Veterinary profession at the EU level is legally listed among the regulated professions which means that the education of European veterinarians must comply with minimal quality standards defined through the European System of Evaluation of Veterinary Training (ESEVT). Standards of veterinary education revolve around the list of so-called “Day–one Competences”, representing the body of knowledge and skills that the veterinary school must provide for all its students by the date of their graduation. Compliance to standards for each individual veterinary education establishment is certified through an elaborate accreditation procedure carried out by EAEVE re-currently, every 7 years.After the outbreak of COVID in March 2020 Switching to the online theoretical teaching has been almost seamless. However, hands-on experience, i.e. laboratory, microscopy, necropsy, indoor and outdoor clinical teaching etc. were seriously affected during occasional “lockout” periods since there weren’t any suitable means to compensate at least for some of the topics, with the ready to use online teaching material.Objectives of the project are:- to upgrade the system of delivery of digital teaching material for distance and classroom learning (e-learning platform);- to inspire/stimulate teachers to upgrade their abilities to produce higher quality digital teaching material;- to produce a substantial volume of digital teaching material.- to search for the existing, suitable, open access e-learning material on the Internet and integrate it into the teaching process at all partner faculties.ParticipantsApplicant:1) University of Belgrade (Faculty of Veterinary Medicine), SerbiaPartners:2) University of Zagreb (Veterinary Faculty), Croatia3) University of Skopje (Faculty of Veterinary Medicine), Northern MacedoniaAssociated Partner:4) European Association of Establishments in Veterinary Education (EAEVE), seated in Vienna, AustriaActivitiesJoint production of high quality veterinary digital educational material, i.e. videos, micrographs collections, photo collections, animations and presentations, drawings, schemes, posters, datasets, handouts, brochures; internet sources retrieval; building of the e-learning platform.Digital film and photograph recording and processing of laboratory and clinical procedures, microscope specimen preparation and recording, digital drawing and animation, targeted Internet search, performed by the creative teams of teachers and technicians at all partner institution; platform and database programming, download and maintenance perform by the IT services.Impact 1) The enhancement of the institutions’ capacity for the production of HQ digital educational materials.2) New e-learning platform at FVMUB, installed, organized and uploaded with existing and newly produced intellectual products.3) Production, by all participants, of the high quality digital educational material in substantial quantity and diversity, offered as an open resource.4) Diverse collection of high quality Open Source digital educational material collected from the Internet.Longer term benefits.Broadening of teacher’s didactic skills towards the digital era; improvement of partners’ distance learning capabilities; better acceptance of the teaching material by the “millennial” students generations; upgrade of knowledge of practicing (graduated) veterinarians, improvement of veterinary services.

<< Background >>The project title is Structural Capacities for Tackling Wicked Problems, implemented by a Consortium composed of three project partners and the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje as project coordinator.Modern policy implementation and organisational frameworks fail to create a sustainable approach in the resolution of wicked problems as growing global concern. They include problems that are hard to define, difficult to solve and need various approaches for their potential solution. Poverty, climate change, health, gender equality, and justice are all wicked problems that are part of the SDG Agenda. SCORE aims to create a cooperation structure and develop a model for tackling these problems. Wider transnational capacities are involved, proposing a bottom-up approach in social-planning processes. Our aim is to demonstrate that such problematic can be solved through cautious approach of HEIs in the process. SCORE promotes and strengthens the European cooperation on this topic while designing and piloting novel research in tackling climate change. Specific topics that are to be addressed include environment and climate change, inter-regional cooperation and research and innovation. The project consortium will mutually benefit by active participation. Practically, project participants will be able to demonstrate decisiveness and capability in solving numerous problems in the relevant area, setting the foundation for other organisations to be able to implement such approaches. Furthermore, through the project implementation and follow up phases, a new generation of scholars will gain the knowledge, tools and methods for solving wicked problems. Sharing good practices and developing inter-connected higher education systems will be supported through sustainability network, models, e-tools and guidelines generated by SCORE.<< Objectives >>Implementation of SCORE sets an overall objective of developing a model and creating a cooperation structure with the project partners in tackling wicked problems. The inclusion of HEIs in addressing such challenges will set the foundation for present and future generations. SCORE aims to enhance various approaches in targeting such complex topics.Specific project objectives include:-Developed and evaluated model for transnational and inter-organisational cooperation of solving wicked problems,-Establishing inclusive bottom-up social planning approach,-Applied pilot research on air pollution as a wicked problem, and-Established transnational interdisciplinary structure for solving wicked problems.Air pollution, as wicked problem par excellence, is properly objectified as founding example for the proposed approach. Inclusion of project partners and various cities in its resolving, will serve as a proper example in the assessment of different economic, political, environmental and social policy responses.SCORE aims to target and involve a wider range of institutions and organisations, such as:-HEIs of the project consortium,-HEIs in the international and national networks of project partners, and-National and European policy creators.<< Implementation >>The project implementation is based on the inclusive approach with practice feedback. The activity plan is based on three horizontal activities and six project outcomes and it is divided in eight components, which further contain tasks that contribute to the main objective of the project. Appropriate activities are made to ensure quality project management and dissemination. The outcome project activities are organised in the following structure: analyse, agree, develop, test, and disseminate .<< Results >>The project will deliver the following results - State-of-art analysis that will present state-of-art development on wicked problems research and approaches- SCORE E-tool for holistic bottom-up approach for identifying solutions to wicked problems- SCORE model guidelines ensures that the model and the e-tool can be used to perform research on wicked problems by other academics within the partner institutions and other HEIs that are the target groups- Informative Kit for Wicked Problems for Policy Makers that should equip policy makers with all the necessary knowledge about wicked problems and what role can SCORE model and e-tool play in identifying solutions- SCORE Experimentation Report is a summary of the transnational research performed by the partner organisations that used the developed model and e-tool on the wicked problem of air pollution- Sustainability network will be established as an online platform to ensure the sustainability of the model, e-tool and the guidelines.

