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Small farms, small food businesses and sustainable food security (SALSA)

Start date: Apr 1, 2016, End date: Mar 31, 2020,

SALSA will assess the role of small farms and small food businesses in delivering a sustainable and secure supply of affordable, nutritious and culturally adequate food. SALSA will identify the mechanisms which, at different scales, can strengthen the role of small farms in food systems and thereby support sustainable food and nutrition security (FNS). By considering a gradient of 30 reference reg ...
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Social Innovation in Marginalised Rural Areas (SIMRA)

Start date: Apr 1, 2016, End date: Mar 31, 2020,

SIMRA seeks to advance understanding of social innovation (SI) and innovative governance in agriculture, forestry and rural development (RD), and how to boost them, particularly in marginalised rural areas across Europe, with a focus on the Mediterranean region (including non-EU) where there is limited evidence of outcomes and supporting conditions. These objectives will be achieved by: 1. Develop ...
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Innovation for Sustainable Sheep and Goat Production in Europe (iSAGE)

Start date: Mar 1, 2016, End date: Feb 29, 2020,

iSAGE will enhance the sustainability, competitiveness and resilience of the European Sheep and Goat sectors through collaboration between industry and research. iSAGE have a powerful consortium with 18 industry representatives from various EU production systems and socio-economic contexts. The sheep and goat sector will be investigated because it is sensitive to general socio-economic, demographi ...
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Linking Climate and Development Policies - Leveraging International Networks and Knowledge Sharing (CD-LINKS)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2019,

An important question for policy makers, in the G20 and beyond, is how to bring climate action into the broader sustainable development agenda. Objectives like energy poverty eradication, increased well-being and welfare, air quality improvement, energy security enhancement, and food and water availability will continue to remain important over the next several decades. There have been relatively ...
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Alpine Ecosystem Services – mapping, maintenance and management (AlpES)

Start date: Dec 16, 2015, End date: Dec 15, 2018,

Description (EN): Ecosystems and their services go beyond national borders and need a transnational approach for their dynamic protection, sustainable use, management and risk prevention. As a basis for joint action, public authorities, policy makers, NGOs, researchers and economic actors – the AlpES target groups – need a common understanding of ecosystem services, comparable infor ...
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Equipping Professionals for Supporting LGBT Migrants & Refugees

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

EpsiLon is responding to two current and urgent educational needs in Europe i.e. (1) the rise in migrant and refugee numbers (2) the persistent inequality and persecution of Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans-gender groups (LGBT). Combined together these two characteristics make LGBT migrants and refugees one of the most vulnerable groups in modern Europe. Our project aims to help address this issue by i ...
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Transformative Social Innovation Theory project (TRANSIT)

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

The aim of TRANSIT (Transformative Social Innovation Theory) is to build a theory of social innovation that is useful not only to academics, but also to policy makers, social entrepreneurs, and other stakeholders. The starting point for TRANSIT is the need to understand transformative social innovations: social innovations that contribute to systemic changes that address urgent societal challenges ...
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Learning to Learn

Start date: May 1, 2016, End date: Apr 30, 2017,

Several research has been conducted on the understanding of how the brain works during a learning process. For a long period of time, scholars thought that young people learn differently and, therefore, must be taught differently. This may be true in theory, but it might be impossible to implement within the scope of formal education.According to many scholars, non-formal education is essential fo ...
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Enhancing Knowledge for Renewed Policies against Poverty (NOPOOR)

Start date: Apr 1, 2012, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

...c knowledge, NOPOOR will pursue an active policy of dissemination and capacity building, including training of young Southern researchers and the implementation of a permanent network with National Institutes of Statistics (NIS).The project is policy-oriented. NOPOOR will accompany the EU's agenda for its policy against poverty by consultations, guidance notes, and policy briefs on issues relating ...
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YW-Building Future

Start date: Mar 16, 2015, End date: Mar 16, 2017,

"Building Future" was a project that project that gave possibility to one project manager within InterCollege Norway to develop its capacity managerial capacity and skills. The project entailed a two-month job-shadowing that was undertaken in InterCollege Denmark by Bojana Ilic. The job-shadowing gave Bojana best practices and knoweledge about the following subjects: 1. Organizational cultures 2 ...
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ReaDy! SeT! aCTioN! – PROCEED and SUCCEED (YOU are THE MESSAGE)!

