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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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Innovative approaches to turn agricultural waste into ecological and economic assets (NoAW)

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

NoAW : No Agro-Waste.Innovative approaches to turn agricultural waste into ecological and economic assets.Driven by a “near zero-waste” society requirement, the goal of NoAW project is to generate innovative efficient approaches to convert growing agricultural waste issues into eco-efficient bio-based products opportunities with direct benefits for both environment, economy and EU consumer. To ach ...
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Media Arts Cultures

Start date: Oct 15, 2014, End date: Oct 14, 2019,

...practices. Course durationTwo years (120 ECTS credits).Brief descriptionThe consortium universities are Danube University Krems (Austria), Aalborg University (Danish), University of Lodz (Poland) and City University of Hong Kong (China). The curriculum of MediaAC answers the needs of the evolving fields related to the future and heritage of Media Arts Cultures. Our global digital world is filled w ...
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SHARING KNOWLEDGE IN INNOVATION PROJECTS

Start date: Sep 19, 2016, End date: Nov 18, 2017,

Our proposal is a consequence of the results of an analysis conducted jointly by the three organizations IKASLAN, TKNIKA and the Deputy Ministry of Vocational Training and Lifelong Learning of the Basque government . While the evolution otrainees´ mobility level has reached 10% of the total amount , teachers´ mobility is very low and does not meet the minimum desired .We need to boost the mobili ...
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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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Work and Learn - increasing knowledge and gaining experiences through European mobility

Start date: Aug 1, 2014, End date: Jul 31, 2016,

Previous experiences of student mobilities have shown the tremendous impact it has on the students with special needs. Students feel sense of empowerment when they manage abroad; they can use foreign language and they are understood, they learn to manage money. They learn the basic every day skills of life. Their self-esteem increases as the students are able to manage abroad, although not alone, ...
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Global and Local food chain Assessment: a MUltidimensional performance-based approach (GLAMUR)

Start date: Feb 1, 2013, End date: Jan 31, 2016,

General objective of the project is to integrate advancement in scientific knowledge about the impact of food chains with application of knowledge to practice to increase food chains sustainability through public policies and private strategies. This general objective will be pursued through the following specific objectives:• To develop and validate a ‘performance criteria matrix’ for assessment ...
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My Neighbourhood | My City (My Neighbourhood)

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

...es and resolve communal issues in the real, day-to-day world of the neighbourhood. The solution will be rooted in an open My Neighbourhood site that 1) combines the data and functionality of existing City Information Apps (i.e. MyCityWay, Foursquare) with new tools that connect people locally both on- and offline and 2) uses gamification to encourage people to get involved with their own neighbour ...
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HarmoniSed ENvironmental Sustainability in the European food and drink chain (SENSE)

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

SENSE will deliver a harmonised system for the environmental impact assessment of food&drink products. The research will evaluate existing relevant environmental impact assessment methodologies, and consider socio-economical, quality and safety aspects, to deliver a new integral system that can be linked to monitoring and traceability data. The system will integrate: (a) (regionalised) data gather ...
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Energy Oresund

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

Strategic energy planning is a cooperative theme for the project. In the project, municipalities and energy companies across Oresund implement concrete demonstration projects, which address the challenges connected with integrating renewable energy in the existing energy system. Achie ...
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Public Engagement with Research and Research Engagement with Society (PERARES)

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

PERARES strengthens public engagement in research (PER) by developing multi-annual action plans, involving researchers and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in the formulation of research agendas and the research process. It uses debates on science to actively articulate research requests of civil society. These are forwarded to research institutes, and results are used in a next phase of the deb ...
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Plastic ZERO - Public Private Cooperation's for avoiding plastic as a waste (Plastic zero)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Aug 31, 2014,

...astics). It is worth noting the successful collection of rigid plastic at one recycling station in Copenhagen. This is now being permanently implemented in all recycling stations in the city, with 90% of the apartment buildings in the city having rigid plastic collection bins; this will soon be expanded to family houses. With regards to waste prevention, the project estimated that if all demonstra ...
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Carbon 20 - public private partnerships for climate solutions (Climate Partnerships)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

...tion tool Klimakompasset.dk includes a method that suggests these good results may not be entirely due to project activities. In Klimakompasset.dk the calculation factor for electricity is adjusted every year according to the percentages of sustainable energy used for electricity production in Denmark. As a consequence, a company will reduce its CO2 emission by using the same amount of electricity ...
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Wireless Hybrid Enhanced Mobile Radio Estimators - Phase 2 (WHERE2)

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

The availability of position information plays an increasing role in wireless communications networks already today and will be an integral part of future systems. They inherently can offer the ability for stand-alone positioning especially in situations where conventional satellite based positioning systems such as GPS fail (e.g., indoor). In this framework, positioning information is an importan ...
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Sound Settlements

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

Research institutions in Sweden and Denmark will work with five case areas in a crossdiciplinary manner. A vital concept is the sound settlement, which represents a holistic view on dwellings, places of work, services, recreation and a sustainable infrastructure. An interdisciplinary research group with Danish and Swedish researchers will co-operate with local politicians, officials, architects an ...
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Strengthening social capacities for the utilisation of eHealth technologies in the framework of ageing population (ICT for Health)

