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Preparation of a strategy of adaptation to climate change with use of city climate mapping and public participation (LIFE_ADAPTCITY_PL)

Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

... climate adaptation strategy for Warsaw; A series of local conferences and an international conference to promote the climate change adaptation measures implemented in Warsaw; A study tour to Stuttgart to allow Polish cities representatives to learn from German initiatives and solutions; Three study tours to exchange experience with other LIFE+ projects working on the issue; A manual on clima ...
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Berufliche Weiterbildung in der Toskana/Volterra/Italien - TEAM VOLTERRA

Start date: Jul 1, 2016, End date: Jun 30, 2018,

In all areas of previous activities in international mobility is to be seen that the willingness of students and young workers is very little, to make use of these mobility opportunities. In addition, it is also difficult to convince companies to allow their apprentices and workers to go in an other state or take foreign apprentices. Therefore must in the craft the responsible manager in the compa ...
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Learning routes and tools for individual training

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Jun 30, 2017,

The European instruments, like EQF and ECVET have an impact and force the training organizations all over Europe to engage in re-design their operational learning environments to reply to this new dimension and requirements of training. But the easiest and most common approach to face this change seems no more than a splitting of the former and more extensive training courses, into more basic and ...
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Berufliche Weiterbildung in der Toskana/Volterra/Italien

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

In all areas of previous activities in international mobility is to be seen that the willingness of students and young workers is very little, to make use of these mobility opportunities. In addition, it is also difficult to convince companies to allow their apprentices and workers to go in an other state or take foreign apprentices. Therefore must in the craft the responsible manager in the compa ...
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MObility for Vocational and Educational Training 2.0

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

The project MOVET 2.0 combines the Province of Reggio Emilia, 9 technical and professional high schools of the province, the Emilia-Romagna Region, the Chamber of Commerce, the main local trade associations, in addition to receiving partners and many European SMEs interested in a transnational dimension of business and labor market. The project develops mobility experiences for 90 students and 36 ...
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Clean Hydrogen in European Cities (CHIC)

Start date: Apr 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

The Clean Hydrogen in European Cities (CHIC) Project is the essential next step to full commercialisation of hydrogen powered fuel cell (H2FC) buses. CHIC will reduce the ‘time to market’ for the technology and support ‘market lift off’ – 2 central objectives of the Joint Undertaking.CHIC will:- Intensively test the technology to generate learning for the final steps towards commercialisation by o ...
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Innovation Management Capacity Building of SME by the Enterprise Europe Network Baden-Württemberg 2 (BW-KAM2)

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

SMEs are the driving force of economic growth and job creation in Europe: 20.7 million SMEs in the non-financial business economy make up ~99% EU enterprises. 85% of new jobs in the private sector created by SMEs provide more than two thirds of total jobs (more than 87 million). And SMEs account for more than 58% of the total gross-value added in Europe. For SMEs, the backbone of European industry ...
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MObility in Vocational and Educational TRAining for the Development of Enterprises international competitiveness

Start date: Dec 15, 2015, End date: Dec 14, 2016,

PROJECT’s BACKGROUND MOVE4TRADE is a trans-regional project developed in Emilia Romagna, Piedmont and Tuscany, three Italian regions characterized by a similar economic and social system. In times of financial and economic crisis, the project aims to develop internationalization strategies for SMEs, in order to promote their survival, the growth of the local communities and the increasing of the ...
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Transitioning towards Urban Resilience and Sustainability (TURAS)

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

The “TURaS” project aims to bring together urban communities, researchers, local authorities and SMEs to research, develop, demonstrate and disseminate transition strategies and scenarios to enable European cities and their rural interfaces to build vitally-needed resilience in the face of significant sustainability challenges. To ensure maximum impact, the TURaS project has developed an innovati ...
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Sustainable use of and identification with the River Neckar in co-operative governance (national, municipal and regional level) (MY FAVOURITE RIVER)

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

Background Medium-sized and large rivers flowing through densely populated urban areas typically fall under more than one jurisdiction in Germany. The national level is guardian of waterways development and security, whilst the local municipality has responsibility for local requirements. Their interests can overlap and compete in the management of rivers ...
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EXPLORE - EXTENDED EXPLOITATION OF EUROPEAN RESEARCH PROJECTS’ KNOWLEDGE AND RESULTS (EXPLORE)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2015,