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

Training course “ReaDy! SeT! aCTioN! – PROCEED and SUCCEED (YOU are THE MESSAGE)!" is going to gather 30 youth workers, trainers and volunteers from 11 different partner organizations from European Union and Partner countries. Training course is dedicated to enrich (or build foundation) knowledge about audiovisual (photography and video) measures as tools to increase society awareness about NGOs o ...
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Bir defa düşün, iki defa düşün, dansı düşün 4, Think once, think twice, think dance 4

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

Think Dance-4 is 6 weeks EVS project which gathers 30 volunteers from different countries for UNESCO 17.International Bodrum Dance Festival in may 2016. By this project we aim to increase awareness among young people on European Opportunities and increase the visibility of our festival in Europe.Social Media management,dance choreographies,short film making,photography,youth information are some o ...
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Transnational Migration in Transition: Transformative Characteristics of Temporary Mobility of People (EURA-NET)

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

The phenomena surrounding temporary transnational mobility of people are giving rise to an increasing political and academic debate throughout the world. This multidisciplinary EURA-NET project produces scientifically sound and innovative framings for investigating transformative characteristics and development impacts of temporary transnational migration and mobility in highly industrialised soci ...
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Exploring the Security-Democracy Nexus in the Caucasus (CASCADE)

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

CASCADE will:- scrutinise Caucasian states and societies for the root causes of conflict and insecurity, conduct synergetic research on democracy and security in the Caucasus and investigate their interaction,- analyse the links between the region and its wider neighbourhood,- provide forward-looking analysis on regional security and democratisation processes,- and develop a set of proposals on ho ...
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JOIN OUR JOURNEY III

Start date: Aug 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

JOIN OUR JOURNEY III project has been developed upon the experience of last 6 years of EVS Hosting, Sending and Coordinating. We are solely aware of aims and objectives of hosting EVS Volunteers within the frame of EVS Charter and learning objectives of the EVS Programme. This project is planned as a journey of Learning, to raise European Consciousness amongst youngsters and getting the EVS volu ...
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AFS: Intercultural learning experience for life: volunteer work at a local project and integration into a host family

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

This project “AFS: Intercultural learning experience for life: volunteer work at a local project and integration into a host family” aims to develop solidarity and promote tolerance among people with different cultural backgrounds. This is achieved by providing opportunities for intercultural dialogue, intercultural learning and integration in the local community. We do this by offering the volunt ...
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Exploring the potential for agricultural and biomass trade in the Commonwealth of Independent States (AGRICISTRADE)

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

"The on-going negotiations on Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreements between the EU, Armenia, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine, the accession of Russia to the World Trade Organisation in 2012 and the establishment of a Customs Union between Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan in 2011 are expected to boost trade relations between the European Union and its Eastern Neighbours. The aim of AGRICISTRADE i ...
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ON THE ROAD EURO 2016 Final STEP

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

This project aims to provide young people with comprehensive support for futures to lift the barriers to employment faced by young people together and is based on three successive stages 2 of which are already done and the 3rd stage is to host volunteers from January to September 2016 period covering the EURO 20161st step:April-May 2015Information meetings are scheduled every 15 days in the Intern ...
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Federation for FIRE (Fed4FIRE)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

A federation of experimentation facilities will significantly accelerate Future Internet research. Fed4FIRE will deliver open and easily accessible facilities to the FIRE experimentation communities, which focus on fixed and wireless infrastructures, services and applications, and combinations thereof. The project will develop a demand-driven common federation framework, based on an open architect ...
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Út a megismeréshez

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

The involvement and mobilization of youth as well as making them to be active is not an easy task,especially nowadays,and it is particularly true for the involvement of disadvantaged people. There is a growing proportion of the lack of interest;the convenience and the lack of action can be observed among the majority of young people,and the NEET young people are almost unattainable in society,so t ...
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Advocacy and Facilitation Skills for in youth Work; Lead the Change

