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European Research Area on Sustainable Animal Production Systems (SusAn)

Start date: Mar 1, 2016, End date: Feb 28, 2021,

This proposal seeks funding under the Horizon 2020 Work Programme 2014-2015 to establish an ERA-NET for joint European research coordination on Sustainable Animal Production (SusAn). The scope for this ERA-NET has been developed under the SCAR Collaborative Working Group on Sustainable Animal Production (CWG-SAP). Funding organisations from 22 European countries initially seek to support one co-fu ...
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ContextThe European Migration Forum (EMF) (26/27 January 2015, Brussels) confirmed the importance of consulting and involving civil society, migrants’ organisations as well as local and regional authorities in the design, implementation and evaluation of EU migration policies. Participants underlined the central role played by civil society in facilitating access to services and justice as well as ...
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...ect "to improve accessibility of migrant/refugee women to adult education and gender-sensitive counselling to enter labor market". In December 2011 three partners of this application, FU-Uppsala, Dimitra and Revalento, started a Grundtvig project “EU Integration Agent” – Innovative Guidance Methodology for Integration of Low-skilled Immigrants into Adult Education (igma). The goal of igma was to d ...
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Promoting quality culture in VET

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

Background The issue of quality and quality management in VET constitutes one of the major fields for development for the last 40 years and in European Union a lot of resources have been devoted to increase the quality of VET. More than 50 different models have been developed within LLP-program, focusing on different aspect of Quality management in VET. Despite all the effort, the experiences show ...
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Continuing population and consumption growth are driving global food demand, with agricultural activity increasing to keep pace. Europe has a major agricultural waste problem, generating some 700 million tonnes of waste annually. There is an urgent need and huge opportunity to address the efficient use of agricultural wastes, co-products and by-products (AWCB) towards delivering sustainable value ...
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Ensuring the availability of and access to sufficient safe and nutritious food is a key priority that impacts all EU citizens and Horizon 2020 has therefore identified food security as one of the major challenges to be addressed. BGCI, an international network organisation will work with botanic gardens, experienced informal science centres with research expertise in food and food plants, alongsid ...
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Domestic Violence: Coordinating the Strategic Intervention

Start date: Nov 3, 2016, End date: Nov 2, 2018,

The DVCI project aims increase the skills and expertise of professionals, including statutory commissioners and policy makers, who are responsible for leading and coordinating responses to domestic violence (DV) and other forms of violence against women and girls (VAWG). The DVCI project will develop, test and implement innovative, work-based CVET to support the crucial role of DV Strategic Coord ...
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Project EcoMentor is going to focus on the situation in the vocational sector in the field of work-based-learning (WBL). As it was pointed out by the European Ministers of Vocational Education and Training in the Bruges Communiqué, WBL constitute a foundation for the social coherence of the current and future employees as well as the base for their professional and personal development. It is wor ...
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Employer Engagement in Design and Development of VET

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2018,

...design and development of sector-relevant VET programmes.The project, implemented by the partners UK NARIC (ECCTIS Ltd), Pisces Learning Innovations, the Bulgarian Development Agency, and DIMITRA, will focus on the target groups of employers, and VET qualification / programme designers.In order to adequately provide a comprehensive set of results and address the complexity of the VET systems and t ...
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Competency and learning development for Job Brokers in the EU

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

This project aims to develop, design and validate the newly-emerging occupational profile of the ‘Job Broker’ in Europe. The project identifies the new contexts (both in terms of current European labour market conditions and in the administration and management of Public Employment Services) that are impacting upon, and therefore changing, the traditional roles of employment counsellor or job matc ...
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EQAVET in practice

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

Rationale behind this proposal The recent economic developments have shown the importance of having a highly skilled workforce. The Member States, in their recent Council conclusions on the role of education and training to economic recovery and growth, have highlighted the importance of strong vocational education and training (VET) systems in attaining a high level of skills relevant to the labo ...
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Annual Growth Survey (AGS) from 2014 shows that the unemployment among young adults within the age 18 – 30 years is one of the main socioeconomic problems in the European Union since economic regression 2009. It reached 23.4 %-more than twice as high as the adult rate, with some 5.7 million young people affected. Young people that have only completed lower secondary education bear the highest risk ...
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Research demonstrates that the sector of office administration is very important and popular and is will continue to be one of the first professions in demand until 2020. EUPA_NEXT deals with this sector. EUPA_NEXT is the continuation of a very successful project EUPA (Leonardo DOI) that has developed a qualification framework for administration personnel in four EQF levels (levels 2,3,4 and 5) a ...
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ContextIn the EC's European Disability Strategy 2010-2020, the European Commission notes ‘the strong mandate on the EU and Member States to improve the social and economic situation of people with disabilities’, and further underlines ‘the aspiration of creating a barrier-free Europe’.The 2015 Joint Report of the Council and the Commission on the implementation of the Strategic framework for Europ ...
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Skills for Inclusion - SK.IN

