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Sharing Cities (SHAR-LLM)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

Sharing Cities has four key objectives. 1) To achieve scale in the European smart cities market by proving that properly designed smart city solutions, based around common needs, can be integrated in complex urban environments. This will be done in a way that exhibits their true potential and allows for the significant scale-up and consequent increase in social, economic and environmental value. ...
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Clean Sea Life (Clean Sea LIFE)

Start date: Sep 30, 2016, End date: Oct 31, 2020,

Background Marine litter has been recognised as one of the major threats to marine ecosystems in the Mediterranean Sea. Tourism, fishing and recreational activities are among the main sources of this litter. Marine mammals, seabirds, turtles, fish and invertebrates have all been reported to ingest marine debris, especially plastic. In particular, entang ...
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Safeguard and valorization of the plant species of EU interest in the Natural Parks of the Abruzzo Apennine (FLORANET LIFE)

Start date: Jul 18, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2020,

Background Several plant species of EU importance, listed in the annexes of the Habitats Directive, are found in the Majella, Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise national parks and the Sirente Velino regional park. The species are under threat for several reasons. In particular, they are adversely affected by the growing impact of tourism, resulting in the unsustai ...
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Alien Species Awareness Program (LIFE ASAP)

Start date: Sep 30, 2016, End date: Mar 30, 2020,

Background The EU Invasive Alien Species Regulation highlights the benefits of preventing the spread of invasive alien species (IAS) in terms of biodiversity and cost. Increased public awareness and effective early warning systems and management are essential to this task. In Italy, there is a need for more public awareness of the problem, in particular o ...
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Moving towards Life Cycle Thinking by integrating Advanced Waste Management Systems (Waste4Think)

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: Nov 30, 2019,

The main objective of this project is to move forward the current waste management practices into a circular economy motto, demonstrating the value of integrating and validating a set of 20 eco-innovative solutions that cover all the waste value chain. The benefits of these solutions will be enhanced by a holistic waste data management methodology, and will be demonstrated in 4 complementary urban ...
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Collective Awareness Platform for Tropospheric Ozone Pollution (CAPTOR)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

Air pollution is the environmental topic that European citizens worry about most (Eurobarometer 2013). It puts considerable damage to health, agriculture and our natural environment. Despite these facts, the readiness and power of European citizens to take actions themselves is limited. The drivers of the CAPTOR project are three large civil society organizations. Being the interface between minis ...
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Sustainable exploitation of biomass for bioenergy from marginal lands in Europe (SEEMLA)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

The aim of the SEEMLA project is the reliable and sustainable exploitation of biomass from marginal lands (MagL), which are used neither for food nor feed production and are not posing an environmental threat.The main target groups are regional authorities and public or private owners of MagLs, who can provide knowledge on land availability and are responsible for managing these. Furthermore fores ...
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AGROVEGA+

Start date: Nov 7, 2016, End date: Nov 6, 2018,

In line with the objectives of the Europe2020 Strategy and ET2020, through "AGROVEGA+", the consortium, led by the Lora del Rio Council, aims to improve the quality of education and vocational training, giving a European dimension to the educational paths and thus providing the young participants the opportunity to test and improve their skills: professionalism in the specific areas of vocational ...
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Reduction of sea turtle mortality in commercial fisheries (TARTALIFE)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2018,

Background The conservation of the sea turtle (Caretta caretta) – an EU priority species, listed in annexes II and IV of the Habitats Directive, and protected under various international conventions – is of strategic importance for the whole Mediterranean basin. Fishing represents the main threat to the species’ survival. Researchers (Casale, 2011) ...
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Increasing Social Awarness and ACceptance of biogas and biomethane (ISAAC)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Jun 30, 2018,

Although Italy has a great potential for biogas production, many non-technical barriers are still present in the current framework. Some of the limiting factors involve public acceptance of the biogas facilities diffusion, as well as lack of a reliable coordination between different stakeholders. Furthermore, normative and legislative inadequacies and deficiencies haven’t facilitated the implement ...
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Climate Change - People Change?

