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Licence professionnelle en formation ouverte et à distance pour la performance énergétique et environnementale des bâtiments en Fédération de Russie, en Chine et en Azerbaïdjan

Start date: Oct 15, 2015, End date: Oct 14, 2018,

Joint project for the modernization of educational programs in climate engineering, regional priority for Russia and China, national priority for Azerbaijan.3 AIMS IN EACH COUNTRY:Reduce skills gaps on intermediate levels (construction site coordinator, design technician) by improving the employability of students and by perfecting corporate executives.Professionalize teaching programs in line wit ...
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Developing a concept for a European minerals deposit framework (MINATURA 2020)

Start date: Feb 1, 2015, End date: Jan 31, 2018,

...tats, other environmental concerns, priorities for settlements, etc. Access to mineral deposits, on the other hand, also meets public interests such as raw materials security (compared with many international access options). The deliberation between these diverse land uses requires adequate consideration of the exclusiveness, reversibility, and consequences on the surrounding. The overall objecti ...
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Development of a sustainable exploitation scheme for Europe’s Rare Earth ore deposits (EURARE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

With numerous European industries heavily depended on imported REE raw materials, there is a need for EU to secure a viable supply of REE minerals as well as develop from the ground up the currently non-existent European REE extraction and processing industry. The goal of the EURARE project will be (i) to characterize the potential REE resources in Europe; and (ii) to research, develop, optimize a ...
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ACTION PLAN ON SIS RELATED ISSUES IN EPIDEMICS AND TOTAL PANDEMICS (ASSET)

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

...tudies, science communication and media, in order to develop an integrated, transdisciplinary, strategy, which will take place at different stages of the research cycle, combining local, regional and national levels.
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QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEM IN UKRAINE: DEVELOPMENT ON THE BASE OF ENQA STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES

Start date: Oct 15, 2015, End date: Oct 14, 2017,

... aimed at contribution to current reform of Ukrainian system of QA in higher education. The consortium plans to solve the following problems and needs that are crucial for the partner country both at national and institutional levels:-Need in tools ensuring effective functioning of internal and external QA systems-Need in capacity building of HEIs and national QA body through training of staff to ...
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Multi-Stakeholder Platform for a Secure Supply of Refractory Metals in Europe (MSP-REFRAM)

Start date: Dec 1, 2015, End date: Jun 30, 2017,

...he project will be made available to the stakeholders and to the public through different tools and reports.In the medium term, MSP-REFRAM will contribute to better-informed decision-making at EU and national level as well as industry by proposing innovative value chains that will boost the refractory metals sector. In the longer term, this should improve the availability of these refractory metal ...
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Multiculturalism - the Outcome of Social Acceptance, Integration and Culture

Start date: Aug 15, 2016, End date: Nov 14, 2016,

...an active interaction with local communities.The project stimulates development of specific skills and competences for youth and guarantee the strong impact at local/regional/European and International levels due to the nature of the Consortium and implemented training activities.A dissemination plan with a wide range of press releases, information on social networks (Facebook, Twitter, Youtube) ...
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Landfill mining pilot application for recovery of invaluable metals, materials, land and energy (LIFE RECLAIM)

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

...monstration of a pilot-scale installation for waste processing at the Polygyros landfill site; Processing of at least 1 000m3 of waste for production of different concentrate samples; Drafting of a national action plan for landfill mining and strategic environmental assessment; and Socio-economic analysis of landfill mining.
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Envelope Approach to improve Sustainability and Energy efficiency in Existing multi-storey multi-owner residential buildings (EASEE)

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

EASEE aims at developing a tool-kit for energy efficient envelope retrofitting of existing multi-storey and multi-owner buildings which combines novel design and assessment strategies, modular prefabricated elements, advanced insulating materials and new scaffolding-free installation approaches, to reduce energy demand, minimising the impact on occupants while preserving the façade original appear ...
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SUStainable, innovative and energy-efficient CONcrete, based on the integration of all-waste materials (SUS-CON)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

The project aims at developing new technology routes to integrate waste materials in the production cycle of concrete, for both ready-mixed and pre-cast applications, resulting in an innovative light-weight, eco-compatible and cost-effective construction material, made by all-waste raw materials and characterized by low embodied energy and CO2 and by improved ductility and thermal insulation perfo ...
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Low Embodied Energy Advanced (Novel) Insulation Materials and Insulating Masonry Components for Energy Efficient Buildings (LEEMA)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

