Search for European Projects

Over 40 European Projects Found

Searched on 125080 European Projects

 FINISHED 

Social Innovation: Driving Force of Social Change (SI-DRIVE)

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

SI-DRIVE extends knowledge about social innovation (SI) in three major directions:- Integrating theories and research methodologies to advance understanding of SI leading to a comprehensive new paradigm of innovation.- Undertaking European and global mapping of SI, thereby addressing different social, economic, cultural, historical and religious contexts in eight major world regions.- Ensuring rel ...
Read Project

 28

 FINISHED 

Optimisation of Integrated Solid Waste Management Strategies for the Maximisation of Resource Efficiency (WASTECOSMART)

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

...ion of Integrated Solid Waste Management Strategies for the Maximisation of Resource Efficiency addresses the priority areas of a “Resource Efficient Europe” and relates to the EcoAP, by boosting innovation based on research and technology development within the field of integrated waste management. Through cross border cooperation and collaborative research activities between six regional researc ...
Read Project

 22

 FINISHED 

Capitalising knowledge on Alpine Building Culture by performing regional smart planning and consultancy strategies for sustainable development and closed loop economies in the Alpine Space (AlpBC)

Start date: Aug 31, 2012, End date: Jun 29, 2015,

The project AlpBC will define and implement strategies and measures to preserve and advance Alpine Building Culture in the broader context of territorial development and ecologic sustainability. It aims at enabling local actors to capitalize on this outstanding cultural asset as a source of regional identity and economic development. Central elements of AlpBC are a) the implementation of inter-mun ...
Read Project

 13

 FINISHED 

Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility through Public Policy (COGITA)

Start date: Dec 31, 2011, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

...ental concerns in their business operations and in their interaction with their stakeholders on a voluntary basis."In recent years, public entities have recognised CSR’s potential as organisational innovation to improve social conditions and promote regional development and competitiveness. However, positive socio-economic impacts are limited by lack of coordination. While CSR should incorporate b ...
Read Project

 13

 FINISHED 

Addressing the divide between EU indications and their practical implementation in the green construction and eco-social re-qualification of residential areas in South East Europe regions (BUILD SEE)

Start date: Dec 31, 2012, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

...chieve low environmental impact and become eco-friendly. The project treats of the residential sector and mostly urban re-generation, new building and residential suburb planning. BUILD SEE's twofold innovation comes as an INTEGRATED approach to urban sustainability and a QUALITY GOVERNANCE MODEL of shared responsibility and city planning vision. Both the processes and product innovation dimension ...
Read Project

 13

 FINISHED 

Boosting European Games Industry (BOO-Games)

Start date: Dec 31, 2011, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

Once the economic force of Creative Industries (CI) was showcased by several studies,the development of strong digital+interactive media strategies is still high on the agenda throughout Europe. Especially the digital games market is a fast growing market within CI:The global demand for digital games is expected to grow 10% annually in the next years.Today the production of dig.games is an interna ...
Read Project

 14

 FINISHED 

Improving Regional Policies promoting and motivating non-technological Innovation in SMEs (InnoMot)

Start date: Dec 31, 2011, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

Innovation in SMEs is one of the big challenges of the European economy to compete in the global markets. Even if different policies and programmes have been put in place in different Regions to push SMEs in this line, the lack of motivation to innovate in SMEs has been identified by all the actors involved in the innovation system.And for the major part of the European SMEs, the non-technological ...
Read Project

 10

 FINISHED 

Funding Policies to bring Innovation to Finance/market/people (InnoFun)

Start date: Dec 31, 2011, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

The project consortium consists of 14 partners from 9 Member States with a good mixture of regions with different levels of innovation development. All partners are involved in the development of their own regional innovation policy either as regional government or an intermediate body with full support of the government and therefore they wish developing policies to speed up the process from Res ...
Read Project

 14

 FINISHED 

Developing Regional Actions to Promote SMEs in Health Sector and Stimulate Economic Growth (Health4Growth)

Start date: Dec 31, 2011, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

...from 5.5% to over 11% of regional GDP. This is a significant level of economic activity. But it is not optimized to positively contribute to regional development agendas. SMEs are the main origins of innovation in the health sector, and are catalysts of growth and competitiveness. As such their needs must be considered when drawing up successful EU and regional policies for health and industry. Th ...
Read Project

 12

 FINISHED 

Development of interregional financial assistance to SMEs and of non-grant instruments (DIFASS)

Start date: Dec 31, 2011, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

DIFASS aims to unlock potential for innovation, internationalisation and sustainable growth of SMEs in Europe by improving access to finance.Innovative SMEs are often faced with problems when obtaining loans from commercial banks and intermediaries as valuing risks in technology innovation or foreign markets is problematical and as SMEs often cannot provide sufficient collateral. Resulting from th ...
Read Project

