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Self-OrganizatioN towards reduced cost and eNergy per bit for future Emerging radio Technologies (SONNET)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

A revelation in today´s mobile is networks is SON (Self-Organizing technology) technology, which is seen as a playing pivotal role towards reducing the management costs of networks. In legacy networks, still many network elements and associated parameters are manually configured. The associated operations costs are significant. Specialized expertise must be maintained to tune these network paramet ...
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Developing Cryogenic Energy Storage at Refrigerated Warehouses as an Interactive Hub to Integrate Renewable Energy in Industrial Food Refrigeration and to Enhance PowerGrid Sustainability (CryoHub)

Start date: Apr 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2019,

The CryoHub innovation project will investigate and extend the potential of large-scale Cryogenic Energy Storage (CES) and will apply the stored energy for both cooling and energy generation. By employing Renewable Energy Sources (RES) to liquefy and store cryogens, CryoHub will balance the power grid, while meeting the cooling demand of a refrigerated food warehouse and recovering the waste heat ...
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Environmentally Friendly Fire Suppression System for Cargo using Innovative Green Technology (EFFICIENT)

Start date: Feb 1, 2016, End date: Jul 31, 2019,

Fire suppression and explosion protection have used halons in many applications because they are electrically nonconductive, dissipate rapidly without residue, are safe for limited human exposure, and are extremely efficient in extinguishing most types of fires. However they have a very strong Ozone Depletion Potential (ODP). The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer was des ...
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Rapid Integrity Assessment of Flexible Risers for Offshore Oil and Gas Installations (RiserSure)

Start date: Dec 1, 2016, End date: Nov 30, 2018,

This action will bring to market a unique product, RiserSure™, for assessing the condition of flexible riser pipes widely used in offshore oil and gas production. Riser failure is increasing and is costly (€3M per day from lost production alone). It damages the environment and creates the potential for major incidents. The Gulf of Mexico disaster in 2010 prompted very recent new safety legislation ...
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Social Art as a Tool for Empowerment: Housing Deprivation and Citizen Initiatives for Change (HOUSREG)

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

Over the past decade, worsening affordability,homelessness, social and housing polarisation and new forms of housing deprivation have been an increasing concern for public policy in Europe. Symptom of this problem is a set of art projects focused on housing issues. These social art projects have also served to highlight and fill the gap left by inexistent social structures, which should ideally pr ...
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In-service intrusive Non-Destructive Testing of above ground and underground petrochemical storage tank floors and walls to detect corrosion (TankRob)

Start date: May 1, 2016, End date: Apr 30, 2018,

It is estimated that 20% of storage tank accidents are caused by cracks or raptures on the tank structure. The majority of the bulk liquids stored in these tanks include crude oil and derived products which are extremely hazardous to the environment; a spill of only one gallon of oil can contaminate a million gallons of water.Storage tank NDT inspection is very costly and degrading to the environm ...
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Advanced shearography kit and a robotic deployment platform for on-site inspection of wind turbine blades (WInspector)

Start date: Mar 1, 2016, End date: Feb 28, 2018,

To achieve a thorough investigation for defect presence on a wind turbine blade, close inspection is required. This implies either trained staff tied with ropes on the blade or dismantling and transferring the blade in a workshop environment. While blade dismantling is scarcely used because it requires very long downtime, human inspection also involve a relatively high delay. A solution to this pr ...
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Higher education student and staff mobility project

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

This is a higher education student and staff mobility project, please consult the website of the organisation to obtain additional details.
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Pupil Health & Well-Being -- an Education Priority 4 Europe's Schools

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

From nursery to university, education must constantly evolve and change its priorities to ensure Europe's future citizens are the happy, healthy, well prepared future workforce we need. In recent years, as traditional social structures have weakened, the role of the school has become even more relevant in this respect. Developing the 'whole child' has become more important than the traditional f ...
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The Race, Class and Gender of Transnational Urban Labour: Romanian Workers in the Cities of London and NYC (MigrWorkers)

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

...ontemporary life. This project will consider these transformations by examining the transnational migrant labor of workers from Romania such as it unfolds at two central sites of global capitalism, London-U.K. and New York-U.S. The research will feature an historical analysis of the immigrant Romanian labor presence at these sites, while its time frame covers the interval starting in 1989 up to th ...
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Higher education student and staff mobility project

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

This is a higher education student and staff mobility project, please consult the website of the organisation to obtain additional details.
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Higher education student and staff mobility project

Start date: Jun 1, 2014, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

... our students is one of the most varied in the UK. We welcome students from over 100+ countries and from a wide range of socio-economic backgrounds. A large proportion of our students live locally to London and we a good proportion of mature students. The opportunities that Erasmus gives to our students is significant as this will enhance their competitiveness to the workforce. Erasmus mobility r ...
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Mobilité européenne pour tous

Start date: Jun 1, 2014, End date: May 31, 2015,

...te higher education, and therefore have better work opportunities as well in France as in other european countries. For the 2014/2015 academic year we are planning to send 23 students abroad : 15 in London (UK) and 8 in Salamanca (Spain). Their mobility will take place during the last year of their three year course in order for them to have enough time to enrich their skills and work on their soc ...
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MANUFACTURING AND APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS (MANANO)

Start date: Apr 1, 2011, End date: Mar 31, 2015,

"Nanotechnologies and nanostructured materials is expected to be the most promising area of technological development and among the most likely to deliver substantial economic and societal benefits to the EU in the 21st century. It is a time of rapid advance in the development of these technologies, which can organize materials at the nanoscale and tailor their properties. This offers exciting pos ...
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Counterfeit Pharmaceuticals Interception using Radiofrequency Methods in Realtime (CONPHIRMER)

Start date: Jul 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2014,

The CONPHIRMER consortium has come together to put into the hands of customs officers and other agents of law enforcement a portable and easy-to-use sensor for telling genuine medicines from fakes without having to remove the medicines from their packaging. With this device agencies charged with tackling the growing menace of the trafficking in counterfeit medicines will be able to screen package ...
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"Food Refrigeration Innovations for Safety, consumer Benefit, Environmental impact and Energy optimization along cold chain in Europe" (FRISBEE)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Aug 31, 2014,

"The objective of the FRISBEE (Food Refrigeration Innovations for Safety, consumers’ Benefit, Environmental impact and Energy optimisation along the cold chain in Europe) project is to provide new tools, concepts and solutions for improving refrigeration technologies along the European food cold chain. At all stages the needs of consumer and European industry will be considered.The project will de ...
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Innovation in Science Education - Turning Kids on to Science (KidsINNscience)

Start date: Nov 1, 2009, End date: Jul 31, 2013,

KidsINNscience will identify and promote innovative approaches for teaching and learning science, adapt and test them for implementation in mainstream schools and develop innovation strategies in all participating countries. The consortium proposes a collaborative project (specific international cooperation action (SICA)) for experts who work with and on new methods for science education. The over ...
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Good Practice in Traditional Chinese Medicine Research in the Post-genomic Era (GP-TCM)

Start date: May 1, 2009, End date: Oct 31, 2012,

"In contrast to the reductionist approach of Western medicine that is based on modern anatomy, cell and molecular biology, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) uses a unique theory system and an individualised and holistic approach to describe health and disease, based on the philosophy of Yin-Yang balance and an emphasis on harmony of functions. These two medicine systems disagree with each other i ...
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Collaboration awareness tool for CSCL users (Euro-CAT-CSCL) (Euro-CAT-CSCL)

Start date: Nov 1, 2008, End date: Oct 31, 2012,

Awareness collaboration tool for CSCL users (Euro-ACT-CSCL) is a joint research project aiming to advance research knowledge in Computer Supported Collaborative Work and Learning (CSCL) and create interoperable computer tools to add to groupware systems and main Learning Management Systems (LMS) in order to enhance the effectiveness and quality of persons in computer distance work/learning context ...
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ntial of rural regions (PURR)

Start date: Jan 31, 2010, End date: Oct 31, 2011,

ESPON has identified demographic and economic change in peripheral rural regions as an issue of European concern. The ESPON Scenarios project 3.2 showed that a range of external influences will have an impact on these regions, and that innovative actions would be needed. The innovative approaches towards territorial development of such regions are key issues for achieving territorial cohesion. The ...
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Helping Autism diagnosed young people Navigate and Develop Socially (HANDS)

Start date: Jun 1, 2008, End date: Oct 31, 2011,

The HANDS project aims to develop a mobile ICT solution to help young people with an autism diagnosis (ASD) to become better integrated in society.A HANDS toolset based on new research from Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) will be developed which will support them in handling situations where they have to act autonomously, as well as to develop their social skills and self management skills.The HA ...
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Low energy hotels in southern europe (LOWEHOTELS)

Start date: Nov 1, 2007, End date: Oct 31, 2010,

The European Union is facing a critical situation regarding energy supply and dependency on imported fuels in the coming years. All studies show an increase in the energy supply uncertainty. For the recreational sector especially in the Southern part of Europe this situation represents a major risk to the industry and actions are urgently needed to reduce the energy consumption and lower the depen ...
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Development of Joint International Master Degree and Lifelong Learning Framework in Mechatronics

