The BIO-Save methods relate to:

• Digital design and cloud technology;
• Testing and implementation of innovative practices in biotechnology;
• Novel skills in information technology including 3D interactive education images;
• Use of new materials and products;
• Managing new solutions for recognition and validation of the knowledge, skills and competences acquired via EQF/NQF/HE instruments;
• Building of pilot training skills and green competency in the European Higher Education Area;
• Promotion of cooperation among regional authorities for efficient education.

The BIO-Save approach provides training in:

• Modern sustainable technologies in biotechnology – 3D-printing, genomics, nanotechnology and synthetic biology.
• Specific skills for handling new advanced biotech technologies.
• Risks posed by modern biotechnology.
• The new eco-friendly green use of agro-chemicals which reduce pesticides through the deployment of genes conferring resistance or tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses.
• Assessment and monitoring of eco-friendly technologies in addressing climate change.

The BIO-Save innovative differentiators involve:

• Blending of different learning tools.
• Creation of “formal” hard-skill courses and resources involving the university and the business sector.
• Hosting peer-to-peer learning opportunities, such as the “action learning” approach.
• Offering online support, a learning programme, a hub of cloud-based digital resources.
• Organising events across the EU to address the new opportunities for networking.
• Developing a creativity-led web-based application as the basis for a diagnostic tool kit, a repository of learning objects, and provision of personalised learning.