The International Monetary Fund expects the global economy in 2020 to suffer its worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. Pope Francis has said the fight against COVID-19 is now considered to be the most important in the world at this age. The broader objective of the project – to upgrade the curricula with 3 new harmonized multidisciplinary, personalized MOOC modules on minimizing the influence of coronavirus and negative emotions in a built environment by applying behavior change (MICROBE) to increase cooperation for innovation and strategic partnerships for higher education, enhance the quality and relevance of knowledge of students to the global market needs and to ensure international cooperation.Main objectives of MICROBE project:1. To upgrade curricula of MSc by adding 3 new multidisciplinary personalized, recognised and certificated MOOC modules on consumer behavior change related to MICROBE education, to enhance the quality and relevance of education in participating universities to global issues;2. To develop world-wide innovative MICROBE System. It comprises the following components: Video Neuroanalytics , Web-based opinion analytics and Recommender System for the Protection against COVID-19 and Depression Reduction in Built Environment and 3 new harmonized multidisciplinary personalized MOOC modules. 3. To strengthen educational and scientific networking among EU universities in the MICROBE education. The partner consortium represents all key stakeholders relevant to the project topic – 3 public universities with rich experience in MICROBE education and research (LT, EE and ES), 2 municipalities (LT and IT), 1 adult education providing organizations founded by universities, private companies and local authorities (BG) and 1 Foundation for Urban Innovation (IT). All Partners will play an important role in the realization of the project. The leading partners of the different activities are determined according to the partner’s competences and capacity to carry out the work.The MICROBE project activities and applied methodology involves the following stages:IO1: Personalized MOOC Modules on minimizing the influence of coronavirus and negative emotions in a built environment by applying behavior change (MICROBE):1. Stakeholders’ workshops.2. Development of MICROBE education framework.3. Development of guidelines and accreditation rules for the quality assurance of MOOCs.4. Preparation of the framework report for the common MICROBE curricula. 5. Preparation of the report on common grounds for teaching and learning.6. Training of teaching staff and public employees.7. Development of the MICROBE personalized MOOCs content and teaching materials.IO2: Development, testing and improvement of the MICROBE Method:8. Formulation of the research problem and goals.9. Analysis of former concepts, models, methods, and theories of MICROBE.10. Completion of a Data Protection Impact assessment.11. Portrayal of the Big Picture of the MICROBE.12. Development of the MICROBE Method.13. Testing and improvement of the MICROBE Method.IO3: Development, testing and improvement of the MICROBE System:14. Formulation of the Research Problem.15. Literature Review.16. The Big Picture.17. Scanning a Human-Centered Built Environment and Collecting Data.18. The Integrated MICROBE Method (see IO2).19. Development of the MICROBE System.20. Multiple-Criteria Analysis of Alternatives.21. The MICROBE System Correlation Subsystem.22. Real-time negative emotions and possible COVID-19 indices in Vilnius23. Assessing the Accuracy of the MICROBE System through verification and validation. The main results and impact envisaged will be achieved as follows:- 3 new, personalized MOOC Modules developed;- development of the MICROBE Method and System;- education of 120 students and 21 training staff and public employees;- real-time negative emotions and possible COVID-19 indices in Vilnius.The influence of COVID-19, environment, and climate goals are closely related and are included in the MICROBE System. The main users of the MICROBE System are EU students, training staff, public employees, residents, governmental institutions and business companies. Dissemination of the project results will promote developments of sustainable built environment in EU countries.The project partnership expects that the successful project implementation will produce the following main longer term benefits on European level:- cover the needs for new, modern, experience-oriented and user-friendly approaches for the MICROBE field training for entrepreneurs and managers;- improvement of the competitiveness of the target groups on Single European market in the MICROBE field;- improvement of the attractiveness and use of MICROBE System products through setting up a good example and development of closer connections with the stakeholders (“multiplication effect”).

The project aims to respond to two of the main challenges faced by modern societies: 1) The rapid obsolescence of all technical and scientific knowledge which makes it difficult to teach sciences at school even if sciences are a key factor for the understanding of climate change and for the sustainable economic development 2) The processes of social exclusion related to early school leaving. Early school leaving is often related to segregation in schools (2013, Eurydice Report) Special Edcational Needs often suffer from segregation in schools even if all European countries have ratified the UNESCO Salamanca Statement and Framework for Action in Special Needs Education (1994). One extract from the statement is used repeatedly as a guiding principle in policy level debates: Regular schools with an inclusive orientation are the most effective means of combating discriminatory attitudes, building an inclusive society and achieving education for allNevertheless an effective inclusion of SEN students in schools is far from being fully achieved Inclusion of SEN and science teaching present similar criticisms- The persisting difficulty in developing innovative inclusive practices useful to develop scientific thinking- Inadequate use of ICT, which is an extraordinary means for fostering SEN students’ communication and the development of self-help groups , but it is also an extraordinary means to develop science teaching-Lack of connection between what students learn at school and the skills needed for managing their own lives, interacting effectively in heterogeneous groups and tackling complex global problems such climate changes objectives To enhance and disseminate innovative teaching methods such as flipped classroom and spaced learning associated with hands on activities in order to foster effective inclusion and science thinking . The prior objective is to reduce the school dropout rateTo promote scientific and technological excellence in Europe for a sustainable and inclusive growth of society , engaging students in scientific activities which pursue the objectives stated in the Covenant of Mayors To develop a multilingual platform where teachers can share best practices, exchange science lessons and have support for a more successful approach to teach sciences and to special educational needs To strengthen cooperation between partners and international experts on the project issues in order to improve learning sciences in schools and support professional developmentTo create innovative lessons in international groups of teachersParticipantsParticipants are research organizations Adi- Italian Teachers' Association, Italian, Polish and Turkish technical and vocational schools , public institutions involved in the Convenant of mayors ( Bologna City Hall and Gdynia City Hall), Gdansk and Rome UniversitiesThe project is addressed to teachers educators and researchers Activities Development of an on-line multilingual platform and repository for relevant legislation on Special Educational Needs, guidelines and best practises for highly inclusive teaching strategies to develop scientific culture in schools and science lesson plans Development of innovative inclusive lessons based on flipped and spaced techinques combined with hands on activitiesOrganization of :one preparatory meeting three Joint staff training events combined with exchange of students , each of 7 days, to test and evaluate the lessons created by teachers in mixed international groups, to test the platform, verify its effectiveness and develop future plans to continue flipped and spaced trialsA seminar devoted to disseminating and sharing the use of the platform The platform will be implemented through a constant collaboration between partners, through the exchange of ideas and teaching materials , using forums, dedicated social networks, e-mails , skype conferences. The educational material will be worked out by each partner according to his/her competence and evaluated in progress with the help of experts of didacticsLessons will be focused on specific environmental issues relating to climate changes, as stated in the the Covenant of Mayors and they will be tested during the meetings will monitor the delivery times for the production and uploading of the scheduled teaching materialsThe final evaluation will be performed by the project teamresultsdissemination of innovative and inclusive teaching and learning strategiesdevelopment of science lessons about climate change of high qualityEncouraging the introduction of issues relating to climate change in school curriculaCooperation and exchange of best practice between European countrieslonger term Increase in inclusion and school equalityImprovement in science teaching standardsCreation of trasnational innovative teaching strategies