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MITTIC Project (2014-2015): The "Modernisation and Technological Innovation based on ICT in strategic and traditional sectors" project is a European project that has as its primary goal the promotion of economic growth and employment through the increase of competitiveness in strategic and traditional economic sectors in the regions of Extremadura and Central Alentejo, through the application of Information and Communication Technologies.

Goals:

• Enhance the innovative capabilities in the field of ICT: through better knowledge management based on structures that optimise R&D+i resources and those which allow the detection of joint needs and opportunities.
• Update technology-wise the traditional productive sectors based on natural and strategic resources through the implementation of new business models and improving the current ones based on the knowledge of ICTs.
• Exchange with other productive sectors, new applications, processes or methods of exploitation of products through ICTs, for the generation of new business opportunities for the promotion of already existing business innovation.

"Ingenio e Innovación, Made in Extremadura", aims to recover the archaeology of regional innovation, focusing on a single web site, all ideas and inventions developed by Extremaduran`s and/or in Extremadura, through the identification and gathering in a sustainable and permanent manner of these ingenuities, inventions or innovative ideas, developed in the present and in past centuries, to disseminate them and to serve as a stimulus for innovation and whenever possible to turn them into productive tools for the region.

The ingenuity from Extremadura has at its disposal news, information and customised legal advice on the different steps and possibilities that need to be taken to protect your idea and get to know the necessary methodology for patenting any format, either free or prohibitive. "Ingenio e Innovación, Made in Extremadura", provides a meeting point for creative people and inventors of the region, where they are able to exchange their ideas and produce joint creations, thanks to the tools offered on the Web portal.

The general objectives of this project are to contribute to enhance entrepreneurship, internationalization, networking and competitiveness amongst the Participating Countries, inducing the creation and development of new and stronger SMEs, thru open innovation and know-how exchange. These goals are to be achieved by providing on-the-job training for new entrepreneurs (NEs), spurring knowledge sharing between those and the host entrepreneurs (HEs), as well as promoting joint-ventures, spin-offs and cross-border cooperation.

"Development of guidance and counselling instruments in vocational education". GIVET is a Leonardo Partnership formed by a consortium of 10 partner organisations from 8 different countries: Turkey, Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Latvia, Slovenia, Spain and Poland. The objective of the partnership is to guide students to identify their capabilities and skills and help the organizations establish a guidance methodology. Most of the students who are on the edge of selecting their ways for their future education are unsure and indecisive about which occupation to choose and which school offers the best options. Sometimes, the Vocational Guidance they receive is inadequate; therefore, they don`t know which career opportunities they have in front of them. Any wrong decision that they could take could affect their Life Long Learning Process negatively. To avoid such situations, this project aims to develop a methodology to guide students through a wide range of opportunities for their further Vocational and/or Educational Training.

ECOTOUR aims to transfer the know-how of ECVET using the qualification of Tourism Energy Manager as a sample qualification. The enhancement of transnational mobility in training Tourism Energy Managers will be realized through the transfer of know-how and materials from the transnational partnership. The project uses transfer of innovation from results of previous projects such as: Cradle to Cradle, Recultivatur (INTERREG IV), EFFECT (SEE), U-COACH and "Energy Management for SMEs" (LDV TOI). These projects tackled with the issue of energy efficiency, renewable energy, green acquisitions, e-learning. The planned outcome of the project will comprise of a series of units of learning and material for the qualification of Tourism Energy Manager.