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ERA-Net Cofund on Sustainable Food production and consumption (SUSFOOD2) (SUSFOOD2)
Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2021,
The aim of SUSFOOD2 is to foster research and innovation in the field of sustainable food systems through enhanced cooperation and coordination between EU member and associated states. It will thereby contribute to the overall EU objective of building the European Research Area as well as a newly emerging Food Research Area. Major challenges will influence future food chains asking for innovative ...
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ERA-NET ON ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES (MANUNET III)
Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2021,
Europe is facing major economic challenges that require an ambitious economic policy for the 21st century. The EU has set out its vision for Europe's social market economy in the Europe 2020 strategy, which aims at confronting our structural weaknesses through progress in three mutually reinforcing priorities:• smart growth, based on knowledge and innovation,• sustainable growth, promoting a more ...
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Sentinels Synergy for Agriculture (SENSAGRI)
Start date: Nov 1, 2016, End date: Oct 31, 2019,
In the emerging Copernicus Earth monitoring era, Europe provides Earth Observation (EO) data from Sentinel-1 (S1) and Sentinel-2 (S2) on a free and open data policy basis. In response of the EO Work programme ‘EO-3-2016: Evaluation of Copernicus Services’, Sentinels Synergy for Agriculture (SENSAGRI) aims to exploit the unprecedented capacity of S1 and S2 to develop an innovative portfolio of prot ...
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Development of membrane devices to reduce ammonia emissions generated by manure in poultry and pig farms (LIFE AMMONIA TRAPPING)
Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2019,
... and construct two mobile prototypes that absorb ammonia using gas-permeable membranes, a pioneering technology developed and tested at laboratory scale by the Universidad de Valladolid (UVA) and the Instituto Tecnológico Agrario de Castilla y León (ITACYL);
Determine the environmental, technical and economic viability of the prototypes;
Characterise the concentrations of purified streams (gas ...
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Sustainable techno-economic solutions for the agricultural value chain (AgroCycle)
Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2019,
Continuing population and consumption growth are driving global food demand, with agricultural activity increasing to keep pace. Europe has a major agricultural waste problem, generating some 700 million tonnes of waste annually. There is an urgent need and huge opportunity to address the efficient use of agricultural wastes, co-products and by-products (AWCB) towards delivering sustainable value ...
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Improving energy efficiency in industrial water processes through benchmarking and benchlearning tools in Europe manufacturing industry. (energywater)
Start date: Feb 1, 2016, End date: Jan 31, 2019,
Objectives1. Improve the competitiveness of the EU industrial sector by reducing 20% energy costs in industrial water processes. (WP4)A total reduction of 26 GWh/year will be achieved at the end of the project implementing energy efficiency measures in the European manufacturing companies.2. Identify saving potentials and benchmark energy performance through an Energy Management Self-Assessment (E ...
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Sustainable production of next generation biofuels from waste streams (WASTE2FUELS)
Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2018,
WASTE2FUELS aims to develop next generation biofuel technologies capable of converting agrofood waste (AFW) streams into high quality biobutanol.Butanol is one of the most promising biofuels due to its superior fuel properties compared to current main biofuels, bioethanol and biodiesel. In addition to its ability to reduce carbon emissions, its higher energy content (almost 30% more than ethanol), ...
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Confidence in behaviour changes through serious games (e-Confidence)
Start date: Nov 1, 2016, End date: Oct 31, 2018,
Serious Games have become a popular tool for knowledge transfer, behavioural, perceptual or cognitive change, but their effectiveness has been under several studies aiming to answer the question whether they are an effective instrument. The E-Confidence project aims to test a methodology that includes several models, such as the Activity Theory-based Model of Serious Games (ATMSG) for game develo ...
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A Step towards zero eMissions goAl in Heath SectoR: BesT Practice Examples in Hospital Universitario RÃo Hortega (LIFE SMART Hospital)
Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Nov 30, 2017,
Background
Hospitals contribute to climate change because of their consumption of natural resources and the waste that they generate. For instance, the United Kingdom National Health Service (NHS) estimates its carbon footprint at over 18 million tonnes CO2/year, or 25% of the greenhouse gas emissions of the entire UK public sector. According to US Enviro ...
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Waste Management Technologies
Start date: Oct 6, 2014, End date: Oct 6, 2017,
One of the objectives of our project is to evaluate Turkey’s experience and EU waste management legislation an technologies and to put one out in this direction.to create awareness and increase participation in the society about the waste management is one of our goals. In our project, by creating a training module, it will be tried to close the gap in the context of waste management between devel ...
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GEMİLERDE İŞ GÜVENLİĞİ VE YANGIN SÖNDÜRME TEKNİKLERİ STAJI
Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2016,
This project is an Erasmus+ mobility project for VET learners, which has been prepared by Rize Ahmet Hamdi İshakoğlu Vocational High School and will be carried out with the partnerships of Taşucu Prof. Dr. Durmuş Tezcan Vocational High School and Antalya Konyaaltı Fettah Tamince Vocational High School. 40 students and 4 teachers of vocational subjects will participate in the project from these par ...
