FAFSIT4SCHOOLS is innovative Strategic Partnership project whose aim is to develop new fire safety and first aid education tool for pupils and teachers. The project will address deficiency of that kind of education programs at schools. There is no safety and first aid topics uniting education program across EU Member States. Pupils and teachers lack of preparation to react in stressful situations is a huge danger for all society as a whole. In order to cope with these issues it is necessary to ensure as early as possible training using the most innovative, attractive and involving tools.Main objective of the project - to develop innovative interactive fire safety and first aid education system for schools.Main tasks of the project:- Increase fire safety and first aid awareness in schools;- Support innovative teaching and learning;- Ensure inclusive, open and online education;- Reinforce cooperation with partners from other countries;- Improve competences linked to professional profiles (teaching, training);- Better understand interconnections between formal and non-formal education;- Increase motivation and satisfaction in teaching and learning.The project consortium consists of a wide range of partners from different cultures and experiences, from a range of service backgrounds and scale that will represent the various stakeholders involved and that will bring expertise in different fields directly connected with the objectives of the project. The partners are located in a number of different countries with a good geographical spread all over Europe, a well balanced group of fire and rescue services, local, regional and national government organisations, third level research institutions, learning developers and national and EU teacher organisations. A number of Associated Partners (21 school from Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Ireland and Denmark) primarily made up of second level schools and other interested stakeholders in each partner country will participate in the FAFSIT4SCHOOLS project. Collectively this partnership will research, design, develop and deliver a sustainable innovative fire safety and first aid training system for second level school teachers and students.Project partners:- National Firefighters Managers Union (Project coordinator);- Leitrim County Council;- Estonian Rescue Board;- Latvian State Fire and Rescue Service;- FREDERIKSBORG BRAND OG REDNING;- Learnkey.Project target group - pupils, teachers and other pedagogical staff. It is planned to involve approximately 3800 students and 63 teachers who will directly benefit from this educational programme with the potential to reach out to many more using the online learning tools and the eTwinning platform. We also plan to disseminate the outputs of the project through a series of Multiplier events and to a range of sectoral publications. Also it is planned to involve 130 representatives from various organizations which will be acquainted with project results during dissemination events. All activities planned in order to ensure successful implementation of the project and achievement of the intended results. Efforts will be made to sustain this fire safety programme into the future by attempting to incorporate it into the school curriculum throughout countries in Europe. Contact will be made with key educational stakeholders at local, national and European level in order to achieve this.It is planned to arrange 5 transnational meetings, 6 dissemination events and create 2 intellectual outputs.Planned project results:- Fire safety and first aid training course (methodology);- Online e-learning tool.Methodology will combine 5 different modules:- Fire safety course for pupils;- Fire safety course for teachers;- Evacuation practise training course for teachers;- First aid training course for pupils and teachers;- First aid instruction for pupils.Project will help to strengthen transnational network for knowledge and experience sharing, to develop sustainable cooperation structures between fire safety and first aid organizations, educators and public sector. The expected impact is a change of target groups behaviour in extreme situations related with fire and health threat. It is expected that after the project participants will become more informed and responsible dealing with fire and helping persons suffering a serious illness or injury. It will improve the health and well being of students and reduce the possibility of them being injured by fire and also prepare to get ready to help anyone in danger. In the long term this will have a beneficial effect on schools and society in general as it will help to reduce the incidence of fires, number of sudden deaths and to reduce the impact and damage caused by fires that may actually occur. This will be visible in future fire statistics in terms of reduced fire incidents, reduced injuries, deaths and fatalities around Europe.

