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Process water recycling with a thermophile membrane bio reactor installation for treatement of hightemperature waste water, containing recalcitrant cod -varying in load, concentration and composition-with almost zero waste (sludge) production. (PROMOTHE MBR)

Start date: Jan 18, 2005, End date: May 30, 2008,

Background Many industries, both within and outside the chemical sector, produce wastewater containing biodegradable organic compounds. Within the chemical industry the traditional aerobic activated sludge process is still the most common way to treat such wastewater. However, aerobic microbiological breakdown of organic compounds leads to the build up of ...
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Power Generation

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

A. CONTEXTEnvironmental sustainability, efficient use of energy resources and renewable energies are European priorities (European Strategy 2020).EC – DG Employment, Social Affaires and Inclusion states that more than 20 million workers in Europe are engaged in activities connected to environmental sustainability; moreover, the request of Green Jobs will increase.The project contributes to this tr ...
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"Thermal, optical and redox processes in molecular conduction junctions" (TORMCJ)

Start date: Dec 1, 2008, End date: May 31, 2014,

"Much of the current intense study of molecular conduction junctions is motivated by their possible technological applications, however this research focuses on fundamental questions associated with the properties and operation of such systems. Junctions based on redox molecules often show non-linear conduction behavior as function of imposed bias. Optical interactions in molecular junctions perta ...
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Innovative Catalysis and Small Molecule Activation: Toward 'Green' Chemistry (ICSMAGC)

Start date: Apr 1, 2012, End date: Mar 31, 2016,

"My proposed research projects will focus on sustainable Organic Chemistry, including various aspects of (Asymmetric) Catalysis as a ‘green’ key technology. This approach is relevant to the global mission of the European Union in that it aims at advancing fundamental science in view of a sustainable and environmentally friendly society.Significant further developments in the field of (Asymmetric) ...
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Design and Exploitation of C-C and C-H Activation Pathways in Asymmetric Catalysis (DECCAPAC)

Start date: Feb 1, 2011, End date: Jan 31, 2016,

Synthesizing organic molecules in high purity with designed properties is of utmost importance for pharmaceutical applications and material- and polymer sciences including the efficient production of enantiopure compounds and the compliance with ecological concerns and sustainability. The efficiency of all reaction classes has improved over the past decades. However, the basic principle and execut ...
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"Improving nutrient efficiency in major European food, feed and biofuel crops to reduce the negative environmental impact of crop production" (NUE-CROPS)

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

"The MAIN AIM of the proposed integrating project NUE-CROPS is to develop knowledge, models and tools required to (a) breed/select NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENT (NUE) CROPS and (b) integrate NUE-crops with AGRONOMIC INNOVATIONS to significantly reduce fertiliser use and associated negative environmental impacts of crop production, while maintaining or improving crop yield and quality. The consortium incl ...
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Чрез качествено обучение до интелигентен, устойчив и приобщаващ растеж

Start date: Nov 1, 2014, End date: Oct 31, 2015,

Initiator of the project "Through quality education to intelligent, sustainable and inclusive growth " is the Association "Alternative Popovo - 21 centuries" in the role of the sending organization. Partner in the project, in the role of host organization is "Sistema Turismo" in Rimini, Italy. The main project activity involves mobility within 2 weeks ( 10 working days) of 18 professionals in agri ...
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Proyect to demonstrate a system to increase cullet leverage for environmentally attractive recycling (CLEAR)

Start date: Sep 1, 2005, End date: Sep 1, 2007,

Background Glass is fundamentally a highly recyclable material and in recent years, new legislation and fiscal drivers have contributed to an increase in glass recycling across the EU. Much of this increase has been observed in the glass manufacturing industry, where recycled glass cullet (waste or broken glass) has increasingly been used as feedstock. Th ...
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CO2 capture and bio-fixation through microalgal culture (CO2ALGAEFIX)

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

Background According to the European Environment Agency, energy consumption accounts for 80% of all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the EU. It is one of the primary risk factors for climate change and for most forms of air pollution. The EU is committed to reducing GHG emissions to a level that will contribute to limiting the global temperature increase ...
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Απόκτηση επαγγελματικών δεξιοτήτων σε νέους βιομηχανικούς τομείς

