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Metacognition of Concepts (MetCogCon)

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2021,

This project will investigate the thoughts and feelings that accompany the use of concepts. Concepts lie at the heart of the extraordinary power of the human mind. They are the building blocks of thought, the tools with which we think. Like physical tools, they can be more or less dependable, more or less fit for purpose: e.g. for most people GENE feels like a better concept than MEME. We have an ...
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Holistic Approach of Spray Injection through a Generalized Multi-phase Framework (HAoS)

Start date: Nov 1, 2015, End date: Oct 31, 2019,

Development of fuel injection equipment (FIE) able to reduce pollutant emissions from liquid-fueled transportation and power generation systems is a top industrial priority in order to meet the forthcoming EU 2020 emission legislations. However, design of new FIE is currently constrained by the incomplete physical understanding of complex micro-scale processes, such as in-nozzle cavitation, primar ...
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EVidenced based management of hearing impairments: Public health pΟlicy making based on fusing big data analytics and simulaTION. (EVOTION)

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

Hearing Loss (HL) is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases and the 5th cause of disability. HL increases the risk of cognitive decline, mental illness, and depression, and leads to social isolation, unemployment/early retirement, loss of income and work discrimination. The pre-eminent management strategy for HL is the provision of Hearing Aids (HAs), although their use is often problematic, c ...
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Lifecourse biological pathways underlying social differences in healthy ageing (LIFEPATH)

Start date: May 1, 2015, End date: Apr 30, 2019,

"The dramatic differentials in healthy ageing, quality of life and life expectancy between individuals of different socioeconomic groups, is a major societal challenge facing Europe. The overarching aim of the LIFEPATH project is to understand the determinants of diverging ageing pathways among individuals belonging to different socio-economic groups. This will be achieved via an original study de ...
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Networked Labs for Training in Sciences and Technologies for Information and Communication (NEWTON)

Start date: Mar 1, 2016, End date: Feb 28, 2019,

NEWTON is a large scale initiative to develop, integrate and disseminate innovative technology-enhanced learning (TEL) methods and tools, to create new or inter-connect existing state-of-the art teaching labs and to build a pan-European learning network platform that supports fast dissemination of learning content to a wide audience in a ubiquitous manner. NEWTON focuses on employing novel technol ...
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Virtual Centre of Excellence for Research in Violent Online Political Extremism (VOX-Pol)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

VOX-Pol is a 60-month, €5+ million project that integrates the world’s leading researchers and research groups in Violent Online Political Extremism (VOPE), to include those researching the intersection of terrorism and the Internet (incl. violent jihadists, violent separatists, etc.), the online activities of the extreme Right, the potential for violent online radicalisation, etc., in order to:1. ...
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MicroRNAs in the Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention of Epilepsy (EPIMIRNA)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

Epilepsy is a major burden for patients and health systems worldwide. It is a common chronic neurological disorder affecting people of all ages, and the shortfall in existing treatments means that 30% of patients continue to suffer uncontrolled seizures. MicroRNAs (miRNA) are a recently-discovered, network-level layer of gene expression regulation that controls protein levels of entire signaling p ...
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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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Congestion Reduction in Europe : Advancing Transport Efficiency (CREATE) (CREATE)

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

...his, and the qualitative factors which have enabled a policy evolution from ‘supporting traffic growth’ to ‘encouraging sustainable mobility’.• Develop concrete guidance and provide capacity building for cities in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), and the EuroMed region, enabling them to move rapidly to develop a feasible, effective and deliverable Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP). • Anticip ...
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City Logistics in Living Laboratories (CITYLAB)

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

Goods, waste and service trips in urban areas impose negative traffic and environmental impacts, and there is a need for further roll-out of cost-effective and sustainable solutions. The CITYLAB objective is to develop knowledge and solutions that result in roll-out, up-scaling and further implementation of cost effective strategies, measures and tools for emission free city logistics in urban cen ...
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Polycentric inspections of networks of schools

