"<< Objectives >>Project main objective, is development, implementation and promotion of the Activity- based educational concept for secondary school students in tackling of environmental challenges that communities in regions of Pazardzhik - Bulgaria, Kochani – North Macedonia and Larissa - Greece are facing. The project offers an interdisciplinary educational approach suitable for any topics from community interest, with high transferability potential for implementation in any educational institution.<< Implementation >>The following activities will be implemented in the frame of the project lifetime:1. Project Management and Implementation activities 2. 3 Trainings events, 1 long-term Teaching/learning event and 1 blended mobility event3. 3 Executive/Operational meetings & working sessions4. Activities related with creation of 4 Project Intellectual Outputs/Results 5. Communication/Promotion activities<< Results >>Expected project's outcomes/results are:- Four IOs created- Successfully implemented ""Activity-based"" educational concept in three secondary schools- Established teachers network on eTwinning platform (with min 42 STEM teachers from 3 secondary schools)- Minimum 72 students with increased skills for team work, implementation of critical thinking as well as a competences in successful performance of researching and finding the best solutions on environmental challenges from community interest"

BIOCIRCULARCITIES aims at supporting the development of innovative and comprehensive regulatory frameworks and roadmaps aligned with circular bioeconomy principles, centred on ‘bio-based waste’ and based on feedback from multi-actor participatory processes. The project has been designed to i) explore the circular economy potential of unexploited bio-based waste streams generated in 3 European urban contexts around the cities of Barcelona (ES), Naples (IT) and Pazardzhik (BG); ii) identify and analyse circular bioeconomy best practices across the EU that could be used as successful example to use in the pilot areas; iii) detect regulatory and business opportunities and shortcomings for the introduction of bio-based processes and products into local and international markets, and iv) propose proactive instruments and policy roadmaps for supporting the circular bioeconomy and expand it to the European context. The strength of the project lies in the capability to bring together multiple actors belonging to the quadruple helix (businesses, research institutions, public authorities and civil society) to build the collaborative knowledge needed to map the different perspectives about legal and market limits/potentials for developing circular bioeconomy. Having a holistic picture of the legal and market opportunities and barriers in the 3 case study areas will make it possible to check the applicability of the identified best practices and other feasible solutions. The fiscal and economic impact due to the introduction of specific regulations will be considered to foresee the investments needed to support industry in making changes towards a more circular use of bioresources. Results obtained at local level will be a source of contents to develop generic guidelines to be exploited and further developed through communication, dissemination and exploitation actions at local and international levels.

"In January 2017, the world famous symbol of the moment when irrevocable harm to humanity will be made - the Doomsday clock - was set on two and a half minute to midnight (hypothetical global catastrophe). There are two main issues with influence on increasing level of continuous danger which mankind is facing: the threat of global nuclear war and (since 2007) one of the most pressing issues of our time - the Climate change.Young generations are crucial target group that need to understand gravity of the present situation with challenges they will have to face (in the very near future) and education process (regardless formal or informal) is the most convenient way to develop real and effective approach towards mitigation of climate change effects. The main project objective is to develop a new more attractive education approach to implement climate change issue in STEM related school subjects, which will be mix of theoretical (by use of ICT based free on-line available OER) and practical education tools (school experiments) suitable for students in primary schools in Bulgaria, Macedonia and Croatia. The second objective is to establish long-term strategic transnational partnership among representatives of local bodies, civil sector and educational institutions from regions of Peshtera (BG), Kochani (MK) and Ludbreg (Cro).The project envisages cooperation between 9 partners from 3 countries: Croatia, Bulgaria and Macedonia. Each country is represented by local public bodies (Peshtera Municipality /BG/, KJP Vodovod Kocani /MK/ and Grad Ludberg /CRO/ ), NGOs (REAP /BG/, MAGA /MK/ and REAN /CRO/), and primary schools (Sv.Patriarh Evtimii /BG/, Krste P. Misirkov /MK/ and Ludberg /CRO/). Local public bodies will be responsible for preparation of document for long-term strategic transnational partnership and organization of the final dissemination events. NGOs are responsible for development of intellectual outputs; teacher’s training on ICT-based education tools and eTwinning networking; as well as dissemination activities. Primary schools will participate with teachers (who will attend the short-term joint staff training events and will be active members of established teachers’ network by the use of eTwinning module); and students (participants in the main long-term teaching assignment). In the frame of the project are anticipated: 4 transnational PP meetings for project management and coordination; 3 short-term joint staff training events for increasing of teachers’ competences and skills to develop own education approach by using of ICT – based educational tools ; Long-term teaching assignments consisted of testing period of new ICT – based education approaches and main learning period with included transnational student’s teams competition on the topic “How we can reduce our own footprint”; and 3 national multiplier events.Foreseen methodology to be used in the short term joint staff training events and long-term teaching assignments will be a mix of theoretical and practical participatory approaches so called “learning by doing” method with use of ICT - based tools.Expected project results are: Handbook for primary school teachers ""How to address climate change issues in STEM related primary school subjects with using of ICT-based educational tools and practical experiments""; Document for Strategic transnational partnership among local public bodies, education institutions and civil sector in development of education process in regions of municipalities of Peshtera, Kochani and Ludbreg; Established teachers network (of minimum 39 teachers members) by use of eTwinning module for transnational cooperation in exchanging of good practices; 9 teachers with increased computer literacy and theoretical and practical skills and competences gained on short term joint staff training events to implement climate change issues in their STEM school subjects; 120 students in the main long-term teaching assignment event with increased skills and competences to face climate change issues; 27 students participants in the transnational competition event (members of 9 transnational students’ teams) who will got increased teamwork skills and competences for developing of own theoretical and practical approach for reducing of own carbon footprint; Web site with IOs and best practices from project activities created. The envisaged impact and long term benefits are: increased teachers’ skills and competences as well as increased competences and skills of present and future students generations in PPs primary schools to face the main challenge of humanity - climate change; promotion of new “learning by doing” education approaches, using of ICT based tools and teacher's networking, established transnational cooperation to increase potential for implementation of innovative and best practices in school education; increased overall awareness for necessity of urgent measures for mitigation of climate change effects."

