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From microbial interactions to new-concept biopesticides and biofertilizers (INTERFUTURE)

Start date: Dec 1, 2016, End date: Nov 30, 2020,

The Directive 2009/128/EC sets rules in EU for the sustainable use of pesticides to reduce the risks and impacts of pesticide use on people's health and the environment. Among the listed actions there is the promotion of low pesticide-input management including non-chemical methods. In parallel several chemical active ingredients have been banned because of toxicity concerns. The result is that gr ...
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Online courses with videos for the field of veterinary communication dealing with prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases transferable from animals to humans

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

In the current context that includes but is not limited to the warming up phenomena, the transnational and transcontinental mobility of the work force, the economic and political emigration and migration, the racial mix up, etc. the project develop specialised research and identify the most encountered infectious disease transmitted from non-human animals to humans (zoonoses). Zoonotic diseases re ...
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International University Cooperation on Land Protection in European-Asiatic Countries

Start date: Oct 15, 2015, End date: Oct 14, 2018,

Soil and land degradation refers to all process(es) by which soil declines in quality and is thus made less fit for a specific purpose, such the crop production. Education will play a crucial role in the land degradation protection. This involves an opportunity and implies rethinking and reorganizing higher education institutions (HEIs) to become effective change agents in terms of learning out ...
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Innovative eco friendly traps for the control of Pine Lepidoptera in urban and recreational places. (LIFE PISA)

Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Jun 30, 2017,

Background The pine processionary (Thaumetopoea pityocampa) and pine tree lappet (Dendrolimus pini) are moths of the families Thaumetopoeidae and Lasiocampidae. They are abundant species found in pine woods in north, central and southern Europe. Because their larvae, or caterpillars, feed on the needles of pine trees and some other conifer tree species, t ...
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Emerging viral vector borne diseases (VMERGE)

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

The project intends to address the risk of emerging viral vector borne diseases in two main categories of arthropods known to transmit important animal and zoonotic diseases: mosquitoes (Aedes and Culex), and Culicoides biting midges. A research proposal targeting potential emerging viral disease risks related to these vectors will be carried out through original and integrated multidisciplinary a ...
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FORest management strategies to enhance the MITigation potential of European forests (FORMIT)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

"Forest management can lead to continuous carbon sequestration, while timber as a renewable energy source can used as a substitute for fossil fuel, thus multiplying this mitigation effect. FORMIT aims to develop forest management scenarios for carbon sequestration in Europe, including mitigation measures and management strategies for different regions, and accounting for trade-offs with other fore ...
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Future-oriented integrated management of European forest landscapes (INTEGRAL)

Start date: Nov 1, 2011, End date: Oct 31, 2015,

"The vital environmental and socio-economic role of European forests is well documented and acknowledged in policy documents of both the European Union and its member states. However, there are critical incoherencies within and between trans-national, national and local forest-related land use policies, the central issue being mismatches between the policies and their implementation at the landsca ...
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Traveller Information System for the Adriatic Region (TISAR)

Start date: Sep 30, 2012, End date: Sep 29, 2015,

TISAR (Traveller Information System for the Adriatic Region) will raise a discussion over the theme of public transport data sharing and multimodal traveller information at political and technical level. The aim of the project is the implementation of an ICT platform where public transport and journey planning data will be merged and made available in the languages of the IPA Countries. The TISAR ...
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Shared Project for Environmental Evaluation with DYnamic governance (SPEEDY)

Start date: Aug 31, 2012, End date: Aug 30, 2015,

The project is structured in 7 WPs. • WP1 and WP2 are transversal activities. The first one will guarantee the coordination of the projects' activities and the second one will ensure the continuous exchange of information among beneficiaries and institutions operating in the interested territories. • The 5 technical WPs will allow reaching the aim of the project through the shared construction of ...
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Remote Laser Welding System Navigator for Eco & Resilient Automotive Factories (RLW Navigator)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Jun 30, 2015,

RLW Navigator aims to develop an innovative Process Navigator to configure, integrate, test and validate applications of Remote Laser Welding (RLW) in automotive assembly addressing today's critical needs for frequently changing operating conditions and product-mix provisions. Thus, RLW Navigator will crucially serve as an enabler for future energy efficient smart factories. RLW is emerging as a p ...
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Companion Animals multisectoriaL interprofessionaL and Interdisciplinary Strategic Think tank On zoonoses (CALLISTO)

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

Since more and increasingly different species of animals are kept as companions one has to face the fact that apart from the well documented positive effects of human-animal interaction there are negative consequences as well. CALLISTO will focus on the risks of zoonotic infectious diseases associated with companion animals. To do so, we will form a multidisciplinary, multisectorial and interprofe ...
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Traffic- Health- Environment. Intelligent Solutions Sustaining Urban Economies (THE ISSUE)

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

This proposal is presented by a consortium of regional research clusters whose core members are already pursuing research and technology development (RTD) in programmes that map on to their local or regional transport policy priorities. Common themes of expertise within the consortium apply to the fields of Traffic, Health and Environment (THE); the objective of the project is to apply this resear ...
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ansnational network for SME support in the animal breeding and horticulture sector  (AGRO-START)

