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Promoting Sustainable Freight Transport in Urban Contexts:Policy and Decision-Making Approaches (PROSFET)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

Within a context of growing urban population, advances in urban logistics operations and improved local authority planning, especially in the field of the urban freight transport, can alleviate the associated negative environmental and economic impacts occurring in cities.Several types of stakeholders are involved in such urban logistics management processes. Among them, freight carriers and shipp ...
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Multiple-actOrs Virtual Empathic CARgiver for the Elder (MoveCare)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

MoveCare develops and field tests an innovative multi-actor platform that supports the independent living of the elder at home by monitoring, assist and promoting activities to counteract decline and social exclusion. It comprises 3 hierarchical layers: 1) A service layer provides monitoring and intervention. It endows objects of everyday use with advanced processing capabilities and integrates th ...
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DIVERSITY OF LOCAL PIG BREEDS AND PRODUCTION SYSTEMS FOR HIGH QUALITY TRADITIONAL PRODUCTS AND SUSTAINABLE PORK CHAINS (TREASURE)

Start date: Apr 1, 2015, End date: Mar 31, 2019,

Research and development activities are proposed for the benefit of sustainable pork chains based on European local pig breeds and their production systems. Workprogramme is planned to respond to consumer demands for quality and healthiness of pork products with regional identity and societal demands for environment preservation and development of local agro-economy. Description and evaluation of ...
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Silver Workers

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

The project idea is to offer to 50s+ jobseekers (unemployed and/or dismissed), so-called “silver workers” the re-integration into the job market by mainly transforming their hobbies and other interests into start up’s. Recently, middle-aged workers have suddenly found themselves out of work, forced after years and perhaps decades to reinvent a new professional and a new life. The basic objective o ...
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Interactive Mathematics by implementing a Blended-Learning model with Augmented Reality and Game books

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

The main aim of the project is to implement a blended model, explore and develop innovative approaches, student centered, for all students, including also the share of low and top achievers students, supported by ICT tools, to teaching and learning mathematics for the upper secondary education (10th to 12th grade). At the same time, teachers and students will also develop skills in information tec ...
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International research network for study and development of new tools and methods for advanced pedagogical science in the field of ICT instruments, e-learning and intercultural competences (IRNet)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

"Nowadays, we can observe a rapid transition of the knowledge society to the ""society of global competence"", in which both the global economy and the education systems are undergoing changes. It is evident, that without an active implementation of innovative forms and methods of education, and above all, distance learning at all levels of education these objectives cannot be successfully achieve ...
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AGFORWARD

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

Agroforestry is the practice of deliberately integrating woody vegetation (trees or shrubs) with crop and/or animal systems to benefit from the resulting ecological and economic interactions. AGFORWARD (AGroFORestry that Will Advance Rural Development) is a four-year project, developed by 23 organisations at the forefront of agroforestry research, practice and promotion in Europe, with the goal o ...
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Innovation and Capacity Building in Higher Education for Cultural Management, Hospitality and Sustainable Tourism in European Cultural Routes

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

CULTOUR+ is a Strategic Partnership of universities, local governments, SMEs and NGOs, that following the mainlines of the Higher Education Modernisation Agenda, will offer high quality and innovative tools and courses based in innovation, international mobility and cross-border cooperation to enhance capacity building in higher education curricula in the fields of cultural tourism and hospitality ...
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Innovative Training and New Business opportunities in the Energy Market

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

Companies will need to adapt their business models to respond to a power environment that could be transformed by changes such as decentralised power, technological changes and a very different customer outlook. The objective of the IBM+ project is to design an elaborate a Training Plan to increase the energy sector agents and future professional skills for the identification of new energy market ...
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Sharing Best Agroecological Practice for Resilient Production Systems in Dryland and Drought Conditions (EcoDry)

Start date: Feb 1, 2014, End date: May 31, 2017,

...ations, including climate change, through collaboration of joint research and capacity building activities between participating universities: the Centre for Agroecology and Food Security at Coventry University, UK (CU-UK), University of Extremadura, Spain (UEX-SP), University of Yucatan, Mexico (UY-MEX), University of Stellenbosch, South Africa (US-SA), and National Centre for Research and Develo ...
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Multipurpose hemp for industrial bioproducts and biomass (MULTIHEMP)

Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: Feb 28, 2017,

Hemp is a sustainable high yielding crop well adapted to most European conditions, with advantageous environmental and agronomical characteristics. Traditionally cultivated for the fibres, seeds and psychoactive substances, it is now considered an ideal crop to produce innovative biomaterials. Once a key industrial crop for fibre, hemp production declined in the last century and was displaced by c ...
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Satiety Innovation (SATIN)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

The SATIN project has been devised to develop food products produced by novel food processing that control satiety through modification of food structure. To achieve this the SATIN project will:1. Integrate advanced technologies to screen novel food structures through in vitro models toisolate and refine products according to their satiating potential.2. Develop novel food processing technologies ...
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INNOVACTIS 2015-2016

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

The objective of this project is to provide innovation support services in 2015 and 2016 to SMEs in the regions covered by the consortium members. These innovation support services will be differentiated for two groups of SMEs: a) SMEs that have been selected as beneficiaries of the SME instrument, phase 1 or phase 2. For these companies, the consortium members will offer Key Account Management (K ...
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Multifunctional Energy Efficient Façade System for Building Retrofitting (MeeFS Retrofitting)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

The building envelope (roof, façade and basements) is the key element to address in order to achieve the energy efficiency in the retrofitting of buildings, where the façade represent the largest part of the heat transmission surface and includes a number of critical components (like windows, balconies, ventilation units,etc) and thermal bridge phenomena.The present project aims to develop an ener ...
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Coaches of SMEs: 5POINTS Trainings

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

Numerical results obtained from both European Committee reports and national reports show the importance of SMEs for the economy of the country. Giving coaching trainings to these establishments which are so important for national development is vital in order to make them to contribute more to the country economy. After the financial crisis in Europe and carrying out examinations on SMEs, it is a ...
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Green Employment

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

Multilateral Youth Exchange.Coordinating Entity: Association “El Cerro de Extremadura”.Venue: Burguillos del Cerro-Badajoz-SpainCelebration Date: From 2 to 9 of May 2016 (8 days of activities)Partners: Bulgaria, Cyprus, Poland, Italy and Ireland.Participants: Five young people from each country between 20 and 30 years, accompanied by coordinator or leader for each group.The project stems from the ...
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Responsible ICT Network (R-ICT)

Start date: Mar 1, 2014, End date: Feb 29, 2016,

R-ICT aims to: Ensure coherent and consistent coordination of CSR issues in the ICT sector, in order to encourage and enable enterprises across the EU to apply and promote CSR, through strategic partnerships with relevant stakeholders, based on good practices that show the societal benefits that can be delivered by ICT.R-ICT is relevant to ICT-PSP as it is in line with and contributes to the DAE, ...
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Statistical Physics in Diverse Realisations (SPIDER)

Start date: Feb 1, 2012, End date: Jan 31, 2016,

The SPIDER IRSES aims to draw together the complementary knowledge, know-how, methodology and skills of 5 EU teams with 6 carefully selected non-EU groups to tackle problems at the forefront of contemporary research into complex systems. These are in the overlapping themes of complex bio- socio- and materials science.The notion of soft matter subsumes a wide range of systems that traditionally wer ...
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INNOV-ACTIS

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

The objective of this project is to provide innovation support services to SMEs in the regions covered by the consortium members. These innovation support services will be differentiated for two groups of SMEs:• SMEs that have been selected as beneficiaries of the SME instrument, phase 1 or phase 2. For these companies, the consortium members will offer Key Account Management (KAM) services, which ...
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REgional policies towards GREEN buildings (RE-GREEN)

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

Over the last two years, the concept of 'green economy' has moved to the mainstream of the international and European policy discourse (OECD, UN, EC). Global economic crisis and the increased attention to climate change mitigation have intensified the need for a new economic paradigm. The greening of economies has the potential of being a new engine of growth, contributing to sustainable economic ...
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Digital Agenda for New Tourism Approach in European Rural and Mountain Areas (DANTE)

