In Jul 2025, 19 students from German speaking schools from Odessa, Ukraine and Sofia, Bulgaria, meet in Ulm, Germany. During a three-day workshop they learnt how to make good interviews with experts about five selected sustainability goals and how to use new digital tolls, esp. AI, to make them lively and  to translate the contend in other languages. The aim was to ensure that the content of the interviews can be discussed without language barriers.

Before the workshop, the students completeted an online course on interview techniques. In Ulm, after an introduction by an expert, they were divided into five mixed-nationality groups. 

1. Workshop day: Intorduction in ViMA danube and other useful digital tools.
2. Workshop day: The students worked in their groups to conduct five-minute video-based interviews with experts in Ulm and share their findings. Experts came from politics, municipalities, business, and the social and cultural sectors.
3. Workshop Day: Students  learnt through an external expert video editing and applying AI tools like subtitles and avatars to make content accessible in English, Bulgarian, and Ukrainian. They  used HeyGen, an AI tool for processing video sequences and generating multilingual subtitles.

They presented their AI-enhanced interviews and discussed the results with teachers and other students at Schubart Gymnasium and show them how AI translation can help share valuable insights on SDGs across the Danube region.

After summer break, students from Odessa and Sofia will present the project in their home schools. The interviews will be inserted in the ViMA danube platform and discussed in the discussion forum: “Implementing sustainability goals in daily life to promote democracy?”. This will ensure to continue the exchange beyond the project and the application of new digital tools.

Find the results here.

Key goals: raising awareness of sustainability goals and equipping students with AI skills to break language barriers and foster international dialogue.

Sponsor

“The project is sponsored by the DANUBE SMALL PROJECT FUND funded by: The Ministry of Science, Research and Arts Baden-Württemberg, the Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs of Austria, the Arbeitsgemeinschaft (ARGE) Donauländer / State of Lower Austria, the Provincial Government of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina within the Republic of Serbia, the City of Regensburg, the Danube Office Ulm / Neu-Ulm and the Volksbank Ulm Biberach“

Our project “Action Bound – Sustainability Goals in Our City” has been successfully completed.

Together with Local Agenda Ulm and students from the following schools:

• ODESA LYCEUM №90 (Odesa, Ukraine),
• Schubart Gymnasium (Ulm, Germany),
• and National Natural Science and Mathematical Gymnasium Acad. Lyubomir Chakalov (Sofia, Bulgaria),
  we explored the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations in the context of our cities.

As part of the project, students from Odesa, Sofia, and Ulm worked together with adults to create a digital scavenger hunt based on the 17 SDGs. They developed interactive tasks linked to each of these goals and designed a unique city tour experience with the Actionbound App.

The program concluded with a joint meeting in Ulm at the end of July.

More about the Project here: Actiobound – Sustainability goals in my City

The project was funded by Baden-Württemberg Stiftung.

The international project “ViMA on Tour” was successfully implemented by ILEU e.V. in collaboration with DANET e.V. and numerous partner organizations. Our project aimed to introduce and promote the online platform “ViMA danube” to diverse audiences. Through our project citizens in Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, Germany, and beyond were reached.

In spring 2025, we had a training course in Cluj-Napoca, Romania with 24 particiapants from 5 countries to train them in the technical use of the platform and its possibilities to get in contact with people from other countries. In April and May these trained multipliers held interactive workshops and presentations in their local languages, to empower other participants, especially older adults, to explore digital networking and intercultural dialogue through the platform. Thanks to strong local engagement and well-trained multipliers, ViMA danube is now better known and actively used across the Danube region. Feedback shows a high interest in continued training. The project sets a strong foundation for ongoing transnational collaboration and digital literacy.

The project was funded by Baden-Württemberg Stiftung

Teams of students and seniors from Ulm, Odessa, and Sofia are developing a digital scavenger hunt (Actionbound) to create alternative city tours. The content will highlight locations in each city that are linked to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), promoting awareness of sustainability through interactive experiences.

Background: In 2015, the global community adopted the 2030 Agenda, establishing 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aimed at fostering social, economic, and environmental sustainability worldwide. More information here.

Project Concept: Each scavenger hunt station will be documented with photos and texts and will feature interactive tasks, such as puzzles, questions, or educational insights, designed to engage both digital participants and physical visitors.

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The project uses gender issues as a triggering point and an updated tool to encourage adult learners to understand EU history and common values, as well as to encourage them for LLL and get more active in their social circles.
The Slovenian Third Age University Slovenia had been partne rin the international project TAG. The project brings to light the value and role of women throughout history. In this project, the European partners from Romania, Spain, Slovenia, Germany, Italy, France, and Portugal have examined older women’s rights through the lens of national cultures and basic European rights and developed very interesting materials for learners.

More about: https://tagproject.eu/

In cooperation with Danet e.V. and partners in the Danube-Networkers educational network, ILEU e.V. would like to teach multipliers to present the multifunctional online platform ViMA danube (vima-danube.eu) to a broader public at selected locations in the Danube region through targeted analog events.

With the concept “ViMA on tour” we want to show how ViMA Danube can be used across national borders for the exchange of interests in individual partnerships or in internationally composed interest groups.

More HERE:

Danube-Networkers International

This video was recorded during the 8th partner meeting of the international educational network “Danube-Networkers”, organized by Ileu e.V. – ileu.net , the meeting took place as part of the Donaufest Ulm/Neu-Ulm 2024.

Watch the full video here: