The COVID-19 pandemic has created the largest disruption of education systems in history, as teachers were largely both practically and psychologically unprepared to support continuity of learning and adapt to new teaching methodologies. Even in contexts with adequate infrastructure and connectivity, many educators lack the most basic ICT skills and have no previous experience in providing quality online teaching, meaning they will likely struggle with their own ongoing professional development, let alone with facilitating quality distance learning. The crisis has highlighted that there is a strong need not only reform the teacher training in new methods of education delivery, but also new teachers’ emotional health support mechanisms have to be put in place.The project in the consortium of University of Latvia/ LV, Vytauto Didzioji University/ LT and Paneuropean University/ SK aims at providing a support to educators, educational leaders and school support staff to acquire the knowledge and understanding about resilience importance in teachers, and provide them with tools to work with in order to strengthen the resilience power in teachers. Very important aspect of transnational cooperation is the experience that each partner has gathered during for the last 10 years, but within this project, the cooperation and the joint studies will create more significant results and conclusions. International setting and high quality partnership will help to gather information that is more complete on support needs teachers have, to develop a support system that applies transnationally and to summarize and utilize more and various ways how to increase efficiency and quality by improving the teacher resilience.Target groups of this project include working teachers of any experience and seniority and pedagogy students, school administrations and school support teams, officials of education institutions, universities that implement teacher-training, organizations and institutions that provide career planning and support adult further education.Planned project lengths is 24 months.The project creates a new teacher support system by applying accumulated in a long term knowledge, experience, expertise and skills of all partner universities. Since all partner universities provide teacher training and professional development for working teachers, they will incorporate the acquired data and results into their existing programs, thus improving the quality of teacher training in their countries.Project will produce four important intellectual outputs:• Teacher resilience and SEH survey methodology, questionnaire and result analysis document• Online teachers’ individual and group supervision and counseling program• Teachers’ resilience support program as online further education program and E-book • International publication on project and its results.Developed results will be available in four languages – Latvian, Lithuanian, Slovak and English on partner webpages and Erasmus+ platform thus making them available for further actions in other countries and ensuring result sustainability and continuity. A number of international scientific forums will include presentations about the project and its results. Two international publications will make information available for wider scientific community. Prepared evidence-based recommendations to education supervision institutions for promotion of teacher resilience development will provide for further actions on decision-making levels.All developed intellectual outputs will be available online free. Each university will create a section about this project on their webpages, where all materials and updates will be available, including publications, presentations and links to media coverage. All results will also be uploaded to Erasmus+ Project Results Platform.

<< Background >>TO BE PART OF THE CREATION OF A COMMUNITY OF CITIZENS CONTRIBUTING TO A DIGITAL SOCIETY THAT IS SUSTAINABLE, INCLUSIVE, SUPPORTIVE AND RESPECTFUL OF THE ENVIRONMENT.With the check-ups that needed to be organised remotely, the pandemic has shown how important is that each patient takes charge of its own care, as this medical follow-up requires digital tools, leaving a large number of citizens in a difficult situation. In this context, our project, named Pragma-TIC, aims at bridging the digital divide for chronic patients suffering from digital illiteracy by giving the possibility to the frontline caregivers to become their e-health educators. To do this, Pragma-TIC will train the care staff and their patients in an innovative (blended learning) and inclusive way. The aim is to propose a solution, in order to reunite the strengths and resources that will allow each stakeholder to benefit from the work done by the group.This project will be carried out in collaboration with several European countries (Belgium, Latvia, Slovenia and Denmark). Hospitals in European countries need to implement digital support for their patients and frontline caregivers. Pragma-TIC proposes to implement a transnational educational project to address this need which will ultimately improve the health and quality of life of patients and relieve the workload of frontline carers in the long run. Through