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

The project "Acquiring skills in new industrial sectors" was planned to offer further specialization to students in specific sections of industry, so as the participating students to be prepared and, consequently, to be ready for employment in these sections of industry. The first mobility was conducted from the 30th of November to the 13th of December at the WBS Training Center in Dresden, German ...
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Mesoporous Photocatalysts for the Degradation of Persistent Organic Pollutants (MESOCAT)

Start date: Nov 1, 2008, End date: Oct 31, 2009,

This proposal is for an IIF award to enable a researcher from India to visit a laboratory in the UK. The researcher wishes to develop: (i) new scientific skills; (ii) a lasting collaboration within the UK; and (iii) potential to increase the research capacity of his home research environment.The proposal aims at understanding chemical mechanisms and catalyst design factors that influence photocata ...
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EUROPEAN CULTURE

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

The project is addressed to those interested in enriching and extending their knowledge and research in European studies, more concretely various aspects of European culture, based on the thematic sections proposed, and multidisciplinary angles integrated under the roof of European integration involved in the discussions. The impact of the “European culture” conference is designed to reach a high ...
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Echanges de référence sur les alternatives a la désinfection chimique des sols en arboriculture fruitiere

Le procédé de désinfection chimique des sols est utilisé depuis longtemps par les arboriculteurs pour lutter contre la fatigue des sols et les maladies virales. Du fait de contraintes environnementales et de la perte d’homologation des produits utilisés, les producteurs se doivent d’utiliser des solutions alternatives. Le cas échéant, c’est toute une production qui est menacée (ralentissement de l ...
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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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Guidelines and Training Programme for Corporate Social Responsibility in Tourism Developed by VET and HE Providers for Micro and Small Sized Enterprises

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

Tourism is the third largest economic activity in the EU and the sector continues to grow. Although tourism has a broadly positive impact on economic growth and employment, it is also a resource-intensive industry that leaves a large footprint on the environment and it can also threaten cultural heritage and local food production. Therefore, sustainable tourism and CSR in the tourism industry are ...
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Synthetic Metabolism in Plants: Elucidating Vinblastine Biosynthesis and Implementing Strategies to Overproduce Complex Plant Metabolites (SynPlantMet)

Start date: Feb 1, 2013, End date: Jan 31, 2018,

Nature produces a spectacularly diverse array of complex molecules that are exploited for many applications. Elucidating the biosynthetic pathways that are used to construct these complex molecules allows implementation of metabolic engineering or synthetic biology strategies that can dramatically improve production levels of these compounds. Moreover, identifying the biosynthetic genes facilitate ...
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Innovative high temperature thermal energy storage concept for CSP plants exceeding 50% efficiency (GLASUNTES)

Start date: May 1, 2016, End date: Apr 30, 2019,

Energy provision is a big challenge for our Society, being the present production/consumption paradigm not sustainable. To change current trends, a large increase in the share of Renewable Energy Sources (RESs) is crucial. The effectiveness of Thermal Energy Storage (TES) poses Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) systems at the forefront, as the first dispatchable option among all intermittent RESs. In ...
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Nanowires for Energy STorage (NEST)

Start date: Nov 1, 2012, End date: Apr 30, 2016,

"Among today challenges that of energy needs is one of the most important. An obvious question is its production but the need of energy storage systems is almost as large. Renewable energies will not have an impact unless we find an efficient way to store the electricity that they produce. Energy should be available everywhere and at any time, this translates in a strong need for energy containers ...
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Makine Parçalarının Basınç, Kuvvet ve Sıcaklık Etkisi Altında Mekanik Simülasyonu

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2017,

1 – ContentNowadays, in times of global and fast-paced competition, businesses gravitate towards innovative practices in savings of time and labor, producing higher quality products with less time and cost. One of the main innovative applications within the manufacturing sector for machinery parts is mechanical simulation. It is a technique that forecasts potential failure and deficiency by projec ...
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Music and Late Medieval European Court Cultures: Towards a Trans-Disciplinary and Post-National Cultural Poetics of the Performative Arts (MALMECC)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

Late medieval European court cultures have traditionally been studied from a mono-disciplinary and national(ist) perspective. This focus has obscured much of the interplay of cultural performances that informed “courtly life”. Recent research has begun to reverse this, focusing on issues such as the tensions between orality, writing, and performance; the sociocultural dimensions of making and owni ...
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Biochar for Carbon sequestration and large-scale removal of greenhouse gases (GHG) from the atmosphere (EUROCHAR)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Jun 30, 2014,

