Projects

  • TEAM – Tackling the Mental Health Stigma in Youth Football

    • Start: 12/2024
    • End: 05/2027

    Local Principal Investigator
    Prof. Demetris Vrontis

    Coordinator
    GNOSIS - MEDITERRANEAN INSTITUTE FOR MANAGEMENT SCIENCE (UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA)

    Ref.
    Cooperation Partnerships in Sport (ERASMUS-SPORT-2024-SCP)

    Budget
    400000 EUR

    Agreement No.
    101184222

    Engaging in regular exercise has long been proven to evoke a whole range of physical and mental health benefits. Physical activity has been shown to play a significant role in primary and secondary prevention of many chronic diseases, such as health benefits can be observed even with relatively minor physical activity volumes. Football is one of the world's most popular activities for youth, a sphere where they can acquire physical, mental, and educational skills, develop healthy habits, and build life-long friendships. In recent years, however, youth football has begun to face up to the myriad issues within its ranks that can compromise the health, safety, and integrity, driving youth organisations to measures for safeguarding and protecting their members from maltreatment. Despite its societal role and the fact that football provides physical and health benefits, youth football players are not exempt from mental health issues, and playing football does not make them immune to mental health challenges. TEAM aims to conduct evidence-based research amongst youth football on the challenges and effects of mental health and the need for mental well-being. The project will identify and map the general mental health issues/symptoms in youth football, and track and comprehend the level of awareness and knowledge of youth football players and staff in recognising and responding to mental health issues/symptoms. TEAM will introduce a Handbook to raise awareness, provide insights, and introduce good practices to the youth football stakeholders, practitioners, and policy-makers on how to recognize, respond and tackle youth mental health stigma. TEAM has a clear European added value with broad EU relevance, as it targets all 55 European members of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). The findings of this project involve and affect a variety of stakeholders such as citizens, the private sector, national authorities, European and international level authorities.

    Coordinator
    • GNOSIS - MEDITERRANEAN INSTITUTE FOR MANAGEMENT SCIENCE (UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA) - CY
    Partners
    • GDA SPORTS - CY
    • UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI GABRIELE D'ANNUNZIO DI CHIETI-PESCARA - IT
    • FUNDACION RED DEPORTE Y COOPERACION - ES
    • PANEPISTIMIO THESSALIAS - EL
    • CYPRUS FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION - CY
    • ASSOCIACAO DE FUTEBOL DE BRAGANCA - PT

  • SENSOR – Whistleblowing as a tool towards EU’s climate neutrality

    • Start: 06/2025
    • End: 05/2027

    Local Principal Investigator
    Prof. Alkis Thrassou

    Ref.
    CERV-2024-CHAR-LITI

    Budget
    441937.82 EUR

    Agreement No.
    101215243

    Bad governance, corruption, and fraud pose significant challenges to our societies, often undermining civil liberties, fundamental rights, and the public interest. At the same time, accountability is a cornerstone of democracy, requiring effective tools and procedures. One of the most powerful mechanisms for ensuring accountability is whistleblowing. Recognizing its importance, many governments worldwide have established laws and procedures to protect whistleblowers. Since 2019, the EU has also adopted a directive to safeguard individuals who report breaches of Union law. While all EU Member States have transposed this directive into their national legal systems, the process has often been slow, and some laws fall below EU standards, as noted by the EU Whistleblowing Monitor. Nonetheless, according to a European Parliament report, most Member States have aligned their laws with Article 2 of the directive, covering issues such as environmental protection— the primary focus of our project. Addressing climate change, protecting the environment, and preventing ecological harm are top EU priorities, embedded in numerous policy initiatives. To meet environmental targets in the coming decades, good governance, transparency, and accountability are essential but not sufficient on their own. This project aims to strengthen the capacity of civil society organizations (CSOs) and local authorities to ensure the effective implementation of the EU directive and national transposition laws. Additionally, it seeks to raise public awareness about whistleblowers’ rights and reporting channels, fostering a culture of accountability and environmental protection.

