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Arctic Impact on Weather and Climate (Blue-Action)

Start date: Dec 1, 2016, End date: Feb 28, 2021,

Blue-Action will provide fundamental and empirically-grounded, executable science that quantifies and explains the role of a changing Arctic in increasing predictive capability of weather and climate of the Northern Hemisphere.To achieve this Blue-Action will take a transdisciplinary approach, bridging scientific understanding within Arctic climate, weather and risk management research, with key s ...
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BRIdges the GAp for Innovations in Disaster resilience (BRIGAID)

Start date: May 1, 2016, End date: Apr 30, 2020,

Recent studies from the IPCC indicate that Europe is particularly prone to increased risks of river and coastal floods, droughts resulting in water restrictions and damages from extreme weather such as heat events and wildfires. Evaluations also show a huge potential to reduce these risks with novel adaptation strategies. Researchers, innovators and incubators develop innovative products and servi ...
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Modern challenges to the European integration: international policy and legal aspects

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

...better understanding of the present state of European integration processes and of existing and potential challenges and threats to them. In the course of project the expert teams from North-West Institute of Management of RANEPA (Saint-Petersburg, Russia) and Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Madrid, Spain) will be brought together to discuss the most topical and challenging issues the European h ...
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MOINHOS II – Formar para Inovar

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2017,

The Consortium MOINHOS was established in 2014 in order to participate in the Erasmus + by the following organisations: (1) Municipality of Torres Vedras, as leader of the Consortium, and vocational schools in the region, which assumed the role of sending entity: (2) Escola de Comércio e Serviços do Oeste (SEFO/ESCO), (3) Escola Profissional e Agrícola Fernando Barros Leal (EPAFBL), (4) Externato ...
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Reconciling Renewable Energy Production and Nature in the Alps (recharge green)

Start date: Sep 30, 2012, End date: Jun 29, 2015,

The growing demand for renewable energy (RE) will increase the pressure on the Alpine environment. It will strongly impact land use patterns, ecological connectivity and biodiversity. Both the demand for renewable energy and the need for the conservation of biodiversity, soil, and connectivity transcend national borders. A transnational dialogue to address multiple environmental objectives, interd ...
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Extension of the cross-border sewage treatment system in drainage area of the river Bug (Western) (IPBU.02.01.00-20-616/11)

Start date: Jan 31, 2013, End date: Jan 30, 2015,

The project area is situated in drainage area of the river Bug (Western) and the Partner cities are connected with the river Leśna, which is receiver of the sewage treatment products. So, there is a need of co-operation and co-ordination of investment policies for maintaining or even increase of cleanness level of river Leśna. The Project brings the reaction to problem of incompatibility of sanita ...
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Clusters for European Innovation Cross-Linking (CLUSTERIX)

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

All 9 partners from 8 countries represent regions/countries, where clusters are already in place as an important instrument for regional economic development, supporting innovative collaboration within industries. Now experience shows, that new technological fields emerge in the interface between existing industries. As such the regional authorities who initially set up and developed clusters in c ...
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Smarter Cluster Policies for South East Europe (ClusterPoliSEE)

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

ClusterPoliSEE main objective is to enhance the capacity of regional policy makers to confront, prevent and anticipate change, developing smart specialization strategies for cluster improvement, thus accelerating differentiation and structural change towards a knowledge-based economy in which there is a place for all SEE regions to position themselves. 25 members partnership covers 11 different SE ...
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Farming Transitions: Pathways Towards Regional Sustainability of Agriculture in Europe (FarmPath)

Start date: Mar 1, 2011, End date: May 31, 2014,

In FarmPath, we propose that increasing sustainability in agriculture is best addressed by enabling flexible combinations of farming models, which vary to reflect the specific opportunity sets embedded in regional culture, agricultural capability, diversification potential, ecology, and historic ownership and governance structures. We will enable progress towards this goal of increased regional s ...
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Danube Inland Harbour Development (DaHar)

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

The DaHar partnership represents small and medium sized Danube cities with ports of international importance. The economic development and participation in the economic circulation of these cities could be enhanced through the optimal utilisation of port development in the frame of enhancing waterway cargo transport on the Danube in a transnational context. To this end, DaHar partners wish to util ...
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Synergy of culture and tourism: utilisation of cultural potentials in less favoured rural regions (SY_CULTour)

