New European Bauhaus Prizes 2023

Initiative category

Identify the award category for which this initiative is being submitted
Prioritising the places and people that need it the most

Email user
pabloroberto@uciber.com

Basic information
Initiative title
Uciber platform to approach cybersec.

Full initiative Title
Uciber platform to approach cybersecurity to homes, children and students.

Please provide a short, catchy description of your initiative to be used in communication towards the public.
Uciber is a learning platform specialized in cybersecurity claiming to be accessible and easy to use for all the people to acquire the knowledge needed in the digital world.
The platform includes different materials starting from the initial topics about cybersecurity to more advance knowledge to allow students to develop their own cybersecurity solutions and to protect then in their activities in the digital transformation. The aims is to promote cybersecurity in the real world.

What was the geographical scope of your intiative?
Cross-border/international

Where was your intiative implemented?
Location 1
Spain

Location 2
Portugal

Member State(s), Western Balkans and other countries
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If relevant, insert names of region(s)/municipality(ies) involved
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Does your initiative address mainly urban or rural issues?
It addresses urban-rural linkages

Does your initiative refer to a physical transformation of the built environment or other types of transformations (hard or soft investments)?
It refers to other types of transformations (soft investment)

Has your initiative benefited from EU programmes and/or funds?
No

Has your initiative won an EU prize with a monetary value awarded?
No

Does your initiative has a minimum level of maturity? The minimum level of maturity is exemplified by stakeholder/ initiative promoter commitment to implement the initiative in practice and a clear methodology /approach.
Yes

On whose behalf are you submitting the application?
As an individual
Please provide the contact details for the intiative promoter (the individual or representative of the organisation authorised to represent the intiative).
- First name: Pablo
  Last name: Roberto Garcia
  Gender: Male
  Nationality: Spain
  Address (country of permanent residence for individuals or address of the organisation)<br/>Street and number: Avenida de america 44, 7º Izquierda
  Town: Madrid
  Postal code: 28028
  Country: Spain
  Direct Tel: +34 648 07 00 74
  E-mail: pabloroberto@uciber.com
  Website: https://uciber.com
Social Media accounts (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, etc.)
- URL: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pabloroberto/
In case my initiative is selected as a finalist of the NEB Prizes 2023, I agree to share the name (individual and/or organisation’s), email address, website and social media accounts indicated above with other NEB Prizes finalists. I also agree to publish the name (individual and/or organisation’s), website and social media accounts indicated above next to the public description of my initiative in the channels of the European Commission.
Yes

How did you hear about the New European Bauhaus Prizes?
Social Media

Description of the initiative
Please provide a summary of your initiative
Uciber is a learning platform specialized in cybersecurity claiming to be accessible and easy to use for all the people to acquire the knowledge needed in the digital world.
The platform includes different materials starting from the initial topics about cybersecurity to more advance knowledge to allow students to develop their own cybersecurity solutions and to protect then in their activities in the digital transformation. The aims is to promote cybersecurity in the real world.

Please indicate the main themes of your initiative with 5 key words.
Cybersecurity

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Education

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Bootcamp

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Learning Platform

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Accesible learning

Please give information about the key objectives of your initiative in terms of sustainability and how these have been/will be met. Please highlight how the initiative can be exemplary in this context.
The aim of Uciber is to promote digital transformation through supporting cybersecurity knowledge. Digital transformation is a key part of the sustainable transition, allowing society development by reducing the use of physical resources.

Please give information about the key objectives of your initiative in terms of aesthetics and quality of experience for people (through design, positive emotions and cultural benefits) and how these have been met. Please highlight how the initiative can be exemplary in this context.
- Cultural benefits by allowing knowledge transference from cybersecurity experts to non computer sciences experts.
- To changes emotions in relation to cybersecurity boosting a positive learning experience by designing personal training.
- Strong materials adequate for all type of users covering all the topics needed in the learning process and adapted to the needs of the students.
- Web design, learning paths, bootcamps, courses and syllabus on a user-friendly environment.

Please give information about the key objectives of your initiative in terms of inclusion (ranging from accessibility and affordability for all to inclusive governing systems, design for all principles or new societal models) and how these have been met. Please highlight how the initiative can be exemplary in this context.
- Materials are designed by experts thinking on people and proved by non-experts.
- From general and basic knowledge on an easy way each person can access digitally to gain day-a-day capability to mange cybersecurity

Please explain the way citizens benefiting from or affected by the initiative and civil society have been/will be involved in the initiative and what has been/will be the impact of this involvement on the initiative
Cybersecurity has usually been a specific area reserved just for computer science experts. However, every day cybersecurity protection is required in homes, for individuals, self-employed and small businesses. Complex degree and expensive post graduate courses don't allow people to gain the minimum knowledge for their lives.
Uciber has simplified to approach cybersecurity to people independently of their initial knowledge, helping them in the digital transformation and secure homes in the digital world

Please explain how different stakeholders at various levels (local, regional, national, European) were engaged in the design and implementation of the initiative.
For all the Spanish speakers and can be easily extended to other European languages along with English.

