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VAM Realities third meeting in Limassol

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We were happy to welcome our VAM Realities partners in Cyprus for the third face-to-face meeting of the project. The meeting took place in Limassol on April 7th and 8th 2022.
On a very productive first day of the meeting, we went through the important details for the project progress. We were joined by Delta Cygni Labs who demonstrated the POINTR Easy Remote Support, highlighting its benefits on tele-collaboration via AR/MR. We also went through the VAM Realities Study Visits which we are extremely excited to be announcing soon. The first day of the meeting concluded with a tour in the city of Limassol.
On the second day of the meeting the Unveiling of Skills & Training Gap Detector was presented by our partners of TALTECH. We also had a first-hand experience of the possibilities of the 3DQR Studio. Partners also went through Dissemination, as well as budgeting and other administrative things. The meeting was brought to an amicable completion with two study visits at the Cyprus University of Technology; the CUTing Edge-An American Space and the Cyprus Interaction Lab, where we had the opportunity to learn about the research and other activities conducted by the two labs.
You can find more information for VAM Realities and stay tune for future updates on the project’s social media pages and website at: www.vam-realities.eu

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eDialogue – Using digital tools for dialogue and inclusion

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eDialogue aims to educate and empower educators, offering them opportunities to enhance their professional skills, image, and role by learning new and innovative methodologies that will develop their skills in open dialogue moderation. In doing so, it will enable them to become active and skilled leaders in the use of digital tools and open dialogue for social inclusion among students. Specifically, the tools and methodologies that will be developed will support educators in using open dialogue to address current aspects of social exclusion such as discrimination, segregation and racism, bullying and cyber bullying, radicalisation, fake news, and other online misinformation. Through this innovative and integrated approach e-Dialogue addresses diversity and promotes non-discrimination and social inclusion, directly supporting the ‘Social inclusion’ priority.

Media and information literacy and digital competences enhancement for active aging

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The present partnership aims at creating new and more engaging ways to foster senior citizens’ digital skills and media and Information literacy -MIL, to increase their ability to defend themselves from ‘different virtual dangers’ (fake news, online scams, ‘fishing’) while empowering them in using ICT tools with confidence in every aspect of their life (government, social media, music and video in streaming…)

PBS-ECEC – Implementing Positive Behaviour Support in Early Childhood Education and Care

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Empirical research shows that when School Wide Positive Behaviour Support is implemented systematically and with fidelity for at least 2-3 consecutive years, behavioral problems decrease (20 – 60%), student achievement improves, school climate becomes more positive and safer among children and staff, bullying behaviour decreases, and student social competence improves. Through collaboration between ECEC centers and academic institutions in Europe, PBS-ECEC focuses on applying a program-wide approach to promote children’s socioemotional competence in four EU countries (Portugal, Cyprus, Greece, Ireland) under the ERASMUS+ KA2 programme of the European Commission.

The project will serve the basic need of all partners and their respective target groups to effectively address behavior problems from the very early years of children’s education, by building learners’ socioemotional competence to learn in a socially inclusive environment. Such an accomplishment will have multiple benefits in early childhood education and beyond. It will operate as a preventative means of children’s school failure and problem behaviors. The project results will strengthen teacher education and training, and provide evidenced based practices for promoting socioemotional development in ECEC, a crucial dimension in child development and wellbeing, and a transversal domain in all partner countries. By equipping early childhood teachers with skills as the above mentioned, it is anticipated a boost of their professional development and their well-being. In line with the partners’ work and objectives, the project will support them to expand their knowledge and skills in this topic, improve their capacities to learn, collaborate, and better serve their target groups in their respective countries.

Teaching Green – From Climate Change Education and Awareness to Citizen Science Action

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Through the climate crisis we are going through, environmental issues are prioritized in the agenda of the European Commission. Moreover, based on research in the partner countries (Slovakia, Italy, Spain & Cyprus) was highlighted that teachers are missing relevant skills, knowledge or more often motivation for climate education. Additionally, students aren’t being prepared to face the effects of climate change or taught to understand the solutions, which in turn leads to an inability to take responsibility for their own impact on the local environment.

The Teaching Green project aims to raise awareness on climate change and support the competences and skills of teachers and students. More specifically, the project aims at strengthening the knowledge and digital skills of teachers and students of 10-16 years old using digital technologies in education and with ICT tools to promote virtual learning and virtual collaboration. Through the development of an Evaluation Toolkit, an Online Training Course and a Best Practice Report, the target groups will benefit from receiving innovative and quality training, preparing them with critical thinking for fostering the environmental behaviour of individuals, pointing out the necessity of lowering our impact on climate and support a sense of social responsibility for local environment.

GoSport: Promoting good governance in sports through social responsibility

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GoSport is a European project aiming to encourage social inclusion and equal opportunities by improving good governance in sports. In order to contribute to the improvement of good governance in sports organizations in Greece, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus and Italy, GoSport aims at:​

  • Enhancing the capacities and awareness of sports clubs/organizations, professional and semi-professional sports teams and clubs on implementing good governance principles through social responsibility, focusing on participation and inclusivity irrespective of gender, race, disability or age, and the promotion of human rights.
  • Improving knowledge on how sports organizations interpret, manage and prioritize social responsibility issues – especially in terms of combating violence, tackling racism, discrimination and intolerance, and encouraging social inclusion and equal opportunities –, how organizational governance influences social responsibility and how social responsibility is communicated within the organizations.
  • Providing tools to sports organizations and professionals for understanding the relationships among the organizations, its stakeholders and society, and integrating socially responsible organizational governance practices.
  • Promoting the participation and inclusivity principles in sports through responsibility.