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MSc European Forestry

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 30, 2021,

Master of Science in European Forestry (MSc EF) is a two-year interdisciplinary programme that provides academic education in the field of sustainable resource management with special emphasis of bio-economy. MSc EF offers a new approach to the markets in forestry and nature management and it connects the increasing number of forest related issues with European dimension at international as well a...
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My Health - My Data (MH-MD)

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

Issues of data subjects’ privacy and data security represent a crucial challenge in the biomedical sector more than in other industries. The current IT landscape in this field shows a myriad of isolated, locally hosted patient data repositories, managed by clinical centres and other organisations, which are subject to frequent and massive data breaches. Patients are disenfranchised in this process...
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Smart Forwarder for sustainable and efficient forest operation and management (Forwarder2020)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2019,

Forest biomass is currently one of the most important source of renewable energy and accounts for almost half of the EU’s total renewable energy consumption. In addition to raw materials, forests also provide a wide range of vital non-wood services that should be protected during wood extraction. The innovation project Forwarder2020 has the main aim of improving sustainability of wood production a...
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Driving up Reliability and Efficiency of Additive Manufacturing (DREAM)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2019,

The aim of DREAM is to significantly improve the performances of laser Powder Bed Fusion (PBF) of titanium, aluminium and steel components in terms of speed, costs, material use and reliability, also using a LCA/LCC approach, whilst producing work pieces with controlled and significantly increased fatigue life, as well with higher strength-to-weight ratios.DREAM targets the development of a compet...
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European framework for ‘Knowledge Triangle’ in the logistics sector

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

ContextThe idea of this project came out of several discussions and analysis of European and national policies in supporting 'knowledgetriangle' implementation at large scale in order to assist the international, European and national targets related to logistic and chainmanagement sector. Partners conducted a desk research, data analysis and organised workshops and Skype meetings among them in or...
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BioEnergyTrain

Start date: May 1, 2015, End date: Apr 30, 2019,

The development and adoption of renewable and sustainable energy has become a top priority in Europe, and is Horizon 2020’s most prominent theme. Research into new energy methods required to reduce humanity’s carbon footprint is an urgent and critical need, and is reliant upon a flow of newly qualified persons in areas as diverse as renewable energy infrastructure management, new energy materials ...
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EUROPEAN RESEARCH AND ENTERPRISE ALLIANCE ON MARKETING AND ECONOMICS OF ECOSYSTEMS AND BIODIVERSITY

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

Most of innovative businesses base their success on creating value through better use of intangible assets. Ecosystem Services constitute the most valuable intangible assets on earth and forests are the most precious Natural Capital in Europe. Therefore, ECOSTAR alliance aims to develop entrepreneurship and innovation skills and opportunities among Forest and Environmental Policy and Economics (FE...
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heteroGeneous integRated magnetic tEchnology using multifunctional standardized sTack (MSS) (GREAT)

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

The interest for developing smart systems based on interconnected objects is growing fast (50 billion objects connected in 2020). The main components of “Internet of Things” (IoT) devices are autonomous battery-operated smart embedded systems comprising communication circuits, sensors, computing/processing devices and storage. The key requirements are ultra-low power, high processing capabilities,...
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Expanding the Research and Innovation Capacity in Cultural Heritage Virtual Reality Applications (eHERITAGE)

Start date: Nov 1, 2015, End date: Oct 31, 2018,

Cultural heritage has always been an effervescent subject among historians, sociologists, naturalists, scientists and researchers alike. The physical and intangible legacy of previous generations is passed via this channel to future members of the society. It is a deliberate act, as conserving the results of past work, culture and even biodiversity is in the very nature of the human beings. With t...
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Library Network Support Services: modernising libraries in Western Balkan countries through staff development and reforming library services

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

Reason for the project: Reinforce and modernize libraries and improve the level of competencies and skills of library staff in HEI’s in Western Balkan countries. The level of competencies and skills of library staff is not of a high standard in the target PC's. Library staff need to be trained in modern library standards & practices. The main challenge they face is to transform themselves into mod...
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Library Network Support Services: modernising libraries in Armenia, Moldova and Belarus through library staff development and reforming libraries

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

Reason for the project: Reinforce and modernize libraries and improve the level of competencies and skills of library staff in HEI’s in Armenia, Moldova and Belarus. The level of competencies and skills of library staff is not of a high standard in the target PC's. Library staff need to be trained in modern library standards & practices. The main challenge they face is to transform themselves into...
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Challenges and Prospects of EU Integration in South Eastern Europe

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

The project Challenges and Prospects of EU Integration in South Eastern Europe intends to assure continuity of research, teaching, debate and reflection in the field of European integration started in Transilvania University of Brasov in 2006 with the Jean Monnet Chair Project (2006-1860/001-001), continued with two Jean Monnet Modules (2007-1501/001-001 and 2009-3238/001-001), Information and Res...
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Politiche Abitative per l'Edilizia Sostenibile