Start date: Nov 30, 2009, End date: Dec 15, 2012,

The social capacity, knowledge and acceptance to utilise eHealth technologies of citizens and medical professionals is a basic condition for the implementation and further generation of innovative technologies for the health sector. However, the absorption of new knowledge and acceptance to use eHealth technologies is varying remarkably among citizens and medical professionals and needs to be stre ...
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Achieving Real Change with Innovative Transport Measures Demonstrating Energy Savings (ARCHIMEDES)

Start date: Sep 15, 2008, End date: Dec 14, 2012,

...lly transfer the strategies to other cities. Two learning cities will participate fully in the decision making and organisational structure. New member state representation is assured with one Lead City and one Learning City. A strong educational objective will be realised with training and learning actions within the consortium, and via promotion, training events and educational exchanges betw ...
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KlimaSundet

Start date: Aug 31, 2010, End date: Aug 30, 2012,

The project aims to break down mental and language barriers and create a platform for knowledge and experience sharing between municipalities on climate matters. Achievements: Concluded knowledge exchange through 6 workshops wihtin climate adaption, where municipality r ...
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Wireless Hybrid Enhanced Mobile Radio Estimators (WHERE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2008, End date: Jun 30, 2010,

To increase ubiquitous and mobile network access and data rates, scientific and technological development is more and more focussing on the integration of radio access networks (RANs). For an efficient usage of RANs, knowledge of the position of mobile terminals (MTs) is valuable information in order to allocate resources or predict the allocation within a heterogeneous RAN infrastructure.The main ...
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Energize Regional Economies (ERE)

Start date: Nov 29, 2005, End date: Jun 30, 2008,

The main aim of the project was to investigate how regions can stimulate their economies by promoting sustainable energy. Achievements: In the ERE project, five regions (the core partners) systematically analysed their regional situation, looking for strong points and o ...
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Tools for water management and restoration processes (Lakepromo)

Start date: Aug 31, 2004, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

Lakepromo aims to promote multilevel and interregional cooperation in the field of water management. By learning from the experiences of others and pooling the related know-how and technology, the partners want to find the most eco-efficient and sustainable solutions to different water management problems. The emphasis is on limiting eutrophication. Moreover, Lakepromo aims to increase public awar ...
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B-SURE: Building on Small Scale Regeneration of Urban Heritage along Rivers and Canals (B-SURE)

Start date: Feb 26, 2004, End date: May 30, 2007,

The B-SURE project was set up to come to a co-operative international effort aimed at improvement of the quality of life in the town-harbour zones. The aim of the B-SURE project was to find out in what way small investments (so called "Pin Point Initiatives (PPI)") can be used optimally to improve the quality of public spaces in neighbourhoods along rivers and canals. Spatial elements such as wate ...
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Waterfront Communities: Linking Nine North Sea Gateway Cities in Innovative Sustainable Waterfront Development

Start date: Sep 29, 2003, End date: Mar 30, 2007,

...as.The activities implemented in Aalborg (DK), influenced changes in design policies and encouraged the retention and reuse of industrial cultural heritage contributing to the uniqueness of the city as a waterfront location.The Heriot-Watt institute (UK) undertook a research project on successful waterfront making as well coordinated the preparation of a book proposal on the experience of the WCP ...
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Capacity building of Kaliningrad City Hall in the environmental performance

Start date: Sep 16, 2002, End date: Mar 15, 2005,

Background St. Petersburg is the largest city on the Baltic Sea, with a developed industrial sector and a population of about five million people. According to the Helsinki Commission (HELCOM), it contributes 20% of the pollution in the Baltic Sea. Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) contaminated with heavy metals and soluble hazardous substances is one of the m ...
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Citiz@move

The Citiz@Move network lead by the city of Seville wasthe result of a joining of forces of three potential leadpartners. This ’marriage’ resulted in a network with threedistinct working groups in line with the three sub themes.The first, led by the Danish city of Aarhus, studied the issuessurrounding the empowerment of ethnic minorities.The second, run by Charleroi in Belgium, concentrated onprodu ...
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Vocational Learning for Sustainable Catering Systems

This project focused on the quality and availability of vocational training and competency development for catering staff providing food for the public sector in 4 European countries. Its main aim to establish a system of cooperation between the different partners involved in catering for the public sector, so that they can learn from each other and create universal tools of best practice. This ca ...
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URBAX2 - Town planning in Europe

...the situation in the various countries and identify related skills requirements. Results will take the form of software with a role-playing function which can be used to simulate the development of a city, plus teaching and simulation materials.The project's target groups are town planning professionals, local decision-makers, teachers and students (in particular architects, economists and lawyers ...
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Future Skills for Biotechnology

The main purpose of the “FS Biotech – Future Skills For Biotechnology” project is to promote cooperation between HEI and companies by fostering the involvement of enterprises, Industry and Professional Associations, Alumni and other relevant stakeholders. Our goal is to develop and validate a Skills Profile (SP) for Biotechnology graduates using an instrument that will be administered to 500 comp ...
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