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European Intellectual Property Institutes Network - Innovation Society (EIPIN IS)

Start date: Mar 1, 2017, End date: Feb 28, 2021,

EIPIN IS is a comprehensive project at the forefront of multidisciplinary research, examining the role of intellectual property (IP) as a complex adaptive system in innovation. The focus will be on the European regulatory framework for fostering innovation with the aim of enhancing Europe’s capacity for innovation-based sustainable economic growth. The longstanding European Intellectual Property I...
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Nanoporous and Nanostructured Materials for Medical Applications (NanoMed)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

This project aims to stimulate intersectoral and international collaboration within Europe and with an ICPC country, Kazakhstan, in the area of novel nanoporous and nanostructured adsorbents for the treatment of very serious health conditions associated with acute and chronic exposure to external radiation and uptake of heavy metals and radiation as a consequence of accidental, occupational or del...
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Valorisation of mushroom agrowastes to obtain high value products (FUNGUSCHAIN)

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

The project aims at the valorization of agricultural residues coming from mushroom (Agaricus Bisporus) farming residues as a case to set up new cascading possibilities using innovative procedures to extract high value bio-based additives (antioxidants, antimicrobials, proteins), convert lipids into bioplasticizers and polysaccharides (glucans and fermentable sugars) into biopolymers using remainin...
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Advanced toolbox for rapid and cost-effective functional metagenomic screening - microbiology meets microfluidics. (METAFLUIDICS)

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

Metagenomes comprise enormous reservoirs coding for proteins with useful activities. Unfortunately, harvesting this reservoir is difficult, because useful candidates are rare and hidden in an overwhelming majority of irrelevant genes. Screening campaigns of metagenomic libraries thus require massive capital-expenditure for robotic systems and much manpower, making them expensive, slow and availab...
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Antimicrobial FLEXible POLymers for its use in hospital environments (FLEXPOL)

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

FLEXPOL aims to develop a pilot line for the production of a cost effective antimicrobial (AM) adhesive film for its use in hospitals. The obtained adhesive film will inhibit growth of a wide range of microbes and will be suitable for high-touch surfaces, providing a durable protection with good resistance. It will assure the highest level of hygiene and patient safety, reducing the use of disinfe...
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Common Good First - digital storytelling for Social Innovation

Start date: Oct 15, 2016, End date: Oct 14, 2019,

In order to support and grow the emerging South African social innovation sector, we will a create a digital network – Common Good First - to capture and showcase social impact projects in South Africa, connecting them to each other, academics and HEIs around the world. In doing so, we will also address the issue of the ‘digital divide’, as identified by the country’s National Development Plan 20...
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MULTIDIMENSIONAL ANALYTICAL TRAINING in EDUCATION

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

On March 12th, 2012 during official parliamentary session, the President of EU Parliament, Mr. M. Schulz, officially announced that the Written Declaration 50/2011 about “Chess in School” was endorsed by the EU Parliament. The Declaration calls on the Commission and Council: - To encourage the introduction of the program “Chess in School” in the educational system of the Member States; - To pay, i...
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Sharing LearnIng from Practice to improve Patient Safety

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

Health care is a significant area of employment across Europe, and good quality health care is essential to the wellbeing of its population. Around one in ten patients suffers harm during their care, yet most adverse events are preventable. The Shared LearnIng from Practice to improve Patient Safety (SLIPPS) project aims to improve the key skills of student healthcare professionals in relation to ...
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Integrated Activities for the High Energy Astrophysics Domain (AHEAD)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Feb 28, 2019,

We propose a set of integrated Activities in the High Energy Astrophysics Domain (AHEAD) in response to the INFRAIA-2014-2015 call Research Infrastructures for High EnergyAstrophysics.The overall objective of AHEAD is to integrate national efforts in high-energy Astrophysics and to promote the domain at the European level, to keep its community at the cutting edge of science and technology in this...
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Knowledge Alliance to enable a European-wide exploitation of the potential of MOOCs for the world of business

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

‘Massive Open Online Courses’ (MOOCs) caused a major impact on HEIs worldwide. Business models, target groups, quality standards, certification, sustainability, teaching, delivery & learning methods are all affected. Europe is yet to respond to these emerging trends. Initiatives in the EU exist, but remain isolated, both geographically and per sector. They lack impact on the HEI area as a whole, a...
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Accessible Learning design, implementation and accreditation

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

Developing an inclusive education system is not only a matter of equal rights. Access to education can put persons with disabilities on equal footing with non-disabled persons, promotes diversity within the educational environment and creates social bonds between persons with and without disabilities. It is also a means for promoting education systems with an emphasis on achieving a common learnin...
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Latin American Social Innovation Network

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

LASIN aims to effectively support and promote social innovation as a means to achieve sustainable and inclusive socio-economic growth, social cohesion and equity in Latin America, through intercultural, curricular and extracurricular activities. It will achieve this by establishing Social Innovation Support Units (SISU) within the Partner Countries to promote and support University-social enterpri...
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Advancing university financial management practices in Southeast Asia

