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Demonstration of soft stimulation treatments of geothermal reservoirs (DESTRESS)

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

DESTRESS is aimed at creating EGS (Enhanced geothermal systems) reservoirs with sufficient permeability, fracture orientation and spacing for economic use of underground heat. The concepts are based on experience in previous projects, on scientific progress and developments in other fields, mainly the oil & gas sector. Recently developed stimulation methods will be adapted to geothermal needs, app ...
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NANOMATERIALS-BASED INNOVATIVE ENGINEERING SOLUTION TO ENSURE SUSTAINABLE SAFEGUARD TO INDOOR AIR (NANOGUARD2AR)

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

... inter-sectoral cooperation in the form of joint research and innovation activities between the project Partners with multidisciplinary skills and complementary competences in nanomaterials, physics, civil engineering, chemical engineering, green chemistry, microbiology, environmental protection, indoor air quality control and safety. It will significantly strengthen the interaction between academ ...
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Flight safety and airworthiness - a masters programme

Start date: Oct 15, 2015, End date: Oct 14, 2018,

...ining three strong EU Universities in the Aerospace field will work in close cooperation with two leading Uzbek Universities and four strong Russian Universities, including the country’s main Civil Aviation Institute and 3 National Research Universities. Stakeholder involvement in the project will be strong with the involvement of Ulyanovsk and Samara Aviation Cluster and the Pegasus network of E ...
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Licence professionnelle en formation ouverte et à distance pour la performance énergétique et environnementale des bâtiments en Fédération de Russie, en Chine et en Azerbaïdjan

Start date: Oct 15, 2015, End date: Oct 14, 2018,

...UDI DI PAVIA- Siberian Transport University- Tuvan State University- Irkutsk State Technical University - Far Eastern Federal University- The state institution of vocational education Yakut Municipal Civil Engineering- Dalian University of Technology - BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY- Azerbaijan University of Architecture and Construction- Sumgayit State University- Ural State Mining UniversityEX ...
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Nanoremediation of water from small waste water treatment plants and reuse of water and solid remains for local needs (LIFE RusaLCA)

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

Background The availability of drinking water of suitable quality and in sufficient amounts is fundamental to food production, industrial activities and public health and sanitation. Anthropogenic climate change is already causes incidents of water scarcity and drought in Europe. In April 2009, the European Commission presented the White Paper, ‘Adapt ...
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Professional Development Courses for Engineering Management and Leadership Skills

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

Professional Development Courses for Engineering Management and Leadership Skills The wider objective of the project is to improve Macedonian engineering manager’s performance through improvement of their management and leadership skills. The target group consists of engineering managers, engineers entrepreneurs or engineers who wish to become managers, from Macedonia and the neighboring countries ...
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Education for young researchers

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

Education for young researchersThe wider objective of the project is to offer new types of trainings and activities for young researchers and empower their career development and integration in the society. Currently, in Macedonia there is a lack of support (educational courses and services) to young researchers in their professional and personal development. As, IECE is positioned to be an interf ...
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More Affordable Aircraft structure through eXtended, Integrated, and Mature nUmerical Sizing (MAAXIMUS)

Start date: Apr 1, 2008, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

Even though composite materials are more and more used in modern airframes, many significant improvements are still achievable. Firstly, the substitution of the assembly of many small composite parts by a single one-shot large part provides additional weight reduction. Secondly, the final assembly line process must be adapted to composite properties (lack of ductility, stiffness). Thirdly, if the ...
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Development of sensor-based Citizens' Observatory Community for improving quality of life in cities (CITI-SENSE)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

CITI-SENSE will develop “citizens’ observatories” to empower citizens to contribute to and participate in environmental governance, to enable them to support and influence community and societal priorities and associated decision making. CITI-SENSE will develop, test, demonstrate and validate a community-based environmental monitoring and information system using innovative and novel Earth Observa ...
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The condense managing system: production of novel fertilisers from manure and olive mill wastewater (CONDENSE)

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

Background Modern agricultural practice is largely based on the use of chemical fertilisers. Farmers use fertilisers containing nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium in order to achieve an economically viable level of production. The application of these fertilisers ensures there is sufficient food to meet global demand. Inadequate provision of nutrients to ...
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Improving energy efficiency of housing stock : impacts on indoor environmental quality and public health in Europe (INSULATE)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

