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20/10/2026

In the latest participatory video created under Hateless.eu, by our partner WAVES Foundation for Global Education in Cyprus, high school students from Limassol show how a single supportive action can stop cyberbullying in its tracks.

Watch the student video: https://youtu.be/quz-PSnTZGk

Words have power, and stepping up can make a big difference. 🤝

Funding Agency: JUGEND für Europa
Learn more about HATE-LESS: https://hate-less.eu

20/10/2026

Staying Calm When Busy: Our MIND Virtual Exchange

When deadlines pile up, notifications ping constantly, and team demands grow, how do you protect your inner peace and creative energy?

On 15 October 2026, participants joined the virtual exchange session Staying Calm When Busy, Session 4 of the EAC EMPOWER Impact Series, co-hosted with the Digicreate Empower project.

Together with trainers, youth workers, emerging leaders, and young creative professionals, we explored how to navigate heavy workloads and maintain emotional safety during collaborative projects. Drawing on Steven Pressfield’s The War of Art and grounding practices, we looked at how pressure, perfectionism, and deadline anxiety can trigger inner Resistance.

What did we explore?
Participants practiced and exchanged strategies introduced by Dr. Brad Conn:
• Instructional Self-Talk: Swapping overwhelming thoughts ("I don't have enough time") for direct action cues ("One step at a time, focused and present").
• Routines: Participants came up with routines for situations under pressure. For example, when distraction kicks in, apply time blocking, work in 25-minute uninterrupted sprints, set digital boundaries, and work alongside peers to overcome distractions.
• Process Focus: Moving away from outcome panic ("Will I finish everything?") toward the single manageable action right in front of us.

Turning reflection into MIND Guides
Participants connected these strategies to real-world teamwork and deadline stress, using digital creative tools to develop visual guides, audio narratives, videos, and stories built around the M.I.N.D. framework:
🧠 M - MINDFUL: Notice physical tension, mental fatigue, and digital interruptions without judgment.
🎯 I - INTENTIONS: Reconnect with core creative territory, purpose, and collaborative values.
🌱 N - NURTURE: Activate grounding routines, time-blocking, and screen breaks to restore calm.
⚡ D - DECISIONS: Choose one clear boundary and decide on the next step.

Take a peek at our participants’ visual guides in today’s image! We’ll share the full collection of audio, videos, stories, and visual guides after the Cycle 1: Safe Space virtual exchanges.

Thank you to our participants for sharing your vulnerability, strategies, and creative guides to support peers across Europe!

Thank you to our participants for sharing your vulnerability, strategies, and creative guides to support peers across Europe!

Thank you to our facilitation team and to Dr. Brad Conn for the foundational performance psychology tools.

Explore the EAC EMPOWER Impact Series
• EAC EMPOWER Impact Series: https://ea.consulting/empower-impact-series/
• Cycle 1 - Safe Space - Course on ICARUS: https://icarus.education/courses/eac-empower-impact-series-course-1-learning-cycle-1-safe-space/

Discover the Digicreate Empower Resources:
• Discover the toolbox: https://digicreate-empower.eu/hive-toolbox/
• Register to access the toolbox: https://digicreate-empower.eu/register/
• Learn more about our next virtual exchange on 22 October 2026: https://digicreate-empower.eu/event/presenting-creative-ideas-virtual-exchange/

Funding Agency: www.eacea.ec.europa.eu
Learn more: digicreate-empower.eu

17/10/2026

Join our Digicreate Empower Virtual Exchange - Sharing Ideas with Peer Support

On 22 October 2026, the EAC EMPOWER Impact Series hosts its next Digicreate Empower Virtual Exchange: "Sharing Ideas with Peer Support."

The EAC EMPOWER Impact Series runs from September 2026 to April 2027, offering 30 free weekly online sessions combining practical train-the-trainer workshops, Virtual Exchanges, and international peer learning. Session 5 marks the grand showcase of Safe Space, the first of the series’ six learning cycles.

