CONTEXT AND BACKGROUND An outburst of the worldwide pandemics has added to understanding the importance of contemporary technological skills and competences. 3D modelling and printing was one of the cutting-edge technologies used to respond to the unprecedented risks caused by COVID-19. In the educational sector, interest in the technology is constantly rising. The impact of 3D projects on student learning shows that students develop a number of skills, including not only 3D modelling and technology literacy, but also so-called soft skills, such as creativity, problem-solving, self-directed learning, critical thinking, and perseverance. PROJECT IDEAOur idea is to take a further step in 3D education at school by making use of technology to explore European and local history and cultural heritage. We want to raise the interest of upper grade pupils in the historical landmarks in their surroundings and develop their creativity by presenting the archaeological objects through modern technologies. This way we will also respond to the need of up-to-date methodologies for the integration of STEAM into content of other subjects. PARTNERSHIPSeven organizations from three countries: Lithuania, Slovenia and Romania, which represent school education, non-formal education, business and non-governmental sectors, have built a partnership based on cross-sectoral cooperation, in order to come up with innovative solutions for the reinforcement of creativity. OBJECTIVESBased on the context of the project and the needs of the target groups, partner consortium has set a goal to develop creative skills among upper grade pupils (age 15-19) and to strengthen competencies of history, art, social science, IT and technology teachers by developing and implementing an innovative training tool to respond to the lack of educational resources for the integration of history and technology.The objectives of the project are to:1. Develop a ReCreate History 3D: Game Design, Virtual Reality and Storytelling training tool consisting of lesson materials, teacher’s guidelines and recommendations on the use of the tool.2. Pilot the product in partner countries for its assessment and improvement.3. Provide competence development for teachers as key actors in the implementation and sustainability of the produced intellectual output in partner and associated organizations.4. Engage target group pupils in exciting educational activities to stimulate their creativity, develop technological, personal and social skills, and enhance interest in history.5. Disseminate the project’s intellectual output across school education, governmental, non-governmental, youth and other sectors.ACTIVITIES-Development of ReCreate History 3D: Game Design, Virtual Reality and Storytelling training tool.-Delivering training for teachers from partner and associated organisations. -Testing and validating the methodology with target group pupils at partner schools in three partner countries. -Implementation of a product quality and skill development research to collect feedback from the testing activities for the upgrade of the lesson materials.-Presentation of the project’s results at local, regional, national and European levels.RESULTSThe activities will lead to the following tangible results: -An innovative ReCreate History 3D: Game Design, Virtual Reality and Storytelling training tool. -At least 500 virtual learners (including both teachers and students) registered on project’s website play.gaminu.eu.-At least 15 target group teachers and 150 target group pupils involved in intellectual output testing activities at 3 partner schools.-At least 3 cultural heritage objects from Lithuania, Slovenia and Romania represented in pupils’ projects. -At least 90 learners, teachers, policy makers, industry representatives involved in multiplier events in 3 partner countries. -1 transnational staff training event and 4 transnational partner meetings.Non-tangible results:-Increase of skills and competences of partners’ staff and collaborators.-Increase of skills and competences of target group pupils and teachers.-Better awareness of innovative ways to understand and display cultural heritage through new technologies. -Expansion of formal and non-formal educational offer for partner and associated organizations. IMPACT AND SUSTAINABILITYTeachers will enhance skills related to technological tools and implementation of relevant education methods. Pupils will develop innovator skills such as creativity, critical thinking, problem solving, artistry, innovation, initiative, and others. The project will provide an opportunity to strengthen cooperation and networking between educational institutions and cultural organizations, such as libraries, museums, cultural centers, etc. Intellectual output will be of benefit to other organizations for similar activities at local, regional, national and European levels.

