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Nature Integrated Management to 2020 (LIFE IP GESTIRE 2020)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2023,

Background In order to ensure the conservation objectives and ecological coherence of the Natura 2000 network, the Lombardy region recognised the need to develop a regional strategy for the period 2015-2020, supported by an integrated, unified, coordinated and participatory management strategy. To this end, in the period 2012-2015 the project GESTIRE (LIF ...
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ERA-NET ON ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES (MANUNET III)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2021,

Europe is facing major economic challenges that require an ambitious economic policy for the 21st century. The EU has set out its vision for Europe's social market economy in the Europe 2020 strategy, which aims at confronting our structural weaknesses through progress in three mutually reinforcing priorities:• smart growth, based on knowledge and innovation,• sustainable growth, promoting a more ...
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ERA-Net Smart Grids Plus: support deep knowledge sharing between regional and European Smart Grids initiatives (ERANet SmartGridPlus)

Start date: Jan 30, 2015, End date: Jan 29, 2020,

"From local trials to a European knowledge community".The challenges of modernising the electricity grids in Europe lies in enabling an increased flexibility of the European power system, efficiently providing increased transfer capacity and enabling an active participation of users and new market actors (by providing the information, services, market architectures and privacy guarantees).To addre ...
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MAinSTreaming Experiences at Regional and local level for adaptation to climate change (LIFE MASTER ADAPT)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2019,

Background Within the EU, southern Europe, and the Mediterranean basin in particular, will be most affected by global climate change. Strategies and plans for adaption to climate change are developed at national and regional level in the EU. Italy launched its National Adaptation Strategy to Climate Change (SNAC) in 2014, and officially adopted it in June ...
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Synergic Circular Economy across European Regions (SCREEN)

Start date: Nov 1, 2016, End date: Oct 31, 2018,

SCREEN aims at the definition of a replicable systemic approach towards a transition to Circular Economy in EU regions within the context of the Smart Specialization Strategy, through the identification and implementation of operational synergies between R&I investments from H2020 and the European Structural and Investment Funds, thus contributing to novel future eco-innovative and horizontal busi ...
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WOODUAL – Wood sector and Dual Learning for Youth Employment and Skills

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

Vocational and Education Training programmes can play a central role in preparing students for work and responding to labour market needs, representing a smart and sustainable response to economic crisis and to decrease unemployment, especially for the wood and furniture manufacturing sector that is important for most of European countries WOODUAL project aims at building up a strong and continuat ...
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WOLF IN THE ALPS: IMPLEMENTATION OF COORDINATED WOLF CONSERVATION ACTIONS IN CORE AREAS AND BEYOND (LIFE WOLFALPS)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: May 31, 2018,

Background After their eradication in the Alps in the first half of the 20th Century, wolves have started returning again, following the protection measures and the improvement of ecological conditions in Western Europe that have occurred in recent decades. Currently, the natural expansion of wolves in the Alps presents wildlife managers with the challeng ...
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Acquiring TEchnical COmpetences abroaD

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2018,

CONTEXTThe project will offer students of Associazione CNOS/FAP Regione Lombardia VET centers the possibility of a placement abroad as a first step towards the creation of a regional consortium that aims to internationalize VET education through a systemic approach participated by the main stakeholders. The Associazione CNOS/FAP Regione Lombardia is willing to transfer in its region what Aeca and ...
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New challenges for Public Libraries

Start date: May 1, 2016, End date: Apr 30, 2018,

Public libraries, which are deeply rooted in the European history of cities, communities and rural lives are undergoing a profound change (crisis) due to the "dematerialisation" of the book, the development of the Web, the rapidly evolving information technologies. In many communities around Europe libraries are still the only place where a person, regardless of education or skill level, can ...
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Key competences and solutions for the effectiveness of Internships

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

KEY 4 Key Competencies and Solutions for the Effectiveness of Internships is aimed at developing methodological solutions, promoting cultural approaches to learning in professional contexts and at developing key competencies (KC). The partnership reunites Italian organizations involved in the local management and promotion of internships, Finnish and Austrian organizations with a trustworthy exper ...
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Restoring connectivity in Po River basin opening migratory route for Acipenser naccarii* and 10 fish species in Annex II (CON.FLU.PO.)