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

The objective of DANTE is to improve the effectiveness of the regional policies in the area of Innovation, by enhancing the key enabling role that Information Society can play in the tourism economy of rural and mountain areas.In line with the growth strategy of the Lisbon Agenda, DANTE aims to promote a new regional policy approach to design a knowledge-based plan for the tourism economy of the r ...
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Towards inclusive research programming for sustainable food innovations (INPROFOOD)

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

Over the past decade, most EU Member States have identified food and health as key priorities. This is in response to increases in obesity and diet-related chronic diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases amongst their populations. Also an insufficient nutrient supply in subgroups of the populations and special demands in ageing societies are identified as abiding challenges. Attempts ...
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Zero-Impact Cultural Heritage Event Network (ZEN)

Start date: Dec 31, 2011, End date: Sep 29, 2014,

...critical impact on local context and, more in general, on the environment. In the UK alone, it is estimated that live music events produce 400,00 t Co2 annually and a 2007 survey carried out by the University of Buckinghamshire on behalf of A Greener Festival on 649 festival goers in Great Britain, Germany and the Netherlands found out that 80% were concerned about noise, 82% thought waste had a ...
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Open Source software usage by European Public Administrations (OSEPA)

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

FOSS represents a potential of significant competitiveness gains of its adopters, both for public administrations as well as citizens and companies. As a result, it is of vital importance to examine how and whether appropriate public policies can alleviate barriers and inhibitors rendering the potential benefits of FOSS actual ones and enhancing the competitiveness of European economies.Public adm ...
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Connecting the territory through the innovation network (INOLINK)

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

The INOLINK project focuses on regional policies and practices for the diffusion of innovation. It tackles the issue of innovation activities being usually concentrated on a limited number of innovative firms, typically concentrated in some geographical areas, while most of the European firms, generally SMEs, never undertake innovation. The overall objective of the INOLINK project is improving the ...
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Digital Ecosystems - Learning Applications Network (DE-LAN)

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

This Project supports the INTERREG IVC Programme’s profoundly-important objective of improving the effectiveness of regional development policies for the advancement of the knowledge economy. It will result in enhanced policies for increased regional competitiveness, job creation and growth - both at project partner level and across all EU regions – via the development, deployment and exploitatio ...
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Indicators for biodiversity in organic and low-input farming systems (BioBio)

Start date: Mar 1, 2009, End date: Aug 31, 2012,

Organic and low-input farming systems have been shown to benefit farmland biodiversity although a generic indicator system to assess these benefits at the European level is lacking. The BIOBIO project will therefore pursue the following objectives: 1. Conceptualization of criteria for a scientifically-based selection of biodiversity indicators for organic/low-input farming systems; 2. Assessment ...
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"Good animal welfare in a socio-economic context: Project to promote insight on the impact for the animal, the production chain and society of upgrading animal welfare standards." (ECONWELFARE)

Start date: Aug 1, 2008, End date: Jul 31, 2011,

"The project proposal has been prepared in response to the call KBBE-2007-1-4-15 “Assessing the socio-economic consequences and costs benefits of measures promoting good animal welfare”. Central in this call is support to develop European policies implementing the Action Plan on Animal Welfare. Overall objective of the project is related to the policy instruments needed to achieve the aims of th ...
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Brain Circulation - From Brain Drain to Brain Gain (MOREBRAIN)

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

"The Brain Drain in Europe is a worrying issue for Europe and of primary importance on a national and pan-European scale. Obviously researchers prefer to move and to stay in a country which offers them a higher salary, career development, status and of paramount significance, a prestigious institute. But when these countries are beyond the borders of Europe, we are encountering a major loss of Eur ...
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Digital Ecosystems Network of regions for DissEmination and Knowledge deployment (DEN4DEK)

Start date: Jun 4, 2008, End date: Nov 30, 2010,

Digital Ecosystems are emerging as a novel approach for the catalysis of sustainable regional development driven by SMEs. The aim of the DEN4DEK thematic network is to share experience and disseminate all the necessary knowledge that allow regions to plan an effective deployment of the Digital Ecosystems (DE) at all levels (economic, social, technical and political) in order to produce real impact ...
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Free/Libre and Open Source Software: International Cooperation development roadmap (Flossinclude)

