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Re-establishment of the Ribbed Limpet (Patella ferruginea) in Ligurian MPAs by Restocking and Controlled Reproduction (RE.LIFE)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2020,

Background The geomorphological features of the Portofino MPA promontory favour the development of a rich and highly diversified benthic fauna and flora. The area hosts the most important shallow-water coral population of the Ligurian Sea and contains significant gorgonian populations. The fish community includes such species as the brown grouper, brown m ...
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EnhANcing emergencY management and response to extreme WeatHER and climate Events (ANYWHERE)

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

The ultimate purpose of ANYWHERE is to empower exposed responder institutions and citizens to enhance their anticipation and pro-active capacity of response to face extreme and high-impact weather and climate events. This will be achieved through the operational implementation of cutting-edge innovative technology as the best way to enhance citizen's protection and saving lives.ANYWHERE proposes t ...
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Public FLOOD Emergency and Awareness SERVice (FLOOD-serv)

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

Floods are an increasingly acute problem. Floods endanger lives and cause human tragedy as well as heavy economic losses. In addition to economic and social damage, floods can have severe environmental consequences, for example when installations holding large quantities of toxic chemicals are inundated or wetland areas destroyed. Intense precipitation has become more frequent and more intense, gr ...
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EUROPEAN MUSIC INCUBATOR

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

European Music Incubator is a 5-partners innovative project based on a European capacity building program dedicated to knowledge-transfer about in-between/emerging musicians' careers and to structuring of the music sector at local and European levels. EMI develops transnational skills-training and mentoring solutions about entrepreneurship mindset, new business models and diversification of activi ...
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Renovation of Residential urban spaces: Towards nearly zero energy CITIES (R2CITIES)

Start date: Jul 1, 2013, End date: Jun 30, 2017,

R2CITIES aims to develop and demonstrate an open and easily replicable strategy for designing, constructing, and managing large scale district renovation projects for achieving nearly zero energy cities. For this purpose, it will be developed a demonstration and dissemination framework of very innovative strategies and solutions for building energy renovation at district level, based in the follow ...
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Combined Efficient Large Scale Integrated Urban Systems (CELSIUS)

Start date: Apr 1, 2013, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

The CELSIUS City Consortium is going to deploy 12 new technically and economically innovative demonstrators. Another up to 20 state-of-art demonstrators (already in operation) will proof the CELSIUS City Concept covering the full FP7 8.8.2 requirements.CELSIUS has a clear strategy and a pro-active approach to Market Outreach, which will strive to commit 50 new cities to the CELSIUS Roadmap by the ...
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Open geo-data for innovative services and user applications towards Smart Cities (GeoSmartCity)

Start date: Mar 1, 2014, End date: Feb 28, 2017,

GeoSmartCity contributes to the Smart City implementation by establishing a cross-platform, re-usable and open hub able to publish open geographic information and to provide specialized services based on open standards. GeoSmartCity leverages the use of open (geo)data as recommended by the EU Open Data Strategy and starts from PSI and INSPIRE Directives data infrastructures, with an emphasis on Mu ...
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Green Career Guide for Young People

Start date: Feb 2, 2015, End date: Jan 31, 2017,

According to ILO Green Jobs Programme, green jobs are one of the main instruments of transforming economies, enterprises, workplaces, labour markets in to low-carbon, sustainable economy providing proper works. Green jobs reduce environmental impact of enterprises, they contribute to reducing need for energy and raw materials, avoiding green house emissions, minimizng waste and pollution, restorin ...
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WEEENMODELS - Waste Electric and Electronic Equipment - New MODEl for Logistic Solutions (WEEENMODELS life)

Start date: Sep 2, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

Background The use of electronic devices has increased in recent decades; in addition, the lifespan of many products has become shorter. Consequently, the stream of waste electrical and electronic equipment - commonly known as WEEE or e-waste - is also growing. An estimated 20-50 million tonnes/yr are generated worldwide. It is estimated that WEEE volumes ...
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SYMBOLS - Culture of Death & Cultural Life: New audiences and creations around European Cemeteries!

