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Improving Drought Resistance in Crops and Arabidopsis (IDRICA)

Start date: Nov 1, 2016, End date: Oct 31, 2021,

Drought is the first cause of agricultural losses globally, and represents a major threat to food security. Currently, plant biotechnology stands as the most promising strategy to produce crops capable of producing high yields in fed rain conditions. From the study of whole-plants, the main underlying mechanism for responses to drought stress has been uncovered, and multiple drought resistance ge ...
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Protection of key ecosystem services by adaptive management of Climate Change endangered Mediterranean socioecosystems (LIFE ADAPTAMED)

Start date: Jul 16, 2015, End date: Jul 15, 2020,

Background The link between the provision of key ecosystem services (e.g. soil retention, temperature regulation, pollination) and socio-ecosystems (e.g. mountain Mediterranean scrub, coastal dune forests) in three Mediterranean Natural Protected Areas (NPAs) is well established on the basis of long-term management experience and scientific knowledge. Hab ...
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New commercial EUropean RICE (Oryza sativa) harbouring salt tolerance alleles to protect the rice sector against climate change and apple snail (Pomacea insularum) invasion (NEURICE)

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

About 2/3 of the rice consumed by European citizens is produced in EU, and its productivity is affected by abiotic and biotic stresses. Of particular concern, global temperature has increased over the last century, especially during the last 50 years (0.13° C / decade). One consequence has been a clear tendency toward salinization, which affects rice as one of the most salt sensitive crop in the r ...
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Andalusian blue carbon for climate change mitigation: quantification and valorization mechanisms (LIFE Blue Natura)

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

Background Certain coastal habitats such as marshes and seagrass meadows, including Neptune grass (Posidonia oceanica) meadows, are significant carbon sinks, both in terms of the intensity of gas sequestration and carbon deposits that are stored for thousands of years. Despite the importance of this, and other ecosystem services, these habitats are disapp ...
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European Network for Advancement of Business and Landscape Education

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

Healthy landscapes and ecosystems are the basis of our life and economy. However, a quarter of the world’s land mass is seriously degraded from centuries of human activity. Degradation of land is related to major themes like climate change, food and water security, and biodiversity decline. These are directly connected to well-being, security, poverty and migration. Restoring and conserving landsc ...
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Sustainability of photocatalytic technologies on urban pavements: From laboratory tests to in field compliance criteria (LIFE-PHOTOSCALING)

Start date: Oct 1, 2014, End date: Jun 30, 2019,

Background The key European Union air quality directives include the Air Quality Directive (2008/50/EC), which merged the Air Quality Framework Directive (AQFD) and daughter directives, the Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control Directive (2008/1/EC) and the National Emission Ceilings Directive (2001/81/EC). Among other things, these directives aim t ...
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A novel approach for accounting & monitoring carbon sequestration of tree crops and their potential as carbon sink areas (LIFE CLIMATREE)

Start date: Jul 16, 2015, End date: Jun 28, 2019,

Background Climate change mitigation is a crucial objective of the Kyoto Convention, and is oriented towards reducing GHG emissions. By 2013, the EU reduced its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 11%, a progress achieved through multidisciplinary strategic planning and applying measures in numerous EU policies. However, only forests’ capacity as carbon s ...
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Efficient Integrated Real-time Control in Urban Drainage and Wastewater Treatment Plants for Environmental Protection (LIFE EFFIDRAIN)

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Mar 29, 2019,

Background Combined Urban Drainage Networks (UDNs) collect and convey both wastewater and storm water. This mixed water is sent to wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) before being released to the environment. During heavy-rain events, UDN and WWTP capacities can be easily exceeded, causing untreated water discharges, known as combined sewer overflows (CSO ...
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Synergic TPAD and O3 process in WWTPs for Resoruce Efficient waste management (LIFE STO3RE)

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

Background Pollution from agriculture is a major pressure on Europe’s freshwater resources. Nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorous) from fertilisers, pesticides, organic material, pathogenic micro-organisms in sediment and micropollutants are washed into waterways. This is especially the case in areas with intense rainfall and poorly drained soils. In some ...
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Innovative fully biodegradable mulching films & fruit protection bags for sustainable agricultural practices (LIFE MULTIBIOSOL)