<< Background >>Currently, all climate change forecasts predict an increase in drought and average temperatures across Europe with a consequent expansion of the fire season, promoting changes in vegetation, loss of biodiversity, decreasing the quality of environmental services and contributing to global warming. The climate is changing more in northern Europe than in other parts of the world, so these countries must urgently take measures to mitigate the impacts and adapt. Similarly, regional climate change models also highlight the importance of developing new forest fire prevention strategies in the Mediterranean, which is considered a high-risk area. According to the recent publications of the European Commission regarding wildfires, investing in fire prevention will be prioritised. Education and raising risk awareness amongst future generations has a central role in the sustainability of fire prevention.The main objective of the EduFire Toolkit project is developing a set of multidisciplinary teaching resources following a Project-based Learning methodology, together with activities designed to encourage community participation, aimed at secondary school teachers and students (12-16yr) in relation to real and local challenges related to climate change and wildfire risk reduction.The project takes a transversal approach with concepts around fire, wildfires and climate change and aims to engage with the curricula of the different disciplines (CETIAM). Thus, it will demonstrate how they are related to each other while promoting participation, structuring the materials in different levels of concretion according to the level, rhythm and educational needs, taking into account diversity. The project-based learning methodology will be used, allowing students to acquire knowledge and key skills through developing projects that respond to real-life problems.All the resources and results of the project will be open access, useful as tools to complement the teaching and learning process, and help the educational community to address the problem of climate change, and particularly in relation to highly relevant wildfires.<< Objectives >>The main objective of the EduFireToolkit project is developing a set of multidisciplinary teaching resources following a Project Based Learning methodology, together with activities designed to encourage community participation, aimed at secondary school teachers and students in relation to real and local challenges related to climate change and wildfire risk reduction. Based on an initial analysis of the state of the art and existing good practices in the field, two educational modules will be developed following the AbP methodology for the first and second cycle of compulsory secondary education (12 to 16 years), which will accompany a series of resources and participatory activities integrated into a community-based design, collected in a toolkit (Toolkit) developed through identifying the needs and analysis of good regional practices in southern and northern Europe together, which, as a central axis, address climate change and wildfires. Throughout the project, the needs will be analyzed for each context and policy recommendations will be collected to address the deficits detected in the subject of wildfire in secondary education.Specifically, the EduFire Toolkit project will address the following individual objectives:- Identify, analyze and share existing good practices in Europe and other parts of the world in the field of secondary education on the problem of climate change and the prevention of large forest fires.- Design two educational modules and supporting material as didactic resources and participatory learning activities based on competencies and following a Project-based Learning educational model where students, their teachers, families, the rest of the the community and its key stakeholders, participate in fire prevention programs in their community.- Implement a pilot test in each country involved (Spain, Portugal and Ireland) to test the educational resources and activities developed in adaptation to climate change and prevention of forest fires, where a secondary school or institute and the key actors of the the community, to evaluate, obtain recommendations and local adaptations. These exercises will allow us to see how the same program adapts to different European realities, serving as a precedent for future implementations in North and South Europe.- Develop an open repository of digital educational resources based on up-to-date scientific information on climate change and prevention of large forest fires, available to first and second cycle teachers and their students, using language that is respectful and sensitive to age, gender and identity diversity in general.- Collect a series of political recommendations, identifying the challenges of educational policy in fire prevention in the different regions of Europe.- Carry out an effective dissemination plan throughout the project that ensures the circulation of project results, focusing on increasing awareness of the risk of forest fires among key stakeholders in education and future generations, taking into account gender equality, citizen participation, access and ethics.<< Implementation >>The project has 6 work packages or activities:• Initial analysis (state of the art) of identification and evaluation of the best practices in the different regions represented by the consortium.• Design of teaching resources and participatory activities that can be replicated on a European scale.• Pilot phase, a test will be carried out per participating country to validate the resources and establish improvements.• Develop a repository of open access resources available in 4 languages.• Collection of political recommendations at different scales, regional, state and European.• Dissemination of the project through the website, communication actions, social networks and multiplier events for each of the association's partners.<< Results >>The result of the project consists of 5 resources developed to be sustainable over time:1) Initial analysis (state of the art). Research and national reports on both positive and malpractice in education on forest fires and climate change. The objective is to carry out in-depth research on national or European educational resources and policies on school education in the aforementioned topics. Leader: PCF2) Two modules of didactic material based on Project-Based Learning with didactic material adapted to the first and second cycles of Compulsory Secondary Education (12-16 years) based on the competencies of the STEAM approach. The material is expected to be distributed through educational communities at European level such as eTwinning. Available in 4 languages. Leader: LCC.3) Toolkit (Leader: PCF), consisting of:- Teacher guide available in 4 languages.- Different resources considering different learning styles: content presentations, collaborative map app (interactive and innovative tool to share information and collaborate with students from different countries) and Audiovisual material: educational video to train on forest fires and climate change. Available in 4 languages, and a set of infographics to convey educational concepts about fire risk in an innovative way for youth. Available in 4 languages and in the sign language of each participating country.4) Design of community participation activities. Design of a methodological framework to implement a community participation activity replicable to different European regions. Leader: UOC5) Policy recommendations. A set of educational policy summaries collected during the project to consider education policy as a key dimension to consider if we want to promote a prosperous future in awareness and prevention of wildfire risk in the context of climate change. Leader: ISA.