Background The 2002 Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) is designed to help the EU meet its commitments under the Kyoto agreement, and respond to issues raised in the Green Paper on the security of energy supply. It has a key role to play in promoting the identification and implementation of effective energy savings measures in the building s ...
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Toward an integrated, joint cross-border detection system and harmonysed rapid responses procedures to chemical, bilogical, radiological and nuclear emergencies (EMERSYS )

Start date: Jul 5, 2013, End date: Jul 4, 2015,

Provide authorities from the entire cross-border area with means for the coordinated implementation of Community strategies and legislation as well as of bilateral-Conventions regarding emergency preparedness, planning and intervention in case of chemical, biological and radiological/nuclear (CBRN) emergencies.
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Protection of European seas and borders through the intelligent use of surveillance (PERSEUS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Jun 30, 2015,

PERSEUS contributes to Europe’s efforts to monitor illegal migration and combat related crime and goods smuggling by proposing a large scale demonstration of a EU Maritime surveillance System of Systems, on the basis of existing national systems and platforms, enhancing them with innovative capabilities and moving beyond EUROSUR’s 2013 expectations, addressing key challenges: supporting the netwo ...
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Capitalizing Alpine Building Evaluation Experiences (CABEE)

Start date: Jun 30, 2012, End date: Jun 29, 2015,

CABEE is a transnational Alpine project that aims to create and implement an Alpine-wide guideline for definition, procurement, production, assessment and promotion as well as learning about new and refurbished Nearly-Zero-Emission-Buildings (NZEB) and their neighbourhoods. CABEE capitalizes wisdom from finished and on-going EU-projects but also projects from the Alpine Space program. It focuses o ...
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SedAlp - Sediment management in Alpine basins: integrating sediment continuum, risk mitigation and hydropower (SedAlp)

Start date: Aug 31, 2012, End date: Jun 29, 2015,

SedAlp contributes to integrated management of sediment transport in Alpine basins directed to an effective reduction of sediment-related risk while promoting the enhancement of riverine ecosystems and reducing the impacts of hydropower plants (balancing the implementation of EU Directives e.g. RES, Floods and WFD). The project includes piloting actions in various representative Alpine river basin ...
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Promotion of the Recycling of Industrial Waste and Building Rubble for the Construction Industry (REBIRTH)

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

Background Construction and demolition waste (C&D waste) is recognised as the most voluminous waste stream in most EU countries, representing on average 25-30% of the total amount of waste produced annually. This waste has a high potential for transformation into raw materials for construction and could benefit from the introduction of End-of-Waste criter ...
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Tomorrow's Road Infrastructure Monitoring and Management (TRIMM)

Start date: Dec 1, 2011, End date: Nov 30, 2014,

Problem descriptionEffective, fair and sustainable road management require streamlined objective and up to date information. Advances in a range of sensing technologies and information processing have built up a potential for implementing new monitoring techniques that deliver key information for road management. The traditional monitoring techniques suffer for example in cost efficiency, time and ...
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ROad safety in South East European regions  (ROSEE)

Start date: Sep 30, 2012, End date: Sep 29, 2014,

Road safety is important for smooth accessibility of SEE regions. The road crash and injury tool within SEE regions accounts for social and economical losses affecting the development of South East European Space. In the EU 56% of road deaths occur on rural roads while 37% of fatalities are counted in built-up areas. 44% involves vulnerable road users such as pedestrians, cyclists and riders of po ...
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Demonstration of energy efficiency and utilisation of renewable energy sources through public buildings (CEC5)

Start date: Sep 30, 2011, End date: Aug 31, 2014,

The central Europe is a highly urbanised area with a huge stock of existing public and private buildings with low energy efficiency. Great efforts are necessary to overcome the problem of energy consumption. To reach the goal of a nearly-zero energy demand buildings there is a great need for new techniques, methodologies and investments. The overall objective of the project CEC5 is the promotion o ...
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Joint Risk Monitoring during Emergencies in the Danube Area Border (JRM )

Start date: Jun 21, 2011, End date: Jun 20, 2014,

Improvement of the emergency preparedness and intervention, efficient prevention, monitoring and disaster consequences mitigation and fight for combating pollution of environmental factors in the eligible area. Creating of an integrated system to prevent disasters caused by hail in Dolj-Vidin border region and its extension over the all Romania-Bulgaria border region. The increasing of information ...
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Territorial Approaches to New Governance (TANGO)