Start date: Oct 15, 2011,

Summary of the project:The aim of the JIM2L project is to participate in enhancing the regional higher education systems especially the engineering sectors in EG and JO and to support the knowledge triangle education-innovation-research. The aim of this project will be accomplished through the following specific objectives:1) Based on the BSc curriculum for Mechatronics, which was developed in the ...
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Financial Literacy competencies for adult learners

Start date: Nov 1, 2010,

Considering the nowadays economical conjuncture it is urgent that citizens are given the appropriate instruments to manage their budgets and to become more aware of the several products and financial mechanisms that financial institutions are making available. The project aims to improve the financial literacy competencies of adult learners in order to prepare them for the challenges and temptatio ...
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Innovation and Knowledge Management towards eStudent Information System

Start date: Oct 15, 2010,

The Integrated University approach set up by Bologna process transformed the existing structures into a new environment by the law of High education in 2008 and practically it started from January 1st, 2009. This process was realized with a lot of obstacles and problems, and unified the isolated faculties into one big umbrella. However, most of the functions in this process remained distributed on ...
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Awareness of big ideas in mathematics classrooms

Start date: Oct 1, 2009,

Providing cognitively activating learning opportunities in the mathematics classroom is essential for instructional quality and the development of competencies of students. Correspondingly, the teachers’ awareness of big ideas in mathematics is a goal shared by the aims of national standards in many European countries. By ‘big ideas’ we are referring to such notions as: infinity, symmetry, thinkin ...
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European Masters Programme in Medical Imaging

Start date: Oct 1, 2007,

The EMMI project will develop a European Masters programme in Medical Imaging for radiographers and radiological technologists. The project will capitalise on the existing expertise and complementary intellectual and infrastructural capacities of the partners to produce a sustainable Masters programme, in this important and rapidly changing and developing field of healthcare, employing 270,000 pro ...
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EMMA - European Network for Motivational Mathematics for Adults

Start date: Oct 1, 2005,

Operating as a Grundtvig Network, EMMA brings together partners from 16 European countries with a common focus upon improving numeracy teaching for adults. EMMA responds to the fact that education and training providers are often at a loss to find appropriate strategies, approaches and didactical methods to assist adults in achieving a higher level of numeracy. Key activities for the EMMA network ...
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FORWARD TRAINER

Start date: Oct 1, 2004,

Building upon the previously-funded Forward project, Forward Trainer aimed at developing and testing a training course able to provide participants with the required knowledge, information and pedagogical skill to support adults with reading and writing difficulties. Targeting a range of professionals working with the adult target group (e.g. adult educators, union representatives, social workers) ...
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EQUIPE - European Quality in Individualised Pathways in Education

Start date: Oct 1, 2002,

As Universities began to embrace Lifelong Learning, quality assurance approaches were required to be adapted, to take into account a more diverse range of learner needs and practices. Traditional learning programmes had to be considered alongside other forms of learning and support (e.g. open and distance learning; accreditation of prior learning). Responding to this need, 32 partners from across ...
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European Masters Programme in Medical Imaging

The EMMI project seeks ERASMUS support for the development of a European Masters programme in Medical Imaging for radiographers and radiological technologists. The project will capitalise on the existing expertise and complementary intellectual and infrastructural capacities of the six partners to produce a sustainable Masters programme, in this important and rapidly changing and developing field ...
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Matching higher Education and Enterprises Towards Universities and Stakeholders

This project’s goal is to contribute to the strategic aim of the Bologna Process of creating and promoting EHEA worldwide by improving the match between Higher Education and enterprises’ needs.The project’s assumption is that it is necessary to improve and further develop the current integration experiences, which are usually tightly connect to local communities, but often lack a wider, system-lev ...
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Refrigerant Emissions and Leakage Skills for Europe (REAL-SKILLS-EUROPE)

REAL Skills Europe (Refrigerant Emissions And Leakage Skills for Europe) is a voluntary awareness, information and training initiative that provides a vehicle for individuals and organisations in EU member states to share and disseminate technical information and best practice in refrigerant containment.
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Refrigeration Emissions and Leakage - Blended learning for Alternative Refrigerants in New Equipment

The aim of the project was to improve opportunities for life long learning and employability amongst the 230,000 service engineers, technicians, craftsmen and designers currently working in the refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump sector. This was achieved by raising skills related to innovative environmental technologies using Carbon Dioxide, Flammable and low Flammable and Ammonia Refr ...
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