Given the cultural differences, economic situations and National legislations among the different EU countries, CSR implementation has reached different level of development, influencing greatly the provision of trainings in the companies and the provision of professional support by business consultant. One of the reasons for the increased level of interest is the participation of many western EU companies on CEE territories and the growing relations and economic interests, as observed by the partners. The present proposal is aimed at finding the best education solution to formulate a curriculum for the production of a training in CSR, that can satisfy the needs of future participants especially the ones coming from Central and East Europe,. The proposed curriculum can offer them a better prospective on how sustainable and ethical organizations operate and to learn how to get enterprises interested in improve their CSR activities. Such care for employees and customers by a company has a direct impact on employees’ productivity, company’s image and with a huge benefit on company's competitiveness. By actively promoting social responsibility at all organizational levels, enterprises can significantly contribute to the European Union’s objectives of sustainable development and creation of the highly competitive social market economy. The partners analysed different aspects and situations related to sustainable and socially responsible organization, ethical behaviours, and sustainable management of resources. Their aims has been to investigate the most appropriate learning approach to be applied for delivering training to managers, business consultants, government officials and other professionals responsible for implementing CSR activities or monitoring them. During the project lifetime, both participants and stakeholders have been invited in taking part in different workshops to discuss the selected topics and assess the products as prepared by the partners. Those are the results that that be sustained after the project conclusion +Curriculum and Training Structure for Business Consultants and Managers+Curriculum of Train the Trainer training: Leading CSR, Certified Program+Engagement strategy to involve participants in the local workshopsFor this reason, the project is expected to have a positive impact on the partners and on the participants as: - Increase awareness on the importance of CSR method - Improved quality of the work developed in the procedures of evaluation of the learning of the participants and their certification;- Enlarged ability to use of simpler terminology, more interesting and engaging for target groups and stakeholders -New and more engaging methodology and tools to implement the CSR oriented tasks and activities

Unstable economic, social and environment situation and impacts on the EU enterprises and citizens, and legislative EU framed for dealing with this Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) problems present starting point of this project. The project builds a strategic and collaborative program among partners in order to improve awareness and knowledge, with a goal to build common and understanding approach on the topic of CSR under the EU CSR legislative framework and national frameworks of the partners. More precisely, main objectives of the project are the exchange of good practices in order to educate and increase the project partners', enterprises', decision makers' and participants' knowledge of EU CSR Directives harmonization process to the national legal frameworks, the establishment of permanent network between enterprises, society and decision makers, and the creation of a structured CSR guide and On-line video material in order to increase adult education of CSR legislative to achieve competitive advantage at open labor, goods and services market. Since there is a lack of CSR education and adults with CSR knowledge necessary to implement in modern enterprises, in order to be a part of the solution, consortium is proud strategic partnership established of eight partners that enjoy the reputation in developing and participating CSR education and sharing CSR practice at the EU level. All partners are professionals in CSR with significant impact to enterprises and decision makers in their countries, which will result with a strong influence on the society at large. Alongside partners, project will include eight different enterprises and eight decision makers with experience in implementation and harmonization of CSR EU directives. Project Hi4CSR will include several types of activities. Three transnational project meetings (TPM) will be held in order to monitor the project, in the beginning: to introduce the details of the project to the partners, in the middle: to follow the projects progress, in the end: to summarize the projects results. Learning activities (LA), four short-term joint staff training events, will be 5-day education activities for exchanging CSR practices of harmonization between the partners who are specialized in certain CSR field, in order to achieve a better understanding of the CSR implementation and harmonization to national legal framework and accomplishment of results. LAs will be structured in two parts: presentation of examples of practical activities by decision makers and enterprises, and discussion and interactive workshop between partners, decision makers and enterprises. In order to disseminate the project, project partners will organize and participate in various events where they will present projects outputs and results. Strong on-line campaign with official web site, social media pages, video material and PR promotion will also be emphasized. The project will contribute to the realization of strategy Europe 2020 by equal involvement of European Universities, consulting companies, CSR organizations and decision makers from different countries for the purpose of creating sustainable, stable and inclusive economic growth. It is important that this project is carried out transnationally because it refers to the EU legislative framework from the field of CSR and harmonization to the national frameworks of all EU member states. Participants and their organizations will through collaborative partnership increase the knowledge of CSR EU practices which will be used in their future educational and consulting programs. Materials and seminars will be updated and of higher relevance. From knowledge accumulated and produced during the project, and implemented in the partners’ educational programs and materials, adults will gain precious knowledge, which will improve their competitiveness in the labor market and job situation. A long term expected result of the project is that all participants and stakeholders have a long term positive impact on the economy, wider public groups, local community and environment, as it is the goal of EU legislative framework. By making future education a chargeable and in the short term, a profitable activity, this project will sustain after Erasmus+ programme which helped at this first stage when it was the most needed.