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Mar 31, 2018,

...se of fossil fuels and towards combating climate change.2. DOOR (Croatia): Awareness-raising, education and policy work. Renewable energy sources, efficiency, climate poverty3. Legambiente (Italy): Making environmental culture the centre of a new kind of development and well-being.4. Youth Work Ireland Galway: Advocacy, youth services, providing information about youth activities.ACTIVITIES18 mo ...
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Promotion and support to the implementation of the energy labelling for Space, Combi Heaters and Water Heaters with a focus on the “Package label” (LabelPack Aplus)

Start date: Mar 1, 2015, End date: Feb 28, 2018,

The ‘Label Pack A+’ project aims at supporting the implementation of the energy labelling of heating appliances while boosting its impact, the focus being on the “package label” and its potential to push for the uptake or renewable technologies, in particular solar thermal, in combination with more efficient conventional technologies.The project will address one of the main challenges related to t ...
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Youthworker 2.0

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: Jan 31, 2018,

The applicant and the partner organisations have been in contact through the Alliance of European Voluntary Service Organisations. All of them aim at assuring and developing quality of their activities and would like to support youth workers and youth leaders in their networks to improve their work with youth. That’s why this project identified several concrete needs of these networks and develope ...
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Trout population RecOvery in central iTAly (LIFE+TROTA)

Start date: Nov 1, 2013, End date: Jan 31, 2018,

Background The macrostigma trout (Salmo trutta macrostigma) [named Salmo macrostigma in Annex II of the Habitats Directive], is the endemic salmonid of the Mediterranean area and the only original trout of central/southern Italy. It is classified as a vulnerable species in Europe and critically endangered in Italy. The main threats for the species are: wa ...
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LAND-AND-SEA ACTIONS FOR CONSERVATION OF Caretta caretta IN ITS MOST IMPORTANT ITALIAN NESTING GROUND (IONIAN CALABRIA) (LIFE Caretta Calabria)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Dec 30, 2017,

Background Some 95% of the nesting sites of the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) in the Mediterranean Sea are concentrated on Greek, Turkish, Cypriot and Libyan coasts. The nesting of the species in southern Italy is considered to have been quite sporadic and irregular in the past few decades, even though quantitative data is limited. Recently, it was ...
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MED Medical Equipment Discarded – A new Integrate system to reduce waste by medical equipment and medical WEEE (LIFE MED)

Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Jun 30, 2017,

Background The life cycle of equipment in a medical institution is short due to the need to ensure functionality, security and adaptation to new standards. It is estimated that equipment in European hospitals has an average life cycle of five years. The disposal of the equipment follows different processes that can vary according to place and type of devi ...
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Open Space for Migrations

Start date: Aug 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2017,

Open Space for Migrations is project that is dealing with current Europe, its changes and challenges, consequences of radical politics in the regions of Middle East and Eastern Africa, war and its consequences and the role of International Voluntary Service today. As a movement that was initiated after the First World War in order to repair the broken Europe, to fight prejudices and stereotypes an ...
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HEyLP Heritage at Calmont d'Olt - Heritage European young Leaders Project

Start date: Aug 1, 2016, End date: Feb 28, 2017,

...ers (16 young and 3 leaders) from France, Italy and Romania, through the partnership of three organizations maintaining close relationships: l'Association de sauvegarde du Château de Calmont d'Olt, Legambiente, and Dala Foundation.The young volunteers will actively take part in the development and functioning of the exchange, and will participate in several workshops related to the restoration of ...
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Environmental Volunteers

Start date: Feb 1, 2016, End date: Feb 28, 2017,

...ers will be provided language support with the purpose to permit them to familiarize with local culture.One of the principal tasks will be the organization and implementation of the main campaigns of Legambiente Toscana (i.e. Italia NO OGM, Piccola Grande Italia, FestAmbiente, Goletta Verde, Puliamo il Mondo, Festa dell'Albero).They will be also involved in environmental education at school: volun ...
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Me & Migration - Unterstützungsansätze für junge Menschen, die sich in der Flüchtlingshilfe engagieren (möchten)

Start date: May 2, 2016, End date: Feb 1, 2017,

"How can we as organisations in the field of international youth work and international volunteering react to the current migration flows? What opportunities do we have to support volunteers in this area and to apply our intercultural know-how?” In a joint effort with partner organisations from Finland, the UK, Italy, Serbia, Spain, the Czech Republic and Hungary, IBG aims to tackle these and simi ...
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More with Less. Sustainable entrepreneurship for next generation