Increasing the number of female entrepreneurs is a key priority in the EU, however, the lack of female entrepreneurs is most evident in the field of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). Despite high profile role models, overall female innovativeness and participation in the technology sector has decreased and, ”an unconscious bias” still prevails. Our VET institutions are ill-equipped to tackle this challenge: most are unspecialized in the specific strategies that are shown to work best with female entrepreneurs; their staff are trained in generic/traditional business models (not STEM) and they are not connected to universities /HE institutions to recruit graduate females emerging from STEM subjects. OBJECTIVES + RESULTS ATTAINEDIn this context, WISE worked to a clear goal: increase the number of female entrepreneurs in STEM by transforming their access to and the quality of the training they receive from entrepreneurship VET institutions. It achieved this goal by:- a) Establishing 4 WISE Regional Partnerships in UK/NI (42 attendees in 5 partnership meetings), Germany (75 attendees in 5 partnership meetings) , Ireland (118 attendees in 5 partnership meetings)and Norway (146 attendees in 5 partnership meetings) involving 381 high-level actors in STEM entrepreneurship development ecosystem including VET, entrepreneurship education, and wider economic development leading to 4 WISE Regional Action Plans and committment to over 20 collective actions to ncrease the number of female entrepreneurs in STEM. Plans have been downloaded as folllows;- English langauge site 1050 Action Plan downloads, German langauge site 737 Action Plan downloads and Norwegian ngauge site 658 Action Plan downloads. b) Created an innovative WISE Toolkit to facilitate the replication of Regional Partnerships across Europe. Published 122 Best Practice Scan Cards with 528 downloads from website, exceeding all expectations with an original target of 400). Another 600+ were circulated to the partners database. c) Developed and published a suite of multilingual educational resources entitled Start up in STEM for entrepreneurship VET practitioners to update their knowledge and skills,•1 Curriculum produced;• Classroom course downloads English (466), German (452) and Norwegian (327) •1 Teacher pack produced downloads English (366), German (409) Norwegian (283) •1 online course produced; 866 learners have completed the course and a further 3,385 have accessed the course (target on application 2,500)• Through pilot testing 60 professional entrepreneurship teachers and trainers were trained using the Start up in Stem open educational resources benefiting over 600 female students d) Designed and implemented innovative learning placements for 40 young women with STEM start up potential in female led STEM enterprises •256 representatives of VET institutions, HE institutions, STEM students, graduates, entrepreneurs, women in business networks and wider stakeholders participated in our successful multiplier events (target 230) • 13,760 individuals benefitting from accessing WISE website/platform resources (substantially surpassing target of 7,500) • A dissemination diary has been completed by each partner as a way of logging all dissemination activities, including their dissemination activities on their own website and social media channels, project newsletters, presentations and meetings. In total, this comes to XXX recorded disssemination actions over the 2 years reaching many thousands of targets. See dissemination report. • A sustainability strategy was developed to support the sustainability of project activities after the end of the project • Quality Management and Evaluation: An external evaluator was contracted to provide a final evaluation report for the project. • Partner meetings - 5 transnational partner meetings,regular Skype meetings, as well as quarterly partner surveys and regular Skype partner meeings.IMPACTGiven this level of project exploitation and traction, the longer term impact of the project is clear:- • WISE has improved the quality and incidence of entrepreneurship education opportunities which will generate an increase in the overall number of potential and existing female entrepreneurs engaged in continuing VET . As a result we know it is more likely that early stage female STEM entrepreneurs will grow their ideas into successful STEM enterprises. • WISE Regional Partnerships have created four more enabling environments for female entrepreneurs through knowledge sharing and committment to action. • Those VET and enterprise participants in the WISE Regional Partnerships have updated their own skills (through 122 best practice Scan Cards) and are modifyng their service provision.

