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🔐 What can escape rooms teach us about soft skills? More than you’d think.

We came across a great article from another project exploring the hidden curriculum of escape rooms and how they naturally foster key soft skills through play.

💡 From teamwork and communication to critical thinking and problem-solving, escape rooms create immersive environments where these skills are not just taught, they’re experienced.

🎯 Why does this matter?
In digital entrepreneurship, success depends on more than technical know-how. It requires collaboration, adaptability, strategic thinking and the ability to navigate uncertainty - all skills that emerge naturally in escape room settings.

With intentional design (like assigning roles, adding reflection moments or using storytelling) these experiences can become even more impactful for learning.

🚀 A great reminder that sometimes the most powerful learning happens through play.

👉 Worth a read if you’re interested in game-based learning and youth entrepreneurship: https://er4de.eu/?p=4087



Games Institute Austria T2i trasferimento tecnologico e innovazione Escola de Comércio do Porto Karaliaus Mindaugo profesinio mokymo centras VUC Storstrøm

🌍 Europe is going circular - and you can be part of it! ♻️

Did you know that Europe has its own “network of networks” dedicated to accelerating the transition to a circular economy?

Meet the European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform (ECESP), a joint initiative of the European Commission and the European Economic and Social Committee.
Since 2017, ECESP has brought together civil society, businesses, public authorities, trade unions and innovators from all across Europe to rethink how we use resources. The goal?

✅ Build a low carbon, resource efficient and resilient European economy
✅ Share good practices, strategies and solutions
✅ Identify barriers to change and channel stakeholders’ voices directly into EU policymaking
✅ Connect local, regional, national, and European initiatives to scale real impact

Together, we can make the circular economy a reality across Europe. 🌱

👉 Visit the website (https://circulareconomy.europa.eu/platform) get inspired and share your circular actions!
Let’s build a more sustainable future - one loop at a time. ♻️✨



SwIdeas Razvojna agencija Simora CirEko Dublin Chamber BIOAZUL

As February draws to an end, we’re happy to celebrate the successful completion of GreenScouts, yet a little sad to say goodbye to a collaboration with such wonderful partners.

Working together has been inspiring, meaningful and full of energy. We’re truly grateful for every moment of it.

🤝 Thank you to all partners, contributors and supporters who shaped this journey and helped us create something we’re proud to share.

📥 The Transfer Concept (in English, German, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish and Czech) & Toolkit (in English, German, Spanish and Dutch) are now available for download! They include:

📘 Guidelines on adapting the GreenScouts Programme to other contexts
📚 Materials and resources ready for use
💡 Tricks and recommendations from our pilot activities
ℹ️ Information about the project and its pilots

We hope these resources help keep the GreenScouts spirit alive and inspire new initiatives, even as this chapter closes. 🌱✨

👉 Download the full package here:
https://www.afbb.de/en/green-scouts-eng



TREXIMA Firda SwIdeas CIFP César Manrique

Today we received a special delivery for our project ARRIVE: Our Best Cases from Games Institute Austria! 📦✨
These resources will play a huge role in helping us bring our educational escape rooms to life. We’re still deep in the development phase, but with these tools in hand, everything is starting to feel very real. 🔧🧩💡
We can’t wait to dive in and start testing out all the ideas we’ve been working on. Stay tuned - the next steps are going to be fun and full of discovery! 🚀



T2i trasferimento tecnologico e innovazione Escola de Comércio do Porto VUC Storstrøm Karaliaus Mindaugo profesinio mokymo centras