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LIFE URBAN-ADAPT: demonstrating urban climate adaptation and resilience in inner city Rotterdam (LIFE URBAN-ADAPT)

Start date: Jul 16, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2021,

Background Climate change is a global development issue, with the potential to cause serious problems for the urban environment: 1. Increased flood risk because of increased precipitation and rising water levels; 2. Increased temperatures resulting from the urban heat island effect; and 3. Deterioration of native flora and fauna on land and in water. ...
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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,

The RUGGEDISED project will create urban spaces powered by secure, affordable and clean energy, smart electro-mobility, smart tools and services. The overall aims are:1. Improving the quality of life of the citizens, by offering the citizens a clean, safe, attractive, inclusive and affordable living environment.2. Reducing the environmental impacts of activities, by achieving a significant reducti ...
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BuyZET – Procurement of innovative solutions for zero emission urban delivery of goods and services (BuyZET)

Start date: Nov 1, 2016, End date: Apr 30, 2019,

"The BuyZET project will develop innovative procurement plans to help the participating cities achieve their goals of zero emission urban delivery of goods and services.The core cities in the project - Rotterdam, Oslo and Copenhagen - will first identify which goods and service procurement areas have the highest "transportation footprint" - i.e. the number of motorised vehicle trips to transport g ...
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'Education of International Newly Arrived migrant pupils at primary and secondary school level'

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

The project EDINA (EDucation of International Newly Arrived migrant pupils) brings together policy makers, schools and researchers from Finland (Helsinki), Belgium (Ghent) and The Netherlands (Rotterdam and Utrecht). The main objective of EDINA is to provide support to municipalities, schools and teachers in the reception and the integration into the school system of Newly Arrived Migrant pupilS ( ...
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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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SPP Regions

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

The SPP Regions project is aimed at promoting strong networking and collaboration at both the European and sub-national regional level on sustainable and innovative procurement (SPP/PPI), to help promote and embed capacity building and knowledge transfer. At the regional level networking will be promoted to build capacities and transfer skills in sustainable and innovative procurement implementati ...
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Systemic standardisation approach to empower smart cities and communities (ESPRESSO)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

systEmic Standardisation apPRoach to Empower Smart citieS and cOmmunities (ESPRESSO) focuses on the development of a conceptual Smart Cities Information Framework, which consists of a Smart City platform (the so-called Smart City enterprise application) and a number of data provision and processing services to integrate data, workflows, and processes in applications relevant for Smart Cities withi ...
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TRaining for Inclusion of Ageing people with Disabilities through Exchange

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

The transition toward an inclusive society, forces service providers from different fields to collaborate and learn from each other. In an inclusive society, mainstream and community based services support all citizens, disabled or not. Services for the elderly, need to learn how to care for and support ageing people, also when they are disabled: staff needs to acquire new, additional skills relat ...
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FREVUE VALIDATING FREIGHT ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN URBAN EUROPE (FREVUE)

Start date: Mar 15, 2013, End date: Sep 14, 2017,

Eight of Europe’s largest cities, will demonstrate that electric vehicles operating “last mile” freight movements in urban centres can offer significant and achievable decarbonisation of the European transport system. Demonstrators will be deployed in Amsterdam, Lisbon, London, Madrid, Milan, Oslo, Rotterdam and Stockholm. The demonstrators have been designed to ensure FREVUE covers the breadth of ...
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Combined Efficient Large Scale Integrated Urban Systems (CELSIUS)

Start date: Apr 1, 2013, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

The CELSIUS City Consortium is going to deploy 12 new technically and economically innovative demonstrators. Another up to 20 state-of-art demonstrators (already in operation) will proof the CELSIUS City Concept covering the full FP7 8.8.2 requirements.CELSIUS has a clear strategy and a pro-active approach to Market Outreach, which will strive to commit 50 new cities to the CELSIUS Roadmap by the ...
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Co-morbidity in relation to Aids (COBRA)

Start date: Mar 1, 2013, End date: Feb 28, 2017,

Persons with HIV on combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) are at increased risk of the premature development of age-associated non-communicable comorbidities (AANCC), including cardiovascular, chronic kidney, liver and pulmonary disease, diabetes mellitus, osteoporosis, non-AIDS associated malignancies, and neurocognitive impairment. It has therefore been hypothesised that such individuals, de ...
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Smart City performance measurement system (CITYKEYS)

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

The European Commission has developed two parallel approaches to support the implementation of smart urban technologies: the creation of 'lighthouse projects' (large scale demonstration of technology in cities and communities) and 'horizontal activities' to address specific challenges (e.g. regulatory barriers, in standardisation, public procurement and performance monitoring). CITYKEYS project is ...
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Water Public Innovative Procurement Policies (WATERPIPP)

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

Water Public Innovation Procurement Policies (WaterPiPP) is about exploring new public innovation procurement methodologies and testing it in water sector in the context where European innovation potential in the water sector is blocked by a number of bottlenecks and barriers.Public procurement represents around 19% of the EU’s GDP, an important lead market for innovators in particular in the wate ...
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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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Joining up ICT and service processes for quality integrated care in Europe (SmartCare)

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

Against the background of the European Innovation Partnership on Active & Healthy Ageing, SmartCare aims to define a common set of standard functional specifications for an open ICT platform enabling the delivery of integrated care to older European citizens. A total of 24 regions and their key stakeholders will define a comprehensive set of integration building blocks around the challenges of dat ...
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Boosting Electromobility Amsterdam - Rotterdam - Utrecht (E-mobility 3 cities NL)

Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: Mar 31, 2016,

Background Sufficient charging infrastructure is a precondition for the transition to electric transport. At present, however, the market for charging infrastructure is immature because the business case is uncertain. Three cities of the 'Randstad' region of the Netherlands – Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Utrecht – are working to increase usage of elect ...
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Effective Communication in Outbreak Management: development of an evidence-based tool for Europe (E-COM@EU)

