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INITIATE is a project that aims to empower higher education institutions to develop R&I through institution transformation. INITIATE, in its widening dimension, seeks to raise excellence in science and knowledge valorisation of Europe's universities through cooperation and knowledge circulation. Through stakeholder inclusion and co-design approach, INITIATE will design an approach for institution transformation that will reflect on the current needs and resources of the institution, external elements such as policy barriers, good practices from other initiatives and identification of possible collaboration areas with other institutions including local ecosystems. Through iterative process and R&I Labs supported by online tools such as Knowledge Hub, INITIATE will generate policy recommendations for helping stimulate R&I development and scientific excellence in Widening countries, in addition to research outputs and creation of joint applications for other funding sources (e.g. Horizon Europe). The approach will be demonstrated in Croatia, Portugal and north Macedonia. This will finally result in a roadmap for long term uptake of R&I in widening countries with identified replication cases and forming of the Alliance for green energy transition that will assure the long-term sustainability of INITIATE results. The action focuses on universities in Widening countries, in which the cases for the implementation of INITIATE approach will be conducted. Additionally, the project aims to achieve several outcomes, including the successful institutional reform and upgrade of higher education institutions in the R&I dimension, empowerment to be actors of change, and the mainstreaming of a culture of excellence in science and value creation amongst higher education institutions, particularly in less research-intensive institutions and countries. To achieve these outcomes, the project will engage universities as well as local ecosystems.

Today, in the digital era society is evolving at a rapid pace and investing in education have vast social and economic advantages for it. It is the education that allows people to have access to SDGs 4. It is not argued that a better educated people break away from poverty more easily, help to reduce inequalities and achieve gender equality; they are more tolerant, they contribute to reduce crime, to increase political and civic participation and generally to have more peaceful societies with reduced inequalities and imbalances. Within this context the project brings together European, Asia and African academic and non-academic organizations in a staff exchange program, with the goal to explore, design and deploy innovative and context sensitive solutions for transforming higher education systems. This international and multi-sector consortium is created as a platform for collaboration and is united by the principles of innovation, partnership and solidarity with the purpose to research and identify successful contemporary models and modern instruments that can help higher education transformation and support the sustainable and effective adaptation of the higher education systems of the consortium members to the digital age. The aim of the project is study the process of digitalisation in different organisations and offer solutions concerning the improvement of the digitalisation practices. The project consortium comprises both academic and non-academic partners as well as experts in diverse fields such as, but not limited to, economics, law, management, linguistics. This allows a broad and an indepth approach to digitalisation. On the basis of the identified gaps in the digitalisation process, the project will propose approaches and methodologies which will be realised as different disciplines for the academic institutions’ partners in order to build sustainable competences for the transfer of knowledge and skills

Este projeto tem como objetivo estudar os determinantes de sustentabilidade que impactam o desempenho empresarial no setor hoteleiro da Madeira. Não só existe um número considerável de decisores com diferentes valores e preferências conflituantes envolvidos nesta questão, como também há uma grande quantidade de determinantes de sustentabilidade a serem considerados. Se, por um lado, isso torna a integração da sustentabilidade em estratégias e decisões comerciais mais desafiadora, por outro lado, é igualmente verdade que esta é uma questão cada vez mais urgente para as empresas hoteleiras na Madeira. Uma melhor compreensão dos determinantes de sustentabilidade e das formas como estão interligados ajudará os decisores na criação de valor através de decisões mais informadas, ao mesmo tempo que avançam nos objetivos de sustentabilidade.

ImAFUSA focuses on quantifying a variety of understudied factors influencing societal acceptance of UAM in urban, peri-urban and inter-urban areas, especially when these are deployed using U3 and U4 services. The Project will deliver an “Impact and capacity Assessment Framework for U-space Societal Acceptance” (ImAFUSA) to assist Local Authorities and other U-space stakeholders and users with the delivery of socially acceptable and beneficial UAM deployment in cities. The framework and its tools will provide insights into 3 major areas influencing societal acceptance: environmental impact (including noise, visual pollution and air quality), safety and socioeconomic impact (including affordability, accessibility, economic development, public space use and connectivity). In each area, innovative performance indicators will be described while mathematical formulas and algorithms will be developed to quantify them. Data on citizen noise perceptions, perceptions of visual pollution, safety perceptions and overall UAM acceptance will be collected during 3 immersive citizen experiences of UAM applications in the city of Athens, Greece. The usability of the developed indicators will be tested in a simulation environment simulating real future use cases with a varying volume and configuration of movements in U-space.

A proposta TOURSUS-EU visa contribuir para a definição e a transição para um modelo de turismo mais sustentável que constitui uma das grandes questões da UE. Sendo um projeto verdadeiramente interdisciplinar, o TOURSUS-EU pretende introduzir uma nova abordagem para medir o impacte do turismo de massa na economia e na sociedade, através da análise de dados de importantes destinos turísticos listados no Património Mundial da UNESCO (Veneza, Lisboa e Split). A proposta baseia-se na utilização de conhecimentos e métodos analíticos de última geração (Modelos de Painéis Dinâmicos, análise de séries temporais, Análise de Decisão MultiCritério e Análise de Big Data) para desenvolver uma abordagem estruturada inovadora para a avaliação e melhoria da sustentabilidade do turismo. Em particular, o projeto permitirá a avaliação quantitativa dos efeitos de vários fatores sobre os desenvolvimentos negativos no sector do turismo, bem como a avaliação do crescimento sustentável do turismo que terá em conta os efeitos negativos que o turismo de massa gera. Os resultados esperados serão benéficos tanto para a comunidade científica como para a comunidade local e terão influência na formação de práticas de gestão nos destinos turísticos, potencialmente a serem adotadas noutras regiões e destinos turísticos na Europa e no mundo.