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Identifying best practice across physical education teacher education programmes: A European perspective

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

According to available data, EU population lead a sedentary lifestyle (EU Physical Activity Guidelines, 2008), so leading an inactive life has been defined as one of the major problems in EU member countries. Qualified PE teachers at schools can be an essential tool to enhance the physical activity levels of individuals and to resolve this negation. Therefore, Physical Education Teacher Education ...
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An innovative web-service to securely issue, store and verify online academic credentials (CORE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Apr 30, 2017,

From banking to travel, almost everything today is done via digital information and the Internet. One notable exception is academic diplomas, most of which are still paper based. Academic records generation, issue and exchange by education providers involves slow, costly and forgery-susceptible processes with very low control over the protection of the information released. Digitary CORE is a web ...
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Irish Dance & Music Training & Development Programme

The aim of Shaylyn is to actively enable the local community to meet social, cultural and economic need through the development of a resource i.e. Irish Dance, Music and Song. Furthermore Shaylyn aim to increase national value, practice & appreciation of our traditional performing arts and to promote excellence in the practice of these.For the INTERREG project Shaylyn developed a partnership with...
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Towards the sustainable region (DQE)

Start date: Dec 31, 2003, End date: Jun 29, 2007,

The overall objective of this cooperation is to exchange experience and jointly develop new instruments and tools for competitive and sustainable development at regional and SME level. The partners aim to test and apply the “DQE Method” as a tool for integrated SME development in all participating regions. This shall increase the competitiveness of their SMEs. ...
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VAluing experience Beyond university (Valoriser les Acquis Buissonniers)

Many European countries are faced to high levels of unemployment among youngsters. Universities around the European Union have tried to bridge the gap between the knowledge they deliver and the demands of the labor market. In this perspective, they have tried to express their diplomas in terms of skills and competences. This is one of the key points of the recent reform LMD (Licence, Master, Docto...
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Prostředky IKT pro výuku (nejen) jazyků

Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Jun 30, 2015,

Our school has implemented projects focused on an introduction ICT to the education of science and technical subjects. We have a necessity for orient similar project to the education of general subjects, primarly foreign languages. Mr. Spurný, an English teacher, collaborates with Language centre and ICT Department University Limerick in Ireland in the long term. This university offers a course fo...
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Inclusion Training in Intellectual Disability for Educators in Europe

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

In the EU, outcomes for learners with special educational needs, intellectual or physical disabilities still lag behind those of their peers. The ITIDE project (Inclusion Training in Intellectual Disability for Educators in Europe) aims to address this underperformance by tackling deficits in training amongst educators through making a suite of practice leading interactive open access training m...
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Joining Europe: a better way to communicate, share and encourage knowledge

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2017,

This project will be developed at the “Agustín Gericó School”. This charter school is located at the San José district in the city of Zaragoza (Fifth biggest city in Spain). The socio-cultural context of the Centre is medium-low, the entity has 613 students, 28% of whom are immigrant students, of which, 56.4% are students with special difficulties and they do receive specific support from the Enti...
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Exploring English and Culture in Ireland A Course for Teachers of English as a Foreign Language

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2017,

Our school, Hämeenkyrö's Kirkonkylän koulu, hasn't been in an international collaboration. In our school the number of a staff is 28 and we have 303 pupils 0 class-6th classes. We have now started to work cooperation in Erasmus School-project. In our school there have visited Erasmus+students . I work as a contact person in our Erasmus+-project. That's why I'm now making an application to A Cours...
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Determining how the chemical and physical properties of single aerosol particles affect their cloud forming potential (ACI-AMS)

Start date: Apr 1, 2011, End date: Mar 31, 2013,

"This proposal aims to address uncertainties on the interactions between aerosol particles and cloud droplets. One of the unique and exceptional aspects of the proposed work is that these measurements will not only provide information on the interactions between aerosol particles and cloud droplets in the planetary boundary layer but also in the free troposphere. The Laboratoire de Météorologie Ph...
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GMRSKE Slovakia II.

