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European Programme for Accelerating the Take up of Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs-Up)

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Feb 29, 2020,

Through SUMPs-Up, an experienced consortium of public and private organisations, including four major city networks and seven frontrunner cities, skilled in coordinating major European SUMP projects will accelerate the take-up of SUMPs, where this is currently low, ensuring that SUMP is the primary mobility planning concept in Europe. To achieve this, the project will combine comprehensive SUMP re ...
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Participatory Urban Living for Sustainable Environments (PULSE)

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

PULSE (Participatory Urban Living for Sustainable Environments) will leverage diverse data sources and big data analytics to transform public health from a reactive to a predictive system, and from a system focused on surveillance to an inclusive and collaborative system supporting health equity. Working within five global cities, PULSE will harvest open city data, and data from health systems, ur ...
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SETA: An open, sustainable, ubiquitous data and service ecosystem for efficient, effective, safe, resilient mobility in metropolitan areas (SETA)

Start date: Feb 1, 2016, End date: Jan 31, 2019,

Around 50% of the global population lives in metropolitan areas, and this is expected to grow to 75% by 2050. Mobility within these areas is complex as it involves multiple modalities of transport, multiple managing authorities, as well as several millions of citizens. The cost of inefficiency in transport and mobility are enormous. For example, inefficiency costs the UK economy €5.8 billion each ...
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Rostrum+

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

Rostrum+ is a project that aims to promote contemporary classical music and strengthen this sector in Europe and beyond. It will do so by exploring innovative strategies to develop audiences, promote new music, enhance the capacity and skills of radio professionals and inspire cooperation between musicians, higher music education institutions and broadcasting companies throughout Europe and across ...
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Elderly-friendly City services for active and healthy ageing (City4Age)

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

The first and core objective of City4Age is to enable Ambient Assisted Cities or Age-friendly Cities, where the urban communities of elderly people living in Smart Cities are provided with a range of ICT tools and services that - in a completely unobtrusive manner - will improve the early detection of risks related to cognitive impairments and frailty while they are at home or in the move within t ...
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Multi-source Big Data Fusion Driven Proactivity for Intelligent Mobility (OPTIMUM)

Start date: May 1, 2015, End date: Apr 30, 2018,

Transportation sector undergoes a considerable transformation as it enters a new landscape where connectivity is seamless and mobility options and related business models are constantly increasing. Modern transportation systems and services have to mitigate problems emerging from complex mobility environments and intensive use of transport networks including excessive CO2 emissions, high congestio ...
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Coordinated energy-related PPIs actions for cities (CEPPI) (CEPPI 2)

Start date: Apr 1, 2015, End date: Mar 31, 2018,

...able energy outcome & build capacity amongst management & procurement professionals.The project will build on established relationships that have been developed between the five participating cities (Birmingham, Budapest, Castellon, Valencia, Wroclaw) through the Climate KIC. They will be mentored (by leading PPI and sustainable energy experts) through an action learning process that will build ...
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Demonstration of Small 4-Wheel fuel cell passenger vehicle Applications in Regional and Municipal transport (SWARM)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

This project will establish a demonstration fleet of small passenger vehicles that builds on and expands existing hydrogen refuelling infrastructure. Three European regions will be participating in this effort: the UK (the Midlands and Plymouth), the Brussels area and Wallonia, and the Weser-Ems region in NorthWest Germany. Each of these regions will deploy a new hydrogen refuelling site to close ...
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Utveckla kulturen i ytterstaden

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

...ities to visit cultural institutions, libraries municipalities and local associations all working in socioeconomic disadvantaged areas and make a job shadowing. The cities are Birmingham, Bordeaux, Barcelona, Amaroussion and Helsinki. The five cities have developed other ways to tackle the issues and identified barriers that may be an important reason. Activities: Kick off and anchoring work: Info ...
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Twinned Cities Youth Sports Exchange

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

.... Like the previous years, the Sportjugend Frankfurt and the Office des Sports Lyon coordinate the exchanges, organize the joint programs and support the clubs with their administrative processes.Birmingham is being twinned with Frankfurt and has been twinned with Lyon for over 60 years, to celebrate the 50th year of the relationship. Birmingham has been invited to the exchange which this year is ...
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LBS Augmented Reality Assistive System for Utilities Infrastructure Management through Galileo and EGNOS (LARA)

