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Rotterdam, Umea and Glasgow: Generating Exemplar Districts In Sustainable Energy Deployment (Ruggedised)

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

...eployment and replication of solutions. Three follower cities Brno, Parma and Gdansk have selected 27 smart follower solutions to follow the lighthouse cities and to prepare for implementation in the future
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CROSS FERTILISATION THROUGH ALIGNMENT, SYNCHRONISATION AND EXCHANGES FOR IoT (CREATE-IoT)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

...onnections with Member States' initiatives and other initiatives and will transfer learning points to the broader IoT policy framework that include contractual PPPs (e.g. Big Data, Factories of the Future, 5G-infrastructure), Joint Technology Initiatives (e.g. ECSEL), European Innovation Partnerships (e.g. on Smart Cities) as well as other FAs (e.g. on Autonomous transport). It will also maintain ...
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Preparedness and Resilience to address Urban Vulnerability (PRUV)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

The challenge posed by urban vulnerability is immense and is being compounded by rapid unplanned urbanisation, climate change and resource pressures. While the realisation that there is a fundamental shift in the landscape of crises to cities is no longer contested, aid actors are nonetheless grappling with the complexities of adapting their approaches to the urban context. The Preparedness and ...
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Learning for Innovative Design for Sustainability

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

...ations will catalyse the integration and dissemination of project outcomes within the European design sector.The Learning for Innovative Design for Sustainability project will provide the current and future designers of Europe with:- A common vision of Design for Sustainability (DfS) - Innovation and Entrepreneurial opportunities through DfS for Industry (Benchmarking, Internships)- Open Education ...
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GROW Observatory (GROW)

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

The GROW Observatory (GROW) will create a sustainable citizen platform and community to generate, share and utilise information on land, soil and water resource at a resolution hitherto not previously considered. The vision is to underpin smart and sustainable custodianship of land and soil, whilst meeting the demands of food production, and to answer a long-standing challenge for space science, n ...
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SynchroniCity: Delivering an IoT enabled Digital Single Market for Europe and Beyond (SynchroniCity)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Sep 30, 2019,

SynchroniCity represents the first attempt to deliver a Single Digital City Market for Europe by piloting its foundations at scale in 11 reference zones - 8 European cities & 3 more worldwide cities - connecting 34 partners from 11 countries over 4 continents. Building upon a mature European knowledge base derived from initiatives such as OASC, FIWARE, FIRE, EIP-SCC, and including partners with le ...
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Industrial scenarios for connected factories (ConnectedFactories)

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

...nes and enterprises like never before. For many years companies and research organisations have been addressing these challenges and opportunities both at European level (through the Factories of the Future PPP and related activities) and at national level. The ConnectedFactories project will build upon these activities and consolidate their expert networks, aiming at industrial consensus building ...
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Improving the Smart Control of Air Pollution in Europe (iSCAPE)

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

...aspects of urban dwellers will be achieved by applying real-world physical interventions on the urban tissue to alter ventilation rates and dispersion patterns in the selected cities assessed for future climate change scenarios and representative of different cultural&life styles in Europe. Through the approach of Living Labs the team will deploy a network of air quality and meteorological sensors ...
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European E-Infrastructure Services Gateway (eInfraCentral)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Jun 30, 2019,

...or users to browse the service catalogue and enhance the monitoring of key performance indicators that focus on availability and quality of services and user satisfaction 3. Draw policy lessons for a future European e-infrastructure market place as an extension of the common service catalogue and portal (incorporating a larger number of e-infrastructures). Key highlights of the proposal are: 1.A m ...
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Avoiding Collisions at Sea Plus

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

...dicate that many of the principles of collision avoidance are improperly applied, particularly relating to the more complex rules or complex real-life situations (Ziarati et al, 2015 - http://www.marifuture.org/Reports/Development-Papers/ADP_11_2015_MARIFUTURE.pdf). Collisions remain a major source of accidents at sea resulting in serious injuries and loss of life and property. EMSA'a 2014 Acciden ...
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Gaming for Peace (GAP)

