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Promoting water efficiency and supporting the shift towards a climate resilient agriculture in Mediterranean countries (LIFE AgroClimaWater)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2020,

Background Large parts of southern Europe with low annual precipitation, including Mirabello and Platanias in Crete (Greece) and Metapontino in Basilicata (Italy) are expected to be hit particularly hard by climate change. In addition, these areas are also characterised by competing water uses, including agriculture as well as tourism in Crete and industr ...
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Sustainable land use management for the conservation of the freshwater pearl mussel (LIFE Kerry)

Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

Background The catchments of the rivers Caragh and Blackwater in Kerry are important for a number of habitats and species, including the endangered freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera). The conservation status of this species has, over the years, declined due to land mismanagement, with diffuse sediment and nutrient losses being the main ...
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BAsic SKills, Entrepreneurship, Treasures of Diversity

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Mar 31, 2019,

... of education.We do this by bringing together for the first time three schools of the primary/lower secondary cycle, NGOs and local authorities from Italy Slovenia and Croatia.The partnership is made up of three primary schools the IC Romolo Onor in San Donà (VE-Italy), the primary school Veli of Pola (HR), and the primary school Antona Ukmarja of Koper (SLO), 3 local NGO Associazione 2050, KIP Pi ...
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Empowering Literacy in Adolescents through Creative Engagement with Comics

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2018,

International studies showed that EU students do not perform well in science, math and literacy skills (PISA, TIMMS, OECD). One of the specific priorities of the school education program is to address the low achievement in basic skills through more effective teaching methods and in particular through projects that foster interdisciplinary approaches and the integration of teaching basic skills su ...
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Creating and enhancing TRUSTworthy, responsible and equitable partnerships in international research (TRUST)

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2018,

The goal of the TRUST Project is to catalyse a global collaborative effort to improve adherence to high ethical standards around the world. Achieving equity in international research is one of the pressing concerns of the 21st century. Many international groups and organisations are working on governance frameworks and standards to guide research activities after progressive globalization. Howeve ...
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Training staff in the use of the Arts for the Benefit of patients with LOng-term conditions

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

Chronic diseases are a worldwide burden, causing 36 million deaths each year (World Health Organization, 2013). They are long-lasting conditions, which require regular treatment, administration, management and care, posing staggering socio-economic burdens on societies and health systems around the world. In this context, the use of arts for individuals suffering from long-term conditions can imp ...
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Jobs for Work 4.0 – The Future of Employment

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

...tests. We assume that they are working with approx. 20,000 clients (job searchers, VET learners, etc.) each year. For the long-term impact we have estimated that in the countries of the partnership alone, more than 85.000 persons who are working as labour office advisers or in similar professions will be informed through the Guidelines and Resource Pack in their native languages.The project fits i ...
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Supporting Graduate Entrepreneurship in the Creative Sector

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

Factory floors are progressively being replaced by creative communities whose raw material is their ability to imagine, create and innovate. In this new digital economy, immaterial value increasingly determines material value, as consumers are looking for new and enriching "experiences". It is widely accepted that there is a profound shortage of coherent entrepreneurship training programmes throug ...
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Career Management Skills - A New 'Literacy' for Sustainable Employment

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

The development of guidance services for adults within the workforce is a topical concern. Dramatic changes in work structures and social organization have occurred that are placing demands on adults to rethink their careers on an on-going basis. Added to this, are current EU policies that emphasize the need for continuous education for future economic and social mobility in an increasingly compet ...
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Green Entrepreneurship Training - Underpinning Prosperity

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

There is little doubt that the development of the green economy can make a significant contribution to restoring Europe’s economy to growth by harnessing new business and employment opportunities that green businesses offer and many countries are looking to green growth as the way out of the current economic crisis. The global market for environmental goods and services is vast and it continues to ...
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Mainstreaming Student Entrepreneurship

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

Europe needs more entrepreneurial citizens: creative, confident individuals who innovate to solve problems and convert ideas into value across enterprises, organizations and the public sector. Recent years have seen substantial growth in the number of VET institutions offering entrepreneurship education, but engagement levels are very low and programmes still focus on the “how to run business” a ...
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Beyond Retirement - A Migrant Integration Resource

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

... of retirees increase in the coming decades. The alignment of senior volunteers with the development of key competences of migrant communities represents an innovative and sustainable new learning partnership.
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ReEntry – Supports for Refugee Entrepreneurs to Create Normality in a Difficult Surrounding

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

...ers of the host community), mentoring, training, and finally also investment and funding. All of these are equally relevant in the refugee context.Therefore, the overall objective of our strategic partnership is to provide an overview about projects, initiatives and methods which support and facilitate refugee entrepreneurship.In order to reach this objective, the specific objectives are• to impl ...
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Young Community Mediators

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

...zations from the public, private and non-profit sector each with a strong track record in youth work, social inclusion and citizenship, and education. The project will be lead by ROSCOMMON LEADER PARTNERSHIP (RLP), a high profile hub organization working with dozens of regional and national partners. They are joined by Fundación Nuestra Señora Aparecida (Spain), East Belfast Enterprise (UK), Amici ...
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Youth Counselling against Radicalisation – a Holistic Approach to Support Vulnerable Adolescents