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

Description With partners around the globe, the FLOSSInclude project is developing a roadmap for international co-operation to realise the potential of FLOSS as a tool for social and economic development.The Southern FLOSS ChallengeFree/Libre/Open Source Software (FLOSS) holds great potential for developing countries. There are no licence ...
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E-SCIENCE GRID FACILITY FOR EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA (EELA-2)

Start date: Apr 1, 2008, End date: Mar 31, 2010,

EELA-2 aims to build, on the current EELA e-Infrastructure, a high capacity, production-quality, scalable Grid Facility providing round-the-clock, worldwide access to distributed computing, storage and network resources for a wide spectrum of applications from European and Latin American scientific communities. The project will provide an empowered Grid Facility with versatile services fulfilling ...
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Enabling Desktop Grids for e-Science (EDGeS)

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

Grid systems are currently being used and adopted by a growing number of user groups and diverse application domains. However, there still exist many scientific communities whose applications require much more computing resources than existing Grids like EGEE can provide. The main objective of this project is to support these new communities:a) by providing the necessary extensions for existing Gr ...
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Introduction de l’approche basée sur les droits dans l’enseignement supérieur au Maghreb

Start date: Dec 1, 2013,

Le but du projet est de contribuer à la modernisation de l’enseignement supérieur par l’intégration de l’approche basée sur les droits de l’homme (ABDH) comme préconisé par le Programme mondial en faveur de l’éducation aux droits de l’homme dont l’objectif spécifique de la phase II est précisément l’enseignement supérieur.Objectifs spécifiques:a) Effectuer une étude sur la situation de l’ABDH dan ...
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Designing For ACcessibility and emoTiOn

...em has been tested with representatives of the target public so as to validate the results.The consortium led by CETIEX and coordinated by FUNDECYT (Spain), consisted of the following organisations:- University of Nottingham (UK)- Innovate (Ireland)- Kaunas Regional Innovation Centre (Lithuania)- XLAB (Slovenia)- X-PANEL (Cyprus)
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Establishment of Sustainable Collabotrative SME Networks

The present market situation, flexibility and efficiency necessary to acquire and maintain competitiveness in the international arena exceeds capacities of individual companies. In the case of individual SMEs, the task seems impossible.The aim of this Project is to establish collaborative networks between the SMEs in OSTİM Industrial Zone, namely; to develop the the SMEs in OSTİM Industrial Zone t ...
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EU/US International Bachelor Degree in Engineering MANagEment

Start date: Sep 16, 2010,

This project proposes a joint degree (dual degree) program between two (2) US and two (2) EU universities, namely the New Jersey Institute of Technology (USA), the Rutgers University (NJ, USA), the University of Parma (EU, Italy) and the University of Extremadura (EU, Spain). The aforementioned universities plan to develop a consortium for delivering an undergraduate joint degree program in the fi ...
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KNOWMAKERS

The KNOWMAKERS project aims to provide European SME managers with the necessary skills for the application of knowledge management procedures and tools within their own organisation.An initial analysis will be undertaken to identify barriers (particularly those resulting from the lack of competencies) to the implementation of knowledge management systems and procedures in SMEs. Training needs will ...
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Network for excellence in tourism through organizations and universities in Russia.

Start date: Oct 15, 2012,

The purpose of NETOUR is to work with Russian universities and businesses to help improve (1) university products (curricula & student expertise) and (2) tourism organizations' efficiency through a qualified workforce, in order to develop and sustain the tourism sector in Russia. Both industry and universities will work together to respond to the growing needs of the Russian tourism sector. To ful ...
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digitalearth.eu: geomedia in schools

Start date: Nov 1, 2010,

There are pockets of activity in using geo-media with geoinformation (GI) and Geographical Information Systems (GIS). Two Comenius projects supported some developments. Those involved are not networked, so the digitalearth.eu project will do this and be a place for new initiatives. An early focus will be the founding of a European Centre. This will be based at the Austrian Centre of Excellence, di ...
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