    Coordinator
    • GNOSIS - MEDITERRANEAN INSTITUTE FOR MANAGEMENT SCIENCE (UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION) - CY
    Partners 
    • WAGIEL BLAZEJ - PL
    • TIA FORMAZIONE INTERNAZIONALE ASSOCIAZIONE APS - IT
    • NORDIC HORIZON INSTITUTET - SE
    • ASPON CONSULTING LTD - CY

  • INSIDE-CoVE – International Network for Sustainable and Innovative Digital Excellence in Construction Vocational Education

    • Start: 02/2025
    • End: 01/2029

    Local Principal Investigator
    Prof. Demetris Vrontis

    Ref.
    Centres of Vocational Excellence (ERASMUS-EDU-2024-PEX-COVE)

    Budget
    4985441 EUR

    Agreement No.
    101194017

    INSIDE-CoVE presents a network of Centres of Vocational Excellence across six European countries. Greece, Spain, Germany, and Ireland are the main CoVEs, while Cyprus and Belgium networks are being established as satellite CoVEs as part of the project's expansion. The Belgian EU hub seeks to amplify the influence of the INSIDE-CoVE skills ecosystems throughout Europe. The INSIDE-CoVE horizontal approach emphasises three layers of curriculum development for the construction industry in Europe. The digital layer emphasises the importance of data, software, and hardware skills, seamlessly integrating BIM as a universal language across different construction disciplines. The green layer integrates energy efficiency aspects throughout the building life cycle, incorporating skills in environmental sustainability and governance. The inclusion layer strives to promote the welfare of the construction workforce, drawing in social groups that are often overlooked, such as youth and women. The approach tackles language, background, and experience challenges to ensure that training material is in line with the European Pillar of Social Rights. The national dimension emphasises the creation of skills ecosystems that foster local innovation, regional development, and social inclusion. A strong network of partners is formed, connecting academia, industry, and the world of work. The international dimension is further emphasised by the common interest of all four national CoVEs in the Architectural, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industrial ecosystem. The project aims to develop AEC skills at various levels and reach a wide range of learners through an innovative MOOC, the i-LMS platform. Its long-term goal is to promote research for AEC skills in academic settings, increase data and publications related to AEC skills and CoVE by 30%, boost businesses in the AEC sector in CoVE regions by 20%, and expand the pool of construction workers and AEC professionals in Europe by 10%.

    Coordinator
    • BUILDING SYSTEMS INNOVATION CENTRE PRIVATE COMPANY - EL
    Partner
    • PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS BUSINESS SOLUTIONS AE - EL
    • UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA - EL
    • BUILDINGHOW TEAM IKE - EL
    • KYTTARO ENALLAKTIKON ANAZITISEON NEON - EL
    • TECHNIKO EPIMELITIRIO ELADAS - EL
    • MANPOWER EMPLOYMENT ORGANISATION - EL
    • ICERT INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATIONS S.A. - EL
    • GNOSIS - MEDITERRANEAN INSTITUTE FOR MANAGEMENT SCIENCE (UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA) - CY
    • ALGOLYSIS LTD - CY
    • TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE OSTWESTFALEN-LIPPE - DE
    • DAVID-ROENTGEN-SCHULE NEUWIED - DE
    • FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. - DE
    • MELZER KÄLTE KLIMA LÜFTUNG GMBH - DE
    • FUNDACION LABORAL DE LA CONSTRUCCION - ES
    • INSTITUT D'ARQUITECTURA AVANÇADA DE CATALUNYA - ES
    • INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE LA EDIFICACION FUNDACION - ES
    • GRUPO FEMXA - ES
    • SGS TECNOS, S.A - ES
    • TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY OF THE SHANNON MIDLANDS MIDWEST - IT
    • WATERFORDWEXFORD ETB - IT
    • LIMERICK AND CLARE EDUCATION AND TRANING BOARD - IE
    • LAOIS AND OFFALY EDUCATION AND TRAINING BOARD - IE
    • IRISH GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL - IE
    • EUROPEAN BUILDERS CONFEDERATION - BE
    • EUROPEAN ALUMINIUM - BE

  • GreenToC – Synergies Between HEIs and the Labor Market for Sustainability Using ToC and AI

    • Start: 12/2024
    • End: 04/2027

    Local Principal Investigator
    Prof. Alkis Thrassou

    Ref.
    Cooperation Partnerships in Higher Education (KA220-HED)

    Budget
    250000 EUR

    Agreement No.
    2024-1-RO01-KA220-HED-000252839

    The GreenToC project addresses the gap between Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and the labour market and promotes their collaboration in regards to the evolution of green transformation skills. Specifically, innovative tools, such as the Theory of Change (ToC) framework and AI technologies are being used with the aim to provide students and academics with sustainability skills. While HEIs provide students with the theoretical knowledge and fundamental skills, the workforce offers the opportunity to apply all that is learned, promoting in this way true impact and real-world application. The project introduces eco-friendly strategies into HEI curricula, fostering collaboration between academia and industry to address climate change.  

