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Triangulum: The Three Point Project / Demonstrate. Disseminate. Replicate. (Triangulum)

Start date: Feb 1, 2015, End date: Jan 31, 2020,

...a systems innovation approach based around the European Commission’s SCC Strategic Implementation Plan can drive dynamic smart city development. We will test the SIP across three lighthouse cities: Manchester, Eindhoven and Stavanger, which represent the main typologies of European cities. They will be complemented by our follower cities Prague, Leipzig and Sabadell. This powerful combination refl ...
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SynchroniCity: Delivering an IoT enabled Digital Single Market for Europe and Beyond (SynchroniCity)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Sep 30, 2019,

SynchroniCity represents the first attempt to deliver a Single Digital City Market for Europe by piloting its foundations at scale in 11 reference zones - 8 European cities & 3 more worldwide cities - connecting 34 partners from 11 countries over 4 continents. Building upon a mature European knowledge base derived from initiatives such as OASC, FIWARE, FIRE, EIP-SCC, and including partners with le ...
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Glocal Europe - Connecting realities, building Communities, developing Capacities

Start date: Jul 22, 2016, End date: Jul 21, 2018,

...brella of Cascais European Youth Capital 2018 (EYC2018), a title awarde by the European Youth Forum.Recognizing the value and consistency of the other cities that also reached the final - Kecskemét, Manchester, Novi Sad and Perugia, as they all invested in the process of applying for EYC, meaning that all share the same priority given to youth in local policy and gather he recognized experience an ...
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The immigration of Romanian Roma to Western Europe: Causes, effects, and future engagement strategies (MIGROM)

Start date: Apr 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

The presence of Roma migrants from Romania on the streets of major western European cities has been the centre of public debates, and regarded by many as a challenge to social integration, law and order, human rights and EU mobility principles. The project will investigate the experiences, motivations, and ambitions of Roma migrants and popular, media and official reactions to Roma immigration. We ...
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Surfing Towards the Opportunity of Real Migration to cloud-based public services (STORM CLOUDS)

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

STORM CLOUDS aims at deeply exploring how the needed shift by Public Authorities to a cloud-based paradigm in service provisioning should be addressed, mainly from the point of view of the end-users, and taking full advantage of edge ICT.\nThe purpose of STORM CLOUDS is to define useful guidelines on how to address the process in order to accelerate it, for Public Authorities and policy makers. Th ...
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Nice to work with you!

Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Jun 30, 2016,

The project “Nice to work with you!“ has enabled the city administration of the City of Bonn to offer an intensive European internship abroad for trainees as well as employees which are responsible for staff training. Currently, about 70 – 80 % of all decisions of the European Union are implemented in the municipalities. Hence, Europe is part of the everyday life of the local governments by now. I ...
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Citizen Reinforcing Open Smart Synergies (CROSS)

Start date: Dec 1, 2012, End date: May 31, 2016,

CROSS focuses on nurturing an innovation ecosystem that generates digital services and applications making use of information generated by users in the smart city environment. CROSS recognises unexploited opportunities for services and applications in the field of non-monetary economy, where new needs and practices are emerging, and where a new sector of the digital single market has the potential ...
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ODYSSEUS

Start date: Nov 1, 2012, End date: Feb 29, 2016,

...mics of energy supply, demand and storage in urban areas, on top of an open integration platform supporting the integration scenario's for designated urban areas exemplified in the cities of Rome and Manchester. While in Manchester project results will be validated on a mature energy efficiency environment, on Rome it is in the early stages of dealing with energy efficiency in public building. So ...
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Thematic Network Innovation for age-friendly environments in the European Union (AFE-INNOVNET)

Start date: Feb 1, 2014, End date: Jan 31, 2016,

The overarching goal of AFE-INNOVNET is to set up a large EU wide community of local and regional authorities (LRAs) and other relevant stakeholders who want to work together to find smart and innovative evidence based solutions to support active and healthy ageing and develop age-friendly environments (AFE).Many innovative solutions supporting active and healthy ageing have been developed as pilo ...
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Citadel...on the move (CITADEL)

Start date: Nov 1, 2011, End date: Jan 31, 2015,

Citadel on the Move will unite Europe's leading local government organizations with Living Lab experts, ICT specialists and expert SMEs in a common effort to harness the power of 'Open Data' and User-Driven Innovation Systems to develop 'high speed' Mobile Applications that can be shared by citizens across Europe.Nowadays, mobile phones are widely used and hold the key to ensure e-inclusion of eve ...
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Models for Optimising Dynamic Urban Mobility (MODUM)

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

Transport congestion problems contribute ~70% of pollutants to urban environments. The transport sector by itself consumes up to ~30% of the total energy in the EU. These figures suggest that if Europe is to reduce its CO2 emissions by making an efficient use of energy while improving the quality of life in European cities, novel approaches for the optimal management of urban transport complexity ...
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Commons for Europe (Commons4EU)

