1FUTURE

Project name: jOiNEd For sUsTainability – bUilding climate REsilient communities in WB and EU

Duration: 36 months (01.01.2023-31.12.2025)

The specific objective: The wider aim and the specific objectives of the project are in line with the “Green Deal” EU overarching priority, as a project that supports action within higher education systems for creating climate-resilient communities.

Objectives of the program:

• impact, outlining how the education system can reach the targeted audience;
• awareness, outlining the gaps in the education provision within the existing programs and the need to raise awareness among stakeholders;
• demand, outlining the potential demand of stakeholders for the knowledge and capacities developed under the project;
• approaches, outlining the methodologies we are using to reach the stakeholders.

Lead Partner:

UNIVERSITETI I TIRANES-UTA AL Albania

Other Partners:

HOCHSCHULE FUR NACHHALTIGE ENTWICKLUNG

EBERSWALDE (HNEE) Germany

INSTITUTI PER RUAJTJEN E NATYRES SHQIPTARE

SHOQATA– INCA Albania

UNIVERSITA IUAV DI VENEZIA IUAV (Italy)

AGJENCIA KOMBETARE E KERKIMIT SHKENCOR DHE

INOVACIONIT NASRI (Albania)

LUNDS UNIVERSITET LUND – (Sweden)

UNIVERZITET U NOVOM SADU UNS – (Serbia)

JAVNA USTANOVA UNIVERZITET CRNE GORE PODGORICA

UOM – (Montenegro)

JAVNA USTANOVA UNIVERZITET U TUZLI UNIVERSITAS

STUDIORUM TUZLAENSIS UTZ – (Bosnia & Hercegovina)

UNIVERSITETI POLITEKNIK I TIRANES UPT – (Albania)

LUARASI UNIVERSITY ULA – (Albania)

VISOKA SKOLA CEPS CENTAR ZA POSLOVNE STUDIJE

KISELJAK CEPS – (Bosnia & Hercegovina)

Ss. CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY IN SKOPJE UKIM –

(North Macedonia)

ASOCIJACIJE ZA UPRAVLJANJE RIZICI MA AZUR – (Bosnia &

Hercegovina)

PRIVREDNA KOMORA FEDERACIJE BOSNE I HERCEGOVINE

CEFBIH – (Bosnia & Hercegovina)

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY TIRANA CCIT

(Albania)

INZENJERSKA KOMORA CRNE GORE CEM (Montenegro)

GRADJEVINARSTVO NAUKA I PRAKSA GNP (Montenegro)

Project summary:

Economic and social development are widely affected by the impacts of climate change. It is of critical importance that higher education systems contribute to building capacities and interdisciplinary knowledge for a sustainable and resilient society, able to build back ur vulnerable economies. Investors, insurers, businesses, cities, and citizens across the EU and the Balkans should be able to access data and to develop instruments to integrate climate change into their risk management practices. This proposal is relevant to the objectives and activities of the CBHE action and the specificities of Strand II. It is based on identified needs analysis performed in each of the target countries of Region 1 and of the target groups and final beneficiaries. The wider aim and the project’s specific objectives align with the “Green Deal” EU overarching priority, as a project that supports action within higher education systems for creating climate-resilient communities.

The Needs Analysis revealed the following challenges across WBC HEIs and advised on the possible areas of intervention:

• Absence of climate centers/hubs affiliated with the WBC HEIs;
• Limited or missing climate and sustainability courses;
• Limited typologies of teaching and learning methodologies applied in the teaching process;
• Lack of professional courses in the field of climate and sustainability;
• Lack of student activities targeting climate and sustainability;
• Very limited collaboration capacities with the business sector in the field of climate;
• Lack or very limited efforts to implement climate-smart solutions within HEI services.

Based on the performed needs analysis the broader aim of the project was defined: Mainstream a holistic approach towards climate and sustainability action. This proposal’s WPs, tasks, and activities are conceived for fulfilling this aim.

 Importance of the project

The 1FUTURE project builds upon the need and ambition to lead climate action in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in the Western Balkan Region. Within the project, HEIs of the region will serve as the gear that connects different stakeholders for building climate-resilient communities.

Economic and social development are widely affected by the impacts of climate change. It is of critical importance that the higher education system contributes to building capacities and interdisciplinary knowledge for a sustainable and resilient society, able to build back better our vulnerable economies. Investors, insurers, businesses, cities, and citizens across the EU and the Balkans should be able to access data and develop instruments to integrate climate change into their risk management practices. This project is relevant to the objectives and activities of the CBHE action within the Erasmus+ Program. The wider aim and the project’s specific objectives align with the ‘’Green Deal’’ EU overarching priority, as a project that supports action within higher education systems for creating climate-resilient communities.

 

The project is supported by the Erasmus Plus Program, ERASMUS-EDU-2022-CBHE-STRAND-2.

 

Project coordinator: Florian Idrizaj                        Email florian_idrizaj@cci.al