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Xylella Fastidiosa Active Containment Through a multidisciplinary-Oriented Research Strategy (XF-ACTORS)
Start date: Nov 1, 2016, End date: Oct 31, 2020,
XF-ACTORS aims to establish a multidisciplinary research program to answer the urgent need to improve prevention, early detection and control of Xylella fastidiosa (Xf). Recently, Xf was introduced into Italy, where it is causing severe damage to olive crops, and in France, where so far it is limited to ornamental plants and some landscape trees. The overall goal of the research program is to asse ...
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Social Innovation in Marginalised Rural Areas (SIMRA)
Start date: Apr 1, 2016, End date: Mar 31, 2020,
...I and its impacts on economic, social, environmental, institutional and policy dimensions of territorial capital.4. Co-constructed evaluation of SIs in case studies across the spatial variation of European rural areas, considering which components of territorial capital foster and, or mainstream RD. 5. Synthesis and dissemination of new or improved knowledge of SIs and novel governance mechanisms ...
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Effective Management of Pests and Harmful Alien Species - Integrated Solutions (EMPHASIS)
Start date: Mar 1, 2015, End date: Feb 28, 2019,
...reats (insect pests, pathogens, weeds) for a range of both natural ecosystems and farming systems (field crops, protected crops, forestry, orchards and amenity plants).The overall goal is to ensure a European food security system and the protection of biodiversity and of ecosystems services while developing integrated mechanisms of response measures (practical solutions) to predict, to prevent and ...
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Strategies to develop effective, innovative and practical approaches to protect major European fruit crops from pests and pathogens (Dropsa)
Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Feb 28, 2018,
The DROPSA consortium will create new knowledge and understanding of the damage and losses of fruit crops resulting from pests and pathogens, with a specific focus on the new and emerging threats due to Drosophila suzukii and quarantine pathogens Pseudomonas syringae, Xanthomonas fragariae and X. arboricola. The project will deliver a cost effective approach that can be widely implemented by the E ...
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Work based learning (WBL) nella formazione professionale (VET) per l'accoglienza turistica e l’hotel management in Europa
Start date: Oct 3, 2016, End date: Oct 2, 2017,
...L.R. n. 13/2013 “Testo unico in materia di turismo” (“Amalgamated law for tourism”) and with the recommendation of the council-com (2014)85, related to the consolidation of the European principles regarding the quality of tourism, though training and WBL, which is very important for the employability and the economic restart of this sector.
”Welcome.WBL @vet.eU", takes origin from the need of str ...
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Making society an active participant in water adaptation to global change (BEWATER)
Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Mar 31, 2017,
Sustainable water management under climate change is an urgent challenge for the Euro-Mediterranean region. Future climate change projections estimate an increase in water scarcity and droughts in the region, causing substantial socioeconomic losses and environmental impacts.In this context, efforts are needed to strengthen public participation and embed a sense of responsibility within the societ ...
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Seed health: development of seed treatment methods, evidence for seed transmission and assessment of seed health (TESTA)
Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Jan 31, 2016,
Healthy seed are key to high crop yields, underpinning European and global food security. A wide range of diseases and pests are carried by seed and as well as spreading and increasing old problems, new problems may be introduced into the European Community countries via this route. There are currently opportunities to improve seed quality control by implementing emerging novel methodologies. The ...
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Enhancing FOrest RESearch in the MediTERRAnean through improved coordination and integration (FORESTERRA)
Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2015,
...icapped by its fragmentation, its limited means, and occasional outdating and isolation. In addition, the low benefits that Mediterranean forests provide to forest-based industries--compared to other European forests--make it difficult to attract interest and funds from the private sector. For this reason, new ways to overcome this situation must be implemented through research partnerships, netwo ...
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MedDiet - Mediterranean Diet and enhancement of traditional foodstuff (MedDiet)
Start date: Dec 31, 2012, End date: Dec 30, 2015,
The project in briefGenerally speaking, all Mediterranean countries have in common a dietary pattern characterised by a high consumption of plant foods such as legumes, cereals, fruits and vegetables, nuts and seeds, low consumption of meat and dairy products, olive oil as main source of fat and moderate consumption of wine. The Mediterranean diet is considered a healthy prudent pattern: high adhe ...
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Improvement of Mediterranean territorial cohesion through setup of tourist-cultural itinerary - Umayyad (UMAYYAD)
Start date: Dec 21, 2012, End date: Dec 20, 2015,
The project in brief At Mediterranean level, tourism has often led many countries and regions to develop the industry in a competitive way rather than in a cooperative manner. For obvious climatic reasons but also due the role played by tour operators, Mediterranean tourism destinations have based their growth essentially on a sun and sea vision and developed strategies aimed at maximizing short t ...