Start date: Oct 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

SYMBOLS is an innovative interdisciplinary cooperation project that pretends to create and test new approaches to discover European Cemeteries, in order reinforce the knowledge and public awareness on its hidden heritage.Among its key objectives, we can highlight:1) The exchange of cultural and creative works, reinforcing the cultural and creative sector’s capacity to operate transationally, throu ...
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Service disTRibution network And Tools for intEroperable proGrammable, and UnIfied public Cloud services (STRATEGIC)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

Despite the potential benefits of public cloud services (i.e. lower CAPEX, improved functionality/scalability, reduced TCO for ICT), their penetration within public sector organizations is still low, which is a lost opportunity in an era where public bodies are under pressure to operate with constrained ICT budgets. The main goal of STRATEGIC is to facilitate organizations (notably public bodies) ...
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Indoor/outdoor LOCation and Asset management Through open gEodata (i-locate)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

The goal of i-locate is twofold. First it will create a virtual hub for indoor open geographical data regarding public spaces (hospitals, public offices, shopping malls, museums etc). This will have significant economic business impact and it will be enable a number of indoor/outdoor (based on existing open data) businesses.The second goal is to create a easy-to-integrate open middleware for indoo ...
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OPTIMising the energy USe in cities with smart decision support system (OPTIMUS) (OPTIMUS)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

Cities are expected to play a key role in the implementation of Europe 2020 strategy. The city authorities need to lead relevant actions towards energy-efficient neighborhoods. Engaging city authorities in this respect is of paramount importance.Although there are plenty of energy and other related data sets available in city level, their appropriate integration for local authorities' decision sup ...
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MoveUs: ICT CLOUD-BASED PLATFORM AND MOBILITY SERVICES: AVAILABLE, UNIVERSAL AND SAFE FOR ALL USERS (MoveUs)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

Although large research activity has been done in Europe on Intelligent Transport Systems and Information and Communication Technologies to make people able to travel by integrating different transport modes, personal integrated mobility is still far from becoming a reality in the so-called smart-cities and people still prefer driving their private cars without questioning the energy expense and t ...
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ClouT: Cloud of Things for empowering the citizen clout in smart cities (ClouT)

Start date: Apr 1, 2013, End date: Jun 30, 2016,

ClouT's overall concept is leveraging the Cloud Computing as an enabler to bridge the Internet of Things with Internet of People via Internet of Services, to establish an efficient communication and collaboration platform exploiting all possible information sources to make the cities smarter and to help them facing the emerging challenges such as efficient energy management, economic growth and de ...
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Holistic Approach to Resilience and Systematic Actions to make Large Scale UrbaN Built Infrastructure Secure (HARMONISE)

Start date: Jun 1, 2013, End date: May 31, 2016,

For the first time, more than 50% of the world's population live in urban areas. By 2050, c. 70% of people are likely to be city dwellers, compared with less than 30% in 1950. This trend brings with it increased security and safety threats in urban areas, not least to urban built infrastructure. The central aim of HARMONISE (A Holistic Approach to Resilience and Systematic ActiOns to Make Large Sc ...
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All together against discrimination

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

Addap13 addresses to young people, boys and girls from 11 to 21 years old, from precarious social categories to favor their social and professional integration and reduce the risks of marginalization and exclusion. The sports practice, the construction sites of international solidarity are a part of tools which allow us to value and to encourage the public-spirited behavior by the meeting with " t ...
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RApid Deployment and adoption of sustainable socially-aware and intelligent sensing services for emerging smart cities (RADICAL)

Start date: Mar 1, 2013, End date: Feb 29, 2016,

Exploring and addressing the challenges of urban social ecosystems has gained focus, with various initiatives aiming at combining competitiveness and sustainable urban development. Several European cities have already deployed sophisticated ICT infrastructures as a means to offer added-value services to their citizens, in order to cope with societal challenges while at the same time enabling new b ...
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ORTS ET IDENTITE (PORTI)

Start date: Jan 14, 2013, End date: Jan 14, 2016,

Les villes portuaires de lespace de coopération du Programme Italie/France Maritime présentent la même problématique de déstructuration et absence de fluidité du point de vue urbain et économique entre lhinterland e linterface ville-port. Afin de transformer le désagrément causé par linteraction des fonctions urbaines et portuaires en un atout pour le développement économique des territoires, le p ...
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Party do not stop. Having fun with researchers (Party do not stop)

Start date: May 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

"Party do not stop" includes the proposal of two editions of the Researchers' Night to be carried out in Liguria in 2014 and 2015. The partnership of "Party don't stop" has decided to organize a big party where all citizens are invited on the 26th September 2014 and the 25th September 2015. The festival will take place in three cities, which together cover the entire coast of Liguria: Genoa, La Sp ...
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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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TRANSFORMation Agenda for Low Carbon Cities (TRANSFORM)