Putting creative work out into the world can feel terrifying. Inner Resistance, fear of judgment, and comparison often hold young creatives back. This Virtual Exchange creates a safe, welcoming space for young people in the cultural and creative industries (CCI) to showcase their ideas and experience how genuine peer encouragement empowers artistic growth.

Watch the Session 5 video: https://youtu.be/Mc9Ez9qelLU

What You’ll Experience:
Using non-formal participatory approaches inspired by Steven Pressfield's The War of Art, you will:
• Build confidence in presenting your creative ideas
• Discover your creative territory and how it can strengthen your professional identity
• Develop an authentic personal branding statement
• Showcase your work in a safe, supportive environment
• Explore ways to overcome Resistance as an artist or young professional in the cultural and creative industries (CCI)
• Exchange practical strategies for encouraging and supporting one another's creative growth

What You’ll Gain:
✔ Build confidence in sharing creative ideas
✔ Overcome Resistance to presenting your work
✔ Share your creativity with peer support
✔ Start building your personal brand
✔ Give and receive constructive peer support
✔ Join a global youth exchange

Key Details:
📅 Date: 22 October 2026
⏰ Time: 17:00-18:30 CET
📍 Location (Zoom): https://bit.ly/eac-empower-series
👉 Direct Sign-up: https://forms.gle/jGVwfAYs9wGd85C5A
🌍 Digicreate Empower Event: https://digicreate-empower.eu/event/staying-calm-when-busy/
💻 ICARUS e-learning course for Learning Cycle 1 - Safe Space: https://tinyurl.com/379nu6x5

Explore the full series calendar: https://ea.consulting/empower-impact-series/

Discover the DigiCreate Resources:
Discover the toolbox: https://digicreate-empower.eu/hive-toolbox/
Register to access the toolbox: https://digicreate-empower.eu/register/

Funding Agency: www.eacea.ec.europa.eu
Learn more: digicreate-empower.eu

15/10/2026

Monitoring environmental impacts using satellite data and sensor networks is becoming standard practice in European land management.

Discover how students in the Ecolution MSc apply remote sensing to ecological transition.

How can satellite data help protect local ecosystems before damage occurs?

Managing forests, soils, and water resources today requires more than manual field visits. With open European satellite data and ground sensors, researchers can track vegetation stress, drought, and land-use changes across entire regions.

In the ECOLUTION Master’s Programme, also called the Smart Sustainable Solutions (SUSOL) Programme, students learn how to turn satellite and sensor data into practical environmental solutions.

Through dedicated modules, students learn to:
- Combine satellite remote sensing with wireless sensor networks for environmental monitoring
- Analyse geospatial datasets to design resilient land management plans
- Bridge the gap between digital data and hands-on conservation

Europe needs professionals who understand both digital systems and natural ecosystems. ECOLUTION trains students to lead this shift.

Funding Agency: https://www.eacea.ec.europa.eu/
Learn more about ECOLUTION: https://www.ecolutionmsc.eu/

15/10/2026

European Commission findings highlight Serbia's leadership in digital society policies across the Western Balkans.

Partner Univerzitet Union - Nikola Tesla (UniTesla) curated key Serbian creative platforms now available on the Digicreate Empower Digital Hive Toolbox.

Discover the tools and connect with creators across the Western Balkans and the EU:
👉https://digicreate-empower.eu/hive-toolbox/

According to the European Commission's European Innovation Scoreboard, Serbia leads in digital society policies across the Western Balkans, supported by steady expansion in its ICT and creative sectors.

With growing digital opportunities and fresh talent, Serbia is rising as an exciting creative and technology hub.

