How can deliberative democracy practices be used by universities to improve collaboration between universities and their local communities? TENACITY was an EU Erasmus+ project that designed and tested a set of tools and strategies to engage the academic community, local citizens and decision makers in developing deliberations through a structured and inclusive approach. VA (Public & Science) was one of 9 European partners in this two-year project that ran 2021- 2023.
The overall objective of TENACITY was to involve universities and other partner organisations in an international partnership to design and develop a set of models and digital tools to strengthen public engagement and increase the relevance of the Academic Third Mission in the knowledge-based society.
Main project outputs that were developed:
- A digital handbook exploring different aspects of academic civic commitment through public engagement in the Third Mission;
- A platform for deliberative and participatory practices
In addition, international training activities, national events, and communication and dissemination activities were undertaken.
TENACITY partner organisations:
- UNICAM, University of Camerino, Italy (Coordinator)
- Pluriversum, Italy
- ISTAO, Instituto Adriano Olivetti, Italy
- University of Thessaly, Greece
- University of Zaragoza, Spain
- ACEEU, an independent accreditation Council, Germany.
- University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania
- Vilnius University, Lithuania
- VA (Public & Science), Sweden
More information
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Read more on the project website and in this project flyer (PDF).
TENACITY was funded by the European Commission’s Erasmus programme. The project ran from December 2021 until December 2023.
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