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Sustainable Market Actors for Responsible Trade (SMART)

Start date: Mar 1, 2016, End date: Feb 29, 2020,

This Project aims to address an increasingly pressing global challenge: How to achieve the EU’s development goals and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, while meeting the global target of staying within two degrees global warming and avoid transgressing other planetary boundaries.EU policies must align with sustainable development goals (Article 11 TFEU). The impacts of climate change and glo ...
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Ophthalmic OCT on a Chip (OCTCHIP)

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

Silicon photonics is expected to leverage-off many of the advances made in CMOS electronics. International R&D efforts in this field have so far been mainly focused on the silicon-on-insulator (SOI) photonic integrated circuit (PIC) technology platform because it is predestined for datacom, high-performance computing and telecom applications. However, SOI based integrated optical waveguides cannot ...
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Integrated Smart Spatial Exploration System (INSPEX)

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

"The objective of INSPEX is to make obstacle detection capabilities that are currently only feasible on autonomous vehicles available as a personal portable/wearable multi-sensor, miniaturised, low power spatial exploration system. The INSPEX System will be used for real-time 3D detection, location and warning of obstacles under all environmental conditions in indoor and outdoor environments with ...
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Technology Advancement of Ocean energy devices through Innovative Development of Electrical systems to increase performance and reliability (TAOIDE)

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

Life cycle cost of electricity generated by marine renewable technologies is determined by multiple factors including energy production capability, capital costs, and operating and maintenance (O&M) costs, as well as multiple other logistical, permitting, environmental, and finance cost factors. ORPC’s direct experience has been that operating and maintenance costs are dominant in the cost structu ...
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Integrated Technology Ecosystem for ProACTive Patient Centred Care (ProACT)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Jun 30, 2019,

ProACT targets Europe’s 50 million multimorbid patients to proactively self-manage and offset the EU’s annual €700billion cost of chronic disease management. ProACT aims at providing and evaluating an open application programming interface to integrate a variety of new and existing technologies to advance ‘home based’ integrated care (IC). Cloud based data analytics will determine correlations bet ...
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Modelling Optimization of Energy Efficiency in Buildings for Urban Sustainability (MOEEBIUS)

Start date: Nov 1, 2015, End date: Apr 30, 2019,

MOEEBIUS introduces a Holistic Energy Performance Optimization Framework that enhances current (passive and active building elements) modelling approaches and delivers innovative simulation tools which (i) deeply grasp and describe real-life building operation complexities in accurate simulation predictions that significantly reduce the “performance gap” and, (ii) enhance multi-fold, continuous op ...
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Energy Efficient Optimised District Heating and Cooling (E2District)

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

Intelligent Energy Europe expects district heating to double its share of the European heat market by 2020 while district cooling will grow to 25%. While this expansion will translate into 2.6% reduction in the European primary energy need and 9.3% of all carbon emissions, it will not be achieved through modernization and expansion alone but requires fundamental technological innovation to make th ...
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Microbiome Influence on Energy balance and Brain Development-Function Put into Action to Tackle Diet-related Diseases and Behavior (MyNewGut)

Start date: Dec 1, 2013, End date: Nov 30, 2018,

Emerging evidence indicates that the gut microbiome contributes to our ability to extract energy from the diet and influences development and function of the immune, endocrine and nervous systems, which regulate energy balance and behaviour. This has led to hypothesize that developing microbiome-based dietary interventions can be cost-effective measures to prevent diet-related and behavioural diso ...
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Tools for cOntinuous building Performance Auditing (TOPAs)

Start date: Nov 1, 2015, End date: Oct 31, 2018,

As occupant behaviour can be considered as one of the main drivers of the performance gap, TOPAs will focus on reducing the gap from an operational perspective, hence supporting Post Occupancy Evaluation. Quantifying the performance gap is non-trivial, the performance gap is dependent on time and contextual factors, and individual buildings will have a particular performance gap. The delivery of e ...
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Logistic Efficiencies And Naval architecture for Wind Installations with Novel Developments (LEANWIND)

