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Adding socio-economic value to industry through the integration of artists in research and open innovation processes. (VERTIGO)

Start date: Dec 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2020,

The VERTIGO project provides a major opportunity to develop more inclusive, intercultural, and thus productive and innovative approaches to the participation of artists in ICT research activities and for promoting synergies between creative arts, businesses, research organizations and the society at general. If the digital economy of Europe is to prosper over the long term, then its full and diver...
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Zero-defect manufacturing strategies towards on-line production management for European factories (Z-Fact0r)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Mar 31, 2020,

Manufacturing represents approximately 21 % of the EU’s GDP and 20 % of its employment, providing more than 30 million jobs in 230 000 enterprises, mostly SMEs. Moreover, each job in industry is considered to be linked to two more in related services. European manufacturing is also a dominant element in international trade, leading the world in areas such as automotive, machinery and agricultural ...
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Turning silver into gold through management strategies that effectively address an ageing and multi-generational workforce

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

EC Europe 2020 Strategy points to increased ageing and low employment, especially of older workers, as two of Europe’s main structural weaknesses. EC proposed a target for 75% overall employment rate for 2020, which specifically needs greater involvement of older workers and for Member-States to promote innovative active ageing policies. The adoption of this Strategy was followed by the Council co...
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EURO4SCIENCE 2.0 – Spin Off of a Forensic Science Educational Strategy Promoting Scientific Literacy and European Students Citizenship

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

Euro4Science 2.0 is a spinoff of a very sucessfull partnership, previous Euro4Science erasmus + Project. Considering Euro4Science 1, a sucessfull strategic partnership, from the participants and partners feedback we also identified several needs and opportunities that justify a new project with much wider scope and ambition in pursuit of innovative and mobilizing practices in secondary school edu...
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Aerospace Engineering ECVET Resources Online

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

Aerospace is a vital industry sector across the EU. Recognising and addressing skills gaps and enabling the personal development of well-trained and skilled employees to support growth will make a significant contribution to the advancement of the key Europe 2020 aims of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. In particular, the AEERO project will contribute towards the objectives of the 'Agenda...
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Bridging digital storytelling and business modelling for developing entrepreneurship training for adults from rural and isolated areas

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

The Entrepreneurship 2020 Action Plan points out that to bring Europe back to growth and higher levels of employment we need to “bring about an entrepreneurial revolution in Europe”. It also states that investing in entrepreneurship education is one of the “highest return investments Europe can make”. Europe has to open up paths into entrepreneurship also for groups that are underrepresented among...
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Development of curricula on Accessible Tourism for VET Tourism Courses

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

Facilitating tourism experiences for persons with special needs is an essential element of any policy for the development of responsible and accessible tourism. Staff in any touristic venue plays an important role in reducing potential barriers in access or in mitigating unforeseen difficulties. Training in disability awareness and customer care can minimize the barriers encountered by persons wit...
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Organizational success through employee satisfaction

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

Some companies are truly holding their own in today’s economic climate. They are continuing to exceed customer expectations, maintain employee productivity, and innovate to gain a competitive edge— all within the confines of reductions in staff, budgets, and income. They are cultivating a positive organizational climate in a negative economic one. Creating a positive organizational climate is not ...
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CARMA, RMA and other non-formal learning methods for Student Motivation

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

The CARMA project introduces non-formal learning methods as a collaborative learning strategy to innovate school culture and transform classroom practices. The Reciprocal Maieutic Approach (RMA) will be used as an inclusive assessment tool for increasing teachers’ skills. The results achieved by the partnership will be applied for pushing policies towards the inclusion of disadvantaged learners an...
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INTENT - Intercultural competences and development for new target groups

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

BUPNET has carried out many training courses at local and regional level that have been funded primarily by the German ESF. Up to now, the staff members involved in this type of courses have not worked in a European context and have a great need for developing new competences that would enable them to become involved in the development and provision of European and international courses. Moreover,...
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EUROPEAN RESEARCHERS' NIGHT - TRAVELING THROUGH THE SCIENTIFIC HUB OF THE NORTH OF PORTUGAL (ScienceScovery)