Start date: Jul 1, 2016, End date: Jun 30, 2017,

Gymnazium M.R. Stefanika Kosice (GMRSKE) is a grammar school situated in Eastern Slovakia currently with extended language education. Legislative changes in the educational area effective since September 2015 have brought for foreign language teachers many challenges. English, German and French language teams in the school have identified foreign language methodology problems and the introduction ...
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SALIR PARA ABRIR: Buscando un "upgrade" fuera de nuestras fronteras.

Start date: Jul 25, 2016, End date: Jul 24, 2017,

The Montecanal School is a bilingual public primary school located in Zaragoza, Spain. Currently, our school has a student body of 700, between the ages of 3-12 and a staff of 55 teachers. Our school is involved in the bilingual project and our students use an integrated Spanish-English curriculum. The students are taught the following classes in English, applying the CLIL learning method: Arts a...
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European Master in the Psychology of Global Mobility, Inclusion and Diversity in Society

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Sep 1, 2021,

Global-MINDS is the European Master in the Psychology of Global Mobility, Inclusion and Diversity in Society. It is a comprehensive 2- year study programme with 120 ECTS focusing on insights from Social and Cultural Psychology for contemporary social and societal issues. Universities from five countries jointly deliver the Global-MINDS programme in English and award graduates with a joint master d...
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Teacher Well-Being and Diversity: Managing language and social diversity in classrooms

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2019,

IInclusive education has become increasingly pivotal in Europe given the exponential rise in immigration. In order to effectively meet the needs of especially refugee children, quality inclusion approaches are essential. Many schools are unprepared for this changing context and many teachers are increasingly overwhelmed by the challenges. As a result, children might drop out of school, or their a...
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Limerick Youth Service - Share Our Stories

Start date: Sep 2, 2013,

Venue: Limerick Youth ServiceType of project: Training Course for Youth Workers (paid or voluntary)Title of Project: Share Our Stories (SOS)Theme of Project: This project will be based on the theme of 'Storytelling'. This theme has evolved from Limerick Youth Service's involvement in a project of storytelling as a means of capturing the 'cornerstones' of youth work and the unique aspects that dist...
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Ground Demonstration of Plant Cultivation Technologies and Operation in Space for Safe Food Production on-board ISS and Future Human Space Exploration Vehicles and Planetary Outposts (EDEN ISS)

Start date: Mar 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

Humanity’s plans to further explore space require the development of bio-regenerative life support systems and in particular plant cultivation. Plants contribute to all major life support functions by producing food and oxygen, reducing carbon dioxide and recycling water and waste. Moreover, fresh crops also have a positive impact on crew psychological well-being. EDEN ISS aims to adapt, integrate...
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PROBESENS – PRessure Optical fibre BiomEdical SENSor (PROBESENS)

Start date: Sep 17, 2012, End date: Sep 16, 2014,

"The goal of the proposed project is to develop a novel, non-invasive and biocompatible fibre optic sensor for pressure monitoring in biomedical applications. The project is hosted by the Optical Fibre Sensors Research Centre (OFSRL) at the University of Limerick, Ireland.Fibre optic sensors (FOS) represent the best performing sensing technology for pressure, strain and temperature detection. FOS ...
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Centre of Excellence for the Design of Efficient and Safe Aircraft (CEDESA)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Aug 31, 2014,

"The overall aim of the CEDESA project is to upgrade the existing research capacity in aerodynamics and aircraft structures at the Institute of Aerospace Engineering, Brno University of Technology (IAE-BUT) to the highest European level and create a Centre of Excellence for the Design of Efficient and Safe Aircraft.IAE-BUT is a very promising major European research organisation as demonstrated by...
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Marine Renewable Infrastructure Network for Enhancing Technologies 2 (MARINET2)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Jun 30, 2021,