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

PROJECT DESCRIPTION The project Housing Policies for Sustainable Construction aims to incorporate four important characteristics in sustainable building: 1 ) Economic sustainability: ability to generate income and employment for the people's livelihood ; 2 ) Social sustainability: ability to ensure human well-being (security, health, education) equally distributed by class and gender; 3 ) Environm...
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CENTRO DE RECURSOS ONLINE PARA EL ESTUDIO INNOVADOR DEL CICLO DE VIDA DE LOS MATERIALES DE CONSTRUCCIÓN

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

BACKGROUNDThe awareness and environmental culture of citizens is expanding at same time that the regulations are stricter. Construction sector contributes with a 35-40% of the total of CO2 emissions, for this, it is the moment to implant the carbon footprint calculation in buildings sector. Calculating carbon footprint enables to value the environmental impact regarding to greenhouse gas emissions...
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Enhancing Quality in Primary Physical Education

Start date: Dec 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2018,

Background of EQuiPPE project: P.E. is recognised as the most effective means of providing children with the skills, attitudes, values, knowledge and understanding that are essential to participation in society. It is critical to the development of physical literacy and civic engagement, academic achievement and good physical and mental health (UNESCO, 2015). Despite the UNESCO Charter for Physica...
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Higher education student and staff mobility project

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

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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Project for higher education student and staff mobility between Programme Countries and Partner Countries

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 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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Novel learning approach for ERGOnomic principles for deSIGNers working in the upholstery and sleep sectors by using Virtual Reality.

Start date: Nov 2, 2015, End date: Nov 1, 2017,

The European furniture and sleep sectors are key drivers of sustainable growth with a significant contribution to economic health, competitiveness, creativity, innovation, employment and export. ERGOSIGN proposes the creation of a flexible learning pathway and learning programme in line with the needs of learners and companies in the furniture, sleep and related sectors that will improve enterpris...
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Learning Toxicology through Open Educational Resources

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

In “Bucharest Communication”, 2012, European Higher Education Area, Ministerial Conference, it was stated: “We reiterate our commitment to promote student-centred learning in higher education, characterised by innovative methods of teaching that involve students as active participants in their own learning”. This project (TOX-OER) faces this principle joining as partners Universities and research ...
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Massive open online courses with videos for palliative clinical field and intercultural and multilingual medical communication

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

Palliative care must be an integral part of a country’s health care system, and as such it must be an element of comprehensive health care plans, and of specific programmes concerning, for instance, cancer, Aids or geriatrics. On the basis of a needs assessment, national or regional governments need to design and implement comprehensive rational palliative care strategies in close collaboration wi...
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Vocational Education & Training Standards in Agriculture, Forestry & Environmental Safety at Heights

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

Project Background: The VET-Safety project has been designed to the meet the needs of people involved within high risk work at height (WAH) activities particularly within the agricultural & environmental sectors of industry. The latest UK statistics indicate that the highest workplace fatalities occur within this sector. Previous project partner research also reported related health & safety conce...
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Project for higher education student and staff mobility between Programme Countries and Partner Countries

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

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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Project for higher education student and staff mobility between Programme Countries and Partner Countries

Start date: Feb 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2017,

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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Energy efficiency Management for Vehicles and Machines (EMVEM)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

In view of reducing the ecological footprint of machines and vehicles, effective and efficient analysis techniques and adequate measurement technologies are required to produce world-leading products with a high energy-efficiency, without compromising functionality/safety/performance/etc. Combined with the increasing trend towards virtual design and prototyping, to reduce costs and development tim...
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Higher education student and staff mobility project

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

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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NUTritional LABeling Study in Black Sea Region Countries (NUTRILAB)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

"Health professionals agree that the relationship between diet and health is important. Our eating habits can help or hurt our overall health and well-being. Good eating habits include being a smart shopper and selecting foods that reflect the Dietary Guidelines.The food label was designed to help people choose foods for a healthful diet. By using the food label, we can compare the nutrient conten...
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Higher education student and staff mobility project

Start date: Jun 1, 2014, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

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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PLANT food supplements: Levels of Intake, Benefit and Risk Assessment (PlantLIBRA)

Start date: Jun 1, 2010, End date: May 31, 2014,

Plant food supplements, or botanicals, have high acceptance by European consumers. Potentially, they can deliver significant health benefits, safely, and at relatively low costs. New regulations and EFSA guidance are also now in. However, concerns about safety, quality and efficacy of these products remain, and bottle-necks in risk and benefit assessments need to be solved. PlantLIBRA (PLANT food ...
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Magnetic Sorting and Ultrasound Sensor Technologies for Production of High Purity Secondary Polyolefins from Waste (W2Plastics)

