Search for European Projects

Over 40 European Projects Found

Searched on 125080 European Projects

 FINISHED 

Establishing the European Geological Surveys Research Area to deliver a Geological Service for Europe (GeoERA)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2021,

The GeoERA proposal is put forward by the national and regional Geological Survey Organisations (GSO) of Europe. Its overall goal is to integrate the GSO’s information and knowledge on subsurface energy, water and raw material resources, to support sustainable use of the subsurface in addressing Europe’s grand challenges. The GeoERA consortium will organise and co-fund together with the EC a joint ...
Read Project

 45

 FINISHED 

European Research Area on Sustainable Animal Production Systems (SusAn)

Start date: Mar 1, 2016, End date: Feb 28, 2021,

This proposal seeks funding under the Horizon 2020 Work Programme 2014-2015 to establish an ERA-NET for joint European research coordination on Sustainable Animal Production (SusAn). The scope for this ERA-NET has been developed under the SCAR Collaborative Working Group on Sustainable Animal Production (CWG-SAP). Funding organisations from 22 European countries initially seek to support one co-fu ...
Read Project

 37

 FINISHED 

European Virus Archive goes global (EVAg)

Start date: Apr 1, 2015, End date: Mar 31, 2019,

The overall objective will be to create and mobilise an International network of high calibre centres around a strong European group of institutes selected for their appropriate expertises, to collect, amplify, characterise, standardise, authenticate, distribute and track, mammalian and other exotic viruses. The network of EVAg laboratories including 25 institutions represents an extensive range o ...
Read Project

 27

 FINISHED 

Food security, Agriculture, Climate Change ERA-NET plus (FACCE ERA NET PLUS)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2018,

The main goal of the FACCE-ERA-NET+ Action is to organise, implement and fund a joint call for transnational research projects on the topic of climate change adaptation, which is a core research theme of the Joint Programming Initiative on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change (FACCE–JPI) and thus to contribute to the delivery of the FACCE–JPI Strategic Research Agenda. It will thereby als ...
Read Project

 25

 FINISHED 

Rye Connect

Start date: Apr 15, 2015, End date: Apr 14, 2018,

...king as a centre point for their associates and actions.  The practical tools and methods developed and used in this project are based on the knowledge and best practice of the previous RYE project (Rural Youth Entrepreneurship).  An interactive enterprise support platform (ESP) will be developed, through which vital support and knowledge transfer will be available to all including an interactive ...
Read Project

 4

 FINISHED 

Advancing SSA-EU cooperation in research and innovation for global challenges (CAAST-Net Plus)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

In 2007, heads of state and government from Africa and Europe launched the Joint Africa-EU Strategy (JAES) formulated in response to geopolitical changes, globalisation and the processes of integration in Africa and Europe. At the heart of the JAES is an overtly political relationship and among the features distinguishing JAES from previous Africa-Europe policy initiatives is the associated actio ...
Read Project

 27

 FINISHED 

Pacific Europe Network for Science, Technology and Innovation (PACE-NET PLUS)

Start date: Sep 2, 2013, End date: Nov 1, 2016,

The research and innovation landscape of the Pacific is extremely diverse, ranging from Pacific Island Countries and Territories with little or no ST&I capacity, Overseas Countries Territories with strong capacities, to New Zealand and Australia, which have numerous networks of research and innovation institutions.The EU, which maintains a long standing relationship with the Pacific, aims for enha ...
Read Project

 16

 FINISHED 

SemiFit on Training Design

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Apr 1, 2016,

Semifit - Seminar for intercultural trainers - is a space for experienced trainers from different fields to exchange competences and experience on the different domains of intercultural trainings. SemiFit is an example of Peer and Lifelong Learning where trainers have the chance to share their competencies and experiences and learn new concepts from peer trainers. In SemiFit, every participant is ...
Read Project

