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Linking Russia to the ERA: Coordination of MS´/AC´ S&T programmes towards and with Russia (ERA.Net RUS)

Start date: Feb 1, 2009, End date: Jan 31, 2014,

Major objectives of ERA.Net RUS are: • RAISING KNOWLEDGE on bilateral and national S&T programmes with or towards Russia and on relevant activities of other programme owners; IDENTIFYING STRENGTHS AND CHALLENGES of present bilateral S&T programmes of MS/AC with Russia. • LEARNING LESSONS from ongoing (thematic) ERA-NETs involving Russian programme owners and IDENTIFYING GOOD PRACTICE from other in ...
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Spatial Analysis of Rural Development Measures (SPARD)

Start date: Apr 1, 2010, End date: Jun 30, 2013,

"The aim of the SPARD project is to develop a modelling tool that will help policy-makers to understand the causal relationships between rural development measures and their results in a spatial dimension. Based on spatial-econometric analysis it will include ex-post evaluation options and the extension to ex-ante assessment with the purpose of giving support to the planning of targeted RD policie ...
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European Foresight Platform - supporting forward looking decision making (EFP)

Start date: Oct 1, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2012,

The Coordination and Support Action “EFP European Foresight Platform – supporting forward looking decision making” aims at consolidating the infor-mation and knowledge base on foresight in Europe and internationally. It rein-forces foresight actions initiated under the 6th Framework Programme, in par-ticular EFMN and ForLearn. By building on and integrating these two lines of activities, and by ex ...
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Coordination action on Environmental Technology Verification ETV - Building a framework for international cooperation (AdvanceETV)

Start date: Jan 15, 2009, End date: Jul 14, 2012,

AdvanceETV aims to demonstrate that the proposed schemes and protocols for Environmental Technologies Verification systems have the potential to be recognised internationally. Thus the main objective is to develop an international framework for cooperation and mutual recognition by supporting the cooperation of international ETV activities, e.g the International Working Group (IWG). This requires ...
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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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LOGistics & MANufacturing trends and sustainable transport (LOGMAN)

Start date: Aug 31, 2009, End date: Aug 30, 2011,

Factors like global competition, labour cost, recycling technologies and environmental restrictions force companies to implement new logistics and manufacturing systems. From a transport’s point-of-view most of these new systems (e.g. offshoring) have negative impacts as they induce additional freight transport. But on the other hand they are implemented as they have positive effects like cheaper ...
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Full Costs of Climate Change (ClimateCost)

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

There is increasing interest in the economics of climate change to inform policy on a) long-term targets, b) the costs of inaction (the economic effects of climate change), and c) the costs and benefits of adaptation. The objectives of this study are to advance knowledge across all three areas, i.e. the full economic costs of climate change, through the following tasks: 1. To identify and develop ...
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Building a Tool to Evaluate and Improve Health Investments in Screening and Diagnosis of disease (HIScreenDiag)

Start date: Mar 1, 2009, End date: Feb 28, 2011,

Over recent decades, the possibilities for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease have expanded throughout the EU. As a result, health policy decision makers and public funders are faced with the challenge of making choices for health investments to improve the healthy life expectancy of Europeans within the context of constrained resources. Health investments include any new technolog ...
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Assessing the multiple Impacts of the Common Agricultural Policies (CAP) on Rural Economies (CAP-IRE)

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

"European rural areas are undergoing major changes, including the impacts of migration, changes in settlement patterns, demographic ageing, changes in the nature of rural-urban interactions, a decreasing role of agriculture in terms of income and employment, and changes in governance systems. The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is the main expenditure chapter of the EU and is directly affecting t ...
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CROSSROAD - A Participative Roadmap for ICT Research in Electronic Governance and Policy Modelling (CROSSROAD)

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

Governments struggle to regulate an increasingly interdependent and complex world, as the financial crisis has shown. At the same time, citizens are becoming more vocal in monitoring and influencing policy decisions. Future scenarios are likely to show greater complexity and citizens' involvement. Current ICT tools for collaborative governance and policy modelling start to show great opportunities ...
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Lessons learnt from Nordic research coordination in the context of the ERA (NORDERA)

Start date: May 1, 2009, End date: Nov 30, 2010,

"The aim of NORDERA is to support the coordination of national research programmes and encourage joint programming. By studying the experiences of the Nordic region in this field, the project will seek to identify best practice on research programme coordination and assess how the lessons learnt can be of value for the further development of the European Research Area (ERA) as well as the Nordic R ...
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Centrality Analysis in Research Networks (CAIRN)

Start date: Jul 21, 2008, End date: Jul 20, 2009,

Tables and graphs measuring cross-national integration and interconnectivity of research actors and systems in Europe are appropriate tools to monitor progress on ERA and to support the policy discussions. The indicators work carried out in this project will exploit data on transnational integration available from the European research framework programmes.
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"Development of a central information platform for ERA NETs under ERAWATCH: Preparatory phase, NETWATCH" (NETWATCH)

Start date: Dec 15, 2007, End date: Dec 14, 2008,

"This project is designed as a preparatory phase to explore and inform interested parties such as the European Commission and the Member States about opportunities to develop a central information platform for ERA NETs under ERAWATCH. The set up of a central information platform was one of the key recommendations of an expert group who evaluated the ERA NET scheme under FP6. The concept of the pro ...
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