To help young people discover local opportunities, partner Univerzitet Union - Nikola Tesla (UniTesla) spotlighted these key Serbian resources featured in the DigiCreate Digital Hive Toolbox:
1. Serbia Creates - https://digicreate-empower.eu/knowledge-hub/serbia-creates/
2. National Library of Serbia - https://digicreate-empower.eu/knowledge-hub/national-library-of-serbia/
3. The Serbian Games Association (SGA) - https://digicreate-empower.eu/knowledge-hub/the-serbian-games-association-sga/
4. Serbia Fashion Week - https://digicreate-empower.eu/knowledge-hub/serbia-fashion-week/
5. Film Center Serbia - https://digicreate-empower.eu/knowledge-hub/film-center-serbia/

Through DigiCreate, young creators from both the EU and the Western Balkans gain free access to curated tools, community discussions, and virtual peer learning.

Discover the toolbox: https://digicreate-empower.eu/hive-toolbox/
Register to access the toolbox: https://digicreate-empower.eu/register/

Official Source (European Commission):https://ec.europa.eu/assets/rtd/eis/2025/ec_rtd_eis-country-profile-rs.pdf

Funding Agency: https://www.eacea.ec.europa.eu/
Learn more about DigiCreate: https://digicreate-empower.eu/

15/10/2026

Connecting university research directly with grassroots training delivers lasting community impact.

Mirja Hubert (Aarhus University) explains how Diamond Empower brings academic institutions and civil society organisations together to deliver practical upskilling.

Watch the clip: https://youtube.com/shorts/aWNZd0VQkxE

Learn more: https://diamond-empower.eu/

14/10/2026

🌱 Giving feedback is hard. Receiving it can hurt.

When we put our heart into creative and meaningful work, hearing critique can trigger immediate resistance and self-doubt. But feedback is how we grow together.

In Session 3 of the 30-week EAC EMPOWER Impact Series, which was a dedicated Hateless.eu Train-the-Trainer workshop, our international community explored "Kind & Constructive Feedback" within the Safe Space cycle.

Together, we moved through:
1️⃣ Grounding & Visualization: Regulating the nervous system to remain centered and emotionally secure when hearing difficult feedback.
2️⃣ The Territory Mindset: Operating territorially, doing the work for its own sake rather than tying our self-worth to comparison, status, or external approval.
3️⃣ 7 Steps of Feedback Delivery: We explored seven steps recommended by The Center for Leadership Studies: creating an emotionally safe space, starting with appreciation, providing specific and kind feedback, inviting dialogue, collaborating on potential solutions, expressing confidence in someone's growth, and following up to normalize the process (Learn more: https://situational.com/blog/emotionally-intelligent-feedback/)

Participants created practical guides using the O.P.E.N. Feedback Framework, sharing four key takeaways in their co-created participatory video:
🔎 O - OBSERVE: Notice your feelings, thoughts, and reactions.
🌬️ P - PAUSE: Take a deep breath before reacting or responding.
💬 E - ENGAGE: Have an open conversation, ask questions, and listen to each other.
🌱 N - NEXT STEP: Decide on the next step towards achieving your goals.

The core message? Real-world feedback gives us traction. When we listen with care and speak with respect, we build stronger spaces for collaboration.

Watch our co-created Participatory Video:
https://youtube.com/shorts/zJsHk5_M7OU

❤️ A huge thank you to all our engaged participants from 12 different countries! Your open-minded reflections and support for one another prove that virtual exchange can build lasting empathy.

More love, less hate.

Explore the Session 3 Learning Resources:
⇒ Podcast: https://tinyurl.com/Session-3-Podcast
⇒ Arty Escape Room Game (Mentimeter): https://www.menti.com/aleonyyccg2d
⇒ Session 3 Quiz: https://icarus.education/courses/eac-empower-impact-series-course-1-learning-cycle-1-safe-space/quizzes/session-3-kind-constructive-feedback-quiz/
⇒ Explore Course 1 on Icarus AI E-Learning: https://tinyurl.com/ICARUS-Course-1-Safe-Space
⇒ Learn more about the full series: https://ea.consulting/empower-impact-series/

Funding Agency: JUGEND für Europa
Learn more about HATE-LESS: https://hate-less.eu

13/10/2026

Pavel Smulski (President of MITRA France 🇫🇷) presented the Hateless.eu project at the Erasmus+ youth exchange "QUEST - Decode Narratives, Make Choices, Take Part" in Italy!
Empowering European youth to decode narratives and build understanding across borders.

