One of the great challenges of society is innovation through the development of new and advanced materials. Such tailored materials are needed in all key-technological areas, from renewable energy concepts, through next-generation data storage to biocompatible materials for medical applications and many of these future materials will be synthesized on a nano-scale. In order to reach these goals, state-of-the-art analytical tools are needed. High magnetic fields are one of the most powerful tools available to scientists for the study, modification and control of states of matter, and in order to compete on the global scale, Europe needs state-of-the-art high magnetic field facilities which provide the highest possible fields (both continuous and pulsed) for its many active and world-leading researchers. The European Magnetic Field Laboratory (EMFL) is a legal entity in the form of an AISBL under Belgian law. Its current members are CNRS, HZDR and RU as facility operators and the University of Nottingham, the latter on behalf of the UK user community, funded through an EPSRC Mid-scale Facility Grant. It represents all high-field infrastructures in Europe and constitutes a distributed research infrastructure of global impact and importance, which was added to the ESRFI Landmark list in 2016. The ISABEL project aims to strengthen the long-term sustainability of the EMFL through the realization of three objectives : - strengthening the EMFL structure by enlarging its membership and by improving several organisational aspects, such as data management, outreach and access procedures. - strengthening the socio-economic impact of the EMFL, by bridging the gap with industry. - strengthening of the role of high magnetic field research in Europe.

Current European language education policies are governed by two pillars: the task-based approach and verbal interaction. Since the mid-1990s, with the emergence of computer-mediated communication tools, there has been an introduction of telecollaboration and virtual exchange in foreign language learning, with a progressive institutionalization of these forms of learning arriving at the Erasmus + Virtual Exchange project of the European Commission. The scientific goal of our network is to advance our knowledge of foreign language acquisition in computer-mediated communication and to translate this knowledge into the design of language learning environments and tasks in the private and public sectors. This scientific goal is pursued by a network currently comprising eight European partners in six countries, two non-European partners and one partner from the United Kingdom. The disciplines present are language sciences, education sciences and computer science. The areas of expertise in the consortium are multimodal analysis of the interactive dynamics underlying language acquisition (conversational alignments, specific phenomena such as negotiations of meaning), multimodal corpus building and analysis using (semi-)automatic natural language processing tools, task design and digital learning environments, online language training management and marketing. This consortium is expected to expand with greater participation from the private sector. The consortium will pursue R&D by training and collaborating with a group of ten young researchers. These young researchers will be trained to develop transversal skills that will enable them to navigate between the public and private sectors. This training will be done by combining distance learning, training with periods of mobility (between academic partners and in companies), and an annual one-week training course bringing together all the partners. Within the framework of the MRSEI project, the following tasks will be carried out: formalization of the scientific programme for submission to the AAP MSCA ITN; recruitment of non-academic partners; formalization of the training of young researchers; planning of dissemination; writing of the ITN project. These tasks will be accomplished through two three-day meetings with the entire consortium and close collaboration between the work-package managers of the future ITN project. The consortium will be helped by Protisvalor, the subsidiary of Aix Marseille for the support of researchers in the writing of European projects. By supporting the future ITN project by a French team, this project will consolidate the role of France and the tools and infrastructures it finances (such as the Ortolang platform, Equipex ANR-11-EQPX-0032) in European research.

COWEB (Promoting and Facilitating Collaborative Virtual International Learning in the Western Balkans Higher Education Institutions) aims to build capacities in the Western Balkans (WB) Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) for international virtual collaborative learning (VCL) as an innovative pedagogical approach in teaching and learning, with a focus on co-creating virtual/blended learning spaces and course content that will boost 21st century skills and competencies for students and address the low cross-border collaboration among HEIs and students in the WB region. The COWEB project is important for the following Target Groups of the project.-WB HEI Students-WB HEI Academic Staff-WB HEIsThe objectives of the COWEB are aimed to be achieved through a set of activities including, -Desk research and first-hand observation about virtual collaboration in Western Balkans region-International Forum on innovative virtual teaching and learning pedagogies -Training academic staff with pedagogical and didactical methodologies and teaching tools for implementing of VCL/COIL modules-E-Tutor qualification of senior students as teaching facilitators -Short Term Exchanges of the academic staff among EU and WB partners-Delivery of VCL course content and activities in a Local, Regional and International level-Dissemination Events (Midterm, Final Conference) as multipliers of project results.Among the deliverables of the COWEB project are,-Report on EU Best Practices on VCL (Benchmarking)-Report on Western Balkans Needs Assessment on Virtual Collaborative Learning-Didactical Staff training materials and Teaching & Learning Materials-Local, Regional and International VCL Course Delivered-Research Output on VCL Course experience-Project Website, and Promotional Materials The outcomes of COWEB will have a significant and long-term impact on the targeted HEIs beyond the projects' lifetime and as such benefit the society in general.

RESTORE4Cs aims to assess the role of restoration action on wetlands climate change mitigation capacity and a wide range of ecosystem services using an integrative socio-ecological systems approach. Focusing on coastal wetlands across Europe, RESTORE4Cs will deliver standardised methodologies and approaches for the prioritisation of restoration promoting carbon-storage and greenhouse gasses (GHG) emissions abatement, while improving the ecological status and the provision of additional ecosystem services such as flood regulation and coastal erosion protection. Project results will support the implementation of Climate and Biodiversity policies in the context of the European Green Deal. Effectiveness data on restoration and land use management actions on climate services and other ecosystem and socio-economic services will be gathered both from six Case Pilot sites across European coastal areas, including well-preserved, altered, and restored wetlands, and from meta-analysis. Models and integrative assessment tools will be upscaled to wider geographical (European) and ecological (other wetland types, including floodplains and peatlands) contexts using remote sensing and machine learning methods to develop an integrated status assessment of European wetlands. The results will be integrated into a digital platform to serve as a Decision Support System (DSS) for stakeholders that will steer project efforts as part of a newly created Community of Practice around wetland restoration.