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Towards Smart Zero CO2 Cities across Europe (SmartEnCity)

Start date: Feb 1, 2016, End date: Jul 31, 2021,

SmartEnCity’s main Objective is to develop a highly adaptable and replicable systemic approach towards urban transformation into sustainable, smart and resource-efficient urban environments in Europe through the integrated planning and implementation of measures aimed at improving energy efficiency in main consuming sectors in cities, while increasing their supply of renewable energy, and demonstr ...
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PORT-Cities: Integrating Sustainability (PORTIS)

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2020,

...nducive to the establishment of vital and multi-modal hubs for urban, regional, national and International movements of passengers and goods. To do this, they establish integrated living laboratories clustering local measures according to four major aspects of sustainable urban mobility:1. Governance: to increase port-city collaborative planning and participation, leading to enhanced forms of SUMP ...
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ROCKET

Start date: Mar 31, 2016, End date: Mar 30, 2020,

Description (EN): The "ROCKET - Regional Collaboration on Key Enabling Technologies" project is the engine to bring the Comprehensive Economic competencies in the area of KETs in the German-Dutch border area together, to build and to deploy a measurable and future-oriented economic development .KETs enable innovations in various application domains. The combination of technology and ...
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Moving towards Life Cycle Thinking by integrating Advanced Waste Management Systems (Waste4Think)

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: Nov 30, 2019,

... town that implements an advanced collection system. The project includes a consortium of 19 partners with 4 public agencies and administrations, 3 research centers and universities, 8 SMEs, 2 LEs, 1 cluster and 1 NGO, that will work together during 36 months with an overall contribution from the EC of €9M.The most relevant expected impacts are: a 20% increase in waste sorting, 10% saving of manag ...
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Storage capacity sharing over virtual neighbourhoods of energy ecosystems (SHAR-Q)

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

Storages are unavoidable components of the future smart grid with large share of variable renewable generation. However, the unit-cost of energy, that is retrieved from storages, is several times higher than the cost of energy consumed upon its output from RES. Therefore, there is a strong requirement on the optimisation of storage capacities deployed in the grid. This is especially true for the s ...
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wer-to-fleX (Power-to-fleX)

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

In Noordwest-Duitsland en Noord-Nederland is de afgelopen jaren volop ingezet op duurzame energie. Het nadeel van zon en wind als energiebron is dat het aanbod ervan fluctueert en niet gelijk loopt met de energievraag. Het bufferen van deze elektriciteit (Power) in een andere energiedrager, zoals water-stofgas, methaan, methanol, warmte of batterij (X) is een oplossing voor dit probleem. Het doel ...
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Architecture for EurOpean Logistics Information eXchange (AEOLIX)

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

Supply chain visibility supported by easy access to, and exchange and use of relevant and abundant logistics-related information is an important prerequisite for the deployment of pan-European logistics solutions that are needed to increase efficiency and productivity, and to reduce environmental impact. Although there is a proliferative development of logistics-related data stores, information ch ...
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Secure Management Platform for Shared Process Resources (SHAREBOX)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2019,

To pave the way forward for IS as a solution for more efficient processing and energy systems for the process industry, we will develop a secure ICT platform (SHAREBOX) for the flexible management of shared process resources that will provide plant operations and production managers with the robust and reliable information that they need in real-time in order to effectively and confidently share r ...
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INNOvative LABS for leveraging cross capacity building between ICT, Health, BIO and Medicine sectors for new emerging industries in personalized health (INNOLABS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Jun 30, 2019,

The INNOLABS project is cluster/network driven and grounded in the conviction that cluster organizations guarantee a better understanding of what kind of services and added value can be provide to their “clients”. Its specific focus is on unlocking the cross-sectoral collaborative potential of SMEs in combining ICT with the BIO, Health and Medicine sectors representing an emerging but still under- ...
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Empowering Photonics through Regional Innovation Strategies in Europe (EPRISE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Jun 30, 2019,

