Europe was built on foot. During the Middle Ages, the pilgrimage routes to Compostela were the first element to unite a fragmented Europe. Similarly, the current European Union emerged after the Second World War from a broken and confronted Europe in search of values that would allow it to restore its sense of unity.The choice of the theme of the Way to Santiago (Camino de Santiago) goes hand in hand with the need to find common elements and values that reinforce ties with Europe along with the sense of belonging in a context in which European values are questioned. Heritage education based on the cultural assets of the Way initiates an intercultural dialogue concerning what we have in common and allows us to rediscover heritage, not as something static or from the past, but as a legacy that evolves through our commitment to it. Therefore, to interact with heritage is to interact with our identity. To convey the idea of the importance of its conservation is to contribute to the construction of an integrating, cosmopolitan and universal future. Thus, the CompostEVA project hopes to disseminate the learning opportunity represented by the Way and use it for the benefit of the objective pursued: Heritage Education in Virtual Learning Environments (VLE) to promote the acquisition of basic skills, especially social and digital skills as well as self-regulation among the adult public.With this premise, we have created a strategic partnership in which the participants aim to bring together their complementary knowledge in the fields of pedagogy, ICTs associated with education and the rich cultural heritage of the Way to Santiago in an attempt to respond to the main challenges of the WP2025: to increase the participation of the adult public - especially low-skilled learners - in lifelong learning, to improve the ability of learning to learn to adapt to the rapid social and occupational changes of today's world and to promote media literacy to all citizens. The participants and their corresponding organisations, a total of X advisors, teachers and researchers who belong to the different sectors of formal and non-formal education (teacher training, adult education centres, universities and associations) will specify the objectives established in the creation of a virtual platform of educational resources around the core theme of the Way to Santiago and a toolkit for teachers. The materials will be organised in learning itineraries conceived with an inclusive and interdisciplinary approach and differentiated by levels of competence. These will range from those oriented towards the acquisition of basic skills, such as reading and writing or digital literacy, to other more complex ones that require a greater concept and competence mastery, aimed at an adult public that, although they have access to an intensive and creative use of ICTs in informal contexts, are unaware of and fail to take advantage of their educational use. Adopting a task, problem or challenge-based approach as well as including innovative tools such as Mobile Learning, Immersive Virtual Reality or Gamification, aim to promote learner motivation in order to commit to the progression of their own learning and improve their competences while reflecting on the processes of building culture and the relationship between society and the objects it builds.The sequence of activities leading to the development of the final product will involve actions such as a needs analysis among the target groups (trainers and learners), content identification at local and European level, the designing of the virtual platform, the selection of ICTs tools, the making of methodological decisions, the piloting of materials, the dissemination plan and the development of Teaching Guides and Best Practices conceived to favour the usability and transmission of the materials to other contexts and topics. The entire process of training and material creation will be subject to continuous evaluation established by a model based on ADDIE (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation and Evaluation), ASSURE and KEMP, to guarantee the rigour and quality of the training processes.The dissemination of the results of the consortium will ultimately contribute to the international implementation of new pedagogical approaches and innovative digital tools, promote networking and broaden the perspectives of the target audience of the project (immigrants, refugees, seniors, disadvantaged and, in general, adults seeking a second chance in education) in order to continue learning throughout their lives in innovative environments, thus enabling them to be an active part of society to avoid exclusion and promote mobility and social cohesion.

The main ambition of IMPACTOUR project is to create an innovative and easy-to-use methodology and tool to measure and assess the impact of Cultural Tourism (CT) on European economic and social development and to improve Europe’s policies and practices on CT, strengthening its role as a sustainable driving force in the growth and economic development of European regions. CT has been recognized as one of the drivers of growth, jobs and economic development, as well intercultural understanding and social development in Europe regions and urban areas.However, there is still a knowledge gap on methods to measure different types of CT impacts and to assess multilevel and cross-border strategies, policies and practices contribution to sustainable development.IMPACTOUR proposes to bring together CT-related stakeholders and researchers to achieve new approaches taking advantage of the large amounts of information that confront policy-makers. By identifying and comparing quantitative/qualitative pan-European information on CT forms and promotion, and by providing quantifiable evidence of CT strategies and their effect on European regions’ development and Europeanisation, IMPACTOUR will deliver an innovative methodology and tool (combining data analytics algorithms with artificial intelligence and machine learning strategies) providing CT stakeholders with strategic guidance so that policies and practices on CT can be improved. IMPACTOUR will encompass a sustainable ecosystem by engaging Cultural Tourism stakeholders and following a participatory approach. IMPACTOUR tools and methods will lead to reinforcing the commitment with Europe CT, increasing citizens sense of belonging, valorisation of minority cultures, strengthening of identities and Europeanisation. IMPACTOUR Methodology will be completed and tested with data coming from 15 Data Information Pilots and the IMPACTOUR tool will be validated in 5 Validation Pilots, with distinct characteristics spread around Europe.

European rural areas embody outstanding examples of Cultural and Natural Heritage (CNH) that need not only to be safeguarded, but also promoted as a driver for competitiveness, sustainable and inclusive growth and development. RURITAGE establishes a new heritage-led rural regeneration paradigm able to turn rural areas in sustainable development demonstration laboratories, through the enhancement of their unique CNH potential. RURITAGE has identified 6 Systemic Innovation Areas (pilgrimages; sustainable local food production; migration; art and festivals; resilience; and integrated landscape management) which, integrated with cross-cutting themes, showcase heritage potential as a powerful engine for economic, social and environmental development of rural areas. The knowledge built in 14 Role Models (RMs) and digested within the project, will be transferred to 6 Replicators (Rs) across Europe. Through a multilevel and multidirectional process of knowledge transfer, RMs will mentor and support the Replicators in the development and implementation of their strategies and, at the same time, will further increase their knowledge and capacities. A robust monitoring system will assist this process. Local Rural Heritage Hubs, gathering stakeholders and civil society, will be settled in Rs to work as living labs where heritage-led rural regeneration strategies will be co-created and implemented, while in RMs they will reinforce the ownership of CNH. Both RMs and Rs will also benefit of the RURITAGE Resources Ecosystem, a set of tools including, among others, a rural landscape mapping tool (RURITAGE Atlas) and a Replication Toolbox within an online and interoperable platform. These tools will foster knowledge building, providing evidence and supporting replication and up-scaling activities of the implemented heritage-led regeneration strategies and plans, contributing to mainstream heritage in Regional, National, European and global policies.