Start date: Apr 1, 2016, End date: Nov 30, 2017,

"There is a growing awareness about the decisive role that research and innovation play in the resolution of many problems that European societies, such as Portugal, are facing. Investing more in research, innovation and entrepreneurship is at the heart of Europe 2020 and is a crucial part of Europe's response to the economic crisis. Coordinated by INOVA+, ScienceScovery offers a voyage of discove...
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Innovative Strategic Management Games as a teaching methodology for entrepreneurship and business education

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

According to the Europe2020 Strategy, Europe should become the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world. The Europe2020 Strategy conclusions stressed the central role of education and training as the main instrument to increase human capital. MMost of the managers are only partially satisfied with the training of the employees. The main reason why employers consider traini...
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Increasing the labour market relevance of VET provision and reducing skills mismatches and shortages in the new booming "Sharing Economy" sector

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

According to the European Economic and Social Committee's Opinion Paper INT/686 "Collaborative or participatory consumption, a sustainability model for the 21st century", collaborative or participatory consumption is spreading to a growing number of communities and cities around the world, which are using technological networks to do more with less, through activities such as hiring, lending, exch...
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Enhancing coding skills in European schools

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

In the global society, education and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) are intimately connected. Technology is evolving at such a pace that digital literacy is a growing issue to be addressed by all sectors of the society. Development and sustainability in this global society, is only possible with informed consumers’ and a good digital task force. Professionals of the 21st century t...
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Silver Age Silver Sage Initiative

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

The ageing of the EU population and workforce represents a great challenge to societies and economies, requiring relevant changes in labour markets. SASSI intends to focus on empowerment of the ageing workforce, developing innovative training strategies that can be applied both in continuous professional development (CPD) for 50+ employees and in VET programmes for adult job seekers. The idea is ...
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IMAILE

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

In line with the FP 7 call for proposals the objective of IMAILE is to use the PCP process to identify new technologies and services which address the challenge of providing the next generation of Personal Learning Environments (PLE) for primary and secondary school.This common challenge is identified by the consortium in order to meet an increased demand of personalized learning in the 21st centu...
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Fostering Web Entrepreneurship in Europe: e-talent, e-mentoring, e-services and e-capital for e-entrepreneurs (ePlus Ecosystem)

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

The ePlus ecosystem project will develop and deploy an online and onsite environment, building on and interconnecting existing ecosystems, hubs and initiatives, in order to setup a runway for web entrepreneurs to start and scaleup a business in Europe and grow internationally. This European ecosystem will help web-entrepreneurs to develop and scale up their ideas and businesses, from a business in...
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Public Participation in Developing a Common Framework for Assessment and Management of Sustainable Innovation (CASI)

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

"The proposal responds to the Horizon 2020 challenge called ""Climate action, resource efficiency and raw materials”. In addition, it addresses the second specific challenge of the Mobilising and Mutual Learning Action Plans (MMLAP) topics, listed in the Science in Society call for proposals of the Capacities Work Programme 2013, namely ""Assessment of sustainable innovation"". The project’s main ...
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Development of Coordination Mechanisms During Different Kinds of Emergencies (COncORDE)

Start date: May 1, 2014, End date: Apr 30, 2017,

The threat of mass casualty incidents or medical surges to healthcare systems has always been present. Preparing essential parts of the healthcare system such as hospitals and their partners to prevent, respond, and rapidly recover from these threats is critical for protecting and securing the entire health infrastructure. Large-scale disaster situations causing mass casualty incidents are charact...
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TOURISM ENTREPRENEURSHIP AS A LONG LASTING MODEL Generating profitable, workable and sustainable business in the tourism sector

Start date: Dec 31, 2014, End date: Mar 30, 2017,

As we can observe in employment strategies and youth employment contained in the Framework Europe2020. This strategy recognizes the importance of entrepreneurship and self-employment to achieve smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and there are several initiatives to address these issues: Agenda for new skills and jobs, Youth on the Move: education and employment initiatives and the European Pl...
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PROEIPAHA: Coordination, Support and Promotion activities in favour of EIPAHA (PROEIPAHA)