The European Manufacturing Industry competitiveness and sustainability strongly depends on Innovation, targeting new consumer needs and societal challenges. This calls for significant public and private investments in R&D, but also a growing capability to transform the created knowledge into new products, processes, services and business models.Many of these challenges are multi-sectorial as the t ...
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VALUEADDED (VALUE+)

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

Cities throughout North West Europe (NWE) welcome the challenge to increase public involvement in decision-making and planning. However. the major problems facing Europe cannot be addressed using entirely local approaches. This also requires strategic. coordinated responses. VALUE+ will demonstrate how cities can best integrate bottom-up and top-down approaches. It will show how we can both deepen ...
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Innovation Management Capacity Building of SME by the Enterprise Europe Network Baden-Württemberg (BW-KAM)

Start date: May 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2014,

SMEs are the driving force of economic growth and job creation in Europe: 20.7 Million SMEs in the non-financial business economy make up ~99% EU enterprises. 85 % of new jobs in the private sector created by SMEs provide more than two thirds of total jobs (more than 87M). And SMEs account for more than 58% of the total gross-value added in Europe. For SMEs, the backbone of the European Industry, ...
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Towards Regional spEcialisation for Smart growth spirit (TRES)

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

Europe faces a moment of global transformation and must now take charge of its future. In the meantime, the world is moving fast and long-term challenges – globalisation, pressure on resources, ageing – intensify. Europe can succeed if it acts collectively, as a Union. Regions need a strategy to come out stronger from the crisis, overcome structural weaknesses and contribute to turn the EU into a ...
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Electromobility solutions for cities and regions (ELMO`s)

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

The overall goal of the proposed project is to promote more sustainable transport through the development of electromobility solutions for cities and regions (ELMOS). The projects aims at delivering concepts for a better exchange of electromobility knowledge at regional and EU level, concepts for new business models and for cross-border field tests which should lead to an improved standardisation ...
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Sustainable Freight Transport - Now and Tomorrow (SusFreight)

Start date: Aug 31, 2013, End date: Nov 29, 2014,

The Alps are a unique region at the heart of Europe, to be protected and remain attractive for its inhabitants. However, they are also a major natural bottleneck, increasingly challenging the dynamic economies in the region and their transport demand. The ever-growing transport across the Alps, in particular freight transport, has over decades led to an environmentally and also economically threat ...
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Development and application of mitigation and adaptation strategies and measures for counteracting the global Urban Heat Islands phenomenon (UHI)

Start date: Apr 30, 2011, End date: Apr 29, 2014,

As population of our cities grow, so does land area and this result in increase of an average temperature. The buildings and roads absorb temperature produced during the day, like giant heaters, and store it. The energy is then released during the night time. This often means a big difference in the temperature between city and its surrounding areas.This phenomenon is called the Urban Heat Island ...
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Countering diet-related diseases through competitive regional food- and physical activity clusters (AFRESH)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

"The European Commission has identified poor diets and low physical activity levels as health challenges wich should be adressed by actions across policy areas and engaging a range of public and private actors. Research points to a necessary link between nutrition and physical activity, but regional health economies need better collaboration between triple-helix actors to tap this potential.This p ...
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European Collaborative and Open Regional Innovation Strategies (EURIS)

Start date: Dec 31, 2009, End date: Dec 30, 2013,

...f OI policy implications demands a high level of cooperation, reason why a Mini Programme has been designed, by a partnership made up by some of the EU powerhouses on the OI field (Stuttgart, Eindhoven), and catching up regions (Navarra, Lodz and West-Pannon), allowing, by the means of Subprojects, the further research, analysis and exchange of existing Good Practices, and the joint development of ...
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Removing barriers to regional rail transport (INTER-Regio-Rail)

Start date: Mar 31, 2010, End date: Mar 30, 2013,

Facing an increasing intermodal competition and radical social and demographical changes, Regional Rail Transport (RRT) in Central Europe has to be improved. Traditionally RRT has focused on large groups of passengers such as commuters and tourists. With settlement structures and places of employment dispersing and leisure activities diversifying RRT more and more has to adapt its offer to passeng ...
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Clusters & Cooperation for Regional Development in Central Europe (CLUSTERS-CORD)