Start date: Dec 1, 2013, End date: Nov 30, 2017,

A new EU 7th Framework Programme project, “LEANWIND” (Logistic Efficiencies And Naval architecture for Wind Installations with Novel Developments) seeks to apply lean principles to the offshore wind farm project lifecycle. The primary LEANWIND objective is to provide cost reductions across the offshore wind farm lifecycle and supply chain through the application of lean principles and the developm ...
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Access CenTer for PHotonics innovAtion Solutions and Technology support (ACTPHAST)

Start date: Nov 1, 2013, End date: Oct 31, 2017,

ACTPHAST is a unique "one-stop-shop" European access centre for photonics innovation solutions and technology support (Access CenTre for PHotonics innovAtion Solutions and Technology support). ACTPHAST will support and accelerate the innovation capacity of European SMEs by providing them with direct access to the expertise and state-of-the-art facilities of Europe's leading photonics research cent ...
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Simulation based control for Energy Efficiency building operation and maintenance (Energy IN TIME)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

Buildings Operational stage represents 80% of building’s life-cycle cost of which 50% is consequence of the energy use. Up to 90% of the buildings’ life cycle carbon emissions occur during their operational phase, mainly as consequence of the HVAC, lighting and appliances’ energy use. Therefore, energy and cost saving strategies addressing this building operation phase will have a major impact in ...
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Take the energy bill back to the promised building performance (TRIBUTE)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

Today, Building Energy Performance Simulation (BEPS) analysis tends to show a large discrepancy with real energy performance. Most cases are due to gross mistakes rather than fundamental inadequacy of available technology and methods. The reasons are manifold. Highly simplified calculation methods are used far beyond their domain of validity. Assumed boundary conditions such as occupant behaviour ...
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MOINHOS II – Formar para Inovar

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

The Consortium MOINHOS was established in 2014 in order to participate in the Erasmus + by the following organisations: (1) Municipality of Torres Vedras, as leader of the Consortium, and vocational schools in the region, which assumed the role of sending entity: (2) Escola de Comércio e Serviços do Oeste (SEFO/ESCO), (3) Escola Profissional e Agrícola Fernando Barros Leal (EPAFBL), (4) Externato ...
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Integrated Approaches to Food Allergen and Allergy Risk Management (IFAAM)

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

Up to 20 million European citizens suffer from food allergy. However management of both food allergy (by patients and health practitioners) and allergens (by industry) is thwarted by lack of evidence to either prevent food allergy developing or protect adequately those who are already allergic. iFAAM will develop evidence-based approaches and tools for MANAGEMENT of ALLERGENS in FOOD and integrate ...
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MANpower - Energy Harvesting and Storage for Low Frequency Vibrations (MANpower)

Start date: Nov 1, 2013, End date: Oct 31, 2016,

Energy harvesting at low frequency has proven to be difficult to achieve in the past because of the properties of the materials that the devices are fabricated from. In particular the stiffness of conventional silicon and all piezoelectric materials makes it exceedingly difficult to make a system that can operate below 100Hz. There are many sources of low frequency vibrations e.g. human motion, th ...
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Globally optimized ENergy efficient data Centres - GENiC (GENiC)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

Data Centre (DC) energy consumption has doubled between 2000 and 2005 and grew by 50% from 2005 to 2010 consuming 1.5% of global energy with continued rapid growth. On average, computing consumes 60% of total energy while cooling consumes 35%. While new technology can lead to a 40% reduction computation and cooling typically operate without coordination or optimization. While server energy managem ...
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Building Enterprises – Wireless and Internet Security in European Regions (BE WISER)

Start date: Jul 1, 2013, End date: Jun 30, 2016,

Be Wiser examines organisation and technical research challenges in some of Europe’s best known RTD regions. The technology focus is on wireless internet security; while the organisational challenge is to more effectively utilise Triple Helix clusters in regional innovation processes. This approach will strengthen Europe’s position in wireless rollout and address the challenges set out in the Digi ...
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Civil Engineering Applications of Marine Sediments (CEAMAS)

