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Reliable and innovative technology for the realization of a sustainable MARINe And coastal seabed management PLAN (LIFE MARINAPLAN PLUS)

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

Background Harbours and tidal inlets on coastal areas are subject to a gradual deposition of littoral materials. Without maintenance of the seabed, they become unsuitable for commercial use. Traditional management involved the mechanical withdrawal of the sediments or the construction of marine infrastructures, such as entrance banks and seawards, in orde ...
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RainBO Life

Start date: Jul 1, 2016, End date: Jul 31, 2019,

Background The risk of flooding of small watercourses is a major problem in several Italian urban areas. Urbanisation, with a consequent decrease of soil permeability and loss of space for river and stream beds, is increasing the likelihood of flooding and the severity of its effects. Furthermore, climate change is likely to make severe rainfall events an ...
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Science and Global Education beyond the barriers of learning difficulties

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

The project aims to respond to two of the main challenges faced by modern societies: 1) The rapid obsolescence of all technical and scientific knowledge which makes it difficult to teach sciences at school even if sciences are a key factor for the understanding of climate change and for the sustainable economic development 2) The processes of social exclusion related to early school leaving. E ...
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EPHEMERAL HERITAGE OF THE EUROPEAN CARNIVAL RITUALS

Start date: Dec 1, 2014, End date: Apr 30, 2017,

The overall goal of the project EPHEMERAL HERITAGE OF THE EUROPEAN CARNIVAL RITUALS (CARNVAL) is to promote the variety of Europe’s historical and social realities by disseminating some of its most European Carnival rituals and the cultural and creative sectors associated with them. These events are an important part of Europe’s intangible cultural heritage. Our project, therefore, aims to dissemi ...
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DAREED – Decision support Advisor for innovative business models and useR engagement for smart Energy Efficient Districts (DAREED)

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

DAREED aims at delivering an ICT service platform (and some specific tools) to foster energy efficiency and low carbon activities at neighbourhood, city and district level. Project results will be validated via pilots in three (3) different countries and contexts, thus granting the possibility to generalise results and ensuring replicability throughout Europe and beyond.The key success factor for ...
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BLUE AP - Bologna Local Urban Environment Adaptation Plan for a Resilient City (BLUE AP)

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

Background Climate change is one of the main threats that global society faces. The international community is trying to tackle this problem through the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol. Although nearly all European regions are affected by climate change, the impact depends on the local context. Climate change t ...
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Linked Open Apps Ecosystem to open up innovation in smart cities (iCity)

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

The iCity project aims at making a step forward in fostering the co-creation of services of public interest by third parties pushing for their space as services provisioners in Smart Cities' urban spaces. This will be done by bootstrapping the involvement of open innovation ecosystems such as Living Labs in bringing the users together in the whole co-creation process using a self-centred methodolo ...
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Roma-NeT II

Start date: Nov 30, 2013, End date: Mar 30, 2015,

ROMA-NeT URBACT II project was established to create a new approach to stimulate information sharing and development across the complex Roma integration policy and operational environment in nine European cities.Now six of the nine cities gathered in a delivery phase of ROMA-NeT that will continue the participatory approach working with key local stakeholders as they move forward with local delive ...
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Interactive Analysis, Simulation and Visualisation Tools for Urban Agile Policy Implementation (urbanAPI)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Nov 30, 2014,

In the context of European initiatives to improve policy as a more transparent and understandable process, the urbanAPI project aims to support activities such as issue identification, policy analysis, consultation, decision and evaluation in urban planning and land management policy. For this purpose, a policy metamodel, a formalised vocabulary, a set of rule languages to define data integration ...
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Design of a decision support tool for sustainable, reliable and cost-effective energy strategies in cities and industrial complexes (CitInES)

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

The overall objective of CitInES is to design and demonstrate a multi-scale multi-energy decision-making tool to optimise the energy efficiency of cities or large industrial complexes by enabling them to define sustainable, reliable and cost-effective long-term energy strategies. Demonstrations will take place in two cities in Italy, Cesena and Bologna, and in one oil refinery in Turkey, Tupras.In ...
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Smart Metropolitan Areas Realised Through Innovation & People - SMARTiP (SMARTiP)

Start date: Nov 1, 2010, End date: Mar 31, 2014,

The idea of the SMARTiP project is to take the experience developed by a wide range of existing user-driven, open innovation initiatives in Europe, particularly those developed through Living Labs, and to apply this experience to the challenge of transforming public services by empowering 'smart citizens' who are able to use and co-produce innovative Internet-enabled services within emerging 'smar ...
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Efficient ENergy for EU Cultural Heritage (3ENCULT)

Start date: Oct 1, 2010, End date: Mar 31, 2014,

"The project 3ENCULT bridges the gap between conservation of historic buildings and climate protection, which is not an antagonism at all: historic buildings will only survive if maintained as living space. Energy efficient retrofit is useful for structural protection as well as for comfort reasons - comfort for users and “comfort” for heritage collections.The joint task of conservation and energy ...
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Local Authorities Improving Kyoto Actions (LAIKA)

Start date: Oct 1, 2010, End date: Sep 30, 2013,

Background For Italy, the Kyoto protocol target for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction is established at 6.5% below 1990 levels. From 2008 to 2012, the amount of Italian GHG emissions is not to exceed 485.7 million tonnes CO2eq, which equates to a reduction of 95 million tonnes CO2eq/yr. National estimates indicate that roughly 30 million tonnes wil ...
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Green Areas Inner-city Agreement "GAIA" (GAIA)

