Keyword: Brahea Centre at the University of Turku
University of Turku Receives Funding for Two Erasmus+ Partnership Projects
Brahea Centre at the University of Turku coordinates the international Inclusive Digital Learning (Dig-2-Inc) and Professional Noticing to Improve Entrepreneurship Education (PROMISE) projects.
University of Turku Brahea Centre Partner in Large-scale EU Project
A large-scale collaboration project (PlastLIFE) to enhance circular economy of plastics is starting in Finland. Ministry of the Environment and Finnish Environment Institute SYKE coordinate the project. The total budget of the project is approximately 20 million euros, and its financing comes from the EU Strategic LIFE Programme (LIFE SIP). Brahea Centre at the University of Turku is a partner in PlastLIFE Work Package focusing on plastics used in construction and agriculture.
Challenges and Best Practices in Remote and Hybrid Academic Teaching
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Ways forward to reach zero emissions shipping
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BalticSatApps Successfully Paving Way for Earth Observation-based Innovations in Baltic Sea Region
The European Copernicus Programme provides Earth Observation (EO) data free of charge on an open-access basis. The Copernicus services are based on satellite and in situ observations, and cater to even near real-time data needs. The services provide global data which can also be used for local and regional needs. The data can, for example, help to make visible different phenomena affecting Earth, such as climate change and urban development.
Small ports provide improved services in the central Baltic Sea region
In the past years, various projects have worked to improve the safety and infrastructure of small ports. Now experts from Finland, Sweden, Estonia and Latvia have joined their forces to develop better services in the small ports of the central Baltic Sea region. The focus of the CBSmallPorts project is on energy efficiency and joint marketing of the area.
Training of trainers and LLL courses have been conducted with success at the TEAVET LLL centres in Albania
The European partners through various workshops in Durres, Albania, guided a group of Albanian partners in September 2019, to become the next trainers of the designed and developed LLL courses. They later on organized trainers training to be able to run the courses by themselves
Sewage-collecting Network Located around Baltic Sea Coastline Needs Developing – Boaters Want to Do the Right Thing
Many boaters are still occasionally releasing their sewage directly into the sea. The reason, however, may not be their own indifference, but rather the result of a lack of sewage pump-out stations or the fact that stations may be located in the wrong places, in poor condition or have insufficient user instructions. The purpose of the BATSECO-BOAT project is to survey the needs of boaters and improve the sewage pumping services throughout the entire central Baltic Sea region.