Start date: Dec 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2018,

SK.IN is a project aimed to share and develop educators' competences and learning methods for skills development and inclusion, addressed especially to low-skills learners or to those with obstacles in education and inclusion in society and job market (inmates, NEETS, unemployed, early school leavers, minorities,...).The project arises from the daily needs of the organisations involved, shared in ...
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Cultural Awareness and Social Skills Key Competences in Tourism

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

The European Parliament and the Council of 18.12.2006 recommended a European Framework for Key Competences for Lifelong Learning. This European Reference Framework (ERF) identifies and defines for the first time the 8 Key Competences (KC) that citizens require for their personal fulfillment, social cohesion, active citizenship and employability in a constantly changing world of work and need to ...
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SELF-EMPLOYMENT FOR MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES WITH LOW LITERACY SKILLS

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Feb 28, 2018,

According the European Framework on key competences for lifelong learning sense of initiative and entrepreneurship refers to an individual’s ability to turn ideas into action. It includes creativity, innovation and risk-taking, as well as the ability to plan and manage projects in order to achieve objectives. This supports individuals, not only in their everyday lives at home and in society, but a ...
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FATIMA addresses effective and efficient monitoring and management of agricultural resources to achieve optimum crop yield and quality in a sustainable environment. It covers both ends of the scale relevant for food production, viz., precision farming and the perspective of a sustainable agriculture in the context of integrated agri-environment management. It aims at developing innovative and new ...
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Agricultural research in the Mediterranean is characterised by three main features: it is scattered within the EU members and in Mediterranean Partner Countries as well as most of the problems and challenges that the Mediterranean agriculture is facing are shared by all the countries in the area and even further, its objectives are largely the same in the whole area, even if priorities can vary fr ...
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ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP AND DECENT WORK

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

Over the next decade employment opportunities for young people will improve, but will concentrate on the most qualified -for their formal level of education and key competences- young people, while those with lowest educational levels and skills will remain outside the labor market, accentuating labor inequalities observed during the crisis. Without efforts to improve the employability of low-skil ...
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Τhe proposed plan addresses 20 graduating students of Dairy EPA.S. Ioannina with specialty Dairy-Cheese. Students of EPAS from all over the Greek territory, members of farm families engaged in cheese and milk production and are in the process of developing their own business activity or continuing the family business which they are members of. The purpose of education in the school is to certify t ...
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The proposed plan is addressed in 20 oil producers and 20 apiarists from the region of Trifylia. Participants are members of producer groups or agricultural cooperatives and come from across the province Trifylia . It is in the process of developing their own business or continuing family business of which they are members. Emphasis in the draft given to traditional olive oil production and honey ...
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The proposed project is aimed at 20 farmers from the region of Trifylia. Participants are members of groups or producers of Agricultural Cooperatives and growers from across the province Trifylia in Messinia Perfecture. They are in the process of developing their own business or to continue the family business of which they are members. Emphasis in the draft given to biological ampelokalliergea an ...
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ERMES (An Earth obseRvation Model based RicE information Service) aims to develop a prototype of downstream service dedicated to rice sector based on assimilation of EO and in situ data within crop yield modelling. The objective of this service, targeted to European needs, is to: a) contribute to the regional authorities in the implementation of agro-environmental policies;b) support farming activ ...
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En Toutes Confiances

Start date: Sep 2, 2016, End date: Jan 1, 2017,

The project "En Toutes Confiances" is an artistic meeting between sixty European youths (Hungarian, French, Portuguese and Greek) and are joined by a group of young Lebanese people; Among them, twenty participants are disabled. Most are engaged in the routine practice of artistic creation. The thread is promoting the" in between " , which seeks to overcome any difficulty regarding disability or ...
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Farm Level Indicators for New Topics in Policy Evaluation (FLINT)

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

"FLINT defines Farm Level Indicators to improve the policy evaluation on (amongst others) cross compliance, sustainability and innovation in the CAP. The data collection on these indicators has ideally to be linked to the current Farm Accountancy Data Network in which data on costs of production and incomes are collected on 75.000 farms over the EU-27, but alternatives will be explored. In the pr ...
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European Union, to provide for a sustainable economic recovery and development and to integrate education and research at all levels aims to create a European Common Training Area. Our project named "Improving Agricultural R & D and Training Activities with the Perspective of EU" will contribute this strategic goal because it contains of sharing existing knowledge with EU member states and increas ...
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In-field wireless sensor network to predict rice blast (RICE-GUARD)