Start date: Feb 28, 2011, End date: Feb 27, 2014,

Less favoured rural areas in SEE rely on traditional economic activities as the main source of income and jobs. At the same time they possess unique cultural values which are not recognised as a development factor and consequently not properly managed. The main objective of the project is therefore to improve the management of cultural values in rural areas in order to contribute to economic and s ...
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Launching (g)local level heritage entrepreneurship: strategies and tools to unite forces, safeguard the place, mobilize cultural values, deliver the experience. (SAGITTARIUS)

Start date: Feb 28, 2011, End date: Feb 27, 2014,

Cultural consumption is a knowledge based activity: cultural products and services are viable, only if they possess widely recognized values. SAGITTARIUS advances cultural consumption by communicating cultural values: from natural monuments and ecosystems to sites and collections, from the arts to traditions and handicrafts. Thus values of tangible-intangible, movable-immovable and spiritual herit ...
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Balkan GEO Network – Towards Inclusion of Balkan Countries into Global Earth Observation Initiatives (BALKANGEONET)

Start date: Nov 1, 2010, End date: Oct 31, 2013,

Inclusion of all Balkan countries into GEO and their contribution to GEOSS is of great importance, since only a comprehensive EO framework can lead to better understanding and more intelligent utilization of the environmental resources, increased quality of life and faster economic development. The importance and benefits from participation in global EO initiatives have already been recognized by ...
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Setting up the innovation support mechanisms and increasing awareness on the potential of Food Innovation and RTD in the South- East Europe area (Inno- Food SEE)

Start date: Mar 31, 2011, End date: Sep 29, 2013,

The Food Industry, a major and financially important sector for the SEE area faces significant challenges from global commercial competition. Changing attitudes and emerging consumer trends necessitate constant update of food products, personalisation of nutrition and introduction of innovation in processes. The Inno- Food SEE objective is to set up the appropriate mechanisms that will facilitate ...
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Baltic Ecological Recycling Agriculture and Society Implementation (BERAS IMPLEMENTATION)

Start date: Jun 10, 2010, End date: Sep 9, 2013,

BERAS Implementation offers a response to the challenges to achieve a good environmental status in the Baltic Sea, reinforce sustainable agriculture and enhance rural development in the region.Objectives:Contribute to solving the problem of excessive nutrient losses from agricultural through introduction of conversion to Ecological Recycling Agriculture (ERA) in all countries of the BSRDevelop a s ...
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Sustainable InteGral Management Approaches for Water areas (SIGMA for Water)

Start date: Dec 31, 2009, End date: Mar 20, 2013,

The problem that all partners in this project face is twofold: due to past human activity water quality and environmental quality of selected areas within the partnership decreased significantly; in addition all partners wish to be able to deal with anticipated changes in the climate which poses the partnership with the challenge to deal with future changes in water quantity (the effect can differ ...
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Heritage Tourism for increased BSR Identity (AGORA 2.0)

Start date: Nov 30, 2009, End date: Dec 15, 2012,

Countries in the Baltic Sea Region have a long common history throughout the centuries and a great variety of natural and cultural resources. However, the area is still not well recognised as one common region, even by its own residents.AGORA 2.0 aims at strengthening the common identity of the Baltic Sea Region, based on its rich natural and cultural heritage. Substitutional for numerous assets, ...
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East West Transport Corriodor II - a green corridor concept within the Northern Transport Axis approach (EWTC II)

Start date: Aug 31, 2009, End date: Sep 8, 2012,

The EWTC II project started in 2009 and was a follow up of the EWTC project completed in 2007, with the overall aim to highlight the development of a ”Green Corridor Concept” as a best practise case in the European context. Green transport corridors are defined as a concentration of freight traffic between major hubs and by relatively long distances where short sea shipping, rail, inland waterways ...
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Sustainable Instruments for Lakes Management in the Alpine Space (SILMAS)

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

Natural and artificial lakes are a main characteristic of the Alpine Space and belong, with their catchment areas, to the European heritage.During last decades, authorities in charge of lakes management worked to preserve and restore this heritage and its natural resources. They now have to anticipate climate change impacts.SILMAS, by exchanging good practices and testing new methods, will supply ...
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Alpine Hospitals Networking for Improved Access to Telemedicine Services (ALIAS)

