"The aim of the presented project is to strengthen cooperation in the field of innovation of pedagogical activities between selected higher education institutions and professional organisations with regard to strengthening the competencies of small farms managed by young farmers in the context of value creation, agricultural cooperation and the emerging ""Farm-to-Fork"" strategy.The content of the project will be the characteristics of s small farms managed by young farmers, the definition of their functions (economic, production, technical, social, cultural and ecological), the evaluation of the position of farms at the national and international level, the characteristics of critical points and mitigation strategies. The impact of agricultural policies and legislative changes on the functioning of individual entities will be simulated by a software solution. The chosen strategy to support farm viability is cooperation / collaboration between farmers, farmers and other parts of the food supply chain. Two outputs are prepared for the development of this strategy: examples of good practice and a virtual price comparison tool.The prepared outputs will be used in the teaching process of agricultural students and will also serve as a background tool for science and research. Outputs will be mostly prepared in English and languages of partner institutions (CZ, HU, LT, PL, SK).Other outputs will be three conferences organised as multiplication events and one workshop."

The principal aim of COHSMO is to investigate the relation between socio-economic structures of inequality, urbanization and territorial cohesion, and how territorial cohesion at different European scales affect economic growth, spatial justice and democratic capacities. The way that public, private and civil society stakeholders counter or cushion spatial injustice varies across localities in Europe. In common, is the need to develop the institutional capacities for place-based collaboration and democratically mobilize communities for policy development and adaption. Although location and place have gained attention in European policy and the theoretical thinking informing regional development policies, it is argued in COHSMO that we need to change our orientation in the direction of making place-informed theories and policies instead of applying existing theories and policies on places. This will be done by providing a cross-case analysis and assessment of territorial cohesion within three different cases in each of the seven national partner contexts based on a mixed-method and locality-sensitive approach. The fieldwork will focus firstly on the relation between policy instruments and local experiences of territorial cohesion, and secondly on how “social investment strategies” relate to territorial cohesion and local conditions. Moreover, the project engages in an assessment of spatial development policies at different governance scales to map the impact of different policy instruments in the fight against spatial inequality and spatial injustice. COHSMO is innovative in its differentiated approach to how location matters, and coupled with its conceptual advances COHSMO will develop groundbreaking policy recommendations in relation to sustainable economic growth, spatial justice and democratic capacity. Because they stem from location-sensitive and cross-contextual research, such recommendations will make it possible to develop the European Social Model.

<< Objectives >>The project promotes interest in science, technology and green skills through an increase in both the quantity and the quality of STEAM in schools. To ensure that future-oriented, sustainability-based green STEAM becomes an entrenched part of the education landscape to fulfill local economic and societal needs, the project establishes local green STEAM ecosystems in partner regions with the help of regional authorities, education providers, businesses, and other stakeholders.<< Implementation >>The activities fall into three main categories:1. STEAM practice in schools (The What): The development of green STEAM teaching practices, methods, and materials.2. Teacher competence building in STEAM (The How): The development of green STEAM teacher training modules for in- and pre-service training.3. Local STEAM ecosystem building (The Why): The development of local collaboration platforms for schools, regions, businesses and other stakeholders to keep STEAM locally relevant.<< Results >>The project will result in marked expansion of STEAM in participating schools and regions, improved teacher abilities in sustainable STEAM through specific green STEAM training, and a network of four functioning STEAM ecosystems in the Baltic Sea region. It will also produce the Green STEAM Handbook, which will include the best teaching practices developed in the project, a model for green STEAM teacher training, and a guide to entrenching STEAM through local ecosystem building.