Start date: Oct 10, 2010, End date: Apr 30, 2013,

Background Climate change is one of the most challenging environmental, social and economic threats we face today. The international community is trying to tackle this problem through the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol. Global warming is a reality and, as confirmed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Cha ...
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CIVITAS Making Innovation for MObility Sustainable Actions (CIVITAS MIMOSA)

Start date: Oct 15, 2008, End date: Feb 14, 2013,

Since 2002, CIVITAS Initiative has been able to attract a raising interest among local authorities in Europe, becoming a true point of reference, even beyond the boundaries of the European Union. This is because worldwide, massive resources are poured into research and development of new solutions for a better urban environment. However, funds often target individual initiatives, which doubtlessly ...
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Cost-effective low-energy advanced sustainable so1utions (CLASS1)

Start date: Nov 1, 2007, End date: Oct 31, 2012,

The Municipality of Stenloese has decided to strengthen the energy requirements for a new settlement to be erected in the municipality. In this new settlement 650 dwellings will be constructed in the years 2007-2008 to a low-energy standard referred to as "low-energy class 1" in the Danish Building Regulations. This requirement means that the energy consumption will be 50 % below the new energy re ...
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EUROPEAN CIVIL REGISTRY NETWORK (ECRN)

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

Description Electronic exchange of Civil Act certificates across national bordersDue to the growing number of European citizens living in countries different from their countries of origin, cooperation regarding the Civil Acts has today become a high priority for National administrations.The ECRN project will establish a secure and certif ...
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Smart freight transport in urban areas (SMARTFREIGHT)

Start date: Jan 1, 2008, End date: Apr 30, 2011,

Goods distribution is important for businesses and the life of a city. However, the efficiency as well as the environmental impacts is negatively influenced by traffic congestion, scarcity of loading areas, sub-optimal delivery routes and too little use of return loads. The transport of dangerous goods is also a safety risk.This project will make urban freight transport more efficient, environment ...
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An Integrated Wireless and Traffic Platform for Real-Time Road Traffic Management Solutions (iTETRIS)

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

Wireless vehicular cooperative systems have been identified as an attractive solution to improve road traffic management, thereby contributing to the European goal of safer, cleaner, and more efficient and sustainable traffic solutions. The use of V2V and V2I communication technologies can not only help reducing road fatalities but also a more efficient and adaptive traffic management that contrib ...
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EDScience 2010 - Everyday Science 2010. Researchers and Research in Everyday Life (EDScience2010)

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

The project “Everyday Science 2010” represents the second edition of Researchers’ Night initiative in Emilia-Romagna after the first successful experience of 2009. The 24th September 2010 public events dedicate to researchers take place in Bologna and in other 7 towns: Cesena, Faenza, Ferrara, Modena, Parma, Ravenna and Reggio Emilia. All universities, main research centres and local public autho ...
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Environmental Management through Monitoring and Modelling of Anoxia (EMMA)

Start date: Oct 1, 2004, End date: Sep 30, 2007,

Background The EU's Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) addresses water quality assessment, control and management. In Italy, marine coastal environments are protected under Legislative Degree 979/82 (Disposition for the protection of the sea). Further regulations and decrees govern protection of marine and underground waters, dealing with pollution an ...
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Environmental certification of water resource distributed by waterworks systems. (AQUALABEL)

Start date: Nov 1, 2003, End date: Nov 1, 2006,

Background The importance of water as a natural resource cannot be overstressed. Increased demand for water, however, will require public and private competent bodies to comply with strict and sustainable water management policies. The provision of drinking water is a service required by law in the EU. Lack of responsible provision could lead to water de ...
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MEDIAUVIS : The reagional strategies to develope the audiovisual sector in the Mediterranean Bassin (MEDIAUVIS)

Start date: Mar 31, 2004, End date: Sep 29, 2006,

« Mediauvis » sintéresse au développement du secteur audiovisuel en Méditerranée. Soucieux dappliquer linteraction du développement et la compétitivité dans lespace Medocc, le projet a pour objectif de faire collaborer des partenaires ressortissants des pays méditerranéens afin délaborer un modèle typique et adapté à lidentité culturelle dans le secteur audiovisuel du Bassin méditerranéen par léla ...
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Demonstrating the industrial viability of a medium size biomass cogeneration plant to distribute heat and electricity in a mountain rural area (WARM-WOOD)

Start date: Oct 1, 2002, End date: Dec 31, 2005,

Background The initial idea for the “WARM-WOOD” project came from a report which showed the remarkable potential for using wood as a source of energy in many mountain areas of the Appennines. Objectives WARM-WOOD aimed to show that the Apennine woodlands, which have been ...
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CIMPA: Cibi Meridiani, Monumenti Paralleli (CIMPA)

Start date: Dec 17, 2002, End date: Oct 29, 2004,

« CIMPA » s’intéresse à une nouvelle stratégie de valorisation touristique, principalement articulée autour du secteur gastronomique et historico-culturel. Le projet vise plus particulièrement à développer des initiatives d’attraction touristique sur les divers territoires intéressés, basées sur la promotion de la culture gastronomique commune et diverse en même temps, et des sites ambiants garant ...
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Intercultural Training for Social Inclusion in Europe, a Cultural Resource for the Future Society

Isn't integration great? : A guidance manual together with a video and CD-ROM have been produced and workshops and study visits have taken place. All of this is aimed at improving the intercultural comptences of professionals dealing with immigrants on a daily basis. This project started in 2003 and lasted 24 months.
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Socinc-Net - Network of Centres specialised in Social Inclusion af Young people through (pre) Vocational Training and Guidance.

Stepping up schooling efforts for disadvantaged youths : Too many disadvantaged inner-city youngsters fail to complete further education. This project seeks to provide opportunities for struggling young people to avoid social exclusion and increase their chances on the job market. This project started in 2002 and lasted 24 months.
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