Start date: Nov 1, 2008, End date: Apr 30, 2013,

The European consumption of plastics increased from 24,6 Mtons in 1993 to 39,7 Mtons in 2003 and its growth rate exceeds that of the economy as a whole. At the same time, polymer recyclers and manufacturing industries have a problem buying feed materials and secondary polymers of sufficient volume and quality, as a result of the pull of China and India on all raw material resources. The alternativ...
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SOLVING THE TECHNOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF SHEEP CHEESE PRODUCTION (TECHeese)

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

The European sheep sector is involved in a structural decline intensified since 2006, that have encouraged the European Parliament to adopt a resolution proposing urgent actions to be taken to safeguard the sheep sector; which includes special support for research and development on both farm and product technical innovations. The sector is made up of three sub-sectors, particularly dairy product ...
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Renewable Energy Resources - a solution for a sustainable development of two European Regions (RenERg EuReg)

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

The main objective of this project is to enhance the capacity of CENTRU and Lusatia regions and of its stakeholders in planning and using the local and regional renewable resources as a solution for a sustainable economic development, in the context of the new knowledge-based economy, by promoting the innovation and strong connections between research and economic environment as a regional policy....
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Promoting and linking Wood Industry and Research in Romanian Regions using good practice from acknowledged wood clusters in the EU (PRO-WOOD)

Start date: May 1, 2008, End date: Apr 30, 2010,

PRO-WOOD is a project designed to support an emerging wood cluster in the County of Brasov-Covasna in Romania. The wood sector has a long tradition in business and R&D, and an economic potential that needs to be developed. A very successful tool to trigger such economic and knowledge-based environments are cluster initiatives (CIs). However CIs do not have a long tradition in Eastern European, so ...
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OPTIMISING PROFESSIONAL TRANSLATOR TRAINING IN A MULTILINGUAL EUROPE

Start date: Oct 1, 2010,

OPTIMALE addresses one of the key challenges of a multilingual and multicultural Europe: how to ensure that Its universities continue to produce the high-level professionals that the Community translation services and the translation Industry need, to adapt to rapidly changing societal and market conditions. As recent reports have highlighted, the rapid technological changes of the past decade, fa...
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Multilingualism in Europe as a Resource for Immigration - Dialogue Initiative among the Universities of the Mediterranean

The increasing movement of people in Europe implies proper strategies aimed atcultural and social inclusion in receptor countries, in particular an efficient system oflinguistic integration. The mediterranean region is an ideal laboratory to promote a pluraland inclusive multilingualism, also functional to occupational needs in a moderneconomy.MERIDIUM aims to support in the region the goals of EU...
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Managing and conserving forests for multiple values

Start date: Sep 16, 2010,

The project's goal is to provide students, and other participants, with a broad and comprehensive understanding of forest resources, issues, opportunities, and approaches for managing forests for a broad range of values (conservation, ecological services, aesthetics, recreation, timber/fibre production, non-timber forest products, and others) and to better equip students with the skills needed to ...
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Lean Learning Academies

Start date: Oct 1, 2009,

Reason for the project:The right way for our companies to survive today’s economical crisis is to focus on production efficiency and cost reduction. This is what lean manufacturing accomplishes. The maximum benefit from lean manufacturing is gained by considering all its elements (principles, tools, mindset) together as a system and by practicing them every day in a very consistent manner.That’s w...
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Flight Simulator for internet Safety

Start date: Jan 1, 2009,

The project will address Internet safety issues with the aim to achieve an in-depthunderstanding regarding safety breaches and protective measures and actions,primarily within the school and family environment. For this purpose, an Online VirtualGame Environment will be developed, supporting i) role-playing game scenarios,offered in real-time to ii) dynamic groups of online users, iii) exposed to ...
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Information and Cultural Opportunities of Old People

The project intends to offer models and strategic tools that are intended as localadministrative support to tackle the problems related to education and training policiesfor adults. The project aims to transfer know-how and methodologies to publicadministration staff to implement concrete actions for senior citizens living in areas thatare peripheral, rural or subject to depopulation and may not o...
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EUTRANEX – European Training Networks of Excellence

The EUTRANEX project aims to meet a recognised need within education and training professionals, to reinforce their capacity for responding to an increasing need to develop an entrepreneurial culture. The project will further address the problems faced by young people preparing for labour market insertion, in particular in depressed areas. Project activities, to be undertaken via a series of techn...
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WBT WORLD - Building a Web-Based Trainers' Wide Open Resource for Learning and Development

WBT WORLD will develop a flexible educational tool, supported by the internet and information and communications technologies (ICT) that will enable web-based trainers to make best use of information and instruction necessary for the design of web-based courses.A further web-based, 'wide-open' virtual resource will be introduced, content of which is to include: best practice in e-learning at Europ...
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