The final 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 (𝗧𝗣𝗠) of the #HECSOs project took place on 𝟮𝟭-𝟮𝟮 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 in 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘀, 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗴𝗶𝘂𝗺, at #CaritasEuropa.  This milestone event was not just a moment for reflection, but a celebration of the journey we’ve shared as partners, working together to bridge higher education and civil society for meaningful community engagement. 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 […]

On November 20th in #Brussels, the event “How to Boost #CommunityEngagement in the #EU: Fostering Cross-Contaminations and Partnerships between Universities, Policymakers, and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs)” took place.  The event gathered 60 professionals, including 19 international attendees, to discuss #communityengagement and #socialinnovation within the framework of the HECSOs project  🔵 Highlights of the event: Introduction […]

It was the best opportunity for the #HECSOs project’s partners to discuss their achievements so far, and to lay the foundation for the next steps. The Transnational Project Meeting took place during HECSOs #SummerSchool and it was a great chance to exchange first-hand feedback on this important project result! Project partners look forward to the […]

This international and interdisciplinary educational opportunity, supported by the European Union through Erasmus+ funds, brought together 30 students from Italy, Spain, Austria, Greece, and Cyprus.  The HECSOs Summer School has been an experimental educational offering resulting from years of research and cooperation. It renewed and updated the competency framework for future professionals involved in community […]

The meeting has been dedicated to finalization of the Summer School Program, logistics and organization as well as discussing the next important step of the project related to the Policy Workshops and the Policy Recommendation Papers that will foster both at the local level and at the EU level community engagement processes and involvement of […]

On the 14th/15th of September 2023 the fourth Transnational Project Meeting (TPM) of HECSOs took place in Bucharest, Romania, hosted by # #UNSTPB (Universitatea Națională de Știință și Tehnologie Politehnica București), former #UPB (Universitatea Politehnica din București). During the meeting the project consortium was able to discuss the toolkits as the main PR1 result. Moreover, […]

The HECSOs multi case study analyses – Building knowledge on community engagement practices is out now!  The report is the result of all the work done so far in the HECSOs project. It is mainly divided in three parts:  The literature review with the definition of the construct of community engagement  The questions, methodology and […]

On 2-3 March 2023 the third Transnational Project Meeting planned within the framework of HECSOs took place in Nicosia, Cyprus.  The meeting was organised by Synthesis, a Cyprus’ leader research centre on social entrepreneurship and social innovation and partner of the HECSOs consortium. The meeting took place in the “Hub Nicosia,” a pioneering social innovation […]

On 11th and 12th of October 2022 the second Transnational Project Meeting planned within the framework of HECSOs took place in Vienna, Austria.

On the 17th and 18th of May 2022 the first Transnational Project Meeting planned within the framework of HECSOs took place in Turin, Italy. The meeting was organised by S-nodi, the Italian partner of the project that has its principal core of projects and community engagement initiatives in the Piedmont region.