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

As a result of the steady economic development Europe is facing a huge number of low-skilled adults that need to be integrated into the labour market. But for a successful integration of low-skilled adults into their social environment good education is essential. DECOS combines labour market integration with social integration via environmental awareness and green skills. The environmental standards and awareness in Europe’s workplaces and societies is very high. E.g. waste separation and management is an important issue to many European people, neighbourhoods, communities and cities. Often these topics are rarely developed at low-skilled adults, either in their social environment or at the workplace. DECOS addresses these education gaps and will contribute to a more successful integration of low-skilled adults in their social environment AND the labour market.The main objectives of this project are:- developing a new and innovative curriculum (based on ECVET and EQF standards) for fostering social AND labour market integration of low-skilled adults through green skills- train DECOS trainers (min 10) in a TtT seminar- develop teaching materials for trainers - develop an DECOS guide-book for trainees (about 40 pages)- develop a three-module training course (waste management, energy management and cleaner production)- develop three easy to use e-learning modules (blended learning)- develop e-testing system- train low-skilled adults (min 100) in pilot trainings and evaluate the training and teaching materials- disseminate project results in partner countries and beyond - set up a cross-media platform as a transfer centre to ensure the sustainability of the projectWhile the waste and energy management modules of the DECOS training could be applied in any social and professional environment, the third module: cleaner production/sustainability will exclusively focus on the applicability of green skills on the workplace and thereby enhance the employability of successful DECOS trainees.Although there are VET trainings for achieving green skills and there are also initiatives and trainings for improving environmental awareness, the specific target group of low-skilled adults has not been targeted so far. They often lack green skills and environmental awareness, therefore it is important focusing on this lack for and increase environmental competences and awareness towards a more sustainable lifestyle. Because of the individual knowledge-gaps, a training designed towards the specific needs of this highly relevant and growing target group is needed. The participants of the DECOS training need to be willing to improve their competences and skills to be more employable on the market and active in the society on green issues and environmental awareness. To ensure the quality of the DECOS training and its outcomes, every participant of the training needs to fulfil some formal criteria: minimum age of 18 years and a certain language level. These minimum criteria ensure that the participants will understand the content of the training properly and that they can apply for jobs during or after the training.

<< Objectives >>The aim is to provide an innovative solution introducing green care wellness programs and methods to tackle work-related stress, faced by an increasing number of professionals and organisations. Addressing needs and challenges of a big number of professionals and support them with innovative VET program is our main goal. The project interprets health holistically, including wellbeing as part of the health concept, accepting a more dynamic health concept, combined and balanced with nature.<< Implementation >>The project “ENERGY” is structured into four consecutive modules: Development, Implementation, Evaluation and Sustainability. The ENERGY Program will be delivered in two learning paths - blended learning for 30 participants in Lithuania and N. Macedonia who will have workshops in nature, exercises in forest and urban gardens and follow online education, and 100 participants in online education through the ENERGY Platform and implement the new skills in their workplace.<< Results >>The main results address directly the needs of the target groups: VET Training Contents, VET Digital Training Platform, Practicum with Case Studies and Personalised Action Plan, Guidelines and Policy Recommendations.Globally the project expects to involve directly in its activities along the project development about 400 professionals, 60 organisations and owner/managers/entrepreneurs, 20 Facilitators and 10 key actors (governmental organisations, decision makers).

SH2AMROCK - Ireland's Emerald Hydrogen Valley SH2AMROCK will deploy green hydrogen across key hard-to-abate sectors across the island of Ireland – including key infrastructure to enable the production, distribution, and use of green hydrogen. The 5 year-project, with a total investment of approximately €80m, will showcase the capacity of H2 to maximise penetration of RES through sector coupling, while facilitating widespread integration of renewable H2 into Ireland’s energy system. SH2AMROCK will realise this goal through the deployment of the country’s first hydrogen valley and multi-modal H2 transport hub in Galway – accelerating the island of Ireland’s energy transition and decarbonisation across multiple end-user applications.