 33

 FINISHED 

“Clothes make the man? Reverse the stereotypes and fight against discrimination with theater costume design techniques as a tool for the youth work“

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

The training course (TC) “Do clothes make the man? Reverse the stereotypes and fight against discrimination with theater costume design techniques as a tool for the youth work“ organized by Mostar Friedensprojekt e.V. (MFP) was dedicated to youth leaders and social workers as well as project leaders who intend to improve the quality of their activities by learning new creative educational methods, ...
Read Project

 28

 FINISHED 

Animal Health and Welfare (ANIHWA)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

The activities of consumer groups and animal protectionists and the effects of large-scale sanitary crises have increased the awareness that animal production is more than just an industry. Farm animal welfare is now clearly an important issue for people across Europe and there is clear demand for higher animal welfare standards. Exotic or emerging infectious threats are ever present and their pot ...
Read Project

 33

 FINISHED 

Sustainable Tourism Development in the Lower Danube region of Ukraine,Republic of Moldova and Romania (Sustainable Tourism Development in the Lower Danube region of Ukraine, Republic of Moldova and Romania )

Start date: Dec 24, 2013, End date: Oct 23, 2015,

To improve the economic performance of the border area through diversification and modernisation in a sustainable manner of cross-border tourism in the Lower Danube region of Ukraine, Romania and Republic of Moldova. Expected Results: ...
Read Project

 9

 FINISHED 

Minerals Intelligence Network for Europe (MINERALS4EU)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2015,

The Minerals4EU project is designed to meet the recommendations of the Raw Materials Initiative and will develop an EU Mineral intelligence network structure delivering a web portal, a European Minerals Yearbook and foresight studies. The network will provide data, information and knowledge on mineral resources around Europe, based on an accepted business model, making a fundamental contribution t ...
Read Project

 32

 FINISHED 

Rehabilitation of medieval Voievod Court Lăpuşna for touristic visits (HistoryTour)

Start date: Oct 3, 2013, End date: Aug 2, 2015,

Enhancing cross-border cooperation between regional communities in the field of cultural and historic tourism, unlocking the potential of regional communities, improving tourism infrastructure and increasing the number of visitors, promoting the image of historical and cultural value of the locality and its inclusion in regional tourism circuit. ...
Read Project

 8

 FINISHED 

European Union and African Union cooperative research to increase Food production in irrigated farming systems in Africa/ EAU4Food (EAU4Food)

Start date: Jul 1, 2011, End date: Jun 30, 2015,

EAU4Food seeks to address the need for new approaches to increase food production in irrigated areas in Africa, while ensuring healthy and resilient environments. Potential pitfalls of introducing innovations in local farming systems, like limited adoption by farmers and trade-off effects to other (environmental) systems are overcome by, respectively, i) utilizing a true transdisciplinary approach ...
Read Project

 13

 FINISHED 

ERA-NET for Coordinating Action in Plant Sciences (ERA-CAPS) (ERACAPS)

Start date: Dec 1, 2011, End date: May 31, 2015,

Plant sciences face important challenges at the European and global scale due to a burgeoning world population that requires sustenance. Reliable production of high-quality and safe food, feed and renewable Carbon supplies for green chemistry, without the use of excess land, energy, water, pesticides and chemicals is therefore essential.To ensure that we have the scientific understanding to again ...
Read Project

 23

 FINISHED 

Bridging the gap between science, stakeholders and policy makers Phase 2:Integration of evidence-based knowledge and its application to science and management of fisheries and the marine environment (GAP2)

Start date: Apr 1, 2011, End date: Mar 31, 2015,

GAP2 is about making a difference to an issue of significance to the whole of society; the wellbeing of the marine environment and the sustainability of fisheries upon which society depends for food. It builds on the relationships, processes and plans arising from GAP1 by enabling Mobilisation and Mutual Learning (MML) actions that promote stakeholder participation in the debate on and development ...
Read Project