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

The goal of PROEIPAHA CSA is to help addressing the challenges identified by the stakeholders and the expert’s group report, by providing a wide range of high quality support services for the EIPAHA, from secretariat services, R&I facilitation, policy guidance, awareness and stakeholder’s engagement support, fostering open and sustainable collaboration. In order to pursue this goal, the project ad...
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Matching green Skills supply with green labour market Needs

Start date: Dec 31, 2014, End date: Dec 30, 2016,

More than 20 million European jobs are already linked to the environment in some way and as the EU gears up for a greener future that figure is only going to increase. The EU is committed to growing the economy while protecting the earth and its precious resources. Among the priorities laid down in Europe 2020, the EU’s new economic strategy, stress the need for smart, sustainable and inclusive gr...
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"Coordination, dissemination and evaluation of CIVITAS Plus II" (CIVITAS WIKI)

Start date: Dec 1, 2012, End date: Nov 30, 2016,

"The ultimate goal of the CIVITAS Initiative is to achieve “Cleaner and Better Transport in Cities”. Since 2002, a growing number of cities are interested to participate in the CIVITAS Initiative as demonstrator, learner or supporter of innovation in urban transport. The current fourth stage of CIVITAS (called CIVITAS Plus II) will build on the experiences of the previous and on going stages (CIVI...
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Spread the ART of going UP

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

Europe in recent years has been undergoing a period of very high unemployment, especially among youth. This situation needs to be reversed. One of the most promising ways to achieve that is through entrepreneurship. Within the economic crisis and the endless discussions about the formula on how to get out of it, there is a new trend that brings optimism. This trend is based on individual initiativ...
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Innovative startup's internationalization course and e-learning platform

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

“SUI, start up’s internationalization” is an EU wide partnership project designed to identify core and innovative learning methods that best encourages success international activities for startup and entrepreneur. The project is based on a results and experience acquired in previous project called “SUC, start-up communities”. However, it goes one step further promoting the international expansion...
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Euro4Science: Exploring “CSI Effect” and Forensic Sciences to boost the appeal of science to young people and reinforce interdisciplinarity in European high schools

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

According to the European Commission, around six million young people drop out of school each year – about 14% of all pupils. On the other hand, improving the attractiveness of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) to young people is crucial to generate a more skilled workforce in the EU. Nowadays, youngsters are particularly open to the “CSI” thematic and iconography. This may...
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Creating a Centre of Excellence on Medical Devices in the Norte Region to boost RDI excellence (NORTEXCEL2020)

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

The present “NORTEXCEL2020” proposal is the response of the Portuguese Norte region to the call “WIDESPREAD 1-2014: Teaming” for creating or upgrading centres of excellence, building on partnerships between leading scientific institutions in Europe and low performing countries and regions, in terms of research and innovation performance.This proposal is sponsored and coordinated by the Norte Regio...
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FOResight Coordination for Europe (FORCE)

Start date: Apr 1, 2014, End date: Mar 31, 2016,

FORCE will examine previous Security foresight studies and horizon-scanning activities in FP7 and elsewhere in Europe and produce, based on this work, a corresponding Intelligent Decision Support System (IDSS), evolvable and scalable with future Foresight research activities conducted in Europe in order to assist policy makers and stakeholders in the Security domain determine expectations about sh...
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Integrated low temperature methanol steam reforming and high temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (BeingEnergy)

Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: Feb 29, 2016,

Hydrogen is foreseen to be the energy vector of the future. However, there are still significant barriers to store and transport hydrogen, especially in small portable applications. The success of a portable Fuel Cell system depends to a large extent on the fuel supply that should be accomplished in a cost-effective and comfortable manner.The present project proposes a power supply comprising a me...
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Thematic Network Innovation for age-friendly environments in the European Union (AFE-INNOVNET)

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

The overarching goal of AFE-INNOVNET is to set up a large EU wide community of local and regional authorities (LRAs) and other relevant stakeholders who want to work together to find smart and innovative evidence based solutions to support active and healthy ageing and develop age-friendly environments (AFE).Many innovative solutions supporting active and healthy ageing have been developed as pilo...
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Network for the Market uptake of ICT for Ageing Well (AgeingWell)