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

Urban areas are responsible for three quarters of the global energy demand. Most decisions on implementing energy innovations are made in cities. TRANSFORM supports cities to meet the 20-20-20 targets by the integration of energy in urban management. In interactive Smart Urban Labs, stakeholders will be able to turn ambitions into tangible Implementation Plans.TRANSFORM’s integrative approach brin ...
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OLTRE BAMBINI E PRODOTTI AGRICOLI D'ECCELLENZA (OLTRE BAMPE')

Start date: May 31, 2013, End date: May 30, 2015,

Le projet concerne le développement durable des systèmes urbains, en s'appuyant sur les interrelations avec leurs zones rurales et s'occupe de promouvoir le développement des impacts sociaux, économiques et environnementaux des PME agro-alimentaires localisées dans les territoires des municipalités de Sassari, Gênes, Lucques et de la Haute-Corse.L'objectif global du projet est de contribuer au ren ...
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Valuable EneRgY for a smart School (VERYSchool)

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

VERYSchool will develop customised energy savings strategies and ICT solutions for EU schools. It will do this through the integration of Smart Lighting and LED technology, Smart Meters, Building Energy Management Systems, Energy Simulation Software, and Energy Action Management Software. Each of these technologies are brought to the project from consortium partners with companies dedicated specif ...
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Noise Abatement Demonstrative and Innovative Actions and information to the public (NADIA)

Start date: Oct 1, 2010, End date: Jun 30, 2014,

Background It is estimated that some 20% of the EU population suffers from elevated noise levels. Noise disturbance in most urban areas exceed limits and guide values by a wide margin. Studies carried out in the Netherlands for example, show that subjective nuisance from noise is increasing in urban areas, and that the number of people reported to be “h ...
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SSL for illumination of city centres and exposition buildings (ILLUMINATE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Jun 30, 2014,

The ILLUMINATE project will assess SSL applicability and benefit as in high quality urban areas and in buildings hosting expositions and museums when light quality is un uncompromising requirement and SSL use is still problematic. By exploiting innovative lighting solutions and their integration with intelligent control systems and different innovative use of lighting as permitted by SSL (colour, ...
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E3SoHo- ICT services for Energy Efficiency in European Social Housing (E3SoHo)

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

The overall objective of E3SoHo project is to implement and demonstrate in 3 Social Housing pilots an integrated and replicable ICT-based solution which aims to bring about a significant reduction of 25% of energy consumption in European social housing by:-providing tenants with feedback on consumption and offering personalised advice for improving their energy efficiency-reducing the energy consu ...
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Networked Smart Peripheral Cities for Sustainable Lifestyles (PERIPHERIA)

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

The objective of PERIPHÈRIA is to deploy convergent Future Internet (FI) platforms and services for the promotion of sustainable lifestyles in and across emergent networks of "smart" peripheral cities in Europe, dynamic realities with a specific vocation for green creativity. Its Open Service Convergence Platform, an "Internet by and for the People", extends and enhances the Save Energy project's ...
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STRATEGIA DIMPRESA IN SETTORI DI NICCHIA PER LECONOMIA AGROINDUSTRIALE DEL MEDITERRANEO (PYRGI)

Start date: Feb 28, 2010, End date: Feb 28, 2013,

The project PYRGI aims at developing niche sectors of the rural economy and agro-industrial North of the Mediterranean through:1. the exploitation of wild plants and cultivated multifunctional typical of the 'Mediterranean environment, or naturalized in it;2. the strengthening of the economic chain that goes from the producer and the consumer ends with passing through the transformation, promotion ...
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CRAZY FOR ROCKING RESEARCHERS (C4R)

Start date: May 1, 2012, End date: Nov 30, 2012,

"It’s now very clear how much Genoa and Liguria need to reinforce the researchers role, especially after the 2010 Researchers Night edition. The C4R consortium worked hardly to guarantee the researchers engagement in the three cities events. On that occasion they will meet citizens also for introducing themselves and speak about their private and professional life. Researchers in Liguria are numer ...
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BAMBINI E PRODOTTI AGRICOLI D’ECCELLENZA (BAMPE')

