The overall objective of Master program in Nuclear Decommissioning and Environmental Remediation (MINDER) is to fill the gap of skilled professionals in the field of D&ER. MINDER is being developed to tackle this issue by providing top-quality and broad multidisciplinary education in D&ER by training students to i) conduct analyses of complex D&ER multidisciplinary problems; ii) design sustainable solutions for these problems, and iii) develop sustainable implementation strategies for those solutions identified. MINDER contributes to fight climate change, but also to digital transformation and inclusion and diversity. It combines the expertise and experience of prominent groups in D&ER, within and outside the EU. The existence of a considerable number of contaminated sites by radioactive and non-radioactive substances worldwide and nuclear and non-nuclear facilities that need to be decommissioned is a situation that poses a great challenge to our society, particularly if sustainability goals are considered. These two activities require a multidisciplinary approach involving technological, social-economic, and managerial dimensions. The demand for expertise in these areas, i.e., professionals with solid technical and scientific backgrounds who grasp the complexities and multidisciplinary character of D&ER programmes is already a problem to many organisations and the existing gap will soon increase. The Consortium is composed of U.PORTO (PT); VUB (BE); NMBU (NO); FIU (US); FU (JP); and the IRD (BR) and supported by strongly committed Associated Partners: IAEA (AT); PNNL (US); OSU (US); and WISMUT (GE). These partners will provide access to world-class infrastructure for research and development and opportunities for graduating students to continue their studies. The target groups are students, young professionals, public bodies (regulators, policymakers), private/public enterprises, professionals and managers who change their career orientation towards D&ER.

"Civil Engineering is a field that is proving to be particularly sensitive to the dynamics of the labour market in construction. It has become noticeably less popular in countries such as Portugal, Greece, Croatia (and other European Countries) where employment levels for Civil Engineers have dropped significantly, after the economic crisis. Among other engineering branches, Civil Engineering seems to be conservative as its tools are oblivious to the general public. Indeed, IT tools such as 3D simulation, BIM or VR are used in Civil Engineering companies every day. This conjuncture provides a distorted image of Civil Engineering for pre-university students, in particular to those who are more driven towards high-tech fields, and therefore end up losing interest in this area. This is a very problematic context as Civil Engineering is present in everyday life and it is a fundamental profession to develop and maintain our infrastructures, indeed a requisite for sustaining life as we have become used to: buildings, roads, traffic, city planning, construction materials, hydraulics, etc. It is believed that in this context, universities have an important role to play, reaching out to the community and motivating pupils towards this area.The BIGmachine project pretends to change the perception of civil engineering to the pupils and main public, explaining its role in the development of our cities, its competences and the most modern and high-tech tools used. To accomplish these, the project intended to: talk to pre-university students through the technologies involved in Civil Engineering; reveal the complexities of the infrastructures involved in a building; support schools’ efforts to tackle early school leaving (ESL) inviting pupils and teachers to visit higher education institutions and their laboratories. These objectives were achieved by the creation of an “educational laboratory” with low-tech interactive demonstrative equipment, the development of pedagogical activities gathering hands-on with virtual technologies, and the creation of a virtual information repository. The main activities undertaken during the project were to achieve the completion of the project results. The IO1 BIGmachine house is an open laboratory to test different building components solutions, composed by a 2,4m cubic wood structure and a 0,70m cubic cell box where each panel is tested. The IO2 BIM models, a set of different immersive VR and AR games and environments that were built using BIM in Civil Engineering tasks. In IO3 interactive equipment, such as an AR Sandbox and the low-tech experimental equipment, were designed and produced to show different areas of Civil Engineering. The QR Codes library, IO4 is a repository of online content about actual construction systems using this technology, which provided activities where pupils would access online content to describe construction solutions that can be found in their everyday environments. In the supportive platform IO5, the site and the wiki gather all the elements produced in the project. Finally, IO6 eBook all the information of activities and manuals is collected to be disseminated among the target audience and other universities.There are long-term benefits for the pre-university communities and for universities. For pre-university communities, all the materials produced can be used in high schools as a tool in various STEM subjects. Taking ""hands-on"" experiences together with digital platforms like BIM, VR and QR codes are innovative ways of transmitting and exploring the different roles of Civil Engineering in a language which should be familiar and attractive to youngsters, supporting schools in their efforts to guide pupils' interests and decisions regarding higher education and prevent the school early leaving. For universities the material produced will facilitate the interaction with High-School communities: the “educational laboratory” can be adapted or replicated in other countries and institutions and is available to be used by schools. This project allows to present new and attractive teaching techniques and tools to the staff of Civil Engineering departments and attract more and better high-school graduates to the field of Civil Engineering, identifying and presenting the full range of activities of the profession.UP is one of the largest higher education in Portugal, best positioned in national and international rankings. Civil engineering in UP has been the first choice in the country for pupils interested in this course. AUTh is the largest public University in Greece in the Greece top places. Civil engineering is one of its most prestigious courses in Greece. UZagreb is the oldest and biggest in South- Eastern Europe. Civil Engineering is the oldest of its kind in Croatia. Coming from a similar back ground, the three universities proposed to enhance and explain the roll of Civil Engineering building our society."