...oviding SMEs with concrete solutions from market experts on how to overcome market barriers and boosting collaboration along the complete value chain via pre-arranged B2B meetings.Photonics clusters involved in EPRISE have both local connections and technology understanding to set-up, together with Regional Authorities, an efficient framework that will encourage creation of funding synergies betwe ...
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Demonstration project to prove the techno-economic feasibility of using algae to treat saline wastewater from the food industry. (SALTGAE)

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2019,

The aim of the project is to implement and demonstrate at large scale the long-term technological and economic feasibility of an innovative, sustainable and efficient solution for the treatment of high salinity wastewater from the F&D industry. Conventional wastewater treatments have proven ineffective for this kind of wastewater, as the bacterial processes typically used for the elimination of 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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Industrial Applications of Marine Enzymes: Innovative screening and expression platforms to discover and use the functional protein diversity from the sea (INMARE)

Start date: Apr 1, 2015, End date: Mar 31, 2019,

INMARE stands for “Industrial Applications of Marine Enzymes: Innovative screening and expression platforms to discover and use the functional protein diversity from the sea”. It is a collaborative Innovation Action to streamline the pathways of discovery and industrial applications of new marine enzymes and bioactives for targeted production of fine chemicals, drugs and in environmental clean-up ...
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Improving European aquaculture by advancing selective breeding to the next level for the six main finfish species (FISHBOOST)

Start date: Feb 1, 2014, End date: Jan 31, 2019,

Only about 10% of today’s global aquaculture production use genetically improved stocks. In Europe, some breeding programmes consist of only the basic components of a breeding scheme. Hence, there is large potential to increase efficiency and profit by domestication and genetic improvement of farmed finfish. The main challenge of FISHBOOST is to realise this potential into economic and social acce ...
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KATANA - Emerging industries as key enablers for the adoption of advanced technologies in the agrifood sector (KATANA)

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

...t services covering the entire KATANA lifecycle and (iii) three large scale demonstrators capitalizing upon emerging industries (eco-industries, mobile services and personalized health). KATANA is a cluster-driven project, bringing together 7 active clusters of SMEs from all over Europe (from Scandinavia to Mediterranean and Balkans) covering the entire ecosystem, namely agriculture, food product ...
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Development and advanced prefabrication of innovative, multifunctional building envelope elements for MOdular REtrofitting and CONNECTions (MORE-CONNECT)

Start date: Dec 1, 2014, End date: Nov 30, 2018,

Objective is to develop and to demonstrate technologies and components for prefabricated modular renovation elements in five geo-clusters in Europe. This includes prefabricated durable, innovative, modular composed building envelope elements for the total building envelop for the renovation market, including the prefab integration of multifunctional components for climate control, energy saving, ...
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Improving knowledge and competencies of automotive workers for the factories ofthe future

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

...es:• Coordinator: Fundación AITIIP is a Spanish Technological Centre, expert in R+D and training European projects with important links with automotive sector.• MECANIC VALLEE (MV) is a French cluster of manufacturers and federates an interregional network of prime manufacturers and subcontractors in the mechanical sector, including automotive.• Intercultural Consultancy and Studies, INCCAS, is a ...
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Development and validation of mould design and manufacturing OER from experienced labourers' know-how to complement VET

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

...IMFE, Technological centre for the mould making (Portugal); WI-SWF Werkzeugbau-Institut Südwestfalen GmbH (Germany); Gemeinnützige KIMW Forschungs-GmbH (KIMW-F) (Germany) and CEIV, Cluster Empresas Innovadoras del Valle del juguete (Spain). All of which play a key role in terms of specialised mould training in their respective countries.
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Energize the Agriculture – Young Entrepreneurs for Rural Development

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

Most of the agriculture in developing countries can be characterized by the use of rudimentary tools and the lack of funds for modern, high-performance equipment. These shortcomings make the agri-businesses non-productive and non-competitive in international markets. Moreover, in isolated rural areas, in arid regions, in the mountains or on islands, farms and many rural communities are not connect ...
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Recycling of citrus industry scrap into natural additives for food industries (LIFECITRUS)

Start date: Sep 16, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

Background European citrus fruits production is concentrated in the Mediterranean region. Spain represents nearly 60% of the EU’s total production and Italy around 30%; the remaining 10% comes from mainly Cyprus, Greece and Portugal. Spanish production is concentrated in the regions of Murcia and Valencia. The process of obtaining the desired fruit gen ...
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Wellness Instructor VET Course