Integrating activities planned under MaRINET 2 build upon the achievements of the advanced community created in MaRINET FP7. MaRINET 2 will ensure the continued integration and enhancement of all leading European research infrastructure and facilities specialising in research, development and testing of offshore renewable energy systems including electrical sub systems and grid integration through...
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Pre-commercial lines for production of surface nanostructured antimicrobial and anti-biofilm textiles, medical devices and water treatment membranes (PROTECT)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

PROTECT aims to introduce to the market One step antimicrobial finish processes for polymeric materials used in i) specialty textiles for public areas and hospitals, ii) water treatment membranes, and iii) implantable medical devices. Compared to main existing manufacturing routes, the proposed one-step coating technologies are simple, fast, and reproducible. For this, PROTECT uses as a starting p...
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Lignin Based Carbon Fibres for Composites (LIBRE)

Start date: Nov 1, 2016, End date: Oct 31, 2020,

The use of carbon fiber (CF) based composites is of growing importance in many industrial applications with the current global market estimated at $28Bn [ref 9]. However, the current high cost, limited production capability in Europe and the use of petroleum-based polyacrylonitrile (PAN) as the precursor fiber (PF) from which the CF is ultimately derived, requires the development of innovative rou...
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Improving the crashworthiness of composite transportation structures (ICONIC)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2020,

The European aerospace, automotive, and rail industries are committed to improving their energy efficiency to meet targets set within the EU’s climate, energy and transport policies. This is motivating the increased use of lightweight composite materials in lieu of heavier metallics. To implement this transition, these industries must reach, at least, the same level of crash performance achieved w...
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Magnetic Control of Polymorphism in Pharmaceutical Compounds (MagnaPharm)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

This H2020-FETOPEN-2016-2017 proposal initiates a major international effort to direct polymorphism in pharmaceutical compounds through crystallizing in high magnetic fields. The ability to direct polymorphism would have a transformative effect on almost all pharmaceutical compounds, and hence on society.It is proposed that MagnaPharm will drive forward innovation in pharmaceuticals by exploiting ...
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Learning for Innovative Design for Sustainability

Start date: Nov 1, 2016, End date: Oct 31, 2019,

The goal of the Learning for Innovative Design for Sustainability (L4IDS) project is to promote sustainable consumption and production of products and services in Europe. This will be achieved through a knowledge co-creation process and the development of training materials in order to teach and train students, faculty and enterprise staff of the design sector in Innovative Design for Sustainabili...
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Combating Fiscal Fraud and Empowering Regulators (COFFERS)

Start date: Nov 1, 2016, End date: Oct 31, 2019,

Since 2008 'fiscal leaks' have become an immediate policy challenge for EU governments, partly as a result of tax abuse. The COFFERS project unfolds as EU tax authorities transition to a new era in tackling tax abuse based upon policy innovation at the OECD, EU and national levels. COFFERS recognizes this creates a state of flux where much tax authority expertise regarding past regulations, system...
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Research and training network on MIniaturized Gas flow for Applications with enhanced Thermal Effects (MIGRATE)

Start date: Nov 1, 2015, End date: Oct 31, 2019,

Depletion of natural resources combined with the extending footprint of mankind has led to a shift in importance of research and development topics. In the 1970s and 1980s process yield was primarily targeted, but emphasis is now focussed on resource efficiency as a primary objective. Routes for resource efficiency have to be identified and implemented to provide a more environmental and resource-...
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Homelessness as unfairness (HOME_EU)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2019,

Empirically informing a European theory of justice is a complex and challenging endeavour, however the emergence of current social crisis, and the resulting inequalities and unfairness, bring about the need to revise the premises that facilitate translation of the theory into concrete guidance to effective social policies and coherent programs and practices.To respond to this challenge, a trans-di...
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Electronic International Forum for Teacher Educator Development