    Coordinator
    • UNIVERSITATEA TIBISCUS DIN TIMISOARA - RO
    Partners
    • UNIVERSITA TA MALTA - MT
    • GNOSIS - MEDITERRANEAN INSTITUTE FOR MANAGEMENT SCIENCE (UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA) - CY
    • INSTITUTO POLITECNICO DE SANTAREM - PT
    • G.G. EUROSUCCESS CONSULTING LIMITED - CY
    • IRESET LIMITED - CY
    • KOINONIKI SYNETAIRISTIKI EPICHEIRISI SILLOGIKIS KAI KOINONIKIS OFELEIAS INFINITY - GR
    • INFINITIVITY DESIGN LABS -  FR

  • ENLACED – Digitally-Enhanced Foreign Language Education for Active European Citizenship

    • Start: 12/2024
    • End: 11/2026

    Local Principal Investigator
    Prof. Alkis Thrassou

    Ref.
    Cooperation Partnerships in Higher Education (KA220-HED)

    Budget
    250000 EUR

    Agreement No.
    2024-1-RO01-KA220-HED-000249951

    ENLACED aims to modernize the foreign language education at tertiary level based on digitally-enhanced challengebased approach to learning, centered around European citizenship and democracy issues. We will create a conceptual framework that synergizes contemporary language teaching methodologies, Intercultural Citizenship Education theory, and challenge-based learning. This Framework will guide the development of linguistically advanced, content-rich, context appropriate, culturally-sensitive, and digitally-engaging teaching/learning materials in the form of Digital Breakout Challenges, integrated into a bespoke Web App. These challenges will offer an immersive, gamified learning experience, supported by the Web App's functions for personalized, individual or collaborative, online or blended learning. Integrating these innovative resources and tools in partner HEIs’ foreign language curricula, and training instructors in using them aligns with the Erasmus+ HE priority “Stimulating innovative learning and teaching practices.”

    Coordinator
    • UNIVERSITATEA DE MEDICINA, FARMACIE, STINTE SI TEHNOLOGIE - RO
    Partners
    • GNOSIS - MEDITERRANEAN INSTITUTE FOR MANAGEMENT SCIENCE (UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA) - CY
    • UNIVERSITY OF NATIONAL AND WORLD ECONOMY - BG
    • SUMY STATE UNIVERSITY - UA
    • TETRA SOLUTIONS LTD. - BG
     

  • CL4BIO – Creative Learning for Boosting Bio-Economy in HEIs’ Curricula

    • Start: 11/2022
    • End: 10/2025

    Local Principal Investigator
    Prof. Demetris Vrontis

    Ref.
    Cooperation Partnerships in Higher Education (KA220-HED)

    Budget
    400000 EUR

    Agreement No.
    2022-1-PL01-KA220-HED-000087008

    CL4BIO wants to achieve the following results in line with the selected priorities based on two crucial key words ‘innovative learning and teaching practices’ and ‘excellence in learning, teaching and skills development’: - Creating an innovative platform that will empower professors in HE to create engaging e-learning material. The platform will have a LEGO-like experience, where the educators will be able to choose technical modules and media means to construct their online course in a way that engages the students. It will be as if they will be building with LEGO bricks course material that will be easy to navigate and captivating to study. - Allowing easy dissemination of course material between educators, ensuring that in a collaborative manner one respected peer will be able to fill-in-gaps in another educator’s course, as if adding modules that can be used or may also not be selected to be used during the design of the course. This library of elements will be in the disposal of the educators, as a stock asset of science-topic-focused multimedia e-learning material. - Ensuring a monitoring and feedback mechanism, collecting statistics of the engagement patterns and the time students spend on each element of the module/course to flag areas for improvement. - Applying the researched and proved pedagogical practices of using creativities in academic education, to enhance student engagement, student participation and overall wellbeing of students through the easy-to-study methods and the creative and captivating multimedia online content.

    Coordinator
    • SZKOLA GLOWNA GOSPODARSTWA WIEJSKIEGO -PL
    Partners
    • UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO - PT
    • GNOSIS - MEDITERRANEAN INSTITUTE FOR MANAGEMENT SCIENCE (UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA) - CY
    • UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI FOGGIA - IT
     

  • BOOST – Building Outstanding Opportunities for Science and Talent

    • Start: 05/2025
    • End: 10/2028

    Local Principal Investigator
    Prof. Demetris Vrontis

    Ref.
    ERA Talents (HORIZON-WIDERA-2024-TALENTS-03)