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

The WELVET project is based on transnational cooperation effort of VET providers and economic actors in the field of wellness tourism. The project's main intellectual output, a C-VET course for the emerging "wellness instructor" job, is addressing a pressing need of the European wellness tourism industry, namely the lack of trained staff to deliver high quality customer service. The WELVET project ...
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Personsalised Medicine Innovation through Digital Enterprise Solutions (PERMIDES)

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

...s on oncology (i.e. cancer treatment). Current value chain challenges lie in e.g. data gathering and exchange, big data and machine learning, or new software-based marketing methods based.Via a cross-clustering approach, leading biopharma and IT clusters from three countries (Austria, Germany and Norway) will create novel cross-sectoral collaborations between SMEs to address innovation barriers in ...
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Učenje za razvoj kompetenc v kamnoseštvu

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

The situation of young people entering the labor market is characterized by a bad connection between the education system and the labor market. Formal education institutions only marginally associated with the business sector, which makes young people (in addition to the right educational policies according to the needs of the labor market) is also a lack of practical experience. The proposed proj ...
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Smart Technologies for the Conversion of Industrial Lignins into Sustainable Materials (SmartLi)

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

SmartLi aims at developing technologies for using technical lignins as raw materials for biomaterials and demonstrating their industrial feasibility. The technical lignins included in the study are kraft lignins, lignosulphonates and bleaching effluents, representing all types of abundant lignin sources. The raw materials are obtained from industrial partners. The technical lignins are not directl ...
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Securing future-proof environmentally compatible bioenergy chains (SECURECHAIN)

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

...t-based, objective competition, selected SMEs are awarded 15-20 Innovation Vouchers for the realisation of proposed SSCM pilot projects with the support of specialised advisors. Learning Labs for SME clusters support the implementation of most sustainable and energy efficient solutions in each model region. Tested quality assurance tools are readily installed in the pilots and SMEs receive proper ...
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Empowering Agribusiness Training in Emilia 2

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

The Municipality of Correggio has made significant commitments with respect to European policies that can be implemented locally to promote a thorough European citizenship. The applicant is working at all levels of education and is Agency of the Italian network for the transnational mobility of young people EURODESK.It is the territory of the Parmesan cheese, traditional balsamic Vinegar of Reggio ...
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Advanced Culinary Training - ACT

Start date: Nov 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

The main objectives of this youth exchange are to help young people develop their skills in the culinary field in order to increase their employability and also to help them understand the importance of healthy lifestyles with food being one of the main factors addressed. The target group and the participants in this project are young people from poor families and from remote areas who do not hav ...
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Regional, National and European Support for Photonics Innovation Clusters enhancing SMEs Innovative Potential (RespiceSME)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

RespiceSME will reinforce the innovative capacity of Europe’s photonics SMEs, clusters and national platforms by stimulating increased collaborations in and beyond photonics. RespiceSME proposes new approaches for stronger innovative effectiveness using a 3-dimensional approach, led by an experienced, representative, interdisciplinary team. In the 1st dimension, the project will develop a measure ...
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ARCHIMEDE

Start date: Sep 14, 2016, End date: Dec 13, 2017,

The Archimede project comes as part of the mechanical sector of the territories of reference of the institutes involved in the project. This project aims to RAISE LEVELS OF DISTINCTION AND INNOVATION within the industry, through training and specialization of YOUNG, and support the processes of modernization of farms and development of advanced services to compete in a changing market and with com ...
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USE OF CO2 AS A SUBSTITUTE OF CHLORINE-BASED CHEMICALS USED IN O&M INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES FOR MACROFOULING REMEDATION (LIFE CO2FORMARE)

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

Background Combined cycle power plants located on the coast generally use seawater for their cooling processes. This can lead to biofouling – growth of flora and fauna on surfaces – which can be micro or macrofouling, depending on the size of the organisms. Macrofouling is a problem for industrial facilities. In order to eliminate the organic matter ...
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International Benchmarking on CVET – 4 European Regions