Please explain which disciplines and/ or knowledge fields were reflected in the design and implementation of your initiative. Please explain how representatives of these different fields interacted with each other, and what the added value of this process was
The solution design was created having in mind non-technical users, creating different modules and recommended learning path, following the recommendation we guarantee based on our experience that the students will learning in the more effective possible way, ensuring success in the learning process and retaining the student until the end of the program.

Please highlight the innovative character of the initiative, when compared to mainstream actions in the field of the initiative
- Solution is flexible to be used any time, anywhere and everybody.
- Reduce price based on the type of content and self learning approach with adjusted expert facilitator support.
- Summaries of updated content based on real experience from experts to avoid wasting time during study.
- Creation based on collaborative expert community.

Please describe which elements of your initiative could be replicated or transferred to other places, groups of beneficiaries and contexts. This may involve, for example, aspects of the methodology, technology, processes, products, learnings, etc.
The design of the solution has in the center also the non technical students ensure that all the type of possible students can use the platform easily.
The content are split in different modules that give us a flexible way to offer content for specific needs.

Please describe the methodology or approach used in your initiative.
Defining target student.
Define adapted content to the student needs.
Content creation based on cybersecurity and HHRR experts.
Ensure hard and soft skills required by the field.
Support session to review feedback and detect new needs.
Continuous quality assurance process based on surveys, student support, interviews and pilots.

Please explain what kind of global challenges the initiative addresses by providing local solutions
Create a valid marketing campaign to reach potential customers.
Ensure funds to evolve the project properly, content creation, hiring stuff..etc.

Please detail the scope of progress in the implementation of the initiative. This can include already demonstrated results/outputs related to the chosen Prizes category, and the already achieved benefits from the initiative for direct and indirect beneficiaries. This can also include a development plan of the initiative, with a particular attention to the steps envisaged in the year following the application, and including envisaged results and benefits from the initiative
Minimal product viable with a set of modules that has been sold to early adopters users.

Please provide documents that demonstrate the maturity level of the initiative and commitment to implement the initiative in practice (e.g.: evaluation report, final or mid-term initiative report, certification, publications, building permit, grant agreement, letter of support, partnership agreement, etc.)
Web link
Web link
If relevant, please describe how your initiative contributes to developing new competences, especially in the context of the European competence framework on sustainability.
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Please attach at least 6 high resolution images or visual representations of your initiative to your application.
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By submitting your application you confirm that you are the copyright owner of the images provided and that they can be used by the European Commission for the purposes of promoting the New European Bauhaus on all platforms (websites, print, social media and other).
Yes

By ticking this box, you declare that you are not in in one or more of the exclusion situations foreseen under Article 136 of the Financial Regulation.
Yes

By submitting this application, I declare that I am not related to the entities subject to EU restricted measures under Article 29 of the Treaty on the European Union (TEU) and subject to Article 215 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU (TFEU)1, and entities covered by Commission Guidelines No 2013/C 205/05), which are not eligible to participate in any capacity.
Yes

By ticking this box, you declare that all the information provided in this form is factually correct, that you assume sole liability in the event of a claim relating to the activities carried out in the framework of the contest, that the proposed initiative has not been proposed for the New European Bauhaus Prizes in any other category or strand and that it has not been subject to any type of investigation, which could lead to a financial correction because of irregularities or fraud.
Yes

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Yes

By submitting your application, you understand that all the applications that meet the eligibility requirements will be shared for the purposes of the selection processes, and notably published on the secured platform prizes.new-european-bauhaus.eu and for the purposes of the promotion of these on the New European Bauhaus website and/or other European Commission communication channels. In this sense, the applications would be widely available. Applicants should ensure that they present their initiatives, initiative, in such a way that they could be shared without giving rise to intellectual property related concerns. If your submission is selected as one of the finalists, it will additionally be shared for the purpose of the public vote that will take place. The European Union is granted a licence to use and share your application with the general public and the official external experts for the purposes of the selection process, including the voting. The European Union has the right to use the images and visual materials and the description provided in the application for communication purposes related to the contest and beyond. Rights granted comprise the right to store, reproduce, display, publish and communicate or distribute copies in electronic or digital format, including, but not only, through the internet. Unless you have disclosed your name, the European Commission has no obligation to share your name when using or disseminating your contribution to the public. The European Union cannot be held responsible in case any submitted initiative, initiative is found to infringe third party’s rights. The European Union shall be neither responsible for the use that third parties may do of the applications or related content.
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By submitting your application, you acknowledge that you read and understand that the ‘Guide to Applicants’ of the NEB Prizes 2023, available online in the website of the NEB Prizes 2023, is an integral part of this application form and that it must therefore be observed when completing and submitting your application.
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