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<h2><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 120%; text-shadow: 0 0 5px #000;"><span style="color: #1cc88a; transition: all .4s ease;">ERUA</span> Collaborative Open Space</span></h2>
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<p class="lead" style="text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #000; padding: 0 10px;">The digital platform is being developed aiming to provide the necessary tools to the members/users of the collaborative space and allow them to reach their main goals.</p>
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<p class="lead">It is a cooperation mechanism that allows ERUA Universities to interact, co-create and achieve a significant impact on regional, national and global well-being and prosperity, fostering a strategic and operational dialogue with the 6 European regions, cities and islands on research and innovation. ECOs brings together scientists, early career researchers, students, Creative industries, regional policy actors, community organizations, entrepreneurs, and citizens to discuss the major challenges our society is facing and work towards for <strong>Sustainability (Aeiforia)</strong>, <strong>Creativity (ERUAHaus)</strong>, <strong>Digitalization (Digital Reform)</strong>.</p>
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<p class="lead">[ECOs] is designed to support interactive communities by engaging different interest groups and users. These include members of ERUA alliance universities, interregional and civil society actors, policymakers, social and green enterprises, NGOs, activists, artists, creative and cultural actors, and other organizations. [ECOs] aims to be a virtual "meeting" place and an open intercultural dialogue space, facilitating collaborative efforts to collectively address interregional challenges faced by ERUA universities and their creative and interregional stakeholders. These challenges align with the objectives of the Sustainable Development Agenda for 2030, digital transformation, social, creative, and cultural experimentation, as well as the support of innovation, entrepreneurial discovery, and socially responsible research.</p>
<p class="lead">The [ECOs] integrates two (2) communities of practice and experimentation: Aeiforia for Sustainable Innovation and the ERUAHaus as a Creative Hub. The Aeiforia community mainly hosts the “Aeiforia Knowledge Base” presenting curriculums, projects, and initiatives implemented by ERUA Universities, and regional key stakeholders, contributing to the achievement of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The ERUAHaus community hosts ERUA projects and initiatives of experimentation, providing users the opportunity to create new projects. It also offers a space for students as creative ERUAners and a platform to showcase digital creative galleries and events. Additionally, there is a session where creative and interregional partnerships are presenting and a session for Science and Society integrating applications and tools for dialogue and collaboration, e-science shop, science café events, competitions (hackathons, ideathons), funding and job opportunities and more.</p>
<p class="lead">ECOs serve as a cooperation mechanism, enabling ERUA Universities to interact, co-create, and have a significant impact on regional, national, and global well-being and prosperity. It fosters the strategic and operational dialogue with the six European regions, cities, and islands on research and innovation. ECOs bring together scientists, early career researchers, students, creative industries, regional policy actors, community organizations, entrepreneurs, and citizens to discuss major challenges society faces and work towards sustainability (Aeiforia), creativity (ERUAHaus), and digitalization (Digital Reform).</p>


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