Month: September 2020

Today the First Greek meeting of our newly founded Climate-KIC project on Single-Use-Plastic issues: MEDfreeSUP took place online. Learn more about the project: – http://www.unsdsn.gr/medfreesupeit-climate-kic – https://www.athenarc.gr/en/eit-climate-kic-greece-hub-running-programmes

In 2015, 193 countries adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity, for people and the planet. The transformation that is needed to make this vision a reality is enormous in scale and complex. Universities are well-positioned to support this transition. They develop new technologies, business models, and governance …

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The UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the use of ICT in education is now accepting candidatures. The theme of the 2020 edition is the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to enhance the continuity and quality of learning. In the context of the education crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this focus is all the more …

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CICan’s SDG Toolkit for Canadian Colleges and Institutes: A practical guide to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in post-secondary institutions is a brand-new guide made available to all post-secondary institutions as an open educational resource (OER).   The purpose of this inventory is to identify emerging best-practices in post-secondary settings across Canada that integrate the SDGs. …

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Developed by Optima-X and Enso XL Maritime Accelerator in partnership with the broad maritime industry, research institutes, universities, capital providers and the valuable assistance of the Greek public sector, The Research and Innovation HUB in the Maritime & Ocean space builds on our strategic long terms plans to develop Greece’s next growth phase as a …

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Read the 2nd CE BEACONS Newsletter! Learn more about this project: http://www.unsdsn.gr/ce-beacons-eit-climate-kic Please find the latest newsletter below

Universities and other higher education institutions have a critical role in helping society achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through their research, learning and teaching, campus operations and leadership. One of the most important ways they can contribute to this is to support students and other learners within their sphere to develop the necessary knowledge, …

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EU Green Deal 2020 Brokerage event 12-16 October 2020 Water Europe invites you to join the 2020 Brokerage event on the EU Green deal Call of Horizon 2020. Our online event will introduce you to the Green Deal call for proposals, present insights and expectations from the European Commission while offering a unique international networking …

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Prof. Phoebe Koundouri is an editor at the new Journal Q Open An innovative, new open-access journal, publishing applied research across agricultural, climate, environmental, food, resource, and rural development economics. Learn more at: https://academic.oup.com/qopen Please see the flyer below

The Managing Authority and the Ministry of Interior (Sector Macedonia & Thrace) are organizing online the 2nd Balkan Forum for  “Entrepreneurship & Innovation”, on 25th and 26th September 2020. The FORUM will be held online and representatives of Institutions  will have the right to participate. To register, you need to fill in a special  form …

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