In recent decades, social economy has been making a significant contribution to employment creation, sustainable growth and a more egalitarian income and wealth distribution. HEIs have a role to play in providing educational content aimed at strengthening social entrepreneurial capacity in their countries. SILICE created a systemic approach that incorporates social entrepreneurship modules within study programs at IL and IN. The HEIs have a positive impact on the above-mentioned issues through innovative methods of teaching and problem-based learning. SILICE also tackles cross-cutting issues like gender balance and equal opportunities for women and promotes connectivity between HIEs and their surrounding regions to develop entrepreneurship and employment. The means was the establishment of SINNOLABs – educational innovation centers for the development of business and creative thinking and search for solutions for social and environmental problems. 9 hubs were established as part of the project: 5 in IL and 4 in IN. The hubs were modeled on the best practice shared by the European partners. The hubs are located inside the academic campuses, but they also serve the residents in neighboring communities. The hubs are operated by senior faculty members in the academic institutions – which guarantee their long-term survival. During the first half of the project – the first 18 months – the teams focused mainly on learning and developing knowledge concerning creative thinking, creative solutions to social and environmental problems, project creation and organization and partners’ recruitment. The second half of the project focused on establishing the SINNOLABs and operating them, as well as intensifying the regional connections with local and national institutions that can guarantee the project’s sustainability. Hence, connections were formed with additional hubs, the public sector, banks and financial companies for regional development. The SINNOLAB management in each institution formed connections with various stakeholders such as government agencies, regional municipalities and NGOs. By doing so, the hubs intensified the partnership of academic institutions with their surroundings, strengthened, and broadened their positions inside the HIEs. Contracts were signed to ensure long-term collaboration between the institutions themselves and stakeholders. SILICE’s significant contributions are: 1. Educational – the HIEs understood the meaning of introducing motives of creative thinking, innovation and entrepreneurship and creative problem solving as a method that can develop the students and help them become socially engaged financially independent citizens. These elements were introduced to the curricula of all students; 2. Promoting underprivileged populations – unemployed, rural populations, minorities, undereducated women, and helping them to adopt thinking patterns and practical tools that can increase their household income and support their financial and social mobilization; by creating social projects with the potential of becoming successful business owners and offering jobs for them and for others; 3. The project served as a focal point for all social innovation and business entrepreneurship in each HEI. The digital platform established by the partners is an open source database that offers syllabi, lesson plans and trainings, as well as presentations that were developed over the duration of the project. Each HEI brought its own experts and we created a pool of experts who are waiting to be approached by students and the public. This database is used by all partners and is open to other HEIs and the public. By this, SILICE contributes to the spreading of the knowledge, methods and tools that were developed in the project. This platform is currently used in HEIs across IL, IN and Europe, and these networks will allow the website to remain relevant after the project ends.

CS4ALL is an initiative in three Asian countries to provide tools, knowledge and skills in cybersecurity to teachers, graduates and civil society in India, Nepal and Indonesia so as to increase their IT resilience in the current digital age given the higher rate of cyber crime and risks that affect both individuals and organisations. As these Asian countries transit to a digital economy, the specific objectives of the project are:Development of modular program on cybersecurity (4 courses of 3 ECTS) for teaching faculty and graduate students.Establishment/ modernisation of 9 cybersecurity classrooms in beneficiary HEIs.Development of micro-credentials for adult participants and professionals as part of Life-Long Learning strategy of beneficiary institutions. Elaboration of formative workshops and dissemination events for civil society through HEIs in partnership with NGOs to raise awareness on cyber threats and facilitate cyber protection.Successful project implementation through appropriate management practicesIn order to reach those objectives the following activities will take place distributed in 7 WPs WP1 Collection of best practices in cybersecurityWP2 Modernisation of IT classrooms adapted to cybersecurity coursesWP3 Design and development of modular courses in cybersecurityWP4 Pilot phase of coursesWP5 Elaboration of micro-credentials as lifelong learning in cybersecurity for IT professionals and adult learnersWP6 DisseminationWP7 Project management and coordination (including QA)Expected resultsRetraining of 32 teachers in beneficiary countries5 Updated/new modular courses introduced in existing curriculum in 8 HEIs.LLL courses in cybersecurity for 240 adult learners and people working in private/public sector.Raise awareness campaigns to combat cybercrime including informative videosTarget groupsTeachers: 32 directly involvedStudents: 160SMEs, startups: 40adult learners and professionals: 240civil society, local communities: 1200

"The three targeted countries present real challenges to sustainability that future experts in applying green economy can contribute to mitigate. India’s progression to a greener economy is lagging behind expectations. India has recently been pointed as a bad student in environment by being ranked 155 out of 178 countries far behind other BRICS countries. A recent WHO survey indicated that 13 out of the world’s 20 most polluted cities can be found in India. In Nepal, government attempts to alleviate impacts of Climate changes and environmental protection does not address the benefits of a Green Economy. This is due, among other things, to the lack of specialists. Only one research center and associated partner (CGDE) is producing research on green economy issues for Nepal. In Kyrgyzstan, the transition to sustainable development is an urgent necessity, since at present, the country's socio-economic development is largely based on the consumption of natural resources. Green economy is recognised in the recent National Strategy for sustainable development of the Kyrgyz Republic. However, along with the state commitment to establishment an inclusive green economy for the country's strategic sustainable development plans, an urgent need is to promote this initiative from below to disseminate information on resource saving and the priorities of the ""green economy"" in the education system of KG.Milestones: 5 modules of 15 ECTS on green economy from multiple approaches (business, management, economics, law and environmental studies) + 1 interdisciplinary module on green economy in practice. Adding all modules together partners will be able to create MA program after accreditation.8 Green Economy Labs providing 5 courses (online, offline) on Green Economy to business, environment agencies and other HEIs to create a community of Green Economy practitioners.10 PR and marketing specialists formed with leadership skills to convey green behaviour in kindergarden & schools"