The fifth transnational meeting of the SCICO+ project took place on February 19-20, 2025, at the Politechnica University of Bucarest.

SCI-CO+ is an international project funded by the European Union’s ERASMUS+ involving eight organizations:

• Ireland
  • Trinity College Dublin
• Italy
  • Fondazione IDIS Città della Scienza
  • Distretto DATABENC with the participation of NetCom
  • University of Naples Federico II
  • Fondazione Mondo Digitale
• Romania
  • Università Politecnica di Bucarest
• Spain
  • Ciencia Viva
• Sweden
  • Sjuhärad Municipal Association – Navet Science Centre

The project’s goal is to help bridge an existing gap in the current educational landscape by creating specific training pathways aimed at the following professional roles:

• Sci-Co Advanced System and Project Leader
• Expert in Authoring and Design of Advanced Sci-Co Materials
• Advanced Expert in Sci-Co Storytelling

The first day of work, coordinated by Alessandra Drioli, Science Centre Manager at Città della Scienza and Project Manager of SCI-CO+, focused on analyzing the results achieved so far, specifically:

• The progress of the volume to be published in the coming months (Alessandra Drioli)
• The SCICO+ training profiles activated (Alfredo Troiano)
• The SCI-CO+ community tools (Alessandro Stile)
• The dissemination initiatives implemented by project partners

The day concluded with a tour of the Politehnica University and a social dinner.

The second day featured a session with stakeholders who had previously participated in the initial forum groups, providing valuable suggestions and collaboration opportunities for the SCICO+ project.

The meeting concluded with an assessment of the platform tools designed to facilitate interaction among students and between students and educators.