ROCK aims to develop an innovative, collaborative and circular systemic approach for regeneration and adaptive reuse of historic city centres. Implementing a repertoire of successful heritage-led regeneration initiatives, it will test the replicability of the spatial approach and of successful models addressing the specific needs of historic city centres. ROCK will transfer the Role Models blueprint to the Replicators, adopting a cross-disciplinary mentoring process and defining common protocols and implementation guidelines. ROCK will deliver new ways to access and experience Cultural Heritage [CH] ensuring environmental sound solutions, city branding, bottom-up participation via living labs, while increasing liveability and safety in the involved areas. ICT sensors and tools will support the concrete application of the ROCK principles and the interoperable platform will enable new ways to collect and exchange data to facilitate networking and synergies. The added value is the combination of sustainable models, integrated management plans and associated funding mechanisms based on successful financial schemes and promoting the creation of industry-driven stakeholders’ ecosystems. A monitoring tool is set up from the beginning, running during two additional years after the project lifetime. Main expected impacts deal with the achievement of effective and shared policies able to: accelerate heritage led regeneration, improve accessibility and social cohesion, increase awareness and participation in local decision making process and wider civic engagement, foster businesses and new employment opportunities. Involving 10 cities, 7 Universities, 3 networks of enterprises, 2 networks of cities and several companies and development agencies, a foundation and a charity, ROCK is able to catalyse challenges and innovative pathways across EU and beyond, addressing CH as a production and competitiveness factor and a driver for sustainable growth.

BeeGuards aims to strengthen the resilience of the European beekeeping sector by providing sustainable management practices, novel breeding strategies and digital and forecasting tools that allow the sector to adapt to a changing environment. We focus on determining how abiotic factors such as management practices, climate change, nutrition and resource limitations drive emerging biotic stressors that threaten colony health and erode the resilience of European beekeeping. BeeGuards comprises multiple actors and adopts a multi-actor approach from inception which has led to an open and inclusive design of the work programme. As a community, we will perform European-wide field studies evaluating and validating innovative threshold-based management and breeding strategies for resilience, using hives equipped with technological measurement tools. Complementary detailed immunological, behavioural, microbiological, pathological, ecological investigations will elucidate the ways in which management and climate act on honey bees and other pollinators. In this way, BeeGuards will, for the first time, provide a truly holistic view of the mechanisms determining beekeeping resilience and implement nature-based, local solutions for adaption, including model-based advisory tools for stakeholders. Our open and participatory actions include development of a WikiBEEdia community website where we will share and promote the BeeGuards concepts and results, including a Quest for sustainable beekeeping practices. Ultimately, BeeGuards will show the way for a change of perspective that is needed to achieve resilient beekeeping. BeeGuards will mitigate the environmental impact of beekeeping in terms of impact on wild pollinators and of carbon footprint, protect pollinator biodiversity, ensure the future provision of pollination services and support the economic development and inclusiveness of beekeeping, preparing the European apicultural sector to meet the climate challenge.