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Evaluation of manure management and treatment technology for environmental protection and sustainable livestock farming in Europe (MANEV)
Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2015,
Background
The negative environmental impacts on areas of intensive pig farming areas are considerable and well-known. They include air, water and soil quality deterioration, as well as social nuisance and health impacts. Efforts to recycle nutrients in livestock manure must be adapted to local characteristics.
Environmental technologies and management ...
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Red transfronteriza España Portugal de experimentación y transferencia para el desarrollo del sector agropecuario y agroindustrial (0671_RED_AGROTEC_6_E)
Start date: Dec 31, 2012, End date: Jun 29, 2015,
Establecimiento de una red transfronteriza de experimentación y transferencia de tecnología en el sector agropecuario y agroindustrial. Creación de una plataforma digital de transferencia de tecnología a través de las TIC en el sector agropecuario y agroindustrial. Fomento de la diversificación y la diferenciación de las producciones agropecuarias y agroindustriales para mejorar la competitividad ...
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Winetech PLUS-Communauté de l'innovation et des nouvelles technologies en viticulture et production de vin (WINETECH PLUS)
Start date: Sep 30, 2012, End date: Dec 30, 2014,
Le projet WINETECH PLUS a pour objectif de capitaliser les résultats du projet WINETech (approuvé dans le cadre du premier appel à projets), qui visait le transfert de technologie et l'amélioration des réseaux de coopération entre entreprises, caves et centres de recherche et de technologies dans le secteur vinicole. WINETech a réussi à consolider un Réseau Interrégional stable de Services de Prom ...
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Reseau de conseillers TIC pour la capitalisation des outils de soutien de la competitivite et l\'innovation des travailleurs indépendents et des tpe. (e-INCORPORATE II)
Start date: Oct 31, 2012, End date: Oct 30, 2014,
Le projet e-Incorporate II considère que la force économique majeure de l'espace SUDOE sont les PME, les TPE et les travailleurs autonomes. Malgré leur importance, ces derniers manquent de services d'appui spécialisés pour accroître leur compétitivité grâce à des innovations en matière de TIC. Sur la base de la capitalisation des outils obtenus dans le projet e-Incorporate (approuvé dans le cadre ...
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Mejora de los sistemas agrícolas y racionalización de cultivos para optimizar la competitividad y sostenibilidad de las explotaciones agrícolas. (0450_AGRI_SOS_6_E)
Start date: Dec 31, 2010, End date: Dec 30, 2013,
OBJETIVOS: Rentabilizar el sector agrario, pilar básico, económico, social y ambiental de las zonas rurales, mediante la implementación de nuevos cultivos, nuevos usos de cultivos, nuevos sistemas agrícolas, nuevas alternativas de cultivo para promover una agricultura empresarial competitiva en zonas productivas y sostenible, que garantice la seguridad y calidad en la alimentación, la protección d ...
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Selection and improving of fit-for-purpose sampling procedures for specific foods and risks (BASELINE)
Start date: Aug 1, 2009, End date: Nov 30, 2013,
"Food Safety Objectives (FSO) and Performance Objectives (PO) are new criteria complementing the existing concepts of microbiological criteria and MRL for many chemical contaminants. However, to achieve these objectives it is critically important a harmonisation of food safety control procedures.BASELINE project intends to obtain the following objectives: 1) To review the sampling schemes currentl ...
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Mejora de la competitividad del sector agrario de Castilla y León y Norte de Portugal a través de la innovación y el desarrollo de productos diferenciados de alto valor (0452_AGRINNDIF_2_E)
Start date: Dec 31, 2010, End date: Dec 11, 2012,
OBJETIVOS: 1. Prospección y caracterización de material vegetal tradicional de Castilla y León y Alto Tras os Montes, así como evaluación de sus posibilidades comerciales. / 2. Definir y proponer en base a sus características y a su adecuada adaptación a las zonas objeto del proyecto la utilización de nuevas especies y/o variedades agrícolas para la obtención de productos de alto valor añadido. De ...
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Integrated Approaches for Sustainable European Wine Production (SUSTAVINO)
Start date: Feb 1, 2009, End date: Mar 31, 2012,
"About 65% of the world’s wine production is managed by European winegrowers. Wine production in Europe is traditionally performed by small and medium sized, family owned companies and co-operatives. Solid and liquid residues are not treated in an appropriate way what has a serious impact on the environment. Wine production is known to produce high amounts of wastewater with sometimes extremely hi ...
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Integrated Monitoring and Control of Foodborne Viruses in European Food Supply Chains (VITAL)
Start date: Apr 1, 2008, End date: Sep 30, 2011,
"The concept of VITAL is the integrated monitoring and control of contamination of the European food supply chain by pathogenic viruses. VITAL will use advanced methods for virus detection throughout selected food supply chains from farm to market, to gather data on virus contamination of food and environmental sources suitable for quantitative viral risk assessment. Supply chains will be monitore ...
