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Flood Risk ANticipation and Communication in the Alps (LIFE FRANCA)

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

Background Recent hydro-geological events in Italy, such as floods and landslides, have increased public awareness of the link between climate change and the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events. The EU Floods Directive requires Member States to produce flood risk maps for all watercourses and coastlines and to take adequate and coordinated ...
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Learn To Engage - a modular course for botanic gardens

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

Learn to Engage: A modular course for botanic gardens (LearnToEngage) seeks to build botanic gardens’ capacity to develop effective programmes and activities to engage people with plants. Researchers have noted a worrying decline in public interest in and understanding of plants, at the same time as others are calling for greater public awareness of biodiversity, conservation and the value of plan ...
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WOLF IN THE ALPS: IMPLEMENTATION OF COORDINATED WOLF CONSERVATION ACTIONS IN CORE AREAS AND BEYOND (LIFE WOLFALPS)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: May 31, 2018,

Background After their eradication in the Alps in the first half of the 20th Century, wolves have started returning again, following the protection measures and the improvement of ecological conditions in Western Europe that have occurred in recent decades. Currently, the natural expansion of wolves in the Alps presents wildlife managers with the challeng ...
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"The NAtive Seed Science, TEchnology and Conservation Initial Training Network" (NASSTEC)

Start date: Apr 1, 2014, End date: Mar 31, 2018,

"NASSTEC will train 11 Early Stage Researchers and 1 Experienced Researcher in native seed science, conservation and use, so that environmental mitigation and adaptation projects can have increased impact. Without immediate enhancement of capacity and capability in this specific area of biodiversity science, the native seed industry in Europe will fail to develop towards the multi-million dollar m ...
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Cultura Maker para la juventud

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

“Youth Maker Culture” is a project proposed by three European museums of science: mc2 from Spain, MUSE from Italy and Centro Ciencia Viva from Portugal. It raises the participation in a project to make technology accessible to all. A proposal aimed to stimulate youth concern to invent or to create new things. Definitely, to cause the “maker” everyone is, to show up, to participate and to collabora ...
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KM0 Research (FBK-RN2013)

Start date: Jun 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

"Science is a global endeavour with a very local impact on our lives. For this reason we call the project “Km0 Research” (in Italian, “Km0” is the term used for local “short supply chain” products) and will show how: researchers are normal people among us (the “Km0 Researcher”; “Km0” is also how far a researcher is from you); the outputs and results of the research are among us (the “Km0 Lab”); th ...
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INQUIRE- inquiry-based teacher training for a sustainable future (INQUIRE)

Start date: Dec 1, 2010, End date: Nov 30, 2013,

The science education community agrees that pedagogical practices based on IBSE methods are more effective. But the reality on the ground is different. For various reasons, this type of teaching is not practiced in most European classrooms. INSPIRE counteract this by developing and offering a one-year practically based IBSE teacher training course that will reach out to hundreds of teachers, and i ...
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My Ideal City (M.I.C.)

Start date: Jun 1, 2009, End date: May 31, 2011,

"The M.I.C. (My Ideal City) project aims to encourage a European dimension in the communication of science and technology through museums events targeting the public. More specifically, it will support the networking around the development of a coordinated exhibition in different museums, in Member and Associate Countries, that is going to use a “virtual worlds” dimension in order to connect urban ...
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LE MONTAGNE TRA I DUE LAGHI ALLA RISCOPERTA DEL TERRITORIO

Il progetto Le montagne tra i due laghi nasce per far conoscere e valorizzare il territorio compreso fra i laghi di Como e Lugano, piu il versante orientale del Sopraceneri sino a Bellinzona, attraverso la creazione di itinerari turistici e la possibilita di organizzare visite a luoghi e strutture, utilizzando postazioni multimediali e favorendo la diffusione virtuale delle conoscenze con diversi ...
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STENCIL: Science Teaching European Network for Creativity and Innovation in Learning

Start date: Jan 1, 2011,

STENCIL includes 21 members from 9 European countries, providing joint expertise to contribute to the improvement of science teaching, by promoting innovative methodologies and creative solutions that make science studies more attractive for students. STENCIL will offer to science teachers, schools, school leaders, policy makers and practitioners in science education from all over Europe, a platfo ...
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