"<< Background >>A fair and sustainable society, with a modern, resource-efficient and competitive economy cannot be achieved without a workforce to support it. That is why it is necessary to prepare the workforce for the skills requirements inherent in green jobs and to ensure that industries and workplaces do not face a shortage of adequately skilled workers. The EU is the world’s leading producer of wine and, like any other agri-food industry, both contribute to climate change and is affected by climate change.Environmental competences are essential for the wineries workforce and surrounding society, in order to ensure a positive ecological footprint of the activities carried out in this farming sector. Upskilling is, therefore, necessary to reap the benefits of the aforementioned ecological strategy.The need for a competence framework that identifies the ""green"" knowledge, skills and aptitudes has already been claimed by the EC. The wine sector can not be left behind. And linked to the competencies to be identified, a wine sector competence-based training that enables the workers to acquire the competences is particularly necessary.<< Objectives >>The aim of 'Green Vineyards' project is to raise the knowledge, skills and aptitudes of workers in the wine sector, addressing the challenges of climate change. The project objectives are:a) To identify the environmental competences required by the workers to ensure a positive ecological footprint of the activities carried out. b) To identify common gaps in the workers' knowledge, attitudes and skills, to better address their training necessities.c) To provide personalised training for wineries sector staff, according to the identified skills gaps and making the required training available 24/7. d) To facilitate access to training, creating a friendly and accessible online learning environment for all workers of wine sector.e) To raise awareness of climate change impact in the key sector of wine production.f) To improve the climate literacy of rural communities. g) To disseminate the expected outcomes in order to transmit the created knowledge all over Europe, making the knowledge and technology transfer from the wine sector to other agri-food sectors as smooth as possible.<< Implementation >>“Green Vineyards” project will identify the key environmental competences needed in the wine sector workforce to achieve an immediate and positive impact on climate change. It will comprise the identification and analysis of knowledge, skills, and attitudes required to work in a sustainable economy. The project consortium will also identify the best practices in upskilling workers. All this identified knowledge will be put into practice through a course, that split into modules, will have two different approaches: a) the identification of existent open educational resources, and b) the creation of specific contents, to jointly create a repository of learning contents that will satisfy workers training necessities.To support the acquisition of the required skills, a self-assessment tool will be developed. It will permit the workers to identify the competences they lack and will suggest the most adequate training to acquire those competences, through personalized training itineraries.A Training platform will be specially built to collect all the course contents, facilitating open access to the modules, the escalation of both the courses and final users, and the sustainability of the overall approach.The learning scheme will be tested, piloted by approximately 300 participants, and subsequently improved.A certification tool will be put in place allowing final users to obtain evidence of the competence achieved, improving their competitiveness within the labor market.A transferability scheme will be put in practice to disseminate project results in all educative sectors, as well as other agri-food sectors and industries.<< Results >>In two years and half of intensive work, the project will produce the following tangible results:a) An environment-oriented Competence Framework, usable not only by the whole wine sector but transferable to many other sectors.b) A catalogue of best practices, interventions put into practice by sector stakeholders, such as wineries, trade unions or cooperatives to showcase how these organisations re-skill or upskill their workers to acquire environmental competences. c) Multimedia resources, based on the catalogue of selected practices. 5 ad hoc created videos will be produced. Td) A self-assessment and recommendation tool, showing workers which competences they lack and proposing the most appropriate training itinerary.e) A complete set of appropriate training materials, specifically tailored to acquire the identified competences.f) An online Learning Hub, a brand new multi-platform site, responsive, that will permit universal and free access to the contents, methodology and outcomes. This will allow the use of mobile devices daily, whenever, wherever. g) A transferability Toolkit. a step-by-step guide that will describe and plan the transfer of the Green Vineyards methodology and contents. The results will be openly licensed to allow the re-use and/or modification by third-party organisations.After having tested the learning scheme by 300 workers, the sector will get a specially created tool to improve its workforce capacities to participate in a more 'green' and sustainable economy, enhancing at the same time the overall society awareness about climate change."