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

Background For over half a century growers/farmers have been using plastic materials in agriculture, also known as agro-films. Current existing semi-intensive and intensive farming practices require the use of large quantities of mulching film and fruit protection bags (and clips to close them) since they help prevent the growth of weeds, protect crops fr ...
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Création d’un Master en Biotechnologies Végétales Appliquées

Start date: Oct 15, 2015, End date: Oct 14, 2018,

The main objective of this project is the creation in Rabat-Morocco University of a Master in Applied Plant Biotechnology in partnership with universities and centers/institutes from Europe and Morocco. It aims to improve the quality of higher education and relevance of this for the labor market and society at national and regional level. It also aims to improve the level of local expertise and te ...
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Mitigation of environmental impact caused by DWOR textile finishing chemicals studying their non-toxic alternatives (MIDWOR-LIFE)

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

Background DWOR (Durable Water and Oil Repellents) are textile-finishing products made of long chain fluorocarbon polymers. They repel water, oil and dirt from fabrics. These chemicals are persistent and bioaccumulative. Many perfluorochemicals are already classified as dangerous to human health and the environment. For example, perfluorooctane sulfonates ...
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EUropean CERamic MATerials

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

The aim the European Ceramic Materials (EUCERMAT) project is to significantly contribute to changing the general opinion about ceramics materials in Europe. As a matter of fact, ceramic materials are too often simply associated to great diffusion materials mainly employed as building materials (covering plates factories, glasses for windows... etc.). This narrow and negative image is the main reas ...
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Scientific literacy at the school: improving strategies and building new practices of science teaching in early years education

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

...lobal development of child as well as a basic element of the scientific literacy of the citizens. Science increments curiosity and critical spirit. This is the basic area of work of the programme "El CSIC en la Escuela" that is making, since 25 years ago, an joint work between scientist and teachers in order to get a comprehensive formation of the teachers, introducing a scientist formation based ...
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VET Experience for Bath Students

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

We have been part of a consortium of Colleges involved in KA1 mobility projects since 2014. This has proven to be a great success, and we have observed the positive benefits for the students involved. This application is our first independent mobility project, on behalf of Bath College. It gives us the opportunity to build on the learning we have acquired through participation in the consortium an ...
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Employability & Vocationally Focused Work Based Learning

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

This project will provide participants with a Mobility lasting for 6 weeks, located in Spain, Croatia or Greece, offering meaningful work experience that will be credit bearing and contribute to the participants' Level 2 Certificate in Employability. The project has been developed to respond to the growing challenge of youth unemployment in the UK, providing each participant with an opportunity t ...
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Implementing the Water Framework Directive to temporary rivers: tools for the assessment of their ecological status (LIFE TRIVERS)

Start date: Jun 2, 2014, End date: Jun 1, 2018,

Background The sustainable management of Europe’s water resources are a real challenge for water system managers in the context of climate change and demographic developments. The European Environment Agency 'State of Water' report highlights worrying trends, showing an increase in, and wider prevalence of, water scarcity and stress. By 2030, this is e ...
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Digital Media, Creative Industries and TEFL 2016

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

The DMCI TEFL 2016project will offer VET learners opportunities to gain valuable European work experience and knowledge within the Digital Media, Creative Industries and Teaching English as a Foreign Language sectors. The project partnership includes Host Employers from Spain, Germany and the Czech Republic selected for their ability to provide high-quality and relevant placements to our VET lea ...
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Tourism Roles and Vocational Employment Learning to SPAIN

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

Urban Lynx will lead a UK Consortium of 3 leading VET Providers, and support 2oo disadvantaged students to participate in a VET Traineeship project in 3 sectors in Spain (Seville). Students will participate in a 2 week or 4 week work experience placement, in hospitality tourism, and hotel sectors; to increase their vocational skills, work experience and improve EU knowledge and skills. The partici ...
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Training And Internships in SPAIN

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

WAES will support 2oo disadvantaged students to participate in a VET Traineeship project in 5 sectors in Spain (Seville). Students will participate in a 2 week or 4 week work experience placement, in hospitality tourism, and hotel sector; Business Administration, Hair and Beauty, Catering and Health care; to increase their vocational skills, work experience and improve EU knowledge and skills. The ...
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Training And Internships in SPAIN

