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Sail Training Ireland Youth Development Project

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

Context/Background Sail Training Ireland (STIRL) has been running Youth Exchange and other programmes using Sailing Voyages on Tall Ships as a platform for non-formal learning on an annual basis since 2012. We strongly believe that Sail Training offers a unique and extremely effective educational experience. We further believe that we have harnessed this outdoor activity to its fullest educational ...
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Taking nature as a model?

Bionics is the application of methods and systems found in nature to the study and design of engineering systems and modern technology. It does not yet belong to the core curriculum in schools in Europe. All the more interesting that four secondary schools in France, Germany and Luxembourg chose this topic to serve diff erent goals: to interest pupils in scientifi c research and ethical questions ...
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Abyssomicin C Truncated derivatives against Antimicrobial Resistance (ACT against AMR)

Start date: May 1, 2015, End date: Apr 30, 2017,

This project aims to offer a solid solution to the dwindling effectiveness of antibiotics against infectious diseases caused by the development of antimicrobial resistant (AMR) bacteria. The core of this proposal is to implement an innovative synthesis-oriented strategy to access truncated derivatives of abyssomicin C, a natural product that has shown especially promising antimicrobial activity ag ...
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Accelerating Entrepreneurial Learning across European Regions (EU-XCEL)

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

Accelerating Entrepreneurial Learning across European RegionsThere are a number of profound challenges facing the European Union. Despite the single market being in existence for quite some time, start-ups and entrepreneurs tend not to think European wide and business scaling is very fragmented. The entrepreneurial ecosystem is also fragmented and not joined up between countries. Unemployment leve ...
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Carbon dioxide regulation of Earth’s ecological weathering engine: from microorganisms to ecosystems (CDREG)

Start date: Jun 1, 2013, End date: May 31, 2018,

CDREG develops the major new Earth system science research hypothesis that tectonic-related variations in Earth’s atmospheric CO2 concentration ([CO2]a) drive negative ecological feedbacks on terrestrial silicate weathering rates that stabilise further [CO2]a change and regulate climate. This paradigm-changing hypothesis integrates ecological and abiotic controls on silicate weathering to underst ...
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IMPLEMENTATION OF A QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEM FOR TRAINING IN ORGANIC FOOD RETAIL

The market of organic products in Europe is expanding with about 10-15% annually. Thus, for sustainable development of the organic food retail market the qualifications of the managers and employees are getting increasingly vital. The introduction of the Quality Assurance System “EcoQualify” offers one sufficient solution to this situation. This European Quality Assurance System was developed in t ...
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Sport Professions – Education, Employment, Development in the Balkan Region

Start date: Dec 1, 2013,

Sport is a powerful tool for socioeconomic development and personal & collective wellbeing. In research & higher education this involves the expansion of Physical Education (PE) into Sport Science (SpS), accounting for much wider scope & new science, implications & job market needs: in teaching, training, management, health, social work, etc. Many West Balkan (WB) countries, with their growing ec ...
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Vocational education and training connecting higher education and rural companies (Connect-VET)

VET has a unique position between more theoretical higher education and practice. It is typically an operator, who could have the skills both to understand the research information and implement it to the practice. Especially in rural areas the VET’s role has also changed from the traditional educator to important regional expert organization and developer. VET is an important link to the experti ...
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International Strategic Partnership in Textile Education

Start date: Dec 1, 2016, End date: Nov 30, 2018,

Context of project: The goal of the project is to provide skilled employees for the restructured European textile industry. The main idea of the project is based on the need to BALANCE the EMPLOYER´S NEEDS on skilled labour forces in European textile and clothing industry WITH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES OF THE TEXTILE SECONDARY SCHOOLS or Specialised educational centres and thus support both job o ...
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Restoration of connections between the Alpine and Pyrenean populations of bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) (LIFE GYPCONNECT)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Nov 30, 2021,

Background The conservation status of the bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) is listed as vulnerable on the European IUCN Red List and endangered in France. Before vulture reintroductions started, the Alps represented a huge barrier separating the Pyreneo-Iberian populations and those of the Balkans. To bridge the distance between the populations of the ...
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Early School-leaving & Second-chance Education

