The project’s objective is the creation and implementation of an online Method-toolbox, which can be used in European education programs and actions in the context of adult and especially older adult education. Central task will be the development of criteria for the analysis of projects and methods with the focus on good practices in the areas of fostering critical thinking, European consciousness and solidarity and the reduction of prejudices. The Method-Toolbox should help to improve and extend the supply of high quality learning opportunities tailored to the needs of different target groups and individual learners.Partner organizations from Germany, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria are members of the educational networks Danube-Networkers, the international association DANET e.V., the FEDERUNI Network of Italian Universities of the Third Age and in Bulgaria the Platform AGORA. All partners are experienced in national and international work with different target groups, especially older learners.Collected will be methods of learning and transnational European cooperation, which will then be analyzed and adapted for work with the target groups of this project, especially older people, women, people with low education, and for learning settings (formal, non-formal, informal) in general adult education in Europe.There will be four partner meetings and cooperation via online tools. Taken into consideration will be various learning arrangements, target groups and differences in work conditions, culture, languages, as well as the educational and social framework of the respective countries and the applicability of the methods in the respective countries, focusing the cooperation of education providers from West, middle and Southeast Europe.To identify projects suitable for dissemination, a survey will be carried out on national and international level. Learners in the partner organizations will be asked about the effects of their participation in European projects. In the first partner meeting, criteria for good practice will be developed. In the second and the third partner meeting the partners will present and analyze selected relevant projects with focus on lifelong learning for older people, social participation, intergenerational dialogue and new media, related to the issues of EU citizenship, EU awareness and democracy.The results of the analyses will be documented in a method-toolbox which can be used free of charge by other education and learning providers, stakeholders and interested individuals. Dissemination of the results will be made via mailing lists and newsletters of the partners’ networks and other educational associations and networks. Each partner organization and their networks will offer learning activities identified and influenced by the processes of the project. The cooperation in the project and the utilization of the method-toolbox will promote European networking of education providers.

Since 2006, members of EURAXESS Bulgaria have organised 12 European Researchers Nights (ERN), and have attracted several new consortium members with different profiles – universities, research institutes, NGOs, entrepreneurs. Based on past experience, the main goal of Researchers in the Knowledge Triangle (K-TRIO 4) project is to bring researchers closer to society, attract young people to STEM and boost citizens science. The project will contribute for increasing the number of researchers and innovators in Bulgaria by making the society, and young people, aware of excellent European achievements in research and innovation, and of the success of Centres of Excellence (CoE) and Centres of Competence and their contribution to the Intelligent Strategy for Smart Specialisation in Bulgaria and regional development. Aware of the need of changing stereotypes and nurturing a new culture in research and innovation, the consortium will make young people aware of the multiple career paths of researchers (incl. MSC fellows), best-practice examples of researchers achievements, and research infrastructure in Bulgaria. Special emphasis will be made on European policy and on funding for research and innovation provided by EU RTD programs and Structural Funds. With a large variety of pre-events, online activities and 2-days ERN events in many Bulgarian cities, the project will create greater understanding on how research and innovation contribute for well-being of people and sustainable development, and highlight the common European efforts for building Digital Single market, Factories of the Future, Smart Cities, and take full advantage of BIG Data and Cloud computing. With the involvement of all CoE UNITe partners, and their large network, in addition to EURAXESS Bulgaria, K-TRIO 4 will cover all Bulgarian regions. Forum Science will guide a professional science communication, and ensure greater visibility of K-TRIO 4 activities.

Agriculture in the Palestinian territories is a mainstay in the economy of both countries. The production of agricultural goods supports the population's sustenance needs and informally employs 90% of the population.On the other side, industrial and/or digital technologies are expanding in global phenomenon with an emphasis on digitalisation, automation, control and robotics in various operations related to soil cultivation management, optimization of crops nutrition, crop tending etc. Automated robotic systems can bring to agriculture flexibility in farmer decision making to select the optimal technological arrangements during the production process of the field crops, which entails not only economic but also the environmental and social aspects.The use of (digital) technologies could allow the agricultural sector to achieve big leaps in Palestine, especially in increasing productivity and introducing the cultivation of new strategic classes of crops. The knowledge about advanced agricultural technologies have therefore become key for the farmers in these regions, throughout the process of cultivation and harvest. Precision agriculture is an innovative concept in the countries of Middle East and especially in Palestine. This is not specifically about the technologies, but about the overall concept putting accent on understanding how the technologies can make the farming more accurate and controlled. The innovative character of the project serves not only the capacity-building aspect for Palestinian HEIs, but also addresses the challenges faced by the EU countries regarding ICT, technological developments, and creating a global research framework for innovation and development regarding the integration of newest (digital) technologies into agriculture and rural development.

