The Kick-off meeting took place in Limassol, Cyprus on the 1^st December 2023. The Kick-off meeting was organized by Frederick University Cyprus and held at the Limassol Campus of Frederick University.

The meeting took place in Matera, Italy on the 12^th - 13^th June 2024. The meeting was organized by Materahub Italy and was held at the Materahub offices. Partners discussed the development of the Microcredential courses to be produced through the project, reflected on the work delivered so far and planned all next steps.

When in Matera, the FuturesDesignED partnership had the chance to visit the urban Community Garden, which was awarded the NEBprize 'Rising Stars' - Reconnecting with nature' in 2023. 

There they also met ANDRECO, an Italian artist sensitizing about climate change through art, thanks to his Climate Art Project.

With his colleagues and local inhabitants, he was building an 'AulaVerde', an open-air classroom which perfectly matches the concept of 'Alternative Space Of Learning' encouraged by our project, 'Futures Design Education'.

This was also a chance to meet the curators of this participatory design process: Marea Art Project, who confirmed the crucial role of the arts and spatial design in bringing people closer to nature. This was also a tangible example of Multi Level Engagement (one of the pillars of the New European Bauhaus), as this space of learning was funded by Matera 2019 and made possible by an active citizenship initiative.