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

Description The aim of the AgeingWell Network is to build and animate a European network focused on improving the quality of life of Elderly People by promoting the market uptake of ICT solutions for Ageing Well.\\n\\nTo achieve its aim, the following five main objectives of the AgeingWell project are:\\n\\n\\nDevelop Guidelines for deployme...
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Cities for Business Innovation – Network of Urban Procurers (C4BI)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2014,

The C4BI project is a Network of Procurers that will provide an integrated answer to the challenge of urban innovation by combining in the same network City Authorities and Innovation Organizations, thus allowing impacting both the demand and the supply.The C4BI project approach relies on the networking of urban public procurers that will enhance internal processes and foster transnational procure...
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FLY HIGHER - Shaping the new evolving generation of aeronautic professionals (FLY HIGHER)

Start date: Jun 1, 2012, End date: May 31, 2014,

"The aeronautic industry is the key driver of European competitiveness, playing a fundamental role in facilitating economic growth and social inclusion, providing revenues to otherwise isolated regions and helping people to enlarge their horizons. However, the unprecedented economic crisis has posed several relevant challenges that affect European competitiveness, performance and sustainability. E...
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Ex-post evaluation of Transport Research and Innovation in the FP7 ‘Cooperation’ Programme (TRI-VALUE)

Start date: May 1, 2013, End date: May 31, 2014,

"TRI-VALUE will look back into the FP7 work on transport with the aim of performing an ex-post evaluation. The objectives are: (1) analyse implementation and management; (2) assess achievements and impacts of the transport research financed by FP7 (regarding specific objectives, economic, social and environmental impacts); (3) evaluate efficiency, effectiveness and relevance of the funding; and (4...
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“Science City Mission” - Building the future of young researcher´s through fun creativity and scientific experiments (Science City Mission)

Start date: May 1, 2013, End date: Nov 30, 2013,

The world that we live in has been facing strong economic adversities from which countries, such as Portugal have been trying to surpass. It is during these times of crisis that becomes clearer than ever that Governments, Research Centers and Companies must join efforts to find innovative and creative solutions to encourage young people´s interest in science and research and to foster their enthus...
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PeRformance Operational and Multilingual Interactive Services to support Compliance for SMEs in Europe (PROMISLingua)

Start date: Apr 1, 2011, End date: Sep 30, 2013,

Description Translating and localising the existing PROMIS® internet service in additional five languages and markets (ES, FR, PT, GR, RO) to provide interactive services for SMEs about e.g. Health and Safety PROMISLingua objectives are the translation, localisation and rollout of the existing PRO...
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Network of European Stakeholders for Enhancing User Centricity in eGovernance (NET-EUCEN)

Start date: Apr 1, 2010, End date: Mar 31, 2013,

The NET-EUCEN project will create, animate and manage a working network of stakeholders in the Governance and Policy Modelling domains belonging to all the European countries and with relevant knowledge of massive on-line service fruition and eInclusion policies and interests, thus covering the whole supply chain of the Service for Users (S4U). The project will address the following specific objec...
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Researcher's Gallery: Where Science meets Culture and Citizens (SciCultureCitizens)

Start date: May 1, 2012, End date: Nov 30, 2012,

The Researcher's Gallery: Where Science meets Culture and Citizens” (“SciCultureCitizens” ) event is a triade that defends the ideals of Sustainability, History and Tradition through a bold combination of Science and Culture. And what better way to bring RN 2012 Edition to a place where art, science and technology meet and blend, which is Guimarães in Portugal, the 2012 European Capital of Culture...
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Transport Research Market Uptake (Market-up) (Market-up)

Start date: Oct 1, 2010, End date: Sep 30, 2012,

The concept behind this project becomes clearer when one understands the needs of a good market uptake of a research result. The purpose of a market uptake is to make research generated and scientific and technological developments accessible to private organisations. These stakeholders are then encouraged to develop the technology further into new products, processes, materials, or services that ...
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Integration of Security Technology Supply Chains and Identification of weaknesses and untapped potential (SecureCHAINS)

Start date: May 1, 2010, End date: Apr 30, 2012,

Security is one of the highest goods of mankind for which it is worth to make available the most advanced technologies in order to protect it. This achievement is a great challenge, realizing diversity of technologies applied for security and the tremendous resources to provide it all over Europe. The Security sector is widely recognised as a key asset for the future of Europe and World. Security ...
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