 39

 FINISHED 

Miniaturization technology: synergies of research and innovation to enhance the economic development of the Adriatic (IPATECH)

Start date: Sep 30, 2012, End date: Mar 30, 2015,

...sfer of know-how with emphasis to the soft side of innovation and the role of human capital on stimulating technology and know-how transfer for efficient transfer of currently matured technologies to rural SMEs, associations, clusters technology poles involved in the Agro-food Sector. The core of concrete activities will be deployed by Transfer of technological innovations: to assist agro-food SME ...
Read Project

 9

 FINISHED 

TransAgROpolis - TransfROntier AgRObusiness Support

Start date: Feb 14, 2012, End date: Feb 14, 2015,

The project's objective is the develop the agricultural marketing infrastructure in order to improve the economis performance of the border economy in the inter-regional area. Expected Results: TransAgropolis Agro-industrial P ...
Read Project

 7

 FINISHED 

Coordination of European Research on ICT and Robotics in Agriculture and Related Environmental Issues (ICT-AGRI)

Start date: May 1, 2009, End date: Sep 30, 2014,

...olution to an efficient implementation of new EU policies on mitigation and adaptation of climate changes, environmental regulations and legislation, traceability, food safety, agro-environmental and rural developments. The ERA-NET will contribute significantly to the European Research Area by improving the coherence and coordination of ICT-AGRI research programmes across Europe and the developmen ...
Read Project

 19

 FINISHED 

PLANT food supplements: Levels of Intake, Benefit and Risk Assessment (PlantLIBRA)

Start date: Jun 1, 2010, End date: May 31, 2014,

Plant food supplements, or botanicals, have high acceptance by European consumers. Potentially, they can deliver significant health benefits, safely, and at relatively low costs. New regulations and EFSA guidance are also now in. However, concerns about safety, quality and efficacy of these products remain, and bottle-necks in risk and benefit assessments need to be solved. PlantLIBRA (PLANT food ...
Read Project

 27

 FINISHED 

Rural Youth Entrepreneurship (RYE)

Start date: Aug 31, 2011, End date: Mar 30, 2014,

RYE aims to contribute to local, regional, national and transnational rural economic development by stimulating latent entrepreneurial abilities among young people in Northern Ireland, Faroe Islands, Finland and Greenland. This will be achieved through transferring and adopting a successful urban enterprise programme, the Young Entrepreneurs Programme (YEP), into the rural communities of the above ...
Read Project

 5

 FINISHED 

Enabling access to geological information in support of GMES (PANGEO)

Start date: Feb 1, 2011, End date: Jan 31, 2014,

PanGeo is a service proposed in response to FP7 GMES Downstream Call 3 (released July 2009). The objective of PanGeo is to enable free and open access to geohazard information in support of GMES. This will be achieved by the generation of a validated Geohazard Data Layer supported by a Geohazard Summary for 52 of the largest towns listed in the GMES Land Theme’s Urban Atlas involving all 27 coun ...
Read Project

 43

 FINISHED 

ENHANCEMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT (CHERPLAN)

Start date: Dec 31, 2010, End date: Dec 30, 2013,

Cultural Heritage sites located in both rural and urban areas are often facing the dilemma between loss of cultural values and hence loss of identity, due to non-sustainable growth, and economic decline and emigration, due to inappropriate infrastructure and high cost of living (especially, buildings maintenance). CHERPLAN aims to provide a strong basis for ensuring compatibility and synergy betwe ...
Read Project

 12

 FINISHED 

Baltic Ecological Recycling Agriculture and Society Implementation (BERAS IMPLEMENTATION)

Start date: Jun 10, 2010, End date: Sep 9, 2013,

BERAS Implementation offers a response to the challenges to achieve a good environmental status in the Baltic Sea, reinforce sustainable agriculture and enhance rural development in the region.Objectives:Contribute to solving the problem of excessive nutrient losses from agricultural through introduction of conversion to Ecological Recycling Agriculture (ERA) in all countries of the BSRDevelop a s ...
Read Project

