PROJECTS

European Economic Zone and Norwegian financial instrument project activity “Grants”

General goal of the project is to foster mobility of staff and students among the partnering universities, internationalisation, exchange of experience, knowledge transfer and strengthening cooperation for future joint projects and research.

Full title of the project: "Mobility scholarships for academic staff and students to expand understanding about the digital media audiences".

Project number: EEZ/NFI/S/2015/030

Specific goal of the project: strengthening cooperation between Latvia and Norway through research “Phenomens of the contemporary mediated environment: propaganda, youth audience and media effects” – strengthen academic capacity, foster development of new study module, foster mobility of students.

The target group: Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences students, academic staff, cooperation partners in the regional and national level.

The leading partner: Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences

Cooperation partners: NLA University College Gimlekollen School of Journalism and Communication

Project implementation period: 01/01/2016 - 31/01/2017

Project budget: 184040 EUR

Project funding: European Economic Zone (EEZ) and Norwegian financial instrument (NFI) – 100%

Main results of the project:

Mobility of the academic staff and students: 1 student mobility and 6 academic staff mobilities were implemented
Exchange of experience on innovative teaching methods
Improved content of study courses
Development of a new master level study module with particular focus on media literacy and critical media analysis and consumption
Signed cooperation agreement to implement further international activities

Development of interdisciplinary and internationally oriented study offer in the field of media and communication: planning of new master level study modules in media literacy and communication as well as joint intensive summer course in 2018
Increased awareness of students in Latvia and Norway about topics such as the phenomena of the digital media environment particularly construction of digital self, digital footprint, big social data; different group representations in media particularly immigrants and various media effects
Joint research on media literacy and consumption issues in European countries

Student innovation labs – a way to sustainable and socially responsible growth (INNOLABS)

INNOLABS Erasmus +

The EU has defined smart and sustainable growth as one of the priorities (EU Strategy 2020).An essential part for reaching these priorities is innovation. The aim of the INNOLABS project is to support transfer of creative, bottom-up innovation approaches for fostering smart and sustainable growth based on more experienced partners’ knowledge in the Netherlands and Denmark.

Project aim is to create student innovation laboratories in the project partner universities – Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences in Latvia, Estonian Academy of Arts in Estonia and Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus.

Project duration:

September 2014 – August 2016

There are following activities in the project:

1) Study visits;

2) Feasibility studies about innovation conditions in partner universities in Latvia, Estonia and Cyprus;

3) Elaboration of development plans for innovation laboratories in Latvia, Estonia and Cyprus partner universities;

4) Student co-creation projects in the newly established innovation labs in Latvia, Estonia and Cyprus;

5) Development of methodologies and guidelines for innovation labs;

6) Different dissemination activities.

Project is implemented by the lead partner “Foundation for Society” (Latvia) in cooperation with project partners Stichting NHL (The Netherlands), Alborg University (Denmark), Cyprus University of Technology (Cyprus), Interfusion Services (Cyprus), Estonian Academy of Arts (Estonia) and Stockholm Environmetnal Institute Tallinn Centre (Estonia) and Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences (Latvia).

The other partners who represent countries with lower innovation capacities (Latvia, Estonia and Cyprus) want to learn from this experience, test the approaches and establish similar labs in their countries, making long-term, interesting and innovative projects and businesses which are sustainable, socially responsible and are recognizable in the region where the innovation model is operating.

Project homepage

Meeting in Italy

Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences (ViA) representative Marija Katrīna Dambe went to the meeting and work seminar in Italy from January 29 to February 2, 2024 to agree with the partners on the next steps to be taken within the project. It is planned that, ViA together with the organization "Free Riga" will prepare a road map of the training program for the reuse of abandoned and uninhabited buildings.

The activities are implemented by the Erasmus+ project “Building Alternative Skills to Implement Creativities and Commons, No. 101111802” and are co-financed from the European Union budget.

Project progress presentation in France

In the period from 12.12.23. -15.12.23. ViA representative Linda Murane went to the Frence, Rennes to meet BASICC project partners from France, Belgium, Italy and Germany. During the meeting, the work done within the first work package was presented.

The activities are implemented by the Erasmus+ project “Building Alternative Skills to Implement Creativities and Commons, No. 101111802” and are co-financed from the European Union budget.

Common tour

In November, representatives of ViA together with the organization "Free Riga" went on an experience exchange tour to get to know each other and better understand the experiences and needs in the restoration of abandoned and uninhabited places. ViA together with Free Riga visited and studied experiences in Riga, Līgatne and Cēsis.

The activities are implemented by the Erasmus+ project “Building Alternative Skills to Implement Creativities and Commons, No. 101111802” and are co-financed from the European Union budget.