Context/background of the project:Smart Data, Smart Region (SDSR) worked to a clear objective: to improve the ability of entrepreneurship VET policy makers and practitioners to understand, teach and implement smart data within their institutions and to use smart data to adapt and optimise entrepreneurship development strategies at regional level. SDSR was developed as a lighthouse project, introducing the topic to the VET sector as a whole and integrating it to entrepreneurship education in a very practical way to reveal the scale of what can be achieved.Objectivesa) Create and publish a STRATEGIC GUIDE TO SMART DATA IN YOUR REGION to make the case for an integrated, cross sector approach to smart data and facilitate the creation of Regional Partnerships.)b Develop ESSENTIAL SMART DATA OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES: a curriculum, trainers’ guide and suite of interactive online learning materials for VET teachers and trainers in colleges, enterprise development centres, incubators, non-profits and public authorities.c) Produce a SMART DATA ONLINE PLATFORM, a multilingual, interactive portal to maximize target group engagement and long-term impact of the educational resourcesNumber and profile of participating organisations;A6 participating organisations in four countries – UK, Ireland, the Netherlands and Germany with a cross sector expertise baseOmagh Enterprise Company Limited UK, NGO, enterprise stimulus organisation and VET bodyCANICE CONSULTING LIMITED, UK, Small and medium sized enterprise, elearning companyLEITRIM COUNTY COUNCIL Ireland Regional Public bodyTeleRegions Net aisbl Belgium , EU-wide networkSTICHTING BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FRIESLAND Netherlands NGO, enterprise stimulus organisation and VET bodyZETIS GmbH Germany Small and medium sized enterprise, data specialistMain activities undertaken:Completion and successfully delivery of Smart Region Smart Data Strategic Guide (964 downloads) and six modules in a Smart Data Open Education Resources classroom course (1,024 downloads) and online courseSuccessfully reaching all target groups including stakeholders from VET, HE, enterprise, education and economic development sectors. From public, private and non-profit organisationsSuccessfully hosting 4 multiplier events in Northern Ireland, Ireland, Netherlands and Germany with 190 attendeesStrong dissemination actions including project showcase in European Parliament, hosted by MEP Martina AndersonLong term impactData skills improve the entrepreneurial mind-set and employability of students and Smart Data improves our understanding of social/economic trends, enabling VET providers to tailor their service and entrepreneurship support to specific opportunities at regional level. Given our classroom course has been downloaded 1,024 times by the end of the project, this is a strong impact which will have ongoing reach. Students can also access the training materials directly through the project website and Slideshare. Our STRATEGIC GUIDE TO SMART DATA IN YOUR REGION was downloaded 964 times which greatly exceeds the project target of 250 downloads). Overall SDSR has produced high quality products and results that can be transferred across many sectors to target stakeholders from VET, HE, enterprise, education and economic development sectors. From public, private and non-profit organisations all will benefit from being data aware.The ESSENTIAL SMART DATA OPEN RESOURCES curriculum, trainers’ guide and suite of interactive online learning materials for VET teachers and trainers in colleges, enterprise development centres, incubators, non-profits and public authorities will yield significant long-term strengthening of the competitiveness of the local economy and an inbuilt capacity to continue learning and adapting to new contexts. We feel that this has been achieved due to the interest in the project as there is a need for trainers to be trained in data skills to develop several sectors. This is proven through the huge interest in our classroom VET pack.Results and impact attained;•Strategic Guide (964 downloads passing target of 250 downloads and 380 copies circulated to our databases)•Classroom course downloads:1,064•Online course: 324 have completed the course and196 accessed the course on Slideshare•Course pilot tested with 62 Participants in 4 partner countries: UK, Ireland, Germany and Netherlands with 91% of the participants likely/very likely to recommend the course•Strong & consistent dissemination campaign and over 42,000 visitors to the project website.Longer term benefits:As a result of the project, we will see more and more VET institutions effectively wanting to integrate smart data skills into their curricula, this in turn means that thousands of students learning entrepreneurship at VET institutions and or start up entrepreneurs gaining assistance from business development service providers will being using smart data analysis for their own projects.