Start date: Jul 1, 2015, End date: Jul 31, 2016,

According to the report of Council of Europe on 15th of December 1999, it was reiterated by the assembly that formal education alone cannot respond to the challenges of modern society and therefore welcomes its reinforcement by non formal educational practices and it was recommended that member states recognise non-formal education as a de facto partner in the lifelong process and make it accessib ...
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YW-Building Future

Start date: May 1, 2015, End date: Jun 30, 2016,

The high rates of early school drop-outs (12.7 % in 2014 between young people aged between 18-25) and the high unemployment rates among young people (above 23% in the end of 2013) is a priority of the European Union as it acknowledges the severity of the situation on the long run: the negative effect on the economy, social dissatisfaction leading to social tension, etc. The project partners decide ...
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GREENECONET: A best practice platform to support the transition towards a green economy (GREENECONET)

Start date: Jun 1, 2013, End date: May 31, 2016,

"The unsustainable path of our current economic system in managing both natural and man-made resources demands a paradigm shift in our idea of economic development. We need to define an innovative, multidisciplinary and integrate approach to identify, develop and deploy technologies, tools and services promoting a transition to a low-carbon, sustainable, resilient and socially comprehensive econom ...
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International Youth Training on Conflict Transformation and Negotiation Through Turbulence

Start date: Jan 10, 2015, End date: May 9, 2016,

The theme of this training was “International Youth Training on Conflict Transformation and Negotiation through Turbulence” Occurrences and events of the last couple of years, ranging from violent riot in U.K in 2010, violent protest in Spain, Bulgaria and Greece are constantly confusing young people as to the veracity of non-violent response to conflict. The sporadic violent confrontation in Ukra ...
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Resource Governance and Project Management in International Youth Work; Creating Value for Money

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Apr 30, 2016,

According to the report of Council of Europe on 15th of December 1999, it was reiterated by the assembly that formal education alone cannot respond to the challenges of modern society and therefore welcomes its reinforcement by non formal educational practices and it was recommended that member states recognise non-formal education as a de facto partner in the lifelong process and make it accessib ...
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The Role of Youth in Re-imagining Integration in Europe; Channels of social inclusion and Equality for all

Start date: Jan 15, 2015, End date: Mar 14, 2016,

The theme of the training was 'The Role of Youth in Re-imagining integration ; channels of social inclusion and Equality for all". The training held in Manchester for a period of eight days to be held between 31st of January, 2016 to 7th of February, 2016. The training was facilitated through experiential Non-formal and participatory methods and world cafe methods The work group included walking ...
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Change management in youth NGOs

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: Feb 29, 2016,

Low youth participation has recently become more and more evident. Usually, as an indicator of the low youth participation, the young voters’ turnout is used (which indeed becomes worse every year). However, low youth participation does not appear only when voting. Low youth participation becomes part of all aspects of the democratic life and especially in the everyday life of the youth organizati ...
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Let’s get them working - Contact Making Event

Start date: May 4, 2015, End date: Feb 3, 2016,

The proposed project was a Contact Making Event which gathered 31 participants (youth workers, project coordinator, youth leaders, volunteers, trainers, mentors, coaches, etc.) from 16 partner organisations from EU, EEAC and SEE countries. The need for the activity was dictated by the partners’ wish to both explore the issue of youth unemployment further as well as to create partnerships with new ...
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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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Broadband in EU Regions via satellite (BRESAT)

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

Project BRESAT will define guidelines for the successful deployment of high speed broadband via satellite across regions of Europe to assist with the objective of 100% EU broadband coverage. It will support the objectives of the EU Digital Agenda and assist national regional initiatives. Project BRESAT will include following objectives:1.\tLeveraging previous experience, it will identify the cond ...
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Empowering Through Storytelling

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: Jan 1, 2016,

Storytelling does not refer to the traditional reading of fairy tales. In fact the contemporary concept of storytelling goes far beyond fairy tales. It is the process of making people listen, think critically, share, interpret, enhance the vital communication skills and analyse their experiences. The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell to the audience how to think, but to stimulate their brain ...
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Start Up!

