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Near-surface Geothermal Resources in the Territory of the Alpine Space (GRETA)

Start date: Dec 16, 2015, End date: Dec 15, 2018,

Description (EN): The Alpine region must tackle rising energy consumption and, accordingly, CO2 emissions reduction, related mostly to heating needs (mainly from residential and tourism sectors). The potential of renewable energy sources to handle this energy requirement has been discussed in some recent studies. However, the opportunity to utilize Near-Surface Geothermal Energy (NS ...
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Establishment of Computing Centers and Curriculum Development in Mathematical Engineering Master program

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

Engineering mathematics is at the core of all branches of engineering, from aerospace engineering to electronics; from mechanical engineering to computer science.The reasons of the project are: - need for the use of high-hume technologies to strengthen industrial, economic capacities of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan;- lack of specialists, poor awareness of available appropriate technologies;- existing ...
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LIFE Living Streets

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

Background It is estimated that by 2050 two thirds of the world’s population will be living in urban areas. Road traffic is one of the key issues affecting the quality of the environment and the quality of life in urban areas (i.e. congestion, poor air quality and the impact of noise etc.). The sense of neighbourhood and local community is impacted as w ...
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“Mens sana in corpore sano”. Food, nutrition, eating habits, health and disease at European schools as an (inter)cultural mirror.

Start date: Sep 7, 2015, End date: Sep 6, 2017,

Project Title “Mens sana in corpore sano. Food, nutrition, eating habits, health and disease at European schools as an (inter)cultural mirror” Context/background of project The life of today’s youth, which is often marked by excess, oriented towards a material life and filled with ill-considered dietary habits, leads increasingly towards a passive attitude and mostly towards serious and long term ...
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Higher education student and staff mobility project

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

This is a higher education student and staff mobility project, please consult the website of the organisation to obtain additional details.
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DEVELOPING SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES IN VOCATIONAL TRAINING

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

Every scholarship holder in addition takes a book of practices in the one that aims at the tasks that it develops every day and that will serve for the evaluación in his own center also.This project is realized and developed by IKASLAN, association of public public centers of vocational training of the Basque Country, to allow that the students of cycles of average degree of Vocational training an ...
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Arts through Europe

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

The internationalization of society and the growing mobility across the borders of nations is putting pressure on people’s ability to realize and live with the values inherent in cultural diversity. Schools should help people develop relateable identities, which should not only include that which is specific for a nation, but also that which is European and global. Teaching art is a way to increa ...
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DEVELOPING SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES IN VOCATIONAL TRAINING

Start date: Dec 1, 2014, End date: Nov 30, 2015,

Our proposal is a consequence of the results of an analysis conducted jointly by the three organizations IKASLAN, TKNIKA and the Deputy Ministry of Vocational Training and Lifelong Learning of the Basque government . While the evolution otrainees´ mobility level has reached 10% of the total amount , teachers´ mobility is very low and does not meet the minimum desired .We need to boost the mobili ...
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Full scale use of liquid injection, for innovative control of waste moisture to enhance biogas production in pre treated waste landfill. (Bio.Lea.R.)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

Background In the European Union, landfilling of municipal solid wastes remains the principal waste management option. Landfill criteria and procedures are regulated by annex II of the EU Landfill Directive (1999/31/EC) and by the article 16 of the Council Decision (2003/33/EC) establishing criteria and procedures for the acceptance of waste at landfills. ...
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LOCAL AGENDA 21 IN TERRITORIAL PLANNING IN ENERGY AND WASTE MANAGEMENT (LOCAL AGENDA 21 IN TERRITORIAL PLANNING)

Start date: Mar 27, 2012, End date: Mar 27, 2015,

...chanisms between local authorities and relevant stakeholders established • Energy and waste action plans developed and endorsed at the appropriate levels in Jordan, Lebanon and Italy (Viterbo and Turin) • Four observatories established and made operational on energy and waste management in Jordan, Lebanon and Italy (Viterbo and Turin) • Sustainable awards for the most performing local authorities ...
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Climate Neutral Urban Districts in Europe (CLUE)