SafeHabitus will make farming a safer occupation. Farming is amongst the most dangerous jobs in Europe. European statistics show that the fatality rate in farming is 233% higher than other industries and the accident rate is 18% higher. These figures underestimate the scale of the problem as a significant proportion of farm workplace fatalities, injuries and ill health go unreported, un-investigated, and prevention approaches are not learned. Improving farmers’ and farm workers’ health and safety requires action by a range of stakeholders to empower and support them to change unsafe practices and adopt new, safer and healthier ways of working. SafeHabitus is a multi-actor project that has come together to strengthen Farm Health and Safety Knowledge Innovation Systems (FHS KIS) and support the EU transition to social sustainability in farming. Our premise is that driving health and safety on farms is not about dissemination but changing habitual practices. To achieve this, SafeHabitus applies a range of novel methods; digital story telling methods with people who experienced accidents; application of the multi-actor approach to co-design farm work risk management tools; foresight analysis; analyses of consumer willingness to pay for food production that protects health and safety; bench-marking policies and elite interviews with policy makers. Our consortia include end-users, stakeholders and researchers in case study Member States. These work together in ten national COPs covering a representative variety of countries and sectors. SafeHabitus also engages with European bodies and stakeholders who provide critical bridges between EU and national / regional actors and who can influence EU policy such as the Geopa (Copa-Cogeca), CEJA, EFFAT, Oxfam, SVLFG, and AEIDL. This multi-level and transnational approach will allow SafeHabitus advance safer practices on farms across the EU.

All modalities of project activities, like preparatory and coordinative transnational project meetings, intensive methodologically funded and empirically-based and tested approach of the short term joint staff training events, recognizable and disseminative promotional multiplier events for various categories of program beneficiaries, like for business sector, local and governmental institutions, NGO’s, professional networks of associations and institutions, non-for profit sector, specialized sustainability institutions etc., inter-disciplinary, innovative and multi-contextual orientation in preparing all detailed intellectual outputs, have been performed in accordance with the expected project outcomes. Throughout this process, project partner experiences in the field of sustainability leadership have entirely been shared and inter-disciplinary analysed and evaluated, aimed at entire accommodation of the developed solutions for current and future challenges of the leadership model and sustainability development techniques, particularly important at creation of institutional environment for enhanced sustainability leadership practices.It is evident that all project partners manifest an opened satisfaction of the project achievements, as well as of the degree of exchange of theoretical and applicative knowledge, skills, abilities and expertise in the field of sustainability leadership, best illustrated through the tendency for entering the process of accreditation as Joint master degree diploma. The achieved level of analytical and communicative dedication and fulfilment of projects objectives, methodology and expected outcomes prove the synergetic cohesion among all project partners, originating from Macedonia, Slovenia, Lithuania and Austria.Main elements to be mentioned are. Please be concise and clearThe integral and structural implementation of the project particularly entirely enabled implementing the following key project achievements, precisely detailed as:Developing of integrated, contemporary inter-disciplinary Courses in the field of sustainability leadershipCreating a modern and unique in this part of Europe a Curricula for the Joint study program on Sustainability LeadershipEnabling and continuously supporting various curriculum modules through the integration of different study modalities, like development of flexible learning and teaching and evaluating approaches, modular and blended learning, in-field visits, real case – study analyses, in-field visits, sectoral and inter-sectoral analyses etc.Development of e- based Moodle platform for the validation of teaching, learning and training objectives and most influential project elements, through E-based learning platform, for the entire structure of courses within the curriculum, Continuous on-line communication and collaboration particularly between teachers and students originating from various national environments, aimed at transfer of applicable knowledge skills and expertise by illustrating best practices for successful implementation of the integration between methodological and empirical segments of all curriculum courses,Benefiting from the application of the Open Education Resource teaching and training system at the newly designed joint program on sustainability leadership, with an emphasize to joint determination of individual and group project priorities, topics for analyses, methodological techniques to be implemented, as well as indicators for level of applicability of the determined sustainability leadership solutions,Professional guidance from teachers and experts in various fields of sustainable development and leadership, supported by testing and validating solved sustainability challenges and inter-relating the key findings and expected course outcomes,Permanent and consistent counselling and coaching methods and tools for evaluation of obtained knowledge, skills and experience, through methods and methodological tools for identifying sustainability leadership challenge to be solved, selection of combination of most appropriate techniques, testing the proposed solution, as well as techniques for assessing and evaluating the degree to which the solution changes the internal and external sustainability environment in particular organization or institution, Entire transfer of the learning and teaching materials, applicative testing and evaluation of the theoretical and empirical level of students abilities and capacities from various sustainability leadership courses, Preparation and distribution of Sustainability Leadership Practicum, Handbook for Joint program for Sustainability Leadership, Quality Assurance Manual, Booklet of results achieved, Exploitation plan for ensuring sustainability of the Joint program, as well as Study paper for projects activities and achievements,Creating a sustainable network of organizations and institutions that participated in various forms in effecting o