With 75% of EU children using the internet, new forms of harm are arising from the web. Online violence can silence young people, make them feel unsafe and reduce or influence their participation in social debates, endangering democratic processes. According to the 2014 EU Net Children Go Mobile Report, 12% of the 3,500 children (9-16 yrs) were cyberbullied; for online teens, the rank ordering of risks experienced is similar. Across EU there is no single definition of cyberbullying and even if cyberbullying has received growing attention over the last decade, youngsters have not been directly involved in the analysis of a phenomenon that concerns them closely. In other words, laws concerning young people do not consider young people. ‘Cyberincluding goes Europe’, as its title already suggests, is committed to upscale a good practice arising from a previous national project against cyberbullying (founded by E+ programme), maximizing the results, endeavouring it to EU level, integrating new issues, tools and practices, creating opportunities for youngsters to take part in the decisions that directly affect them and taking a step forward to advocate their needs and ideas. ‘Cyberincluding goes Europe’ will work in a transnational cross-sectorial way, with a bottom-up approach and with the methodology of non-formal learning, involving young people (main target: 25 youths from Italy, Estonia, Spain, Slovenia and UK), schools (at least 3 schools per country – in total 15 schools, 25 teachers and 400 students) public institutions (at least 10 involved), experts, policy makers (at least 10 involved), civil society organizations, fostering youth empowerment and participation in the anti-bullying field as a catalyst for change (policy, behavioural and competences level) and for a more connected Europe against Eu disengangement.The project has the general objective too pursue further methodological innovation and greater cross-border cooperation at EU level in anti-cyberbullying field with a youth partecipatory approach. As regard the Specific Objectives (S.O.): S.O. 1 To equip young people with resources, skills and knowledge to foster their civic engangement by becoming youth leaders, able to make their voice heard by policy makers and relevant stakeholders to support actions and policies that contribute to the fight against cyberbullying. S.O. 2 To develop a formal legislative proposal with EU value in the field of cyberbullying, which is set from the viewpoint of the youth, scaling up the experience of the previous E+ project, testing its scalability at EU level for a greater impact.S.O. 3 To build up and test a set of innovative tools to provide support and guidance to organizations and stakeholders on how to effectively prevent cyberbullying/bullying and how to effectively involve young people. S.O. 4 To create a ‘quality label’ that will identify organizations, school and public body at EU level that apply the instruments developed and tested in the project plus certain positive approches (quality network creation).By reinforcing interaction between participation, practice, research and ideas 'Cyberincluding goes Europe' foresee the creation of the following outputs:Output1: PEER4PEER ON-LINE BOOKLET containing information and guidelines for youth (by youth) to raise awareness and take a step forwards against cyberbullying, bullying and hate speech.Output2: NEW CUTTING-EDGE LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL at EU level AGAINST CYBERBULLYING, that takes into consideration the youth opinions and needs.Output 3: ON-LINE PLATFORM, hosted in the lead partner website, to enhance the impact of the previous output that will make available on-lineOutput 4: ‘ANTI-CYBERBULLYING LABEL’ to network those organizations, schools, etc. that apply certain approaches in their daily activity (youth dialogue, peer-to-peer approach, curricular integration of anti-bullying activities, youth empowerment approach, etc.) by subscribing a Protocol.

In spite of gender equality be a topic of national and European political agendas, there is a need for action on the way to an effective gender equality. This is because currently, we continue to face a wide range of discrimination in our daily lives that must be combated and eliminated.Considering gender equality a philosophy that brings together a set of egalitarian, just and non-discriminatory values, beliefs and attitudes, we believe that it must be learned and seized from an early age, in order to promote effective behaviour changes with concrete consequences in societies of tomorrow. Therefore, we intend to work on the gender equality thematic at pre-school education level (project goal).Accomplishing this purpose, we defined as objectives of the project Colourful Children:- Build and test a learning methodology for gender equality aimed at pre-school- Train educators and school leaders in the thematic area of gender equality- Encourage critical thinking for gender equality in pre-school children- Disseminate the results/products of the project- Enhance transnational cooperation between partners.We defined as direct target groups of the project the educational communities of each of the 8 kindergartens participating in the project (2 preschools in each municipality):- 834 children between the ages of 3 and 6 years- 80 childhood educators and other preschool staff- 1668 parents and caregivers.The total number of individuals indirectly participating in the project activities is 19860, i.e. they are the elements of the educational communities of all kindergartens in the 4 municipalities.Regarding the context, the identified needs, the goal and objectives and the target groups involved, the following activities will be developed over the 3 years of the project.A partnership agreement will be signed at the beginning of the project, which will establish the management, evaluation and communication procedures between the partners. The project will have 3 transnational project meetings where the issues related to project management and evaluation will be worked out: one at the beginning, one in the middle and the other at the end of the project. The evaluation of the project will be streamlined by an internal entity to the partnership.The learning methodology for gender equality is intended to be an innovative product, built by the kindergarten teachers and tested with the children, which will address the issues of gender and equality in a gender mainstreaming strategy, that is, apart from dealing concretely and specifically gender equality issues, the theme of gender equality will also be worked on in the classroom from any other subject of curriculum guidelines.A collection of 8 mini-books (intellectual product) will be created, each addressing a specific topic of gender equality. Each kindergarten will develop a mini-book, being the history and illustrations created by the children under the guidance of the kindergarten teachers.The educational games available in mobile/web app is another intellectual product that is intended to be developed with the aim, like the mini books, of sensitising the children to the issues of gender and equality. Four computer games will be developed, each under the responsibility of a country of the partnership.On the 3 transnational workshops will be the moment for the kindergarten teachers training, in addition to being the place of the learning methodology development.As dissemination activities of the project, we have, with greater emphasis, the multiplier events and the local workshops. The project will also include a website, presence on Erasmus+ platforms, presence on social networks, communication through posters, leaflets, newsletters and press releases.Then, it is intended, in addition to an initial project disclosure event, to promote in each municipality 3 multipliers events - one at the end of each school year – in order to disseminate the results achieved in each period. The local workshops, which take place after the transnational workshops, are moments of training and development of the learning methodology for gender equality, promoted by the kindergarten teachers who participated in the transnational workshops and addressed to their colleagues of all the kindergartens of the municipalities. As a result, we hope that intellectual products will be integrated into the daily life of all kindergarten classrooms in the municipalities members of the partnership. We aim to go further and, through the International Association of Educating Cities, to disseminate innovative products to more municipalities and countries so that they intend to adopt them for their kindergartens.