Start date: Jan 1, 2013,

Tackling early school-leaving has been a priority focus for educational policy makers and core providers have supported a wide range of actions to try and stem the outflow from formal education. Second-chance education is a relatively new addition to the educational landscape. At all educational levels, in formal and informal environments, many years of development work in local, national and inte ...
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Design of sandwich structures for sensor integration, optimisation and manufacturing of sandwich core (Sandwich foam cores)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2010,

Evonik proposes to contribute to the evaluation of the strength of foam sandwich structures, as demanded in the Call for Proposal (CfP), by providing a failure criterion, which has been designed specially for ROHACELL® foams in cooperation with the German Institute for Polymers (DKI) in Darmstadt. This criterion has been proved to deliver very accurate results in static FE calculations and might b ...
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Grenzenloos Onderwijs

Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Jun 30, 2016,

Background ROC Nijmegen provides vocational training in the provinces of Gelderland, Brabant (and Limburg). ROC Nijmegen has about 10,000 students in various sectors (Technology, Healthcare & Welfare, Economics and VAVO and basic education). The core values ​​that we convey in our motto "The school of life" are: join, meet, discover and develop. Live, learn and work are held in unity and cooperati ...
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Ground Deformations Risk Scenarios: an Advanced Assessment Service (DORIS)

Start date: Oct 1, 2010, End date: Sep 30, 2013,

"DORIS is an advanced downstream service for the detection, mapping, monitoring and forecasting of ground deformations, that integrates traditional and innovative Earth Observation (EO) and ground based (non-EO) data and technologies. The service delivers innovative products tailored for Civil Defense authorities. DORIS integrates state-of-the-art technological and scientific capabilities with exi ...
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Zero-Impact Cultural Heritage Event Network (ZEN)

Start date: Dec 31, 2011, End date: Sep 29, 2014,

Zero-impact cultural heritage Event Network – ZEN is a project aimed at developing a shared methodology to reduce the impact of events and festivals in historic centers and on cultural heritage through the exchange of significant experiences and lessons learned by the particpating partners. All over Europe, events and festivals have the ability to draw positive effects on tourism, cultural diversi ...
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Future Internet - Core (FI-Core)

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

FI-WARE has started to materialize as a powerful foundation for the Future Internet. FI-WARE is an innovative, open cloud-based infrastructure for cost-effective creation and delivery of services, at a scale not seen before. FI-WARE is now well under way to successfully achieve its goals of boosting the effectiveness of creating new services of high economic and societal value, reinforcing EU comp ...
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Sea ice across Dansgaard-Oeschger events in Greenland (SEADOG)

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

The Last Glacial climate of the Northern Hemisphere was punctuated by abrupt millennial scale changes called Dansgaard-Oeschger (DO) events, clearly recorded by Greenland ice core temperature proxies. The underlying mechanism responsible for the recurring cycles of ~10°C rapid increase, followed by gradual cooling, remains uncertain. Many studies suggest that large changes in sea ice extent played ...
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Desert Storms - Towards an Improved Representation of Meteorological Processes in Models of Mineral Dust Emission (DESERTSTORMS)

Start date: Oct 1, 2010, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

This project aims at revolutionizing the way the emission of mineral dust from natural soils is treated in numerical models of the Earth system. Dust significantly affects weather and climate through its influences on radiation, cloud microphysics, atmospheric chemistry and the carbon cycle via the fertilization of ecosystems. To date, quantitative estimates of dust emission and deposition are hig ...
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TRIFT (Transfer of innovation into the field of foreign trade - Innovationstransfer in des Berufsfeld Außenhandel)

The model of Vocational Qualification Transfer System -VQTS (LdV A/03/B/F/PP-158.034), developed for mechatronics have been transferred to the commercial sector and therein to the VET of professions of foreign trade. In the project:a) the competence matrix of VQTS including core competences and competence development units has been transferred into the professional area of foreign trade, b) select ...
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PIC (Participation- Inspiration – Creativity)

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

Between 20th – 28th February, 2015 Youth Dynamics hosted in Cyprus an international training course with the title P.I.C: Participation, Inspiration, Creativity. The project focused in gathering 30 youth workers and leaders from 15 countries actively working with young people and having experience under different actions of European programmes like ERASMUS+ Program, Comenius and Grundvig. The focu ...
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Regional Economic Development - networking between South Sweden and Kaliningrad (RED)