Start date: May 31, 2011, End date: Apr 30, 2014,

Policymakers in the field of territorial development and cohesion recognise a clear need for coherent public action and allocation of public resources within the different territories across the European continent. Especially in times of restricted public budgets they feel a strong need to understand how policy action can become more effective in their daily practice and how synergies can be explo ...
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Shaping an Holistic Approach to Protect the Adriatic Environment: between coast and sea (SHAPE)

Start date: Feb 28, 2011, End date: Feb 27, 2014,

SHAPE is a comprehensive project for the Adriatic Region aiming to create the basis for the protection and sustainable development of the coastal-marine environment. The strategic objective is the development of a multilevel and cross-sector governance system, based on an holistic approach and aiming to the integrated management of the natural resources, risks prevention and the resolution of the ...
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PREPARED “ENABLING CHANGE” (PREPARED)

Start date: Feb 1, 2010, End date: Jan 31, 2014,

IPCC climate change scenarios have a global perspective and need to be scaled down to the local level, where decision makers have to balance risks and investment costs. Very high investments might be a waste of money and too little investment could result in unacceptable risk for the local community. PREPARED is industry driven, 12 city utilities are involved in the project and the RDT carried out ...
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An advanced weather radar network for the Baltic Sea Region: BALTRAD+ (BALTRAD+)

Start date: Jun 8, 2011, End date: Sep 7, 2013,

...ll lead to more and better products customized for the needs of local, national, and regional applications to improve services for road and railway control and protection, aviation, radiation safety, civil protection, urban water management, and agriculture. Achievements: ...
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SEISMIC ENGINEERING RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES FOR EUROPEAN SYNERGIES (SERIES)

Start date: Mar 1, 2009, End date: Jul 31, 2013,

"European seismic engineering research suffers from extreme fragmentation of research infrastructures (RI) between countries and limited access to them by the S/T community of earthquake engineering, especially that of Europe’s most seismic regions. A 23-strong Consortium of the key actors in Europe’s seismic engineering research (including 3 industrial partners) addresses these problems in a sust ...
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Manufacturing Sand-Limestone Bricks, Recycling Energy and Organics from Sewage Sludge (EcoBrick)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Jun 30, 2013,

Background House bricks are often burned from natural clay, a process that consumes large quantities of energy and causes environmental pollution, especially in rural areas, where small brick factories use ovens fuelled by cheap coal, wood, etc. Sand-limestone bricks need only 30% of the energy used to make bricks from clay. Sand-limestone bricks are usua ...
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Combining energy services with subsidy schemes to finance energy efficiency in Central Europe (CombinES)

Start date: Jul 31, 2012, End date: Dec 30, 2012,

Implementing energy efficiency measures in the central European regions often falls under the financial responsibility of public bodies. Nevertheless private actors can be actively involved through so-called Energy Performance Contracting.The project CombinES connects seven partners representing public equivalent bodies and private institutions from the energy efficiency sector who will look for s ...
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imProved Accessibility: Reliability and security of Alpine transport infrastructure related to mountainous hazards in a changing climate (PARAmount)

Start date: Aug 31, 2009, End date: Aug 30, 2012,

Transport security and accessibility are essential for a balanced and sustainable development of ASP. Due to current climatic trends, the vulnerability of transport infrastructure to natural hazards has increased. But the specific threats to transport infrastructure have not yet been tackled in a systematic joint effort. Therefore the goal of PARAmount is to improve risk management strategies for ...
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Formalisation of informal sector activities in collection and transboundary shipment of wastes in and to CEE (TransWaste)

Start date: Dec 31, 2008, End date: Jun 29, 2012,

Waste which is coming from electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and bulky waste is often collected by non authorised people (in most cases but not solely people of the ethnic groups of Roma or Sinti) without any legal work permit. Collected in countries with "higher developed" waste management and transported into countries with less developed waste management leads to problems in manifold f ...
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SEE HYDROPOWER, targeted to improve water resource management for a growing renewable energy production (SEE HYDROPOWER)

Start date: May 31, 2009, End date: May 29, 2012,

SEE HYDROPOWER is based on the European Directive on the promotion of Electricity from Renewable Energy Sources (RES-e) respect to the Kyoto protocol targets, that aims to establish an overall binding target of 20% share of renewable energy sources in energy consumption and a 10% binding minimum target for biofuels in transport to be achieved by each Member State, as well as binding national targe ...
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Climate Change and Impacts on Water Supply (CC-WaterS)