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

Newham College of Further Education will support 300 disadvantaged students to participate in a VET Traineeship project in 2 Countries- France and Spain (Majorca and Seville). Students will participate in a 2 week work experience placement, in hospitality tourism, and hotel sector; Fashion and Textile, Business Administration, Catering and Health care; to increase their vocational skills, work ex ...
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Plant genetic determinants controlling arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal growth through the plant cell wall (PlantMYCcellWall)

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Apr 22, 2018,

Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis has great potential in agriculture for the development of food and energy crops better equipped to cope with extreme environmental conditions and with less fertilizers requirement. PlantMYCcellWall intends, through an interdisciplinary research project using a combination of genetics, molecular, cell biology and biochemical approaches, a better understanding o ...
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GMP Two Year Safety Testing (G-TwYST)

Start date: Apr 21, 2014, End date: Apr 20, 2018,

G-TwYST will execute rat feeding trials with GM maize NK 603 based on OECD Test Guidelines and according to EFSA considerations. In the case of maize NK603 two 90-day and a combined 2-year chronic toxicity/carcinogenicity study will be performed. By combining the results of the G-TwYST project with those of the GRACE project (90-day and 1-year study with maize MON810) it will be possible for the ...
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Implementation of efficient irrigation management for a sustainable agriculture (LIFE+ IRRIMAN)

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

Background The Guadalquivir river basin is in the south of Spain, with a surface area of 57,527 km², including parts of four regions: Andalusia, Castilla-La Mancha, Extremadura and Murcia. Rains in the area are often torrential and fall on lands recurrently affected by long periods of drought and high temperatures, and a marked susceptibility to erosion. ...
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Developing an European American NGS Network (DEANN)

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

The DEANN project is a network formation initiative that involves six research institutions and universities from four EU countries and equivalently, six research entities from four Latin American countries. The overall goal is to strengthen research partnership among the participants by developing a shared scientific knowhow in the field of Next Generation Sequencing data analysis. More specific ...
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Hangkultúra

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

The Vujicsics Tihamer Elementary School of Arts has been operating the most beautiful cities in the Danube bend, Szentendre 50 years. In September 1963 the shool began his first year as an independent. The Danube Bend region and the world of music is an active participant and organizer. In addition to local students for the surrounding settlements (Pomáz, Dunabogdány, Tahitótfalu, Leányfalu, Budak ...
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Chromatin in Plants – European Training and Mobility (CHIP-ET)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

"The Research Training Network CHIP-ET will focus on the study of protein complexes that modulate chromatin structure to activate RNA polymerase II–mediated transcription. Research will address how developmental and environmental stimuli such as light and circadian rhythm signal to these complexes to modulate transcription. The interactome of the complexes will be determined, as well as their geno ...
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ENRICHING FISHERS' KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND COMPETENCES

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

The proposed project aims to contribute to the improvement of the quality and attractiveness of the Continuing VET for fishers and to address existing needs of the fisheries and the CVET sectors. The fisheries sector is recognized as one of the pillars of development at national, European and international level. The extent of its contribution to sustainable development, economic growth and food ...
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Revealing the hidden secrets of the MEP pathway to engineer new bio-resources for humanity (BIOHELP)

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

The recently-discovered methylerythritol phosphate (MEP) pathway produces isoprenoids in plant plastids and most microorganisms. Its absence in animals makes it a promising target for antibiotic development. In addition, many isoprenoids have important industrial applications (pharmaceuticals, nutriceuticals, fuels, rubbers, etc.). In order to fully exploit this pathway as a drug target and succes ...
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PROFITABLE SMALL SCALE RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS IN AGRIFOOD INDUSTRY AND RURAL AREAS: DEMONSTRATION IN THE WINE SECTOR. (LIFE+ REWIND)

Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Jul 31, 2017,

Background Greenhouse gas emissions from the agricultural sector are estimated to account for about 10% of Europe's total emissions. Energy consumption by this sector is also significant, amounting to 23.54 million tonnes of oil equivalent in 2011. For the food sector, consumption was 27 million tonnes oil equivalent in 2009, or 10% of the total energy co ...
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Mixed viral infections in melon: disease, vector transmission, RNA silencing suppression and plant defense (MelonMixVir)

Start date: Jun 16, 2015, End date: Jun 15, 2017,

MelonMixVir deals with mixed viral infections in melon plants. Pathogenic viruses are collectively responsible of relevant economic losses worldwide, but most plant virology studies are done with a few individual viruses, while the frequent cases of mixed infections are clearly underrepresented. In contrast, severe synergistic effects can occur in mixed infections, even between viruses causing mil ...
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Demonstrative pilot plant for the valorisation of non-ferrous metal waste (LIFE GREENZO)

Start date: Jun 1, 2014, End date: May 31, 2017,

Background Zamak is a family of alloys, with a base metal of zinc (Zn) and alloying elements of aluminium (Al), magnesium (Mg) and copper (Cu). It is used in injection-moulding in various industries (e.g. ironwork, automotive parts, die-cast toys). According to data from the European Foundry Association, 3.5 million tonnes of zamak was smelted in Europe ...
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Travel & Tourism for SGS Learners

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

South Gloucestershire & Stroud College's (SGS) main objective for this mobility is to offer experiential learning opportunities to young people who are studying and would like to pursue a career within the vocational area of travel & tourism. We will target young learners (18 - 19 yrs old) who are currently studying for their Level 3 NVQ in travel & tourism at SGS. We hope to increase their emplo ...
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MOINHOS II – Formar para Inovar

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

The Consortium MOINHOS was established in 2014 in order to participate in the Erasmus + by the following organisations: (1) Municipality of Torres Vedras, as leader of the Consortium, and vocational schools in the region, which assumed the role of sending entity: (2) Escola de Comércio e Serviços do Oeste (SEFO/ESCO), (3) Escola Profissional e Agrícola Fernando Barros Leal (EPAFBL), (4) Externato ...
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Energy Efficiency and Community Development Mobility Project

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

CONTEXTThe primary rationale for the project is to support VET learners in the Energy Efficiency and Community Development sectors in developing vocational skills and gaining work experience to maximise their opportunities for labour market integration and career progression. The project also aims to enable to participants to develop the linguistic and cultural skills required to access employment ...
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Pracovníci Světa techniky za vzdělávacími programy science center v Evropě

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

This project is aimed at developing professional competence in STC workers who are concerned with lifelong learning and non-institutional education. This institution is a non-profit organization specialized in scientific research and application of the findings to the educational programmes designed for the public. The aim of this mobility is:- to become familiar with the current conditions and wa ...
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Community Based Ecology and Conservation 2016

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2017,

CONTEXTThe primary rationale for the CBEC 2016 project is to support VET learners who are undertaking community development qualifications within an ecology or conservation context by providing access to work experience ‘mobilities’ based in Spain as part of the Erasmus+ programme. Central to the rationale of the project is the importance of engaging with and educating local stakeholder communiti ...
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EURO TRAIN 2015

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

Newham College of Further Education will support 240 disadvantaged students to participate in a VET Traineeship project in 3 Countries - Hungary, France and Spain (Majorca and Seville). Students will participate in a 2 week work experience placement, in Hospitality Tourism and Hotel Sector; Fashion and Textile, Business Administration, Hair and Beauty, Catering and Health Care; to increase their v ...
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Community-Based Ecology and Conservation

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

CONTEXT The primary rationale for the Community-Based Ecology and Conservation (CBEC) Project is to support VET learners who are undertaking community development qualifications within anecology or conservation context by providing access to work experience ‘mobilities’ based in Spain as part of the Erasmus+ programme. Central to the rationale of the project is the importance of engaging with and ...
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Vocational International Skills In Tourism - SPAIN

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

We will support 110 disadvantaged students, to participate in an innovative VET Traineeship in Spain. Learners will participate in a 4 week work placement, in hospitality, tourism, and hotel sector; to increase their vocational skills, work experience & improve EU knowledge and skills. The participants will be disadvantaged learners from London borough of Westminster , Camden, Tower hamlets - the ...
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