Start date: Dec 1, 2012, End date: Jun 30, 2017,

Background The project site is the fluvial corridor of the Po river and the plain area of Italy’s largest watershed (over 70 000 km2). The area is home to the 11 European priority fish species and more than 40 native fish species, 15 of which are endemic or sub-endemic to the area. Fish species of European interest are the same from the river’s mouth ...
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Helping enhanced soil functions and adaptation to climate change by sustainable conservation agriculture techniques (LIFE HelpSoil)

Start date: Jul 1, 2013, End date: Jun 30, 2017,

Background In the river Po plain, the organic carbon stock stored in soils varies from 34-60 tonnes per hectare (t/ha). The potential for further uptake if soils are managed appropriately is estimated to be at least 12.8 t/ha of CO2 equivalent. Furthermore, increasing the organic content of soil improves the physical and chemical qualities of soils, leadi ...
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Establishing the value and business model for sustainable eHealth services in Europe - VALUeHEALTH (VALUeHEALTH)

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

VALUeHEALTH will establish how eHealth interoperability can create and deliver value for all stakeholders, for a sustainable market in scaling up cross-border services. We will develop an evidence-based business plan for interoperability, beginning with CEF support and then sustainable revenue streams for developing and operating self-funding priority pan-European eHealth Services beyond 2020.Our ...
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PRoduct Environmental Footprint Enhanced by Regions (Life PREFER)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

Background Current production and consumption patterns are not sustainable and are contributing to climate change, the loss of natural resources, the extinction of species, and environmental damage caused by emissions. The Global Ecological Footprint tracks the area of biologically productive land and water required to provide the renewable resources that ...
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Digipay4Growth: Governments, SMEs and consumers make expenditures through a digital payment system that stimulates economic growth and job creation by increasing sales and access to credits for SMEs (Digipay4Growth)

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

The DigiPay4Growth project applies an innovative Digital Payment System (DPS), Cyclos, to showcase a solution for economies facing the detrimental effects of the Eurozone crisis. The innovation focuses on increasing the availability of money and the way that it organizes growth in local economies so that the multiplier effect is increased. The general objective of the project is to demonstrate th ...
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Virtual Registry of the (under – on – above) GrOund Infrastructures (VIRGO)

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

At the moment European countries are not obliged to have a (virtual) registry of infrastructures, however public administrations, private or public enterprises and citizens feel the need of knowing how the various infrastructures are placed and managed and which are the relative responsabilities and properties as the lack of a single and common registry generates conflicts of competence between op ...
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Assessing SNOMED CT for Large Scale eHealth Deployments in the EU (ASSESS CT)

Start date: Feb 1, 2015, End date: Jul 31, 2016,

ASSESS CT will contribute to better semantic interoperability of eHealth services in Europe, in order to optimise care and to minimise harm in delivery of care. In a joint one-year effort, the ASSESS CT consortium will investigate the fitness of the clinical terminology SNOMED CT as a potential standard for EU-wide eHealth deployments, scrutinising clinical, technical, financial, and organisationa ...
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MAKING PUBLIC GOODS PROVISION THE CORE BUSINESS OF NATURA 2000 (MAKING GOOD NATURA)

Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: Jun 15, 2016,

Background Natura 2000 network sites provide a wide range of ecosystems services. Efficient management of the sites is essential for their conservation and to ensure the continued delivery of ecosystems services. However, conservation activities come with an administrative and management cost, and, in many cases, management plans cannot be implemented bec ...
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Development of the strategy to manage the Natura 2000 network in the Lombardia Region (GESTIRE)

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

Background Lombardy is a region rich in biodiversity, containing 241 Natura 2000 sites, covering 15% of its total area. It is also the most populous region in Italy, containing one-sixth of the country’s population (about 10 million people) and producing one fifth of its GDP. Reconciling agricultural and industrial production needs with biodiversity and ...
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TRANS INSUBRIA BIONET - TIB - Trans Insubria Bionet. Habitat connection and improvement along the Insubria ecological corridor between the Alps and the Ticino valley (TIB)

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

Background Declining biodiversity is a major environmental problem everywhere, including in developed regions of Europe such as the densely-populated region of Lombardy (Italy). Habitat loss and fragmentation are the primary cause of biodiversity decline. To mitigate this biodiversity loss, Lombardy has identified and studied the functionality of critical ...
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Colloidal Silica Medium, to Obtain Safe inert, from RICE husk ash (COSMOS-RICE)

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

Background In municipal waste incinerators, the main waste product is bottom ash, which is equivalent to some 10% by volume of the solid waste input. Fly ash, or the finest, lightest residue, is collected in many plants using a filtration system. Fly ash contains heavy metals (including zinc, lead, cadmium and chromium) and is therefore classified as toxi ...
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Smart Urban Freight SolutIONs (SmartFuSION)