Start date: Feb 28, 2010, End date: Feb 27, 2013,

The project general objective is to strengthen the cooperation among clusters from the same thematic field but different geographical origin, through the creation of 5 Strategic Cooperation plans which will result in creation at least 3 so called “meta-clusters”. The project has selected 10 key industries that will be closely examined: Mobility & Logistics; Professional Services; ICT; Automotive & ...
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Making Knowledge Work (MKW)

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

... approaches, methodologies and activities. Examples of good practices include Creative Conversion Factory (CCF, Brainport Eindhoven), Innoscope SME innovation tool (region Lille), Competence Centres (Stuttgart Region) and Innovative Public Procurement (Helsinki Region). Intensive exchanges of experiences took place during fact-finding missions that provided first hand experience, while project par ...
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ducer Services for European Sustainability and Competitiveness (PROSESC)

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

...Climate Change), et al.In first half of 2012 PROSESC carried out a series of activities in the field of creative engineering. For example a e-car sound competition was carried out in the region of Stuttgart with more than 50 sound designers experimenting on future sound of mobility. The results were presented at the Elektromobiler Jahresauftakt of the Region and gained a lot of publicity -the Prim ...
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Valuing Attractive Landscapes in the Urban Economy (VALUE)

Start date: Jun 30, 2008, End date: Sep 29, 2012,

AIM: To demonstrate the economic value of green infrastructure at the city/region scale and to show how to target green investments to maximise competitive benefits to communities throughout NWE. Green infrastructure* is a valuable part of our urban economy. However. as urbanisation increases throughout NWE. public and private greenspaces are being lost to housing and commercial developments. A ...
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SHARE - Sustainable Hydropower in Alpine Rivers Ecosystems (SHARE)

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

Hydropower is the most important renewable resource for electricity production in alpine areas: it has advantages for the global CO2 balance but creates serious environmental impacts. RES-e Directives require a renewable electricity enhance but, at the same time, the Water Framework Directive obliges member States to reach or maintain a water bodies "good" ecological status, intrinsically limiting ...
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Transalpine Transport Architects (TRANSITECTS)

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

In TRANSITECTS public institutions design common transnational intermodal solutions for freight transport in the Alpine Space. In the partnership different interests (economy, environment and transport) are integrated which is of crucial importance for a sustainable solution. Main aim of the project is to make the rail network more attractive and hence to foster its accessibility and functionality ...
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CASTLE - Cooperation Among SMEs Toward Logistic Excellence (CASTLE)

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

... Achievements: The thematic pillars of project were investigated by selecting and capitalising 20 BPs in the CASTLE Regions (Emlia-Romagna, Valencia, Stuttgart, Wielkopolska, Crete, West Transdanubia and Maribor/Slovenia). Other 30 BPs were deeply investigated outside the Partners' Regions by means of a EU survey & site visits, based on a commong m ...
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DEveloping the MObility CRedits Integrated platform enabling travellers to improve urban TranspOrt Sustainability (DEMOCRITOS)

Start date: Oct 1, 2009, End date: Sep 30, 2011,

...ects of the MCP, in particular the impact on local competitiveness due to re-location effects. The theoretical framework will be then tested in the four urban areas of Genova, Stuttgart, Lisboa and Craiova through simulations and a first demonstration pilot; results will be compared for finalizing the MCP scheme both for the participating cities and for other European municipalities."
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Design and demonstration of 3 CHP plants using two 5 kW solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) working with landfill gas and biogas from anaerobic digestion (BioSOFC)

Start date: Dec 1, 2005, End date: Mar 31, 2009,

Background Some sectors of the agro-food industry generate a significant amount of waste containing high organic content. Environmental problems associated with decomposing organic waste and manure include surface and groundwater contamination and air pollution caused by methane, as well as ammonia and unpleasant odours. Landfills already produce a third ...
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Cooperation of Regions for Innovation (CORINNA)