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

...te between citizens and cities and help in closing this gap.Commons4EU aims to build on the shoulders of this experience with an initial core team of 7 cities: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Helsinki, Manchester, Rome and UK-NESTA (UK cities involved in the project through NESTA) working together in 2 main areas:1)\tCode Commons. Developing collaborative web projects following the methodology of Co ...
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Green IT Network Europe (GreenITNet)

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

...en up the challenge. The vastness of the task requires strong cooperation and exchange of experience to pool resources and expertise. The main objective of GreenITNet is to support 10 partners (Riga, Manchester, Rome, Barcelona, Amsterdam, Catania, Oresund, Malta, Kranj, Czestochowa) and a large network of other cities and regions to develop a systematic Green IT policy framework and select a numb ...
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Smart City Service Development Kit and its Application Pilots (CitySDK)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Oct 31, 2014,

We will produce three large-scale pan-European smart city service pilots in the eight partner cities. The pilots are in the domains of smart mobility, smart participation and smart tourism. A combination of city organisations' leadership, collaboration between the cities, and a large amount of partners' relevant existing services, interfaces, software, practices and standards in these domains are ...
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brEaking New Ground IN the sciencE Education Realm (ENGINEER)

Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Sep 30, 2014,

ENGINEER will support the widespread adoption in Europe of innovative methods of science teaching and provide extensive teacher training on inquiry-based methods. It will be based on the proven “Engineering is Elementary” (EiE) program developed by Boston’s Museum of Science (BMOS) since 2003-04 and now widely used in primary schools throughout the U.S. Evaluations of EiE have found that incorpora ...
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Observatory Network to Enhance ICT Structural Funds Absorption (ONE)

Start date: Dec 31, 2011, End date: Jun 29, 2014,

ONE aims at improving the regional capacity of planning ICT investments under Coeshion Policy Programmes through the setting up of a Federated network of regional ICT observatories in Poland, Germany, Italy, Czech Republic, UK, France and Cyprus. Capacity to plan, assess and manage investments in the field of ICT represents a crucial aspect of Innovation policy activity as accessibility, both in t ...
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NiCE - Networking intelligent Cities for Energy Efficiency (NiCE)

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

NiCE will promote and advance implementation of the commitments of the Green Digital Charter (GDC).Promoted by EUROCITIES, the network of major European cities, and signed by 23 cities until September 2011, the GDC commits signatories to exploit ICT as enabling technology for reducing CO2 emissions, to demonstrate leadership in adopting innovative technical solutions for delivering on climate chan ...
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Smart Metropolitan Areas Realised Through Innovation & People - SMARTiP (SMARTiP)

Start date: Nov 1, 2010, End date: Mar 31, 2014,

...Internet-enabled services within emerging 'smart' cities. The aim is to enable to adoption of open platforms for the co-production of citizen-centric Internet-enabled services in five test-bed sites, Manchester, Gent, Cologne, Bologna and Oulu. The objective is to enhance the ability of the cities to grow and sustain a 'smart city' ecosystem which can support new opportunities emerging for a dynam ...
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The ICT Roadmap for Energy-Efficient Neighbourhoods (IREEN)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Nov 30, 2013,

IREEN will deliver a comprehensive strategy (including the identification of drivers and gaps, future policies and operational support for their implementation, and the identification of new appropriate multi-disciplinary stakeholders value chain and partnerships) for European-scale innovation and take-up in the field of ICT for Energy Efficiency and performance in large areas including neighbourh ...
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European Platform for Intelligent Cities (EPIC)

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

...trial strength of IBM's 'Smart City' vision and cloud computing infrastructure with the knowledge and expertise of leading European Living Labs' such as Apollon partners IBBT Brussels, ISSY-Media and Manchester to ensure development of a European 'innovation ecosystem' that provides an extensive range of opportunities for sustainable, user-driven web-based services for citizens and businesses. EPI ...
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Advanced Pilots of Living Labs Operating in Networks (APOLLON)

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

The APOLLON project proposal addresses the call of the European Commission to pilot and share best practices in cross-border Living labs networks. The core focus of Living Labs is to improve the R&D process by early participation and clustering of end users and business stakeholders, including SMEs. APOLLON will demonstrate the positive impacts of collaborative cross-border Living Lab networking b ...
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Future Internet Research and Experimentation By Adopting Living Labs - towards Smart Cities (FIREBALL)

Start date: May 1, 2010, End date: May 31, 2012,

The over-all objective of the FIREBALL project is to coordinate and align methodologies and approaches in the domains of Future Internet (FI) research and experimentation testbeds and user driven open innovation towards successful innovation in "smart city" environments.In doing so, and in covering the whole FI research and innovation value chain driven by smart cities being the users of the FI, F ...
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SAVE ENERGY

