<< Objectives >>GASCA aims to assess the compliance levels, data practices and problems of small and medium size enterprises in Germany and Turkey operating in the accommodation sector. The data will be used to build focused and fine tuned training courses for data users in the sector while providing concrete data for SMEs, researchers and policy makers.GASCA also aims to enhance the protection of German residents personal data when they visit Turkey by helping Turkish enterprises better comply with GDPR.<< Implementation >>As a result of the GASCA project there will be a data protection impact assessment, surveys and interviews with the data users working in the accommodation sector, pilot courses both face to face and online and finally online video courses that will be shared openly with all related parties on GASCA social media channels as well as a research report that will be shared on research platforms and GASCA channels.<< Results >>GASCA is expected to produce concrete data regarding the compliance level and problems that the SMEs in the accommodation sector facing which will help researchers and policy makes to further extend their studies for the benefit of SMEs. The project also aims to produce online video training courses on data protection and privacy which are inline with the daily needs of the target groups.

GLOCALIZATION refers to the local-global context: act locally but think globally and is getting more actual in the era of overconsumption. FAST FASHION is a really good example of overproduction and -consumption. FAST FASHION is nowadays dominating our western society. The wardrobes have been filled up with cheap clothes, which can be purchased anywhere, typically in bad quality, and they become obsolete quickly. Extensive marketing campaigns of huge fashion chains, cheap clothes and constantly changing collections attract especially young adults and make them believe that they need new clothes to feel integrated socially, to feel hip or even to feel more sexy. Gen Y and Z prefer fast fashion because of its low price.The negative environmental and social impacts are outstanding: fast fashion is really environmental polluting, and child labor is employed in this industry. People with higher intercultural sensitivity will become more confident global citizens, since their understanding of cultural difference becomes more sophisticated. All these cultivate the need to educate the youth. It appears among the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG4.7, 12.8. and 13.3). The EU launched a new circular economy action plan in 2020 emphasizing the role of textiles. The EU Youth Strategy also emphasizes the Sustainable Green Europe. All these show that fast fashion questions must be handled. The Fast Art – Slow Fashion project puts fast fashion into the context of the triad of sustainable development (environment, society, economy). Thus, the Fast Art – Slow Fashion project aims to cultivate awareness of the youngsters about the contribution of fashion to climate change and social justice by using creativity and building on learning by doing, learning by design, learning by feeling and action-based learning. By providing interactive and creative elements, young adults would be attracted to the topic and sensitized in a playful and positive way. Creativity and art are used to face a social challenge. As a result of the project, creative digital contents including video series (showing different decision-making situations), animated videos, podcasts, infographics in relation with fast fashion are prepared with the engagement of the youth and with the participants of the project partners. The project partners organize a four-round long, online creative competition for the youth about fast fashion. Solving the tasks of the competition needs creativity from the participating groups. The Fast Art – Slow Fashion project is implemented in a cooperation of 4 partners from 3 countries of the EU and led by the Hungarian EKO. The partners have experience in making digital materials, approaching a topic in a creative way, and they represent each pillars of sustainable development according to which fast fashion is approached: MASZK (HUN) represents the social pillar and is responsible for the creativity and artistic approach in the project; EKO (HUN) represents the social and economic pillar; while IDEC (GRE) and Aiforia (GER) are responsible for environment. These synergies contribute to exploiting our resources.