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

Advanse aims at promoting the modernization of financial management practices and income diversification strategies in HE institutions at regional level, with a view to sustainably strengthen the Higher Education systems and maximize the social return on investment in Higher Education in Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand. More specific it aims at:-enhancing human, organisational and technical capac...
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Disability and modernity: Ensuring quality education for disabled students

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

Democratisation of HE in LA has helped to ensure a growing trend of increasing enrolment of students with disability, although it is still not significant enough in terms of potential numbers (Mexico: disabled people access in HE lower than 5%, Chile: 6,6% from which, only 2,66% complete their studies, Argentina: disabled students represents 0,08% of the students population). The adaptation of HE ...
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strEngthening National researcH And iNnovation Capacities in viEtnam

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

ENHANCE is a structural project that will operate at a macro level targeting the Vietnamese HE system (R&I management and implementation). Thanks to a complementary consortium involving 6 of the most relevant VIET HEIs with geographical balance, 3 EU HEIs with huge experience in R&I and international cooperation and the participation of MOET and MOST (HE and S&T authorities). The project is in lin...
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Internationalisation of Higher Education in Iran

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

IHEI aims to increase the International Relations (IRR) capacities of Iranian HEIs to increase their potential to be more open and reduce barriers for fluid international (int´l) exchanges. The consortium, 3 EU HEIs + 6 Iranian HEIs with geographical balance (5 admin regions of the Islamic Republic of Iran), will work on strengthening the int´l dimension of the Iranian HE System via transfer of kn...
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EUROBOTIQUE: Apprentissage collaboratif européen pour l'acquisition de compétences par des robots

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

Robotics is an emerging discipline in education. It involves the design and construction of robots and includes multidisciplinary topics. It supports productive, creative, digital and communication skills, and, what is more, it provides innovation along with changes in people, ideas and attitudes.Taking this into account, the main objective of this project is to develop a collaborative learning en...
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Maximizing the EU shale gas potential by minimizing its environmental footprint (ShaleXenvironmenT)

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

Securing abundant, affordable, and clean energy remains a critical scientific challenge. Fortuitously, large shale formations occur within Europe. As the conventional gas production in Europe peaked in 2004, European shale gas could become a practical necessity for the next 50 years. However, the exploitation of shale gas remains challenging. Further, its environmental footprint is at present poor...
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Project for higher education student and staff mobility between Programme Countries and Partner Countries

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: Jul 31, 2018,

This is a project for higher education student and staff mobility between Programme Countries and Partner Countries. Please consult the website of the organisation to obtain additional details.
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The Plus of Volunteering - EVS adventure in working with children in Upper Austria

Start date: Dec 1, 2016, End date: Jul 31, 2018,

The EVS project "The Plus of Volunteering - EVS adventure in working with children in Upper Austria" will takeplace in 2 different groups of Caritas St. IsidorIn Caritas St. Isidor there will be hosted 2 volunteers from 2 different countries (Bosnia Herzegowina & Spain, Start is in february 2017 and a duration of 12 months.With this project we want to empower youngsters from abroad through this un...
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Insect-plant relationships: insights into biodiversity and new applications (FlyHigh)

Start date: Jul 1, 2015, End date: Jun 30, 2018,

FlyHigh studies underexplored phytophagous and saprophagous flies and geophyte plants aiming to obtaining ecological and evolutionary data that will be used to elucidate ecological features of fly species that could be exploited for artificial mass production of flies. Artificial mass rearing of flies produces beneficial end products, the flies themselves or their larval stages, that could be appl...
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STEP UP

Start date: May 1, 2016, End date: Apr 30, 2018,

STEP UP is an European Voluntary Service project organised by two Slovak Host organisations YMCA na Slovensku and MZ YMCA Revuca together with ten partners from Programme EU countries (Italy, Austria, Germany, Spain, France,Portugal, Romania, Czech republic, Poland ). Volunteers will be working mainly with children and young people attending activities in community centres in Liptovsky Mikulas a...
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EVS: Active Innovative Modern

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

The project A.I.M. aims at developing the potential of mostly disadvataged Youth towards their better future and employability via activivites with 6 EVS participants coming from 6 different countries (EU and non-EU). Activities developing the youngsters poor foreign language competences, develping their multicultural awareness, personal growth and competences needed for successful participation i...
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Innovative training on design, installation and maintenance of safe and challenging play areas

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Feb 28, 2018,

Children and youth are not always considered in the planning process of cities and towns. They often play in less than ideal conditions. Even the play areas intended for children often do not satisfy minimum safety requirements and they can lead to serious non-intentional child injuries. The lack of regular inspections and maintenance has resulted in equipment collapsing and killing or severely in...
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Incentives through Transparency: European Rental Housing Framework for Profitability Calculation of Energetic Retrofitting Investments (RentalCal)

Start date: Mar 1, 2015, End date: Feb 28, 2018,

The current level of energy efficiency investments in the rental housing sector is in danger of missing EU policy targets. RentalCal aims to develop models and tools for assessing the commercial viability of energy efficiency retrofitting in the rental housing stock. This will reduce split incentive barriers, price in green added value and show a clear road map towards a sustainable housing stock....
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COME TOGETHER