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2019,

Teacher educators impact directly on the quality of teaching, as the European Commission (2013) emphasises: ‘...the competences of those who educate and support teachers (teacher educators) must be of the highest order’. Yet, across Europe, teacher educators are, typically, not formally prepared for their jobs, not supported during their induction phase, and lack ongoing professional learning opp...
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iBUS – an integrated business model for customer driven custom product supply chains (iBUS)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2019,

The overall objective for iBUS is to develop and demonstrate by 2018 an innovative internet based business model for the sustainable supply of traditional toy and furniture products that is demand driven, manufactured locally and sustainably, meeting all product safety guidelines, within the EU. The iBUS model focuses on the capture, creation and delivery of value for all stakeholders – consumers,...
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Vision Inspired Driver Assistance Systems (VI-DAS)

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2019,

Road accidents continue to be a major public safety concern. Human error is the main cause of accidents. Intelligent driver systems that can monitor the driver’s state and behaviour show promise for our collective safety. VI-DAS will progress the design of next-gen 720° connected ADAS (scene analysis, driver status). Advances in sensors, data fusion, machine learning and user feedback provide the ...
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Soft modular biomimetic exoskeleton to assist people with mobility impairments (XoSoft)

Start date: Feb 1, 2016, End date: Jan 31, 2019,

The XoSoft project will develop a modular soft lower-limb exoskeleton to assist people with mobility impairments. The consortium includes 5 research groups and 3 companies each with EU project experience in exoskeleton/assistive orthoics development. XoSoft, a class I medical device, assists people with low to moderate levels of reduced mobility, enabling them to remain active performing tasks of ...
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Funding Resources for innovation in Energy Enterprise Development (FREED)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

Description (EN): FREED will develop a new service, by the means of which SME’s in the region can access innovation in energy technologies otherwise not be available within the NPA region. FREED will also facilitate the transfer of technology innovations to SME’s across the area, so that the outputs of the project will widely benefit the region. It will achieve this because it provi...
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Cloud Large Scale Video Analysis (Cloud-LSVA)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

Cloud-LSVA will create Big Data Technologies to address the open problem of a lack of software tools, and hardware platforms, to annotate petabyte scale video datasets. The problem is of particular importance to the automotive industry. CMOS Image Sensors for Vehicles are the primary area of innovation for camera manufactures at present. They are the sensor that offers the most functionality for t...
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Fostering Sustainable Feedstock Production for Advanced Biofuels on underutilised land in Europe (FORBIO)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

Sustainable bioenergy production and use in the EU should be further developed in order to support Member States (MS) achieving 20-20-20 targets and foster rural development as set out in EIP AGRI. FORBIO will demonstrate the viability of using land in MSs for non-food bioenergy feedstock production without interfering with the production of food or feed, nor with land currently used for recreatio...
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Excelling LABUST in marine robotics (EXCELLABUST)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

Laboratory for Underwater Systems and Technologies (LABUST) at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical and Engineering (UNIZG-FER) in Croatia positioned itself in the last years as the regional leader in marine robotics: LABUST has the required technologies, people, infrastructure, and experience in field experiments. What LABUST is missing is research excellence that will allow it to fully...
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Airborne Wind Energy System Modelling, Control and Optimisation (AWESCO)

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

The height of conventional wind turbines is limited by the enormous stresses on the structure. The idea of the Airborne Wind Energy (AWE) is to replace the most efficient part of a conventional wind turbine, the tip of the turbine blade, with a fast flying high efficiency kite, and to replace the rest of the structure by a tether which anchors the kite to the ground. Power is generated either by p...
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Primary Cilium-Mediated Mesenchymal Stem Cell Mechanobiology in Bone (CiliaMechanoBio)

Start date: Nov 1, 2013, End date: Oct 31, 2018,

Every 30 seconds a person suffers an osteoporosis-related bone fracture in the EU, resulting in significant morbidity, mortality, and health-care costs estimated at €36billion annually. Current therapeutics target bone resorbing osteoclasts, but these are associated with severe side effects. Osteoporosis arises when mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) fail to produce sufficient numbers of bone forming os...
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