Green Week 2026 Inspired Creativity, Innovation, and Environmental Awareness at UMT

As part of the Erasmus+ NEST4WB project, University Metropolitan Tirana (UMT) successfully organized Green Week 2026, a five-day programme dedicated to promoting environmental responsibility, sustainability, and green innovation through a diverse range of educational and interactive activities.

The programme began with a hands-on robotics workshop, where students designed and built robots using recyclable materials, combining engineering creativity with the principles of waste reduction and resource reuse. This practical activity encouraged teamwork, innovation, and responsible use of materials while demonstrating how sustainability can be integrated into engineering education.

Throughout the week, students also collaborated on the production of an environmental awareness video, working together with academic staff to communicate the importance of protecting the environment and adopting sustainable everyday practices. Creativity continued through an Earth Day art competition and exhibition, which engaged high school students and encouraged younger generations to express their views on environmental protection through artistic expression.

A key highlight of Green Week was the Work Fair, which connected students with companies and organizations actively implementing sustainable and environmentally responsible practices. The event strengthened cooperation between higher education and industry while promoting green careers and emphasizing the importance of environmental awareness in the modern workplace.

The programme concluded with a closing event featuring a presentation of the week’s achievements, screening of the student-produced awareness video, and a roundtable discussion on future sustainability initiatives at UMT. By combining technology, creativity, education, and collaboration, Green Week 2026 successfully promoted the values of environmental responsibility and supported the objectives of the NEST4WB project in advancing green and digital transformation in higher education.

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7.7
Title	Promotion at scientific conferences.
Description	Project results will be promoted at scientific conferences in the form of scientific and research papers. Presentation of the papers is planned at the scientific conference INFOTEH in Bosnia and Herzegovina (M33). The participation of representatives of all WB HEIs at the conference is planned, with the support of researchers from EU and AP HEIs.

7.6
Title	Promotion of e-knowledge platform.
Description	Established the e-knowledge platform will be created with thematic units that will promote the application of ICT in energy and synergy with the Green Agenda. The platforms will contain the most common questions and answers and knowledge quizzes. The promotion of the platform will be carried out on TV shows and through social networks.

7.5
Title	Promotion of training programs aimed at the economy and the wider community
Description	Promotional info events will be organized at all WB HEIs, two for each WB HEIs. These events will be organized in the second and third year of the project's life cycle, with the aim of promoting digitization in energy (rational energy consumption) and the green agenda. Promotional events will be of different types: announcements on TV stations and on billboards, brochures, and leaflets where details of the application of digitization in the energy sector will be presented. Business partners will also participate in the promotion of the application of ICT in energy and green weeks.

7.4
Title	Info days.
Description	In order to promote established study programs and enroll in them, 16 info days will be organized, two per each WB HEIs. Info days will be realized in the second year of the project. Promotional materials of WB HEIs will be printed to inform students about the developed bachelor's/master's degree programs.

7.3
Title	Promotion of study programs in media and on social networks
Description	Results and activities related to NEST4WB will be promoted on social networks such as: Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Lindekin, Twitter... All WB partners will participate in the promotion and place hyperlinks on their websites to pages on social networks. Special attention will be devoted to the promotion of new/innovated study programs, through NEST4WB, and the enrollment of students in these study programs.

6.3
Title	Cooperation agreements between Western Balkans Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and interested parties from the economy.
Description	Agreements will be signed on long-term cooperation between WB HEIs, the economy, and the economic community on popularizing the rational use of energy in light of the energy crisis caused by the war in Ukraine.

6.2
Title	Improvement of cooperation among Western Balkans Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) community.
Description	Communication channels will be created between WB HEIs, which will aim at regular exchange of information and examples of good practice. The goal of the community is to expand to other WB HEIs outside of NEST4WB partners.

WP6
Start Month	1	End Month	36
Objectives	Creating a sustainability plan. Enhancing WB HEIs community cooperation. Agreements on cooperation between WB HEIs and interested parties from the economy

5.3
Title	Quality control monitoring.
Description	Constant quality evaluation is ensured by continuous presentation of NEST4WB results and activities, as well as periodic review by experts teams after each year of the project's life cycle.