 26

 FINISHED 

Smarter Cluster Policies for South East Europe (ClusterPoliSEE)

Start date: Apr 30, 2012, End date: Oct 30, 2014,

...gions to position themselves. 25 members partnership covers 11 different SEE programme countries (8 EU MSs and 3 IPA) to develop smarter cluster policies supporting territorial cohesion, R&D and open innovation systems in SEE, encouraging transnational cluster cooperation between strong performing regions and weak performing regions both represented. Project proposal adopts a methodological approa ...
Read Project

 25

 FINISHED 

CLusters Orientation towards Up-to-date technologies and models for common Development  (CLOUD)

Start date: Sep 30, 2012, End date: Sep 29, 2014,

For the South-East European industrial clusters to survive in the global market, it is crucial the creation of a critical mass where to address suitable interventions, to streamline necessary innovation capacity and to enhance competitiveness. In a way to define joint, optimised and harmonised policies and to implement concrete instruments enabling cluster-based economies to compete at the global ...
Read Project

 11

 FINISHED 

Establishement and promotion of new approaches and tools for the strengthening of primary sector's competitiveness and innovation in the South East Europe  (APP4INNO)

Start date: Sep 30, 2012, End date: Sep 29, 2014,

APP4 INNO project sets as starting point the need of creating transnational networks among small and micro-enterprises capable to establish permanent innovation processes and to mobilise critical mass. To this purpose, it intends to set up a transnational competitiveness support system for exploiting the innovation potentials of the agricultural SMEs across the SEE regions, allowing to create the ...
Read Project

 12

 FINISHED 

Facilitating Responsible Innovation in SEE countries  (FaRInn)

Start date: Sep 30, 2012, End date: Sep 29, 2014,

The main objective of "FaRInn - Facilitating Responsible Innovation in SEE countries" is to enhance framework conditions and pave the way for a responsible innovation model in South East Europe, which respects the principles of sustainability, social responsibility and better quality of life. Responsible Innovation is a "transparent, interactive process by which societal actors and innovators inte ...
Read Project

 8

 FINISHED 

South East Europe jointly developed common advanced virtual accessibility solutions to support public services  (SECOVIA)

Start date: Sep 30, 2012, End date: Sep 29, 2014,

1. Background & problem to be addressed Cloud-based, virtualised IT platforms & infrastructures offer a strong potential to deliver cost-effective, scalable digital public services and to unlock regional growth and competitiveness. EC promotes a common EU Cloud Strategy as a means to help governments and citizens to access and develop advanced online services. The South East Europe (SEE) area suff ...
Read Project

 13

 FINISHED 

Boosting innovation through new cluster concepts in support of emerging issues and cross-sectoral themes (CluStrat)

Start date: Sep 30, 2011, End date: Aug 31, 2014,

Clusters are part of the new economic environment, but often miss the dynamism which is needed for innovation. New cluster concepts which upgrade clusters & cluster policies are needed. Central European governments need to increase the effectiveness of their policies in this area to secure further development and competitiveness. The policy frameworks on cluster and innovation policy need to be up ...
Read Project

 18

 FINISHED 

Innovation and Business Cooperation

Start date: Jul 8, 2011, End date: Jul 7, 2014,

...h for innovative and conventional companies. 5. Insuring the sustainability of the regional cooperation by expanding the information dissemination in the capital regions and influencing to EU-Russian Innovation Cooperation (ERICO) "from bottom up. Achievements: Innovati ...
Read Project

 14

 FINISHED 

Western Balkan Countries INCO-NET (WBC-INCO.NET)

Start date: Jan 1, 2008, End date: Apr 30, 2014,

...working activities,- to increase visibility of WBC researchers in the European Research Area in thematic priorities and through the representation at EU-level conferences,- to analyse and support the innovation systems, innovation needs and innovation infrastructures in the region, and- to analyse cooperation national and international research infrastructures, patterns of WBC in regional and Euro ...
Read Project

 34

 FINISHED 

Energy Efficiency in Low-income Housing in the Mediterranean (ELIH-Med)

Start date: Mar 31, 2011, End date: Mar 30, 2014,

ELIH-Med project objective is to identify and conduct a large scale experimentation of cost effective solutions and innovative public and private financing mechanisms backed with Structural Funds to foster energy efficiency investment in low income housin Achievements: ...
Read Project

 18

 FINISHED 

Barents logistics 2

Start date: Mar 9, 2011, End date: Mar 9, 2014,

The goal of the project is to develop competencies and deepen educational co-operation between the universities and educational institutions together with public and business organizations in the Barents Region. The academic institutions responsible for university-level educational cooperation in the project are the University of Oulu (project leader) in Finland and the Technical University of Lul ...
Read Project

 8

 FINISHED 

Central European Knowledge Platform for an Ageing Society (CE-Ageing Platform)

