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: 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

The international project STEP_UP – Stop Epidemic Growth Through Learning just launched a Virtual Library that aggregates more than 200 measures, implemented and documented in the context of the COVID19 pandemic prevention and containment. Want to have your work represented in this Virtual Library? Do you know of measures or good practices that should be…Continue Reading OPEN CALL to the COVID19 Virtual library of STEP_UP

On the 17 June, Carina Dantas, SHINE’s CEO, gave a lecture on “Ethics and Digital Health” to the students of the Universidade do Porto, based on the classical philosophical concept of ethics as the striving for the best lifestyle, both in private and in public. We discussed from #SHAFE and NET4Age-Friendly to the ethical excellence in the AAL Programme and the need…Continue Reading Lecture on “Ethics and Digital Health”

On March 31, Carina Dantas participated in the Interactions Symposium of Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa, where she discussed, together with other speakers, the challenges of aging in the digital age to an audience of more than 200 participants. She presented NET4Age-Friendly e SHAFE and SHINE 2Europe Erasmus projects such as STEP_UP, BIG, SDD…Continue Reading Interactions Symposium of Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa

The official kick-off meeting of the new international project STEP_UP: Stop Epidemic Growth Through Learning, which addresses strategies to slow pandemic growth through learning was held on the 25 March 2021. The project began in December 2020 and is funded by the European Union’s Erasmus+ program. The international coordinator is SHINE 2Europe, a Portuguese SME…Continue Reading STEP_UP – Kick-off meeting of the new game that will teach you how to stop a pandemic

Our STEP_UP webpage is already on at https://stepupgame.eu/! It is only the departing ground for our works, soon enough you will be able to see our manual and training materials. For now, take a look at the core goals and who are the partners involved. Follow us on social media with the #stepupgame….Continue Reading Our website is launched

Unfortunately the COVID pandemic did not allow us to meet in person, but as we wait for future opportunities we are meeting online and progressing with our work. Let’s hope for some field visits soon!…Continue Reading First Coordination meeting

We are so happy to have seen our STEP_UP project approved and ready to be initiated! Until the end of February 2023, STEP_UP will develop a training tool for social care and community stakeholders, where they are introduced to the impact of behaviours in the spread of a pandemic/emergency situation and trained, through gaming strategies,…Continue Reading STEP_UP is approved!