BFireSafe@school is an important and innovative Strategic Partnership project whose aim is to develop a new fire safety education programme for teachers and pupils in second level schools in Europe. There is no standardised approach to fire safety training in second level schools in Europe at present. This project aims to address that deficiency. No previous Erasmus+ schools project has provided such training and so this is a unique opportunity. BackgroundThis project builds upon fire safety teaching already successfully implemented in many EU countries at primary school level. At present there is no universal fire safety module or online training tool available for teachers to train second level school students in fire safety. Our needs analysis research found that fire safety awareness programmes across Europe are focused mainly on younger age groups aged 8-9 and there are no programmes in place for the older age groups. A review of fire statistics in schools in a number of our partner countries reveals that the incidence of fires in schools varies significantly. Project DurationThe project (if successful) will be a 30 month project with a start date of October 2018.Project consortiumThe project consortium consists of a wide range of partners from different cultures and experiences, from a range of service backgrounds and scale that will represent the various stakeholders involved and that will bring expertise in different fields directly connected with the objectives of the project. The partners are located in a number of different countries with a good geographical spread all over Europe, a well balanced group of fire and rescue services, local, regional and national government organisations, third level research institutions, learning developers and national and EU teacher organisations. A number of Associated Partners primarily made up of second level schools and other interested stakeholders in each partner country will participate in the BFireSafe@School project. Collectively this partnership will research, design, develop and deliver a sustainable educational framework on fire safety for second level school teachers and students.The project partners are:• Leitrim Fire Service Ireland (Project Coordinator)• National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management - Ireland• Bizkaia Fire service - Spain• Dortmund Fire service - Germany• FRS Centrum, Gent - Belgium• Frederiksborg Brand & Redning, Denmark • Finnish National Rescue Association - Finland• Learnkey, Lithuania• Trinity College, DublinMost of the partners involved have experience of successfully delivering European funded projects previously. Project ObjectivesThe Strategic Partnership project will address the horizontal priority of “Development of relevant and high quality skills and competences” and ...as part of the call.The objectives of the project are to 1) Increase fire safety knowledge and awareness for teachers and pupils in second level schools using innovative digital learning methods2) Improve the health and well being of teachers and pupils 3) Use technology to implement and monitor new approaches to teacher training and pupil learning using peer networks.4) Demonstrate how the new digital tools can be effective in improving the motivation of both teachers and pupils to learn about fire safety.Project OutputsA number of engaging and interconnected outputs will be developed such as a new classroom training course in fire safety, a new Online e-learning tool, a new Learning Management System and online app and a new training video to demonstrate safe evacuation procedures for schools. All the content will be developed in English and translated into 7 more languages (Spanish, Basque, French, German, Lithuanian, Danish).The training programme will include various training tools that will reach every student from the target group in a variety of learning styles to suit their learning needs. Training materials will be prepared and be available for teachers. Dissemination activityIt is expected that at least 5000 pupils and 500 teachers in our partner schools will directly benefit from this educational programme with the potential to reach out to many more using the online learning tools and the eTwinning platform. We also plan to disseminate the outputs of the project through a series of Multiplier events and to a range of sectoral publications. Delivering a strong fire safety programme to this group of pupils will form part of critical life skills that the target group can take into adulthood with the potential of realising increasingly resilient individuals, communities and societies.Project SustainabilityEfforts will be made to sustain this fire safety programme into the future by attempting to incorporate it into the school curriculum throughout countries in Europe. Contact will be made with key educational stakeholders at local, national and European level in order to achieve this.