Start date: Dec 31, 2011, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

The project idea Climate Neutral Urban Districts in Europe (CLUE) was formulated by a team of experts at the City of Stockholm and KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. The project idea was first presented during the EU Interregional Cooperation Forum, 20/21 September 2007, Lisbon. The objective of the CLUE regional development project is increased regional capacity in policy development ...
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Cleantech Incubation Europe (CIE)

Start date: Dec 31, 2011, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

...entions/instruments, attuned to their own local/regional situation. CIE is based on a partnership consisting of partners from Delft (lead partner), Helsinki, Budapest, London, Peterborough, Paris and Turin. The partners are cities/municipalities, universities and incubators (founded by the authorities). The universities and the incubators work on a daily basis with local/regional policy makers to ...
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Developing Regional Actions to Promote SMEs in Health Sector and Stimulate Economic Growth (Health4Growth)

Start date: Dec 31, 2011, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

Ageing population, safeguarding a healthy workforce, and an emerging demand for quality and highly professional health services have boosted the significance of the health sector. The health sector absorbs large amounts of labour, commodities and research and thus creates incomes, which in turn flow back into the economic cycle of locations, regions and the overall economy. Within regions, health ...
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Digital Agenda for New Tourism Approach in European Rural and Mountain Areas (DANTE)

Start date: Dec 31, 2011, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

... Achievements: The DANTE project started its activities with the Kick off meeting in Turin on 16 and 17 February 2012 during which the partners have investigated in depth the project to start the planned activities. They discussed the technical aspects as well as those relating to the aspect ...
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latform to Form Opinions Related to Mobility (PLAT.F.O.R.M.)

Start date: Aug 31, 2013, End date: Nov 29, 2014,

PLATFORM aims at integrating social sustainability into infrastructure planning decision making, considering community needs, equitable accessibility and polycentric design that enhances social participation. As EU policies underline, social impacts and interests of local authorities and civil society affected by a common project should be taken into account to prevent conflicts. In this policy fr ...
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lycentric Planning Models for Local Development in Territories interested by Corridor 5 and its TEN-T ramifications (POLY5)

Start date: Aug 31, 2011, End date: Aug 30, 2014,

The main problem addressed is the marginalization that a major transport infrastructure (MTI) can cause to alpine areas. The project aims at making mountain areas catch the opportunities of MTIs, rather than just suffer their environmental and social impact, targeting the phases of piloting and policy implementation.The project foresees the elaboration of an unbiased method to measure the value of ...
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Open Innovation in Alpine SMEs (OPEN-ALPS)

Start date: Jun 30, 2011, End date: Jun 29, 2014,

OPEN-ALPS strengthens the competitiveness of the Alpine Space by introducing and realising innovations in SMEs based on the Open Innovation (OI) paradigm. Main objective is to support Alpine SMEs in technology branches on their way from internal closed innovation to "open innovation". This shall encourage innovation, entrepreneurship and strengthen research and innovation capacities for SMEs in th ...
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TranSAFE-Alp: connecting Transport regional networks to Security and emergency Advanced Strategy Frameworks of European and Alpine regions decisional platforms. (TranSAFE-Alp)

Start date: Aug 31, 2011, End date: Aug 30, 2013,

Transnational cooperation on transport crisis management due to incidents in tunnels and rare strong natural events is an outstanding challenge for Alpine Space security and emergency authorities. TranSAFE-Alp aims at capitalizing innovative decision making tools already developped in previous ASP projects for the creation of an integrated ICT-share area for jointly support and coordinated interve ...
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INTERALPES TRANSPORT INTERMODAL TRANSALPIN (INTERALPES)

Start date: Aug 10, 2011, End date: Aug 10, 2013,

Proposer de solutions opérationnelles pour favoriser le développement de lintermodalité sur le territoire franco-italien, en fonction des infrastructures et des services - actuels et en projet, des flux de transports et du contexte normatif, technologique et économique.
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Land-use and sustainable development of territories of mediterranean area (OSDDT-Med)

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

... Achievements: State of the art of project implementation since the project start- Conférence de presse organisée par la Province de Turin dans le cadre du Kick off meeting du projet - Publication de Grille/matrice d'analyse par critères/objectifs pour analyser le cadre législatif, les approches méthodologiques des différents partena ...
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UAV-based capturing of HD/3D content with WSN\nAugmentation, real-time processing and immaterial rendering for immersive media experiences (SKYMEDIA)

