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16. First meeting and newsletter of the "MOOC4ALL" project

In date 22/12/2021 took place the first online meeting within the project "MOOC4ALL - Innovative Model for Facilitating On-line Learning Success" (acronym "MOOC4ALL", approved as action n.2021-1-BG01-KA220VET-000029853 by the Erasmus Plus Agency in Bulgaria in the framework of the Erasmus Plus KA220-VET Programme Cooperative Partnership in Vocational Training. The project envisages the development of a practical e-learning tool for online learning that fosters open, innovative and effective digital education (as set out in the Digital Education Action Plan), improving the quality of provision in the education sector and the integration of online content and courses, to enhance the qualification of staff in partner organisations, promote the initial and continuing professional development of VET teachers, instructors and mentors, and increase access to lifelong learning for all, including low-skilled workers, migrants and refugees. Partners in this project are, in addition to the Bulgarian coordinator Narodno Chitalishte Badeshte Sega 2006, the following organisations: University of Turku (Finland), Stando Ltd (Cyprus), Kainotomia (Greece), EURO-NET (Italy) and Krase Research and User Experience (Netherlands). The first meeting was useful for the partners to get to know each other and to define the first steps of the initiative. Moreover the first newsletter in Italian foreseen in the framework of the project has been produced in these days.

17. Meeting online of the "LearnEU" project

In date 29/12/2021 took place a new online meeting within the project “LearnEU”, an initiative approved to the EURO-NET association (which hosts the Europe Direct Basilicata centre), as action n. 2020-1-IT02-KA201-079054 by the Erasmus Plus National Agency Indire within the Erasmus Plus Strategic Partnerships for School Education programme. The transnational meeting, which unfortunately also this time took place online due to the new limitations imposed by the ongoing "omicron" evolution of the pandemic, allowed the partners to take stock of the work done so far in the project at about the halfway point of the planned project. “We would have strongly wished to hold at least this second face-to-face meeting, - said Dr. Anna Lagrotta, President of EURONET - but, alas, it was not possible due to the umpteenth resurgence of covid-19, which still represents a serious threat to people's health, and we had to settle for meeting online again to check the state of the art of the work done on the various intellectual products planned. Fortunately, however, the project activities went ahead professionally and without suffering any particular negative repercussions, despite the fact that the pandemic had a major impact on physical mobility, leading us to hold only virtual meetings to avoid contagion: All the partners have, however, worked hard, each for their own part and competence, on the serious games and all or almost all of the planned products are at a good level of completion and even some of them have already been completed in full compliance with the initial schedule, which leads us to assume that we will be able to fully comply with the stages initially planned in the project." The partnership is composed by EURO-NET (Italy). Damasistem (Turkey), Mpirmpakos D. & Sia O.E. (Greece), CCS Digital Education Limited (Ireland) and AIJU (Spain), Ipias Giorgi (Italy), Sredno opstinsko uciliste Pero Nakov (Macedonia), Colegiul Economic "Ion Ghica" Braila (Romania) and Agrupamento de Escolas de Penalva do Castelo (Portugal). More information on the project is available on the Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Learneu117725843430250/ and on the website https://project-learn.eu/.