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Learning for Innovative Design for Sustainability

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

The goal of the Learning for Innovative Design for Sustainability (L4IDS) project is to promote sustainable consumption and production of products and services in Europe. This will be achieved through a knowledge co-creation process and the development of training materials in order to teach and train students, faculty and enterprise staff of the design sector in Innovative Design for Sustainabili ...
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Social UP - Design thinking for sustainability of social enterprises

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

... have access to investment markets. Constituting a human-centered, experimental interdisciplinary approach, offering entrepreneurs create innovative new solutions rooted in people’s actual needs, design thinking, specifically adapted for social enterprises, can unclock real impact.In this respect, the project will develop a design thinking-based training material in the form of a “Design Thinking ...
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Integrated software platform for Green ENgineering dESIgn and product sustainability (G.EN.ESI)

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

The project (36 months long) aims at developing a software engineering platform, called G.EN.ESI for eco-design and product sustainability of electronic and mechatronic products. G.EN.ESI is realized through a set of new tools that support designers’ choices from an environmental point of view. These tools allow to evaluate technical solutions in the early design phases and their impact on the who ...
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DEEDS (DEsign EDucation & Sustainability) - Integrating Sustainability into Mainstream Design Education

The project concerns "Future-proofing designers, education & industry" and it is a demonstration of the potential and usefulness of integrating sustainability into mainstream design education and design practice, thus providing the missing link between sustainable production and consumption. To this effect the project will develop a framework, core principles, pilot training modules and a new educ ...
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Addressing global sustainability challenges by changing perceptions in catalyst design (AfterTheGoldrush)

Start date: Apr 1, 2012, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

...mitigation, energy security and water conservation. It is clear that new high efficiency game-changing catalysts are required to meet the challenge. This proposal will focus on excellence in catalyst design by learning from recent step change advances in gold catalysis by challenging perceptions. Intense interest in gold catalysts over the past two decades has accelerated our understanding of gold ...
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Future Aircraft design following the carrier-pod concept as an enabler for co-modal seamless transport, passenger safety and environmental sustainability (FANTASSY)

Start date: Aug 1, 2012, End date: Oct 31, 2014,

...ly, one of the most challenging areas of aeronautical research is the air-vehicle itself, mainly in what concerns its form and operation. Passenger aircrafts have kept more or less the same basic design since the 40's. Several improvements have been introduced since then (composite materials for the main load bearing structure of the aircraft eg A350, B787) but none of them had altered the basic f ...
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STRATEGIE PER FAVORIRE LINNOVAZIONE DELLE AZIENDE (S.F.I.D.A.)

Start date: Feb 22, 2010, End date: Feb 22, 2012,

...ters and science parks and technology aimed at exchange of experience among the R & TD • information / guidance to businesses to create networks between firms and research institutions; • the design labs and innovative clusters, in order to develop projects integrating the network of research institutions-businesses; • identification of innovative SMEs to support the search for external financial ...
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Strategic Partnership for the Development of Training Workshops and Modeling Clinic for Industrial Mathematics

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

...ialist. Progress of industry and novel engineering solutions are increasingly depending on computational approach, modeling and simulation. Mathematical technologies are needed to produce effective design processes, accelerate test cycles, spur innovation, support systems integration schemes and control the production models. Industrial mathematics is among the next generation methodologies in R&D ...
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Intermodal cross-border passenger transport solutions supporting regional integration of interface regions in SBA (INTERFACE)

Start date: Apr 26, 2009, End date: Dec 30, 2012,

...ort, increased political awareness. Achievements: INTERFACE corporate design implemented. Project Website www.interfaceproject.eu developed. Three international workshops carried out. Four public and political awareness events accomplished in Gedser, Rostock and Gdynia. ...
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Building Lifecycle Energy Saving Integral Learning

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

...onals & end users. The training content, which is based on European R&D project outcomes, will be head to the three building lifecycle stages where energy efficiency measures can be addressed: · Design, · Construction, · Operation, maintenance and use. BLESIL will allow the implementation of the results obtained in EU previous projects. For the design phase, novel software will be taught to ...
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Policy Influence of indicators (POINT)

