Students and staff mobility is key in the internationalization policy of the University, as it is considered added value for the academic, as well as professional and cultural growth, and for the achievement of the goals set by Bologna Process. In a territory that has been affected not only by recent economic crisis, but that suffers the isolation from neighboring regions, too, mobility represent a great - and maybe the only - opportunity of growth for local students, for trying to fulfill their goals and hope in a better future as far as their access in the labour market is concerned. The project Erasmus Plus – KA1 is addressed to students who wish to study or do a traineeship period abroad, to teaching staff for performing teaching activities, to non-teaching staff for training purposes. The University of Molise promotes the mobility of all the said components, in the awareness that this is beneficial both for the Institution (e.g., acquisition of good practices and new learning material) and for the non-teaching staff , as it facilitates career advancements.In the academic year 2014/2015 the University has tried to increase the number of the individuals in mobility thanks to a more widespread diffusion all through the Degree Courses and by means of info days on occasion of the publication of notices of competition. The synergy between Erasmus Study Course Coordinators and the administrative office has been fundamental, in so far as it provided useful information both from the academic and administrative viewpoints, and to illustrate the academic offer of the foreign universities and all the aspects related to enrollment procedures. The ppt presentations used are later published on the University website so that all students get to have the basic info to participate to the program. Besides, the brand-new layout of the University website make this fruition even easier.During the meetings, former erasmus students are called to describe their mobility experiences and to give useful tips. In spite of all these initiatives, the number of students has decreased this year: this is certainly due to the low contribution, even with the integrations from the Ministerial funds. On the other hand, the number of the students in mobility for traineeship has increased: the University has also taken part to two different consortia to provide its students with a wider and more varied offer and give them the possibility to gain familiarity with the labour market in an international setting and acquire skills and expertise. In our view, the benefits of the erasmus program are relatable to the curriculum improvement (certified by the Europass mobility certificate), to the acquisition of self-confidence and the higher degree of accessibility to the labour market; some of our former erasmus students have been offered to keep working in the very organization that hosted them during the erasmus traineeship period. In general, they have declared to be more independent and inclined to face the labour market with their own vision and project ideas. Online language course have been very much appreciated by the students in general, even in consideration of the gap that was left by the suppression and later re-establishment of the University Language Center. The services offered to support mobility are several: assistance in administrative matters, online-available information, organization of a course in Italian for foreign Erasmus students, small price meal service, welcome days, housing and assistance services with the help pf local students associations, organization of social events, info booklets in English.

FORWARDS will prototype The ForestWard Observatory to provide (a) timely and detailed information on European forests’ vulnerability to climate change impacts, (b) science-based knowledge to guide management using the principles of climate-smart forestry, ecosystem restoration, and biodiversity preservation (CSF & Restoration), and (c) stakeholder engagement and public participation in decision-making processes. We capitalize on data from existing networks (e.g. ICP Forests) and expand this with a Network of Pilot sites through 5 FORWARDS Demo cases plus ~50 trials established via grants to third parties. We will reconcile the current divide between forest information obtained from the ground and remote sensing by incorporating the concept of Monitoring Supersites and novel approaches to more comprehensively characterize cause-effect relationships of forest disturbances. Tools for European-wide forward-looking and spatially explicit projections on forests as well as regionalized CSF & Restoration trajectories will be developed jointly with stakeholders to evaluate synergies and trade-offs of conversion and restoration activities. These will be used to provide good practice guidance on effective CSF & Restoration management practices. The ForestWard Observatory will be constructed under the principle of co-design to address the information needs by users and stakeholders. FORWARDS interacts with several established networks on CSF & Restoration and effectively utilizes five dedicated grant calls to implement forest observations and test CSF & restoration measures. The ambition is for The ForestWard Observatory to become a long-lasting legacy of FORWARDS, which supports decision making across scales to boost the uptake of good CSF & Restoration management practice throughout Europe (local scale for management practice), while efficiently informing about climate change and disturbance impacts and resilience of European forests (regional to EU scale for policy making).