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FOstering Solar TEchnology in the MEDiterranean area (FOSTEr in MED)
Start date: Nov 30, 2012, End date: Nov 29, 2015,
The project in briefThe Mediterranean region is characterized by the significant potential of solar energy. The sunlight time ranges from 2650 to 3400 hours per year with average radiation going up to 3200 kWh/m2 per year. Despite these favorable weather conditions, the development of solar energy in the Mediterranean area is still limited by technical, institutional, financial and market barriers ...
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Socio economic effects of management measures of the future CFP (SOCIOEC)
Start date: Mar 1, 2012, End date: Feb 28, 2015,
SOCIOEC is an interdisciplinary, European wide project bringing together scientists from several fisheries sciences with industry partners and other key stakeholders to work in an integrated manner on solutions for future fisheries management, that can be implemented at a regional level. The central concept is to provide a mechanism for developing measures that are consistent with the overarching ...
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Capitalising Climate Change Knowledge for Adaptation in the Alpine Space (C3-Alps)
Start date: Dec 31, 2011, End date: Dec 30, 2014,
...n strategies in Pilot Areas, and conclusions drawn from the dialogue group survey that was also published on the project website. C3-Alps intensified the cooperation with other networks (e.g. the European Environment Agency or Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention). More than 20 stakeholder workshops were organized and the project achieved a high media coverage.
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A structured network for integration of climate knowledge into policy and territorial planning (ORIENTGATE)
Start date: Jun 30, 2012, End date: Dec 30, 2014,
The OrientGate project will foster concerted and coordinated climate adaptation actions across the SEE region. The project will explore climate risks faced by coastal, rural and urban communities; contribute to a better understanding of the impact of climate variability and change on water regimes, forests and agro-ecosystems; and analyse specific adaptation needs in the hydroelectricity, agro-ali ...
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EUROPEAN PHYTOSANITARY RESEARCH COORDINATION II (EUPHRESCO)
Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Mar 31, 2014,
The Community Plant Health Regime (CPHR) aims to prevent the introduction, establishment and spread of regulated and quarantine plant pests. These pests pose increasing risks to European agriculture, horticulture, forestry and the environment. This is due to increased globalisation of trade (volume and diversity), but is exacerbated by climate change and EU expansion (increased pathways). In compa ...
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Improved Drought Early Warning and FORecasting to strengthen preparedness and adaptation to droughts in Africa (DEWFORA)
Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2013,
...nd famine warning; and established knowledge networks in Africa. The consortium provides an excellent regional balance, and the skilled coordinator and several partners have worked together in (European) research projects, implementation projects and capacity building programmes, thus building efficiently on previous and ongoing projects in Europe and Africa.The main impact of DEWFORA will be to i ...
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Forest fires under climate, social and economic changes in Europe, the Mediterranean and other fire-affected areas of the world (FUME)
Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2013,
Fire regimes result from interactions between climate, land-use and land-cover (LULC), and socioeconomic factors, among other. These changed during the last decades, particularly around the Mediterranean. Our understanding of how they affected fire regime in the past is limited. During this century temperatures, drought and heat waves will very likely increase, and rainfall decrease. These and fur ...
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SOUTH EASTERN EUROPE MARINE AND RIVER INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR MONITORING THE TRANSPORTATION OF DANGEROUS GOODS (SEE MARINER)
Start date: Jan 31, 2011, End date: Dec 30, 2013,
The SEE area is a sea and river transit space of vessels carrying hazardous freight which constitutes many potential environmental risks for coasts and inland waterways. Economic development and a strong growth of transport and increased traffic in the SEE area aggravate the already increased threats of pollution and thus require a good management and high performance of observation, communication ...
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SylvaMED : Mediterranean Forests for All (SylvaMED)
Start date: Aug 31, 2010, End date: Aug 30, 2013,
SylvaMED intends to facilitate innovative integration of forests environmental services into regional policies. Mediterranean forest ecosystems provide multiple goods and services, and are key to the socio-economic development of rural zones and to the well-being of urban populations. Many of these forest collective goods are crucial to environmental sustainability but currently unrecognized. Quan ...
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"Tolerance, Pluralism and Social Cohesion. Responding to the Challenges of the 21st Century in Europe" (ACCEPT PLURALISM)
Start date: Mar 1, 2010, End date: May 31, 2013,
...ps while in other countries they refer to native minority claims. It is in this geopolitical context that the ACCEPT project responds to Topic 3.3.1 and notably in the quest for investigating whether European societies have become more or less tolerant during the past 20 years and in the necessity to clarify: (a) how is tolerance defined conceptually, (b) how it is codified in norms, institutional ...