EN ROUTE Project is defined for diffusing shared knowledge of skills in sport and tourism sector promoting visibility as condition for validation and certification at European level. The high added value of sport tourism as promotion of health, social well-being for all, in sustainable concept of environmentally friendly and accessible tourism and for urban regeneration are fields more and more prominent. Accordingly to the evident shortage skills’ recognition and validation of sport job profiles, more multi-disciplinary learning approach is needed, as well as systematic research of mapping of sport profiles skills, developed especially in non formal and informal contexts. EN ROUTE Project aims at:- improving entrepreneurial skills of people degree in sport sector for the development of new cross-sectorial professional profiles, with an improvement in the proactive attitude and in the networking ability- stimulating the definition of efficient approaches for the promotion of the territorial potential as well as of sustainable and accessible tourism;- supporting the definition of efficient approaches through the creation of new strategic networks, implementing permanent research activities for tourist services renewal. The project research phase will involve all academic partners in the research for mapping a common framework of validation of sport profile in outdoor field. During the implementation phase it will foresee to improve skills of a group of selected Physical Education graduates and sport profiles in each countries, through cross-sectoral, multidisciplinary learning approach, after a definition of a common trainers methodology among partner. During outdoor learning experience participants will enhance their life and employability skills, in a combination of technique (large discussions, individual reflections, small group exercises, role-plays, experiential learning). Trainers will provide them with multidisciplinary training modules for the realisation of project works within sport and tourism sectors.As results of implementation and research activity, the project will produce:-Learning Outcomes Mapping for a common ECVET, EQF framework in outdoor profile and guidelines-Trainers Toolkit Sport and Tourism learning methodology-New Professional and cross-sectoral profile for sport and tourism-Proposal for innovative models for tourism promotionEN Route expected outcomes influence on different level of impacts.At local and regional level, the project will promote new partnership creation diffusing structure dialogue among public authorities and stakeholders in the field of sport and tourism. At national level the project will diffuse awareness to the existing barriers in the tourism profiles that limit professional development and mobility of sector operators, involving academic system and stimulating recommendations and exchange of idea to open the master offer to improve skills and new job opportunities. At a European level, the projects aims at supporting the long-lasting exchange of the best practices identified during the project and after the conclusion of the activities, according to the different contexts, in order to develop European touristic models that can be redefined and replicated.

"<< Background >>MORE THAN RELIABLE EDUCATION (MORE) is an Erasmus+ KA2 project aimed to support youth centres & youth workers by responding to the issues they have encountered during the COVID-19 & provide them with tools enhancing their ability to effectively work with youth & in the communities. The last year were challenging due to global pandemic & COVID-19. Youth centres and its staff were forced to stop actively organizing activities & collaborating with other professionals. ""We are more than welcoming new innovations during these times, would participate in every activity that would be directly addressed to us"", said one director of the youth center. So, who said that a lockdown has to be a shutdown? MORE project, that unites four NGOs, youth centres & enterprises collaborated: Association Active Youth (Lithuania),Europejskie Centrum Mlodziezy (Poland), Predict CSD Consulting (Romania) & Brodoto (Croatia) strives to provide as many sources as possible that the youth workers could be able to continue working in their specialization, enhance key competencies & educate youth for the future.<< Objectives >>MORE aims to provide youth centers and youth workers with tools, enhancing their ability to effectively work with youth & in the communities (under any circumstances).To reach the goal, the following objectives have been set:-Develop an educational program for YWs, which would allow them to build up relevant competencies/skills required for the changing status quo (i.e. in education, training, digital skills, etc);-Develop a more professional & innovative method of practical learning that is linked to active participation at youth work;-Promote the mindset of global access to free education as well as opportunities & ways for youth workers (& youth) to develop (e.g. with the help of Erasmus+)-Establish a global online network among YWs that would enable learning from each other. Reaching these objectives should improve youth work by not only responding to any possible future lockdowns (or other emergencies), but also providing skills and support that would be relevant in both online and offline working contexts.<< Implementation >>The following activities are planned to be implemented: -Research to identify needs/wants of youth workers & youth centers for enhancing their hard/soft skills for working in online & offline environment,-Training course in Croatia to train staff for the preparation of online courses,-Pilot online course to set the base for the finalization of online courses,-Set of 9 online courses “MORE Specialized Education” to boost youth workers' organizational &/or individual skills to perform better when working with youth,-Training course in Romania to draft a program for practical seminars to be carried out in each partner country,-Practical seminars for more experienced youth workers to share their expertise & good practises,- “MORE Knowledge to Practise” handbook for practical learning for youth workers to adapt learning methods & tools in their daily practice,-Recorded webinar series “MORE from Youth Workers”,-Publication of 2 online magazines “MORE insights” with information articles, success stories of the target group, recommendations of learning opportunities,-8 multiplier events in Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Croatia to promote project results & Erasmus+, as well as connect youth workers and other stakeholders, -Mentorship programme “MORE Guidance” to enable youth workers to connect with professionals in specific fields and receive individual guidance,-Development of ""MORE Diverse"" online platform with all the mentioned educational resources.By implementing planned activities, MORE project will directly involve :- at least 40 youth centres from all partner countries;- at least 200 youth workers/staff;- at least 30 specialists in specific fields.<< Results >>The following results and outcomes are planned: - MORE Specialized Education – online courses targeted directly at youth workers based on their needs to enhance the development of skills and competences;- MORE Knowledge to Practise – a practical & non-formal learning handbook- MORE Diverse – an online platform for versatile learning- MORE Insights – informational/inspiring online magazines- MORE from Youth Workers – webinars for sharing expertise & good practices- MORE Guidance - an online platform enabling mentoring-based communication between YWs & professionals in the fields.All of this should improve the capacity of youth workers to work in combined - online & offline contexts."