Start date: Feb 1, 2012, End date: Jan 31, 2016,

Although scientific knowledge to respond to outbreaks has increased, deficiencies remain in the ability of health authorities to communicate the need for large-scale measures such as vaccination and antiviral therapy and increase its acceptance. For effective behavioural and communication strategies, integration is needed of social, behavioural, communication and media sciences.We bring together t ...
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Towards Sustainable Zero Carbon Transport through Innovation Procurement (TRANS-FORM)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

The TRANS-FORM project will apply both proven and emerging methodologies for innovation procurement to the diverse and complex area of sustainable transport in cities. It will thus advance the state-of-the-art in general and help accelerate the much needed market transformation in this important area for European society and Innovation Partnerships. A tripartite core group of nine organisations ...
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Transport Innovation Deployment for Europe (TIDE)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

The mission of the TIDE project will be to enhance the broad transfer and take-up of 15 innovative urban transport and mobility concepts throughout Europe and to make a visible contribution to establish them as mainstream measures. The TIDE partners will make a range of new and feasible solutions easily accessible to address key challenges of urban transport such as energy efficiency, decarbonisat ...
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Advanced observation and rainfall prediction for urban pluvial flood management (RAINGAIN)

Start date: Mar 31, 2010, End date: Aug 29, 2015,

The projects aim is to obtain fine-scale rainfall and flood data at the urban scale: a level of detail at which such information is currently lacking. The availability of fine-scale rainfall and flood data will enable urban water authorities to adequately cope with peak rainfall and will help to prevent the severe pluvial flood damage that in the past decades has been associated with these events. ...
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Social Media Analytics and Decision Support Tools Enabling Sustainable Integration Policies and Measures (UniteEurope)

Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Sep 30, 2014,

The integration of third-country nationals is one of the most important topics for governments and policy makers in the European Union and has risen in prominence on the agenda because it is seen as one of the most visible challenges of globalization. UniteEurope aims at building scalable and flexible Social Media analytics and decision support tools enabling sustainable integration policies and m ...
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Communities and Families Tackling Addiction (CAFTA)

Start date: Feb 28, 2011, End date: Sep 29, 2014,

All partner areas covered by the CAFTA project have a history of drug-related problems, often related to their coastal location - either as a commercial shipping port or a sea-side tourist resort. The CAFTA project aims to create a cross-border network bringing together professionals, families, and communities who suffer the impacts of drug addiction, from Calais, Rotterdam and Brighton & Hove. ...
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Safer Neighbourhood Approach (SNAP)

Start date: Sep 30, 2014, End date: Sep 29, 2014,

SNAP's main objectives are to strengthen, develop, pilot and sustain activities to resolve area based community safety issues and social exclusion by engaging, involving and giving ownership to residents.Cluster partners have experience of and expertise in: community safety; resident engagement and ownership; drug & alcohol prevention and treatment; health & well-being. There will be a particular ...
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Mitigation in Urban areas: Solutions for Innovative Cities (MUSIC)

Start date: Apr 8, 2009, End date: Jun 29, 2014,

New techniques and measures to reach the EU-climate targets of 20% CO2 reduction in 2020 are increasingly available and implemented. However. to mainstream these techniques in urban policy and consider them as business as usual. technique alone is not enough. A transition to innovative thinking about urban planning is needed. in which all stakeholders are involved. The MUSIC-partnership is compos ...
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Maximising Green Heritage (MaxiGreen)

Start date: Jul 31, 2009, End date: Jun 29, 2014,

Throughout the 2 Seas programme zone many densely populated, urbanised areas are located in or near disused industrial infrastructure such as old railway lines, canals and flooded mining pits. Bringing these areas back into benefitial use would allow cities to enhance their attractiveness in a sustainable and environmentally non-impactful way, but also provide new recreation areas for their inhabi ...
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Flexible Processes and Improved Technologies for Urban Infrastructure Construction Sites (PANTURA)

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

More than 50% of bridges in European cities are older than 40 years and bridges are a vital part of the infrastructure. Bridge managers are currently dealing with a large number of structurally deficient, obsolete bridges. The need to maintain, renew, strengthen and upgrade this part of the infrastructure will increase dramatically in the near future. PANTURA has bridges as its focal point. It is, ...
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Managing District Centres in North West Europe (MANDIE)

Start date: Dec 31, 2007, End date: Oct 30, 2011,

District Centre Management. in the way it is understood in this project. is a relatively new discipline on the border of urban development. economic development and city marketing. It is based on the fact that many local communities in NWE are characterised by a polycentric structure: Besides the inner city there are several districts at the outskirts with evolved centres. These district centres p ...
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EUROPEAN CIVIL REGISTRY NETWORK (ECRN)

Start date: Jun 1, 2008, End date: May 31, 2011,

Description Electronic exchange of Civil Act certificates across national bordersDue to the growing number of European citizens living in countries different from their countries of origin, cooperation regarding the Civil Acts has today become a high priority for National administrations.The ECRN project will establish a secure and certif ...
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Roff@streetknowledge

Start date: Sep 1, 2010,

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Soziale Zusammenarbeit und Integration in komplexen Stadtgesellschaften (SIS)

Ziel des Projekts ist der grenzüberschreitende Austausch von Erfahrungen zu komplexen Prozessen von sozialer Integration und sozialer und politischer Teilhabe einerseits sowie Desintegration und Segregation andererseits in modernen Stadtgesellschaften.Das Schwerpunktinteresse des Projekts richtet sich auf die gesellschaftliche Integration und die soziale und politische Teilhabe von Migrantinnen un ...
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