"The decline in the number of students who choose scientific careers after completing their secondary education is a serious issue in Europe. Nevertheless, young people are very interested in current scientific discoveries, noticeably those addressing pollution and climate change. One reason for this paradox is that students beginning secondary school see science formally taught at school as less attractive. On the other hand, several studies have shown that students' access to real research projects (e.g. citizen science) increases the possibilities of improving their interest in science. The general objective of the ""Pedagogical Sailboat"" project is to lay foundations that facilitate the interaction between scientific research and education (both formal and non-formal). The sailboat was chosen because it can support the acquisition of multidisciplinary skills and the marine environment around the sailboat is an open-air laboratory for studying the life sciences. Besides, the sailboat is a strong motivating factor for youth as it generates a feeling of freedom and adventure and conveys an environmental message. Ayam Sailing Europe, an international sailing association, coordinated this project in partnership with a leading research centre, a regional administration and a secondary school.The consortium has developed a competency framework listing the scientific, technical and cross-disciplinary skills that make it possible to carry out a citizen science campaign onboard a sailboat. The scientists provided the educators with practical information on the skills required to develop each phase of the scientific research process. The sailors described the technical competencies which make it possible to navigate with a sailboat (e.g. use of nautical charts, use and maintenance of the onboard electric systems and simple machines ...). The teachers identified the correlation between all these competencies and the corresponding types of learning in the school programs.As an implementation of the competency framework, three pedagogical modules (scientific, technical, and social) were developed with a common theme: the pollution of aquatic environments by microplastics.The scientific module enabled students to acquire a good understanding of a scientific article and extract relevant information. The teachers and their students joined a team of researchers during a microplastics’ sampling campaign. Students from the technical education system learned how to build a microplastics sampler (manta net). Researchers in their future scientific campaigns will use this instrument on board a sailboat.Social studies’ students prepared a mobility project aimed at accompanying and guiding children with specific needs during a scientific campaign aboard a sailboat. The students were able to understand all the facets of project preparation by carrying out a feasibility study and presenting it to their municipal administration who then agreed to provide funding. The purpose of this mobility trip is to encourage special needs’ children to be as independent as possible in learning situations and to open up new horizons for them.This project enabled teachers from different disciplines to participate and develop an educational project collaboratively and cooperatively. The teachers worked with researchers who helped them improve their knowledge of the scientific process, which also benefited the students.The Ayam Sailing Europe association will further develop this project in order to empower teachers to go deeper into the scientific research process (co-created citizen science). This will be done in collaboration with stakeholders from scientific research and secondary education."

SchoolFood4Change (SF4C) will create a shift to both sustainable and healthy diets on a broad societal scale by directly impacting over 3,000 schools and 600,000 school children in 12 EU countries, providing a replicable good practice across the EU and beyond. The SF4C specific objectives (SO) are: SO1: To innovate and roll out sustainable healthy food procurement, sourced from land, inland water and sea, in line with the EU Farm to Fork Strategy and the SDGs. SO2: Through innovative "planetary health diets & cooking", linked to the identity of the territory, train and empower cooks and urban food enablers in the cities. SO3: To ensure an enabling educational environment through the innovative "whole school food approach" which is a method about achieving a healthy food culture in and around schools, contributing to community-wide whole systems change, and impacting on education, sustainability, inequalities, communities and health. SO4: To assess the SF4C impact, demonstrate real life delivery ("business case"), particularly on health and behavioural change of vulnerable children, and prove that it can be cost-effective. SO5: To seek impact for all EU citizens, demonstrate swift EU replicability, also beyond schools, and engage with EC Services and projects on increased Farm to Fork impact toward 2030. All children go to school and are vulnerable to diet-related conditions and disadvantaged environments. SF4C views schools and children and young people (0-18 years of age) as catalysts for systemic change for the shift to sustainable and healthy diets of all EU citizens. The SF4C triple impact approach (SO1-3) will be implemented by 33 partners, mostly governmental partners that have the mandate over sustainable healthy school meals, including many pioneers from across the EU. SF4C has received official support from 10 EU Members States.

The project aims to establish services enhancing the innovation management capacity (EIMC) of SME's of the Enterprise Europe Network. Lack of innovation management capacity is recognised as an important barrier to creating economic impact (competitiveness, growth and jobs) from innovation activities in SMEs. Horizon 2020’s SME-instrument foresees offering mentoring and coaching services to beneficiaries to address the need of SMEs of consulting service offers enhancing the innovation management capacity. Moreover, in a survey undertaken in 2011 for DG Enterprise and Industry, SME´s and SME support organisations considered the inability to manage innovation processes efficiently and effectively as the second most important barrier to SME innovation (after 'lack of financial resources').The two partners of the consortium for the present project, IVACE and INFO MURCIA have both more than 20 years’ experience in providing services of Enhancing innovation capacity to SMEs in their regions. More recently as members of EEN-SEIMED Network they have both been leading in their Region the provision of services in order to help small business to make the most of the European marketplace. Specifically services provided are supporting: • Technology transfer • Access to finance • Advice on EU law and standards • Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) • Research funding • Going international The Enterprise Europe Network SEIMED is therefore a suitable structure to introduce services “Enhancing the innovation management capacity of SMEs” and make available to SMEs higher quality innovation support services where these are absent or unaffordable on local markets.

The four Regional Development Agencies, ERVET, ADA, KAINUUN ETU, IVACE operating in the North and in the South European Regions (Italy, Turkey, Finland, Spain), dealing with innovation support programmes, implementation of Structural Funds Regional Operative Programmes (ROP ESF, ERDF 2020) and experienced in social innovation policies and programs want to deepen their knowledge and find joint solutions to challenges hindering the development of social economy. Thus, they want to promote new approaches able to overcome a fragmented approach to policies supporting social economy and the innovation and competitiveness of social enterprises. A new policy mix, taking into consideration social, economic and environmental aspects (Agenda 2030), would be able to overcome “silos policies” and to create a favorable ecosystem for social enterprises. They will work together with regional public and private social economy stakeholders to analyze beneficiaries’ needs and promote new policies and actions. Already existing approaches and best practices will be shared in a mutual learning process among Regional Development Agencies, and related regions, that will be enlarged through EURADA and ERRIN networks for more effective and targeted regional and European innovation programs for social enterprises. Moreover, partners, accordingly with INNOSUP general scope, choose to focus on social innovation as it is “required at the interface between public services and private enterprises” with a view to jointly learn and discuss about public and private partnership and co-design approach

Lack of innovation management capacity is recognised as an important barrier to creating economic impact (competitiveness, growth and jobs) from innovation activities in SMEs. Horizon 2020’s SME-instrument foresees offering mentoring and coaching services to beneficiaries to address the need of SMEs of consulting service offers enhancing the innovation management capacity. Moreover, in a survey undertaken in 2011 for DG Enterprise and Industry, SME´s and SME support organisations considered the inability to manage innovation processes efficiently and effectively as the second most important barrier to SME innovation (after 'lack of financial resources').The two partners of the consortium for the present project, IVACE and INFO MURCIA have both more than 20 years’ experience in providing services of Enhancing innovation capacity to SMEs in their regions. More recently as members of EEN-SEIMED Network they have both been leading in their Region the provision of services in order to help small business to make the most of the European marketplace. Specifically services provided are supporting: • Technology transfer • Access to finance • Advice on EU law and standards • Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) • Research funding • Going international The Enterprise Europe Network SEIMED is therefore a suitable structure to introduce services “Enhancing the innovation management capacity of SMEs” and make available to SMEs higher quality innovation support services where these are absent or unaffordable on local markets.