “Digital Marginalization of Vulnerable Groups” project aims to substantially improve the knowledge of the determining factors and issues that prevent citizens at risk of marginalization to succeed in digital literacy, by identifying the best practices and approaches adopted by the partner organizations to tackle the issue.

The main objectives of the project are rooted in shaping a better understanding of the digital marginalization phenomenon, as well as the clear recognition of the practical solutions that can be implemented to deal with it.

The project addresses public employees who deal with welfare and digitalization and public employees who work closely with users, especially the elderly and migrants, in order to offer them the administrative services of public administrations.

Green League project introduction to the model

Green League: Introducing the Green League Model

Written by Nikolina Frangoullidou on 01/02/2024. Posted in Project News.

The Green League – Sport Alliance for the Environment is a project aimed at enhancing the connection between sports and the environment through experiential learning, promoting outdoor physical activity as a tool to support environmental awareness and encourage sustainable practices in sports.

It addresses the need to encourage the audience to take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts, as well to promote healthy living and well-being for all, thus using sports as a tool to create environmental awareness, while also contributing to a healthier lifestyle.

The handbook was created following a workshop involving 6 sports professionals from 5 European countries. The Green League model includes theoretical and methodological approaches to combine sports activities with environmental education through experiential learning. Specifically, the Green League model includes:

Guidelines, criteria, and activity samples that combine environmental education, experiential learning, and sports, as well as environmentally sustainable design and implementation of sports events.
Insights derived from the analysis of good practices for sports and environmental protection from the workshop with sports professionals.
Methodology based on the development of sports events inspired by the four elements of nature and sports tournaments combined with environmental actions.
The proposal for an innovative hybrid scoring system that takes into account both environmental and sports achievements.

More information can be found here!