Start date: May 18, 2016, End date: Nov 17, 2016,

...s put into dialogue by the coordinator, showed how the participants would have liked to work on the topic; such methods are those through which the project was built on.The exchange is coordinated by Legambiente Lecco Onlus and will involve 24 already identified young people belonging to 4 different countries (Italy, Serbia, Germany and Ukraine), for a period of nine days.The exchange will be org ...
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Stop au 7ème continent

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Oct 31, 2016,

The Youth Exchange « Stop the 7th continent » will take place in Le Pont de Montvert, in the region of Lozère from august 19th to septembre 9th 2015. This project plans to gather 20 participants from 18 to 30 years old coming from Slovakia, Italy, Spain and France. The « 7th continent » is the name given to a huge amount of waste which covers an area of 3,5 million km² in the Pacific Ocean. Throug ...
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Mobilità transnazionale per lo sviluppo delle competenze, la crescita dell'occupazione e la competitività delle PMI nel settore dell'agricoltura biologica e dell'allevamento

Start date: Nov 1, 2014, End date: Oct 31, 2016,

One of the central ideas underlying European Lifelong Learning policies is that international mobility should become a natural part of education and training schemes. This helps learners to achieve higher qualification levels which are crucial for a successful first step into the labour market or for career improvements. The EU Member States are fully committed to helping young people take advanta ...
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FOREST4LIFE 2014

Start date: Nov 1, 2014, End date: Oct 31, 2016,

The FOREST4LIFE project is promoted by the Vocational Secondary School ‘Services sector for agriculture, rural development and forestry’, of Ormea (Cuneo), on behalf of the other three partner Schools that form the Italian Schools of Forestry Board, situated in as many Alps and Appennine Mountains areas. These four Secondary Schools train technicians with a professional competence in the forest se ...
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Ecological Lifestyles for CO2 Reduction (EcoLife)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

Background Measures to buffer climate change are at the core of the EU’s 2020 strategy for sustainable growth. However, Italian public opinion is less accepting of the need to tackle climate change than elsewhere in Europe, as shown by the 2011 EU Survey on Climate Change. This revealed that Italian public opinion downplays the potential consequences of ...
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Strategies for MarIne Litter and Environmental prevention of sea pollution in coastal areas (LIFE SMILE)

Start date: Jul 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

Background Marine litter is a problem that affects many parts of Europe and can cause a wide spectrum of environmental, economic, health and cultural impacts. There are a variety of reasons why the phenomenon occurs, including: poor solid waste management practices; a lack of infrastructure; human activities; low levels of public awareness about the pote ...
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Youth Water Camp 2016: Sensing the City

Start date: May 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

The Berlin youth camp seeks to strengthen the youth voice in the huge effort of European Water conservation – by bringing young people together & giving them tools to interact with other voices from politics, administration and civil society. Via a focal point on water in the city – water quality and the rediscovery of urban rivers, ecological continuity of the river, new challenges linked to cli ...
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LOVE – learn, organize, volunteer, exchange

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Apr 30, 2016,

This eleven months project was implemented by Volunteers’ Center Zagreb as receiving organisation and Hnutí Brontosaurus and Legambiente Toscana Onlus, as sending organizations, involving two Czech (the second one was a replacement participant) and one Italian volunteer. It took place in Zagreb and in different local communities in Croatia where international workcamps were organised in cooperatio ...
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SENCITIZENSHIP

Start date: Aug 3, 2015, End date: Jan 2, 2016,

With this application, we wish to organise a contact making seminar, that will gather 14 organisations from 10 countries (Austria, Belgium, Greece, Finland, France, Italy, Macedonia, Poland, Czech Republic and United Kingdom) and will permit the sharing and development of awareness youth tools to the international voluntary projects and, at an extended level, to active citizenship. Our seminar wi ...
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Territorio, ambiente, comunità!