the support of Europe, Pragma-TIC will open doors that individual members of the Consortium would not have had access to on a national, regional or simply local level. It thus extends the scope and increases the visibility of the project.By responding to the KA220-ADU call, we wish to validate the competences acquired in digital literacy through non-formal certificates delivered by health institutions. Two levels of certifications will be targeted. At the level of the caregiver, the first level concerns the e-educator (involved caregivers) who will find themselves validated as educators and will use those new skills to train other patients. The second level concerns the e-educator + who will be able to train his peers. At the patient level, the first level concerns the e-patients who will find themselves assessed as capable of having a follow-up at home. The second level concerns the e-patients + who will use their new skills to train their fellow patients. The e-educator certificates will be integrated into the professional portfolio of the caregiver and those of the e-patient in patient's medical record.This project aims to meet the needs of the 3 actors of the health sector, which are the Hospital Institutions, the frontline caregivers (field staff) and the patient.HOSPITAL INSTITUTIONSare considerably short of beds, means and resources, while the number of patients is increasing exponentially. Therefore, the continuation of care in the patient's home is absolutely necessary and must be of high quality. FRONTLINE CAREGIVERS Lack the time and the means to educate their patients. Pragma-TIC will allow the patients to be trained in new learning modes, in order to evolve professionally and to be better prepared for any unforeseen circumstance, to feel involved and more valued as caregivers through a non-formal certificate.While they are looking for solutions with their project colleagues, they will be able to share through forums or exchange networks their difficulties and more. They will also create a community of carers on an international scale.The project will support the field staff in their role of therapeutic educators by implementing digital and pedagogical tools shared among peer carers. PATIENTS The chronic patients is isolated at home in the face of new technologies that they do not master.They lack the resources, the contacts, the self-confidence and the support.manage to teach the patients to be resilient by getting control back over their life project and their care (autonomy);- involve them in a learning process<< Objectives >>This project aims to meet the needs of the 3 main actors, i.e. the Hospital Institutions, the frontline caregivers and patients.The implementation of the project aims to overcome the digital divide in an inclusive way in order to access all the resources and benefits that telemonitoring offers in the health care environment. HOSPITAL INSTITUTIONSThis project will contribute to the digital and sustainable transformation of healthcare institutions while promoting savings in terms of human, material and financial resources. It should reduce the overcrowding of hospitals, which has a negative impact on the quality of care.At the same time, we want to collaborate and cooperate across the board and on all levels of competence and decision-making power, in order to facilitate the digital transition in the health sector.FRONTLINE CAREGIVERS In order to provide e-Health training in compliance with the RGPD, our values, and ethics, we want to help field staff to integrate e-Health into their daily work as educators. Therefore, it is imperative to provide them with the opportunity to develop skills through appropriate didactic and pedagogical materials. This will enable them to transfer to the patients in a sustainable way the knowledge and skill necessary to master telemonitoring so that, autonomously, the patients continue to follow their treatment in all circumstances in a secure manner and stay in contact with their care partner. PATIENTS To improve their quality of life through TELEMONITORING. It is imperative to strengthen the ability to LEARN TO TRANSMIT via the BLENDED LEARNING. Other objectives are to enable the patient to:- learn the basic techniques and knowledge (touch screen, keyboard, voice recognition, etc.) needed to use computer systems- search for and collect relevant and secure information- communicate with messaging software, chat, and on a forum with peers and carers- develop critical thinking skills in relation to digital technology (understanding the benefits of the Internet and its risks).OBJECTIVES1.Developing flexible and innovative education that promotes patients’ INCLUSION in digital literacy, so that they can acquire a minimal digital skill basis while evaluating them on a regular basis allowing them to use the Internet safely, health apps and medical devices. Developing or improving adult, and particularly elderly, patients’ Digital Health Literacy to empower them to manage their health.2. Using technology to engage in A DIGITAL PEDAGOGY adapted to their PTS, CGS could contribute to the design and development of toolkits, participate in a clinical study that aims to assess the usefulness of the toolkits for