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

The RICE-GUARD monitoring system is a tool designed to assist rice-growers in their rice blast management decisions. Rice blast is the most serious disease of cultivated rice. It is caused by the fungus Magnaporthe grisea (Pyricularia oryzae Cav.), which in favourable conditions can produce yield losses of up to 100 %. The fungus affects all the rice-growing regions of the world, including all ric ...
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Tourism is one of the main economic activities at the UE level in terms of GDP, employment and innovation as highlighted in the Agenda for a sustainable and competitive European tourism (EC, 2006). The European Strategy 2020 showcases the role of tourism in the European economy and the importance of adopting a new tourism policy to improve competitiveness at the European tourism industry and creat ...
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Unemployment is one of the biggest challenges that Europe is facing in the context of economic crisis in which we are submerged. One of the most affected groups of population suffering from unemployment is senior workers. People over 50 are generally characterised by the acquired knowledge and extensive professional experience but, at the same time, face huge difficulties to re-enter the labour ma ...
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The plan involved students of Agriculture sectors, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Artistic sector, who were accompanied by their teachers and two assistant directors. The issue was the cultivation of aromatic and medicinal plants, processing, packaging, production of essential oils and the implementation to the market. Aromatic and medicinal plants and especially their organic ...
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THE EUROPEAN DIMENSION OF ADULT EDUCATION

Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Jun 30, 2016,

DIMITRA Education & Consulting is one of the largest Adult Education Organizations with Training Centers in five (5) cities in Greece. Our organization is accredited for offering both Initial and Continuing VET courses and Consulting Services by the National Organisation for the Certification of Qualifications and Vocational Guidance (EOPPEP) and the Greek Ministry of Education while it has been ...
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Young Farmers Mobility in New Trends in Greenhouse Production

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2016,

Projekt " Mobilita mladých farmárov v nových trendoch v skleníkovom pestovaní' je projekt v kategórii KA1 v rámci akcie Mobility učiacich sa a zamestnancov, typ akcie Mobilita v odbornom vzdelávaní. Vysielajúca organizácia je SOŠ veterinárna, Nitra, Slovensko. Prijímajúca (hostiteľská) organizácia je HELLENIC AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION DEMETER, Kyparissia, Grécko. Spolupráca medzi oboma organizáci ...
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The proposed project is aimed at 20 students of Averof SCHOOL LARISSA namely a senior zootechnics specialization. Students of Schools from across the Greek territory, are members of rural families engaged in animal husbandry and the process of developing their own business or to continue the family business of which they are members. The purpose of their apprenticeship in our school is certificati ...
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The “Dimitra” Velvedos Agricultural Cooperative Producers Organisation was founded in 1987 in the municipality of Velvedos, 30 km southwest of Kozani, in the foothills of Pieria, a region with ideal microclimate for fruit production, especially peaches and nectarines. Its foundation was originally a project of a small group of producers driven by knowledge, experience, passion and love for rural p ...
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Sustainable Water treatment and Nutrient reuse options (SUWANU)

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

Agricultural practices put the biggest pressure on fresh water resources for irrigation (55% of the water use in Europe) and on fertilizer usage. The European farmers face serious problems such as freshwater scarcity and nutrient availability, extreme climate conditions and the growing demand of the increasing population. This results in rising prices for mineral fertilizers and food, risky measur ...
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Animal Health and Welfare (ANIHWA)

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

The activities of consumer groups and animal protectionists and the effects of large-scale sanitary crises have increased the awareness that animal production is more than just an industry. Farm animal welfare is now clearly an important issue for people across Europe and there is clear demand for higher animal welfare standards. Exotic or emerging infectious threats are ever present and their pot ...
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Marker Assisted Resistance to Sharka (MARS)

Start date: Dec 1, 2013, End date: Nov 30, 2015,

Sharka, caused by the Plum Pox Virus (PPV), is the most devastating disease affecting stone fruit trees in Europe. In order to respond to this critical situation, the FP7-funded SharCo project (2008-2012) devoted a significant part of its efforts on the development of first-generation PPV resistant plant materials, guidelines for new plantings, and molecular tools for the implementation of marker ...
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The SMARTRIPE project will help SMEs from the cheese-making and equipment supply chain to exploit the results of the FP6 TRUEFOOD project, which focused on the introduction of new technologies for the elaboration of European Traditional Food Products, and covered a large range of activities, from consumer behaviour to food safety and nutritional impact. The improvement of ripening of traditional c ...
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The proposed project is aimed at 20 farmers from the surrounding area of Trifylia . Participants are members of producer groups or agricultural cooperatives , and growers from across the province Trifylias of Messinia , . They are in the process of developing their own business or to continue their family business of which they are members . Emphasis is placed on the draft biological cultivating ...
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