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

EU Personnel in Conflict Prevention and Peace Building missions come from diverse organizations and nations, yet must coordinate together in the temporary network or umbrella organization that comprises each CPPB mission. Coordination is challenging strategically and operationally. Even if the structures to coordinate together are in place, diversity in organizations (militaries, police forces, ci ...
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Towards a World Forum on Raw Materials (FORAM) (FORAM)

Start date: Nov 1, 2016, End date: Oct 31, 2018,

The project Towards a World Forum on Raw Materials (FORAM) will develop and set up an EU-based platform of international experts and stakeholders that will advance the idea of a World Forum on Raw Materials (WFRM) and enhance the international cooperation on raw material policies and investments.The global use of mineral resources has drastically increased and supply chains have become ever more c ...
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Maritime English Language Training Standards

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

...he IMO-approved revisions. In devising the course IMO has made references to EU funded projects such as MarTEL, MarTEL Plus, MarEng and MarEngPlus as well as SeaTALK. IMO states that (http://www.marifuture.org/Reports/Development-Papers/IMO_New_Model_Course_Maritime_English.pdf) because educational systems and the cultural backgrounds of trainees in maritime subjects vary considerably from countr ...
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Supporting Graduate Entrepreneurship in the Creative Sector

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

...ndividuals developing a new product or idea, the focus and priority is firmly placed on what it can do; how it can be used; what makes it different. While these are all essential pre-requisite to any future potential business of equal importance are questions like:- who are the management team behind the business?- what is the the business model proposed?- how will intellectual property be protect ...
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Green Entrepreneurship Training - Underpinning Prosperity

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

...ducation and training. Flexibility, accessibility and affordability allied to a persistent need for up-skilling are the main reasons that this modern phenomenon will continue to thrive into the future. While the growth in popularity of on-line learning has brought about an increase in the number of on-line learning courses it has not had any noticeable impact on the quality of course-ware availabl ...
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OrganiCity – Co-creating smart cities of the future (OrganiCity)

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Jun 30, 2018,

OrganiCity offers a new paradigm to European digital city making. Built on and extending the FIRE legacy, this project seeks to build a strong foundation for future sustainable cities through co-creation by a wide range of stakeholders. Globally, Europe is a champion of sustainable, inclusive and open societies. The digital age enables us to push this position further and to rethink the way we cre ...
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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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RESILENS: Realising European ReSiliencE for CritIcaL INfraStructure (RESILENS)

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

... provider) and at different spatial scales (urban, regional, national and transboundary) which can then be iteratively used to direct users to resilience measures that will increase their benchmarked future score. Other resilience methods including substitution processes and measures to tackle cascading effects will also be developed. The ERMG and resilience management methods will be tested and v ...
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ONLINE Platform for Smart Specialisation Policy Advice (ONLINE-S3)

Start date: May 1, 2016, End date: Apr 30, 2018,

This project aims to develop an e-policy platform augmented with a toolbox of applications and online services, which will assist national and regional authorities in the EU in elaborating or revising their smart specialisation agenda, in terms of policies and strategy. The platform will leverage existing methodologies, initiatives and tools developed by the EC for the RIS3 strategy, but it will a ...
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Maritime Energy Management Training Strategic Partnership (MariEMS).

