The organizations participating: Antigone - Information and Documentation Centre on Racism, Ecology, Peace and Non Violence; Asociatia Gipsy Eye;  Association InformaGiovani; Aventura Marão Clube; Beyond Barriers; FOPSIM; Fundacio Privada Ficat; Fundacja Tale Euro Est; IMI; LeISA gGmbH; Media Education Centre; Mezinarodni vzdelavaci centrum GEMS; NGO Sfera Macedonia; Out of the Box International;  Udruga Agencija Lokalne Demokracije, Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences.

To had better understanding of the current situation, an international survey was launched, and almost 4000 responses were collected in all project partner countries. The results of the survey are available here.

The survey, elaborated by Palermo (Italy) and Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences (Valmiera – LV), made it possible to record and analyze the perception of migration and migrants in European society, also focusing on how migrants are victims of organized crime or are involved in it.

“Consistent migration flow during last years have influence on European Civil society – said Maria Falcone, president of the “Falcone Foundation” – and all of us must take an active role to overcome xenophobic, intolerant and discriminating behaviors.

Through the involvement of different stakeholders (teachers, representatives of associations and European agencies, administrators of public institutions, journalists, law enforcement, …) and the adoption of different methodologies, participants of the project will be stimulated to act, as single citizens or as organized civil society, to facilitate migrant inclusion in European society and will create synergies between civil society and public bodies, also by promoting the role of volunteering.

Besides the survey project partners will meet several times to gain better understanding of how the integration of immigrants can be achieved through the active commitment of public institutions working at local level and of organized civil society and volunteers.

The partner countries: Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria,  Croatia,  Czech  Republic,  Germany,  Greece,  Italy, Latvia, Malta,  Poland,  Portugal,  Republic  of  Macedonia,  Romania, Serbia and  Spain.

More information:

• New forms of European citizenship in migration era - Final evaluation and follow-up meeting

• New forms of European citizenship in migration era - Local dissemination meetings

• New forms of European citizenship in migration era - Meetings at FRA and UNODC in Vienna

• New forms of European citizenship in migration era - Debates and meetings in Palermo

• New forms of European citizenship in migration era - Presentation of survey results on perception of immigration

• Preparatory activity Sondaggio Progetto "NECME- Nuove forme di cittadinanza europea nell'era della migrazione"

Project duration: 2016. - 2018.

HESPI researcher Agnese Dāvidsone (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

The project “Practical Approach for Teaching Circular Economy” is implemented with the support of Nordplus programme.

Project period: 15.06.2017. - 01.10.2018.

The coordinating institution: Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, Finland. 

Partner institutions:

EE-TTK University of Applied Sciences, Estonia

LV-Liepaja University, Latvia

LV-Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences, Latvia

LT-Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania

On September 27 – 28, 2017, Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences researchers A. Liviņa, V.Zaķis and Knowledge and Technology Centre (ZTC) project manager L.Fišere organized an international seminar for the participants of the project on the topical issues and challenges of circular economy in order to prepare an intensive study course on the circular economy. The first day of the seminar was held at the company ZAAO waste landfill in Daibe, where the company's project manager Mārtiņš Niklass introduced the participants with the company and highlighted the problems and challenges in the circular economy development. Natālija Cudecka-Puriņa from the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development explained the twists and turns in the policy development of circular economy. While the professor of Riga Technical University Tatjana Tambovceva (jointly with the professor of Banking Institution of Higher Education Dzintra Atstāja) presented the study on the circular economy in the content of business management study programmes in Latvia. Thus, triple helix model was used in practice.

The second day of the seminar took place at Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences Smart Lab with the main task of developing the content for the international study course, defining the knowledge and skills to be acquired. The work was led by ViA researcher Jana Simanovska and ViA student Armands Aivo Astukevičs helped by taking the notes during the brainstorm.

The University of Liepaja attended the seminar in a large number, as it provided the opportunity for acquiring knowledge and experience to four Master's students, including two students from Pakistan. Students were especially pleased with the opportunity to visit businesses.

The next project partners’ meeting will take place on November 13 – 15, 2017, in Kaunas in order to learn the most appropriate methods of teaching circular economy.

The programme for the seminar in ViA

Project meeting was held on 23 -25 January 2018 in Tallinn, Estonia. V.Zaķis and M.Leščevica took part in meeting. The main purpose of the meeting was to elaborate project proposal of intensice study course on circular economy for the next call of Nordplus programm. During the meeting, we had opportunity to visit company.

Type of project: Nordplus higher education

Implementation period: 01.09.2016. – 30.06.2017.

Total budget: 9600 EUR

Main activities:

• Include a short (express) mobility into the existing courses, thus adding an international and practical touch to the study contents; carry out this mobility in close cooperation with teaching staff from all partnering institutions – including mobility of lecturers;
• Carry out express mobility trips for student groups from Latvia to Estonia and Finland, from Estonia to Finland;
• Evaluate the students’ reports and gains from the international experience in the study course.

Cooperation partners:

• Leading partner: Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences
• University of Eastern Finland, Finland
• Tallinn University of Technology Kuressaare College, Estonia

Study directions: Tourism

More information: NA

Contacts:                  

Project manager at ViA:  Katrīne Reima

E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Tel.: +371 22042022

ViA staff involved: Andris Klepers, Agita Līviņa, Gatis Kampernovs, Ilgvars Ābols