Start date: Aug 1, 2016, End date: Jan 31, 2018,

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Serve. Experience. Learn

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: Jan 31, 2018,

People living in social exclusion, children living at risk or foster houses, social isolation of people and children with mental disabilities, limited possibilities of old people’s communities, intolerance among different national minorities, stray animals – these are some of the many severe and painful social problems in a nowadays Lithuanian society. Modern society of ours has created many forms...
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Protecting Scotland's Biodiversity

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Jan 31, 2018,

The Scottish Wildlife Trust owns or manages over 120 nature reserves in Scotland. Our network of regionally based Reserve Project Officers, in conjunction with locally based volunteers undertake all practical conservation work on these sites, protecting a diverse range of biodiversity and ensuring safe access for visitors to enjoy greenspaces and the wildlife they host.We are keen to build on the...
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Leonard Cheshire Disability - Edinburgh

Start date: Aug 15, 2016, End date: Dec 14, 2017,

Leonard Cheshire Disability is the UK’s leading charity supporting people with disability. Every year, we support thousands of people in the UK and around the world with physical and learning disabilities to fulfill their potential and live the lives they choose. We work for a society in which every person is equally valued. We believe that people with disabilities should have the freedom to live ...
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Educational Senior Network

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

The project EduSenNet is the project which focuses on the learning possibilities of the elderly over 50 on the chosen UTAs and countries with the aim to realise pedagogical research with the outcomes about formal, non-formal and informal learning of the elderly. The partners will focus on non-formal and informal learning possibilities of UTAs, evaluate them and describe links with formal educatio...
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Materials’ Innovations for a Safe and Sustainable nuclear in Europe (MATISSE)

Start date: Nov 1, 2013, End date: Oct 31, 2017,

The European Energy Research Alliance, set-up under the European Strategic Energy Technology Plan, has launched an initiative for a Joint Programme on Nuclear Materials (JPNM). The JPNM aims at establishing key priorities in the area of advanced nuclear materials, identifying funding opportunities and harmonizing this scientific & technical domain at the European level by maximizing complementarit...
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Enhancing capacities in implementation of institutional quality assurance systems and typology using Bologna process principles

Start date: Oct 15, 2015, End date: Oct 14, 2017,

Quality of higher education (HE) is the basic priority of HE development during last decades in many countries of the world. In Europe, the Bologna process (BP) has declared the quality of HE as one of the major priorities. In CA region the quality assurance (QA) systems and mechanisms are the national priorities while the BP type reforms constitute one of the regional priorities. The consortium 5...
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Higher education student and staff mobility project

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

This is a higher education student and staff mobility project, please consult the website of the organisation to obtain additional details.
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Los Derechos Humanos en una Comunidad Europea de Valores

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

Our Project, The Human Rights in a European Community of Values (HUMREV), intends to launch a reflection on the current situation of Human Rights within the framework of the European Community and according to the challenges proposed on the different European agendas and initiatives in the run up to the year 2020. The Project will be mainly developed in educational centers and shall remain in for...
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Competence Oriented Multilingual Adaptive Language Assessment and Training System

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

The European Union (EU) has put a high emphasis, in Horizon 2020, on youth, education and employment. According to Eurostat, the employment rate has been steadily dropped to 68.5% in 2013 from its boom peak of 70.3% in 2008. This affects mostly young, low-skilled workers and non-EU citizens especially in south and east of EU. Over 76 million people in Europe have low or no qualification. In 2020 p...
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A European University-Business Alliance aiming to foster the entrepreneurial spirit of ICT students

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

“One becomes an entrepreneur not by birth but by education as well as by experience” Context/background: Our project, ICT ENTREPRENEUR, aims to develop an innovative entrepreneurship programme for ICT students/graduates across Europe, offering these young people an insight of the working environment, helping them in developing their transversal skills and providing a new professional path to them...
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Equal Treatment and Non-Discrimination Law in the European Union

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

The present proposal is conceived as an opportunity to respond to the increasing interest on a new subject matter in our organisation – Equality principle and EU Antidiscrimination Law -, and to contribute to the objectives set by the EU itself, since providing the citizens with information is the key to guarantee them a full possession of their fundamental rights and to encourage their active par...
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How to lead a sport club to a successful future

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

The sportGO project will focus on the priority of supporting the implementation of EU policy documents in the field of sport and other relevant policy areas such as recommendations, guidelines, policy strategies, etc. (e.g. EU Physical Activity Guidelines, EU Guidelines on Dual Careers of Athletes, Principles on good governance in sport, etc).Nowadays even amateur and semi-professional sport clubs...
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CAtastrophic Shifts in drylands: how CAn we prevent ecosystem DEgradation? (CASCADE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Jun 30, 2017,

The aim of CASCADE is to obtain a better understanding of sudden ecosystem shifts that may lead to major losses in biodiversity and ecosystem services, and to define measures that can be used to prevent such shifts. The focus of CASCADE is explicitly on drylands as being one of the most fragile and threatened ecosystems in Europe. CASCADE will investigate the historical evolution of dryland ecosys...
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Higher education student and staff mobility project

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

This is a higher education student and staff mobility project, please consult the website of the organisation to obtain additional details.
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