<< Objectives >>The main tangible result of the project is the development of a tool-kit with practical tips for the transition to digital education including also 9 innovative methods of digital adult education. The other results are the development of competences of the staff of the participating organisations to plan, deliver and facilitate online education as well as the capacity building and development of the involved organisations.<< Implementation >>During the project there are planned three courses, one in each of the participating countries. The target groups of these courses are adult educators of the participating organisations. The courses explore subjects such as technologies and new medias used in the development of online courses, instructional design tools and universal design for learning principles. The third course is dedicated to developing adult educators’ skills for facilitating online courses.<< Results >>The main objective of the project is to improve the educational activities offered to adults by partner organisations through the development of their digital education practices/methodologies and staff competences. The specific objectives are to develop adult educators’ specific competences of the design, implementation and deliver of online courses for adult education.

The project presents circular economy as an environmentally friendly future solution from various aspects. The final result of the project – Eco Circle Handbook – offers information regarding circular economy from various perspectives and introduces the reader with circular economy, explains what it is and how it is implemented in real life in various countries.The context of the project is a long-term environmental change achieved through sustainable actions by implementing innovative youth work practices focused on creativity, innovation and modernization.Through the exchange of good practices in the field of circular economy, the aim of the project was to empower youth workers by explaining what the circular economy is and why it is necessary. By empowering youth workers with skills and knowledge in the field of circular economy, the project helped to inform youth about circular economy and recycling, to improve youth skills and competences in green thinking and to raise social responsibility.Eco Circle objectives were to enhance knowledge in youth work in the field of circular economy – to provide materials, good practices; to promote active participation of young people with fewer opportunities in society; to strengthen cooperation and networking between organizations.The profile of participants was practitioners – staff active in education and training, youth workers, experts, specialists, professionals, young people with fewer opportunities. Youth workers and young people with fewer opportunities were involved in blended learning activities.The main result of the project was the development of the Eco Circle Handbook in English, Latvian, Bulgarian, Italian, and Romanian languages. In addition, Eco Circle Facebook page was created to share up to date information about environmental topics and innovations.The potential long-term benefits – positive impact at the local and national level was and will be noticed by creating an environmentally friendly society. The added value is critical thinking, decreasing the consumption of plastic, raised awareness of environmental protection in Europe. We expect that green daily practice and creation of strong network will be possible in environmental protection by actively involving youth.

Tourism is recognized as one of the most important economic sectors worldwide due to its huge potential in generating economic growth and jobs and in Europe supports 25 million jobs, directly and indirectly. It is also considered a relatively easy-entry sector for youth where they can keep learning and accumulating important working skills. However, tourism is evolving becoming more complex and requires higher levels of skills under the quest of the sharing and green economy.Circular Tourism and Accessible Tourism (CAT) are seen as two fast-growing and sustainable sectors, according to the recent EC Study on the Supply Side of Tourism Education and Training (2016), and CIRTOINNO research report (Interreg Europe, 2019). These two emerging segments are expected to create a competitive niche for disadvantaged regions pursuing sustainable development and tackling the lingering unemployment. Nevertheless, shortage in related VET training reported in various countries poses lamentable hurdles to their take-off and actions should be taken to increase the Training resources.OBJECTIVESProject InterCAT means to:- to identify and exchange the best training practices in 5 project's countries according to an evidence-based approach, to be compiled into a Glossary of Training Items for CAT- offer solutions to skills mismatches in CAT and shortage of labour in the sector- to adapt existing learning methods and materials with new evolved methods and realities in CAT, using a bespoke DIATool (Destination Image Analysis tool).ACTIVITIES & METHODOLOGYThe project will focus on the exchanges and development of best practices in non-formal education skill-building for youths in order to successfully enter these emerging economic sectors.Project activities can be divided into three categories:1) Desk/ Office Work: By doing desk research, each partner will obtain needed background knowledge on the situation of CAT in their country and at EU level; as well as constructing appropriate training contents2) International Mobilities: 3 Transnational Meetings and 2 Learning Mobilities will allow all partners and participants to have a better reality-check and reliable access to knowledge of the CAT circumstances and skill requirements3) Public Relations and Dissemination: These activities will ensure the delivery of developed results to reach the desired quality and amount of audience.RESULTSInterCAT shall produce 4 principal results:(1) 6-day Training Course for Staff and Trainers on CAT in Portugal: to exchange knowledge and experiences between VET trainers and educators in a peer-training manner (2) Glossary of Training Items for CAT for VET: a direct result of the Training course by introducing CAT's key concepts and working tools for VET training(3) 5-day Study visit in Spain: to help participants relate better what learnt through the training with realistic examples in CAT(4) A Destination Image Analysis Tool - DIATool: in form of an Observation Template, the Tool will be used, tested and finalized during the Study Visit in Spain.Participants to each Mobility is strictly reserved to project partners' staff and collaborators for ensuring capacity-building return on participating organizations.PARTICIPANTSThe project targets three main groups:- TG1: Tourism training providers, including VET centres, academies, colleges and associations.- TG2: Tourism students, operative staff and managers- TG3: Local & European public authorities, stakeholding agencies and advocacy groups.IMPACTThe most important is the impact on the primary beneficiaries: participating organizations, VET providers, tourism workers and businesses to get access to developed project materials and field experiences for constructing their global view on CAT and reinforcing professional networks. Any training institution (of VET/NFE nature) or tourism authority could use the best practices collected in the Training Glossary to improve their curriculum, and DIATool for self-analysis. This way, InterCAT can serve as a stimulus for further institutional investigations and policy development in this direction so as to accelerate CAT's rate of diffusion. In a larger scope, InterCAT contributes to UN's Sustainable Development Goal, EU’s Access City TITLE, League of Historical and Accessible Cities (LHAC), a Resource Efficient Europe (2011) and EU Circular Economy Action Plan (CEAP).PARTNERSHIPThe partnership presents an ample geographical distribution that will help to exploit different experiences and contexts and to disseminate project’s results all over Europe. Project consortium contains certified VET training institutions, university-business foundation and youth organizations from 5 European coastal countries: Italy, Spain, Greece, Portugal and Latvia. Such discrepancy in terms of geography, expertise and network is valuable for creating the project's diverse perspectives, methodological synergy, and obtaining ample public outreach.