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

The South Est Europe (SEE) economic area is a SME-based economy in which the sectors of horticulture and animal breeding play a vital role regarding economic growth and employment opportunities. However, SMEs face severe common problems in sustainably keeping up their competitiveness in their national and on the European market. Project partners have decided to tackle the urgent need to improve bu ...
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South East Europe improved virtual accessibility through joint initiatives facilitating the rollout of broadband networks  (SIVA)

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

1. Background and objectives Access to information, broadband connectivity and financing of virtual accessibility are key components necessary for the development, adoption and use of ICT in the economy and society. Inadequacies in the telecommunication infrastructure and accessibility to services among the individual countries and regions of the programme area hamper significantly competitiveness ...
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f Offshore Wind Energy: Research, Experimentation, Development (POWERED)

Start date: Feb 28, 2011, End date: Mar 30, 2014,

POWERED aims to define a set of strategies and shared methods for the development of the off-shore wind energy in all the Countries overlooking the Adriatic Sea. Such energetic choice could allow a rapid increase of installations, thanks to the reduction of the problems related to landscape topic that are frequently the main obstacles to the creation of wind parks in high density population territ ...
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Improve tools and strategies for the prevention and control of classical swine fever (CSFV_goDIVA)

Start date: Mar 1, 2009, End date: Feb 28, 2013,

Although classical swine fever (CSF) has been eradicated in wide areas within the EU the disease is endemic in some new member states particularly in back yard pigs. In order to improve the eradication strategies the project aims are a) the final development and testing of a live marker vaccine candidate for the prevention and improved control of CSF, both orally and intramuscularly applicable; b) ...
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Increasing endangered biodiversity in agricultural and semi-natural areas: a demonstrative management model (DINAMO)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2012,

... trademark, which will give added value to their produce and potentially increase revenues. Furthermore, during the final year of the project, the University of Molise established contact among farmers participating in the forum and the university’s Employees' Recreational Club in order to encourage the creation of a fair trade group. The farmers presented gift baskets to the university club a ...
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International network for capacity building for the control of emerging viral vector borne zoonotic diseases (ARBO-ZOONET)

Start date: May 1, 2008, End date: Oct 31, 2012,

"West Nile Fever (WNF), Rift Valley Fever (RVF) and Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) are arthropod-borne diseases of different domestic and wild animals and can also affect humans, posing a great threat to public health because of their epidemic and zoonotic potential. Their geographical distribution has expanded in recent decades. WNF outbreaks have already occurred in Europe, CCHF is ende ...
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Climate Change and Impacts on Water Supply (CC-WaterS)

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

Climate change (CC) affects fresh water resources and may have significant influence on public drinking water supply. Land use activities exert pressure on water resources and will change according to CC. It is crucial for safeguarding future water supply to anticipate these climate and land use changes and to assess their impacts on water resources. Transnational action is needed to prepare SEE f ...
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NEW ISSUES IN AGRICULTURAL, FOOD AND BIOENERGY TRADE (AgFoodTRAde)

Start date: May 1, 2008, End date: Sep 30, 2011,

International trade reflects complex dynamic processes driven by demographic, socio-economic, technological and political changes. Therefore, future evolution of world markets is highly uncertain. The project builds on past research but emphasizes issues usually overlooked by standard assessments of trade liberalization such as: • the impact of demand from energy markets which could affect agricul ...
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Integral sustainability of Tourism (SITUR)

Start date: Oct 1, 2001, End date: Sep 30, 2004,

Background Rural tourism is a new product in expansion throughout Europe. It has similar features in every area, particularly in southern Europe where these policies are undergoing vigorous growth at present. However, tourism is not an innocuous business. Europe has long experience of the environmental deterioration that accompanies tourism, especially ...
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Situated Mobile Language Learning

Start date: Nov 1, 2010,

Mobile devices - personal, portable, multimedia, ubiquitous, connected - have the potential to transform many aspects of learning. Language learning provides a prime testbed for mobile learning. It is widely acknowledged that learning about the language and culture of another country is most effective in-situ, yet no technologies currently support learners' informal situated learning while in a ta ...
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ERM – Engineering of Risk Management

The ERM project aims at helping European SMEs, in particular very small companies, to avoid marginalisation in the process of integration and competition, as a result of the recent enlargement of the European Union. To do so, the project will establish a system for co-operation amongst companies, research organisations, financial & training bodies and local authorities with the aim of stimulating ...
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e-based Content and Language Integrated Learning Training

e-CLILT (e-based Content and Language Integrated Learning Training) addressesdirectly the 2007 Priorities about `Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)'. Itaims at enhancing the quality and European dimension of the teacher training in aconsortium of eight partner countries (IT, AT, ES, FR, GR, PL, SK, UK).The aims of the project can be divided into a teaching and learning dimension (to w ...
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Intergenerational Learning in Organisations

Start date: Oct 1, 2007,

A changing European demography coupled with an increasing need for technical competence in many sectors, led to the Intergenerational Learning (IGLOO) project being launched. Conscious of the potential for conflict, in particular within learning and training situations, with younger workers increasingly at the helm, the IGLOO project targeted human resources professionals and aimed at capacity-bui ...
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ON-LANG.NET – On-line Languages Acquisition Network Grouping Contents in Education and Training

The ON-LANG.NET project aims at developing an on-line evaluation model relating to language competence, in particular to modern foreign languages. The main aim of the project is the development of an innovative, foreign language, e-learning approach able to support evaluation by means of technological resources (TELL – Technology-Enhanced Language Learning) and the related testing of accreditable ...
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