The ACORN Learning Exchange meeting in Malta
The ACORN project aims to engage, empower, and inspire young people in rural areas to become active citizens, co-creators, and implementers of rural development initiatives. The ACORN – Activating Young Rural Development project partners went to Malta for a learning exchange meeting recently. Laurence and Aoife went on behalf of Momentum and Aoife has written […]
The European Skills Panorama – From the Be21 Skilled Project
We are delighted to announce the publication of The European Skills Panorama, as part of the Be21 Skilled Project. This report aims at demarcating the current state of affairs with respect to the 21st century skills needs, challenges and opportunities, as well as pinpointing the challenges in current pedagogical approaches to teaching 21st century skills. Well-rounded […]
The Ethical Food Entrepreneurship Educator’s Guide and Good Practice Compendium are now live
Some of the Ethical Food Entrepreneurship project partners met in Ireland recently and they got the chance to discuss the development of the project and the publication of the first set of resources. The collection of Good Practice case studies is now live and you can explore this unique training tool for educators and prospective […]
The Acorn Project launch at The Suck Valley Way Conference in Roscommon
The Irish launch of the Activating Young Rural Development (ACORN) project took place recently at The Suck Valley Way Conference in Roscommon. The conference is an annual event and this year the topic was ‘Inspiring Rural Creativity’. The event was held in association with Roscommon Leader Partnership and the Association of Irish Local Government (AILG). The Acorn […]
The Surviving Digital Good Practice Guide is now live
Our project Surviving Digital / Survivreau Digital has just released an insightful Study: Identification of innovative practices to support the fight against screen addiction. In recent years, scientific studies have shown the harmful effects of overexposure to screens of small children. Currently, no practice has been developed which effectively helps adult educators combatting this trend. […]
The Creative Change Multiplier Event in Leitrim
As part of Momentum’s 20th Birthday celebration, we held a multiplier event for the Creative Change Project. We presented the project to over 80 attendees, from all over Europe at the Momentum event in Leitrim, and there was a lot of interest in Creative Change and the benefits of the circular economy. With the Creative […]
The Digital Balance Multiplier Event in Leitrim
As part of Momentum’s 20th Birthday celebration, we held a multiplier event for the Digital Balance Project. Digital Balance is a new approach to train VET teachers, leaders and managers in digital well-being. The end result will be to improve educators’ own digital competences, while also boosting the capacity of VET institutions to manage the […]
The Communities in Action Compendium is now live
The Climate Champions Project team are delighted to announce that The Communities in Action Compendium is now available to download. Be inspired by 32 case studies of biodiversity and climate change best practices. The project hopes to inspire community groups to replicate those activities in their areas or improve the already existing initiatives that they […]
The Ethical Food Entrepreneurship Meeting in Finland
Paula recently packed up her gloves and hat to visit the beautiful city of Kuopio, the 8th largest town in Finland for the transnational partner meeting of the Ethical Food Entrepreneurship Project. The hosts for the meeting were Savonia University of Applied Sciences who are the lead partners in this project. As Paula will tell […]