Learning in old age is becoming increasingly important due to demographic trends (changing age balance), social, economic, and health challenges that are being addressed by Active and Healthy Aging policies. This includes learning in old age through different educational activities, in different places and settings, offering different contents and learning tools. Since the introduction of the concept of lifelong learning in the 1990s, new challenges for learning have been found precisely in demographic change and the use of advanced digitaltechnologies (White Paper). Trying to integrate digital tools opens many opportunities and challenges for organizations involved in the senior education. The important question is what are the benefits of using digital technology and what are its limitations? How to assess where the limit is on using digital technology and when it cannot replace immediate contacts, direct physical activity, actual movement and tactility. We have faced some of these challenges in previous projects (e.g. cooking), but have not dealt with it systematically.Digital Approaches for Intergenerational Cultural Education (DAICE) will share experiences regarding advantages and disadvantages of using digital tools and content in learning in later life. Focus will be on sharing experiences of using digital tools and content in culture/creative and education programs that play an important role in senior education, especially in COVID-19 pandemic period. Culture/creative and education programs will cover different forms such as art, literature, handicraft, cultural heritage, music, dance, etc.Different learning approaches – from clasical lectures (about tradition, national culture etc) to face to face contacts are the reasons why we choose culture/creative programes and similar activities to study the advantages and disadvantages of e-learning. Two essential dimensions are included. The first is cultural, identity. It can be seen as part of the intangible cultural heritage, it contains part of the urban and rural tradition, national and regional identity. This can be learned as a cultural, social, anthropological fact important for our national or local cultural heritage. In that view, the results of scientific and professional analyzes are transmitted to the participants (they can actively participate by adding their own experiences)..For the second approach, we will se what is the importance of implemented culture/creative programes in real environment. For example dance is not only a cultural and social fact, it is a relation to one's body. It can be pure recreational activity and a simple endeavor to get active and healthy aging and may take a more ambitious approach (somatic education being a discipline using methods of body consciousness within a given space). Body is not understood only as an »organism«, but as a place of feeling, experiencing and changing oneself. The programme is meant for improving body flexibility, coordination of movements, maintaining equilibrium, resistance and body understanding. Partners will be able to choose other culture/creative programs to present digital tools/contents advantages and disadvantages.Partners would gather and share different experiences about the using of digital tools and content available so far, and how can they be used when immediate physical contact and closeness are irreplaceable, how much blended learning can help, exchange experience about how these tools and content can achieve personal goals (wish fulfillment, cognitive curiosity, desire for healthy and active aging, need for self-actualization, emotional and social contacts needs), how these tools facilitate goals for enabling active and healthy aging, and to identify compensatory mechanisms that can remedy the digital limitations in times when no physical contact is possible but the need for physical activities remains.Advances in sharing experiences about how different groups (e.g. older people) learn and how neurolearning knowledge is used are opening up new dimensions of learning in old age and are looking at the role of digital devices in a new way. The project is aimed for people who organize programs for seniors.Several competencies will be improved: responsibility for further adult learning development; using different learning methods, styles and techniques (new media) and awareness of new possibilities and e-skills assessing them critically; able to deploy different learning methods, styles and techniques in working with seniors; designing and constructing study programmes as a programme developer.It is necessary to use experiences (lesson drawing method) of partner organisations to understand all the possibilities and dimensions in specific programs that have intellectual outcomes, physical activities, health and identity dimensions. Richard Rose lesson drawing model will be used, learning about solving certain problems from other countries communities and organization

Since 2006, members of EURAXESS Bulgaria have organized 13 European Researchers Nights (ERN), and have attracted several new consortium members with different profiles - universities, research institutes, NGOs, entrepreneurs. Based on past experience, the main goal of Researchers in the Knowledge Triangle (K-TRIO 5) project is to bring researchers closer to society, attract young people to STEM and boost Citizens Science. The project will contribute for increasing the number of researchers in Bulgaria by making the society, and young people, aware of excellent European achievements in research and innovation (R&I), and of the Centers of Excellence (CoE) and Centers of Competence and their contribution to green, smart and sustainable regional development. In 2020 the consortium made several steps for changing stereotypes and nurturing a new culture in R&I, and making young people aware of the multiple career paths of researchers (incl. MSC fellows), best-practice examples of researchers achievements, and research infrastructure in Bulgaria. Special emphasis will be made on European policy and on funding for R&I provided by EU RTD programs and Structural Funds. With a large variety of pre-events, online activities and 2-days ERN events in many Bulgarian cities, the project will create greater understanding on how R&I contribute to well-being of people and sustainable development, and highlight the common European efforts for Green and Digital transformation, building Smart Cities, and taking full advantage of BIG Data, Artificial Intelligence and Cloud computing. With the involvement of all CoE UNITe partners, and their large network, in addition to EURAXESS Bulgaria, K-TRIO 5 will cover all Bulgarian regions. Forum Science will guide a professional science communication, and ensure greater visibility of project activities.