"CONTEXT/BACKGROUNDEcological issues (climate change, loss in biodiversity, scarcity of resources, etc.) and their social consequences (growing inequalities, poverty, conflicts, forced migrations, etc.) call us to promote a paradigm shift, to redesign our production and consumption patterns, our lifestyles, and thus adjust the curricula in higher education, and to explore how economic and legal tools can be applied to these challenges. That is the ecological transition in the education field. The European University for Transition (EU4TRANSITION) Erasmus + project aims at developing and implementing innovative learning and research practices (e.g. new curricula, teaching methods, institutional network). It addresses key topics relevant for our contemporary ecological transition at local and European level such as the governance transition, the main controversy of the ecological transition, the economic transition, ethics and spirituality, construction, energy, local economy, finance, community, local transition, agricultural transition, climatology and empowerment by the sciences of engineering. OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT:In doing so, EU4TRANSITION will focus on the development of a ""European University in Transition"" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2008) who accompany the ecological, but also economic, social and legal transitions (4 main domains). Our purpose is to develop innovative, multidisciplinary, pragmatic and holistic approaches for teaching and learning in the field of « Transitions » and facilitate the exchanges, flows and co-creation of knowledge and, more specifically, skills.NUMBER AND PROFILE OF PARTICIPANTS:EU4TRANSITION brings together seven partners from five countries (Estonia, France, the Netherlands, Spain and Turkey). The key persons of the organization involved in the project have highly international recognized experiences in teaching and conducting research in the field of the Transition (agriculture, climatology, biology, business administration, ethics, economics, governance, management, etc). OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT1) Encourage a rapprochement between classical academic institutions and transition schools in order2) Pool the practices of similar transition schools in Europe, already existing, in order to enrich each other's knowledge, to set up an adequate curriculum and to develop our collective and individual practices through common enrichment and;3) Stimulate the development of this type of school across the European continent. SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE RESULTS EXPECTED:- Firstly, an alliance of teachers and researchers sharing feasible innovative practices on teaching ecological transition (including economic, social, legal) and about evolution of Higher and Open Education - Secondly, an initiative in Higher and Open education, to reinforce partners' innovative methods in teaching, in an holistic and systemic way- Thirdly, a partnership between institutions who intend to share an experimental project with common curricula, resulting in a course material and in a MOOC . POTENTIAL LONGER TERM BENEFITS:In working together they will challenge structures, organization and methods that are taken for granted, in order to experience and test common « modules » of teaching/researching on ecological transition and develop new common forms of training/researching and certification, and even create the foundations for a new common Open and Virtual European University for Transition. DELIVERABLES:D1: Teaching guide on innovative pedagogy for transition studiesD2: 3 part 50h course material on systemic elements on Ecological and social transitionD3: A MOOC on Transformative pedagogy for an ecological and social transitionD4: 3 Spring school experiments in transition schoolsD5: Local seminaries with each partner organization and its ecosystemD6: an international seminary to present and discuss our major findings"

RATIONALEA growing amount of civil initiatives and grassroots movements all over Europe is creating innovative community-led sustainable projects and new lifestyles in their transition to a more just, sustainable and resilient future. Creating a low carbon society needs active engagement of civil society. This project aims to assist and support groups starting community-led sustainable projects with an adult education response, especially in terms of social skills as it turns out that many projects are failing due to lack of the necessary social and group communication skills. The project is created in response to a need for such increased levels of awareness and collaborative practice to spark change and development in a specific, sustainable direction. This project addresses the need for an integrated approach in Education for Sustainable Development that blends ecological, economic, social and cultural aspects in a balanced way.PARTNERSHIPThe nine organisations that form the SCIPP project represent large networks of sustainable communities and grassroots initiatives throughout Europe. All project partners are active in the field of adult education for sustainable development in which ecological, economical, social and cultural aspects are integrated into a holistic approach. The partnership is based on shared, converging interests within change processes in response to increasingly interconnected global challenges. The partners were Global Ecovillage Network - Europe (lead partner), LØS (Denmark), Trajnostni Park Istra (Slovenia), GEN International (UK), RIVE (Italy), EÖÜ (Estonia), Fundacja “Ogrody Permakultury”; EcodorpenNetwerk (Netherlands) and RIE (Spain).SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES INCUBATORThe core-output of the project is the so called „CLIPS-guide“. CLIPS is an acronym for „Community Learning Incubator Program for Sustainability“. The framework that was developed is explained in this 65-page document, available for download on the CLIPS ICT platform. The document raises a number of crucial points that contribute to community-led sustainable projects thriving or failing and is targeted at trainers and participants alike.Methods and material from all partner countries has been gathered and published on the CLIPS- ICT platform in the toolkit section. The core information has been published in 9 different languages. Much more information is available in English, the working language of the partnership. In a series of six transnational meetings the CLIPS-framework has been developed and fine-tuned, and existing training materials have been transformed in a collective and co-creative way into a CLIPS Training and a supplementary TOT (training of trainers). Both trainings have been held with 16 - 20 participants from all partner countries and gotten a very positive feedback – the participants are now applying the CLIPS-model in their projects.A comprehensive ICT platform complements the CLIPS guide with the toolkit section, an assessment tool, an online-support-forum and more.DISSEMINATIONThe project results have been disseminated through the wider networks of the partners consisting of networks of ecological communities and other stakeholders, on both local, regional, national, European and international levels by utilizing existing channels, both internal and external. The result of the project has been presented at many events and therefore inspired many other members of the network as well as many more organization, initiatives and individuals. At a regional and national level, project partners have integrated CLIPS in their own educational work and offered different kinds of CLIPS-workshops – for their own members and for a wider audience tin 20 trainings totaling 450 participants until the end of the project. TARGET GROUPSTarget groups of the partnership were 1) the facilitators, trainers and consultants that actively engage in the partnership and the trainees of the pilot incubator training,2) trainers, educators and facilitators active in the field of ESD,3) people from urban and rural sustainable community-led sustainable projects4) green and social entrepreneurs and5) other relevant stakeholders such as research institutes and universities, municipalities, decision makers and other government bodies as well as (international) NGO’s active in sustainable development.Special target groups were people in disadvantaged and rural areas and green and social entrepreneurs.OUTCOMESThe outcomes of this project is a very easy-to-apply framework called „CLIPS“ to create awareness of what is needed to start successful community-led sustainable projects. „CLIPS“ strengthens community-led sustainable projects all over Europe by spreading access and knowledge about innovative tools for community building and social project design. It provides a better understanding of participatory structures towards cooperative thinking approaches and co-creation attitudes and a network approach