Start date: Jun 30, 2004, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

The operation “Corinna - Cooperation of Regions for Innovation” focuses on intensifying cross-border co-operation in the field of technology and innovation along the borders of Italy, Slovenia, Austria and Hungary. Recent studies of these regions show strong potential for capitalizing on development opportunities through cross-border cooperation in particular in the field or research, development ...
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Network of automotive regions (Automotive regions)

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

...he studyvisits and seminars have highlighted examples of good private and public sector practices and policies throughout the network, eg. Dedicated competence and innovation centres in Stuttgart Region (D), promotion and internationalisation of (car)design in Turin (I), supplier parks and dedicated logistics infrastructure in Flanders (B), strong regional cluster and technology centre in Galicia ...
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European Network of Logistics Competence Centres (ENLoCC)

Start date: Dec 31, 2003, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

...ctor and public administrations and as a base for cooperation among regions. For this purpose, the ENLoCC project was set up to establish regional competence centres, following the example of KLOK in Stuttgart Region. A first set of competence centres in Emilia Romagna Region, Carinthia and Wielkopolska was created during the first years of ENLoCC. It was planned from the beginning that there shou ...
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InterMETREX

Start date: Mar 31, 2003, End date: Nov 29, 2007,

The achievement of the objectives of the European Spatial Development Perspective (ESDP), of harmonious, balanced and sustainable development, depends to a large extent on the effectiveness of metropolitan governance and spatial planning and development practice. InterMETREX offers practical benefits by enhancing the competence, capability and processes of existing metropolitan planning, and by pr ...
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Wireless Cities - Services avancées d'accès Wireless pour les citoyens (Wireless Cities)

Start date: Sep 30, 2005, End date: Nov 29, 2007,

Information technologies are an ideal tool for improving citizens quality of life, but they have to be affordable, reliable and user-friendly. The regions and cities in the consortium are all interested in the use and promotion of new technologies and citizen training. This interest is evident in regional plans and policies on information technologies (ICT). Such plans of action have been supporte ...
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lyMETREXplus - Vers une Europe Métropolitaine Polycentrique (PolyMETREXplus)

Start date: Feb 29, 2004, End date: Nov 29, 2007,

The idea of the project is to provide a specific, effective answer to the Scheme for Developing the Community Area, and especially to the three Political Options that refer directly to metropolitan areas. • To strengthen several large, global, economic integration areas in the EU. • To develop a more balanced, multi-central system for metropolitan regions and town networks. • Complementarity: to h ...
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REGional standardised Interfaces for a better integration of regional SMEs in the European Economy (REGINS)

Start date: Jan 31, 2004, End date: Jan 30, 2007,

Since competitiveness in most industries is now determined on a global scale, companies need to continuously develop their products and production processes to stay ahead of the game. However, innovation and development processes are becoming more and more complex, calling for resources and competences often beyond the reach of an individual company, especially if that company is small. Cooperatio ...
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ARTERY (Restoring & Redeveloping Riverside Landscapes as Regions' Artery) (ARTERY)

Start date: Apr 7, 2002, End date: Oct 6, 2006,

This project, led by the Association of Local Authorities in the Ruhr District, and bringing on board 15 partners from Germany, the UK and Netherlands, aims to restore 16 ‘riverscapes’ (river landscapes) as the arteries of the regions involved. It also looks at ways to improve access to the rivers and revitalise them as focal points for recreation and regional economic development. The partner reg ...
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Archaeological Resources in Cultural Heritage, a European Standard

Start date: Jun 1, 2012,

Archaeological archives consist of all material deemed worthy of retention generated by any type of archaeological project. This includes the historic artefacts as well as the written, drawn, and photographic records and the digital data about the site and its associated finds collection. The successful preservation of the archive for the future benefit of the people of Europe depends on the imple ...
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Empowering Policies on Urban Sustainability (URBAN_EMPATHY)

URBAN EMPATHY will consolidate a permanent structure to work on transforming existing results from preselected MED projects and key European programmes into effective policies related to Sustainable Urban Models (SUMO). - 1st (WP3), the results will be evaluated through a set of transferability criteria and cross checked to ensure that they comply with the SUMO shared by the partners. In parallel, ...
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