Start date: Jan 24, 2012, End date: Dec 30, 2015,

The aim of CEAMaS is to bring about a major improvement regarding the widespread beneficial re-use of dredged marine sediments to end users. This will be accomplished by providing new and enhanced tools for the development of innovative civil engineering applications. by developing a European reuse methodology applicable to all ports and sediments types and by enhancing knowledge capitalization an ...
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Nano Regions Alliance: Facilitated Market Entrance of Nano-SME through a transnational linking of regional support schemes. the development of new. transnational support structures and the set-up of transnational competence pools (NANORA)

Start date: May 31, 2011, End date: Sep 29, 2015,

NANORA will foster cross-sector innovation by establishing and implementing a transnational support framework for nanotechnology.Unlike other disciplines. Nanotechnology is cross-sectoral by nature: Spanning various disciplines. nanotechnologies combine several research methods that aim to influence properties and structures at molecular level. This produces completely new functions that can be us ...
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latform for improving maritime coastal pollution preparedness and response in Atlantic regions (ARCOPOLPLATFORM)

Start date: Dec 31, 2013, End date: Jun 29, 2015,

ARCOPOLplatform aims to further improve maritime safety in the Atlantic area and reinforce the protection of the coastal regions from maritime pollution through the capitalization and upgrading of ARCOPOL and ARCOPOLplus outcomes. Specifically, ARCOPOLplatform will organise pilot actions addressing local authorities to support the implementation of Local Contingency Plans. Moreover, these plans wi ...
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SCUBA - Self-organising, Cooperative, and robUst\n Building Automation (SCUBA)

Start date: Nov 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2014,

Large scale embedded Monitoring and Control (M&C) systems in energy management, transporta-tion, security and safety often co-exist alongside each other with little cooperation within and among heterogeneous systems which hampers the increasing demand to operate the whole system optimally. A good example is building management, a market worth in excess of $36 billion annually by 2015, where a wide ...
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Optogenetic Neural stimulation platform (OptoNeuro)

Start date: Oct 1, 2010, End date: Mar 31, 2014,

The 2003 breakthrough discovery of a nanoscale optically active cation channel, channelrhodopsin-2, made it possible for the first time, to genetically re-engineer neuron cells to be photosensitive. It became possible to stimulate or inhibit individual action potentials at will, without further chemical modification. The capabilities have been demonstrated in a number of recent high profile journa ...
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Valorizing Andean microbial diversity through sustainable intensification of potato-based farming systems (VALORAM)

Start date: Feb 1, 2009, End date: Jan 31, 2014,

VALORAM aims at exploring and valorizing Andean soil microbial diversity for the development of alternative, efficient technologies and crop management practices to improve the sustainability and productivity of Andean cropping systems benefiting rural farming households. The project will focus on potato because of its global importance for small-scale farmers in the central Andean highlands. The ...
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"Development of a Common Sensor Platform for the Detection of IED ""Bomb Factories""" (CommonSense)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

The detection of IED manufacturing facilities is crucial for the security of citizens, as well as infrastructures and utilities. Current sensing methods suffer from susceptibility to false positive results due to environmental contaminants, or false negative results to interfering compounds. The need exists for a single distributed network, with a common interface and communications protocol, to m ...
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Improving maritime safety and pollution response through technology transfer, training & innovation (ARCOPOLPLUS)

Start date: Dec 31, 2011, End date: Dec 30, 2013,

Built on the knowledge and outcomes developed by ARCOPOL project (2009-2011), ARCOPOLplus aims to further reinforce maritime safety in the Atlantic area by improving the regional preparedness and response to oil and HNS. ARCOPOLplus’ activities have been conceived focussing on technology transfer, training and innovation. On the one hand, ARCOPOL outputs will be upgraded and implemented through p ...
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Sharing life science infrastructures and skills to benefit the Atlantic area biotechnology sector (ShareBiotech)