Start date: Feb 1, 2015, End date: Jan 31, 2017,

The LARA system, the main outcome of the project is a mobile device for utility field workers. The hand-held device integrates different technologies such as: positioning and sensors (GNSS), Augmented Reality (AR), GIS, geodatabases, etc. In practise, this device will guide the field workers in underground utilities to ‘see’ what happening underworld, like an “x-ray image” of the underground infra ...
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OpenTransportNet - Spatially Referenced Data Hubs for Innovation in the Transport Sector (OTN)

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

OpenTransportNet (OTN) will create collaborative virtual service hubs that aggregate, harmonise and visualise open transport-related data to drive the rapid creation of innovative new applications and services. OTN has chosen Transport as a cross border focus-area because it touches upon almost every facet of 21st century living, making it an ideal target for the creation of solutions that can be ...
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New Bus ReFuelling for European Hydrogen Bus Depots (NewBusFuel)

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

The overall aim of NewBusFuel is to resolve a significant knowledge gap around the technologies and engineering solutions required for the refuelling of a large number of buses at a single bus depot. Bus depot scale refuelling imposes significant new challenges which have not yet been tackled by the hydrogen refuelling sector:• Scale – throughputs in excess of 2,000kg/day (compared to 100kg/day fo ...
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Services to enhance innovation management capacities of SMEs in England, Northern Ireland and Wales 2015 -2016 (ENIW)

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

A national service in support of recipients of the H2020 sme instrument and for the enhancement of innovation management in SMEsInnovation is a vital ingredient of growth and an important element of the future success of the UK. With some 95% of R&D and innovation conducted outside of the UK and many major and lead market shaping companies being of non-UK origin, access to knowledge, markets, ski ...
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Optimise Citizen Mobility and Freight Management in Urban Environments (OPTICITIES)

Start date: Nov 1, 2013, End date: Oct 31, 2016,

OPTICITIES’ vision is to help European cities tackle complex mobility challenges. OPTICITIES’ strategy focuses on the optimisation of transport networks through the development of public/private partnerships and the experimentation of innovative ITS services.OPTICITIES addresses both passenger and freight transport issues supporting a user-centred approach.OPTICITIES delivers significant innovatio ...
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Shared Standards for Open Data and Public Sector Information (Share-PSI 2.0)

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

Share-PSI 2.0 brings together a critical mass of government agencies and organisations responsible for implementing the new PSI Directive. Lead by the W3C, the consortium includes the Open Group and Open Geospatial Consortium as fellow standards bodies plus the PSI Alliance, Open Knowledge Foundation, Open Data Institute and PwC as the primary contractor in the ISA Programme's work on interoperabi ...
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Combating inequalities through innovative social practices of, and for, young people in cities across Europe (CITISPYCE)

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

This project builds on research that shows the disproportionate impact of the economic crisis on young people across Europe, including excessively high rates of youth unemployment and threats to the social provision enjoyed by previous generations. This is compounded by the 'coming of age' of the descendants of recent migrant communities - who now form significant proportions of the young populati ...
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Light Night

Start date: Apr 1, 2015, End date: Oct 31, 2015,

...cher Night – Light Night - will coincide with the UNESCO Year of Light 2015, it will bring together the Aston Institute of Photonics Technology (AIPT), Aston University, with the Library of Birmingham and Community Arts Group, the Flatpack Film Festival, to deliver an afternoon and evening of public engaging content, informed by EC funded research, to raise the enormous importance of photonics res ...
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Towards Sustainable Zero Carbon Transport through Innovation Procurement (TRANS-FORM)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

...rts from the UK and the Netherlands that will provide practical know-how and proven methodologies. The public/private sector procurement community will be represented by City Councils from Barcelona, Birmingham and Rotterdam for the public sector and also the EU Corporate Leaders Group on Climate Change. Innovation Agencies from Poland, Spain and the UK will complete the triangular partnership an ...
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Living Labs application for internationalization of start-up companies (Energy & digital economy) (LILA)

Start date: May 10, 2011, End date: Sep 29, 2015,

...nnovative group of users.NEXT ACTIVITIES:Several transnational Lab applications will be proceed until June 2015.A Lila process Guide will be publish with the support of the University of Lorraine and Birmingham City University.All results of Lila will be pitched and dabated during national and european events in 2015.The community of hundreds users will growth again.>>>Follow our activities troug ...
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My Neighbourhood | My City (My Neighbourhood)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Jun 30, 2015,