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

ALIAS project addresses medical services and information inadequacy to ensure Health Care (HC) provisions in Alpine Space (AS) where telemedicine services are not widely exploited and linguistic barriers represent an obstacle. AS touristic vocation during some periods of the year makes its HC structures “periodically” inadequate to face a widened request of services supply. On the other hand, a ma ...
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Drought Management Centre for South East Europe (DMCSEE)

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

Droughts have dramatically increased in number and intensity in some parts of Europe. The vulnerability to drought impacts in South East Europe (SEE) is higher in comparison to neighbouring regions. Ineffective water management is seen as the fundamental problem and can induce additional problems when drought occurs. Droughts have become a strategic issue in SEE. National focal points of the UN Co ...
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Tisa Catchment Area Development (TICAD)

Start date: Apr 30, 2009, End date: Feb 27, 2012,

The extraordinary feature of the TICAD project is the broad and productive transnational cooperation of local, regional, national authorities, planning and research institutions from all the five countries sharing the territory of the Tisa basin. Owing to this comprehensive and integrated partnership the aims of the EU water management policies and territorial development perspectives will be purs ...
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Transnational Strategy for the Sustainable Territorial Development of the Danube Area with special regard to Tourism (DATOURWAY)

Start date: Apr 30, 2009, End date: Feb 27, 2012,

The project entitled Datourway presents an outstanding example of transnational cooperation committed to the development of tourism along and on the middle and south-eastern section of river Danube, while paying particular attention to the protection and enhancement of the natural and cultural resources linked to this part of the great European waterway. Tourism is interpreted in the project in a ...
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Municipal PROperty Management In South-Eastern Cities (PROMISE)

Start date: Feb 28, 2009, End date: Feb 27, 2012,

Municipal real estate is one of the most underutilized local resources in many cities, especially in the SEES countries. The object of the PROMISE transnational cooperation project is the development of integrative tools and methods and the implementation of a comprehensive system for the efficient municipal property management. The projects outputs and results will support cities in developing to ...
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Sustainable Aggregates Resource Management (SARMa)

Start date: Apr 30, 2009, End date: Oct 29, 2011,

Aggregates (crushed stone, sand and gravel) are crucial for infrastructure and construction. SEE countries are rich in aggregates, but supply is not coordinated within or across the area. Challenges are illegal and damaging quarries, unreclaimed sites, limited recycling and community opposition. Fulfilling demand requires efficient and sustainable supply chain (planning, extraction, transport, use ...
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Climate Change and its Impact on Tourism in the Alpine Space (ClimAlpTour)

Start date: Aug 31, 2008, End date: Aug 31, 2011,

The project aims at dealing with the internationally recognized issue of the effects of climate change on alpine tourism, with reference both to winter tourism and sports and to alpine all-seasons tourism. The issue of providing appropriate strategies to ensure a balanced development of alpine tourism, the preparation of appropriate adaptation policies at the national, regional and local level and ...
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Promoting international cooperation for environmental research through dissemination and networking activities (INT-ER-LINK)

Start date: Oct 1, 2007, End date: Sep 30, 2009,

The major objectives of this Specific Support Action are to: - promote the role played by the Framework Programme in enabling International Cooperation on Global Change and Ecosystems research; - and to facilitate the uptake of the results of the research being carried out. This will be done by using a combined approach of awareness-raising and networking activities.The project will focus in parti ...
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Mediterranean Initiatives - Development in Agriculture (M.I.D.A.)

Start date: May 31, 2006, End date: Apr 29, 2008,

M.I.D.A.s main objective is to create a strategy of rural development among areas characterized by micro agro industries, through: • The creation of a network among administrations to promote development for rural areas; • The acquisition of know-how on of public subjects engaged in rural development and in micro agro industries; • The experimental pilot actions of protection and improvement of ru ...
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New Technologies Supporting the Traditional and Historical Dairy in the Archimed Zone (T - Cheese.Med)

Start date: Apr 30, 2006, End date: Apr 29, 2008,

The general objective of T-Cheese Med is to promote the new information and communication technology in order to reinforce the division dairy through the creation of a network. Its specifics Objectives are: 1. To contribute to the reduction of handicap related to geographically isolated regions, such as mountain areas where milk / quality cheese producers operate; 2. To develop an operative system ...
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Regional Cooperation in Waste Management (RECO)