Education is teamwork; however, the main work is done by educators who create a purposeful, systematic and coordinated learning process in using correct training methods. Through the activities of this project, we plan to improve educators’ skills and competences on how to adapt ways of training when working with low skilled people. The project promotes easy ways to transfer knowledge by focusing on creativity in education.The project objective was to enhance educators’ knowledge work with low skilled adults by providing support and suggestion Handbook – 'Easy ways to transfer knowledge', sharing good practices of creative education.Main project participant profile is practitioners - educators working with low skilled adult learners.The project involved various participants: employees of the partner organisations, educators trained during Short term joint staff training event (target group), and also the stakeholders to whom the project will be disseminated.10 educators were selected by partner organisation taking into account the professional activity of educators with the low skilled adult learners and the subject of the training. The most important criteria for the selection of those educators was that they work with adult learners. Total 11 educators who participated in mobility learning activities for dissemination purpose trained total of 109 local educators.Partner organisation disseminated project result in more than 200 local educators and stakeholders actively involved in adult educationThe project activities: compare and analyse differences of each partner country education policy guidelines and differentiated instruction approach; collect 25 good practices suggestions for educators on how to work with low skilled adult; organised learning mobility for educators; organised training for local educators; designed social media campaign - 25 Easy Knowledge Tips, one tip every Wednesday for 25 weeks with the aim to disseminate project results on the project Facebook page (@ProjectEasyKnowledge); developed and disseminated Easy ways to transfer knowledge Handbook. The project results main and most visible result was the development of Easy ways to transfer knowledge Handbook. The handbook is available in English, Latvian, Bulgarian, Poland, Romanian and Turkish languages. Project Facebook page (@ProjectEasyKnowledge) contains the main project activities.

Young people with disabilities are often excluded from environmental concerns and sustainable development issues because of a lack of adapted support and a sometimes limited environment because of their disability.However, they have the same needs as the common public regarding information and understanding of their environment, discovery of nature, origin of their food... in order to control better their consumption, to measure the impacts of their way of lives on the environment. They also have the same rights, the same duties and the same responsibilities in a perspective of sustainable development and European eco-citizenship.The INSIDEE project (INclusion through SustaInable Development and European Eco-citizenship) aims to develop the knowledge of young people with disabilities (intellectual/mental disability) in terms of sustainable development and provide them with the necessary skills to become active and responsible European eco-citizen.This project will contribute to the awareness of young people about the effects of human actions on the environment, the risks and consequences of a non-respectful behavior on natural resources.Through non-formal education, the organization of training activities and creation of adapted tools, a group of 15 youth workers will develop skills and abilities in that field in order to support and encourage the young people of their organization to put into practice eco-actions that can have a positive impact and will lead to reflect on their power to change things as citizens at local and European level. The young will be able to be active role-models as Eco-Ambassadors in their social or professional environment.The partnership brings together two very complementary types of partners in this project:1- Those who work daily with young people with disabilities: Verdiblanca, Nyama Nevuzmozhni Neshta and ESAT du Rangen but who currently have no knowledge and practice in the field of the environment, sustainable development, eco-citizenship,2-- Those whose daily life is to accompany partners, youth organizations, schools, to practices of respect for the environment, sustainable food, of citizenship but who do not have the knowledge the approach of public with special educational needs and intellectual disabilities.Thus, the partners leave their comfort zone, experiment, invent, adapt and enrich each other. The production of this common work, of an undisputed added value, will be shared and will therefore benefit the greatest number of organizations, whether they are those dedicated to the support of youth, intellectual disability or environmental education in general.