The My Neighbourhood solution will combine new digital technologies and techniques, such as social gaming principles (gamification), with the Living Lab methodology to help strengthen existing ties and resolve communal issues in the real, day-to-day world of the neighbourhood. The solution will be rooted in an open My Neighbourhood site that 1) combines the data and functionality of existing City ...
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Digital Inclusion Skills for Carers bringing Opportunities, Value and Excellence (DISCOVER)

Start date: Apr 1, 2012, End date: Mar 31, 2015,

...vice to deliver digital skills training for carers. This will focus in particular on opportunities for informal carers as a socially excluded group. DISCOVER is based on existing eLearning systems in Birmingham (Birmingham City University, The Open University) and Thessaloniki (Aristotle University Thessaloniki). The DISCOVER platform will integrate the existing systems and provide access to rich ...
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GREEN RENOVATION CLUSTER (GREENOV)

Start date: Mar 31, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2014,

The project aims at developing the economic sector of sustainable renovation mainly by stimulating the innovation capacity of SMEs working in this field. The project will contribute to the transition to low-carbon cities and sustainable economy and will improve the knowledge and expertise on sustainable renovation of existing buildings. Partners of this project are key stakeholders involved in ...
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Saving Energy in Europe's Public Buildings Using ICT (SMARTSPACES)

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

To substantially reduce peak and overall demand for energy and water across EU public buildings, the project will develop a service comprising innovative ICT-based energy decision support, awareness and management service components. Decision support is provided directly to city energy managers and other professionals responsible for building performance, and to building users, both staff and visi ...
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Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility through Public Policy (COGITA)

Start date: Dec 31, 2011, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

...yprus University of Technology); CSR incentives in public procurement (Lead by P5, Enterprise Flanders); CSR related criteria for awarding public funding for regional SMEs (Lead by P6, Birmingham City Council); Inter-firm collaboration / regional supply chains (Lead by P7, AUEB-RC); Communication / Branding (Lead by PP10, Agency for the Support of Regional Development Košice). The C3 coordinator ...
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"COMPLEX CHALLENGES, INNOVATIVE CITIES" (CCIC)

Start date: Dec 31, 2011, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

BACKGROUND.Most surveys and analyses in EU are focused on innovation performance of private sector,while innovations in public sector remain largerly understudied and thus unknown.The simplest definition CCIC will use is 'public sector innovation is about new ideas that work at creating public value'.In terms of innovation,regions and municipalities have a crucial lead-role.Thus,CCIC aims to incre ...
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moting Cross-Innovation in European Cities and Regions (Cross-Innovation)

Start date: Dec 31, 2011, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

...ative sectors and other industries. The partnership consists of 11 metropolitan hotspots that have the potential to put cross-innovation on the top of local and regional policy agendas across Europe: Birmingham, Amsterdam, Rome, Berlin, Tallinn, Warsaw, Vilnius, Stockholm, Linz, Lisbon, Plzen.Cross-Innovation is a key policy priority of EU 2020 and its flagship initiative Innovation Union. Improvi ...
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Internet of Energy for Electric Mobility (IoE)

Start date: May 1, 2011, End date: Oct 31, 2014,

The objective of Internet of Energy (IoE) is to develop hardware, software and middleware for seamless, secure connectivity and interoperability achieved by connecting the Internet with the energy grids. The application of the IoE will be the infrastructure for the electric mobility. The underlying architecture is of distributed Embedded Systems (ESs), combining power electronics, integrated circu ...
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Delivering Local Bioenergy to NW Europe (BioenNW)

Start date: Mar 31, 2010, End date: Mar 30, 2014,

The project aims to promote the wider adoption of local bioenergy in NW Europe (NWE). & thereby help realise the potential that exists in NWE for biomass to make a substantial contribution to increasing energy security. reducing carbon emissions & creating employment. The project will promote the take up of decentralised heat & power schemes at a small scale ( ...
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European Platform for Intelligent Cities (EPIC)

Start date: Nov 1, 2010, End date: Aug 31, 2013,

The EPIC platform will combine the industrial strength of IBM's 'Smart City' vision and cloud computing infrastructure with the knowledge and expertise of leading European Living Labs' such as Apollon partners IBBT Brussels, ISSY-Media and Manchester to ensure development of a European 'innovation ecosystem' that provides an extensive range of opportunities for sustainable, user-driven web-based s ...
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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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Making Knowledge Work (MKW)

