The aim of the project is to improve Libyan HEIs' role for the economic and social development of the country. The specific objective is to enhance HEIs specific capacities to connect academia and research activities to the labour market and civil society trough the establishment of TTOs - Technology Transfer Offices. HEIs in Libya need support, on the one hand, in improving their internal organisational capacity and on the other hand, in networking and coordinating to gain international visibility and to maximise the impact of their work. They have to play a stronger role in order to be active actors and to promote innovation processes. Actually there are several universities with an high level in academic community that could revoulizionise process by expoliting research results. The Technological Transfer Office represents the academic window on the market, it will give visibility to ideas and researches of the Libyan Universities giving them a role in the promotion of innovation and creativity, enhancement of social dialogue and accompaniment of youth to labour market. Thus, the present project, after a thorough analysis of the legal, social and economic situation of Libya, as well as of the level and the potentialities of scientific and technological research in the Universities, will be aimed at developing a complete and updated academic system on the subject of the valorisation and exploitation of the academic research results. In order to achieve the objectives and to tackle the identified challenge, the project has a multidisciplinary approach focused on:- Developing new innovative and multidisciplinary abilities to promote HEIs activities;- Facilitating the exchange, flow and joint creation of knowledge among the universities.- Stimulating the entrepreneurial spirit and abilities of HEI’s staff in order to propose innovative actions;- Creating thematic national and international network.

PROJECT BACKGROUNDThe project concerned ICT - a key issue for the politics of the EU. This was consistent with the recommendations of the Europe 2020 Strategy and the European Higher Education Modernization Agenda. The project was based on a needs analysis, which proved the inadequacy of university curricula in the field of Business Informatics. It pointed to the lack of appropriate staff,tools and the increasing demand for skilled professionals from IT on the labor markets in Europe and worldwide.The project was based on the modernization of the content of education and improving the quality of teaching and learning processes in the Business Informatics area. The project provide universities with prepared teaching tools and solutions where Open Digital Resources are used by placing the project results on the educational and communication public portal dimbi.eu.THE AIM OF THE PROJECT was to strengthen and improve the quality of higher education in the field of Business Informatics through the modernization of curricula and creation of innovative solutions in Polish and European higher education of Business Informatics.Specific objectives:- providing attractive new curricula reflecting the individual needs and expectations of the labour market on the basis of optional Business Intelligence [BI] and Data Warehouse [DW] subjects- developing, implementing and disseminating innovative practices by creating and promoting new teaching methodology in [BI] and [DW] areas.- creating and providing an innovative education and communication platform based on modern ICT- preparing and facilitating interactive textbooks for teaching and learning [BI] and [DW].PARTNERSThe project involved four partners from different countries who have extensive experience in conducting EU projects - three universities and one business partner who focused on research, project management and transfer of innovation. The partnership was complementary because each partner brought significant added value to the project and provided high level specialists. In the project 28 people took part: 10 from administrative staff, 16 researchers, a proofreader, a reviewer. Two scientific teams were created – one for curricula and one for teaching methodology.The consortium consisted of:- Jan Wyżykowski University, Poland – the leader,- University of Economics, Wrocław, Poland,- University of Economics, Varna, Bulgaria,- Paragon Europe, Mosta, Malta.ACTIVITIESThe project investigated the needs for curricula content and methodologies, as well as developing the new programs and a methodology based on innovative solutions, manuals, tools, and practices.The main activities of the project included:-organizing and running the project office,-choosing the project staff members and creating a scientific team,-preparing the curricula, methodology and books,-preparing the educational and communication portal,-implementing two editions of ISP in Wroclaw and Varna,-evaluating the main project products,-disseminating intellectual outputs and other project results.RESULTS AND IMPACT OF THE PROJECTAs a result of the project a set of tools was provided available for implementation for free at institutions of higher education in the project partners countries and abroad, i.e.:- Curriculum for Business Intelligence,- Curriculum for Data Warehouse,- Methodology of Teaching Business Intelligence,- Methodology of Teaching Data Warehouse,- Interactive Book for Business Intelligence ,- Interactive Book for Data Warehouse- Educational and Communication Portal.The project resulted in improving the quality of higher education quality both in partner universities, as well as in other universities in the country and abroad.Unrestricted access to the created tools and solutions provided a possibility of implementing them at any university in Europe and worldwide. Furthermore, the project contributed to unifying education in the BI and DW fields by the standardization of the teaching methodologies and curricula. All the universities participating in the project implemented the results of the project, thus enriching their educational offer and increasing their competitiveness on the European market. During the Intensive Study Program, 30 students from partner universities increased their knowledge and skills and received ECTS points. Moreover, placing the portal DIMBI on the UJW server created a possibility of the long term use of project results. The portal created has the potential to become the most frequently chosen place of meeting and information exchange concerning BI and DW.

