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== 1. Introduction ==
== 1. Introduction ==
''Dr. Sophia Gregou, Dr. Venos Karatzoglou and [[Eftichios S. Sartzetakis|Associate Professor Eftichios Sartzetakis]], University of Macedonia, Greece''
''Dr. Sophia Gregou, Dr. Venos Karatzoglou and [[Eftichios S. Sartzetakis|Associate Professor Eftichios Sartzetakis]], University of Macedonia, Greece''


The “Virtual Campus for a Sustainable Europe” (VCSE) Project, co-financed under the eLearning 2006 Programme (2007-2009), comprises an innovative Virtual Campus of Higher Academic Institutes, which surpasses the gates of academia and invites relevant societal actors in a public dialogue on how “e-learning” may serve as a new, inter-disciplinary and intercultural instrument in dealing with the particularly complex issue of sustainable development at a European level.  
The “Virtual Campus for a Sustainable Europe” (VCSE) Project, co-financed under the eLearning 2006 Programme (2007-2009), comprises an innovative Virtual Campus of Higher Academic Institutes, which surpasses the gates of academia and invites relevant societal actors in a public dialogue on how “e-learning” may serve as a new, inter-disciplinary and intercultural instrument in dealing with the particularly complex issue of sustainable development at a European level.  
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We hope that the present manual will become a useful and "handy" guide to other academic institutions that will decide to undertake a similar project, as well as a source of motivation during the course of their actions. The VCSE Network remains at the disposal of all interested institutes, to offer its know-how for the purpose of the promotion and further dissemination of the e-learning for sustainability, aiming at the conversion of the concept of sustainable development into praxis.
We hope that the present manual will become a useful and "handy" guide to other academic institutions that will decide to undertake a similar project, as well as a source of motivation during the course of their actions. The VCSE Network remains at the disposal of all interested institutes, to offer its know-how for the purpose of the promotion and further dissemination of the e-learning for sustainability, aiming at the conversion of the concept of sustainable development into praxis.


* 1.1. [[/Why e-learning for sustainable development in the first place?/]]
* 1.1. [[/Why e-learning for sustainable development in the first place?/]]