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

...3D displays and interactive touchscreen monitors, enabling personalization of the provided 3D & HD content. UAV platforms, to provide access to the scene in a silent, convenient, and safe fashion, capturing HD video and images from the sky. Wireless Sensors, to form an Augmentation Network deployed on ground to enrich the multimedia content with useful and interesting side-information, to be fused ...
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licies Against Depopulation in Mountain Areas (PADIMA)

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

Depopulation in rural areas is not a recent phenomenon but it is also a growing problem -in 2025 about 90 European regions are expected to fall under demographic decline. The problem is more outstanding in mountainous areas where living conditions are extreme and geography and remoteness propitiates isolation. The PADIMA project main aim is to contribute to the improvement of the Regional Policies ...
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Improvement of Methodologies and Governance of European Entrepreneurship Network (IMAGEEN)

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

...einforce the 2011 agenda in order to further enhance the exchange of good practices and work on an in-depth understanding of the practices. In 2011, the study visits took place in Munich, Birmingham, Turin and Granada. The project has brought to light 16 good practices. Building on the knowledge exchanged in IMAGEEN, the partners have developed a guide presenting all the good practices. Two in-dep ...
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THEmatic Transnational church Route development with the Involvement of local Society (THETRIS)

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

Central Europe needs to sustain and transform a wide range of cultural heritage through innovative investment in projects with a lasting impact on regions and people. Churches and sacral architecture play a significant role especially in rural areas, as these monumental buildings need large scale investments, play a very important role for local communities and attract tourists. Transnational coop ...
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ducer Services for European Sustainability and Competitiveness (PROSESC)

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

...r facilitation, services innovation and sustainable mobility scenarios.Through the project activities, the effectiveness of regional strategies and practices supporting services innovation and manufacturing competitiveness will be improved. The project shall assist partner regions to upgrade their policies and their regional industries for the target of sustainable road transport. The geographical ...
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Institutional Capacity for Territorial Development (SMART-IST)

Start date: Sep 30, 2010, End date: May 31, 2012,

The targeted analysis will address the institutional factors explaining the efficiency of public institutions in designing and implementing successful territorial development strategies and policy in the framework of EU Cohesion Policy. The main objective of this targeted analysis is to develop a common methodology aiming at recognizing, assessing and enhance institutional efficiency. This methodo ...
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Change metropolitan metropolises Around Time (CAT-Med)

Start date: Mar 31, 2009, End date: Nov 29, 2011,

CAT-MED aims to prevent the natural risks related to climate change, thanks to the convergence of metropolitan strategies and actions. On the one hand, it proposes to identify and quantify common objectives, via indicators. These indicators will be defined on the basis of systemic approach of sustainable development. The creation of a transnational GIS will allow to evaluate the situation of each ...
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European Charter for the teritorial gouvernance, throught the periurbal food chain (Rururbal)

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

RURuRBaLs objectives are: - to establish a common charter of territorial governance for the sustainable development in periurban territories, centered on a process of promoting the commercialization and consumption of local products; - define the access conditions at the Charter; - create a European network; The common strategies in the field of territorial governance will be defined based on the ...
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RESEAU TRANSFRONTALIER D'INFORMATION ROUTIERE

Start date: Aug 31, 2008, End date: Aug 31, 2010,

Sviluppo e ottimizzazione di una rete transfrontaliera di informazione stradale attraverso un sistema di scambio di dati utilizzando supporti dinamici (PMV, stazioni di monitoraggio del traffico, videocamere, stazioni meteo,…) e i mezzi di informazione e comunicazione (ITC) verso gli utenti (internet, cellulari, GPS, …) nei territori del Département des Hautes-Alpes e della Provincia di Torino
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Managing Migration and Integration at Local Level (MILE)

Start date: Nov 4, 2007, End date: May 4, 2009,

Migration and integration in Operational programmes (enterprise development for ethnic minorities and active inclusion in the labour market;·cultural diversity and social cohesion;· access to key services, etc.) Achievements: Documents/reports:First action plan Synthesi ...
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Tartanet, a network for the conservation of sea turtles in Italy (TARTANET)