Start date: Dec 31, 2010, End date: Dec 30, 2013,

Fall of the working age population in Europe is becoming more apparent year by year with young people being slowly but surely outnumbered by people over 60. This obviously poses a number of challenges for the society.It is therefore important to adequately respond to "ageing challenges" using the potentials of older workers and capitalizing on the needs of an ageing society The Central European (C ...
Read Project

 13

 FINISHED 

OBSERVATORY ON STATE AID IMPACT (OSAIS)

Start date: Dec 31, 2009, End date: Dec 30, 2013,

The aid granted to SME through various forms,represents an important part of the public resources allocated to the regional development.Considering the remarkable amount of resources involved, it is in the interest of each Public Authority to outline the situation regarding the exact amount of the aid granted and, at the same time, to know what is the impact on the area of the regional subsidy pol ...
Read Project

 11

 FINISHED 

latform for the Information Technology aimed at Getting Opportunities to reduce ICT gap in the Adriatic area (PITAGORA)

Start date: Nov 30, 2010, End date: Nov 29, 2013,

PITAGORA project was born in the effort of answering to the need of the Adriatic area, accelerating ICT penetration, raising awareness among Public Authorities and SMEs about the advantages of ICT services. Digitalisation is a process developed with big disparities in Adriatic regions, where some areas already have defined some good practices and others need a strong transfer of know how, mainly i ...
Read Project

 12

 FINISHED 

Clusters & Cooperation for Regional Development in Central Europe (CLUSTERS-CORD)

Start date: Feb 28, 2010, End date: Feb 27, 2013,

The project general objective is to strengthen the cooperation among clusters from the same thematic field but different geographical origin, through the creation of 5 Strategic Cooperation plans which will result in creation at least 3 so called “meta-clusters”. The project has selected 10 key industries that will be closely examined: Mobility & Logistics; Professional Services; ICT; Automotive & ...
Read Project

 10

 FINISHED 

Innovative Development of European Areas by Fostering Transnational Knowledge Development (IDEA)

Start date: Feb 28, 2010, End date: Feb 27, 2013,

Certain innovation processes cannot be realized without people and their ideas. The project focuses on development of strategies that will safeguard human capital for these processes and establishes transnational cooperation for coping with this challenge, especially in the sector of engineering technology and science.Project partnership decided to look for a holistic European solutions by overcom ...
Read Project

 10

 FINISHED 

Development and Promotion of Creative Industry Potentials in Central European Cities (Creative Cities)

Start date: Dec 31, 2009, End date: Dec 30, 2012,

Within global competition cities need to win investors and create more and better jobs. The exploitation of creative industries, which have high, but often unrecognised potentials, contributes to the fulfillment of the Lisbon objectives on local levels. The challenges for creative industry actors are high (low capital endowment, poor networking, low external visibility), though they do not have en ...
Read Project

 11

 FINISHED 

ORGANZA - Network of Medium Sized Creative Cities (ORGANZA)

Start date: Dec 31, 2009, End date: Dec 30, 2012,

... conference kickstarted the projects activities that will last for three years. Organza is a unique interregional collaboration between organizations with an expertise in creative entrepreneurship, innovation, design support, education and the like. Building on the partners varied experiences and contexts, Organza aims to investigate the necessary conditions for the success of creative and designl ...
Read Project

 13

 FINISHED 

Best shared services for regional cluster inititative needs (POOLING4CLUSTERS)

Start date: Dec 31, 2009, End date: Dec 30, 2012,

Throughout Europe, clustering of companies and R&D organisations is acknowledged as an effective tool for regional development. There are hundreds of cluster initiatives in existence aiming to foster innovation and internationalisation of companies using collective actions. Cluster initiatives are mainly closely tied to national, regional or local development or innovation agencies but they are a ...
Read Project

 7

 FINISHED 

Central Europe Branch Based Innovation Support (CEBBIS)

Start date: Mar 31, 2010, End date: Sep 29, 2012,

...sed, demand-led methods and solutions to improve technology transfer to SMEs. The partbnership joints its forces in order to provides tools, methods and proceedings for professionalising intermediary innovation and technology transfer supporting staff, related to ICT-driven innovation for knowledge-intensive core industries. Offering industry specific innovation support, by focusing on new ICT app ...
Read Project

 11

 FINISHED 

Agencies Supporting Value of Innovation systems in regional and LOCal economies (AsviLoc plus)

Start date: Mar 31, 2009, End date: Mar 30, 2012,

AsviLoc + grows up of AsviLoc project (ANNP CBC)results and of experience of Regions in the RPIA 2000-06. Acting for innovation systems is a long-term effort supported by successive experimentations. Successful regions commit to long-term policies which put in place the elements which encourage a common vision of innovation as a factor or regional development. RDAs can act as facilitator linking a ...
Read Project