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Global Goal present a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy inclusion, peace and prosperity. The strategic partnership of the project SociSDG has worked 24 months to develop a SociSDG Handbook and 9 webinars in order to create more understanding and give inspiring guidance for achieving SDGs. The SociSDGs Handbook and webinars represent a distillation of knowledge gained during the projects by various partners, and also a concrete artefact that is a result of collaboration, discussions and negotiations between various approaches and views. At the same time the handbook should be useful not just for internal stakeholders, workers of project partners, but also for external stakeholders who focus on social aspects of SDGs, good practice examples, and ways how to combine them. Today, technology analyzes unstructured “abstract” data, such as social performance, as the most important one. In the end, it helps companies see the tangible contribution in achieving SDGs - precisely this was in the focus when it comes to exchanging the best practices of companies in MS, in order to educate European adults; companies and decision makers. In that sense, partnership with Datamaran provided a strategic partnership a use of artificial intelligence (AI) tool in order to make a state of the art of SDGs. For strategic partnership, AI presents multiplier for human ungenuity, opening up entirely new areas to realise full potential of humanity. The main objectives of SociSDGs were successfully accomplished: • Increased capacity of all project parrtners in the consortium to work at a transeuropean level, as some organisations never participated in EU projects. With the successful strategic collaboration, partners have successfully submitted project proposals on SDGs and got granted in 2019. • Increased knowledge and awareness of the target groups about the importance of SDGs, their social component, impacts and integration as a part of the measurement of the SDGs,because of transferred knowledge of the lecturers (project partners) from Learning activities (LA). Number of target groups through dissemination has been accomplished (even higher). • The creation of:-a collaborative online and offline platform form for companies, decision makers and society - socisdg.com-9 webinars-SociSDG Handbook in .pdf format that summaries the webinars.-20+ sustainability experts connected in FB group The project SociSDGs include several types of activities but the most productive were 5 five-day LA, a five short-term joint staff training events were for exchanging practices when it comes to measuring companies social impact and inclusion, and measuring the integration of socially-oriented SDGs in their business models that are build upon the UN guidelines, in order to achieve better understanding of this issue and help companies improve their work and active participation in the sustainable development. Methodology used during five LAs was twofold: presentation of examples of practical activities by decision makers and enterprises were followed by a discussion and interactive workshop between partners, decision makers and enterprises. In that way the consortium ensured active learning focused on participants. The learning principles of the learning provided HomoEminens. Because of that, project consortium and educators need to develop competences required to understand SDG like: open-minded, critical or out-of-the-box thinking, team work, collaboration, innovation and listening. Those competences are especially important in a lifelong learning perspective, because they are helping participants in achieving greater employability and competitive advantage on the open labour market. During 5 LAs, 32 enterprise and NGO representatives have shared with the consortium best practices on project topics, and 9 decision makers shared their expertise regarding SDGs. The project contributed to the realization of strategy Europe 2020 on EU level because it resulted with SDG educational material, increased adult, companies and decision makers who participated at LA, as well as target groups which participated in local educational events, seminars and lectures of the lecturers (project partners). Participants and their organizations through exchange of practices increase the knowledge of the mentioned topics, meaning that they gained precious knowledge of trends in sustainability that facilitated the development of their work and educational competences, as well as adaption to current and future working conditions. Participants of the project now understand the importance on non-formal education that enhances their abilities as adult educators, as it enabled them to create educational deliverable that are needed in their future educational, consulting and collaborative work.