Start date: Jan 12, 2005, End date: Jan 11, 2008,

RECO is a waste management and spatial planning project in cooperation between partners from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Germany, Poland, Finland, Sweden, Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. Its Central Objective is to support the development of efficient Institutions for management of municipal waste in the BSR in order to minimize negative environmental effects, lower life cycle costs for waste managem ...
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Vineyards of the World Heritage, innovating tourist offers and sustainable development. (VITOUR)

Start date: Jun 30, 2005, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

The goal of the VITOUR project is to develop concrete strategies to achieve sustainable development for World Heritage vineyards. Partners aim to improve their management of the landscape in order to increase the international competitiveness of their regions and devise innovative tourist activities to gain access to new sources of revenue. ...
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Development Of Sustainable Tourism focusing on WELLness (DOSTWELL)

Start date: Feb 28, 2005, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

Tourism is a major growth factor of the European economy. Tourism generates new jobs and income and acts as a catalyst for growth and development of less developed regions. Among the various types of tourism, wellness tourism, which focuses on ways to achieve relaxation and adopt healthy live-styles is presently an important marketing factor that has become the hallmark for new tourism development ...
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INTER GET UP - an interregional approach for the stimulation of techology-oriented start-ups in Europe (INTER GET UP)

Start date: Sep 30, 2004, End date: Jun 29, 2007,

Technology-oriented start-ups are important for regional development in terms of job creation and attracting new investment to the region. Many regions and cities, therefore, try to boost spin-offs and encourage related job-creation. While most of these approaches are local or regional in character, international cooperation should help to identify good practices and transfer successful policy ins ...
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Transnational Network and Itineraries of the Romanesque (Transromanica)

Start date: Oct 31, 2003, End date: Oct 29, 2006,

TRANSROMANICA is based on the idea of promoting the integration process of a greater Europe through our common cultural and historical roots: Romanesque heritage. Long ago, between 950 and 1250, for the first time in Europe, regions and countries of distinct cultural identities were already developing a common style in arts and architecture. Using this cultural and historical basis TRANSROMANICA h ...
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L07 - Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus

Start date: Jul 15, 2009,

This action was prepared after two years of the EMECW implementation. The previous links and meetings and the follow-up meetings and implementation of the first two phases have proved a mutual beneficial experience. These were contributions made by the applicant, the EU partners, and the third country partners. The universities were selected by a number of criteria: these included involvement in t ...
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Strengthening European Participatory Democracy

Start date: May 1, 2011,

In the post Lisbon Europe more and more decisions move from a national to a European level. Besides those legal and political changes, it is important to develop a European consciousness in order to live and work in a globalise world and be not only a citizen but an active citizen. However, active citizenship is not only important for the people living in the EU, it is also necessary for the EU it ...
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Foreign Languages Education for Professional Purposes

Start date: Dec 1, 2013,

The project's wider objective is to increase specialized Universities’ capacity in meeting the evolving market needs and governmental strategies of development, as well as in coping with new challenges of education, by modernizing their language teaching capacity; to help graduates of specialized Universities to increase their employability through obtaining viable language skills. The specific ob ...
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INFINITY - INternational Fellowship IN transdisciplinarITY - Strand 1 - Lot 5

Start date: Jul 15, 2013,

INFINITY project intends to become an INternational Fellowship IN transdisciplinarITY; its main theme is “Urban Agriculture”. INFINITY is about sustainability, and aims to strengthen a viable partnership of EU and all of lot 5 countries - aligning the Lisbon Strategy with the EM programme’s objectives. INFINITY is set in a transdisciplinary framework in the following thematic fields:01 Agriculture ...
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ARMENIAN COORDINATION AGENCY “UNIVERSITY - EMPLOYER”

Start date: Oct 15, 2012,

ARARAT (ARMENIAN COORDINATION AGENCY “UNIVERSITY - EMPLOYER”) is a three-year national project, under the priority of Higher Education and Society, EACEA N° 25/2011, 5th call and Structural Measures action. The wider objective of the project is to ameliorate the relevance of higher education to ever-changing labor market needs through establishment and operationalization of universities-employers ...
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Inter-university Start-up centers for students’ innovations development & promotion

Start date: Oct 15, 2012,

The project main idea is to develop training courses and distance learning system to increase business activity and creativity of university students, and to organize an informational support of their start-up projects in the frames of Start-up centers established at the universities. This will help students to gain knowledge and experience in innovation business, intellectual property rights prot ...
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