 25

 FINISHED 

RURALAND: RURAL DEVELOPMENT PLAYERS (RURALAND)

Start date: Dec 31, 2009, End date: Dec 30, 2012,

Ruraland is the result of a high level of understanding between a series of European regions which have a long-standing tradition in cooperation between each other and with other territories. Ruraland was set up after various meetings with different entities sharing the wish to promote innovative and competitive regional rural development policies. The partnership is made up by 10 regional authori ...
Read Project

 10

 FINISHED 

Renewable Energy Regions Network (RENREN)

Start date: Dec 31, 2009, End date: Dec 30, 2012,

RENREN grew out of a collaboration of 6 core regions concerned to play their part in global climate action and security of energy supply, and seeking to improve regional policy-making to nurture renewable energy sources (RES). They signed a Charter to this effect in April 2007. To develop an EU-wide partnership and spread the learning benefits of RENREN further, it was decided in 2008 that new mem ...
Read Project

 13

 FINISHED 

Sustainable energy for the rural village environment (SERVE)

Start date: Nov 1, 2007, End date: Oct 31, 2012,

The SERVE project demonstrates sustainable energy use in rural communities. Retrofit work is led by the Local Authority (NTCC) and new build by a not-for-profit co-operative (SPIL). SPIL is selling serviced sites in an Eco-Village to members, who will then build under the control and guidance of SPIL. This 132-home project is already under way. Thus, it will act as a flagship for Concerto from the ...
Read Project

 12

 FINISHED 

Sustainable Urban Fringes (SURF)

Start date: Aug 31, 2009, End date: Aug 30, 2012,

... The partnership brought together various partners across the North Sea Region and city region, which would not have been possible without the support from the programme.DocumentsConnecting Urban and Rural SURF Final ReportSURF Toolkit for Urban Fringe ManagementAberdeen Reflection Reportprovince of West Flanders Reflection ReportAlmelo Reflection ReportProvince of Antwerp Reflection ReportProvinc ...
Read Project

 16

 FINISHED 

The farmer as water manager under changing climatic conditions (Aquarius)

Start date: Dec 31, 2008, End date: Jun 29, 2012,

The project focuses on enabling farmers to act successfully as water managers in changing climatic conditions. The project will present water risk management practices that will reduce the consequences of flooding, droughts, water shortage and nutrient transport. The emphasis on the farmer as a water manager is contributing towards implementing EU policies, such as the Water Framework Directive. T ...
Read Project

 17

 FINISHED 

CANTATA2

Start date: Mar 31, 2009, End date: Mar 30, 2012,

...s and was very well received among local business.The regions involved in the project, Poher (France), Montemor-O-Velho (Portugal), Shannon (Ireland), Galicia (Spain) and Denbighshire (Wales) are rural areas with strong character, tradition, history and gastronomy which often cross the path of the largest and most popular tourist destinations.This project was based on the good work of partners of ...
Read Project

 5

 FINISHED 

The Baltic Sea Region Bioenergy Promotion Project (Bioenergy Promotion)

Start date: Dec 31, 2008, End date: Jan 23, 2012,

....The use of locally available biomass resources, particularly biomass residues, by-products and waste streams used in distributed energy systems contributes in a very promising way to sustainable and rural and business development. In large installations, often only intensive financial support systems make the biomass transportation and use economically feasible. Therefore, intensified contraction ...
Read Project

 33

 FINISHED 

Baltic Challenges and Chances for local and regional development generated by Climate Change (BalticClimate)

Start date: Dec 31, 2008, End date: Jan 23, 2012,

...: The project addresses decision makers (politicians, stakeholder incl. business sector) and those who prepare decisions (authorities, development agencies, etc.) in small and medium sized cities and rural areas in all BSR countries. OBJECTIVE: Chances of the climate change phenomenon will be identified for the target areas. Through regionalized climate change information, impact and vulnerability ...
Read Project