<< Background >>The project partners during the implementation of their corporate activities and previous projects under-stood the importance and relevance of the CSR implementation, especially within the tourism sector. They strong believe that a corporate growth should be based on the principles settled up by the concept of sustainable development, both for the VET system and for the business. The partners intend to define and set up the optimal conditions to define their future development for achieving the priorities settled up by the agenda 2030. In this sense, the updating of the skills and competences of experts that will able to transit the touristic business to implement the CSR principles within their business activities, represents an effective, concrete and sustainable answer to their goals. The project, with its actions and results, will address the follow needs:Partnership needs:•Disposal of new training programs that can respond to the new challenges of the tourism sector•To update the C-VET programs offers in line with the new priorities defined by Agenda 2030•The development of training systems that can avoid the final users to overcome barriers linked to education and training•To update training methodology to the new needs and demands of the final users, fostering the eLearning approaches•To spread CSR principles as sustainable key drivers for business and training development, according to the principles defined by Agenda 2030•TO develop a new path for matching tourism business needs with the C-VET programs offersTarget group’s needs:•To build blocks for new mind set to deliver value, making business more sustainable•To acquire knowledge, tools and new approaches how to manage its own business in more responsible way for overcoming the current challenges due to the COVID pandemic•To get support from experts to better understand the CSR principles and how to practically implement them within their business activities, recognizing benefits and added values•To get support from tailored experts that can facilitate their business transition toward a more sustainable business approach and management•To acquire tools and knowledge how to implement Digital Corporate Responsibility<< Objectives >>The project fosters to achieve the main objectives:•Helping tourism business move towards 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Tourism by making them closer to principles, pros and cons of CSR and more responsive both to internal issues (people management, diversity management, equality and inclusion, physical and mental wellbeing) and external emergency (climate change, health and environmental pressure, etc.). •Contributing to innovation in VET by adopting co-creation principles that will allow to involve di-rect/indirect beneficiaries (tourism businesses, CSR consultants and CSR trainers), to take part in de-sign, delivery, assessment/evaluation of the training path, improving their transversal, digital and green skills;•Focusing on processes linked to CSR training among tourism MSMEs rather than contents only, so as to improve its acceptance and adoption and create a more impactful action that is suitable for being transferred to other players across Europe•To develop a new operative model for C-VET of experts, trainers and consultants that will allow spreading the application of CSR principles into the Tourism sector, full matching the priority Education, science, technology, research and innovation, as key enabler for Sustainability transition (Agenda 2030)•To adopt and to apply an Interactive and participatory approach on the development of the project results, on which the final users are active involved and contribute to the production of concrete results responding to the real market needs•To improve competences of VET trainers, acquiring digital skills, matching the program priority Digital Transformation•Updating skills/competences on CSR topics, matching the program priorities Inclusion and Diversity, Environment and fight against climate change<< Implementation >>The project implementation is structured in a logic and functional framework that provides the realization of n.4 project phases (PP) which each one includes specific project tasks related to the achievement of specific project outcomes or Project Results (PR). The project phases are:1. Planning Phase It covers the first two months and serves the purpose of establishing a viable partner-ship, including all practical and administrative arrangements for the initiation of the project and its efficient management. A core partner’s team will be defined and assigned. This phase includes all necessary processes and activities for the project start up, i.e. signing up of grant agreement, application of the project management structure. The kick-off meeting is being organized and all partners agree on the QA board members, appoint the Steering Committee members and organize the project implementation, through the engagement of Researchers and Technicians. 2. Management and Coordination PhasePP1 Project Management and coordination. It will includes all activities related to setting up a network of stakeholders in the partner countries, creating interactive stakeholder communication, organizing stake-holder consultations, organizing multiplier events in all partner countries with key stakeholders’ representatives, production of a Quality Plan and Risk mitigation, financial and progress project reporting, proper and open online documentation system to ensure that all involved partners have access to all information (documents completed, agreements reached at meetings, actual to-do lists, etc.).3. Executing Phase It covers the implementation of the different Project Results (PR)PR1 CSR Design thinking for Competence Framework of Tourism CSR ExpertTask1 Desk research current gaps and the missing toolsTask2 Preparation of framework for practical application of CSR principlesTask3 Online consultation workshopsTask4 Definition of the competence frameworkPR2 E-learning toolkit Training Competences Design and Piloting Training and Validation Task1 ELearning toolkit development Task2 Piloting training Task3 Adjustment of the training by wider Stakeholders consultation Task4 Validation workshopTask5 Manual for trainers how to promote CSR principles among touristic organizationsPR3 Policy Recommendations direct to relevant Stakeholders in Tourism sector Task1 Online Living labs for co-creation involving stakeholders and citizens at EU levelTask2 Development of Guidelines/Recommendations direct to relevant stakeholders in the tourism sector4. Sharing and Promotion PhasePP4 Project Sharing and Promotion of results. It covers the implementation of all sharing and promotional activities that will contribute towards raising the attractiveness on target audience on relevance and use of project’s results and outcomes. Actions to disseminate share and promote the project’s results, with a high involvement and engagement of target audience, will be taken.