    Budget
    2873750 EUR

    Agreement No.
    101217321

    The BOOST project addresses the significant disparities in innovation capacity among the EU Widening Countries, primarily in Eastern Europe. Although these nations excel in academic research, they struggle to translate their achievements into commercially viable products and services. This gap negatively affects the social, financial, and environmental sustainability of these regions, limits economic growth, and exacerbates issues like brain drain and low career opportunities for researchers and innovators. BOOST aims to strengthen the R&I capabilities of Widening Countries by fostering collaboration between academic and non-academic sectors. It focuses on enhancing career opportunities and entrepreneurship by providing researchers with the skills needed to succeed in both academic and industrial settings. A key element is the creation of the BOOST Learning Environment, which will facilitate knowledge exchange and collaboration among organizations across Europe, giving access to a rich database of tools, resources, and learning modules. Central to the project is the implementation of the BOOST ERA Talents Scheme, which provides 12-month mobility opportunities for 60 researchers, improving their practical skills through placements in industry settings. The scheme also includes five tailored learning modules, and each participant will receive a Personal Career Development Plan to support long-term career advancement. The project ensures that at least 30% of mobility participants will be women or individuals from underrepresented groups, addressing the imbalance that persists in R&I fields. BOOST provides broad sectoral expertise through its consortium partners. By focusing on skill development, practical training, and cross-sector collaboration, the project will create a sustainable impact that extends beyond its duration, helping Widening Countries improve their R&I capabilities and compete on the global stage.

    Coordinator
    • CLEANTECH BULGARIA - BG
    Partners
    • BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES - BG
    • CSI CYPRUS - CY
    • THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT MEDITERRANEO - CY
    • GNOSIS - MEDITERRANEAN INSTITUTE FOR MANAGEMENT SCIENCE (UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA) - CY
    • CORALLIA - EL
    • UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY - EL
    • AB CORPORATION - BE
    • BEYONDEU - IT
    • FONDAZIONE E AMALDI - IT
    • INTERNATIONAL BURCH UNIVERSITY - BIH
    • FAST TRACK VENTURES - PT
    • UNIVERSITY OF PORTO - PT
    • ROHEALTH - THE HEALTH AND BIOECONOMY CLUSTER - RO
    • POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST - RO
    • INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCIENCE PARKS AND AREAS OF INNOVATION - ES

  • ARCOE – Advancing Research Careers through Organizational Excellence

    • Start: 06/2025
    • End: 05/2028

    Local Principal Investigator
    Prof. Demetris Vrontis

    Ref.
    Enhancing the European R&I system (HORIZON-WIDERA-2024-ERA-02)

    Budget
    1843150 EUR

    Agreement No.
    101216936

    ARCOE aims to create a virtual talent innovation ecosystem hub to improve HR practices, career development and research collaboration. First, an indepth organisational assessment will be conducted, including an analysis in the Widera countries, to assess career development frameworks, HR practices and alignment with the Research Charter. A gap analysis will then be performed to identify areas requiring improvement. The hub will assist researchers in their professional development by acting as a centralised place for networking, training and career development. Training programmes and career services focusing on digital transformation, deep tech industries and the Green Deal will be created through the hub. The project will assist 15 participating organisations in applying for HRS4R, ensuring compliance with strict guidelines for the recruitment of researchers. In addition, emphasis will be placed on networking and collaboration between the academic and non-academic sectors through the Meet&Match system in the ecosystem hub, to enhance alliances and encourage researcher mobility. As for the Virtual Hub, a long-term business plan will be created to ensure its viability even after the project has ended. In addition, ARCOE will implement a comprehensive communication and distribution plan to ensure maximum impact and reach. To maximise the project's influence and promote international cooperation, synergies with other projects and programmes will be explored. In conclusion, ARCOE is dedicated to fostering talent ecosystems that create attractive and sustainable initial research careers. Through this initiative, we aim to improve mobility, collaboration and career opportunities in all areas, to empower the next generation of researchers and strengthen the European research and innovation landscape.

    Coordinator
    • FONDAZIONE E. AMALDI = IT
    Partners
    • AB CORPORATION - BE
    • CONSORZIO ITALBIOTEC - IT
    • CLEANTECH BULGARIA - BG
    • TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA - BG
    • CSI CYPRUS - CY
    • GNOSIS - MEDITERRANEAN INSTITUTE FOR MANAGEMENT SCIENCE (UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA) - CY
    • SKILLAB - NL
    • ATHENA RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTER - EL
    • ROHEALTH - CLUSTERUL PENTRU SANATATE - SI BIOECONOMIE - RO
    • UNI ROMANIA - RO
    • KONNEKT ABLE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED - IE
    • ACROSSLIMITS - ML