Start date: Dec 31, 2009, End date: Mar 29, 2013,

The main objective is to strengthen the biotechnology sector, through the maximisation of the benefits of life science infrastructures and skills for the development of the Atlantic Area, which has notable areas of excellence (notably in marine science, rich and increasing number of SMEs, policy initiatives) but also weaknesses. ...
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DestiLink: Network on Sustainable Tourism Destination Development-Linking Rural Regions and Research Institutions in Europe (DestiLink)

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

DestiLink wants to increase the competitiveness of rural regions by creating a network of sustainable tourism development practitioners and researches, and thereby linking the regions with the research community. The aim is to facilitate capacity building in the regions through the exchange of experience and best practice examples. Further aims are to develop efficient destination management tools ...
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“Supporting and Developing the Structures for the Q&A at the Private Higher Education Institutions in Kosova”

Start date: Jan 15, 2010,

The main objective of this project is to strengthen quality assurance centers at the Private Higher Education Institutions, which are established at some Institutions and for those where they don’t exist to be established. With the project is aimed to support the installment of the Quality Assurance at the eleven private HE Institutions, that currently represents one of the top priorities of the R ...
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Maritime English Learning Tool (MarEng Plus)

The original web-based maritime English learning tool MarEng was finished in the spring 2007 as a result of a transnational Leonardo da Vinci project MarEng. During the first year of its existence, the learning tool was widely taken into use by different user groups (e.g. maritime students and workers) all over the world. However, based on the feedback received, the tool was missing some relevant ...
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NEXT - Training Systems towards New Experiences

The NEXT project aims at adapting training and educational methodology in order to provide a more effective answer with regard to the development of social skills. Project partners will initially undergo a comparative survey at European level, with regard to the use of experience-based training methods and techniques and, based upon identified best practice, will define and introduce an innovative ...
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NUVOLA - Reorganising the learning line

The aim of the NUVOLA project is to set up an efficient system for customising training materials and tools to training requirements, and to draw up a guide (indicator grid) to evaluate and systematise pedagogical products used for vocational training.The project comprises the following stages: an initial analysis of the state of the art, the creation and validation of a model to help identify the ...
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SuperPro - Development of a Tool for Supervising Project Work at a Distance

SuperPro will create a common co-operation tool for both universities and placement companies with regard to the supervision of project work at a distance/abroad for final year technology and engineering students.The project will develop and introduce an instrument to guarantee the level of academic quality before, during and after a particular placement period with the further aim of rationalisin ...
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SME 2.0 - PROACTIVE NETWORKING IN THE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT OF EUROPEAN SMEs

Small and Medium Enterprises are acknowledged all over the world as the drivers of economic growth. The “Small Business Act” for Europe reflects the Commission's political objective to recognize the role of SMEs in the European economy.During the last years the new networking technology (based on Open Source web 2.0 applications) offers effective tools for SMEs, to gear up their professional and ...
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ILTOF - Innovative learning and training on fracture

The project objectives focus on the improvement of know-how transfer processes and the development of innovative learning and teaching methods in the field of fracture mechanics and structural integrity (with particular reference to concrete and ceramic materials) by means of teaching materials using e-learning and new technologies. Target groups are managers, technicians and engineers involved in ...
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Fostering quality assurance culture at Libyan universities

Start date: Oct 15, 2011,

The project, as its title, FOCUSes on supporting the modernization agenda of Libyan universities through the promotion of QA and enhancing quality awareness at the university level. FOCUS, more specifically, aims at developing a viable and sustainable QA system within Libyan universities through the implementation of capacity building programme, the development of a quality strategic plan and the ...
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NEWORKERS - New Models for the Enhancement of ODL use in Life Long Learning of Workers - The Experience Approach

Based upon the results and experiences of previously-funded Socrates and Leonardo da Vinci projects, the current NEWORKERS project aims at the establishment of a forum for debate, discussion, promotion and dissemination of the use of the Internet as a tool for continuous training. The goal of the project is to increase the quality of the existing training projects, to enhance the development of cu ...
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