Business Research Unit researcher Sílvia Silva is the local coordinat0r the Erasmus+ project “MINDLIVEN – Mindfulness-in-Nature Based Training through Virtual Environments”, a European consortium being led by the University of Verona and including 7 partners from 5 countries: Italy, Portugal, Poland, Spain and Greece.

Patricia Costa from BRU-Iscte is also part of the team of this project.

The Mindfulness-in-Nature Based Training through Virtual ENvironments (MINDLIVEN) project aims to provide an innovative solution to this issue. Building on existing research, partners will identify a required set of needs in terms of preventing and addressing work place stress, leading to the development of a set of MiNBP contents supported by an online MiNBP platform with communication tools and additional resources (like an Android and iOS app to facilitate access to the platform and contents) to facilitate the transfer of learning into the workplace but also to create the MiNBP user support community. This e-environment will raise the awareness for the problem and it will enable owners, managers and decision makers to plan for and to mitigate the occurrence and the negative consequences of work-based stress. After the pilot testing the real impact of the MiNBP in the main competency areas and on the individuals’ life and on the companies’ productivity will be assessed and consequently a policy report and recommendations will also be produced.

The project targets:

  • Employees and owners/managers of SMEs as end users and main beneficiaries. They will be empowered and helped to improve their personal & professional life by being able to prevent and address workplace stress;
  • VET trainers, HR and Health & Safety consultants will be provided innovative tools for assessing the situation with their trainees and clients;
  • Professional associations, that have an active role in the sustainability and maintenance of the results of the MINDLIVEN project;
  • Organizational Health decision makers and governmental entities at regional, national and European levels will be contacted in order to persuade and make them aware of the need for more immediate actions.

The project started on 1st December and ends on 30th November 2022.