Start date: Dec 31, 2005, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

The overall objective of this two-year project is to reduce the barriers for deeper bilateral maritime co-operation between actors that deals with regional economic development issues in South Sweden and Kaliningrad Region. In order to lay ground for a long-term benefit a network consisting of relevant partners from all administrative levels and different sectors will be established. The ambitions ...
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TALQ (Transparency in Arts Levels and Qualifications)

Start date: Jul 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

TALQ supports a research activity to map national qualifications and certificates to ESCO based international profiles. The investigation activity will represent the basis to propose and test possible procedures, approaches and quality criteria shared and applicable at EU level. The project’s activities will be developed according to the policies related to the EQF, thus linking international prof ...
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Management of the Future Internet (Flamingo)

Start date: Nov 1, 2012, End date: Oct 31, 2016,

The goals of FLAMINGO are (a) to strongly integrate the research of leading European research groups in the area of network and service management, (b) to strengthen the European and worldwide research in this area, and (c) to bridge the gap between scientific research and industrial application. To achieve these goals, FLAMINGO performs a broad range of activities, such as to develop open source ...
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High Performance and Embedded Architecture and Compilation (HiPEAC)

Start date: Feb 1, 2008, End date: Jan 31, 2012,

Due to technology limitations, the domain of high-performance processors is experiencing a radical shift towards parallelism through on-chip multi-cores and chip customization leading to heterogeneous multi-core systems. Furthermore, the commodity market, the supercomputing market and the embedded market are increasingly sharing the same challenges, leading to convergence of the three markets.The ...
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Capoeira à la Une

Start date: Jul 4, 2016, End date: Jul 3, 2018,

The project faces a rising emergency in the EU: the situation of youngsters with fewer opportunities, 1 out of 3 of them is at risk of social exclusion; aged 15-29, 30 million today (Eurostat). One of the answers to such social issue is the use of non-formal education that this project aims to promote with the expertise and potential of capoeira, a sporting discipline spread among over 90 Countrie ...
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By-train Training through Europe towards Sustainability

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

This strategic partnership consists of 4 secondary schools (1. ITCTS VITTORIO EMANUELE II, Bergamo, Italy; 2. ANIARAGYMNASIET, Göteborg, Sweden; 3. IES BELLAVISTA, Seville, Spain; 4. Berufliches Schulzentrum, Amberg, Germany). We consider the enviromental question fundamental for every present society but, in particular, two of these schools offer tourism courses, so together we have worked out an ...
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Physics and applications of nanocrystal - polymer nanophotonic devices (nanophotonic devices)

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

We propose the fabrication and optical study of new nanophotonic devices based on composite, highly transparent polymer matrices that incorporate near infrared, light emitting semiconductor nanocrystal quantum dots, on different sub-micron patterned surfaces. The devices will combine the atomic-like optical functionality of the nanocrystal quantum dots and the fabrication flexibility of the polyme ...
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EU Tax Governance and Fiscal Transparency

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

As part of EU work for a deeper and fairer internal market, is needed to establish greater tax transparency and ensure fairer tax competition, within the EU and globally. Therefore, the basis of the European internal market must rely in Good Tax Governance and Fiscal Transparence, because is essential to maintain the tax revenue of EU Member States and the proper EU. Europe has already made import ...
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New challenges – new answers: ECVET based competence validation and labour market inclusion model for migrants and refugees in Europe

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

Without no doubt has the current situation of migration and refugee flows brought completely new challenges to the European societies which they never had to deal before in any similar way. At the same time we have to acknowledge that the group of migrants currently entering the European Union as asylum seekers are a very diverse group concerning their education and qualification background. OECD ...
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Governing Urban Diversity: Creating Social Cohesion, Social Mobility and Economic Performance in Today's Hyper-diversified Cities (DIVERCITIES)

Start date: Mar 1, 2013, End date: Feb 28, 2017,

The central hypothesis of this project is that socio-economic, socio-demographic, ethnic and cultural diversity can positively affect social cohesion, economic performance and social mobility of individuals and groups. A better social cohesion, higher economic performance and increased chances for social mobility will make European cities more liveable and more competitive. In this period of long- ...
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Youth Across the Sea