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Gender resources centers for orientation and professional qualification of socially excluded women in Albania and Montenegro (GRCOPQ-SEWAM)
Start date: Feb 28, 2011, End date: Feb 27, 2013,
...will be a combination work of the 4 partners listed here in the following with their acronyms. : Independent Forum for the Albanian Woman. (Albania) - IFAW. Women of Mediterranean, East and South European Network Italy - WMESEN. Municipality of Ulcinj (Montenegro) - MUM, Albanian Gender Institute of Research and Studies (Albania) - AGIRS.
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Sustainable Management for European Local Ports (SuPorts)
Start date: Dec 31, 2009, End date: Dec 30, 2012,
...rts often combining shipping, fishing and leisure activities. Despite their small size they have important economic, social and environmental links with their surroundings. Together, the thousands of European local ports have a large cumulative impact. They face environmental challenges from EU policy and legislation, and higher expectations from their users and local residents, but they lack the ...
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REgional exchanges and policy making for protecting and valorising biodiVERSity in Europe (REVERSE)
Start date: Dec 31, 2009, End date: Dec 30, 2012,
... Achievements: REVERSE project, funded by Europe, aims to promote biodiversity at European scale, by favouring positive action in territories. REVERSE consists in an exchange of experiences between 14 European Partners involved in the protection of biodiversity with different scopes. ...
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New Regional governance of the Euromed area (Medgovernance)
Start date: May 14, 2009, End date: Nov 14, 2011,
...tion from prestigious research institutes to the involved regions, it intends to operate inspired by the most successful experiences at global level (NordRegio, Council of Competitiveness of USA, and European Consortium for Political Research -ECPR) and make effective for the EuroMed regions: 1. the sharing of a common strategic vision 2. the sharing of orientations and political choices on themes ...
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Enhancements of Pest Risk Analysis Techniques (PRATIQUE)
Start date: Mar 1, 2008, End date: May 31, 2011,
"PRATIQUE (Enhancements of Pest Risk Analysis Techniques) will carry out all the key work listed in the call and address the major challenges for pest risk analysis (PRA) in Europe. This will be achieved through three principal objectives: to assemble the datasets required to construct effective PRAs valid for the whole of the EU, to conduct multi-disciplinary research that enhances the techniques ...
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Science education through earth observation for high schools (SEOS)
Start date: Aug 1, 2007, End date: Oct 31, 2009,
...vance but also global systems and their interconnection. It makes also aware of the need to use most modern scientific and technical methods to obtain this information.With more than 250 members, the European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories has high expertise in earth observation from space. Based on their research results, internet-based e-learning tutorials will be developed on select ...
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URBAN EMPATHY will consolidate a permanent structure to work on transforming existing results from preselected MED projects and key European programmes into effective policies related to Sustainable Urban Models (SUMO). - 1st (WP3), the results will be evaluated through a set of transferability criteria and cross checked to ensure that they comply with the SUMO shared by the partners. In parallel, ...
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... in order to enlarge the transferring capacity of the outputs of the associated projects. 3. Develop a lobby for the protection and valorisation of Mediterranean natural resources towards national, European and Pan-Mediterranean institutions, increasing the impact of territorial cooperation towards mainstream regional operational policies. 4. Identify challenges and gaps for a common integral land ...
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... VET training curriculum of partners’ countries, and • To stimulate development of professional skills corresponding to the needs of sectors related to natural and cultural heritage.The European dimension of the project is represented by partners from five European countries: Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece and Italy. Each partner has an important role to play. German partner is responsible for ...
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In the field of sustainable agriculture, some countries have taken recent validation initiatives in the context of the development of a national qualifications framework. In Spain, certification was created for staff in charge of supporting converted to organic agriculture farmers. In other countries, such initiatives have remained limited, reflecting a lack of national strategies, a lack of knowl ...
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PRISM - Politic and Religion In Shores of Mediterranean Sea
Start date: Dec 1, 2009,
The twenthy's Century has been the scene of a strong mixing of a range of cultures, religions and ideologies within and between Europe and its neighbours: mediterranean and balkanic countries. In this context, the tolerance and promotion of diversity became a necessity and brought complex challenges to which the population have to deal with. This is also reinforce by the migratory mouvements in Eu ...
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QUAlity Development ROadmap for training in the Financial Services Sector
Start date: Nov 1, 2012,
...rities of the Copenhagen Declaration is to develop common instruments for Quality Assurance in VET. Further on, the objectives and actions of the Copenhagen process have been further supported by the European network for quality assurance in VET (EQAVET).In this context, there have been different projects and activities put in place in order to develop national Quality Assurance Frameworks and for ...
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