Start date: Apr 1, 2008, End date: Jun 30, 2011,

... the actual use, influence and impacts of indicators, reflecting dynamic interactions between forces for policy continuation and versus policy change. . The objectives of the project are to:  Design a coherent framework of analysis and generate hypotheses on the use and influence of indicators, by pulling together the disparate strands of research and practical experience of indicator use and in ...
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Meeting of Energy Professional Skills (MEnS)

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

...f accredited training activities developed by 9 universities and 3 market players. MENS aims: - To increase the knowledre and skills of at least 1800 building managers (engineers, architects) in NZEB design and construction, out of which 50% would be women or unemployed. - To create and implement a new education and training program for such professionals in 10 countries, under the European Qualif ...
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Let's JEF Out

Start date: Sep 1, 2012,

... website and other social media- Distributing the publicationIn general there were minimal changes between the application and the actual implementation of the project.Since care was given to the design of the website and there were some delays from the designers’ part, thewebsite had to be launched in January instead of October. However, as soon as it was launched, it made a greathit and everythi ...
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Designing strategies for efficient funding of higher education in Europe

Start date: Oct 1, 2012,

... and pitfalls as well as the impact of funding efficiency measures such as performance-based mechanisms, institutional mergers and excellence schemes. The project aims at contributing to the improved design and implementation of higher education funding policy and thereby to enhanced funding efficiency in the sector.The project findings will feed into current and future higher education funding po ...
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Strategic Territorial Agendas for "Small and Middle-Sized Towns" Urban Systems  (STATUS)

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

...lementation tools. STATUS aims at reducing the widening development gap of SEE cities in terms of quality of life and capability, compared to West European ones. STATUS prepares the partner cities to design good strategies and policies in order to pursue more balanced territorial development and ensuring global competitiveness. The scale of urban networks and clusters of cities in the STATUS terri ...
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Demonstration of a Decision Support System for a Novel Integrated Solution aimed at Water Reuse in the Oil & Gas Industry (INTEGROIL)

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2019,

...xtensive adaptation, and they are not flexible and reliable enough to bear the complexity and variability of PW/RW composition. Moreover, there is no expertise or experience in the O&G sector in the design and operation of water treatment systems.The INTEGROIL project aims to develop and demonstrate a robust but flexible integrated solution for treating O&G water flows with variable compositions t ...
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LCA, environmental footprints and intelligent analysis for the rail infrastructure construction sector (LIFE HUELLAS)

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

...tructure is subject to various legal instruments for environmental prevention. However, there are currently no tools to optimise the development of the intermediate stage - between the infrastructure design and its functioning. Such tools could help to support decision-making during the construction of rail infrastructure and to reduce carbon and water footprints during this phase of the life cycl ...
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Holistic Approach to Resilience and Systematic Actions to make Large Scale UrbaN Built Infrastructure Secure (HARMONISE)

Start date: Jun 1, 2013, End date: May 31, 2016,

...l be grounded in a holistic view of innovation, and will advocate synergies with, and augmentation of, relevant existing, past or ongoing projects. The project recognises the necessity to improve the design of urban areas and increase their security against, and resilience, to new threats. Specifically, HARMONISE seeks to deliver (a) a holistic urban resilience integrated information platform; (b) ...
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Zvyšování kvality odborného vzdělávání v oblasti floristického a branding designu v Německu

Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Jun 30, 2015,

Submitter and also delegating organization of the project "Improving the quality of vocational training in the Floral and Branding Design in Germany." is the Secondary School of Visual Creativity, Ltd. and the foreign receiving partner organization is FDF Niedersachsen, Germany. The professional project partner is the professional organization, the Association of Floral Design, which is a profes ...
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See the goal! - In-company learning outcomes as videos

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

...ods are quality keys. These learning outcomes are also tools for enforcing the cut-face between VET-college, training company and student.Easily accessible learning outcomes promote VET, support the design and implementation of the students´ study plans, ease the assessment of WBL and contribute to transnational mobility.In general, there is a big heterogeneity among the countries and often variat ...
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UPDESIGN – Employability and transversal skills delivery for young disadvantaged learners through innovative upcycling methods and approaches

