News & Updates
Welcome to the SAFER news hub. Here we publish regular updates about project progress, key events, new resources, and public results—so partners, stakeholders, and the wider community can follow SAFER throughout the project.
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SAFER Monthly Steering Committee (SC) Meeting held online (22 January 2026)Date: 22 January 2026 Format: Online (Microsoft Teams) The SAFER consortium held its Monthly Steering Committee (SC) Meeting online on Thursday, 22 January 2026, from 12:00 to 13:30 (EET). The meeting agenda included a welcome and check-in, followed by focused updates and coordination across key work packages. Key agenda points included:
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SAFER Kick-off Meeting held virtually (19 November 2025)Date: 19 November 2025 Format: Online (Microsoft Teams) — Thessaloniki (host location) The SAFER consortium held its official Kick-off Meeting virtually on Wednesday, 19/11/2025, starting at 09:15 (EET). The meeting focused on project overview and planning of the first six months. The agenda included: a welcome from IHU, an opening and project overview by Achilleas Kontogeorgos (IHU), and a session led by the Project Officer (EC), Paul Harris. Partners then introduced their teams and roles, followed by structured planning sessions for each work package. During the WP planning blocks, the consortium reviewed the first six months plan for:
The meeting concluded with a wrap-up and alignment on next steps for the initial implementation period. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/111154088/admin/dashboard/
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Upcoming SAFER 1st Transnational Project Meeting in Thessaloniki, Greece The SAFER consortium will hold its 1st Transnational Project Meeting (TPM1) in Thessaloniki, Greece, from 9 to 11 June 2026, hosted by the International Hellenic University (IHU). The meeting venue will be Lecture Room A4, International Hellenic University, Thermi, Thessaloniki. Over three days, the meeting will bring together project partners to review progress, align implementation, and advance the next phases of the project. The agenda includes:
This meeting represents an important milestone for the SAFER project, supporting coordination among partners and strengthening joint work on curriculum development, stakeholder engagement, dissemination, and strategic planning.
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Egyptian Partners Hold SAFER Stakeholders Workshop in EgyptAs part of the SAFER project activities, the Egyptian partners, Heliopolis University and the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT), successfully organized a stakeholder’s workshop in Egypt to support the project’s work on strengthening agricultural education, improving skills, and modernizing learning through digital tools. The workshop was carried out within SAFER (Sustainable Agri-Futures: Empowering Climate Resilience and Green Growth in Higher Education), an Erasmus+ Capacity Building in Higher Education project that brings together partners from Greece, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Egypt, and Jordan to enhance agricultural education and promote climate-smart and sustainable practices. During the workshop, the Egyptian partners presented the needs survey findings related to climate change and sustainable agriculture challenges and opened the floor for discussion and feedback from participants. The session created a valuable space for dialogue with stakeholders and supported the exchange of perspectives on current needs, opportunities, and priorities in the field. This activity is fully consistent with the project framework under WP2, where partner HEIs are required to organize institutional workshops to discuss the needs assessment in research and teaching on climate change resilience and sustainable agriculture. According to the Grant Agreement, these workshops are meant to engage stakeholders and directly inform the project’s strategic planning and programme development. The successful completion of this workshop by the Egyptian partners in Egypt represents an important step in SAFER’s implementation and highlights the role of local stakeholder engagement in building stronger, more relevant, and more resilient higher education approaches in sustainable agriculture.
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The SAFER consortium successfully held its 1st Transnational Project Meeting (TPM1) in Thessaloniki, Greece, from 9 to 11 June 2026, hosted by the International Hellenic University (IHU). Over three productive days, project partners came together to review progress, align implementation across the Work Packages, discuss key deliverables, and prepare the next phase of project activities. During the meeting, the consortium reviewed progress in project coordination and management, needs assessment, strategic planning and capacity building, curriculum development and digital learning, community engagement and industry cooperation, and dissemination, inclusivity and sustainability. A major point of discussion was the completion of the needs assessment process, whose results will now support the next phases of the project, including strategic planning, curriculum development, training materials, and future stakeholder engagement activities. The meeting also included a study visit to Alpha Lavender – Multifunctional Farm & Experiences in the area of Mesimeri, Thessaloniki, where partners explored how agricultural production can connect with education, sustainability, local development, experiential learning, and rural entrepreneurship. In addition, the consortium held focused working sessions on key project deliverables, including the Project Strategic Plan, the Activities Program, the Techniques and Templates for the Training Materials and Curriculum, and the All-inclusive Distribution and Inclusion Strategy. The successful completion of TPM1 marked an important milestone for SAFER, strengthening consortium cooperation and supporting the project’s shared work on sustainable agriculture education, climate resilience, digital transformation, and long-term impact.
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