Start date: Mar 1, 2009, End date: Oct 31, 2011,

...t will deliver a model that is simple, attractive and effective enough for users to actively and consistently engage with. Pilots will involve public buildings from 5 major European Cities (Helsinki, Manchester, Lisbon, Lulea and Leiden) that will demonstrate the extent to which tangible emissions reduction is achievable.The 5 pilots will use electronic sensors to measure energy usage, plug adapte ...
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DIGITAL CITIES: A network for rapid and sustainable ICT regional adoption (DC)

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

The main objective of the Digital Cities (DC) project is to tackle the very low rate of ICT (Information Communication Technologies) penetration at local level by providing the organizational structures, strategies/policies and tools (called altogether DC model) for enabling the rapid and sustainable adoption of ICT at local level and the development of digital cities in a broad European level. Th ...
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Green and Blue Space Adaptation for Urban Areas and Eco Towns (GRaBS)

Start date: Aug 31, 2008, End date: Aug 30, 2011,

...planning systems and challenges to develop a plan. In tandem with this, partners researched and completed the 'User Needs and Requirements Analysis' questionnaires to enable the University of Manchester (UoM) to develop the Risk & Vulnerabilities Assessment Tool. The Tool prototype was introduced at a specialist workshop at PSC3, and will be piloted by partners in 2010. UoM, with assistance from t ...
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Digital Environment Home Energy Management System (DEHEMS)

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

DEHEMS will extend the current state of the art in intelligent meters, moving beyond energy 'input' models that monitor the levels of energy being used to an 'energy performance model' that also looks at the way in which the energy is used. It will bring together sensor data in areas such as household heat loss and appliance performance as well as energy usage monitoring to give real time informat ...
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European ICT network for energy efficiency (ICT21EE)

Start date: Oct 1, 2008, End date: Mar 31, 2010,

Description The European thematic network ICT for energy efficiency aims at federating a wide variety of stakeholders initially from 10 European countries to develop common understanding of good practices in the field of ICT applied to energy efficiency in cities. The approach will focus on what has been done and what can be done in urban ar ...
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ITISS - Intermodal Traveller Information Systems (ITISS)

Start date: Aug 31, 2003, End date: Aug 30, 2007,

...real time information about public transport, the project aims to encourage motorists to make greater use of other of modes, like buses and trains, so cutting car use. ITISS, in which the UKs Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive is leading nine other partners, is transnational in nature, both because it involves sharing information and addresses issues of common concern, notably reduci ...
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LIRA-II

Start date: Aug 31, 2002, End date: Dec 30, 2005,

Addressing similar concerns of mobility and accessibility but on a more local scale, the study project, The International Network of Light Rail Cities – From Vision to Action (LIRA-II), brings together 9 partners from the Netherlands, the UK and Belgium. Over 30 months the Dutch-led initiative will address accessibility in and around metropolitan areas by investigating strategies for the integrate ...
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E.V.A. Enhancing Competences through the Video-CV Aid;

E.V.A. project was realised in 4 different countries: Italy, Greece, Spain as well as the United Kingdom. The project aimed at:- Training vocational guidance counselors of the countries concerned in the methodology of the Video-CV process of creation and management;- Realising more than 100 Video-CV of job seekers in the countries concerned.The background of the project was focused on the dynamics ...
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Fotorally Euro Slam

Start date: May 15, 2009,

the project aims at creating a cultural link between a diverse range of local cultures, and to create a network of exchanges of best practices among local cultural operators.A web photo collection will be build from participants contributions and a photo games valorising intercultural dialogue will be created. a photo matrix, 2 photo exhibitions, and social media netwroks will be created.
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COMMUNITY KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT (CKM)

Improving customer support across Europe : The Project has developed a model of customer support that brings a number of environments together that would not normally interact. It has set up a help desk which can be used for all manner of public services. This project started in 2002 and lasted 28 months.
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ORSA MINORE - Organisation of certification by using smart cards in maritime professions

The project focuses on training for maritime personnel (working on ships and in ports) and intends to elaborate a competence portfolio of new professions in the sector and disseminate it in order to promote professional mobility. The main aims of the project are: to analyse and address emerging training needs in various aspects of marine transport in the partner countries, with a view to identifyi ...
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DISCOVER PEACE IN EUROPE

Start date: Oct 1, 2012,

We want to draw attention to peace matters as basic structures of democratic societies. This project has 4 steps:1st: Research in 7 European cities about historical and contemporary peace activities. Since the 19th century peace movements have emerged throughout Europe. Ever since then peace activities are taking place, but there is little knowledge about this in public. Numerous monuments display ...
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