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

.... Among the young unemployed, those showing low qualification levels are at risk of social exclusion, sometimes for the rest of their lives. This challenging situation applies for all countries the UPDESIGN project brings together: UK, Austria, Italy, Greece, Spain. More than 50% of Spanish youngsters are out of job. The situation in Greece and Italy is currently developing into a similarly bad di ...
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Wissenstransfer `Bildung und Beruf´ in der europäischen Altenhilfe

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

... reform of vocational training in nursing in Germany. The focus is on European exchange possibilities and the development and use of knowledge / practice transfer tools. In addition to the contentual design of the individual learning situation in the host country for both the trainees and for education and HR managers, especially the preparation and implementation of organizational settings and al ...
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Women in Europe – New Yields of Employment in Rural Areas

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

... in an individual and collective way. * Receiving a professional and individual counseling and tutoring for running its own business. * Active participation in consultation processes and in the design and implementation of innovative tools specifically addressed to the needs of female populations from different regions. * Identification of the existing relations between women from rural areas and ...
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Hybrid AIRcraft seating requirement specification and Design (HAIRD)

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

HAIRD project aims to deliver a new design for a next generation aircraft seating which is comfortable,light-weight, fast to disassemble, easy to dismantle, cost efficient to produce, highly recyclable and reliable in structural integrity. Within the HAIRD project a new mono-materials cushions will be developed to improve the easy-recyclability and the cost production. Topological and geometrical ...
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Fuel and chemicals from lignin through enzymatic and chemical conversion (FALCON)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

...ally friendly approach to the production of fuels and chemical building blocks.FALCON takes full advantage of the lessons learned over the last 150 years in the petrochemical industry with respect to design of the processes. This implies an initial treatment at the 2G bioethanol plant, converting the waste to a lignin oil that can be more easily transported and also directly used as a low sulphur ...
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Support action for innovation driven clusters in construction. Regional approaches, multi-stakeholder engagement and cross regional co-operation (REG CON)

Start date: Feb 1, 2008, End date: Jan 31, 2010,

...D based clustering” across regions of Europe with a thematic focus on construction. This sector is both dynamic in creation of growth and employment [~7% of national employment/GDP, ~14% when add design and materials], but relatively backward in absorbing innovation. The Strategic Research Agenda prepared by European Construction Technology Platform set up ambitious but realistic goals to transfor ...
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APPLES - Applying Practices for Productive Learning of Entrepreneurial Skills

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

...alian partner is responsible for the sales and distribution and sets up an online shop, Greece is our IT department and Lithuania is the product and marketing specialist who cares for the artistic design of packaging, brand name and advertising. The Polish team is our human resources department, which mainly deals with the criteria of employee selection and health, the Portuguese school is our r ...
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Youth Changemakers Training: Learning and Sharing about Ecological Sustainability, Community Resiliency, Economic Sovereignty and Personal Agency

Start date: Mar 1, 2016, End date: Jun 30, 2016,

...ssed above. As such, the aim of this project is:To increase the capacities of youth to effect long-lasting social and ecological change in theircommunities and internationally.The YCT is specifically designed for 36 youth from 12 different EU and Mediterranean countries who are actively involved in and/or deeply committed to social and ecological change initiatives. Special attention will be paid ...
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Sustainable strategies for integrated management of agroindustrial fruit and vegetable wastes (AGROWASTE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2014,

...cies and practices is inadequate and limited. Objectives The objective of the AGROWASTE project was to design an integrated management system for fruit and vegetable wastes (FVW) for the region of Murcia, Spain. The aim of this was to promote environmentally-friendly technologies that convert FVW into resources for s ...
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SInnDesign - Sustainable Innovation through Design

Measures to improve the sustainability of buildings are a priority in EU policies. This requires the appropriate choice of building materials and products that are used indoor, and design plays a major role in this context, since it is at the design stage that the sustainability profile of products is mostly determined.Therefore, the aim of SInnDesign was to develop training materials and tools fo ...
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Act for your Community! Training on community development

