<< Objectives >>SMART Green house project aims to act as a demo Green house for agro-technologies, sustainability as well as environment protection. It also aims to act as a showcase of new and emerging technologies related to smart and precision agriculture, giving the opportunity to aspiring agro-entrepreneurs to learn via hands on workshops and toolkits as well as online training material which be developed for the SMART Green house project.<< Implementation >>- Identification areas and topics of training based on stakeholder responses and requirements. - Development of the relevant educational material based on stakeholder responses as well as current developments in the fields of smart and precision agriculture, environment and sustainability- Setup a demo Green House which will give the opportunities to have a hands on learning experiece on these new technologies- Training of inspiring agro-entrepreneurs and other individuals<< Results >>- A SMART Green house in which agro entrepreneurs will be able to experience and learn about new technologies

While an increased participation has been observed in the Horizon 2020 programme compared to FP7, the European Commission is looking to “raise the bar in the quality and widening of participation” in the Horizon Europe programme period. It particularly concerns the involvement of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in innovation partnerships as the latter have been reported considerably low. Many SMEs continue to struggle to adopt the right strategy, business processes, skills, or other resources to get involved in European funding partnerships. Participation of the higher education institutions (HEIs) and research organisations, on the other side, in the Horizon 2020 has been the strongest among others. However, their involvement is deemed to be further enhanced by the provision of tailored support for collaboration with a more diverse range of stakeholders. In this light, the availability of supportive engagement training programmes is crucial, especially considering the success rate of the proposals in the Horizon 2020 framework (11.9%) and missed opportunities for more strategic cooperation that could be established between HEIs and SMEs.In respect to the status quo outlined above, the goal of the Unite for Horizon Europe (UNITE4H) project is to help build strategic engagement capacity between European academics/researchers and SME representatives to increase the proportion of successful collaborative participation in the Horizon Europe initiatives. We believe an increased engagement between HEIs and SMEs, as well as foundations and other stakeholders around targeted Horizon Europe projects will NOT ONLY help deliver on a united approach to societal challenges, but ALSO help strengthen the means of funding for HEIs to be able to concentrate their efforts on the entire innovation cycle from research to market. The project consortium will achieve this goal by breaking it down into the following objectives:1.identifying the engagement needs and challenges experienced & collaborative opportunities envisioned by the academics and SME representatives across Europe2.(developing a Horizon Europe engagement-training programme to increase awareness, skills and knowledge capacity among academics and SME representatives3.validating the training programme via pilot testing and workshop sessions In line with each of the objectives, expected results of the project are as follows: (IO1) Horizon Europe Engagement Programme Framework: The output will build on in depth research on the status-quo of European academics and SME representatives’ engagement skills and competences, as well as facilitators, challenges, and perceived partnership opportunities for Horizon Europe funding framework. The research will involve (i) desk research (ii) interviews (60+ interviews with experts and professionals, i.e. academics, SME representatives, engagement professionals, European funding programme experts) and surveys (600+ participants among target groups) and (iii) good practices of successful HEI-SME partnerships (30+) identified among the funded Horizon 2020 projects. The results of the research input will be then analysed and compiled into the Horizon Europe Engagement Programme Framework.(IO2) Horizon Europe Engagement Training Programme and Toolkit: Building upon IO1, this output will involve the activities of (i) conceptualisation and development a Horizon Europe Engagement Training Programme with customised modules for HEIs and SMEs, (ii) preparation of teaching resources and facilitator guides, (iii) organization of the resources into the initial version of the Engagement Toolkit(IO3) Horizon Europe Engagement Training Validation Report: The programme developed will be pilot tested in the three partner HEI and three SME regions, with the training to be delivered to 45+ academics and 45+ SME representatives, which is followed by feedback collection from both participants and the trainers, as well as the finalization of the Engagement Toolkit supplementing it with the additional information received during the pilot testing process.The project results will be disseminated extensively to the target groups across Europe, and further showcased both throughout and after the project, via workshop sessions during national launch events and partners’ own conferences. The results will not only have impact on the individual level with the academic development and career advancement of the participants, but also on the institutional level, where the HEIs and SMEs will build awareness on mechanisms they can put in place for collaborative innovation, as well as at the system level, where the European research priorities are more effectively addressed through international strategic collaborations between HEIs and SMEs.

<< Objectives >>This project aims to motivate women and other socially excluded groups to learn soft and digital skills that are essential in the industry, to ensure well-paying employment. Through the IDEAS4WOMEN project not only will we give the opportunity to these individuals to acquire this new knowledge but also create new job opportunities, social cohesion, and economic growth.<< Implementation >>- Conduct research by involving relative stakeholders, to determine the required skills by the industry and the needs of the target group- Develop the educational and workshop material based on the research- Training activities and workshops for the women, based on the educational material created- Set up an online education platform for self-study and virtual presence (hybrid learning)- Disseminate events and other activities through website/social media<< Results >>IDEAS4WOMEN expected results are that the participants will become familiar with the topics and skills of the education, subsequently seek out further education and therefore advance their careers.Overall, we anticipate that this will benefit the industry/economy and employability skillsAdditionally, we anticipate that this project will encourage others to seek new knowledge and new job opportunities

The project responds to the concerns expressed by stakeholders on the shortcomings in the labour market orientation of Higher Education (HE), focusing on the balance between practical and theoretical learning in HE and to mismatches between the skills sets of graduates and the skills they require during their early careers. EU countries have experienced a substantial increase in graduate unemployment and a decrease of quality of their employment. European students and graduates report continuously that they are worried about their careers. At the same time employers and employers’ organisations report they are having increasing difficulties in finding graduates with matching skills.In this Knowledge Alliance, Integrating Entrepreneurship and Work Experience into Higher Education (WEXHE), enterprises, associations and HEIs have come together to identify and analyse current provision of work experience in HEIs in 7 different EU countries, generating 75 case studies of work-based learning (WBL) involving all four types of disciplinary sectors (hard-pure, e.g. natural sciences; soft-pure, e.g. humanities and social sciences; hard-applied, e.g. medicine and soft-applied, e.g. social work) covering work placements, traineeships and entrepreneurships. Working with practitioners, it has created 9 comprehensive Packages of WBL, together with guidance on management, quality assurance, learning outcomes, funding and accreditation, as well as 3 Summary Reports covering the identified three modes of WBL: work placements, traineeships and entrepreneurship. These cover and support the 4 sectors and allow for tailoring to national contexts. The project aims to:• increase capacity of HE staff and enterprises to provide high quality work experience and entrepreneurship• identify what kind of WBL leads to high quality jobs• support the accreditation of WBL through ECTS and effective Quality Assurance• ensure that skills needs of employers are understood

<< Objectives >>The STEAM4AUT project aims to provide educators with the tools and methodologies that will help them teach STEAM subjects in classrooms that include children with autism spectrum disorders. The project will develop training material for educators that will help them engage children with ASD in groups with typically developing children thus promoting equality and inclusiveness to this group of students.<< Implementation >>The project will be broken down into four main activities. The research activity will allow us to discover the tools and methodologies that have already been developed and then identify the areas that are lacking. The development activity will then build the training material and the educational methodology that will be used in the project. The project will then hold several face-to-face train-the-trainers sessions and will present the material and receive valuable feedback<< Results >>By the end of the project, we expect to have a concrete set of training material that educators will be able to study and familiarize themselves with, allowing them to teach STEAM subjects in classrooms that have children with ASD in a more efficient and inclusive manner. This will help the educators but eventually will also help the children with ASD witness the power of STEAM and how they can focus their skills in these subjects.