<< Results >>The project after its completion will have the follow results and outcomes:•Improving key competences of VET trainers, acquiring digital skills, matching the program priority Digi-tal Transformation (Corporate digital responsibility becomes a new way for companies to achieve global competitiveness)•Reinforcing and updating expert’s skills and competences on CSR topics, matching the program priori-ties Inclusion and Diversity and Environment and fight against climate change•Wide application of CSR principles, within the touristic sector, that will foster companies to become aware of the economic, social, and environmental impacts exerted on the surroundings •Development of a range of cognitive and practical skills required to accomplish tasks and solve problems by selecting and applying basic methods, tools, materials and information, for the Experts (target groups) in the field of accessible tourism•Tailored made training program to foster C-VET skills update of experts on CSR principles, based on the real needs expressed by the touristic companies•Development of eLearning toolkit based on the results gained from consultation with key stakeholders, using a CSR Design Thinking approach to build the project outcomes•To Promote, share and disseminate practical and operative knowledge of CSR principles within the touristic sector, allowing the touristic companies to apply within their business activities, better facing the new business challenges due to the COVID pandemicThe specific outcome and results produced will be:•A Quality Assurance Plan•A Sharing and Promotional Strategy for the promotion and exploitation at European level of project’s results and outcomes•N.4 transnational partners meetings•N.1 Final conference for the exploitation of project’s results and outcomes (50 participants)•N.6 Multiplier events, in each project country•N.180 participants in the multiplier events •N.6 Online Consultation events with final users and relevant sectorial stakeholders •N.1 CSR Design thinking for Competence Framework of Tourism CSR Expert (PR1)•N.1 Desk research containing current gaps and the missing tools (PR1)•N.1 Model of practical application of CSR principles in a specific Tourism context (PR1)•N.1 Definition of CSR competence framework (PR!)•N.1 eLearning toolkit containing a tailored training methodology, training programs and materials, documents references, evaluation learning performances tools, training practices (PR2)•N.1 Web Platform for delivery of the piloting training (PR2)•N.1 Project website•N.6 piloting training of the training program developed (PR2)•N.90 attendees on the piloting training (n.15 per each participating country) (PR2)•N.6 online events/workshops for the validation of the training program (PR2)•N.50 representatives of relevant key stakeholders participating in the online consultation events (n.10 per each participating country) (PR2)•N.1 adjustment of the training program for wider consultation according to the feedback received during the pilot phase (PR2)•N.1 manual/guidelines for trainers, containing practical and tailored guidance on how to improve the learning process on project topics (PR3)

<< Background >>Project Simulation of Sustainable International Business (S.O.S. International Business) addresses the need for greater accessibility and international connectedness of teaching and learning practices with innovative digital tools and methods. Project partnership consists of three HEI institutions oriented to finance, accounting, and management, and institute for corporate social responsibility. As smaller, into practice oriented higher education institutions, two partner organisations educate significant share of already employed students, students with families and drop-out students from other universities - profiles that do not readily participate in international mobility. Without quality internationalization at home, these students face challenges with the access to positive impacts of internationalization in tertiary education. Furthermore, with being practice-oriented institutions, our academic staff is active in other professional fields and by having other obligations in their home countries they also face limited access to international mobility. This challenges in reaching internationalisation goals can be addressed through strategic development of digital educational tool that will enable distance international cooperation in teaching and learning practices. The third partner higher education institution recognises the need for strengthening its digital readiness of teaching and learning practices due to its high ratio of international students. The latter also emphasises its need for the upgrade of existing processes with innovative tools, learning practices and pedagogy.Content wise, we are focusing on educational field of international business. By this, we will not focus on knowledge about niche markets and product & business development but on accounting, tax, law, financial, managerial and socially responsible solutions for long-term survival & success in international business environment. These topics are crucial for learners of international business, but at the international scale often overlooked, because they are harder to develop in international context. The partner organizations possess the needed expertise for developing such content.Since the project will develop solutions for the study contents of international business, we will moreover address the overarching need for strengthening sustainability and corporate responsibility aspects in the teaching practices and materials of the field. With the mentioned particular needs of partner institutions, the project will contribute to overall impact on digital readiness, international connectedness and sustainable practices primarily in higher education, but also at cross-sector levels.