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RISE Women with disabilities In Social Engagement (RISEWISE)

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2020,

Women with disabilities have more difficulties to find an employment and to integrate in social day life activities than men with disabilities.This project focuses on the collective of women with disabilities from different perspectives, trying to identify needs and best practices in several EU countries, representing different cultural and socio-economic environments, for the integration and impr ...
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REsources from URban BIo-waSte (RES URBIS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

RES URBIS aims at making it possible to convert several types of urban bio-waste into valuable bio-based products, in an integrated single biowaste biorefinery and by using one main technology chain. This goal will be pursued through: - collection and analysis of data on urban bio-waste production and present management systems in four territorial clusters that have been selected in different cou ...
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Integrated Technology Ecosystem for ProACTive Patient Centred Care (ProACT)

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

ProACT targets Europe’s 50 million multimorbid patients to proactively self-manage and offset the EU’s annual €700billion cost of chronic disease management. ProACT aims at providing and evaluating an open application programming interface to integrate a variety of new and existing technologies to advance ‘home based’ integrated care (IC). Cloud based data analytics will determine correlations bet ...
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"Construye tu futuro"

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2017,

Project context The economic and financial crisis has strongly affected the socio-economic situation of Spain, and especially the construction industry, which level of activity and employment rate has dramatically decreased during past years. This scenario means the necessity of setting up new actions in order to respond from a strategic point of view, anticipating the formulation of renovated and ...
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Inovatyvūs praktinio mokymo(si) metodai

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2017,

The main aim of practical training in VET institutions is to provide students with proper conditions for acquiring knowledge and skills necessary for their future employment as well as to open possibilities for international career and to facilitate adaptation to the changing situation on the labour market. High quality practical training can ensure a successful career development of young workers ...
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Responsible ICT Network (R-ICT)

Start date: Mar 1, 2014, End date: Feb 29, 2016,

R-ICT aims to: Ensure coherent and consistent coordination of CSR issues in the ICT sector, in order to encourage and enable enterprises across the EU to apply and promote CSR, through strategic partnerships with relevant stakeholders, based on good practices that show the societal benefits that can be delivered by ICT.R-ICT is relevant to ICT-PSP as it is in line with and contributes to the DAE, ...
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Vulnerability Identification Tools for Resilience Enhancements of Urban Environments (VITRUV)

Start date: May 1, 2011, End date: Apr 30, 2014,

"The vulnerability of urban environments remains an undeveloped theme. With half of the world’s population currently living in urban centres, and with this figure set to increase to two-thirds by 2050, the issue of security and citizen safety is of paramount importance and a growing concern. In view of the growing number of threats from global terrorism, natural disasters or crime, urban planning ...
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European Thematic Network on Assistive Information and Communication Technologies (ETNA)

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

This Thematic Network will facilitate and co-ordinate the implementation of a European Web Portal able to provide information on ICT-based Assistive products which are available in Europe, and on related organisations and services. The Portal will also allow access to repositories of freeware, open source software products and tools for developers of accessibility and assistive solutions, or for m ...
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eACCESS+: the eAccessibility Network (eAccess+)

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

Description Much expertise, many guidelines and tools exist on e-accessibility but they are of a highly fragmented nature. As announced in the Communication of December 2008 on eAccessibility, the Thematic Network eAccess+ will create a platform for collecting and providing guidance on how to use in practice this body of knowledge. eAccess+ ...
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Tools for Brain-Computer Interaction (TOBI)

Start date: Nov 1, 2008, End date: Jan 31, 2013,

TOBI will develop practical technology for brain-computer interaction; i.e., non-invasive BCI prototypes combined with other assistive technologies (AT) that will have a real impact in improving the quality of life of disabled people. These non-invasive BCI are based on electroencephalogram (EEG) signals. The expected impact of TOBI is a wide-spread use of BCI assistive technology endowed with ada ...
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Demonstrating the reduction of greenhouse gases and air pollution through a homeostatic mobility planning aiming at road traffic balancing (FREEWAY)

Start date: Oct 1, 2004, End date: Mar 30, 2007,

Background Italy is committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 6.5% under the terms of the Kyoto Protocol. Road transportation is one of the most important areas to address to reach this goal. In congested commercial areas like Bologna, extensive road works are adding to traffic overload. Car exhaust emissions are related to the number of circulati ...
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Shallow Landslides Investigation Device : a tool to assess land susceptibility to shallow landslides for agricultural and urban planning in rural areas (SLID)

Start date: Oct 1, 2003, End date: Nov 30, 2006,

...ase histories. These include the City of Forlì, which is running SLID to solve planning and landscape management problems, the regional basin authority of Emilia Romagna river basins and the provincial service for soil protection of Forlì, as well as an Italian Space Agency project, “Morfeo”, that replicates the SLID system (equipment installation, data collection, and model runs) for the fi ...
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Demonstrating the industrial viability of a medium size biomass cogeneration plant to distribute heat and electricity in a mountain rural area (WARM-WOOD)

Start date: Oct 1, 2002, End date: Dec 31, 2005,

Background The initial idea for the “WARM-WOOD” project came from a report which showed the remarkable potential for using wood as a source of energy in many mountain areas of the Appennines. Objectives WARM-WOOD aimed to show that the Apennine woodlands, which have been ...
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Sea-Land System: concerted Actions for the Coastal Zone Management (SE.L.SY)

Start date: Sep 3, 2001, End date: Aug 31, 2004,

Background Many of Europe's coastal zones share problems of deterioration of their environmental, socio-economic and cultural resources. Since 1996, the European Commission has been working to identify and promote measures to remedy this trend and to improve the overall situation in these areas. Compared to other continents, Europe has a large continental ...
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European Network for Technology Enhanced Learning in an Inclusive Society

Start date: Jan 1, 2014,

Notwithstanding efforts of projects and organisations to reduce the digital divide, the gap is a concrete reality for people with disabilities of all ages and which has a negative impact on their inclusion and participation in society and on the development of their full potential and selffulfilment. "Education", with whatever means, and in whatever form (formal, non-formal and informal), seems an ...
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S1-L13A-EADICII (ARGENTINA)

Start date: Jul 15, 2010,

EADICII, counting on the sound collaboration and wide experience of its large partnership, plans 70 mobility flows from Argentina to ten EU partner universities at Doctorate, Post-Doc and Academic Staff level. The foreseen mobility flows are from Argentina to Europe only. Scholars at PhD level will move on a sandwich base or will enrol in a full doctoral programme, participating in a set of Doctor ...
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Keeping Pace with (Assistive) Technology

The project aims to meet the training needs of health and social service professionals working with disabled persons, in particular staff who are responsible for training in Assistive Technology (AT) centres. The project focuses on developing professionals' skills in using AT with disabled persons as part of a lifelong learning process. Project partners will undertake a review of training practic ...
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[ Go&LearNet ] Go & LearN for Educational Trainers

As technological innovation and globalization modified the economic and productive systems of European countries in the last years, a closer collaboration is nowadays needed between the school/vet systems and the labour market.This collaboration can be fostered through:- integration of formal and non formal learning to induce a reciprocal contamination and valorization of the training capacities ...
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