Description
The project will enable three-month long internship mobilities for two graduate students of eco-technology at the Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU). Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School has a long tradition of cooperation with the project partner, NILU, but so far there have been no student exchanges due to lack of funds. The project enables mobility activities and will at the same time improve the cooperation between the two institutions. The focus of the mobility will be on the research work of post-graduate students of eco-technology, to intensify the exchange and sharing of experiences, knowledge and activities to achieve research results in the respective field. The planned research is focused on the study of air quality. The long-term results expected are the strengthening of cooperation between the two institutions, which will primarily be reflected in joint scientific publications. Given the topic of the mobility project in the field of environment, project results will be available to stakeholders in the field of environment at sectoral and national level in Slovenia and Norway.
Summary of project results
The project was needed to provide necessary professional experience for the trainees. The new knowledge e.g. the results of the training programmes are sustained by applying the new knowledge in Slovenian case studies. New methods and programs were learned during the training period. These tools help the trainees to accomplish necessary skills needed in their further scientific careers. During the training period of trainee no.1 learned new methods on stakeholder analysis, empowering societal groups, writing EU deliverables and the basics of land use regression modelling of air pollution all connected to CITI-SENSE project. During the training period the trainee no.2 learned about statistical analysis. This involved handling large databases, organizing data files and preliminary assessment of ARCRISK – AMAP data set by using SPSS program.
Summary of bilateral results
The donor institutions gave all necessary support and materials to conduct research and study of the trainees including personal professional advice. Trainee no.1 was working on CITI-SENSE project dealing with urban air pollution through Citizens observatories, which enables citizens to participate and influence in decision making to improve their quality of life. Her contributions to the project focused on developing learning organisation within the project, improving internal communication, evaluating tools developed within the project and reviewing and organizing writing of deliverables. Whereas the trainee no.2 was co-operating in ARKRISK project which investigates whether increased temperatures due to climate change affects the transport of contaminants to the Arctic. Her contributions were to preliminary analyse the data. Both traineeships increased the bilateral co-operation between the partner institutions leading to further future co-operation also after the training programme.