The project has actively operated in a context of higher education and training, and has aimed at increasing the professional and linguistic knowledge of trainees. In a setting in which labour and multiculturality make Europe more and more competitive, the need to reinforce the students’ resources becomes relevant.Under this project, the number of trainees has been higher than the past year. 92 have been the registered mobilities; then, all EU allocated funds have been employed. The number of interested Countries has been 20. The project has allowed its beneficiaries to gain a wider perspective of their social and professional reality thanks to a labour experience abroad which has not only strengthened the issue of EU citizenship, but has also incentivized the young students to consider Europe as a space open to the mobility of professions. Trainees offered under this project aims at training potential knowledge workers through trainees lasting 2 and 3 months in order to. 1) reinforce the link between knowledge and know how; 2) provide the beneficiary with innovative working methodologies this way making his/her CV more competitive, 3) allow the transfer of knowledge within the home Country for the development of regional economy, 4) allow the acknowledgement of acquired competencies, and of the training course thanks to the Transcript of Work and the Learning Agreement Before and After the Mobility.Trainees have been undertaken in 20 different EU Countries, and have affected a wide range of professional sectors. Beneficiaries have been ensured same opportunities and same support before, during and after the mobility as to information, motivation, acknowledgment of the mobility period (credits, ADE, extracurricular credits)A further point of strength has been the integrated network of the International partnership: participants have counted on host organizations selected on the basis of a long-lasting reliability; participants have found organizations suitable to their professional expectations as well. The project has fully accomplished its main goal: that to provide beneficiaries with those practical competencies in their respective fields of interest (such competencies have been integrated with the university training so far received), and to improve their linguistic competencies. Generally speaking, beneficiaries have shown satisfaction with the quality of trainees. Host organizations also have been satisfied with host trainees and their knowledge.About equal opportunities: out of 92 trainees, 41 are female ones. In particular, the mobility experience has increased, in each participating woman, awareness in their capabilities and professionalism. This has contributed to spread that culture of EU citizenship in terms of a greater valorization of female gender in the future labour market.

<< Objectives >>The objectives of the project are:- To contribute to the preparation of university students and lecturers for digital education processes- To contribute to the development of creativity skills of engineering faculty students- To develop creative engineering modules, creating an e-learning platform and making it available to students- To contribute to the development of 21st century skills (creativity, problem solving, analytical thinking ... etc) of students.<< Implementation >>The activities are as follows: WP-1 Project managementWP-2:- Comparative report of current curriculums- Innovative curriculum- Evaluation toolsWP- 3: - E-learning platform- E-learning platfrom content development- PilotingsBesides; - 1 LTT (evaluation report will be written)- 4 TPM (report of each meeting will be written)- 15 round-table discussions- 5 multiplier events.- dissemination actities- evaluation and monitoring activities<< Results >>With the activities of the project,the creativity skills of the students studying in the fields of engineering will be improved. The expected results at the end of the project;- a comparative report examining the handling of creativity in engineering faculties at different universities,- a curriculum aimed at developing creativity skills- e-learning platform for engineering students, focused on improving creativity skills

The FF-IPM project targets three highly polyphagous fruit fly (FF) species (Tephritidae) that cause devastating losses in the fresh fruit producing industry, the Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata), a serious emerging pest in northern temperate areas of Europe, the Oriental fruit fly (Bactrocera dorsalis) and the peach fruit fly (B. zonata) two major new (invasive) pests, which pose an imminent threat to European horticulture. The project aims to introduce in-silico supported prevention, detection and Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approaches for both new and emerging FF, based on spatial modelling across a wide range of spatial levels, novel decision support systems, and new knowledge regarding biological traits of the target species, fruit trading and socioeconomics. FF-IPM introduces a fundamental paradigm shift in IPM towards “OFF-Season” management of FF by targeting the overwintering generation when population undergoes significant bottlenecks, preventing, this way, population growth later in season. “ON-Season” control approaches will be generated for different spatial scales considering both existing and developed by FF-IPM tools and services. Innovative prevention tools to track FF infested fruit (e-Nose) and rapidly identify intercepted specimens (Rapid-Molecular-Pest-ID tools) in imported commodities and at processing industries will be produced. Species specific e-trapping systems for the three-target FF will be advanced and employed by novel detection strategies based on spatial modelling. Both “ON and OFF-Season” IPM approaches and detection strategies will be validated in selected locations in eight different countries. FF-IPM generated data on FF response under stress conditions, overwintering dynamics, establishment and dispersion patterns of low population densities combined with advanced spatial population modeling are expected to contribute towards understanding drivers of emerging and new pests under climate change scenarios.