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Mediterranean changing relationships: global change, networks and border openings (MEDCHANGE)

Start date: Oct 24, 2013, End date: Oct 23, 2017,

MEDCHANGe focuses on the analysis of the relationships between global networks (Internet), flows (virtual and spatial mobilities of individuals, information i.e. migration also in light of gender issues such those of Moroccon female migrants; climate change migrants; tourism and heritage valorisation flows) and geographical localities in terms of local development and marginalisation/segregation. ...
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Integration and international migration: pathways and integration policies (INTEGRIM)

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

According to UN assessments, there are 214 million international migrants worldwide and another 740 million internal migrants . The OECD highlights that there seems little likelihood of substantial reductions in numbers of international migrants in the current decade . Rises in global population, new demographic trends including ageing population, environmental deterioration and an increased globa ...
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VPH Dementia Research Enabled by IT (VPH-DARE@IT)

Start date: Apr 1, 2013, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

The DementiA Research Enabled by IT project responds to the European Parliament's 2011 resolution for a European Initiative on Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, and the EU Year of the Brain 2014 Initiative. It delivers the first patient-specific predictive models for early differential diagnosis of dementias and their evolution. Its mechanistic/phenomenological models of the ageing brain ac ...
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Demonstrating Managed Aquifer Recharge as a Solution to Water Scarcity and Drought (MARSOL)

Start date: Dec 1, 2013, End date: Nov 30, 2016,

Southern Europe and the Mediterranean region are facing the challenge of managing its water resources under conditions of increasing scarcity and concerns about water quality. Already, the availability of fresh water in sufficient quality and quantity is one of the major factors limiting socio economic development. Innovative water management strategies such as the storage of reclaimed water or ex ...
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PERMETTRE LA MOBILITE DES JEUNES PAR UNE VALORISATION DES COMPETENCES ACQUISES GRACE AUX APPRENTISSAGES REALISES AU SEIN DE L’ESPACE EUROPEEN RENFORCER ET ENRICHIR LES PRATIQUES PROFESSIONNELLES DES EQUIPES ENGAGEES DANS UNE OUVERTURE A L'EUROPE

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

ALLOW THE YOUTH MOBILITY BY UPGRADING SKILLS ACQUIRED THROUGH LEARNING MADE WITHIN THE EUROPEAN SPACE The Regional Federation of MFR (FRMFR) in Brittany undertakes, in its mission of facilitating networks, eight MFR located throughout the Breton territory. The 161 young people involved in the Erasmus + program will go to twelve different countries: Switzerland, Ireland, Spain, Sweden, Poland, Port ...
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SOLUTIONS for ENVIRONMENTAL CONTRASTS in COASTAL AREAS (SECOA)

Start date: Dec 1, 2009, End date: Nov 30, 2013,

"Urban settlements, following the economic crisis of the 70s, entered in a process of regional and urban restructuring to gain a new image at the international level. As a result of the renewed economic success new flows of permanent, semi-permanent, temporary and daily “human mobility” followed: (i) for consumption (leisure and tourism), (ii) for production (economic migration). The world competi ...
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How will life be in 2020? (Future2020)

Start date: May 1, 2013, End date: Nov 30, 2013,

This proposal aims to raise awareness of the prominent role researchers and how their work plays in our currently every day and for the future. Bearing in mind Horizon 2020 Societal Challenges, the ERN2013 will promote and disseminate what in terms of science and innovation is being done in Portugal.The extensive and nationwide range of activities already planned and being prepared have one major ...
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Customer-oriented and eco-friendly networks for healthy fashionable goods (CoreNet)

Start date: Jun 1, 2010, End date: May 31, 2013,

The objective of CoReNet is to address consumer needs and expectations of wide range of European citizens as well as specific target groups - such as elderly, obese, disabled, or diabetic persons -by supplying small series of functional and fashionable clothes and footwear of high quality, affordable price and eco-compatibility. Therefore the European Textile, Clothing and Footwear Industry wil ...
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Development of a Novel Integrated Inspection System for the Accurate Evaluation of the Structural Integrity of Rail Tracks (INTERAIL)

Start date: Oct 1, 2009, End date: Mar 31, 2013,

"The European rail industry is showing signs of steady recovery after a long period of decline. The technological advances in train design have led to the manufacturing of faster, greener and more comfortable trains making rail transport a more attractive option for passengers in comparison with other means of transportation. The ever growing need for the society to employ more environmentally fri ...
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Improved Novel Eco-Friendly Bleaching System for Cotton Using Enzyme and Ultrasound Processes (COTTONBLEACH)

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

"Cotton textiles --the main natural-fibre textile used worldwide-- undergo a toxic and costly bleaching process that weighs heavily on the quality, cost and environmental impact of textile manufacture. CottonBleach proposes the development of an improved cotton bleaching technology, more respectful with the textiles and the environment, to improve the competitive edge of European textile SMEs. Cur ...
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EUROPEAN UNION & THE WORLD SEEN FROM ABROAD (EUROBROADMAP)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Mar 31, 2012,

Geographers are the most critical social scientists when it comes to the delimitation of borders of the so-called European continent. Continents as Huntington’s civilisation are ideological productions that are certainly not based on natural facts. But they are deeply enhanced in the mind of European citizens and policy makers because they were historically produced by Europeans as a tool of world ...
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Generating Interethnic Tolerance and Neighborhood Integration in European Urban Spaces (GEITONIES)

Start date: May 1, 2008, End date: Apr 30, 2011,

"In the context of the growth of diversification within European nation states there has been much debate in public and policy discourse regarding the cultural specifics of immigrant groups and their descendents. As global processes and events have stressed cultural differences concerns about the cohesion of society, related often to a perceived cultural mismatch between immigrant and indigenous g ...
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