PROJECTS List

APERTURE is an Erasmus+ funded project under the Alliances for Innovation programme.  The project brings together education and innovation to transform the Proptech and construction industries.  APERTURE aims to bridge the gap between education and industry by equipping students and professionals with the skills and knowledge needed for a sustainable tomorrow.  The project’s objectives are: a) to bridge the skills gap in Proptech and Construction; b) support the development of new Proptech businesses through a virtual incubator; c) deliver accessible learning through a MOOC; d) promote sustainability using ESG tools and practices; and e) equip learners with knowledge of sustainable and digital technologies.

Coordinated by LAB UNIVERSITY of Applied Sciences (Finland) the project includes partners from Spain, Malta, Cyprus, France, Greece and Ireland.

Fostering Rural and Inclusive Social and Solidarity Economy (CREASSE) is an ERASMUS+ KA2 ADU project addressing the increase of the socio-labour participation of adults at risk of exclusion due to the socio-economic difficulties by fostering their creativity and participation through inclusive training and education in order to develop Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) activities as a transformational force that can drive a systemic and positive change in rural areas.  CREASSE aims at supporting forward-looking ideas based on key EU priorities that have the potential to integrate and contribute to the welfare of communities, in which the difference actors of the SSE have a fundamental role, as they are the references for the future aspiring collective entrepreneurs.

Coordinated by AcciÒn Contra el Hambre Hunger (Spain) the project includes partners from Albania, Italy, Hungary and Cyprus.

Education Architects is an ERASMUS+ KA2 VET project aimed at enriching the vocational education and training (VET) sector by enhancing the design and development of educational tools and services. The project’s main goal is to prepare a comprehensive Design Thinking (DT) manual, benefiting the transnational partnership and advancing educational innovation. Its specific objectives include raising awareness of the DT methodology through good practices and testing, adapting and transferring the DT approach to meet the needs of VET education through staff training programs and dissemination activities, and delivering a detailed DT toolkit for the professional training of staff involved in designing and delivering educational services and products. Coordinated by Inspire Consulting in Poland, the project involves partners from Spain and Cyprus. The project is co-funded by the European Union.

The Friends we Share Project aims to develop a mentorship methodology to connect new asylum seekers and successfully integrated refugees in order to foster a sense of belonging, self-reliance, and wellbeing. To achieve sustainable progress in providing mental health protection solutions to refugees, the project also aims to qualify Adult Educators and Policy Makers involved in their social inclusion, to transform systems and professionals into facilitators of self-fulfillment. Coordinated by Miejska Strefa Kultury w Łodzi, Poland, the project includes partners from Cyprus, Portugal, and Germany. 

The Disaster Risk Management and Civil Resilience is an ERASMUS+ KA2 VET Sector Project which aims to improve the capacity, skills building, and readiness in Disaster Risk Management (DRM), including the issues of prevention, effective handling, and rehabilitation across the EU. The main expected outcome is an innovative package of learning, training, and navigation tools in civil protection and resilience which will equip professionals in the field with practical, relevant, and up-to-date training opportunities to enhance their skills and capacities to better prepare them to respond to disasters.  The project is coordinated by the Center for Security Studies (KEMEA) in Greece, with partners from Italy, Greece, Belgium, Slovakia and Cyprus.

ALLON_I3 (Alliance on interregional innovation investments) is funded by EISMEA for the years 2023-2025 and aims to increase the capacity of the participating less developed regions to cooperate with more developed countries and countries in transition, shaping and interweaving the Allon_I3 interregional innovation investment ecosystem with stronger value chains.  The consortium is made up of organisations from Bulgaria, Portugal, Italy, Norway, Denmark, Greece and Cyprus and is coordinated by ADRAL, Portugal. 

MEDS (Managers of European Smart Destinations) is funded through the Cooperation partnerships in Vocational education and training for the years 2022 to 2024 and aims to build on the key concepts and practices of the European Capitals of Smart Tourism, namely: Accessibility, Sustainability, Digitalisation, Cultural heritage & creativity and to help tourism recovery and resilience in European destinations, including small and peripheral areas, and contribute to making them evolve with a common purpose and a strong sense of place that is shared by visitors and residents.  The consortium is made up of organsiations from Italy, Bulgaria, Estonia, Slovenia, and Cyprus and is coordinated by DESTINATION MAKERS SRLS from Italy.