Start date: Jan 2, 2015, End date: Jan 2, 2016,

...ed an italian course in order to improve the language and to permit them to familiarize with local culture. One of the main activities was the organization and implementation of the main campaigns of Legambiente Toscana (i.e. Italia NO OGM, Piccola Grande Italia, FestAmbiente, Goletta Verde, Puliamo il Mondo, Festa dell'Albero). They were also involved in environmental education at school: volunte ...
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Volontariat à long terme avec les Compagnons Bâtisseurs

Start date: Aug 1, 2014, End date: Nov 30, 2015,

Over the last 50 years, the National Assciation of Compagnons Bâtisseurs works to improve the living conditions of impoverished populations. Every year the associtation hosts long term volunteers for 12 months in one of our local branches ( Bretagne, Langedoc- Rousillon, Aquitaine, Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur, Auvergne, Ille de France and La Reunion). These volunteers are hosted under different pr ...
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Building the past for the future 2015

Start date: Jun 17, 2014, End date: Sep 1, 2015,

The Batavia Yard is a historic center for shipbuilding. On the yard as much as possible work according authentic and traditional construction methods, while also research into shipbuilding techniques especially the 17th century. The building of historic ships attracted much attention from the beginning of visitors. The yard was therefore also a tourist attraction. In addition, the construction of ...
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Recovered waste cooking oil for combined heat and power production (RECOIL)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Feb 28, 2015,

Background The disposal of waste cooking oil into the environment causes problems for the proper functioning of water treatment plants, and for ecosystems in general. Indeed, oil discharged as wastewater requires a different cleaning process – involving a preliminary pre-water flotation-based treatment – in order to separate the buoyant material (oils ...
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Boosting Land Stewardship as a Conservation Tool in the Western Mediterranean Arch: a Communication and Training Scheme (LANDLIFE)

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

Background Land stewardship is a strategy intending to involve owners and users in the conservation and appropriate use of natural, cultural and landscape resources and values. Land stewardship involves voluntary agreements between landowners and land stewardship entities (land trusts) in order to maintain and restore the natural environment and landscape ...
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Innovazione Energetica

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Mar 30, 2014,

The projects objective is to create the necessary conditions for local administrations to carry out sustainable energy and environmental policies. This should be done supporting local administrations in energy planning and technical and economic feasibility evaluation so as to implement the programmed interventions and integrated actions in energy management. This approach enables to modernise ene ...
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Reti Ecologiche transfrontaliere Malta-Sicilia (REMASI)

Start date: Apr 30, 2011, End date: Mar 31, 2013,

... and environmental education, especially in schools and among young people to consolidate the results of the projects activities. The activities were carried out in the nature reserves managed by Legambiente on the island of Lampadusa, at the Macalube di Aragona, and the S. Angelo Muxaro cave. • 6 maps made of the areas involved • 3 voluntary work camps.
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Zero Emissions Communities (ZeroCO2)

Start date: Aug 31, 2010, End date: Aug 30, 2012,

The project aims to improve energy efficiency and reduce CO2 emissions in smallest Mediterranean Communities through the creation of a collaboration scheme between local public institution and private entities, with the endorsement of citizens and entrepreneurs. The project foresees the design a public-private partnership (PPP) scheme to achieve the Zero emission communities goal and plans the rea ...
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LE VIE DEI CARDEN

Start date: Feb 15, 2009, End date: Feb 15, 2012,

The territorial scope of the project involves two major areas that are a point of junction in the plain of Valle Spluga Campodocino. On the right bank of the San Valley James Island to be part of the Val Febbraro, Convalle with trends east-west and Pass on the watershed Baldiscio ends with Val Mesolcina. Coming down on the side Switzerland, in fact, we reach the road and the nearby San Bernard ...
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ificazione energetica europea per i Comuni, un progetto di buone pratiche (EEA)

Start date: Feb 15, 2009, End date: Nov 14, 2011,

Experiment 45 municipalities of new tools for efficient energy management for Experiencing the common European Energy Award ® eea which is applied over 200 municipalities in Switzerland (over 400 municipalities in Europe). Create a network of experience and comparison between Swiss and Italian municipalities to exchange experiences, measures and instruments for energy efficiency and renewable ...
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Sustainable Urban Planning Networks for green spaces (Sun)

Start date: Sep 1, 2003, End date: Aug 30, 2006,

Background Green space is an integral and vital element of the urban environment. Such spaces (including parks, playgrounds, cemeteries, school and sports grounds, individual gardens, private land, amenity open space, river banks etc) are subject to ever-increasing development pressure and complex use requirements by different stakeholders, and as such ar ...
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