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The issue paper is one of the key outputs of the European Commission’s working group on equality and values in education and training. The paper highlights the main challenges and inspiring practices that arose from the working group meetings on citizenship education. It addresses, for example, issues related to: the curriculum and content of citizenship …
Each month, the European Digital Education Hub selects a specific theme and plans activities for its members, like online discussions and dedicated working groups. What is a hackathon? A hackathon is a collaborative event, during which participants come together to develop innovative solutions to specific problems, typically related to technology, computer programming, or other digital …
The European Union and its Member States have launched the Digital for Development (D4D) Hub for the EU Neighbouring Countries to step up their regional engagement in the digital field. The objective of the D4D Hub in the EU Neighbouring Countries will be to increase the impact of the efforts of the EU and its …
The EU Code Week kicked off on Saturday 7 October this year. The aim of the Code Week initiative is to encourage young people take up coding and pursue a career in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. On Monday 9 October from 16:00-18:00 there was a livestreamed event with speakers from the education and …
In the last decade, machine learning, recognized as a subset of artificial intelligence, has gained prominence for its capacity to discern significant patterns from training data. This advancement has extended to predicting the perceptual patterns in non-native language speech, a domain often guided by the implicit assumption that phonetic similarities between one’s first language (L1) …
The Cyprus Institute played a prominent role in shaping the discussions at the 2023 Cyprus Forum, where several distinguished staff participated in key sessions and panels. The Cyprus Forum was held September 29-30, 2023, in Nicosia, where attendees had the opportunity to engage with experts and leaders on critical topics shaping the future of Cyprus …
This summer was by far the warmest on record worldwide with an average temperature of 16.77°C, or 0.66°C above average, according to data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S). These high temperatures were also observed in Cyprus where, according to researchers from CyI’s Environmental Predictions Department of the Climate and Atmosphere Research Centre of …
The European Commission will invest €90 million in 17 new research projects contributing to the EU Mission: ‘A Soil Deal for Europe’. These projects will work on restoring and protecting soil health for the sustainable production of healthy food, protecting biodiversity, building climate resilience, and contributing to the European Green Deal objectives. The projects gather …
The MSCA Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes (COFUND) action provides funding for regional, national and international programmes for training, career development and mobility of researchers, through co-funding mechanisms. The scheme spreads the MSCA best practices by promoting high standards and excellent working and employment conditions. If you are considering applying for MSCA COFUND, …
In a Communication adopted, the Commission provides a contribution to the forthcoming leaders’ debate in Granada on the future-oriented approach to the EU’s open strategic autonomy and on priority policy objectives for the EU in the years ahead. It takes stock of achievements and remaining challenges to build a more resilient, competitive and sustainable economy, …