Funding Agency: JUGEND für Europa
Learn more about HATE-LESS: https://hate-less.eu

09/10/2026

Join our Digicreate Empower Virtual Exchange - Staying Calm When Busy

On 15 October 2026, the EAC EMPOWER Impact Series hosts its next Digicreate Empower Virtual Exchange: "Staying Calm When Busy."

The EAC EMPOWER Impact Series runs from September 2026 to April 2027, offering 30 free weekly online sessions that combine practical training, Virtual Exchanges, and international peer learning. Session 4 forms part of Safe Space, the first of the series’ six learning cycles.

Amid daily workflow pressures, this Virtual Exchange creates space for young people in the CCI industries to explore how to maintain emotional safety and a grounded mindset during group tasks and as deadlines approach.

Watch the Session 4 video: https://youtu.be/kCsXr7dZ0iM

What You’ll Experience:
Using non-formal participatory approaches inspired by Steven Pressfield's The War of Art, you will:
• Exchange ideas on maintaining emotional safety during group tasks
• Practice calming techniques to stay grounded as deadlines approach
• Explore how to stand up for yourself and communicate your needs clearly
• Discuss when to set boundaries and leave a discussion if agreed feedback rules are not respected
• Share practical ways to support one another when group work becomes stressful

You will also develop MIND guides with practical strategies to recognize stress, reconnect with what matters, identify ways to stay calm and supported, and make intentional decisions when things get busy.

What You’ll Gain:
✔ Stay calm under deadline pressure
✔ Maintain emotional safety during group tasks
✔ Communicate your professional needs
✔ Set boundaries at work
✔ Build supportive peer connections
✔ Join a global youth exchange

Key Details:
📅 Date: 15 October 2026
⏰ Time: 17:00-18:30 CET
📍 Location (Zoom): https://bit.ly/eac-empower-series
👉 Direct Sign-up: https://forms.gle/jGVwfAYs9wGd85C5A
🌍 Digicreate Empower Event: https://digicreate-empower.eu/event/staying-calm-when-busy/
💻 ICARUS e-learning course for Learning Cycle 1 - Safe Space: https://tinyurl.com/379nu6x5

Explore the full series calendar: https://ea.consulting/empower-impact-series/

Discover the DigiCreate Resources:
Discover the toolbox: https://digicreate-empower.eu/hive-toolbox/
Register to access the toolbox: https://digicreate-empower.eu/register/

Funding Agency: www.eacea.ec.europa.eu
Learn more: digicreate-empower.eu

09/10/2026

How much noise do we simply tune out in our cities?

Two weeks ago, we polled our community about urban living conditions: Roughly how many Europeans are exposed to harmful transport noise?

Here is how you voted across our platforms:
• More than 1 in 5: 64%
• 1 in 10: 30%
• More than 1 in 2: 6%
• 1 in 20: 0%

The majority was spot on! Data from the European Environment Agency reveals that over 20% of Europeans live with road, rail, and air traffic noise exceeding safe EU thresholds. This continuous exposure is linked to sleep disruption, heightened stress, and long-term health risks.

Source: https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/newsroom/news/europeans-exposed-to-harmful-noise-pollution-levels

Through the Inhabitat MSc programme, our academic and industry partners prepare students to find solutions to design quieter, more liveable cities using smart sensor networks, green acoustic corridors, and sustainable mobility planning.

A big thank you to everyone who took part in the poll!

Funding Agency: https://www.eacea.ec.europa.eu/
Learn more about INHABITAT: https://www.inhabitatmsc.eu/