The Education for Climate Coalition seeks to co-create a participatory education community to support the changes needed for a climate-neutral society. We want to inspire, develop and draw on innovative European education capabilities by promoting bottom-up actions around five priorities: training teachers, developing green skills and competences, bridging education with science, raising awareness, and changing behaviours. The Education for Climate Coalition is meant to gather the whole education community in the EU, including: - Teachers, educators, pupils, students, trainers and parents across all levels and institution types - Stakeholders active in education and/or environmental work Become part of the community!
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Besides being beautiful, Europe’s nature is of great importance on so many levels to all of us. To help secondary school students understand why, the European Commission's Directorate-General for Environment has developed the European nature protection toolkit. The toolkit provides resources and instructions for preparing and running indoor and outdoor activities. It will help you guide your students in learning to communicate about local plants, animals and habitats as well as about Europe’s shared natural heritage. Inspiring students by what is around them can be a real first step in engaging them with nature in a meaningful way. If you’re interested in learning more about biodiversity, you can also take a look at the Commission’s Knowledge Centre for Biodiversity.
Did you miss the MSCA 2024 Conference? You can now watch all the sessions to learn more about the rich discussions on the future of researchers' careers in Europe. The recordings include also the Falling Walls Lab MSCA 2024 competition.
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If you are utilising citizen science practices in inventive ways to address societal challenges in your MSCA project, the IMPETUS project is eager to support with your initiatives. In this open call, IMPETUS is looking for Citizen Science projects for two exciting opportunities, the IMPETUS Accelerator and the European Union Prize for Citizen Science. This Call will run from January 10th until March 11th (23:59 CET) for the European Union Prize for Citizen Science and March 14th (12:00 CET) for the IMPETUS Accelerator.
The Lindau Meetings bring together Nobel Laureates and young researchers to foster scientific exchange between generations. In 2024, the Meeting will be dedicated to Physics and will take place from 30 June to 5 July. The European Commission is offering a limited number of MSCA fellows the unique opportunity to participate in the event and exchange experiences with Nobel Laureates.
This annual science fair interactively showcases Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) research projects and innovations through hands-on experiments, science shows, games and fun, inspiring activities. We are calling on you, MSCA fellows and alumni, to present your research projects to approximately 5 000 young visitors over two days. The 2024 edition will take place in-person in Brussels on 25 and 26 April 2024.
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Did you enjoy Science is Wonderful!? The European Commission organises the European Researchers’ Night every last Friday in September. This is a unique occasion for kids, parents, teachers and citizens in general, to meet with researchers, directly in their city. Join the next European Researchers’ Night on 27 September 2024 for an unforgettable experience. Would you like to interact with researchers all year round? Researchers at Schools will bring the wonders of science directly to classrooms in selected European cities, where amazing researchers will show their work to your pupils through presentations, hands-on experiments, visits to labs, games, discussions and role-playing. And for our Belgian audience: we have good news! In 2024, we are happy to welcome a Belgian initiative back for the first time in years! Get ready Belgium: your September will be scientifically awesome.
The 2024 annual conference and General Assembly of the Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA) will take place at the University of Milano-Bicocca in Milano, Italy, on 14-16 March 2024. The theme of the conference is 10 Years of MCAA: Past, Present & Future. The MCAA community brings together researchers from all career stages and scientific disciplines, MSCA project managers and stakeholders.
This series of webinars will take place from 27 to 29 November 2023. They will present the Erasmus+ and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programmes and the opportunities they offer to organisations from the Latin American and Caribbean region, wishing to strengthen their cooperation with Europe. The third day will focus on opportunities for individual students and researchers from Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as those who wish to move to this region. The webinars will be in Spanish only.