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

Context/BackgroundMaybe Sailing has been providing Sail Training experiences on Tall Ship Maybe for the past 7 years. We strongly believe that Sail Training offers a unique and extremely effective educational experience. We further believe that we have harnessed this outdoor activity to its fullest educational potential by implementing structured learning programmes.Sail Training as a stand-alone ...
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Platform for Opportunistic Behaviour in Incompletely Specified, Heterogeneous Object Communities (POBICOS)

Start date: May 1, 2008, End date: Jun 30, 2011,

The POBICOS project targets communities of regular objects with embedded sense-compute-actuate nodes, found in homes and buildings. Such objects are inherently heterogeneous in terms of sensing, actuating and computing resources/capabilities. Moreover, the actual mix of objects available in different settings is practically unknown at the development time. Thus, the main challenge of applications ...
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Active Control of Impact Response of Smart Sandwich Structures (IMPACTSMART SANDWICH)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2014,

"Among other structural configurations, sandwich structures consisting of composite faces and foam or honeycomb core exploit their constituent material properties to the maximum by exhibiting highest flexural stiffness to mass ratios. On the other hand, their brittle behavior by high loading rates, as in the case of impact loading, leads to initiation and propagation of damage in the form of crack ...
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Linguacuisine

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Oct 31, 2018,

The Linguacuisine project addresses the future of equality of access and participation in learning linked to two core skills gaps recognised by today’s changing Europe: digital skills and language skills. The project will promote learning of digital literacy, languages, cuisines and cultures. It will do this by co-design of downloadable apps and social recipes by means of an authoring tool to deve ...
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Deep Earth Chemistry of the Core (DECore)

Start date: Nov 1, 2008, End date: Oct 31, 2013,

Core formation represents the major chemical differentiation event on the terrestrial planets, involving the separation of a metallic liquid from the silicate matrix that subsequently evolves into the current silicate crust and mantle. The generation of the Earth’s magnetic field is ultimately tied to the segregation and crystallization of the core, and is an important factor in establishing plane ...
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Exploring Thermodynamic Properties of Earth’s Core-Forming Materials (Earth core)

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2020,

It is known that the Earth’s core is less dense than pure iron by about 7%, which is due to the presence of a light element(s) such as Si, S, C, O, and H. The goal of this project is to construct a thermodynamic model of the Earth’s central core. A particular focus is on the identification of the light element because the inclusion of these elements in iron liquid depends on the pressure (P), temp ...
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Observatory Network to Enhance ICT Structural Funds Absorption (ONE)

Start date: Dec 31, 2011, End date: Jun 29, 2014,

ONE aims at improving the regional capacity of planning ICT investments under Coeshion Policy Programmes through the setting up of a Federated network of regional ICT observatories in Poland, Germany, Italy, Czech Republic, UK, France and Cyprus. Capacity to plan, assess and manage investments in the field of ICT represents a crucial aspect of Innovation policy activity as accessibility, both in t ...
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Regional Networks for Quality in Vocational Mobility

Start date: Oct 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

The REMO project is established in front of a VET policy background covering 4 crucial issues in European VET policy: 1) ET 2020: mobility of learners and staff as well as quality in education are two core issues stipulated in the ET 2020 strategy of the European Commission and huge efforts are required to improve the situation in initial VET mobility on quantitative and qualitative level. On qua ...
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The Transformation of Popular Politics in Europe’s Long Nineteenth Century (TRANSPOP)

Start date: Aug 1, 2015, End date: Jul 31, 2020,

How did ordinary people acquire the capacity to mobilize and influence the political decision-making process? How did standard forms of popular collective action emerge and get institutionalized in European modernity? To address these questions, this project explores the transformation of European popular politics in the long nineteenth-century (c. 1789-1914), while also offering a systematic and ...
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Advancing the Scalability and Performance of I/O Subsystems in Multi-core Platforms (IOLanes)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Mar 31, 2013,

Data storage technology today faces many challenges, including performance inefficiencies, inadequate dependability and integrity guarantees, limited scalability, loss of confidentiality, poor resource sharing, and increased ownership and management costs. Given the importance of both direct-attached and networked storage systems for modern applications, it becomes imperative to address these issu ...
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