A review of the embodied energy values of the various building materials shows that the embodied energy of the most widely used insulation materials in construction applications is characterised by very high values. This mainly results either from the energy intensive conditions applied for the manufacturing of the mineral based insulation materials or from the high embodied energies of the oil-ba ...
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Towards a Clean, Litter-Free European Marine Environment through Scientific Evidence, Innovative Tools and Good Governance (CLEANSEA)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

There is an urgent need for an improved knowledge base for the management of marine litter. CLEANSEA aims to generate new information on the impacts (biological, social and economic) of marine litter, develop novel tools needed to collect and monitor litter and protocols needed for monitoring data (litter composition and quantities) and evaluate the impact of mitigation strategies and measures in ...
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Semantic Interoperability for Health Network (SemanticHealthNet)

Start date: Dec 1, 2011, End date: May 31, 2015,

...ive, will inform the shape of the Virtual Organisation that this Network will establish to sustain semantic interoperability developments and their adoption.The consortium comprises more than 40 internationally recognised experts, including from USA and Canada, ensuring a global impact.
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Cost-Effective Tools for Better Indoor Environment in Retrofitted Energy Efficient Buildings (CETIEB)

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

The refurbishing to an energy efficient standard leads to tight buildings (whole envelope: windows, walls, etc.) and affects the indoor climate. In case of refurbishing the inhabitants or users are not adapted to this new situation. Therefore the air exchange rates could be lower than required if no mechanical ventilation is installed or the system performance is not optimised. Then, in trying to ...
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Sustainable Aggregates Planning in South East Europe  (SNAP-SEE)

Start date: Sep 30, 2012, End date: Sep 29, 2014,

...aggregates planning, and the level and nature of stakeholder participation in the development of aggregates management plans needs to be enhanced. The identified problems are a lack of: - coordinated National/regional planning for aggregates' supply that addresses cross-sectoral interactions, and ensures that documents are consistent, - integrated planning for primary and secondary aggregates that ...
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"A new, ground based data-assimilative modeling of the Earth's plasmasphere - a critical contribution to Radiation Belt modeling for Space Weather purposes" (PLASMON)

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

"The security of space assets are affected by the high-energy charged particle environment in the radiation belts. The controlling principal source and loss mechanisms in the radiation belts are not yet completely understood. During a geomagnetic storm the length of time during which space assets are in danger is determined by the loss mechanisms, particularly by relativistic electron precipitatio ...
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Knowledge transfer and research needs for preparing mitigation/adaptation policy portfolios (PROMITHEAS-4)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

...ations with the governmental bodies of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization (BSEC) (Ministerial Meetings, Working Groups on Environment, Energy, Science and Technology, etc), the national competent authorities and relevant stakeholders, twelve (12) national workshops, a final international conference, a world wide disseminated newsletter, a main website with fifteen (15) linked websites ...
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Efficient exploitation of EU perlite resources for the development of a new generation of innovative and high added value micro-perlite based materials for Chemical, Construction and Manufacturing (ExPerl)

Start date: May 1, 2009, End date: Apr 30, 2013,

Among the various industrial minerals needed by the EU industry, perlite is highly important both from technological and economic point of view with many applications in Construction (ceiling tiles; mortars, as loose-fill insulation), Chemical industry (cryogenics, filter media for chemicals, food products, water purification) and in horticultural applications. Conventionally expanded perlite ha ...
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Nano-particle products from new mineral resources in Europe (PROMINE)

Start date: May 1, 2009, End date: Apr 30, 2013,

The objectives of the ProMine IP address the Commission’s concerns over the annual 11 billion € trade deficit in metal and mineral imports. Europe has to enhance the efficiency of its overall production chain putting higher quality and added value products on the market. ProMine focuses on two parts of this chain, targeting extractive and end-user industries. Upstream, the first ever Pan-EU GIS b ...
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NEW INTEGRATED KNOWLEDGE BASED APPROACHES TO THE PROTECTION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE FROM EARTHQUAKE-INDUCED RISK (NIKER)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2012,

"The project tackles the problem of earthquake-impact on Cultural Heritage assets starting from basic consideration that efficient protection, with substantial guarantee of compatibility and low-intrusivity, can only be achieved with ‘minimum intervention’ approach. This requires that potentialities of existing materials and components are as much as possible exploited in terms of strength and ene ...
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Climate Change and Impacts on Water Supply (CC-WaterS)

