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Integrated information and awareness campaign for the reduction of plastic bags in the marine environment (LIFE DEBAG)
Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Mar 31, 2018,
Background
Litter is a major problem for the marine environment, with plastic bags being one of the most common and persistent pollutants affecting coasts and waters. Each year, more than eight million plastic bags end up as litter in the EU. Current recycling rates are only 6.6%, which are difficult to increase because the thinness and lightness of plast ...
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Development & demonstration of management plans against -the climate change enhanced- invasive mosquitoes in S. Europe (LIFE CONOPS)
Start date: Jul 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2017,
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Invasive species are defined as non-native species that have been introduced and established in new geographic regions and have the potential to have an adverse impact on the environment, economy and human health. Globalisation of trade and travel has facilitated the spread of such non-native species and climate change has enhanced their surviv ...
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Transnational Initiative for guidance of graduated and entrepreneurship (TRIGGER)
Start date: Oct 13, 2013, End date: Aug 12, 2015,
The projects scope is to unleash dynamic economic activities and employment opportunities in the light of worsening of the socio-economic situation surfacing from the global crisis. Investing in the human capital of the area, the project intents to promote networking establish synergies between the Academic Institutions and the business community and create more opportunities for young people and ...
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Environmental Justice Organizations, Liabilities and Trade (EJOLT)
Start date: Mar 15, 2011, End date: Mar 14, 2015,
Environmental Justice Organizations (EJOs) are civil society organizations locally or globally involved in conflicts over resource extraction or waste disposal. Such conflicts increase in number as the world economy uses more materials and energy. The EJOs focus on the link between the need for environmental security and the defence of basic human rights. The project EJOLT unites a consortium of i ...
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Multi species swards and multi scale strategies for multifunctional grassland based ruminant production systems (MULTISWARD)
Start date: Mar 1, 2010, End date: Feb 28, 2014,
"MULTISWARD will support developments and innovations in grassland production and management throughout the diversity of European farming systems, pedo-climatic and socio-economic conditions. It will enhance regulating and supporting services from grasslands at the farm and landscape levels whilst improving the competitiveness of grassland-based ruminant production systems. This will be achieved b ...
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Sustainable energy technology at work: thematic promotion of energy efficiency and energy saving technologies in the carbon markets (SETATWORK)
Start date: Sep 1, 2008, End date: Aug 31, 2010,
The overall objective of the SETatWork proposal is to undertake thematic promotion of energy efficiency and saving technologies in industry sectors connected with the carbon markets Core actions are:- Identification of concrete projects in ETS Companies (WP3)- Matchmaking events bringing market actors together for project realization (WP4)- Parallel project identification and match-making at CDM m ...
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Enhancing transferability of innovative techniques, tools, methods and mechanisms to implement "sustainable building" in the Mediterranean region (SB-MED)
Start date: Jul 1, 2004, End date: Dec 31, 2006,
Background
Buildings expend huge amounts of energy during their life span and roughly half of the energy consumed in Europe is used to maintain buildings. A considerable amount of work on sustainable building design has been carried out in Northern Europe to address this issue. Major environmental improvements can be made in Mediterranean cities by implem ...
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European Space - Territorial Indicators and Actions for a Spatial Planning Observatory in Southeast Europe (ESTIA-SPOSE)
Start date: Sep 30, 2003, End date: Dec 30, 2006,
ESTIA-SPOSE builds upon the experience accumulated by its predecessor ESTIA project and intends to develop Actions for a Spatial Planning Observatory in Southeast Europe, based on an integrated system of territorial indicators fully compatible with the approach of ESDP and ESPON. This system of indicators will be tested in a series of pilot applications in selected sectors and areas with the aim t ...
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"Gypsies" in Europe need (to do) more!
Start date: Sep 1, 2011,
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METER - Monitoring, Evaluating & improving e Trainers Competences in a lifelong learning environment
The project is concerned with a specific theme, lifelong e-learning, and with a specific target group, teachers and trainers: its main subjects are the new categories in VET systems, the new psycho-pedagogical methods in delivering knowledge, the present technological and instructional media, actual competencies and know how of trainers and teachers, online classroom and tools. The partners concen ...
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The project aims to provide training in forestry monitoring and auditing in order to support the implementation of EU policy on forest conservation and environmental protection. To achieve these goals, project partners will develop a multimedia training package which will include background information on European and country-specific frameworks in consideration of forestry development and protect ...
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Small island territories - small in size, big manufacturing potential : The project proposes a set of tools that demonstrate the possibilities and components of successful manufacturing enterprises on island territories. The production of a manual, based on case studies of island business activities, will help to draw up guidelines for potential entrepreneurs wanting to develop manufacturing activ ...
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The target groups were teachers and trainers based within the upper secondary, apprenticeship, vocational and CLIL sectors and their learners. The resources focus on the development of transferable business skills which are useful for vocational learners involved in areas such as business, retail, travel and tourism and customer service. They prepare learners and trainees for the labour market by ...
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The V.I.D.E.O. Project aims to transfer experiences realized by Municipality of Rome Italy), Polidynamo (Gr) and Arge PLON (De)within professional orientation centres, related to the adoption and the use of the Video cv as a tool as a tool functional to the show of one’s own competences by the side of adults seeking for occupational re-integration. The main goal is to develop a paltform for the Vi ...
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The project “Competence Coach” is meant to make an important contribution to improving the quality of coaching in vocational education and the professional performance of advisors and coaches, in particular with regard to methods coaches can use for analysing their clients’ competences. Special attention was paid to the target group of people at risk of social exclusion. Both aspects were account ...
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Community Learning Social Networks - Harnessing Educational Assets & Addressing Educational Needs
Start date: Nov 1, 2011,
With over 500 million registered users, if Facebook were a country it would be the 3rd largest in the world. The growth of social networking is a global phenomenon; in a relatively short time-frame it has become an accepted part of everyday life. The willingness of people from all social and economic sectors to engage in this virtual community continues. Facebook and its other social networking c ...
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CLIMATE CHANGE AND YOUTH'S EUROPEAN ACTION
Start date: May 1, 2010,
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