Start date: Apr 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

The SMARTFUSION public-private partnership (PPP) will build upon existing urban freight development strategies of three demonstration regions and to demonstrate smart urban freight solutions on co-operative and sustainable city distribution in urban interurban supply chains. Leading idea is to introduce the concept of the European Green Car Initiative in the last mile operations, introduce innovat ...
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Assessing subsurface potentials of the Alpine Foreland Basins for sustainable planning and use of natural resources (GeoMol)

Start date: Sep 30, 2012, End date: Jun 29, 2015,

To meet the EU’s ambitious targets for carbon emission reduction, renewable energy production must strongly be upgraded and made more efficient and capable for grid energy storage. Alpine Foreland Basins feature a unique geological inventory which can contribute substantially to tackle these challenges. Deep ‘Molasse’ basins at the fringe of the Alpine mountain range offer an abundant geothermal p ...
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Networking on Nature 2000 sites in rural areas of Italy (FA.RE.NA.IT)

Start date: Nov 3, 2011, End date: May 31, 2015,

Background Agriculture is the starting point for many highly biodiverse ecosystems, and can contribute to the maintenance of species diversity and a large gene pool. Halting the loss of biodiversity cannot be done without the active commitment of farmers, the principal land managers in Europe. Italy is the EU country with the highest percentage of cultiva ...
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Eradication and control of grey squirrel: actions for preservation of biodiversity in forest ecosystems (EC-SQUARE)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Mar 31, 2015,

Background Grey squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) are acknowledged as an invasive alien species which has threatened the native Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) in the British Isles and parts of northern Italy. The grey squirrel can also cause extensive damage to trees through bark-stripping, which affects re-growth and natural tree reproduction in ...
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Connecting and Coordinating European Research and Technology Development with Japan (CONCERT-JAPAN)

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

"The EU and Japan has recently signed an agreement on cooperation in science and technology. The EU Commissioner for Science and Research, Janez Potočnik has stated that ""This agreement between the EC and Japan opens a new chapter in the history of science and research cooperation between two of the main knowledge providers in the world in a new era of international global cooperation in research ...
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Establishing a monitoring network to assess lowland forest and urban plantation in Lombardy and urban forest in Slovenia (EMoNFUr)

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

Background The European Union's environmental objectives include the protection of forests and biodiversity. For this, deep knowledge of the status and evolution of artificial and natural urban and periurban forests is essential. In the last 30 years, such woodlands have been planted in the Lombardy region of Italy and in other European countries. These ...
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Brown Bear Conservation: coordinated actions for the Alpine and the Apennines range (ARCTOS) (ARCTOS)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Aug 31, 2014,

Background The beneficiary has already taken part in LIFE Nature projects aiming at protecting the population of brown bear (Ursus arctos) in Italy. These bears, which almost disappeared from the country in the last decades of the 20th Century, still appear to be under threat as a result of a lack of robust scientific knowledge, habitat degradation, and ...
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Smart Open Services - Open eHealth Initiative for a European Large Scale Pilot of Patient Summary and Electronic Prescription (epSOS)

Start date: Jul 1, 2008, End date: Jun 30, 2014,

Description SOS project becomes Smart Open Services for European Patients (epSOS) to better reflect the focus on patient needs.Patient summaries and ePrescriptionsPatient summaries and electronic prescriptions (ePrescriptions) are two key services that enable high quality medical care. Such health records provide health professionals with ...
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Forwarding ACTions On a Regional and local scale to reach UE targets of the European Climate Action Plan “20-20 by 2020” (FACTOR20)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

Background Reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is a major aim for mitigating the impacts of climate change. Italy has already seen innovative actions to define models and tools for GHG-emission accounting. In general, these initiatives have been aimed at raising stakeholders’ awareness of the need to reduce emissions at local level. Strategies have ...
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Valorizzazione turistica lungo l'itinerario Locarno-Milano-Venezia: museo delle acque italo-svizzere (IDROTOUR)

Start date: Oct 31, 2010, End date: Oct 31, 2013,

The enhancement of the street Locarno-Milan-Venice is a perspective of interest in developing tourist areas of Italian-svizzeri.L 'waterway is a journey from the many tourist attractions: a lake, river, parks, city centers and resort cultural and artistic value. Currently the lands are characterized by tourist important matters that concern the city of Locarno, Lake Maggiore, Milan and other c ...
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ERCORSI CASTELLANI DA MILANO A BELLINZONA (CASTELLI DEL DUCATO)