ENEU (Empowerneurship for Newcomers in Europe) is funded through the Cooperation partnerships in Adult education for  the years 2021 to 2024 and aims to make self-employment a viable option for migrants and displaced people in transition in Europe and also for those who wish to return to their country of origin. The main objectives of the project are: (1) to train the trainers in order to use the entrepreneurial tools and modules developed in the project, and (2) to develop the learning process by introducing and implementing a new innovative methodology: @Home in Transition. The consortium is made up of representatives from Norway, Italy, Greece, Austria and Cyprus and is coordinated by Oslo International Hub AS from Norway.

CODA | Coding for Adults project aims to improve accessibility and increase take-up of adult education. With a free, easily accessible MOOC that is professionally produced, the project aims to make it possible for adult learners to acquire coding skills on their own enable them to solve challenges at work or in everyday situations with coding. The project is creating a learning approach that is modern and easily accessible to all adults who are willing to continue learning.  The consortium is made up of organisations from Cyprus and Aruba and is coordinated by Ingenious Knowledge GmbH from Germany.

VREurope: Combining language and culture learning with immersive historical and cultural experiences in Virtual Reality, is funded through Cooperation partnerships in youth for the years 2023 to 2026 and aims to  create an online multiplayer, hybrid e-learning system that combines  language, culture and history learning with a multiplayer Virtual  Reality Simulation ( intended as social gaming), thereby providing a  "flight simulator" experience for learning, which is available for  self-study as well as blended learning across different ages and  teaching institutions. VREurope primarily targets young learners aged 16 to 25, and educators.  The consortium is made up of representatives from France, Cyprus, Germany, and  North Macedonia, and is coordinated by LudusXR Aps from  Denmark.

Digemploy  is an innovative project aimed at fostering inclusion and providing  opportunities for women, migrants, and NEETs (Not in Education,  Employment, or Training) in the labour market.  Through  our hands-on and comprehensive approach, we seek to bridge the digital  divide, promote inclusive literacy teaching, and support marginalized  groups in their journey towards active participation in society and a  positive insertion into the labour market. We want to support WoMiN on  their journey into the labour market with tools that adapt to their  needs.  DigEmploy  is an Erasmus+ program and it is  being implemented by a consortium formed by organizations from Austria,  Belgium, Cyprus, Ireland and Spain

BETA project aims to address to multi-faceted challenges posed by the phenomenon of population ageing that affects almost every developed country. Although seniors are a big part of the total population, they are largely marginalised and suffer from social exclusion and isolation; nevertheless, they can be an active part in the society with a significant contribution as a whole under the right conditions.  The project aims to increase seniors' social inclusion, motivate seniors to stay active, bridge the differences between generations, and cultivate seniors' with basic digital & English language competences to stay digitally fit. BETA is s project funded by the Erasmus + program and coordinated by Open Up - Greek  Scientific Association of Innovation with partners from Cyprus, Greece, Ireland, Italy and Belgium.

WHOW – Women Home Working, is funded through Erasmus+ for the years (Dec 2022 to Jan 2025), is a social project for young women to help them to enter the labour market in case of pregnancy and motherhood. It is especially aimed at teenage mothers (aged 16-25) who have had to interrupt their educational and/or professional development. WHOW is a long-term project with a virtual platform and educational tools for young women who want to return to work.  “WHOW” increases the possibility of professional opportunities for young women through training courses and assistance in administrative matters. During the courses the women not only get information about motherhood, means of financing, job opportunities, but they also complement their CV and exchange experience.  The consortium is made up of organisations from France, Cyprus, Spain, Portugal, and Italy and is coordinated by GIP FIPAN, France.

Include³- Pathways towards Inclusion – Transitions from Sheltered Employment for People with Intellectual Disabilities into the Regular Labour Market: Identification, Dissemination and Implementation of Good Practice in Europe is an ERASMUS+ which runs for the period 2022-2025. The project aims to identify, disseminate and implement good practice on transitions from sheltered employment to the primary labour market in Europe. The consortium is made up of representatives from Cyprus, Slovenia, Belgium, Germany and is coordinated by The University of Applied Labour Studies of the Federal Employment Agency (Hochschule der Bundesagentur für Arbeit HdBA in Germany.

