According to current discussion within the community of stakeholders, there is in the Geographic Information (GI) sector a gap between the knowledge currently being offered by the European universities and the knowledge and skills requested by the enterprises and public authorities. This is partly due to a fast technological development but also due to societal changes, for instance the EU INSPIRE directive and the e-government action plans within the member states.giCASES, as a Knowledge Alliance project, aimed to enable and strengthen innovation in GI education and industry and to facilitate the collaborative creation, management and sharing of knowledge.These objectives have been addressed by developing new methods for co-creation of knowledge, where industrial partners and universities jointly developed new case-based learning materials by facilitating the exchange flow and co-creation of this knowledge. The project specifically addressed the Geographic Information (GI) sector.The giCASES method for co-creation of knowledge consists of process patterns, supplementary material and a collaboration platform. A process pattern is here a general description of a business process, which may be slightly modified in a particular case in order to suit the specific conditions better. All case studies are different from each other, but the processes they use to co-create knowledge have many characteristics in common which are captured in giCASES by the concept of business process patterns.giCASES considered the following paradigms:• co-creation of knowledge: the process through which two or more organizations and/or actors interact with each other in a collaborative fashion to generate learning content. • case studies: consisting of a real-world problem, which tackle specific topics and issues and has well-defined scopes, learning outcomes, results, actors and corresponding roles, and is addressed in a learning environment. • case-based (collaborative) learning: the educational approach adopted within the giCASES project, where knowledge is cooperatively produced by all the actors involved in the specific case studies planned. • (case-based) learning/training material: the whole of materials produced and/or used to co-create knowledge. • (case-based) learning/training tools: the solutions and technical tools adopted to store, visualize, reproduce, present or aid the development and exchange of learning/training material as well as the results of the learning process.The specific objectives of the giCASES project have been to improve the quality and relevance of GI courses provided by the University members of the consortium, to facilitate the growth of new knowledge-sharing processes and tools between enterprises and universities.In the approach taken in this project, enterprises and academia collaborated both when creating learning material based on real cases and during the courses. Collaborative web-tools have been identified to support the collaboration and co-creation of knowledge among different stakeholder groups. The new learning material and collaborative teaching have been tested in university settings. The project outcomes are provided under open licenses. In order to optimize the spread and usage of the project results, dissemination actions have been specifically addressed to external universities adhering to the open learning paradigm and companies that want to have a close connection to academia. In addition, the project results can also improve the knowledge management within the participating organisations. Questions related to processes for creation of knowledge and knowledge repositories have been placed at a strategic level, also within the enterprise, including Public Authorities with the possibility to enlarge their vision and perspective in the Academic context and in the European level.

Unlike most European countries, Romania does not have yet a general cadastre. Such a deficiency represents a critical element for the economy of the country, since it makes legal contracts, such as land purchasing, very difficult to be implemented. Starting from such a complex scenario, CENTRIC aims –in the long term- at the creation in Romania of the new Centre of Excellence on territorial management and cadastre. The future Centre will focus on related domains of great relevance, such as: 3D/4D geospatial data, linked geospatial data, land classification, remotely sensed data, etc. In particular, the goal of phase 1 of the project (the 12 months CSA) is to prepare a very detailed business plan leading, during phase 2, to the establishment of the Centre including: a long-term vision and the mission of the Centre, a detailed SWOT analysis of the domain of territorial management and cadastre in Romania, a long-term scientific and innovation strategy, a market analysis, the Business Concept of the Centre, the analysis of possible cooperation, strategic alliances and long-term partnerships, the operational and financial plan of the Centre, to define a strategic growth roadmap. Furthermore the project will also aim at the creation of a suitable ecosystem at the national Romanian and EU level, through a number of capacity building and dissemination activities. The whole project has been based on the creation of long-lasting (beyond the 5-years duration of the overall “Teaming” project) joint venture between partners from both advanced and low performing countries, including institutional cooperation among the Romanian Cadastre agency and the counterpart in Trentino Italy considered as a best practice at the EU level. The project is aligned with the Romanian Smart Specialisation Strategy and it has received a clear commitment from the Romanian Government to provide financial resources for infrastructural and equipment costs for phase 2.

Older adults typically prefer living at their homes as long as possible. However, they often need to be institutionalized due to the age related problems. Homecare can benefit today from a range of existing technologies including smartphones, sensors, etc., however, their effectiveness is limited by the sense of fear and uncomfortableness that many older adults feel. Most current technologies, in fact, are often not designed for older adults, least of all for users with memory impairments. The derivative limitations become a major barrier, severely limiting use of technological assistance in a home environment. CAPTAIN proposes a “transparent” technology designed to turn the home of the older adult into a ubiquitous assistant specifically designed to compensate for their physical and memory impairments during their daily living. To do so, it leverages on a few state of the art technologies, as follows: “Projected augmented reality” to project, through use of micro-projectors, contextualised (directly on walls, floor, tables, etc.) information and instructions on top of the real environment. Real-time 3D sensing technologies to comprehend the “indoor space” (nature and position of objects and actions of the persons) and to allow transforming it into a ubiquitous tangible interface. 3D sensing, together with speech analysis, will allow device-free comprehension of the environment and of the behaviour of the adults (including its changes). Non-invasive physiological and emotional data analysis from facial micro-expressions and human body pose thanks to scalable, robust, and accurate deep learning and artificial intelligence. The coach will leverage on a motivational engine to promote correct nutrition, physical activity, cognitive and physical training, risk avoidance, and social participation. To achieve this CAPTAIN will foster a truly user-centered co-design philosophy -based on constant involvement of older adult in the design, development, and testing stages.