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Mar 31, 2018,

Why? Background of project - A global approach for the development of energy efficiency systems including an effective emission control is led by the IMO on account of the continued rapid growth of the world trade in the maritime transport. (IMO2012). According to GL (2012), IMO has mandated certain measures related to energy efficiency in international shipping as listed below: Energy Efficien ...
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Futuring European Industry (FUTURING)

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Feb 28, 2018,

...e of Research and Innovation within the framework of other dimensions – Economy, Society, Environment, Globalization, geopolitics– and incoming paradigms such as Circular Economy.It explores 2030 future scenarios, concerning EU Industry, through the use of foresight and other Policy Intelligence tools, to identify critical factors on which action should be taken in order to overcome barriers and t ...
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Developing a concept for a European minerals deposit framework (MINATURA 2020)

Start date: Feb 1, 2015, End date: Jan 31, 2018,

The exploitation of minerals in Europe is an indispensable activity to ensure that the present and future needs of the European society can be met. This means that sufficient access is required to explore and exploit minerals. At the same time the mineral needs of our society must be met without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Accordingly exploitable mineral ...
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Dragon - Sustaining Technology And Research Plus (EU-China Collaboration) (DRAGON-STAR Plus)

Start date: Feb 1, 2015, End date: Jan 31, 2018,

China is already an important global actor in the fields of research and innovation, and has the potential of becoming a leading force in the next few decades. The shift in China’s strategy focusing towards R&I and transforming the essence of its economy has been complimented with massive public investments in research and technology. The EU having recognised the leading role China is expected to ...
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Mineral Intelligence Capacity Analysis (MICA)

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

Primary and secondary raw materials are fundamental to Europe’s economy and growth. They represent the most important link in the value chain of industrial goods production, which plays a prominent role as a source of prosperity in Europe. However, as stated in the call, there exists to-date no raw materials knowledge infrastructure at EU level. The Mineral Intelligence Capacity Analysis (MICA) p ...
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Development of a Master Socket for optimised design of prosthetic socket for lower limb amputees (SocketMaster)

Start date: Feb 1, 2015, End date: Jan 31, 2018,

The function of a lower limb prosthetic is highly dependent upon the characteristics and anatomical profile of the residual limb. This is unique to each individual and changes depending on the activities being engaged in by the amputee. A poorly fitting prosthetic socket can cause significant trauma so it is important to consider how to optimise the fit to maximise the amputee's comfort whilst we ...
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Ubiquitous iNteroperable Care for Ageing People (UNCAP)

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

The lack of ICT platforms based on open standards is regarded as one of the most significant market barriers to the creation of new care & assistance paradigms with global interconnection and interworking. UNCAP delivers an interoperable platform based on open industrial standards that leverages on existing technologies for biosensing, indoor/outdoor localisation and home-automation. The result is ...
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Innovation Ecosystems for VET

Start date: Nov 1, 2015, End date: Oct 31, 2017,

...f innovation from a systemic perspective has been limited in the field of VET if the contribution of VET to innovative societies is to be improved, and if VET is to be able to meet the needs of the future jobs market, then VET systems and providers themselves need to develop a culture of innovation and creativity. The inherent characteristics of business – namely that it is market driven and flexi ...
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Exploring Functional and Developmental Osteoclast Heterogeneity in Health and Disease (EUROCLAST)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

...osteoclast protocols, make methodological and scientific advances in osteoclast and bone biology and create a sustainable network of ESRs and senior academics to tackle diseases of bone loss into the future.
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On the Impact of Extreme Weather on Critical Infrastructures (INTACT)

Start date: May 1, 2014, End date: Apr 30, 2017,

... frequency and intensity. Obviously, there is a need to build anticipatory adaptation and organizational resilience to these relatively unforeseen and unexpected EWE impacts on CI.Hence, allowing for future EWE in the design and operational parameters of new and current CI is of fundamental and pressing strategic importance, to ensure cost effective fit, for purpose CI over the lifetime of the ass ...
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EUropean Provision Of Regional Impact Assessment on a Seasonal-to-decadal timescale (EUPORIAS)

Start date: Nov 1, 2012, End date: Jan 31, 2017,

...ommunity, and more importantly, to engage with the users of such technologies to develop useful and useable tools. The EUPORIAS project will develop and deliver reliable predictions of the impacts of future climatic conditions on a number of key sectors (to include water, energy, health, transport, agriculture and tourism), on timescales from seasons to years ahead. The project will do this throug ...
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Interdisciplinary Strategic Intelligence wareHouse and Think-tank for Energy (INSIGHT_E)