Start date: Apr 30, 2009, End date: Apr 29, 2012,

Climate change (CC) affects fresh water resources and may have significant influence on public drinking water supply. Land use activities exert pressure on water resources and will change according to CC. It is crucial for safeguarding future water supply to anticipate these climate and land use changes and to assess their impacts on water resources. Transnational action is needed to prepare SEE f ...
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Stakeholder oriented flood risk assessment for the Danube floodplains (DANUBE FLOODRISK)

Start date: Apr 30, 2009, End date: Apr 29, 2012,

The Danube River is one of the most important natural axes in South-East-Europe. It links most of the countries in the SEE area. Thus the improvement and good examples of transnational cooperation of all countries at this river will be a brilliant signal for the whole region. This project has a far reaching strategic focus beyond risk management and could become a flagship project for the SEE prog ...
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CASTLE - Cooperation Among SMEs Toward Logistic Excellence (CASTLE)

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

CASTLE was born to answer regional needs to improve SMEs logistics policies. It relies on a solid past cooperation among ten partners in Italy, Poland, Greece, Slovenia, Spain, Germany, Hungary & Austria, especially developed in Interreg initiatives. The CASTLE objectives and ratio are rooted in past research & study activities on the regional logistics EU status and perspectives, which elected SM ...
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CO2-Neutral Transport for the Alpine Space (CO2-NeuTrAlp) (CO2-NeuTrAlp)

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

Alternative propulsion technologies for transport on the basis of renewable energies (RE) shall be implemented by local users of the Alpine Space: 1.) A variety of solutions will be applied in regions with differing resource potentials; 2.) Technical solutions will be harmonised in order to set international standards; 3.) Transnational exchange of know-how promotes the competitiveness of the Alpi ...
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Monitoring, forcasting and best practices for FLOOD Mitigation and prevEntion in the CADSES region (FLOODMED)

Start date: Feb 28, 2006, End date: Apr 29, 2008,

Hydro-meteorological monitoring and flood forecasting are indispensable for preventing and mitigating hydrological hazards, such as floods, and for ensuring civil protection. Implementing a plan that acknowledges the principles of sustainability to combat floods requires further activities regarding agriculture, forestry and land-use management in flood risk areas. As most river catchments areas b ...
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Development of sustainable construction and demolition waste management system for Croatia (CONWAS)

Start date: Feb 1, 2006, End date: Jan 31, 2008,

Background The construction sector in Croatia produces 2 million tonnes of construction and demolition (C&D) waste. Due to a lack of adequate recycling facilities and a lack of an organised and economically sustainable waste management system, only a small part of the waste is properly disposed, while the recycling and re-use percentage is below 5%. Thoug ...
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Hydrological cycle of the CADSES regions (HYDROCARE)

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

The project HYDROCARE wishes to develop an integrated system capable of assessing the impact of hydrometeorological events on the water resources in the CADSES region. Emphasis will be put on the development of effective transnational tools for a rational exploitation of the water resources, with the purpose of preserving and enhancing economical and environmental welfare. Such managing tools will ...
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VILLAS, STATELY HOMES AND CASTLES: compatible use, valorisation and creative management (VILLAS)

Start date: Dec 31, 2003, End date: Jun 29, 2007,

Cultural heritage, preserved and managed in an appropriate way, can play a decisive role in spatial development. This is the focus of the VILLAS project. The project's main aims consist in improving and revitalising the aesthetic and economic aspects of architectural heritage by creating an evaluation model and defining a compatible, reusable strategy tool according to the planning criteria and sp ...
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SUTRANET: Sustainable Transport Research & Development Network in the North Sea Region (SUTRANET)

Start date: Feb 26, 2004, End date: Mar 30, 2007,

The aim of SUTRANET was to improve the knowledge-base for freight transport systems in the North Sea Region and for transport related policy decisions. The project focused on improved efficiency and sustainability of transport networks and solutions serving unitised goods transport flows in the region. The driving force behind SUTRANET was the objective to enhance regional development and interact ...
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Land-sea interaction: coastal state and evolution in CADSES (CADSEALAND)

Start date: Dec 31, 2003, End date: Dec 30, 2006,

The complex ensemble of natural marine, terrestrial, atmospheric processes that determine the "state" of coastal areas is the result of a statistical balance which is subject to both natural and anthropogenic changes. It is of vital importance, for the preservation and management of coastal areas, to be able to detect signs of trend in the coast state as well as to identify the nature and origin o ...
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