"Patient non-adherence is a patient deviation from recommendations provided by medical professionals as to the drug taking. According to WHO, it happens to 50% of patients suffering from chronic diseases, and first of all, among the elderly. It has very serious health and financial consequences. However, as research has shown, health workers are not fully aware of its prevalence or seriousness. Therefore, they do not take preventive or corrective action. The purpose of this project is to improve the ability of medical staff to manage the non-adherence and polytherapy in older people, due to developing and disseminating the training curriculum ""European training program for medical workers in the field of competence to improve compliance with therapeutic recommendations and to prevent polytherapy in elderly people”. This program will address two main target groups: medical students and medical professionals. Thanks to the cooperation of European experts in research on non-adherence, and the of interventions that may have a positive impact on this phenomenon (Medical University of Lodz, University of Porto, ICS Maugeri), an innovative educational program will be developed in response to the target groups’ needs. The on-line training methods and tools used will be unique: so far, the issue of providing the vocational training for the medical workers in the areas of competence needed to improve the management of compliance with treatment recommendations and polytherapy among older people as never been solved. The professionals trained in this program will receive formal certifications that will confirm their acquisition of competence and open an avenue for a further career. The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of their work will be improved and their chances of employment and / or self-employment will also increase. The measure of the success of this project will be the number of trained professionals. Incorporation of the European Society for Patient Adherence, Compliance and Persiscetnce (ESPACOMP) as an associate partner, as well as using the potential of the European Innovation Partnership for Active and Healthy Aging (EIP on AHA) will allow effective dissemination of the results of this project. Ensuring the longevity of the results of this project will increase the number of target group representatives who will benefit from this project results. The dissemination activities carried out by the consortium will further enhance the impact of the project."

The International Master on Wine Tourism Transitions and Innovations (WINTOUR) is a unique educational joint programme resulting from an established track of collaborations among three leading European universities for higher education training in Tourism, Oenology, and related fields: Universitat Rovira i Virgili – coordinator (Tarragona, Spain), Université de Bordeaux (France) and Universidade do Porto (Portugal), all of them located in attractive areas recognised as UNESCO World Heritage Sites with a long tradition on wine production. The curriculum comprises 120 ECTS divided in 2 years. The mobility track is the same for all students and requires that they attend the first 3 semesters each in one of the partners HEIs, which offer complementary theoretical and practical knowledge on Wine Tourism and Marketing, Wine Making and Wine Heritage. Two 1-month internships provide first-hand experience in wine tourism and winemaking and a last 4-month Professional Internship is the baseline to develop a Master Thesis project in the final semester, in collaboration with one of our non-academic Associated Partners. The aim of this EMJM is to attract more than 100 excellent students and prepare them to become multidisciplinary trained, highly adaptable, and qualified professionals, capable to promote innovative, digital, sustainable, and inclusive developments for the growing wine and wine tourism industry in Europe and worldwide. The project is distributed in 2 work packages and 11 tasks (WP1: management and implementation, WP2: selection and supervision), will produce 15 deliverables and plans 4 types of events. In a context of growth, increasing strategic importance and societal transition needs, WINTOUR is an innovative and multidisciplinary proposal which unites consolidated knowledge domains and professional practices in Tourism and Oenology that have a wide impact in the economic, territorial, social, environmental, and personal societies’ paths for development.

The MBUILD - Master Degree in Sustainable Design, Construction and Management of the Built Environments - is a JMD delivered and awarded by the University of Porto (Porto, Portugal), University of Cantabria (Santander, Spain) and Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen (Gieβen, Germany).MBUILD is a 2-year 120 ECTS MSc with full involvement of the partner HEI. The students will spend the first 3 semesters successively in UP, THM and UC, choosing one of these for their thesis in the 4th, in connection with supporting companies.MBUILD aims to give an answer to difficulties faced by European Construction Industry (CI) companies, mainly in developing countries, when implementing projects with a high level of sustainable and environmentally aware solutions.The course plan addresses the issues of Sustainability in CI under the views of Strategies and their application in the Design and Construction stages, as well as its Management under an Integrated Project Development (IPD) model. The modules will make the students follow the sustainability perspectives pertaining to Buildings through their impact in Urban context and, finally, to its framework in what concerns Infrastructures and the Built Environment as a whole.MBUILD aims to offer to its graduates learning outcomes that will give them the competences and skills to contribute to the development of CI projects bound by sustainable and environmentally friendly choices. These will be pertinent in the design and project development stages but also by improving the capability of students (EU and non-EU) in bridging the gap in the implementation of new technologies and work methods in developing countries, with higher concern for sustainability and lifecycle approaches.Also, the mobility that MBUILD requires will be a major experience in an increasingly international industry, both at HR and available technologies levels, will give the students improved skills for working in and managing multi-cultural and expertise team.