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

As today’s energy policy decisions are not only very complex, but also fundamentally political decisions, the necessity to build them on sound, unbiased and up-to-date information/knowledge makes energy policy analysis and advice from a broad array of non-commercial actors key to effective policy formulation. Taking this into account, it is the aim of this project to establish a multidisciplinary ...
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Securing Health.Emergency.Learning.Planning (S-HELP)

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

Volatile events such as disasters bring the prospect of rapid contagion and the threat of disastrous impacts for Europe. Vulnerabilities and cascading effects can result in significant injuries, illness and loss of life. Damage to health infrastructure, demand for medical attention, displacement and major outbreaks all place a strain on Health Services. Preparedness and response capabilities of He ...
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Sustainable Lifestyles 2.0: End User Integration, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (EU-INNOVATE)

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

Typically, end users or “consumers” are perceived as adopters of sustainable products and services, developed by companies. Thus, a lot of attention is paid to the (non-) diffusion of sustainable products and services. From this perspective end users are seen as – more or less – passive recipients of sustainable products and services.We propose to investigate the active roles of end users in shapi ...
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NOROSENSOR - A real-time monitoring system for airborne norovirus (NOROSENSOR)

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

Gastroenteritis, caused by the airborne Norovirus, is the third most deadly infectious disease worldwide, infecting ~4% of the population annually, worldwide, and has related costs measured in billions € annually in the EU alone. Today, detection of airborne viruses can only be done in retrospect in the laboratory, which severely limits the ability to rapidly react and limit the spread of an outbr ...
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Building A Team

Start date: May 1, 2016, End date: Oct 31, 2016,

Project "Building A Team"By the summer of 2015 we established a network of organizations who are working with and for the same people as we do. Youngsters who have fewer opportunities or that are hold back because: social obstacles, emotional and behaviour issues, ... Every organization would come with 1 leader and 4 participants, 2 or 3 of these participants would be facing social obstacles or em ...
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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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Community Based Comprehensive Recovery (COBACORE)

Start date: Apr 1, 2013, End date: Mar 31, 2016,

The Community Based Comprehensive Recovery (COBACORE) project aims to support common needs assessment and recovery planning efforts in complex multi-sectorial, multi-stakeholder crisis environments by building upon the community as an important source of information and capabilities. COBACORE aims to help bridge the so-called collaboration gap: failure of collaboration through insufficient informa ...
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Local content in a Europeana cloud (LoCloud)

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

LoCloud aims to build on the achievements of CARARE in establishing a repository-based aggregator for Archaeological and Architectural heritage and of Europeana Local in its work with local institutions and their regional and national aggregators, which resulted in the contribution to date of well over 5 million items to Europeana.The main goals of LoCloud are: to continue to ease the task of ena ...
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BOOSTING COLLABORATION BETWEEN RESEARCH CENTRES AND INDUSTRY TO ENHANCE RAPID INDUSTRIAL UPTAKE OF INNOVATIVE FUNCTIONAL TEXTILE STRUCTURES AND TEXTILE RELATED MATERIALS IN A MONDIAL MARKET (2BFUNTEX)

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

2BFUNTEX will exploit the untapped potential in functional textile structures and textile related materials. It will bring together all innovation actors in the field fostering a multidisciplinary approach between universities, research institutes, SMEs (in textile 95% of the companies are SMEs) and sector associations. The 2BFUNTEX team will identify technological gaps and will eliminate barriers ...
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Baltic Info Campaign on Hazardous Substances (BaltInfoHaz)

Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

Background Harmful industrial chemicals can remain in the environment for very long periods of time, enabling them to accumulate via food chains and, if toxic, exert harmful effects on living organisms. These so-called persistent bio-accumulative toxic (PBT) substances can also be transported long distances from their original emission source, causing sig ...
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