Start date: Mar 29, 2010, End date: Oct 29, 2012,

The project BAMPE' 'was held to promote local consumption of food products from school canteens of excellence in order to promote the products "zero km", fresh and genuine custodians of the values ​​of local culture. The strategy of the project focuses on young people of school age (elementary / secondary), as susceptible of the food chain. The children, as well as being the future "buyers", alrea ...
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Biblioteca Naturale in rete della cultura scientifica, tecnica e naturalistica del Medio-Alto Tirreno (E-pistemeTec)

Start date: May 10, 2009, End date: May 10, 2012,

E-pistemeTec involves the construction of a thematic digital library (DL) on the interactive and multilingual heritage of science, technology and natural common areas of the Middle-Upper Tyrrhenian Sea. The reference area includes the north of Corsica, the area of Liguria, Tuscany and Sardinia in the south Tyrrhenian, but the impact of the project include the entire area of the target program. E-p ...
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CASE MEDITERRANEE

Start date: Apr 16, 2010, End date: Apr 16, 2012,

The project aims at promoting the Mediterranean Homes energy saving and sustainable buildings while the recovery of Mediterranean historic towns by encouraging experimentation and the use of materials and energy-efficient construction techniques - both traditional and modern - that are compatible with and respect the traditions of heritage and any constraints to its protection.An initial identific ...
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ACTION VERTE (ACTI.VE)

Start date: Mar 31, 2010, End date: Mar 31, 2012,

The project ACTI.VE aims to contribute to the sustainable development strategy of the cooperation area through the launch of a comparison for the realization of a plan for sustainable development and protection of cross-border area, in an 'optical Agenda 21' inter'locale according to the principles promoted by the Charter of Aalborg. The project's goal is to create an institutional network to pro ...
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UNIONE CITTÀ ALTO TIRRENO (UCAT)

Start date: Mar 17, 2010, End date: Mar 17, 2012,

The project aims to improve access to urban services and integration, by creating a stable institutional network border between the municipalities of the high Tyrrhenian sea, able to promote joint policies to improve access to public services for urban people and businesses. The project aims to promote excellence on the topic of urban services in urban realities of medium-small and in rural commun ...
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DEveloping the MObility CRedits Integrated platform enabling travellers to improve urban TranspOrt Sustainability (DEMOCRITOS)

Start date: Oct 1, 2009, End date: Sep 30, 2011,

"The 24 months project introduces the Mobility Credits Model as a transport specific platform that will enable travellers, mobility providers, technology providers and transport planners to understand the implications of climate policy and increasing prices for greenhouse gas emissions and to identify new opportunities in urban mobility first and in extra-urban mobility later. The concept of the M ...
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CIVITAS transfer action leading to innovation & sustainable transport (CIVITAS CATALIST)

Start date: Aug 1, 2007, End date: Jul 31, 2011,

The objective of CIVITAS CATALIST is to ensure that the experiences of the CIVITAS Initiative are exploited up to a maximum level. This means deploying actions aiming to:- consolidate, validate and deepen the knowledge of the wider impacts of CIVITAS through an integrated assessment of the CIVITAS measures;- promote the results of CIVITAS through a continuing knowledge transfer process;- increase ...
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RESEARCHERS ON THE ROCK (ROCK'N...)

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

"ROCK’N…aims to favour a direct contact between researchers and the large public in way that people could understand and give the right value to the great contribution they give to our daily life. At the same time, the project intends to offer researchers opportunities to meet the public at large in informal situations, not only sharing with it experiences, emotions, difficulties, but also involvi ...
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SYNERGIES BETWEEN SCIENCE AND SOCIETY FOR A SHARED APPROACH TO EUROPEAN SEAS (4SEAS)

Start date: Mar 1, 2008, End date: Feb 28, 2010,

"More than 70% of the globe is covered by water, and Europe itself is bordered by four different water basins (the Atlantic Ocean/North Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea) which have been shaping and influencing the European cultural, social and economic heritage since the ancient times. Seas are the paradigm of cross-cutting approaches to knowledge and life. Oceans are a ...
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ENhanced and SUstainable TReatment for URban Stormwater (ESTRUS)

Start date: Oct 1, 2005, End date: Sep 30, 2008,

Background Storm water runoff in urban areas can contain high levels of pollution. The ‘first flush’ of rain is often the most polluted. First flush detention tanks have been successfully tested but the system presents some problems that are not easily solved, such as the availability of space. In addition, these systems require very sophisticated num ...
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