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

Background and aim of the project Although significant improvements have been made in many European countries over the last five years, many countries still need substantial improvements to meet the 2020 benchmarks from the EU strategic framework for Education and Training. Education outcomes need to be improved according to the 2013 monitoring report, and schools need to continuously improve thei ...
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Technicians in Europe

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

The vocational college "Berufskolleg Hilden" as the sending organisation expands its international activities by searching and finding placements for students with organisations, enterprises and institutes in European countries, in order to reinforce their linguistic, inter-cultural and professional skills and knowledge. The participants of the project belong to different sections: 2-year-course i ...
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The Complete Freedom of Truth - Youth Theatre and the Creative Arts (Phase 2)

Start date: Apr 30, 2015, End date: Apr 29, 2017,

...ce with our partners and to learn from them. There are 12 partner organisations in total raging from youth centres, youth theatre groups, a university, leading international cultural organisations, a city and local authorities making TCFT a unique, exciting and robust melting pot of expertise, knowledge and disciplines. TCFT will work directly with 180 young people, 24 group leaders and 48 youth w ...
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Youth in Sports: capacity building for young community sports entrepreneurs

Start date: Apr 1, 2015, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

The overall objective of this project is to build social entrepreneurial skills in young people interested in managing sports organisations. This will be achieved through creating a training path and European certification for young people (18-30) who are involved with sports organisations either as athletes or as members of the organisation, to provide them with the skills necessary to manage a s ...
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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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A Decision Support System incorporating a validated patient-specific, multi-scale Balance Hypermodel towards early diagnostic Evaluation and efficient Management plan formulation of Balance Disorders (EMBalance)

Start date: Dec 1, 2013, End date: Nov 30, 2016,

Human balance is achieved and maintained by a complex set of sensorimotor systems that include sensory input from vision, proprioception and the vestibular system (motion, equilibrium, spatial orientation); integration of the sensory input; and motor output to the muscles of the eye and body. Failure at the level of the sensory inputs or at the integration of the sensory information by the central ...
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Transitioning towards Urban Resilience and Sustainability (TURAS)

Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

The “TURaS” project aims to bring together urban communities, researchers, local authorities and SMEs to research, develop, demonstrate and disseminate transition strategies and scenarios to enable European cities and their rural interfaces to build vitally-needed resilience in the face of significant sustainability challenges. To ensure maximum impact, the TURaS project has developed an innovati ...
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A Gateway to European Kidney Research Resources - KidneyConnect (KidneyConnect)

Start date: Aug 1, 2013, End date: Jul 31, 2016,

...common denominator for the DCC-diseases. However, European excellence and expertise have remained uncoordinated in separate pockets and, consequently, underutilised for full societal benefits and capacity creation to combat the challenges of diabetic, hypertensive and primary kidney diseases. Notably, these diseases are of major healthcare interest and of key importance for discovery intensive bio ...
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Strategies for Assessment of Inquiry Learning in Science (SAILS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

The aim of this proposal is to support teachers in adopting inquiry based science education (IBSE) at second level (students aged 12-18 years) across Europe. This will be achieved by utilising existing resources and models for teacher education in IBSE both pre-service and in-service. In addition to SAILS partners adopting IBSE resources within their curricula and implementing teacher education in ...
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REal and Virtual Engagement in Realistic Immersive Environments (REVERIE)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: May 31, 2015,

Description REVERIE is a revolution in online social networking. It is safe, collaborative, online environment which brings together realistic inter-personal communication and interaction.REVERIE will bring online social networking into the real-world with interaction and communication based on what people do and say and how they act. In ...
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JOBTOWN

Start date: Jan 31, 2013, End date: Apr 29, 2015,

JOBTOWN seeks to address structural youth unemployment and poor employment, and local development strategies, as two sides of the same coin, by establishing Local Partnerships driven by city administrations, of local stakeholders, to advance youth employment and opportunities; this is an approach to the development and maintaining of a competitive and sustainable local economy and social model. ...
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Data Service Infrastructure for the Social Sciences and Humanities (DASISH)

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

"DASISH provides solutions to a number of common issues relevant for the five ESFRI projects in social science and humanities, being CESSDA, CLARIN, DARIAH, ESS and SHARE and therefore is supporting infrastructure construction. These five infrastructures are presently at different stages in the process of establishing ERICs. DASISH has identified four major areas namely data quality, data archivin ...
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European cities for integrating cycling within sustainable mobility management schemes (CycleCities)

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

...ementation plans developed;6) Studies, reports and policy tools.MAIN RESULTS- Over 1500 participants in the dissemination events;- 410 participants in the interregional events;- Increased capacity of 40 staff members from the consortium and 240 staff from other organisations on the issue tackled by the operation;- The expression of interest of 21 policy-makers to use the management game and of 21 ...
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Open Innovation Project (IOIT)

Start date: Jan 3, 2010, End date: Nov 30, 2014,

...rformance. Aims will be achieved by on the ground deliverables of demonstrable transnational value. including; - innovation boot camp and challenge competitions - open innovation capacity building programme for SMEs - pre-incubator expertise exchange programme - transferable open innovation techniques and skills for researchers. post-grads and key academic staff. Partners will develop ...
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Complexity Research Initiative for Systemic InstabilitieS (CRISIS)

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

In his opening address to the ECB Central Banking Conference, Jean-Claude Trichet said that "in the face of the crisis, we felt abandoned by conventional tools", and went on to call for the development of complex systems based approaches to augment existing ways of understanding the economy. This project proposes to address this need by creating an integrated set of complex systems-based ICT too ...
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Zero-Impact Cultural Heritage Event Network (ZEN)

Start date: Dec 31, 2011, End date: Sep 29, 2014,

...ZEN - Zero Impact Cultural Heritage Event Network is a project aimed at finding common solution to reduce the envornmental impact of music events and festivals, especially those taking place within city centers and historical locations. As events are big attractions throughour Europe for tourists and residents alke and often constitute an important part of regional identity in the area where they ...
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North Sea Region Electric Mobility Network (E-Mobility NSR) (E-Mobility NSR)

Start date: Mar 31, 2011, End date: Sep 29, 2014,

The project North Sea Region Electric Mobility Network (E-Mobility NSR) provides state of the art information which may help policy development in e-mobility in the NSR. It also provides insight into the gaps and needs in respect of infrastructure, logistics and preliminary standards for multi charging techniques. Ultimately, the project will deliver a long-term basis upon which regional and local ...
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Support Action Towards Excellence in Media Computing and Communication (SA EMC2)

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

Description EMC2 builds bridges between industry and academia in the field of media computing and communication, enabling industry to exploit current research and researchers to exploit market opportunities.EMC2 bridges the gap between industry and academia and facilitates the lasting impact of research in media computing and communicatio ...
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"Measurement, Effect Assessment and Mitigation of Pollutant Impact on Movable Cultural Assets. – Innovative Research for Market Transfer." (MEMORI)

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

"The MEMORI proposal will provide the conservation market with innovative measurement technology, improved pollution effects knowledge and evaluation and control methods for the reduction of gaseous pollutant impact on movable cultural assets, - facilitating increased and safe use of protective enclosures for cultural heritage (CH) objects located indoors in new or rebuilt buildings for collection ...
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Bringing the Media Internet to Life (3DLife)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Jun 30, 2013,

3DLife will integrate leading European research groups to create a long-term integration of critical mass for innovation of currently fragmented research addressing media Internet. The main objective of the NoE are:-To foster the creation of sustainable relationships between existing national research groups and to start development of a Virtual Centre of Excellence in the field.-To create suffici ...
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SYnergy of New Advanced/Adapted Public Transport Solutions Improving Connectivity in the NWE region (SYNAPTIC)