I-SEAMORE is an Ecosystem composed of an advanced platform solution to host and manage the operation of several innovative assets, services and systems that aim to provide European Authorities with increased situational awareness and operational capabilities for Maritime surveillance operations resorting to aerial and water surface support. The core platform (infrastructure and software layers) is conceptualized to be deployed and operated at Maritime Operation Centres (MOCs) with interfaces to other systems including the UxVs Ground Control Stations (GCSs), as well as external systems. It thus provides end-users with a holistic platform capable of handling several multipurpose tasks including, e.g., wide maritime border and coastal areas monitoring, analysis of potential threats, support to search and rescue operations, detection of illegal activities, among others. Such tasks will be possible since I-SEAMORE platform provides a complete set of functionalities and capabilities to mission commanders, focusing on 4 main pillars: 1) employment and indirect tasking of multiple types of long-endurance Unmanned Assets (aerial and water surface), 2) exploitation of heterogeneous data sources e.g. payload data and open data sources including Copernicus Services, 3) provision of a common operational picture empowered by a novel and comprehensive suite of data fusion services based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Big Data Analysis, for optimal decision making and successful mission execution of the desired missions, and 4) interoperability within the Ecosystem and its interface with key existing external systems. Moreover, the project will also generate additional knowledge to support the uptake of the solution at EU level, as well as multi-country, multi-authority collaboration, including novel concepts of operation, standard operating procedures for joint operations, and new methodologies for co-creation and validation of maritime security solutions by end-users.

Digitization is increasingly shaping the world of work. While computerisation has until recently been confined to routine tasks involving explicit rule-based activities, algorithms for big data are now rapidly entering domains reliant upon pattern recognition and can readily substitute for labour in a wide range of non-routine cognitive tasks. Advanced robots are gaining enhanced senses and dexterity, allowing them to perform a broader scope of manual tasks. This will change the nature of work across industries and occupations.A recent study (The Future Of Employment: How Susceptible Are Jobs To Computerisation, Oxford 2013) estimated the probability of computerisation for 700 occupations, and examined the impacts of future computerisation on the labour market. According to their estimate, 47 percent of total employment is in the high risk category, and many occupations are potentially automatable over the next decade or two.This means that most workers in transportation, logistics and in production are likely to be substituted by computers, as industrial robots are taking on the routine tasks of most operations.But also, many office support professions are endangered. Here, algorithms for big data are already rapidly entering domains that deal with storing or accessing information, making it probable that office and administrative support occupations will be subject to computerisation.More surprising is that also a substantial share of employment in services and sales will become the victim of computerisation in the near future. These findings are largely in line with recent documented technological developments including interactive tasks. and will concern, for example, cashiers, counter and rental clerks, or telemarketers. By taking this development into consideration, it becomes evident that employers will put more emphasis on basic and transversal competences and on creative and social skillsTherefore, the overall objective of our project is to raise awareness about these developments, and how this will require continuous skill adaptations, especially on personal competences and soft skills. Our aim is to inform people working in the labour market service and in vocational orientation and education about successful initiatives and methods for training, developing and self- improvement of personal skills, and for evaluating and assessing personal development and competences. In order to reach this objective, the specific objectives are1)To implement an e-platform with an interactive database, searchable after various parameters, that describes and gives access to initiatives, tools and methods and other materials that have been identified and collected in the course of the project, concerning the development and self- improvement of personal skills and competences and their evaluation and assessment. 2)To elaborate a Catalogue “Skills and Competences for Work in Industry 4.0” which will give an overview about the current situation of the specific project environment in the partners’ countries. It will be enriched with the outcomes of the transnational meetings of the four meetings in each partner country where experts from the respective national and local labour market and vocational counselling organisations will discuss these issues with the representatives of our strategic partnership. 3)To organise an online interactive Forum for exchange of experience and good practice that will promote networking and exchange activities not only among the partnership and VET organisations in their countries, but also on a European level. With new translation services, it will become possible to break down language barriers between users from different countries, and to foster exchange and assist initiatives that contribute to the European society as a whole.The target group of our project are VET and adult education trainers and labour market policy organisations that will make use of the identified and selected materials to design and offer respective measures for adults who need to adapt their skills and personal competences to the needs of the 21st century labour market.