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Transitioning towards Urban Resilience and Sustainability (TURAS)

Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

The “TURaS” project aims to bring together urban communities, researchers, local authorities and SMEs to research, develop, demonstrate and disseminate transition strategies and scenarios to enable European cities and their rural interfaces to build vitally-needed resilience in the face of significant sustainability challenges. To ensure maximum impact, the TURaS project has developed an innovati ...
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Sustainable Food in Urban Communities

Start date: Jan 31, 2013, End date: Apr 29, 2015,

The Thematic Network "Sustainable Food in Urban Communities" will focus on developing low-carbon and resource-efficient urban food systems. Indeed, the food sector alone accounts for over 30% of global consumer energy demand and produces over 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions (FAO 2011). Reducing the carbon footprint and improving overall sustainability of urban food systems requires addressi ...
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Effective Technology Transfer in Biotechnology (ETTBio)

Start date: Dec 31, 2011, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

...nd regional policies. The expected outcome of improved policies will be a higher number of new companies, creation of new jobs, higher tax income as well as an increase of the regional innovative capacity and economic performance.To have a heterogeneous level of experience, 10 partners from 7 regions were selected. Involved partners from UK and BE have extensive experience in the topic, DE and ES ...
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Surpassing Energy Targets through Efficient Public Buildings (SERPENTE)

Start date: Dec 31, 2011, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

...ficiency in public buildings.Through intense dissemination of project results SERPENTE has a direct impact on 10 public policies focused on energy efficiency and increases awareness and capacity among relative policy makers and end users. SERPENTE also spreads results outside the consortium. In this way, SERPENTE contributes to improved environmental conditions across the EU. ...
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ublic policies And Social Enterprises (PASE)

Start date: Oct 31, 2008, End date: Oct 30, 2011,

...and territorial competitiveness. The European Parliament, the Commission and the Economic and Social Committee have recognised the specificities of the enterprises of the social economy and their capacity to correct major economic and social imbalances and to help to achieve a number of general interest objectives.Starting from different level of competences and experiences, the partners intend to ...
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Cohesion Network (CO-NET)

Start date: Nov 20, 2008, End date: Jul 18, 2011,

Approaches to strengthening social cohesion in neighbourhoods (area-based and integrated approaches to neighbourhood development; new governance structures for the integration of socio-cultural, educational and economic dimensions, etc.) Achievements: Documents/reports ...
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Cross-border polycentric metropolitan regions (METROBORDER)

Start date: Dec 31, 2008, End date: Nov 30, 2010,

Metropolitan regions are generally seen as drivers for territorial development in the national context, as well as drivers for economic, social and cultural development on a European and global scale. Many border regions dispose of specific potentials but also specific barriers for a cross-border polycentric metropolitan region. However, cross-border areas appear to be systematically underestimate ...
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Common Information to European Air (CITEAIR)

Start date: Feb 29, 2004, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

...from outside the cities involved in the project. The work on environmental reporting is progressing. CITEAIR has prepared drafts of separate guidebooks, one on Urban Air Quality Management and one on City Annual Air Quality Reporting.
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Neighbours of Europe

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

...ngthen local democracy. Citizens participation in urban planning is an essential factor for a successful urban development. The approach is linked to the WHO 'healthy cities' agenda implying that all city policies have an impact on the well-being of the population. The activities were organised around citizens thematic trainings. These helped them to be better equipped to implement local initiativ ...
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LIRA-II

Start date: Aug 31, 2002, End date: Dec 30, 2005,

...as by investigating strategies for the integrated planning and management of quality rapid-transit schemes. Building on work carried out in Interreg IIC the study focuses on the challenges faced by city regions in assessing transport needs and ways in which strategies can best be formulated to develop the potential of light rail as an environmentally-friendly option for common transport. The objec ...
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SMALL CITY COMMERCE (EL PEQUEÑO COMERCIO DE LAS PEQUEÑAS CIUDADES)

...ality management systems, knowledge management systems and business networks. The result is a lack of these specially designed tools catering to the specific needs of small town businesses. The Small City Commerce Project, thus, aims to develop a training plan that covers these three basic pillars jointly and globally, three pillars which are not only of importance to large companies. This project ...
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EUROPLAT European Network for Psychology Learning & Teaching

Start date: Oct 1, 2009,

... economy.The EUROPLAT network will provide a unique forum to improve the quality of education within the psychological sciences across the EU, promote knowledge exchange and innovation, and build capacity for research and scholarship around psychology education in Europe. Through these network activities EUROPLAT will take into consideration the Erasmus priorities for higher education including cu ...
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Euromediation secucities

...ed to other European urbansituations.The working group held 4 seminars, one in each ofthe partner cities. Firstly partners discussed the differentmeanings of the term mediation which existed in their cityusing practical project examples from a local context.The working groups concluded 4 main points:> Typologies of Mediation – considering the areaof intervention and the different target groups> Me ...
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Building Sustainable Communities

...tainable Communities aimed to identify and address the factors contributing to the balanced and sustainable development of urban communities and to the successful tapping of the potential of deprived city neighbourhoods. A particular focus was given to the impact of mobility in the provision of services. The following main aims were outlined:>To analyse trends in mobility of population>To promote ...
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