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Sustentabilidade da Viticultura de Encosta nas Regiões do Douro e do Duero (0216_SUVIDUR_2_P)
Start date: Dec 31, 2008, End date: Dec 30, 2010,
OBJECTIVO: pretende-se efectuar a zonagem e o ordenamento da cultura da vinha nas regiões do Douro e dos Arribes, e produzir orientações para a qualidade vitícola e gestão sustentável da viticultura de encosta, de modo a minimizar os impactos no meio ambiente.ACÇÕES: Levantamento de dados do solo, clima, geologia, relevo e integração em SIG; definição e validação da Unidades Homogéneas do Meio (UH ...
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Transferencia de tecnología y experimentación de cultivos de cereales y leguminosas para usos energéticos y de alta calidad alimentaria en sistemas de regadío y de agricultura sostenible (0186_AGROCELE_3_E)
Start date: Jan 31, 2009, End date: Dec 30, 2010,
OBJETIVO: Rentabilizar el sector agrario, pilar básico, económico, social y ambiental de las zonas rurales, mediante la implementación de nuevos sistemas agrícolas, nuevas alternativas de cultivo y nuevas variedades para promover una agricultura sostenible.ACCIONES: Biocombustibles y cereales: producción de etanol a partir de biomasa. Recuperación de variedades locales de trigo; Leguminosas y marc ...
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Evaluation of microbial food hazards and study of the effect of novel food processes on the virulence of foodborne pathogens (FOODPATH)
Start date: Sep 1, 2007, End date: Aug 31, 2010,
"The guarantee of Food Safety and Quality along the food chain is the principal demand of the European citizen. To establish effective control measures that guarantee Food Safety and Quality “from farm to table”, it is necessary to identify and resolve the problems originating from different microbial hazards, which have been creating continuous food alerts. Consequently, there is a need to unders ...
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Building demonstration based in solar cooler and hydrogen conversor of renewable energies (HYDRO SOLAR 21)
Start date: Dec 1, 2005, End date: May 31, 2009,
Background
Within the framework of the Kyoto Protocol, Europe has committed itself to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions to 8% below 1990 levels by 2008-2012. Lighting and air-conditioning of buildings account for a substantial proportion of Europeâs carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and energy consumption.
Two technologies are currently considered to ...
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Development and implementation of improved molecular diagnostic tools for evaluation of microbial food hazards and study of the effect of novel food processes on the virulence of foodborne pathogens (FOODPATH)
Start date: Nov 1, 2007, End date: Oct 31, 2008,
The guarantee of food safety and quality along the food chain is the principal demand of the European citizen. To establish effective control measures that guarantee food safety and quality 'from farm to table', it is necessary to identify and resolve the problems originating from different microbial hazards, which have been creating continuous food alerts.Consequently, there is a need to understa ...
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...e students from relevant departments The partners of the project are:P0- Kalite Sistem Laboratories Group –TurkeyP1- The Slovak University Of Agriculture in Nitra –SlovakiaP3- Instituto Tecnologico Agrario de Castilla Y Leion –SpainP4- Ofis Consulting & Business – TurkeyP5- Turkish Food Safety Association – Turkey (Auditing Partner)P6- Accent Consulting Ltd. – BulgariaP7- Sistem Kalite Man ...
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Molecular genetics is the study of the structure and function of genes at a molecular level. This field studies how the genes are transferred from generation to generation. All diseases like cancer have a genetic component, whether inherited or resulting from the body's response to environmental factors. Genetics is playing an increasingly important role in the diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment ...
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Innovations in Management : The project has developed a new professional profile of a European Innovation Manager. In response to a growing demand for coordination and implementation of technological innovations in European companies, the project coordinators have outlined a set of skills that potential Innovation Managers must possess. Companies will benefit from the know-how of these professiona ...
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The @Iditec project will design, develop and introduce a new professional profile specifically for ‘Local Agents for Technological Dynamisation’, with the objective of satisfying an identified need for innovation and technological dynamisation within micro-enterprises and SMEs in European peripheral or rural areas. The project builds upon the findings of a number of previously funded national and ...
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This project gives priority to consumers' demand and right for high quality and safe food: in the frame of the project an integrated vocational training material on food safety, on EU regulations and on total quality management in the whole food chain will be created, and transferred into an e-learning environment. The results will be available in the languages of the partner countries. The target ...
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Successfull Help for Inclusion by Valorized Actions for Adults in the field of environment
Start date: Oct 1, 2009,
Reasons:Professions in the field of the environment (water, waste, recycling, energy efficiency, alternative transportation, maintenance, management of natural areas) are vectors for integration and qualification for unemployed people, even with low qualifications. (Unemployed, 45 years and +, people with no or low qualifications, women, disabled people,…)Innovative activities which were carried o ...
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