News
Here, we share our current EU GREEN news, events and activities from within OVGU.
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Staff Week WP2 - More Sustainability in Education
Joint Degrees, SDGs und EU GREEN priciples
From June 25 - 27, WP 2 Education will meet in Évora, Portugal for its second Staff Week. In addition to a meeting of the Student Council, a wide range of topics are on the agenda. Central topics will be the selection of joint degrees from previously submitted and presented pilot degrees as well as the introduction of the Sustainability Minor. This will also include discussions about challenges in the implementation of joint European degree programs and how our EU GREEN educational principles can best be embedded in them. Train-the-trainer workshops will also be held to align curricular units with the SDGs and key competencies for sustainability.
A small excursion and a Portuguese crash course are also planned as part of the social program.
The preliminary schedule and important information on travel planning can be found here.
If you are interested in participating, helping to design the courses or have other topics that would fit well into the program, please contact the EU GREEN team.
Impact Hub - make the Difference!
How about if we could make the world a little better?
That's the motto of Impact Hub Leipzig, a community and innovation ecosystem nestled in the heart of Leipzig. It's part of the global Impact Hub network with over 110 locations worldwide.
It is a diverse and dedicated community comprising entrepreneurs, creatives, SMEs, freelancers, investors, and NGOs. At Impact Hub, the regional creatives inspire, connect, and empower one another to develop and implement ideas for a more sustainable world. The goal is to foster the development of a collaborative impact economy for impact startups and their partners.
On April 18th from 15:00 to 17:00 in G5 - R117, Anja Hirschfelder will give a presentation about this work. She is the founder and managing director of ImpactHub Leipzig and will present how the global ImpactHub community is working to make the world a better place as part of the Impact Day organized by Work Package 4.
We look forward to many enthusiastic participants!
Further information about ImpactHub Leipzig can be found on their website.
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Creating a Sustainble and Healthy Campus - Staff Week January 2024 (WP8)
Starting 2024 full of fresh ideas and motivation at ATU, Ireland
The staff week of Work Package 8 ended on Thursday, January 18, 2024, after presentations and workshops at two of the Atlantic Technical University campuses in Letterkenny and Sligo, a visit to the renowned Organic Centre, and many generous invitations to experience the Irish culture.
The event included presentations from EU GREEN partners on the current situation within their universities, focusing on successful initiatives and the challenges they face. Participants had the opportunity to attend workshops, participate in fruitful discussions, and enjoy a dinner accompanied by live music at the Mount Errigal Hotel.
On the second day, parallel sessions were held, including workshops for students and staff, as well as joint presentations of workshop outcomes. The programme was then moved to Sligo, whilst making a quick yet eventful stop at the Organic Centre.
Day three focused on climate challenges and re-imagining the green and blue spaces of each respective university, part of the first steps of establishing climate-resilient campuses. Participants engaged in systems mapping, thematic analysis workshops, and discussions on action targets and next steps.
The programme concluded with parallel sessions for students and staff, including workshops and action plan activities. Nevertheless, student engagement, as well as the health and well-being of all university members were at the forefront of several of the workshops. The week culminated with joint presentations of workshop outcomes and conclusions.
After four days of meeting in person, in work and play, we have built a stronger team that will move forward with more clarity and speed.
The staff week might officially be over, but the journey has just begun. Stay tuned for more news on WP8 happenings!
Blended Intensive Programs - Call for Proposals open until 8. January
A Blended Intensive Program (BIP) is a new format of Erasmus+ mobility. BIPs combine online teaching with a short physical mobility period, and complement existing courses as a new teaching format to add interdisciplinary topics and innovative learning environments. In this way, we aim to promote mobility within the EU GREEN alliance and strengthen cooperation between teaching staff.
Each BIP will be developed, organized and taught by academics at three or more EU GREEN partner universities. BIP proposals shall meet the Erasmus+ requirements and guidelines of the Alliance in order to receive funding. The EU GREEN work packages on Education, Research and Mobility make a selection for funding for EU GREEN BIPs.
Academics from all EU GREEN universities are invited to collaborate with like-minded peers to set up innovative BIPs for students at the Alliance's beach locations.
We are looking forward to receiveing your applications here.
Anna Posadowska-Malarz () and the EU GREEN team at OVGU () will be happy to answer any questions about the application process.
Further information on the application process:
Monthly meeting on 14. December
EU GREEN contributors and supporters meet again on 14. December, 1 p.m., online.
EU GREEN thrives on participation and involvement. In order to achieve the goal of joint, innovative learning and teaching at European level, it is not necessary to set up fundamentally new structures at the universities - the focus is rather on building on existing ones, as well as networking and exchanging ideas with each other.
In this way, each participant can contribute their own expertise and share their own areas of excellence with colleagues or fellow students.
The subject areas are therefore logically subdivided into individual work packages, which are staffed accordingly within the university structure of each alliance partner.
Within the framework of the EU GREEN activity meeting, all those involved in EU GREEN at OVGU meet internally once a month (every 4th Thursday) to discuss progress, current tasks and upcoming challenges. Participants can not only be employees and students already involved in EU GREEN, but also those generally interested in the alliance.
A one-time registration is required, either via e-mail to or via the following mailing list.