In the context of climate change mitigation, technologies for removing the CO2 from the atmosphere are key challenges. The transfer of carbon from the atmosphere into useful carbon deposits is currently one promising option.Transferring biomass to carbon-rich materials with potential mega-scale application is an option to sequester carbon from plant material, taking it out of the short-term carbon ...
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Biohybrid templates for peripheral nerve regeneration (Biohybrid)

Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

The BIOHYBRID consortium was build up with the overall aim to develop, in a preclinical perspective, an innovative biohybrid artificial nerve device for the regenerative treatment of traumatic injuries of peripheral nerves. This consortium consists of three active and well integrated SMEs as well as seven academic partners that are recognised leaders in the scientific areas of interest for this pr ...
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Information Technology Incubator for Serious Games Activities and Skills

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

It is always difficult to forecast the future. But it is clear that the possibilities of computer games and gaming industry will rapidly increase over the coming years. New interface technology will appear enabling a different, more natural form of communication and control. Gesture recognition, tactile feedback, and possibly even direct brain-computer connections will be widely used. Games will a ...
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Healthy living with EMOCells eco-walls (EMOCELL-HEALTHY-WALL)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

Around the world, drywall construction is a widely used building technique. There exists a broad variety of drywall boards (internal wall panels) on the market, ranging from cheap gypsum boards to expensive wood and clay boards. EMOCell clay-cellulose boards combine all the positive technical characteristics of existing boards (e.g. easy to process and assemble) with high environmental performance ...
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Innovative Solid Oxide Electrolyser Stacks for Efficient and Reliable Hydrogen Production (RELHY)

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

"The RelHy project targets the development of novel or improved, low cost materials (and the associated manufacturing process) for their integration in efficient and durable components for the next generation of electrolysers based on Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells (SOEC). It is specifically tailored for 1) Optimisation of novel or improved cell, interconnect and sealing materials, 2) Achievemen ...
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Modello Integrato Strategico TRAnsfrontaliero per le attività del Litorale (MISTRAL)

Start date: Apr 6, 2009, End date: Jun 30, 2012,

The recreational boating industry has a tremendous potential for dynamism and competitiveness and the concentration of enterprises operating in marine construction, marine services of one of the most important in the world. The entire area of ​​cooperation and particularly the region and Stroke Provinces of Lucca, Pisa, Livorno Massa Grosseto La Spezia. The overall project objective is to improve ...
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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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Multi-proxy approach of marine Silicon and Carbon biogeochemical Cycles (MUSICC)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Aug 31, 2015,

Though decoupled in time and space in the ocean, Si and C cycles are closely linked. The role played by these elements on climate and marine ecosystems is essential and their biogeochemical cycle is undergoing dramatic changes. MuSiCC proposes to bring unique know-how, developed abroad by the applicant, to UPMC, a leading French university where he now has a permanent position. This project is com ...
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Systemic signalling in plant – aphid interactions (SySA)

Start date: Jun 1, 2011, End date: May 31, 2013,

While the effects of aphid feeding on leaves are well documented, the influence that the presence of aphids has on distant leaves that are not directly subject to attack is poorly documented and associated systemic signalling pathways are not understood. This proposal therefore seeks to characterize systemic signalling pathways that are specific to aphid feeding in Arabidopsis thaliana and potato ...
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A Novel Conductive Surface for Efficient Heating of Bulk Containers and Drums (Safe Heat)

Start date: Apr 1, 2009, End date: Sep 30, 2011,

Over 29m moulded drums and Intermediate Bulk Containers (IBCs) were estimated to have been manufactured in Europe by 2008 with the total number of plastic IBCs manufactured p.a. in Europe in 2008 estimated to be 4m units. Many materials stored in IBCs become viscous at room temperature. These materials can present customers with a number of challenges including:- In the absence of heat, the produc ...
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Együtt határok nélkül - Zempléni határmenti üzleti együttműködés az EU tükrében (Együtt határok nélkül / Spoločne bez hraníc)