Start date: Aug 31, 2010, End date: Aug 30, 2013,

The Castles of the Duchy project is to outline a cultural and tourist lead from the Sforzesco Castle in Milan to the castles of Bellinzona, enhancing fortifications, architecture and urban centers, founded or expanded during the rule of Duchy of Milan, mid-fourteenth century to the mid sixteenth century. The castle structures the ancient duchy of the Visconti and Sforza, of great interest for ...
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TEXTILE AT THE CROSS ROADS OF NEW APPLICATIONS (CROSSTEXNET)

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

"Fibre materials and textiles can be a material of choice for the future. The realisation of this potential depends on Europe’s ability to achieve a critical mass of investments in RTD and on our ability to transfer research into innovations. Here Europe faces great challenges and therefore, there is a need to bridge the good intentions of the European Technology Platforms, the Lead Market Initiat ...
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Conoscere il trasporto delle merci pericolose come strumento di tutela del territorio (DESTINATION) (DESTINATION)

Start date: Mar 31, 2010, End date: Mar 30, 2013,

Designing an operating system and non-experimental data acquisition and analysis due to transport dangerous goods (TDG). The system must be shared and accessible by all partners and interested stakeholders and aimed at a more effective and efficient government of the territory. In addition, all stages of the project are characterized by the maximum reuse of existing experience on the subject, ...
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Helvetia-Italy Digital Elevation Model (HELI-DEM)

Start date: Sep 19, 2010, End date: Mar 18, 2013,

In the last few years have been acquired in Italy and Switzerland, the land elevation data with technologies and various inaccuracies. The project aims at creating a digital terrain model (DTM) correctly geo-referenced, multi-resolution, incorporating prior validation, all the information available for the alpine and subalpine, including Italy (Piedmont, Lombardy) and Switzerland (cantons Tic ...
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Integrated Mobile Security Kit (IMSK)

Start date: Mar 1, 2009, End date: Feb 28, 2013,

"The Integrated Mobile Security Kit (IMSK) project will combine technologies for area surveillance; checkpoint control; CBRNE detection and support for VIP protection into a mobile system for rapid deployment at venues and sites (hotels, sport/festival arenas, etc) which temporarily need enhanced security. The IMSK accepts input from a wide range of sensor modules, either legacy systems or new dev ...
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Valorizzazione delle Esperienze e dei prodotti Turistici Transfrontalieri delle medie e Alte quote (VETTA)

Start date: Jan 31, 2010, End date: Jan 30, 2013,

Spirit of the project is to enhance and highlight the environmental resources, human and landscape in the area is by improving cross-border supply turned tourist hikers. Starting with an assessment of the local tourism potential attached to the offer of accommodation and high-altitude huts on average, an analysis of demand and supply of tourist services incidental to hiking, taking into accoun ...
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STRATEGIE DI ADATTAMENTO AI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI PER LA GESTIONE DEI RISCHI NATURALI (STRADA)

Start date: Jan 14, 2010, End date: Jan 14, 2013,

In the context of climate change and consequent changes in patterns hydrological and meteorological management of natural hazards, particularly important and widespread within the territorial limits of the program Italy-Switzerland, is not possible without an approach integrated, comprehensive and participated in a position to develop new strategies to adapt to climate change so as to plan the ...
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USO DELL'ACQUA E SALVAGUARDIA AMBIENTALE E DELLA BIODIVERSITA NEI BACINI DI ADDA, MERA, POSCHIAVINO E INN

Start date: Mar 31, 2009, End date: Mar 30, 2012,

The project addresses the issue of water use and environmental protection in the mountain area. In the Project, established by the Province of Sondrio and the canton of Grisons, where production units and are important habitats of high natural value, are taken into examinations of the potential problems associated with the use of hydropower and water safeguards natural aquatic environments. Th ...
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Monitoraggio Idrogeologico Adattativo a Supporto del Piano di Rischio Integrato Alpino (MIARIA)

Start date: Mar 1, 2009, End date: Feb 24, 2012,

The project is aimed at developing innovative systems and technologies that support: The distributed spatial data acquisition The communication of data to control the operations rooms of the second generation, The aggregation of basic phenomenological dellinformazione The generation of dynamic scenarios of risk embedded in the alpine range particular attention to the domino effect. The data ...
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