Start date: Nov 1, 2004, End date: Oct 31, 2008,

Background The loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta), a priority species under the Habitats Directive, is severely threatened in the entire Mediterranean basin, as it is across the world. The main problems are related to the impact of by-catch fishing and the loss of nesting beaches due to human disturbance. Over the last 30-50 years, the number of nestin ...
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Network of automotive regions (Automotive regions)

Start date: Jun 30, 2005, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

... second large conference was held in December 2006 in Montbeliard (F) in the framework of the annual event ‚Mobilis‘.The 3rd and final large conference was organised in November 2007 in Turin (I).The studyvisits and seminars have highlighted examples of good private and public sector practices and policies throughout the network, eg. Dedicated competence and innovation centres in Stuttgart Region ...
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Sustainable Use of Former or Abandoned Landfills Network, SUFALNET (SUFALNET)

Start date: Dec 31, 2004, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

SUFALNET aims to identify and bring together expertise and best practice, as well as the joint development of policy programs available in Europe on redevelopment and aftercare of landfills, so that former landfills might finally really be dealt with. In this way, the various EU Member States can combine forces, enabling them to deal effectively with the environmental risks posed by these former l ...
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Euromountains.net - 'La mise en réseau des régions de montagne européennes pour la promotion d'un développement territorial durable' (Euromountains.net)

Start date: Mar 31, 2004, End date: Mar 30, 2007,

Mountain services (infrastructure, ITC, social/health services, cultural services): common criteria for drawing up inventories, definition of quality and quantity markers, situation in the 13 test areas, identification of transferable successes and innovative solutions; proposed political recommendations at local and European levels. • Role of territorial groups in promoting the quality of agrifoo ...
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Application and effects of the ESDP in Member States (ESDP impact)

Start date: Oct 12, 2004, End date: Feb 12, 2007,

The European Spatial Development Perspective (ESDP) was adopted at the Council meeting in Potsdam in May 1999. Now, seven years after the presentation of the final version of the ESDP, the effects of the ESDP at EU level and in each Member State are being assessed in order to identify the potential of the ESDP and to find best examples of its application and implementation at European, transnation ...
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LUCI - Lighting Urban Comunity International - REV-ELARG (LUCI)

Start date: Jun 30, 2003, End date: Dec 30, 2006,

The LUCI project aims to bring together municipalities and professionals from different countries through a communication and exchange network that will multiply the transfer of information and experience in the field of urban lighting. The project partners will implement this plan in three main areas: discussion and sharing of experiences among elected representatives and technicians; meetings on ...
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Governance of territorial and urban policies (Governance)

Start date: Jul 22, 2004, End date: Nov 28, 2006,

Project 2.3.2 holds an important position in the definition and elaboration of a common ground for investigating the institutional and instrumental aspects of implementation of territorial and urban policies in Europe. The project focuses on the question how effective different systems are, e.g. considering a policy mix of spatial planning (in different forms implemented by Member States), local g ...
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Definition of an EPD system that can be applied at international level and its implementation in two pilot countries (Sweden and Italy) (INTEND)

Start date: Jan 1, 2003, End date: Sep 1, 2005,

...venia, May 2005); European Commission (Brussels, May 2005). The beneficiary also organized a workshop at the 15th SETAC (Lille, France, May 2005), and a meeting at the Ecoefficiency Fair (Turin, Italy, May 2005). The final project conference took place at the European Parliament in Brussels on September 22, 2005. Other dissemination activities included the publication of a series of project news ...
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Urban areas as nodes in a polycentric development (Polycentricity)

Start date: Sep 5, 2002, End date: Apr 20, 2005,

The European urban system is a main territorial structure and the cities are key drivers in the development of regions and larger territories. The specific functionality and potentials of cities are being explored and a typology of the European urban reality developed. The ESDP highlighted the objective of a polycentric development in support of a balanced and harmonious European territory. The pr ...
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Urb Health

The URB HEALTH thematic network aims to promote largercooperation between the urban and the health policy sectorsby providing examples of how such partnership can be putinto action.The peer review exchange programme will consist of fourworkshops focusing on four interrelated themes: VulnerableGroups (Elderly, Children, Disabled) and Health, EthnicDiversity and Health, Gender and Health, Housing an ...
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