Language Learning through Culture & Cooking is a 2 year project funded through the Erasmus+ KA2 Adult Strategic Partnership Programme. Led by Dacorum CVS (UK) the project also brings together partners from Austria, Greece, Lithuania, Romania and Spain to share their knowledge and expertise to create innovative training products which combine together the topics of language learning, cookery and inter-cultural dialogue. The project is aimed at adult learning providers and community development agencies and will provide new tools they can use to enable learners to enhance their learning outcome and through this role in the workplace and local society. There is recognition that when you engage and motivate adult learners the individual results they achieve are at a higher level than would have otherwise been possible. Motivation leads to increased knowledge, increased levels of confidence, increased skill sets, increased social contacts and in addition for migrants an increased sense of being part of the community in which they are now living. Each partner to this proposal has seen in their own delivery the positive results that come from engaged motivated learners.In all subjects taught to adult learners there is the potential to motivate learners. The quality of teaching is one aspect, as is the ambience of the training room and the how the lesson plan is created / delivered. Some subjects lend themselves more to engaging learners and partners have seen cookery and inter-cultural exchange as ones with positive potential. The level of results achieved has a relationship with how the lesson is delivered. What works well could work even better and we always strive for improvement.Partners have come together in this proposal to strive for that improvement through the creation of innovative ways in combining the delivery of language learning and embedding basic skills through the medium of cookery and intercultural dialogue. The latter achieves best results when exchanging all the cultures represented in the classroom setting, whilst cookery can broaden horizons through sharing traditional recipes whilst underpinning key messages around local sourced food and healthy eating. This provides an environmental and health & wellbeing dimension, as well as providing a way into active citizenship.The project will create a portfolio of training materials, guidelines, handbooks and online resources for organisations and adult trainers to draw upon to enhance the delivery of their lessons. They will be written from the perspective of delivery within the setting of language learning for speakers of other languages, whilst at the same time recognising the potential for transferability to other course topics. The adult trainers are the prime project beneficiaries, with through course material delivery migrant communities being the ultimate beneficiaries, though the wider population also benefits through participation in cookery and cultural exchange.

The project MISSILE is focused on extremely hot topic, developing key competencies, related to awareness about the information security vulnerabilities, threats and countermeasures. The main goal of the project is to develop a methodology for raising awareness of the information security vulnerabilities, threats and security solutions through learning and training and therefore increase overall security level of users and organizations. It can be achieved by the following objectives: - to define user needs and requirements in the field of the information security training; - to develop a concept for information security training, covering the major issues regarding the contemporary information security issues; - to develop platform, which represents an actual implementation and actualizes the created methodology in a feasible and reliable way; - to create learning materials, related to information security issues, social engineering, users’ beliefs and understandings about sensitive data and information security, as well as selecting and applying properly defined security policies, mechanisms and countermeasures; - to conduct effective valorisation of the created concept and its realization by conducting of piloting with a selected target group of users.By basing our solution into iterative working platform and user trials, we will push our system into piloting for testing and evaluating the created methodology. Apart from the innovative methodology for information security training and learning, we also foresee the formulation and exploitation of security and awareness training methods’ synergies as a major outcome of the MISSILE project. This view is supported by our approach to allow dynamic definition of training and learning and by enabling novel methodology ahead of the state of the art.The MISSILE information security and awareness training / learning strategy is properly designed to have a multi-purposed impact, by (directly or indirectly) affecting the:- creating new ideas and practical results in science;- development of a methodology for training / learning in the field of information security;- reaching a wide public of specialists and non-specialists and new audiences at both European and local levels;- ensuring visibility across Europe, covering different countries and languages;- ensuring further dissemination and strong follow-up.