CONTEXTEurope is facing difficulties in integrating the migrants as the differences of values and culture make it difficult for migrants to find a job or integrate themselves in social life. The EVOLVE project highlighted the need for promoting European values and creating a shared perspective to resolve this issue and facilitate a more harmonious integration. OBJECTIVESThe objective was to develop an innovative and inclusive training program for migrants, using a digital platform for learning European Values via APPs. In view to the blended learning process, our objective was to organise Exposure Visits for social inclusion and Job-Shadowing in European organizations for migrants. ACTIVITIES In the initial phase of EVOLVE project, a survey for comparative analysis of cross-cultural European values in all partner countries was conducted. This guided the development and implementation of the ‚Values Navigator‘ digital training platform for learning European Values via APPs in 5 languages. The development of European values curriculum matrix facilitated the development of 40 APPs, 28 APPs for training and two sets of 6 APPs each each for evaluation. In the pilot training in all partner countries, using blended learning, exposure visits for social inclusion and job-shadowing in European organizations were organized for migrants. The trainees had an opportunity to provide their feedback after each training activity. A peer-learning articulate storyboard had to be implemented with some deviation in accordance with the European GDPR law as several trainees did not wish to be photographed or filmed. The implementation of pilot training contributed towards developing a methodological guidelines. In the interest of the VET trainers and organisations, a pedagogical handbook was created to support the interested stakeholders. The APPs on the ‚Values Navigator‘ digital training platform, the methodological guidelines and the pedagogical handbook were translated from English to all partner languages. In the last phase, a final dissemination conference was organized in Belgium to facilitate national and European dissemination of EVOLVE results. Apart from the development of above intellectual outputs and dissemination materials, an effective project management was ensured throughout the project cycle. Monitoring was done to ensure timely implementation and a quality evaluation was conducted before each transnational partner meeting. RESULTSThe following intellectual outputs and results created during the project EVOLVE implementation have been uploaded in all language versions on the Erasmus results platform.- a survey for comparative analysis of cross-cultural European values was conducted in all partner countries and compiled as a report.- development of the ‚Values Navigator‘ digital training platform for learning European Values via APPs in 5 languages.- two animation videos in 5 languages to explain the project and the use of gamification in APPs based blended learning.- a compiled report about the exposure visits to museums and social activities.- a summary report about job-shadowing for migrants.- a methodological guideline in 5 languages- a Training Manual for VET trainers in 5 languages- a pictogram in 5 languages as well as video for audio-visual documentation- several marketing/dissemination materials, including 4 newsletters, posters, information broschure, etc in 5 languagesIMPACTThe EVOLVE trainees were non-European migrants who emigrated to one of the partner countries, predominantly young men and women from third countries. Most of them were already in integration process and their fluency in host language was minimum EQF level A2. For each activity, up to 20 participants were involved in each partner country, with a total of approximately 100 participants. Apart from VET trainers involved in the pilot training, we followed a green-channel approach for the interested VET trainers in all partner countries. Through the active dissemination over social media and email lists for distribution of all four newsletters in respective partner languages, we reached about 500 VET trainers, training organisations and diverse Stakeholders. We anticipate an indirect impact even after the end of the project on approx. 100 Migrants and approx. 50 VET trainers in all partner countries in view to the interest created through the dissemination process and access to training platform.The highlight was the final dissemination conference in Belgium where around 20 participants from VET organisations, official representatives of private sector and policy makers learnt about the project results.