<< Objectives >>The purpose of the project is the creation of learning practices with digital solutions & innovative pedagogy for the development of international learning content in the field of sustainable international business, which will have a positive impact on higher education and wider society through international peer cooperation of students&teachers. Core objectives:1.Design, develop and test a digital tool for simulating sustainable international business for the purposes of higher education, which will enable the international cooperation of pedagogical staff and students.2.Train pedagogical staff for the use of digital simulation and related methods of innovative pedagogy in higher education learning processes in the field of international business.3.Train pedagogical staff for the integration of sustainable aspects in the development of study contents in the field of international business.4.Develop and test the content of simulation cases in the field of sustainable international business for use in higher education learning processes.5.Develop a guide with a methodology of application (for the training of users-students of digital simulation) on the basis of the testing training of students.6.Adapt & integrate the developed content of the simulation cases into the digital game about sustainable international business, intended for interested distance learners.7.Design and develop a technological solution for the digital game of the sustainable international business for interested distance learners.8.Develop daily training modules and implement trainings for users of digital simulation of sustainable international business for teaching purposes.9.Monitor, analyze & interpret synergies, challenges and good practices in strengthening internationalization through the digitization of teaching practices in small higher education institutions.10.Disseminate information about the project & programme and project results in accordance with the dissemination strategy.<< Implementation >>We will develop&design a technological solution (digital simulation tool - platform), train pedagogical staff, create content (sustainable international business simulation cases), and test-perform simulated cases in HEI, but also other settings. The simulation will connect the chosen study subjects of partner higher education institutions and enable the lecturers to teach and students to learn on practically designed cases through international peer cooperation. The developed simulation for the use in higher education will be adapted for individual use through gamification methods and offered to interested distant learners from companies, NGOs, and general society. Based on the project, we will also implement the study about the effects of digitalisation of learning practices on the internationalisation of small higher education institutions.<< Results >>Project will produce the following results:1.Digital tool (platform) that will enable easy and intuitive content development for the digital simulation of the financial, accounting, management, and legal situations in international business. It will support the upload of various multimedia contents, built-in analytics, network building, and interactivity between students and teachers. Guidelines for different users and for integration of sustainability into study contents will be integrated into the tool for easier dissemination. 2.The developed simulated cases of the sustainable international business will be developed and tested between partner institutions and at first used between them. Through the dissemination of project results and encouragement for further use the expansion of cooperation with other higher education institutions and stakeholders is envisaged.3.Digital simulation game for individual use is an adjustment of the simulated cases of the sustainable international business. The integrated analytics of the game will track and inform the user-learner about his or her performance. It will be based on the gamification methods, but will not include interactivity. 4.The study about the effects of digitalisation of teaching&learning practices on the internationalisation of the small higher education institutions. The study will consist of case studies of the higher education institutions involved in the project and will combine qualitative and quantitative research methods. The primary target groups of the project are students and teachers of the involved HEI and the partner HEI themselves. Students and teachers will improve their digital competences and their knowledge about the sustainable international business, raise their learning autonomy (students) and their understanding of innovative pedagogy (teachers), gain new international and intercultural experiences, obtain a user-friendly tool for interactive teaching&learning through simulation of international business cases and therefore develop more positive attitude towards the use of ICT in study processes. The involved HEI will strengthen their internationalisation processes (also through the “internationalisation at home”), make a first big step towards their comprehensive digital transformation and upgrade of their study programmes with topics of sustainability. The impacts and outcomes of the project will reach other HEIs and stakeholders that will participate in the project as associated partners or in its promotional activities; other (individual or institutional) users of the developed tool and/or game after the end of the project can expect similar impacts.