A lot of the European countries have a long history of welcoming migrants in their societies starting from the post-war period and until today. The versatility of the project partners and their valuable experience has been gained through exploring different approaches for inter-cultural communication and integration.However, there is no singular “migrant culture” and trying to integrate people with migratory background means operating in a varied field of different cultures, languages, traditions and religions. The project is targeted at the migrants arriving in Europe and their integration into society through education with a focus on entrepreneurship. The general aim of the project was to develop adaptive training methodologies for adults in order to increase their motivation to learn and to counter their feelings of resignation and apathy. Thus, methodologically the project will be learner and staff/trainer oriented. The project will focus on disadvantaged areas and migrant groups. The results will mainly concern development of methods and techniques used in implementation of the training programmes for migrants with the aim to foster new local culture and through the training facilitate their communication with the local inhabitants. The main results expected from implementation of the project will include:(1)Training programme (90 hours-long, consist of 6 modules) on entrepreneurship tailored for migrants elaborated, tested and made available on-line through an e-platform so that it could be used freely after completion of the project;(2)24 teachers from each country were trained on the newly developed training methodology for working with migrants (4 teachers x 6 partner countries) (3)Experience gained from partner countries regarding the procedure/plan of the integration process of migrants carried out in their country/region. At each project management meeting and training event the hosted country introduced the situation related the imigrant life condicions, culture, problems seeking the job ect. Each host partner organised the visits with the representatives of imigrant instituts.(4)60 persons - learners will participate in testing the developed programme and the teaching methodology (10 learners from each country x 6 countrie)The project lasted for 24 months and involve a total of 6 different organisations, i.e., schools, adult training centres, associations and an enterprise from Latvia, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal and Turkey.

CONTEXTClimate change is one of the most significant challenges facing society today. The European Union places special emphasis on mitigating and curbing the problem:“A European Green Deal - Striving to be the first climate-neutral continentClimate change and environmental degradation are an existential threat to Europe and the world. To overcome these challenges, Europe needs a new growth strategy that transforms the Union into a modern, resource-efficient and competitive economy where:there are no net emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050;economic growth is decoupled from resource use,no person and no place is left behind”- 96% of Europeans think that we have a responsibility to protect nature;- 95% of Europeans consider that looking after nature is essential for tackling climate change.”“COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION of 22 May 2018 on key competences for lifelong learningUnesco’s Global Action Programme on Education for Sustainable Development affirms that education for sustainable development is an integral element of quality education and key enabler of all other Sustainable Development Goals. This aim is reflected in the revision of the Reference Framework.”OBJECTIVESThe overall goal of our project is to help communities of European municipalities to prepare for climate change by sustainably maintaining and developing urban biodiversity and green spaces. Specific objectives:O1 - Exploration and processing of Nature-Based Innovations.O2 - Forming the key competencies of local community stakeholders. Expanding knowledge related to the field, improving skills and changing attitudes.O3 - Improving the relationship between the partner organizations and expanding their knowledge related to the field. O4 - Evaluation of the implemented adult education process.O5 - Widespread dissemination of the results of the tender to ensure their sustainability.TARGET GROUPSThrough the activities of our grant application, we want to reach the following target groups:TG1 - Staff, decision-makers, members and volunteers of partner organizations - 6 organizations, at least 30 people - direct target group with active achievements.TG2 - Stakeholders of local communities - staff, decision-makers and representatives of local governments, NGOs and institutions - 50 communities, at least 150 people - contacting the direct target group in an active manner.TG3 - European citizens interested in the topic, contacting them in a passive manner- 150,000 people.RESULTSResults of our project in light of the planned activities:- Nature-Based Innovations case studies;- Learning manual on Nature-Based Innovations;- Multiplier events for stakeholders in local communities;- Web platforms for Nature-Based Innovations.INDICATORSThe main professional indicators of our project are as follows:- 1 survey - aimed at exploring adaptable Nature-Based Innovations - at least 40 proposals to be completed;- 1 electronic publication with at least 12 case studies (2 case studies / partner);- Learning manual, Part I - electronic document in English, German, Hungarian, Romanian, Croatian and Italian;- Learning manual, Part II - country-specific electronic document in Hungarian, Romanian, Croatian, and Italian;- Review and evaluation of responses in English, Hungarian, Romanian, Croatian and Italian.INTELLECTUAL OUTPUTS - IO 1 - Nature Based Innovations case studies - The partners will prepare the case studies. Nature-Based Innovations can include a municipal rainwater collection and utilization scheme, or a long term care sustainable system designed for the roots of municipal trees, or a design for municipal green spaces that provides for more biodiversity while requiring less labor and energy to maintain.- IO 2 - Learning manual is being prepared on the topic of urban green spaces, consisting of two main parts: 1. Innovations in urban green space management - this is based on case studies, which we rework so that it can be presented in the form of a training. 2. Regulation of green space management - In the partner countries, we review and incorporate the regulation of green space management into the learning manual.MULTIPLIER EVENTSNature-Based Innovations for local communities - 13 workshops - 260 participants - The event will be presented by the staff of the partner organizations with the help of the knowledge gained during the Staff training through the project intellectual outputs. Following the presentation, the meeting will continue in the World Cafe format, with the possibility of group consultation. The event ends with a hands-on tour of the local Nature-Based Innovation, provided the site will allow the realization of such an exercise.LEARNING TEACHING TRAININGStaff training on Nature-Based Innovation - The short-term joint staff training takes place in Szeged, Hungary.