Start date: May 1, 2015, End date: Jun 30, 2016,

...as we plan to include activities involving our local community. The short-term impact will be on future projects, which participants will develop during the course. We hope to inspire them to design future Erasmus Plus courses in cooperation with each other. The long-term impact will be on all of the local communities, which will be represented by 99 participants of our courses.
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Young women leading for a greener future

Start date: Oct 1, 2011,

...on of all phases. After a first "Pre training event" activity using WAGGGS resources on Climate Change, MDG 7 and other Environmental Challenges, the project will continue through the preparation and design of training modules and event in which the young people will conduct peer education actions that focus on leadership and advocacy on environmental matters. The participants will then be further ...
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Brokering Environmentally Sustainable Sanitation for Europe (BESSE)

Start date: Jun 1, 2009, End date: Sep 30, 2012,

.... Dissemination and awareness-raising initiatives will be carried out on the project issues and results. 9 WPs are foreseen. WP1 and 2 for the first part of the research; WP3-6 will be devoted to the design and implementation of 3 pilot projects, WP7 will be devoted to learning process; WP8 will deal with dissemination and WP9 with project management."
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SEEDs among NEETs: Spreading Entrepreneurship and Economic Development among NEETs

Start date: Aug 1, 2016, End date: Jan 31, 2018,

...ty, a group of schools providing VET and entrepreneurship trainings to students and adults, a professional association representing businesses. As a result of the project, similar local networks will design strategic community plans to prevent and combat the NEETs phenomenon. These, along with partner action plans, will provide for project sustainability and long-term effect upon the organizations ...
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European Universities Forum for Financial Sustainability

Start date: Oct 1, 2011,

The project will revolve around the design, preparation and organisation of a Higher Education Funding Forum to be held in June 2012. The objective of the project is to create a broad, inclusive European platform to discuss and share experiences related to funding in higher education, and establish best practices in the field in the context of financial constraints. The Forum will be used to furth ...
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Systems Analysis Tools Framework for the EU Bio-Based Economy Strategy (SAT-BBE)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Mar 31, 2015,

...nationally recognised and respected researchers in bio-based economy and sustainability at the European and global levels. During the two and a half years planned for the project, the consortium will design a systems analysis tools framework using their broad experience of modelling the economy in the perspective of bio-based and sustainability objectives. A systems analysis tools framework has th ...
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Sprachaufenthalt 2.0 - für qualitative und nachhaltige Sprachkurse im Ausland

Start date: Dec 1, 2014, End date: Nov 30, 2016,

...lot-language-stay with 109 pupils and 5 teacher at the same time . In 2012 the Pedagogical University "Pädagogische Hochschule in St. Gallen" evaluated the language stays on LG 's and recommended to design this activity more efficiently. This project will follow the recommendation and at the same time the European Commission 's recommendations , as described in the Erasmus program guide + program ...
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USEFUL USABILITY DISPOSABILITY

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

...ch tutorial includes examples of good practice and an evaluation chapter. The partners' staff act as content developers and are trained by the platform maker on how to use the platform to be able to design and organize land art installation centered civic events with different community groups such as children, seniors, disadvantaged people, youth, artists. A number of on line sessions and short ...
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Establishing the value and business model for sustainable eHealth services in Europe - VALUeHEALTH (VALUeHEALTH)

Start date: Apr 1, 2015, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

...oposed for the CEF by the eHealth Network, we will adopt a robust methodology to prioritise additional use cases relevant to Member States for cross-border and also within border health needs.We will design a business model and multiple stakeholder Value Propositions for European-scale interoperability, construct the multisided market needed to sustain investments in CEF services and perform Cost ...
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Efficient and Eco-friendly Construction Of Revolutionary surfboard blanKs (e2CORK)

Start date: May 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

The overall objective of the e2CORK project is the construction of eco-friendly surfboard-blanks built with cork. To reach this, the design of a sustainable-industrial manufacturing procedure will be necessary.The typical surfboards are manufactured from noxious materials and with unsustainable processes that contaminate the environment, require safety equipment for shapers exposed to toxic materi ...
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