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RESCCUE - RESilience to cope with Climate Change in Urban arEas - a multisectorial approach focusing on water (RESCCUE)

Start date: May 1, 2016, End date: Apr 30, 2020,

RESCCUE aims to deliver a framework enabling city resilience assessment, planning and management by integrating into software tools new knowledge related to the detailed water-centred modelling of strategic urban services performance into a comprehensive resilience platform. These tools will assess urban resilience from a multisectorial approach, for current and future climate change scenarios and ...
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Ocean Citizens of the Future

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

The cities of Plymouth and Brest have been twinned successfully for over 50 years with a strong background of successful joint initiatives. This project aims to strengthen understanding of the importance of the maritime culture in the lives of our young people and what their responsibilities will be, growing up as Ocean Citizens of the Future. Activities will directly address targets set out in th ...
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City Logistics in Living Laboratories (CITYLAB)

Start date: May 1, 2015, End date: Apr 30, 2018,

Goods, waste and service trips in urban areas impose negative traffic and environmental impacts, and there is a need for further roll-out of cost-effective and sustainable solutions. The CITYLAB objective is to develop knowledge and solutions that result in roll-out, up-scaling and further implementation of cost effective strategies, measures and tools for emission free city logistics in urban cen ...
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re-conceptualize shopping malls from consumerism to energy conservation (COMMONENERGY)

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

CommONEnergy focuses on existing shopping malls to be refurbished and buildings with a different original function, redesigned to become shopping malls. Wholesales&Retail buildings represent 28% of the total non-residential building stock (BPIE, 2010), accounting for approximately 157 Mtoe in 2005 (EU EEAP). Considering typical shopping malls high impact on modern society (ICSC, 2008), the project ...
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A Gateway to European Kidney Research Resources - KidneyConnect (KidneyConnect)

Start date: Aug 1, 2013, End date: Jul 31, 2016,

...common denominator for the DCC-diseases. However, European excellence and expertise have remained uncoordinated in separate pockets and, consequently, underutilised for full societal benefits and capacity creation to combat the challenges of diabetic, hypertensive and primary kidney diseases. Notably, these diseases are of major healthcare interest and of key importance for discovery intensive bio ...
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Cooperative Mobility Pilot on Safety and Sustainability Services for Deployment (Compass4D)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

Seven European cities (Bordeaux, Copenhagen, Eindhoven-Helmond, Newcastle, Thessaloniki, Verona & Vigo) have joined forces with the objectives of substantially improving road safety, increasing energy efficiency and reducing level of congestions for road transport.In order to address these topics the cities and industrial partners will jointly implement three cooperative services, Road Hazard Warn ...
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SYSTEMS THINKING FOR COMPREHENSIVE CITY EFFICIENT ENERGY PLANNING (STEEP)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

... similar characteristics, experience and policies in specific sustainable use and production of energy and very ambitious carbon and energy reduction targets, aligned with Europe’s targets. In each city, initiatives to reduce energy inefficiency are already in place; however each of them has been aimed at a specific sector objective, while overlooking the impact that may be causing on other sector ...
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VALUEADDED (VALUE+)

Start date: Jun 30, 2010, End date: Jun 29, 2015,

...ed which cross-sector strategies consistently sustain stakeholder engagement. A collaborative report examines how long-term management is delivered via enterprise partnerships and community capacity building projects. The results of this study will lead to wide reaching behavioural change among project partners, with implications for the management of green investments across North West Europe.
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GREEN RENOVATION CLUSTER (GREENOV)

Start date: Mar 31, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2014,

The project aims at developing the economic sector of sustainable renovation mainly by stimulating the innovation capacity of SMEs working in this field. The project will contribute to the transition to low-carbon cities and sustainable economy and will improve the knowledge and expertise on sustainable renovation of existing buildings. Partners of this project are key stakeholders involved in ...
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Boosting European Games Industry (BOO-Games)

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

Once the economic force of Creative Industries (CI) was showcased by several studies,the development of strong digital+interactive media strategies is still high on the agenda throughout Europe. Especially the digital games market is a fast growing market within CI:The global demand for digital games is expected to grow 10% annually in the next years.Today the production of dig.games is an interna ...
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Internet of Energy for Electric Mobility (IoE)

Start date: May 1, 2011, End date: Oct 31, 2014,

...ogies, algorithms, and software. The IoE will implement the real time interface between the power network/grid and the Internet. The grid will increasingly rely on smaller, locally distributed electricity generators and storage systems that are based on plug & play principles. Power network devices and loads at the edge (such as electrical vehicles, buildings, electric devices, and home appliances ...
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brEaking New Ground IN the sciencE Education Realm (ENGINEER)

Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Sep 30, 2014,

ENGINEER will support the widespread adoption in Europe of innovative methods of science teaching and provide extensive teacher training on inquiry-based methods. It will be based on the proven “Engineering is Elementary” (EiE) program developed by Boston’s Museum of Science (BMOS) since 2003-04 and now widely used in primary schools throughout the U.S. Evaluations of EiE have found that incorpora ...
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SEACONOMICS (SEACO)

Start date: Dec 31, 2010, End date: Sep 29, 2014,

The Seaconomics projects aim is to make the 2 Seas coastal tourism offer more dynamic and to find innovative solutions to the common problem of a changing environment and a decline in the traditional touristic industry that no longer meets current visitor demand. The Seaconomics project will focus on 3 main activities:- Encouraging investment and progressive initiatives in the tourist industry by ...
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External Costs of Transport and Land Equalisation (ECOTALE)