Water is the commonest substance on the earth surface. Yet, the fresh water resources are endangered by human population and activities and this gets worse with the on-going pollution. Water is a global challenge, yet action at local level is important, as our way of living and consuming practices have an impact on water resources. Citizens as consumers of products that have a water footprint can affect significantly the consumption of direct and indirect water and make a contribution to water savings. The project developed an awareness raising campaign, aimed to start a capacity building action to make citizens responsible consumers, as they can affect the water consumption in three ways: •The change of their consumption habits from products with large water footprint to products with small water footprint;•The reduction of direct water consumption;•The pressure of citizens/consumers on manufacturers and decision-makers.Project results are hosted on a web platform that will remain online for at least 5 years: www.aquapath-project.eu . This includes:•6 training modules available for online reading and download/print. The contents include: water scarcity, water sustainability, production models, sustainable lifestyles, household’s consumption, water in the public sector and of course the concept of individual Water Footprint. Each module is equipped with further reading, links and a quiz to self-assess the knowledge acquired;•One module for children (considered as a medium to reach and inform adults) which summarizes the contents developed for adults in an educational booklet enriched with games, quizzes and child-friendly materials. The booklet, called Aquapass, has been released together with a handbook for teachers/educators, guidelines to train children using the Aquapass;•One water footprint calculator, which allows any citizens to calculate its own individual water footprint and provides a feedback on how to decrease it with a link to relevant training contents. •One tool for water issues online reporting, which consists in a widget embedded in the platform allowing citizens to report any problem related to water consumption, leakage, pollution, ect. Besides training contents and tools, the consortium also developed a series of communication materials, an educational video and games for adults and children.The main target group are adult citizens of any age and background. Most of the results are designed to address their skill gaps and their educational needs.To reach and train adults, however, the project also addressed children (and teachers as well), developing materials and tools designed to educate and raise awareness of the citizens of the future. The consortium, made of 7 partners from 6 EU countries (IT, FR, DE, NL, SP, PT), assured a qualified mix of trans-national, trans-sectoral and interdisciplinary backgrounds and fields of expertise. The consortium includes a training centre, a municipality, a research centre, a technology transfers organisation, an agency and an NGO active in the promotion of sustainability. The activities have been implemented around three main phases:1.First the consortium conducted a training needs analysis and desktop research, in order to investigate skill gaps and map existing initiatives/materials: (936 people involved);2.Then the results have been developed, reviewed, translated in 6 languages (plus English) and made available online as open educational resources: the platform has reached more than 8000 visitors;3.The third phase has been dedicated to testing, evaluation and fine-tuning the results in view of the final release. More than 200 people have evaluated project results during pilot test activities. Throughout the overall duration of the project, a series of dissemination activities and materials have launched the awareness raising campaign, which has been given a boost in the last months of the project, thanks also to internet presence, social networks and several multiplier events (17 events in 6 countries, a total of 1009 participants, out of which 400 adults and 609 children)The main impact on participants and on the people reached/trained through project results is the raised awareness of the issues related to water resources, such as consumption, scarcity, pollution and the ways to reduce the individual water footprint. This leads to a change of behaviour in terms of more sustainable consumers and citizens’ choices. The results of the pilot test demonstrate that the large majority of participants acquired a good knowledge of the water footprint concept and is intended to change its behaviour in view of a more sustainable lifestyle. As for long term benefits, thanks to the capacity building approach of the project, the project laid the basis for the empowerment of all citizens, no matters the educational level they have, towards a more sustainable society. This is a small but important step against climate change.