Year: 2021

STEP_UP releases 5 thematic reports on COVID-19 measures

  • Author By carina
  • Publication date 23 December, 2021
  • Categories: News

Potential measures to stop the spreading of the COVID-19 virus have been explored and categorized by the STEP_UP consortium. The results have been published in five partner reports: measures for early detection, prevention, healthcare and social care, and policy making. The fifth report consists of recommendations on communication. The reports are available on the STEP_UP website.   Each STEP_UP partner covered a different domain suitable…Continue Reading STEP_UP releases 5 thematic reports on COVID-19 measures

STEP_UP scenarios for politician well received by stakeholders

Almost one year ago, the STEP_UP game project started (Stop epidemic growth through learning, Erasmus+ KA2 Action, 2020-2023). Coordinator is SHINE 2Europe and as partner AFEdemy is responsible for the production of the Manual on social and policy interventions. The project team will develop an online serious game in which the learner can follow a chronological path…Continue Reading STEP_UP scenarios for politician well received by stakeholders

Croatia workshops with Public Health and epidemiologists

For the purposes of the development of the STEP_UP game and characters, CIPH is creating a character and scenes in the field of public health. The goal was to identify stakeholders within this sector and bring their expertise and real life experience together through a constructive workshop. During the workshop the character was presented along…Continue Reading Croatia workshops with Public Health and epidemiologists

Interviews to health care managers help design the characters

In the frame of the activities related to the educational game development, WISE ANGLE has been tasked with consulting key stakeholders so as to feed the participatory co-creation process aimed at designing the characters, the real-life situations they will face in the playing scenarios and the measures they will have to put in place to…Continue Reading Interviews to health care managers help design the characters

ISIS interviews volunteer groups to advise on the game design

The workshops that were held in the partner countries Portugal, the Netherlands, Croatia, Spain and Germany with various actors who were active in the COVID-19 pandemic serve as a basis for the elaboration of realistic challenges that players should overcome to contain a pandemic in the STEP_UP game. On the 29th of July ISIS Social…Continue Reading ISIS interviews volunteer groups to advise on the game design

Consortium that promises to teach how to deal with a pandemic met in the Netherlands

The partners of the STEP_UP | Stop Epidemic Growth Through Learning project met on September 1 and 2, in the second transnational meeting of the project. The session took place in hybrid format, with some partners meeting in person in Gouda, in the Netherlands, and the others meeting online. STEP_UP is a European project, funded…Continue Reading Consortium that promises to teach how to deal with a pandemic met in the Netherlands

Interview with project coordinator SHINE 2Europe and the Croatian Institute of Public Health

Project coordinator: Carina Dantas and Luis Dias from SHINE 2Europe Q: Why did you initiate the STEP_UP project? This is actually a family story! I was doing the “fitness walk” with my son Daniel during the confinement period and we were talking about how contradictory information was on the best measures to implement due to…Continue Reading Interview with project coordinator SHINE 2Europe and the Croatian Institute of Public Health

Nurses and caregivers support SHINE 2Europe in the STEP_UP game development

During the month of July, SHINE 2Europe consulted nurses and formal caregivers to devise scenes of a game that will teach how to fight a pandemic. Participants were brought together in two workshops and, with the help of a SHINE facilitator, made their contributions to the STEP_UP project | Stop Epidemic Growth Through Learning. This…Continue Reading Nurses and caregivers support SHINE 2Europe in the STEP_UP game development

STEP_UP featured in EPALE

STEP_UP: Stop Epidemic Growth Through Learning is a European Erasmus+ project started in December 2020, that will last until the end of February 2023. STEP_UP intends to develop a training tool for social care professionals, volunteers and community stakeholders, where they are introduced to the impact of behaviours in the spread of a pandemic/emergency situation…Continue Reading STEP_UP featured in EPALE