Start date: Sep 9, 2010, End date: Jun 29, 2013,

Background: On 12 May 2009 at the BAPTS Launch Event in Bielefeld. Germany. BAPTS and two further public transport projects from the NWE programme signed a "Joint Declaration for Sustainable Mobility". These three projects. BAPTS. ROCK and ICMA agreed that they would work together to promote the vision of effective and well-connected public transport within NWE and to cooperate with other projec ...
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Green management plans for European urban and peri-urban Landscapes (EUROSCAPES)

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

...rban areas at an interregional level and in a sustainable way. In dense and contrasting urban environments, tackling the concept of landscapes and its related issues will prevent their loss of specificity and identity, and help to make best use of these areas. In urban and peri-urban areas facing demographic changes, climate change issues, increasing economic constraints, environmental challenges… ...
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Nurse Forecasting: Human Resources Planning in Nursing (RN4CAST)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2011,

"Current human resources planning models in nursing are unreliable and ineffective as they consider volumes, but ignore effects on quality in patient care. The project RN4CAST aims innovative forecasting methods by addressing not only volumes, but quality of nursing staff as well as quality of patient care. RN4CAST is a consortium of 15 partners that will quantify in 11 European countries-Belgium, ...
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TRansferring Actions iN Sustainable mobility For European Regions (PIMMS TRANSFER)

Start date: Oct 31, 2008, End date: Oct 30, 2011,

BACKGROUND Mobility Management uses soft measures (e.g. information or coordination of existing user services), which enhance the effectiveness of hard measures of traffic planning to improve sustainable mobility. It faces resistance from key decision makers and remains a minority policy field that is established in very few European regions. PIMMS (INTERREG IIIC) developed a transfer methodolog ...
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Green and Blue Space Adaptation for Urban Areas and Eco Towns (GRaBS)

Start date: Aug 31, 2008, End date: Aug 30, 2011,

...and expertise stemming from the first phase of the Mentoring Programme, and Study Visits to Malmo and Amsterdam. Mentoring visits were hosted by the Northwest Regional Development Agency, Southampton City Council and the London Borough of Sutton in the UK; Klaipeda University Coastal Research and Planning Institute in Lithuania; Etnambiente and the University of Catania in Sicily; the Province of ...
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Capitalising Innovative Approaches towards Demographic Change (ESF6 CIA)

Start date: Jun 30, 2008, End date: Jun 29, 2010,

ESF6 CIA aims at the transferability of best practices analysed in ESF Art. 6 operations to, especially, new member states. Demographic change is a subject which effects our society daily. Elderly people become a more important and outstanding group in our daily life, with a great potential of knowledge available for the transfer to younger generations. In best practices this resource was identif ...
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Connected Cities (CC)

Start date: Jun 30, 2005, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

...sustainable development. Public transport can form the basis of more sustainable approaches to mobility. However, the mismatch between older public transport networks and much more modern patterns of city development make trains, trams and buses impractical for many commuters. Decision-makers must integrate transport policy and urban planning into comprehensive strategies for sustainable mobility ...
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The European Learning Network (LNet)

Start date: Jun 30, 2004, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

The five partner cities of LNET – Amsterdam, Hamburg, London, Milan and Prague – are unlocking the commercial potential of deprived urban areas. They are achieving this by identifying the most effective ways for regional development agencies and local authorities to support innovation, social enterprise and entrepreneurship in deprived areas, focusing on business support, investment and skills and ...
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MoVIL - Mobility via Virtual and Integrated Learning

MoVILity is the key : The partnership has developed a toolkit made up of three sections and situated in a virtual learning environment. It has been piloted in two phases with adjustments being made after the first phase in accordance with the feedback received. This project started in 2003 and lasted 24 months.
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OPTIMISING PROFESSIONAL TRANSLATOR TRAINING IN A MULTILINGUAL EUROPE

Start date: Oct 1, 2010,

OPTIMALE addresses one of the key challenges of a multilingual and multicultural Europe: how to ensure that Its universities continue to produce the high-level professionals that the Community translation services and the translation Industry need, to adapt to rapidly changing societal and market conditions. As recent reports have highlighted, the rapid technological changes of the past decade, fa ...
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