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

...ement, storage and presentation of materials, transcending limitations of space and time and creating the necessary conditions for a dynamic teaching environment The partnership comprises a multidisciplinary team: VERWEY-JONKER INSTITUUT (NL), an independent institute for applied research into social issues with a longstanding reputation on policy-strategic and evaluative research into social iss ...
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Whole-of-Society Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding (WOSCAP)

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

This proposal seeks to enhance the capabilities of the EU for implementing conflict prevention and peacebuilding interventions through sustainable, comprehensive and innovative civilian means. It intends to address some of the dilemmas and paradoxes of external interventions that aim for local ownership in third countries, by exploring principles, processes and tools that can enhance EU capabiliti ...
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Innovation Ecosystems for VET

Start date: Nov 1, 2015, End date: Oct 31, 2017,

The challenges and opportunities of globalisation and technological development have led to a strengthened emphasis on innovation as a key driver for sustainable economic development. Innovation is essential for the growth of modern societies and it is also central to achieving economic and social development. While innovation is generally recognized as critical to the continuous improvement of ed ...
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From Push to Pull: ECVET and transparency instruments go Business - Modern Human Resource Management with European transparency instruments

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

...ectual outputs are embedded into a comprehensive quality assurance approach as well as dissemination / exploitation strategy which will ensure the sustainable use of the outputs in the long term. The partnership consists of a multilayer selection of well experienced and geographically balanced organisations from AT, DE, IT, ES, IE, HU and SI which contribute to the project outputs and success.
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Creative Approach to Key Competence Building for Marginalized Young Adults

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

A dynamic economy with an emphasis on lifelong learning must be underpinned by a dynamic education sector and while tackling early school-leaving is one of the priority objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy addressing the skill deficits and building the key competences of the young unemployed already outside the education system is a key objective of ET 2020. Young Europeans without high-value sk ...
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Youth Enterprise through Arts

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

The importance of developing entrepreneurial skills in young people is well established as both a means to economic growth, as well as to enabling young people to achieve the goals they set out for themselves. With the emergence of innovative social enterprise models, now more than ever entrepreneurship programmes can empower young people to generate positive impact at individual and community lev ...
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Food Incubators Transforming Regions

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

...eeks to forge an effective & replicable model to provide the learning and strategic structure to develop food kitchens &incubators as enterprise, training and support drivers at regional level. The partnership involves 7 partners across 4 counties - UK, Ireland, Netherlands and Slovakia and will run for 24 months. Its rationale is clear .. while there are many VET responses for food entrepreneu ...
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Practical implementation of main transparency tools - EQF, ECVET, EQAVET - in European VET organisations

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

In times of striking economic crisis in Europe, education and training are more in the spotlight than ever, as policymakers are looking for clear responses to challenges faced by the Member States. All over Europe, national VET system and VET organisations are making considerable efforts to face these challenges and are undergoing developments to ensure that VET qualifications meet the highest qua ...
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Creative Communities Igniting Change

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

...this potential, there is little opportunity for disadvantage groups to connect with VET in the creative economy as a stepping stone to entrepreneurship. Youth unemployment is a challenge across our partnership - in November 2014 it was 23.2% in Poland, 23% in Sweden, 21.8% in Ireland and a lower 16% in the UK. It is clear that early school leavers and those of low educational attainment do not ha ...
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Zero Emission bUs Systems (ZEEUS)

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

Electrification of the public transport is a raising trend in Europe, and electric buses are soon expected to enter markets as one of the most interesting options for matching urban environmental targets. Electrification is driven by both economics and politics. However, although technology is not yet fully matured and ready for wide commercialisation, a large demonstration project will facilitat ...
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UNEXPRESSED TALENT

Start date: Apr 1, 2015, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

...ssociations and project stakeholders to jointly face problems and target common solutions; 3. To connect formal and non-formal education agencies for the purpose of improving both systems. The partnership will act in the project putting in place the different backgrounds of the single PPs but always keeping in mind that the final aim of the project is to improve the social activation and inclusio ...
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Harnessing the Learning Assets Within the SME Business Community

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

When SMEs succeed, Europe succeeds. ‘SME’ is a little acronym but it covers a huge diversity of companies, sectors and circumstances. Hidden within this large universe of companies across Europe are the champions of tomorrow. Since 2008 Europe has been suffering the effects of the most severe economic crisis it has seen in 50 years: in the majority of EU Member States small and medium-sized enterp ...
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ECVET based Agricultural Entrepreneurship Training Programme for young Roma and other disadvantaged unemployed

Start date: Oct 1, 2014, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

...ing) and entrepreneurship 3) a recognition procedure for competences acquired through non formal and informal prior learning processes based on the principles and instruments of ECVET The project partnership pf the ECVET AGENT project consists of experienced organisations from the sector of VET providers, target group representatives, policy makers, public and private organisations interested in ...
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New didactical models for initial VET training of young disadvantaged persons to reduce drop out