Start date: Dec 31, 2009, End date: Dec 30, 2012,

....g. Brainport Eindhoven Region, Helsinki, Stuttgart Region, West-Midlands UK, Milan and Flanders). Examples of GP transfer from one region to another are 1) adapting the SME Innoscope-tool (Lille) by Birmingham Science Park and Brainport Development NV, 2) implementing the Competence Centre approach (Stuttgart) by Milan region and 3) plans for an innovation lab in Kujawsko-Pomorskie based on the g ...
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Improvement of Methodologies and Governance of European Entrepreneurship Network (IMAGEEN)

Start date: Dec 31, 2009, End date: Dec 30, 2012,

... agreed to reinforce the 2011 agenda in order to further enhance the exchange of good practices and work on an in-depth understanding of the practices. In 2011, the study visits took place in Munich, Birmingham, Turin and Granada. The project has brought to light 16 good practices. Building on the knowledge exchanged in IMAGEEN, the partners have developed a guide presenting all the good practices ...
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ublic Lighting Strategies for Sustainable Urban Spaces (PLUS)

Start date: Dec 31, 2009, End date: Dec 30, 2012,

... & city marketing. The PLUS project unites the following cities and regions, all having clear public lighting strategies or being in the process of developing one: Eindhoven, Nice Côte d'Azur, Lyon, Birmingham, Leipzig, Bassano del Grappa, Plovdiv, Patras, Burgos, Tallinn and Iasi. The consortium is completed with LUCI, the global network uniting cities and lighting professionals. All of these par ...
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Brum Dine With Me: The Science of Food (BDWM)

Start date: Apr 24, 2012, End date: Nov 23, 2012,

... which is actually a fascinating and engaging research subject, breaking down barriers between cultural, age and socio-economic groups in an exciting interactive portfolio of activities.The City of Birmingham, affectionately known as “Brum” to its residents, has the second biggest population in the UK and is enormously diverse in social, economic and cultural terms. It has one of the best universi ...
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MyUI: Mainstreaming Accessibility through Synergistic User Modelling and Adaptability (MyUI)

Start date: Feb 1, 2010, End date: Oct 31, 2012,

MyUI will foster the mainstreaming of accessible and highly individualized ICT products – a major issue for e-Inclusion. The project addresses important barriers which include developers' lack of awareness and expertise, time and cost requirements of incorporating accessibility and missing validated approaches and infrastructures.The project's approach goes beyond the notion of Universal Design by ...
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Developing Economic Clusters of Cultural and Creative Enterprises in the Innovation Process (ECCE Innovation)

Start date: Jul 31, 2007, End date: Mar 30, 2012,

The aim of the Project is “to foster the innovation capacity of Creative Industries (CI) in order to access new markets”. The creative sector is the most dynamic sector in the economy. It is a key driver of economic and social development and leads to innovation in various other industries and sectors. Turning creative ideas into businesses is the key aim of the project. It will focus on the excha ...
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ublic Policies and Instruments in Support of Creative Industries (CREATIVE METROPOLES)

Start date: Sep 30, 2008, End date: Sep 29, 2011,

...ses5. Demand for CI products and servicesThe partnership of the project is constituted by municipalities and development agencies of 11 metropolitan cities of Europe – Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Birmingham, Helsinki, Oslo, Riga, Stockholm, Tallinn, Vilnius and Warsaw – which play a central role in the economies of their regions and countries.The project is organised into 3 components. In additi ...
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Digital Environment Home Energy Management System (DEHEMS)

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

DEHEMS will extend the current state of the art in intelligent meters, moving beyond energy 'input' models that monitor the levels of energy being used to an 'energy performance model' that also looks at the way in which the energy is used. It will bring together sensor data in areas such as household heat loss and appliance performance as well as energy usage monitoring to give real time informat ...
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Cities and science communication: innovative approaches to engaging the public (CASC)

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

Science cities are becoming increasingly important across Europe. Their central strategic aim appears to be boosting the knowledge economy nationally and to support the goals defined in the Lisbon strategy. In order to do this, it is important that the ‘triple helix’ of universities and research organisations, business and the public sector work together to ensure that research and development (R& ...
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