"ROBVET - Advanced robotic simulator for scenario development" is funded through Erasmus+ for the years 2022 to  2024 and aims to cover real needs in the home automation, industrial  maintenance, and automotive sectors with new knowledge and to put  vocational training at the forefront of Europe by combining emerging  disciplines such as artificial intelligence and the internet of things  with robotics, for the benefit of  formal and non-formal training  centers. staff of business and workers' organizations, chambers of  commerce and industry, public authorities of municipalities and  education departments. The consortium is made up of organisations from Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Turkey, and is coordinated by IES Pablo de Olavide from Spain.

SEgoesGREEN - "Integrating Nature-Based Solutions into Higher Education towards exploiting the transformative potential of Social Economy for a green and inclusive future" is funded through Erasmus+ for  the years 2022 to 2025 and aims to develop new knowledge for integrating  NBS in Social Economy (SE) related Higher Educational Institutions by  offering a comprehensive study combining state of the art in  Natural-Based Solutions (NBS) education and eco-citizenship while  exploring SE HEIs contextual factors that influence the integration of  NBS in their programmes that will serve as a reference point for  understanding the use and educational value of NBS, for the benefit of  SE university teachers and SE students (under-graduate and  post-graduate). The consortium is made up of representatives from Croatia, Cyprus,  Greece, Poland and Portugal and is coordinated by Rzeszowska Agencja Rozwoju Regionalnego Spolka Akcyjna, Poland.

GREENMOBILITY | Lifelong Learning on Sustainable Urban Mobility is funded through Erasmus+ for the years 2022 to 2024 and aims to promote  the lifelong learning dimension of higher education through a program on green mobility and to promote learning on environmental sustainability for the benefit of universities and colleges, including students,  academic staff, and administration officials, environmental  organizations and NGOs that work on areas related to green mobility,  fight against climate change, and protect the environment; and local and  public entities working on areas related to green mobility, fight  against climate change and the protection of the environment. The consortium is made up of representatives from Cyprus, Greece, Spain and Sweden and is coordinated by Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) from Lithuania.

Susdevalues – Sustainable development of society through reassessment of values is funded through Cooperation partnerships in adult education for the years 2022 to 2024 and aims to sustain the development of society through reassessment and discovering the core and common values, help isolated people and local people understand each other better and build the values of the future society in Europe, and reduce the intergenerational gap. It is addressed primarily to adult education organizations, LLP centres and educational NGOs as well as academics and teachers. The consortium is made up of organisations from Turkey, Spain, Cyprus, Italy, and Austria and is coordinated by Grobinas Pieaguso Izglitibas Center from Latvia.

AAA | Activism Against Ableism is funded through Cooperation partnerships in Youth for the years 2022 to 2024 and aims to 

1. foster social awareness on ableism and the challenges it creates for differently abled people, preventing discrimination and fostering inclusion; empower young European citizens with disabilities to become socially/politically active, promoting their advocacy activism regarding disability policies through collaborative/participatory strategies; and 

2. train youth workers on these strategies; develop networks to foster awareness and inclusive intervention; influence policymaking in the area

This all is to benefit differently abled young people and youth workers that work with them and front-line service providers, organisations that work with disabled young people are also part of the target groups as well as relevant stakeholders, staff of the organisations involved in the project consortium, staff of the associated partners who have undertaken to support the development, testing and implementation of the project.

The consortium is made up of representatives from Greece, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Italy, and Cyprus and is coordinated by Iserundschmidt GmbH from Germany.

CoopAnimArt | développer les compétences de coopération physique, numérique et éthique dans le spectacle vivant - is funded through Erasmus+ for the years 2021 to 2023 and aims to to promote the use of cooperative facilitation and collective intelligence techniques, and thus improve the ability to cooperate and network, encourage experimentation and develop a high level of participation.. For the benefit of performative arts and cultural professionals.

The consortium is made up of representatives from Portugal, Hungary, Slovenia, Greece and Cyprus and is coordinated by Occitanie en scène from France.