PTS, and exchange good, digitalized practices with peers and PTS.3. Building a PATIENT-ORIENTED digital learning platform in health (Pragma-TIC) as an intervention method to gain autonomy and eventually reintegrate in society after a pathology. It will help patients take responsibility (respecting their choices), understand their disease, change their behavior, apply their treatment (observance) and use tele-health tools. It will host a training catalog, digital support (in all partner languages + English) in digital health education co-created by the project partners and validated by the PT Committee of the partner hospitals.The other objectives we want to achieve are the following:- ensuring that the frontline caregivers are capable of accompanying the TELEMONITORING of chronic patients by facilitating their autonomy;- to make the patient feel secure by the support provided; - to acquire a sufficient base of techniques and knowledge to conduct educational activities and analyse the results;- to be part of an international community of caregivers; - to apply safety rules and good practice guidelines;- to provide clear, constructive and supportive feedback to patients and peers<< Implementation >>For 24 months, 20 frontline/field nurses from 4 hospitals will contribute to the development of digital health literacy skills for nearly 200 chronic patients (whose health condition requires daily care and are vulnerable) so that they can become more autonomous thanks to remote monitoring.IMPLEMENTATION: METHODOLOGY USED The implementation of the project consists in developing a simple, practical e-learning platform (in English and in the 4 languages of the Consortium), favouring through the blended-learning method the better understanding of the Web, medical devices tools, health Apps and other classic telecommunication tools.This platform will offer educational toolkits co-constructed and validated by the caregivers on the basis of their pedagogical tutorials. It will also provide access to places ideal for exchanges between patients, caregivers and their international peers, such as forums, messaging server, etc. The anonymization and RGPD will be guaranteed.PLANNING FOR THE CREATION OF THIS PLATFORMThe Co-CREATION of this platform will be organised over 2 years in 4 steps.Step 1Conceptualisation and requirements for the project, research, studies, analysis, reporting and co-creation of a learning tutorial repository validated by pedagogy specialists. Step 2Development and/or reinforcement of adult-friendly pedagogy and e-learning among frontline health workers who will participate in the study. They will get a better grasp of the e-Health tools with hybrid learning methods, either in self-taught or group settings. Their objective will be to build their own training plan for their patient. In order to experiment and readjust it, they will also train groups of digitally compromised patients by immersing them directly in digital learning via groups or individual sessions, via synchronous or asynchronous webinars. During this period, the carers will create their dashboard in which they will enter data that will be used to assess the benefits of this method.The caregivers will evaluate the results, readjust their training plan, model it and then MAKE IT SUBSTAINABLE AND SHARE IT WITH THEIR PAIRS. Patients from this first pool will also be very closely involved in the process and will complete satisfaction and self-assessment questionnaires. The caregivers will adjust their working methods based on the answers collected and update the contents of the platform.After step 2, all participants (caregivers and patients) will form a committee with the associated partners to establish the sustainability of the project.Step 3 A second pool of patients will be recruited. The group will be accompanied by the first pool of field staff in order to reinforce or readjust the process. Step 4 Preparation and presentation of the guidelines and recommendations on our platform which will be presented at the transnational closing meeting of the project and accessible to all interested parties.<< Results >>RESULTS and OTHER EXPECTED OUTCOMES 1.To relieve for overloaded hospital institutions and very expensive emergency departments.2.To lessen the risk of contracting nosocomial diseases. 3.To return or keep the patient at home with an economic and psychological impact on his health.4.To open new possibility of life goals with an impact on the patients’ acceptance of their treatment and on the positive evolution of their health condition. 5.To create a community of peer carers internally and internationally, as well as be part of it. 6. To harmonise the remote follow-up of the chronic patient and maintain the therapeutic link EVEN ABROAD or in remote rural areas.7.To strengthen the patient's ability to keep learning while developing a critical mind towards the digital world.8.To give access to the patient staff to training in an ATYPICAL environment reinforcing LIFELONG LEARNING.9.To reduce the carbon impact by cutting out any unnecessary travel to the hospital. 10.To reduce the carbon impact with fewer hospital visits. SUSTAINIBILITY through its TRANSFERABILITY to other institutions or sectors.