Start date: Nov 1, 2015, End date: Oct 31, 2017,

The aim of the International Benchmarking on CVET – 4 European Regions, is to deeply focus on the issues of CVET (Continuing Vocational Education and Training) that have been highlighted both in the Bruges Communiqué and in the latest Eurydice report on adult education. Particularly, the project will propose policy solutions for the promotion of adult participation in continuing education, especia ...
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European Region Entrepreneurship Connection – EFEB Network

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

EFEB Network’s main objective is to train, mentor and develop the entrepreneurship skills of women entrepreneurs involving them in VET partnership with great potential for development and raising the public awareness, supporting women empowerment and providing new economic and social opportunities for a prosperous European Region. In this respect, among the project’s proposal main tasks is to enha ...
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ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT OF FLUVIAL TOURISM

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

Activities on fluvial tourism - river, lakes and lagoons- have a great capacity to attract visitors and generate wealth in the areas where these take place. To satisfy the increasing demand for this type tourism, the investment in facilities (e.g. ports) has been increasing significantly, and these actions have not always been carried out from an environmental point of view. At the same time touri ...
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Automotive Quality Universities

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

...modules for each method and also training modules explaining how to integrate functional safety, Automotive SPICE and Six Sigma. (See Picture on next page). AQUA courses were held by Automotive Clusters in Austria, Czech Republic, Slovenia and by German industry task forces. More than 130 were trained and certified. In the Automotive Quality Universities (Automotive Universe) project we plan to la ...
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Innovative Training and New Business opportunities in the Energy Market

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

...entation of new business models in an agile way, in order to increase the competitiveness of energy enterprises and entrepreneurs. Five participating organisations are involved in the project: ENERGY CLUSTER OF EXTREMADURA, from Spain: It involves all companies and entities of the Energy sector in Extremadura, including some of the main energy companies in Spain (international companies). The Clus ...
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Certification Européenne de Technicien de la Performance Energétique du Bâtiment

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

The fight against global warming , the mobilization of renewable energy and energy efficiency are key issues for all countries . European policy on climate and energy until 2030 sets binding targets for reducing Greenhouse Gases, for renewable energies , and integrates energy efficiency because no transition to a safe, sustainable and competitive energy system is possible without this improvement. ...
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Project Management Academy

Start date: Aug 1, 2016, End date: Jul 31, 2017,

“Project Management Academy” has been developed as a long-term multi-measure activity engaging partner promoters from Western Balkans region as well as Programme Countries. In its essence, the project aims at developing the overall capacity of youth organisations to effectively manage youth projects funded with the support of EU grants. We wish to achieve the goal by means of successively implemen ...
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RESTART

Start date: Apr 1, 2016, End date: Jul 31, 2017,

...lace in Craiova, Romania, first stage between 01.07.2016 – 31.11.2016, involving 8 volunteers – each partner will send 2, IRELI PU –Az, EUROCIRCLE – Fr, Georgian Youth for Europe- Ge, Cluster for Eco-Social Innovation and Development CEDRA Split – Hr; second stage between 03.11.2016-05.03.2017, involving 8 volunteers – each partner will send 2, Scambieuropei – It, SFERA – Ru, Stella – Uk, ASSOCIAT ...
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Continuous monitoring of the structural condition of the tower and supporting structure of floating and static offshore wind turbines (TOWERPOWER)

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

There is a growing interest in monitoring techniques and systems which can provide information about the condition of a wind turbine support structure, owing to a number of operational factors which have become apparent as increased numbers of turbine installations are experiencing longer periods of time in service. These include:• Instances of fatigue cracking in the support towers• Flange bolts ...
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Functional textiles and leathers by innovative MLSE process (LIFE TEXTILEATHER)

Start date: Jun 2, 2014, End date: May 31, 2017,

Background The textile and leather sectors are water-intensive. According to the Best Available Techniques reference document (BREF) for the textile industry, in mills finishing cotton woven fabrics, waste water flows can range from 50 to 200 litres/kg, depending on the efficiency of the equipment at the textile facility. The main environmental concern is ...
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