 23

 FINISHED 

Coordination of European Research on Emerging and Major Infectious Diseases of Livestock (EMIDA)

Start date: Apr 1, 2008, End date: Dec 31, 2011,

"The disease threats to the livestock industry have increased steadily over the past decades as a result of globalisation, evolving pathogens and climate change. Responding to animal disease threats relies heavily on science; research makes a significant contribution to the development of disease control policy and the translation of policy, and other drivers for improving animal health, into prac ...
Read Project

 29

 FINISHED 

The improvement of habitats management in Natura 2000 site - Vestiena (IHM-VESTIENA)

Start date: Oct 1, 2006, End date: Mar 31, 2011,

Background The Vestiena Natura 2000 network site has a rich biodiversity and consists of many habitats of Community importance. The area is also a popular tourism destination and is widely used for recreational activities both in summer and winter. Lack of habitat management, however, has resulted in degradation and loss of natural habitats of high ecolo ...
Read Project

 8

 FINISHED 

Economusées Northern Europe 1.19 (ENE)

Start date: Dec 31, 2007, End date: Mar 30, 2011,

...e culture, craft and tourism to create an economy platform for craft artisans practicing traditional techniques in order to help the crafts survive and create new jobs. The project, which focused on rural or remote communities, will assist with business development, showcasing indigenous crafts, job creation and training of young people. The project is based on a successful Canadian model with 20 ...
Read Project

 6

 FINISHED 

Female Entrepreneurs´Meetings in the Baltic Sea Region (FEM)

Start date: Aug 14, 2004, End date: Aug 13, 2008,

FEM has promoted womens access to labour markets and entrepreneurship and strengthened the role of women in local and regional development by e.g. training, mentoring, networking and creating meeting-places. Gender sensitivity and gender mainstreaming have been key issues in the project. The aim has been to produce sustainable positive changes in the attitudes, processes and methods of economic an ...
Read Project

 41

 FINISHED 

Broadband Access for Innovation and Regional Development (BIRD)

Start date: Nov 29, 2005, End date: Jun 29, 2008,

The main aim of the BIRD project was to exchange experience and expertise on broadband implementation to enhance regional (rural) broadband access and usage. Achievements: and local level, recommendations for broadband as a tool for regional development and has given re ...
Read Project

 9

 FINISHED 

New strategies and tools for development of business environment in marginal rural areas (TOOLS)

Start date: Dec 31, 2004, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

The TOOLS partnership was established in a previous project, financed by Ecos-Ouverture, which focused on the support of women entrepreneurship in the culinary heritage and tourism sector. The idea of TOOLS is to capitalize on the existing experience and expand the activities to new sectors and groups. It is planned to initiate and test new appropriate support methods especially for people with a ...
Read Project

 8

 FINISHED 

moting Spatial Development by Creating COMon MINdscapes (COMMIN)

Start date: Aug 31, 2004, End date: Aug 30, 2007,

Transnational and cross-border co-operation have a growing need (e.g. EU-enlargement) for a precise understanding of the partner’s concepts and the planning systems they are embedded in. The improvement of solving similar problems in different BSR countries and on transnational activities can best be achieved by exchange of experiences and ideas, mutual training and further education as well as pr ...
Read Project

 28

 FINISHED 

Improving Life in Rural Areas of the Baltic Sea Region by eHealth Services. (Baltic eHealth)

Start date: Aug 31, 2004, End date: Aug 30, 2007,

...isting national and regional healthcare data networks in the participating countries and carry out full-scale trials within eHealth. Furthermore, the project investigated the link between eHealth and rural migration. With eHealth the quality of healthcare provision can be raised, and this may be the factor that prompts a person to live in an outlying area. At the same time, eHealth may help in mak ...
Read Project

 10