Start date: Oct 1, 2014, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

...hodology it will be possible to make the VET systems more open, accessible and equal and offer a perspective for disadvantaged learners to return, engage and find a place for themselves. The project partnership consists of well experienced VET providers, VET schools, company representatives, political bodies, social partners. All partners have profound knowledge in the subject and excellent acces ...
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Entrepreneurship open learning for job creation

Start date: Oct 1, 2014, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

...terprises, but there is also a lack of efficient articulation between entrepreneurial spaces organizations, research and education institutions, development agencies and potential entrepreneurs. This partnership has a European inter-regional character (organizations coming from different countries, with distinct geographical, social, cultural and economic assets) and inter-institutional nature (pu ...
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Creating European standards for open education and open learning resources

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

The main aim of the project EU-StORe - European Standards for Open Education and Open Learning Resources is to conceptualise and implement a European inventory of open learning resources, to analyse open learning scenarios and open learning resources, and to create shared common European standards and guidelines for open learning. Open education and open learning resources are actually one of the ...
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Euroopa parimad praktikad ECVETi rakendamisel

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

The problem targeted with this project: insufficient and ineffective co-implementation of RPL (Recognition of Prior Learning) and ECVET principles. The goal is to use the knowledge gathered through this project to enhance the adoption of ECVET across Estonia. Studies conducted so far within the Estonian framework of ECVET project have demonstrated that the awareness of ECVET among the VET institu ...
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Become Entrepreneurial Leader

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2016,

The main aim of this international training course on leadership and entrepreneurial/pro-active civil society attitude is to equip the participants with competences in terms of leadership and entrepreneurial learning. Through the program of the course the learners will develop understanding about the concept of leadership and gain practical skills of working with groups and handling group process, ...
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Support to the Grand Coalition for ICT jobs (DIGITALJOBS)

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

Exploitation of ICT has a crucial role to play in Europe's future prosperity and well-being. The single largest obstacle to harnessing the power of ICT is a shortage of skills, particularly ICT practitioners, where the shortfall is estimated at 900,000. President Barroso remarked on this problem following the final session of the EC on 15 March - "Opportunities exist and we must train our young p ...
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Cooperation with Mediterranean Partners to build Opportunities around ICT and Societal And Industrial Challenges of Horizon 2020 (MOSAIC)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

The MOSAIC project aims to foster R&D cooperation between Europe and Mediterranean Partner Countries under European and third country programmes. MOSAIC focuses on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and how ICT can support common EU-MED societal challenges among which Health and wellbeing, Food and agriculture, Clean Energy, Green Integrated Transport and Risk Management for critical ...
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In/visible cities - International Festival of Urban Multimedia

Start date: Sep 10, 2014, End date: Dec 30, 2015,

In/Visible cities is an international festival of urban multimedia with a widespread and crossborder approach which aims to promote the interaction between technological innovation and artistic multimedia expressions as tool for urban spaces revitalization.The Festival offers installations and multimedia shows, workshops and performances, focusing on "visible cities", as theme for reflection a ...
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European Youth Environmental Sentinels

Start date: Dec 31, 2014, End date: Oct 31, 2015,

EYES – European Youth Environmental Sentinels’ main aim was to promote sustainable environment and health protection, on the basis of Art. 191 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. The project involved youth workers and young leaders interested or having a personal experience in environment and health issues, who acted as “multipliers” at the local and international levels. The p ...
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Memory, Youth, Political Legacy And Civic Engagement (MYPLACE)

Start date: Jun 1, 2011, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

MYPLACE explores how young people‟s social participation is shaped by theshadows (past, present and future) of totalitarianism and populism in Europe.Conceptually, it goes beyond the comparison of discrete national „political cultures‟or reified classifications of political heritage („postcommunist‟/‟liberal democratic‟);it is premised rather on the pan-European nature of a range of radical and po ...
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Reconstruction of the Automobile BCP Borisoglebsk

Start date: Dec 31, 2013, End date: Sep 29, 2015,

The (only) border crossing point between Norway and Russia needs developing, since the trade and cross-border cooperation has increased during the last few years. The programme has contracted a project for reconstructing the border crossing point. The amount of investments vs. purely planning costs will be specified during July 2015. ...
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Rural Alliances

Start date: Mar 31, 2010, End date: Jul 30, 2015,

...! A Rural Vibrancy Measuring Index Method. The rural alliance partners have worked together to develop and produce a way for rural communities to measure the vibrancy of their rural areas. The partnership has broken through the technology barrier that allows communities to use an on line survey system and get back their results - have a go....... on http://www.ruralvibes.eu/. A Transnational Rur ...
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Combined Highly Active Anti-retroviral Microbicides (CHAARM)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Jun 30, 2015,

This proposal is for a large scale collaborative project in which we propose both to develop novel microbicides directed against new intracellular targets and to investigate novel combinations of highly active anti-retroviral drugs which may be particularly effective as microbicides. Combinations may enhance efficacy but equally importantly will increase the genetic barrier to the development of r ...
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