Cities are at the forefront of delivering digital government in Europe, but they are not sufficiently involved in the policy debate and do not encounter sufficient support. UserCentriCities is a project driven by six cities and regions to deliver the goals of the Tallinn declaration at local level, supported by Eurocities, the largest association of European cities, VTT, a world-class research centre, and led by the Lisbon Council, a Brussels based think tank which has advised the Estonian presidency on the Tallinn declaration. UserCentriCities aims at delivering a better buy-in of the Tallinn declaration by local authorities, a set of common indicators to benchmark progress, a toolkit and mutual learning activities to share insight, and the involvement of a large number of new cities. The goal is to help cities move towards user centric services by providing data and support. In addition, UserCentriCities aims to stimulate healthy competitions among cities and to involve them on a permanent basis in EU-level technical debates.

Within the Roadmaps for Energy (R4E) project the partners will work together to develop a new type of energy strategy through visions and roadmaps for the 8 partner cities, in co-creation with local stakeholders. The stakeholders include the benefactors of the strategy, such as citizens, as well as relevant research and industry partners, to offer a clear picture of the future potential of the city. In the R4E project a four step process is applied. The FIRST step sets the ambitions for the project. The ambitions of the participating cities on sustainable energy and Smart Cities in general are set, as well as the partner cities' choice for 2 focus areas within Smart Energy Savings: 1.Smart Buildings, 2. Smart Mobility or 3. Smart Urban Spaces. The SECOND step is to develop desired scenarios for the cities for the selected focus areas. During the THIRD step the roadmap will be created, existing and future technologies and other developments will be identified, which enable the realization of the desired future scenarios. Opportunities and developments will be plotted on a timeline to provide insight in the required steps and milestones towards the favoured scenarios. The roadmaps will contain generic parts that are common for the partner cities, as well as specific parts that cater for the specific context of the cities. During the final and FOURTH step a project portfolio will be generated with new projects and initiatives to reach the ambitions, visions and roadmaps of the cities. This portfolio provides an overview of individual and joint projects and includes a cross-city learning plan and a financial plan. At the end of the project each partner city will each have 2 future scenarios, 2 roadmaps and a portfolio of individual and joint projects to implement sustainable energy policies and measures. Also the visioning and roadmapping capacities within the municipalities are developed to spur future development and implementation of innovative energy solutions.

The CARMONY project introduces an Interlinked Orchestration Framework for traffic management that integrates proven governance and business models, continuously refined using innovative simulation technologies with real-world traffic data. This approach aims to generate credible response plans, guidelines, and decision logics, fostering societal trust. Key stakeholders, including road operators, governments, and traffic managers, are involved from the project's inception, providing ongoing support. The framework is accessible via smartphone apps and online dashboards, aiding comprehensive traffic management decisions. It will be piloted in urban and highway areas in Spain and Luxembourg, focusing on enhancing traffic efficiency, safety, and sustainability, particularly in mixed traffic scenarios involving both manually driven and up to level 4 autonomous vehicles. Long-term simulations will demonstrate the system's impact, aiming to build trust among society and stakeholders. CARMONY anticipates significant improvements in traffic efficiency and sustainability, potentially reducing travel time and traffic jams by 10%, saving European society up to €10 billion and individuals 10-15 hours lifetime annually. In urban areas like Paris, it could reduce CO2 emissions by up to 280,000 tons annually. The CARMONY project aims to control traffic volumes via orchestrating individuals, based on optimizing traffic for everyone and focusing on individual requirements & needs, the orchestrator provides individual suggestions and leaves the final decision always to the human.