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

The reduction and/or internalization of the environmental, spatial and social costs caused by the transport sector are policy objectives which have been commonly assumed over the last decades (e.g. Directive 1999/62/EC, Directive 2006/38/EC). Within a market approach and according to the “polluter pays” principle, internalization is a way toward a comprehensive payment actually born by the transpo ...
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improved integration of increased urban development and flood risks in major cities - FloodResilienCity (FloodResilienCity)

Start date: Apr 30, 2007, End date: Dec 30, 2013,

...mpanies. developers. insurance companies). 2. Avoidance: To limit flood damage and ease recovery by planning and adapting buildings. infrastructure. surfaces and economic activities and building capacity in individuals and institutions to become more resilient 3. Alleviation: To reduce flood risk by implementing physical. technical. non-structural and procedural measures for the management of wa ...
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The ICT Roadmap for Energy-Efficient Neighbourhoods (IREEN)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Nov 30, 2013,

IREEN will deliver a comprehensive strategy (including the identification of drivers and gaps, future policies and operational support for their implementation, and the identification of new appropriate multi-disciplinary stakeholders value chain and partnerships) for European-scale innovation and take-up in the field of ICT for Energy Efficiency and performance in large areas including neighbourh ...
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Technologies for the Multilingual European Information Society (T4ME Net)

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

Linguistic diversity is a corner stone of our multicultural European society. To preserve this essential asset in the age of the emerging information and knowledge society, Europe needs ICT technologies and applications at affordable costs that• enable communication, collaboration and participation across language boundaries• secure their language users equal access to the information and knowledg ...
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Heritage and Maritime Memories in the 2 seas Region (HMS)

Start date: Dec 31, 2007, End date: Jun 29, 2012,

HMS wants to establish a solid crossborder partnership, to jointly improve, develop and promote the common maritime heritage and shared history in the 2 Seas area. Together, these maritime heritage organisations from all four countries of the area wish to contribute to the growth and competitiveness of the 2 seas area.The 30 partners form a tight, diverse and complementary network of maritime heri ...
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Advanced Pilots of Living Labs Operating in Networks (APOLLON)

Start date: Nov 1, 2009, End date: May 31, 2012,

The APOLLON project proposal addresses the call of the European Commission to pilot and share best practices in cross-border Living labs networks. The core focus of Living Labs is to improve the R&D process by early participation and clustering of end users and business stakeholders, including SMEs. APOLLON will demonstrate the positive impacts of collaborative cross-border Living Lab networking b ...
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Sustainable Urban Goods logistics Achieved by Regional and local policies (SUGAR)

Start date: Oct 31, 2008, End date: Feb 28, 2012,

...administrations will directly benefit from participation through the knowledge gained and successively utilised in addressing national, regional and municipal policy developments;• Development of city logistics publications and training products, which will record the knowledge gained during SUGAR.The SUGAR sites use these tools to develop local action plans, outlining the local roadmap for city l ...
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Bridging Innovation-driven GIS Research and Development to Create a GEO-Society (BRIDGE2GEO)

Start date: Jan 1, 2008, End date: Dec 31, 2009,

The provinces Salzburg (AT) & North Rhine-Westfalia (GE) are collaborating at political level and through economic partnerships. BRIDGE2GEO intensifies the existing links and initiates science-business partnerships within and between the regions in order to enhance S&T-based development. The cross-cutting topic is Geographic Information. Building on earlier joint actions, technological developmen ...
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Connected Cities (CC)

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

...sustainable development. Public transport can form the basis of more sustainable approaches to mobility. However, the mismatch between older public transport networks and much more modern patterns of city development make trains, trams and buses impractical for many commuters. Decision-makers must integrate transport policy and urban planning into comprehensive strategies for sustainable mobility ...
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Security and Trust in Cities (SETRIC)

Start date: Oct 31, 2004, End date: Dec 30, 2006,

... Achievements: Achievements so far The SETRIC project (SEcurity and TRust In Cities), partly funded by the EU INTERREG IIIC program is led by the city of Cologne and addressing the problems of risk prevention in cities. Partners of the project are Naestved in Denmark, Marseilles and Paris in France, Bologna and Siena in Italy, Prague in the Cze ...
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OPTIMISING PROFESSIONAL TRANSLATOR TRAINING IN A MULTILINGUAL EUROPE

Start date: Oct 1, 2010,

OPTIMALE addresses one of the key challenges of a multilingual and multicultural Europe: how to ensure that Its universities continue to produce the high-level professionals that the Community translation services and the translation Industry need, to adapt to rapidly changing societal and market conditions. As recent reports have highlighted, the rapid technological changes of the past decade, fa ...
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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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LOLIPOP The Language Portfolio on-line

The primary aim of LOLIPOP is to create an on-line, interactive version of the European Language Portfolio (ELP) for higher education purposes. It will be produced in a wide variety of languages ranging from those more commonly learnt and spoken, such as French and German, to lesser used/taught languages such as Norwegian, Latvian and Polish. LOLIPOP helps learners develop an awareness of their i ...
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Intercultural Training for Social Inclusion in Europe, a Cultural Resource for the Future Society

Isn't integration great? : A guidance manual together with a video and CD-ROM have been produced and workshops and study visits have taken place. All of this is aimed at improving the intercultural comptences of professionals dealing with immigrants on a daily basis. This project started in 2003 and lasted 24 months.
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