Start date: Sep 30, 2009, End date: Sep 29, 2010,

The project named ''Overcoming borders together" "Cross-border economic cooperation in Zemplén/Zemplín "is based on the possibilities afforded by the EU membership of both countries. The multi-ethnic Zemplén/Zemplín Region extending both sides of national borders is a disadvantaged area located on the eastern edge of the Union. By developing a shared communication infrastructure both sides of the ...
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Europe du hip hop

Start date: Feb 1, 2015, End date: Jul 31, 2015,

Le projet Europe du hip hop en Slovénie fait suite à de nombreux projets d'échanges de jeunes en faveur du développement hip hop. Un groupe est allé en Slovénie pour se rendre compte que le hip hop est vécu de façon différentes dans les pays en Europe bien qu'il s'agisse de la même culture, le hip hop. Toute la semaine est mise en place pour permettre la pratique hip hop en s'éloignant au plus des ...
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SMEs & eLEARNING

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

This SMEELEARN Project has as its aim to test and transfer elearning practices that are common in the formal education sector to SMEs in order to address the vocational skills needed to develop and sustain SME growth in Europe. This involved working closely with SMEs employees and managers and VET providers. Research has shown that SMEs have limited resources for offering training and what they re ...
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FERTIPLUS Reducing mineral fertilisers and agro-chemicals by recycling treated organic waste as compost and bio-char products (FERTIPLUS)

Start date: Dec 1, 2011, End date: Nov 30, 2015,

FERTIPLUS will identify urban and farm organic wastes that can be used to recycle nutrients into agriculture as biochar, compost or combinations of them. Urban and farm organic residues are a large source of nutrients and today not used to its full potential. FERTIPLUS will assess and use this potential and contribute to sustainable crop production and soil productivity and quality across regions ...
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PeRsOnalized DocUmentary Creation based on Automatically Annotated Content (PRODUCER)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Jun 30, 2018,

Recent market research has revealed a globally growing interest on documentaries both from the demand and supply side. Documentary genre has now become the 2nd most populated content-wise genre in the movie titles catalog, surpassing traditionally popular genres such as comedy or adventure films. At the same time modern audiences appear willing to immerse into more interactive and personalised vie ...
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FOOD-SKILLS. Recognition of competences and qualifications in the EU food industry

From the 90s, food industries have been submitted to structural changes derived from globalisation of the economy, introduction of new technologies, changes in the organisation of work, adaptation to environmental, quality and food safety regulations, which, in turn, have generated new needs of qualification and of vocational training. According to the information from Eurostat the producing indus ...
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Efficient use of resources in energy converting applications (EURECA)

Start date: Jul 1, 2012, End date: Aug 31, 2015,

EURECA develops the next generation of µ-CHP systems based on advanced PEM stack technology.The idea is to overcome the disadvantages of complex gas purification, gas humidification and the low temperature gradient for the heat exchangers in a heating system. EURECA will develop a new stack generation based on PEM technology with operating temperatures of 90°C to 120°C. Thus results in a less comp ...
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HarmoniSed ENvironmental Sustainability in the European food and drink chain (SENSE)

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

SENSE will deliver a harmonised system for the environmental impact assessment of food&drink products. The research will evaluate existing relevant environmental impact assessment methodologies, and consider socio-economical, quality and safety aspects, to deliver a new integral system that can be linked to monitoring and traceability data. The system will integrate: (a) (regionalised) data gather ...
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Novel processing routes for effective sewage sludge management (Routes)

Start date: May 1, 2011, End date: Apr 30, 2014,

The Routes project is addressed to discover new routes in wastewater and sludge treatment which allow:a) to prepare sludge for agricultural utilization by transforming it in a very clean and stabilized product regarding the presence of organic micropollutants (conventional and emerging ones) and of heavy metals, and with respect to hygienic aspects and to phytotoxicity;b) to minimize sludge produc ...
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PAthways for Carbon Transitions (PACT)

Start date: Oct 1, 2008, End date: Sep 30, 2011,

Most «business-as-usual scenarios» built up till now have shown that hydrocarbon resources scarcity and the growing release of greenhouse gases will bring the world far away from sustainability over the next decades. Then, deep changes in behaviours away from «BAU» are unavoidable long before the turn of the century in a move towards a post-carbon society. Urbanisation and mobility are probably ...
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