 13

 FINISHED 

South East European Transport Axis Cooperation (SEETAC)

Start date: Mar 31, 2009, End date: Mar 30, 2012,

The existing SEE transport framework & network are inadequate to actual requirements. For too long the relevant institutions were concentrating on national infrastructures where most of the investments have been made to the detriment of the trans-national implications. Current transport facilities, mostly in the non-EU countries are way beneath international standards mainly because of insufficien ...
Read Project

 21

 FINISHED 

Baltic Sea Innovation Network Centres (BaSIC)

Start date: Dec 31, 2008, End date: Jan 23, 2012,

BaSIC aims to build a “Baltic Sea Archipelago of Innovation” (recommendation of BaltMetInno). The objective is to create a seamless working environment for fast growth innovative SME all over the Baltic Sea Region, embedded in a reliable network of leading Science Parks and clusters. Emphasis is given to identify, select, train and coach SME-gazelles; to provide them harmonized access to markets ( ...
Read Project

 18

 FINISHED 

Joint SME Finance for Innovation (JOSEFIN)

Start date: Dec 31, 2008, End date: Jan 23, 2012,

The Baltic Sea Region (BSR) shows a strong knowledge based and innovative economy. Accordingly, SMEs play a significant role as drivers of the innovation process. In the context of future-oriented understanding of territorial co-operation, regional development highly depends on the ability of key-actors to participate in international markets. However, especially SMEs often focus their business ac ...
Read Project

 23

 FINISHED 

Cradle to Cradle Network (C2CN)

Start date: Dec 31, 2009, End date: Dec 30, 2011,

...spire.The Cradle to Cradle Network (C2CN) is a capitalisation network which, aims at reducing raw materials'utilisation, generation of less waste and less environmental pollution as well as enhancing innovation and economic development. In addition, C2CN incites and inspires to action towards a more recycling society.The overall objective of the project itself is to develop regional action plans, ...
Read Project

 10

 FINISHED 

Creative Industries in Traditional Intercultural Spaces (CITIES)

Start date: Sep 30, 2008, End date: Sep 29, 2011,

...xchange of know-how between more and less developed regions. Project activities are scoped around several main goals:- supporting creativity among SMEs as important condition for developing innovation based businesses, and fostering knowledge economy;- performing thorough benchmarking researches in different countries; - developing, piloting and introducing new strategies, instruments and tools ...
Read Project

 9

 FINISHED 

Transnational Action for Public Private Partnership (ACT4PPP)

Start date: Sep 30, 2008, End date: Sep 29, 2011,

Financial, structural and territorial challenges in Central Europe ask for a strengthened teamwork of public and private actors to create and maintain attractive and competitive living conditions. Due to economic and demographic changes and limits to public resources (financial, know-how) the provision of public tasks and regional/urban restructuring can no longer be provided efficiently by public ...
Read Project

 16

 FINISHED 

Transnational Network for the Promotion of the Water-Ground Multimodal Transport (WATERMODE)

Start date: Mar 31, 2009, End date: Sep 29, 2011,

The programme area is crossed by relevant freight traffic flows, originated and directed in- and outside it. This traffic is mainly supported by road infrastructures, that were not planned for these flows. This involves a negative impact on the territorial competitiveness and environment, due to air pollution, noise and reduced mobility. The project objective is to promote the coordination between ...
Read Project

 19

 FINISHED 

From Army To Entrepreneurship (F.A.T.E.)

Start date: Mar 31, 2009, End date: Sep 29, 2011,

The project aims at developing economic growth and diversification,through specific measures to support the conversion of military brownfields into Business Support Centres (BSC) or Incubators (BI) in regions,where the promotion of entrepreneurial spirit and the creation of innovative firms represent pivotal assets for the local economy and where the rehabilitation of military brownfields is a pri ...
Read Project

 19

 FINISHED 

Sustainable and Equipped Productive Areas (SEPA)

Start date: Jan 31, 2009, End date: Jul 30, 2011,

SEPA promotes the concept of sustainable production area defined as a Community of manufacturing firms and services that, within a territory and through cooperation, plan to improve their environmental, economic and social performances, acquiring specific organizational tools, management and infrastructure. Its most innovative aspect is to move the focus from the activity of individual public inst ...
Read Project

 18

 FINISHED 

Strengthening Innovation Governance in Baltic Non-metropolitan Regions through Transnational Cooperation (BSR InnoReg)

Start date: Dec 31, 2008, End date: Jul 23, 2011,

...w the gap and support economic performance in non-metropolitan regions. BSR InnoReg utilizes the results of VBN InnoReg project (2006–2007) whose main outcome was a common understanding of regional innovation system dynamics and challenges as well as a joint development vision for Baltic non-metropolitan regions. Based on VBN InnoReg results, the capability of the innovation systems to secure avai ...
Read Project

 18