Start date: Apr 30, 2009, End date: Apr 29, 2012,

...ter resources and will change according to CC. It is crucial for safeguarding future water supply to anticipate these climate and land use changes and to assess their impacts on water resources. Transnational action is needed to prepare SEE for the challenge of ensuring water supply for society for several decades. Policy makers and water suppliers are required to develop sustainable management pr ...
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UP-GRADE BLACK SEA SCIENTIFIC NETWORK (UP-GRADE BS-SCENE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2011,

...gional capacity and performance of marine environmental data and information management, underpins harmonization with European marine data quality control/assessment procedures and adoption of international meta-data standards and data-management practices, providing improved data & information delivery services for the Black Sea region at a European level. The Up-Grade of Black Sea SCENE project ...
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Strengthening the energetic use of biomass in Central and Eastern Europe by establishing a standardised transnational consulting net for regions (COACH BioEnergy)

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

...cation gaps are often bigger than in urban regions. The project “Coach BioEnergy” seeks to promote energy production from biomass in the Central Europe regions through the establishment of a transnational consultancy network. The main target groups of the consultancy service will be local actors: public bodies, producers of biomass and experts in economic and ecological developmentBy focusing on e ...
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Access to Technology and Know-how in Cleaner Production in Central Europe (ACT CLEAN)

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

...nd processes, 2) information on legal frameworks (i.e. relevant directives), funding opportunities (i.e. support programmes), CE wide events for SME matchmaking, 3) services provided by Act Clean National Contact Points, which are one-stop-shops for supporting CP in SMEs, 4) the Act Clean Toolbox, with 45 CP tools in the fields of emission & waste prevention, energy & material efficiency as well a ...
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Sustainable Aggregates Resource Management (SARMa)

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

...and SSM. Local, site-level activities will focus on environmentally friendly extraction through best practices, reducing illegal quarrying, and recycling to reducing use of primary aggregates. Region/national activities will create a SARM framework for effective management, and define SSM, as well as recommend how to integrate SSM into planning and legislation. Transnational activities focus on ha ...
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Technical Education on Resource Savings for Industrial Development

Start date: Oct 15, 2011,

... fossil fuels, water) as prevention action, or for wastewaters, solid wastes and air pollutant treatment as reduction action. The project will involve partners coming from academic world, industries, National governments and NGOs.The educational aspect is focused on two different levels: academic and professional. The wider objectives, with the respective outcomes in brackets, are:1. dissemination ...
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Two cycle E-Commerce curricula to serve Information Society in RU,UA and IL

Start date: Oct 15, 2011,

...egrated practice oriented facility; retrained academic staff in new curricula methodologies/in additional training programmes; pilot teaching/operation; E-Business Offices (EBO) and international education net in the field of “E-Commerce” in operation.
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MinBioRest - Vocational Training of Post-Mining Restoration of Environment

...ll be further developed, tested and evaluated. End results will be in a minimum of two European languages and include a tool for the evaluation of competence levels to provide an opportunity for transnational recognition of achievements.Promotion of the products will be adapted to different audiences: potential learners, tutors, education and training providers and small or larger companies. Means ...
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INTEGRATED UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: EU EXPERIENCE ON NIS COUNTRIES’ GROUND

Start date: Oct 15, 2012,

The problems of the education systems of Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova and Georgia for the recent transition period arequite similar. Although the problems are not academic in nature, they do have a negative impact on the outcomes andoutputs of the latter. The main difficulties refer to absence of economic sustainability in the new political, economic, andsocial paradigm. Yet another problem is the ab ...
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INFORMATICS AND MANAGEMENT: BOLOGNA-STYLE QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORKS

Start date: Oct 15, 2012,

...ents for bachelor and master students in the fields of informatics and management;• develop sectorial qualifications frameworks (SQF) in the fields of informatics and management drawing on the National Qualifications Frameworks of the target countries and European Qualifications Framework; • operationalize SQFs by introducing new learning outcomes for informatics and management in the partner coun ...
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Geoparks

...ustainability is another important objective which leads the partnership to lay down high standards of quality for the three Geoparks that have been identified as testing grounds to this transnational approach. Each site is particularly associated to volcanism and water action: the caves of Marble Arch in Northern Ireland, Vulkaneiffel in Germany and the Copper Coast in the Republic of Ireland. Ov ...
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EUREKA - Enhancement of University Research and Education in Knowledge Areas useful for Sustainable Development (EU - Latin America)

Start date: Jul 15, 2013,

...ilities. The main outcome of EUREKA SD will be creation of EU-LA academic, scientific, innovation and business projects space, based on trans-disciplinary in a new scientific network- EUREKA International.
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