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

High youth unemployment rates in the EU poses a threat to European society. Young people are a huge resource for the European society, but they have to create new jobs for themselves using innovative new visions and ideas to fight unemployment. It is no longer enough just to look at existing jobs and young people need to think creatively to fight unemployment. To help young people with this grow ...
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BRIDGING THE IMPLEMENTATION GAP: FACILITATING CROSS-BORDER ICZM IMPLEMENTION BY LOWERING LEGAL-INSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS IN THE MSB (MARE NOSTRUM)

Start date: Jan 30, 2013, End date: Dec 30, 2015,

The project in briefMost Mediterranean countries share the challenges of rapid shoreline development, extreme seasonal fluctuation in populations, vulnerability to coastal hazards and eroding environmental quality. Yet many of these countries are also characterized by inadequate planning, management and enforcement of the regulations, as well as the lack of solid database to assist decision makers ...
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moting socio-economic sustainable development through innovative technological actions for Mediterranean tourism heritage and landscapes protection clusters (HELAND)

Start date: Aug 28, 2012, End date: Dec 28, 2015,

The Mediterranean region is currently being affected by increasing environmental and cultural deterioration. Although it is still one of the foremost tourist areas in the world, the Mediterranean is progressively losing attractiveness. In order to regain competitiveness, Mediterranean countries need to modernise the management of touristic assets, investing in new technologies and innovative polic ...
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Open Up

Start date: May 1, 2015, End date: Nov 30, 2015,

The project “Open Up” identifies a link between self-awareness and youth unemployment, in a way that if the youngsters are aware of their individual potential they will be more open and confidant to create projects that will increase that potential, and consequently creating possible employment opportunities. “Open Up” was a set of two projects, a Study Visit (SV) and a Training Course (TC) that ...
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ON THE ROAD EURO 2016

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: Nov 30, 2015,

This project aims to provide young people with comprehensive support for futures to lift the barriers to employment faced by young people together and is based on three successive stages 2 of which are here proposed party ( the 3rd stage is provided for hosting volunteers from January to August 2016 period covering the EURO 2016) 1st step: April-May 2015 Information meetings are scheduled every 15 ...
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Asian Regional Capacity Development for Research on Social Determinants of Health (ARCADE RSDH)

Start date: Dec 1, 2011, End date: Nov 30, 2015,

...India) are strong Asian Universities with RSDH focus. They will act as hubs in a network including TJMC, SJNAHS, PHFI, Beijing Normal University (BNU, China), Zhejiang University (ZJU, China), Indian Institute of Health Management Research (IIHMR, India), Ruxmaniben Deepchand Gardi Medical College (UCTH, India) and initially Sultan Qaboos University (SQU, Oman), Hanoi Medical University (HMU, Viet ...
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In-Out: Youth Inclusion in Practice

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Oct 31, 2015,

Against the background of a high youth unemployment rate in Europe, political marginalisation and exclusion of youth, the training course gathered youth and social workers from different countries and provided them with space to learn from and with each other by sharing their approaches and practises on youth inclusion and by analysing the European strategy on youth with the aim to draw conclusion ...
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NETwork for GREEN growth Indicators (NETGREEN)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Oct 31, 2015,

Policy-makers aiming to accelerate the shift to a green economy have to balance different objectives that, in practice, might contradict or reinforce each other. A good knowledge of these different aspects as well as their interrelations is therefore crucial for developing and implementing effective policies for the transition to a green economy.Many international organisations, research instituti ...
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Metsa Lood (Forest Tales)

Start date: May 11, 2015, End date: Oct 10, 2015,

During the youth exchange 48 young people from 8 different countries meet in Estonia, in order to get to know other cultures and acquire knowledge and skills in the field of IT and media. All the participants come from youth organizations, which all have some experience in international work, many of them are or were students, which supports a good academic atmosphere during the meeting. The aims ...
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