"So far, practiced educational model by universities is the so-called factory education model. Factory model school and factory model education are terms describing both a style of learning and of educational facilities. The key characteristics of factory model education are top-down management, separation from the community, emphasis on management, centralized planning, standardization, outcomes designed to meet societal needs, and efficiency in producing results. The system has been described as being ""designed to create docile subjects and factory workers"". If such an education system was valid in the past, it doesn't fit anymore today. The point is that students in the 21st century are frustrated with the factory model. They think they know better. Many researches have shown that the reasons why countless students drop out of school every day are that: a.) school is boring, and b.) school is not relevant to their lives. The biggest problem is, educational system doesn’t motivate students. Millions of students do not know any purposing of going to university, except obligation. Various studies have shown that the best results are in those activities, which are based on internal motivation. That's why our project aim is to focus on innovative methods and approaches, which is focused on internal motivation - that students learn because they want to not because they have to. And in the end that kind of methods and approaches will help lecturers and students in their future work smarter not harder. This project is great opportunity to gather all good practices, to develop new innovative methods and approaches, to create methodology material and create Professional development courses of academic staff and also already to train first lecturers. There will be systematized and summarized the best methods and approaches from European high schools, complemented by leading business companies recommendations. Since in he project is also involved Didactic material Center and Teacher Training departments from our partner organizations, it will provide professional training material development and we have already negotiated with them that the Intellectual output of the will be officially introduced in Professional development courses of academic staff. The most important project participants - experts who will develop methodology in daily life are teachers at the same time. Other participants - students, will be involved in the project thanks to lectures. They will not have mandatory action to spend time in project activities, but this will happen in natural way in their daily routine. The project timetable is subordinated to higher education regime that allows us to easily reach our target audience. The contribution of the project will be observable in significant impact on all the involved - individuals and organizations: - for the very first time there will be developed a set of innovative methods and approaches for higher education that will be officially included in teachers' life long learning courses. - this course will give access for teachers to the range of new teaching tools. Using developed set of innovative teaching methods and approaches, that kind of professional development for teachers will become as standard across all European institutions."

ARGO project will be dedicated to explore innovative activities with focus on strong international, interdisciplinary and inter-sectoral cooperation in fields of chemistry, biomaterials, nanotechnology, microbiology, cell biology and dentistry. ARGO network will involve academic and industrial partners from EU MS and associated countries with the aim to open potential for innovative solutions in nanomaterials and clinical dentistry. The primary research goal of the project is to facilitate R&I activities with complementary competences of participant organizations for development of new antibacterial materials for dentistry, particular for the development a new antibacterial root-filling material. The project will be realized through the tight cooperation between partner organizations to create synergies for development and testing of innovative biomaterials for dentistry. The innovative technologies will be used to produce a root-filling material with nanoparticles with tailored biological and antibacterial properties. Evaluation of a new biomaterials with silver nanoparticles in vitro will be carried out on a specially designed tooth model. Biocompatibility and in-vivo assessment will be used to prove antibacterial effect of the new biomaterial on a relevant animal model. Interdisciplinary and inter-sectoral secondment will be the main tool for project realization with aim of strengthening research, training, communication and networking capacities of participant organizations and knowledge transfer from academia to industry and vice versa. Proposed research and training goals will lead to increased research, transferable skills and competences of early stage researcher with the aim to improve employability and career perspectives in both academic and industrial sectors. Public dissemination of new research results will increase the awareness in the general society of the role of research and researchers in development of EU as a leading destination for R&I.

Increasing energy consumption, the depletion of natural resources, climate change and decreasing air quality are among the biggest economic and social challenges that we face today. At the same time, waste heat energy discharged into the atmosphere is one of the largest sources of clean, fuel-free and inexpensive energies available, with 70 % of all energy generated on a daily basis being lost as waste heat. Although technologies for converting waste heat into electrical energy have been around for a long time, such as thermoelectric and thermo-electrochemical cells, there is still no environmentally sustainable and efficient technology platform available for the viable harvesting of low-grade waste heat. There is therefore a clear need to develop an energy harvesting and conversion technology which has the potential to exceed the efficiency of current state-of-the-art devices whilst also utilising Earth-abundant materials. The central aim of TRANSLATE is therefore to develop a new proof-of-concept nanofluidic platform technology based on the flux of ions in nanochannels; leading to a breakthrough in versatile and sustainable energy harvesting and storage. Three breakthrough science and technology targets have been identified: 1) optimisation of ion movement and ion separation in nanochannels made from Earth-abundant materials, 2) the development of a sustainable and efficient heat-to-electrical energy platform and 3) the creation of a novel continuous operation energy harvesting power source with a high power/energy density and conversion efficiency. Expertise in materials science, nanofluidics, nanofabrication, thermoelectricity and electrochemistry is integrated on a pan-European level to achieve the overall aim of the project. The knowledge developed in TRANSLATE has the potential to reduce energy consumption and associated greenhouse gas emissions on a local and global scale, thus improving citizens' quality of life and benefiting society.