"Rapid development of science and technology addresses the main educational systems' challenge - The progress and prosperity of country needs to rely on innovative talents of science and technology. Kids are important talents for future progress and development of society, it’s necessary to update early childhood curricula in order to keep up with this international trend and address the growing need for STEAM Classroom programs in early childhood education. EU is faced with a challenge and a successfully implemented STE(A)M-focused classroom as an education approach, very soon can been easily recognised as a key force in the progress toward high quality preschool education for all kids.Main project aim is to promote the synergy among the experience of different socio-economical organisations and Kindergartens, with aim to include best expertise in everyday learning process. Concept of STEAM classroom is consisted of two main parts : - Appropriate working space (kindergartens will ensure a working space /classroom/) where specially designed equipment and tools appropriate for kindergartens kids age will be installed- Educational part (a ""learning by doing"" based methodology appropriate for kindergartens' kids age will be developed by experts and adopted with kindergarten teachers in the frame of the training events). Main project objectives are: to improve quality and attractiveness of early childhood education process in regions of four municipalities from Croatia, North Macedonia, Turkey and Bulgaria; enhance pre-schools teachers’ competences and skills by increasing of their theoretical background and introducing learning by doing method for STEAM related topics ; establish strategic partnership among different socio-economic types of organisations (public body; educational institutions; National, Regional and Local NGOs) for increasing of quality level of education process.Specific objectives of the planned activities in the frame of the project are to: develop own and innovative STEAM classroom - based educational approach with large transfer-ability potential; design and implement a special (appropriate for kids age) equipment and tools for practical work with kids in the STEAM field that will cover four main topics: Basic Science; Renewable Energies; Energy efficiency & Ecology; and Art; improve kids' skills through the alternative forms of teaching especially encouraging experiential learning and team work /in the frame of long-term teaching assignment/; establish transnational kindergartens' teachers network by using of eTwinning networking platform and to create of a long-term strategic partnership for transnational cooperation in the field of education.The project have two main target groups:• Teachers from kindergartens from Town Ludbreg-Croatia, Town Kochani-North Macedonia, Town Kushadasi-Turkey and Town Velingrad-Bulgaria.• Children who attend educational programs in the above mentioned kindergartens (with note that final beneficiaries of the project activities will be also all next generations of children that will attend the kindergartens' programs in the future).The long term expected results from the project realisation are:- New innovative educational approach for implementation of STE(A)M related topics in kindergartens that can be used in education of the current and future generations of kids that are attending their educational program;- Implementation of STE(A)M classroom as educational environment as well as attractive and efficient learning methodology in the pre-school teaching process;- Established teacher's network by using of eTwinning module as the main pre-request for further partnership and cooperation in increasing of teacher's skills and competences by exchanging of good practices;- Created strategic action plan for transnational cooperation among different socio-economic organisations from regions of Kochani, Velingrad, Kushadasy and Ludbreg, in the field of pre-education with aim to stimulate its development by using of best practices and innovative education methods;- Increased attractiveness of the education process for kids in kindergartens with implementation of learning by doing educational methods;- Increased awareness on regional, national and international level about the importance of STE(A)M classroom and benefits that this education method is offering for more attractive and efficient education process in pre-schools (through dissemination material, project multiplier events, ect.)- Consequently increasing the interest of larger number of the kids to choose a technology oriented career/educational path which will ensure the European labour market with increased number of engineers and technologists and with this to contribute to the competitiveness of the Union’s economy."