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EUROlinkCAT: Establishing a linked European Cohort of Children with Congenital Anomalies (EUROlinkCAT)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2021,

Over 130,000 children born in Europe every year will have a congenital anomaly (CA; birth defect). These CAs, which are often rare diseases, are a major cause of infant mortality, childhood morbidity and long-term disability. EUROCAT is an established European network of population-based registries for the epidemiologic surveillance of CAs. EUROlinkCAT will use the EUROCAT infrastructure to suppor ...
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Marine Ecosystem Restoration in Changing European Seas (MERCES)

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2020,

The project MERCES is focused on the restoration of different degraded marine habitats, with the aim of: 1) assessing the potential of different technologies and approaches; 2) quantifying the returns in terms of ecosystems services and their socio-economic impacts; 3) defining the legal-policy and governance frameworks needed to optimize the effectiveness of the different restoration approaches. ...
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People for tHe eurOpean bioENergy mIX (Phoenix)

Start date: Dec 1, 2015, End date: Nov 30, 2019,

The development and adoption of renewable and sustainable forms of energy has become a major priority for Europe and is an important theme in H2020. Research into new, energy-related technologies to reduce Europe’s reliance on non-renewable fossil fuels is a critical need, and requires more newly qualified people in areas such as renewable-energy infrastructure management, new energy materials and ...
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Mathematics Education - Relevant, Interesting and Applicable

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2019,

Mathematics education is a very important factor influencing individual's life chances. People with unsatisfactory mathematics skills often meet severe limitations in their choices at the job market in technology-rich society. Therefore mathematics school education for all citizens is recognized as the field to be promoted across Europe. The needs of diverse population of pupils in secondary scho ...
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Population level management and conservation of brown bears in northern Dinaric Mountains and the Alps (LIFE DINALP BEAR)

Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Jun 30, 2019,

Background Conflicts between humans and brown bear (Ursus arctos) populations in Slovenia remain an ongoing threat to the conservation status of bears and steps must be taken to improve coexistence. Measures need to tackle such challenges as a lack of understanding of bears’ socio-economic and environmental value, inflated estimations of the risk of bea ...
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Upgrading the research performance in molecular medicine at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Zagreb (VETMEDZG)

Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Jun 30, 2019,

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Zagreb (FVM) is well established research institution in Croatia with more than 178 staff members who have excellent education and scientific experience. In order to conduct structural changes in veterinary medicine, scientists at FVM have accepted ERA Chair initiative, aiming at fostering structural changes, synergies between cohesion and research fund ...
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Online courses with videos for the field of veterinary communication dealing with prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases transferable from animals to humans

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

In the current context that includes but is not limited to the warming up phenomena, the transnational and transcontinental mobility of the work force, the economic and political emigration and migration, the racial mix up, etc. the project develop specialised research and identify the most encountered infectious disease transmitted from non-human animals to humans (zoonoses). Zoonotic diseases re ...
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Smart Integration of Genetics with Sciences of the Past in Croatia: Minding and Mending the Gap (MendTheGap)

Start date: Feb 1, 2016, End date: Jan 31, 2019,

...esearch capacity in Croatia in Archaeology, Genetics, and other ‘Sciences of the Past’ by twinning a consortium of Croatian researchers (CrEAMA Initiative) with archaeological scientists from the University of Cambridge (UCAM) and the University of Pisa (UP). The project exploits location-specific advantages that arise from two crucial facts. Firstly, there is large number of archaeological sites ...
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Constraining Stellar Mass and Supermassive Black Hole Growth through Cosmic Times: Paving the way for the next generation sky surveys (COSMASS)

Start date: Feb 1, 2014, End date: Jan 31, 2019,

Understanding how galaxies form in the early universe and how they evolve through cosmic time is a major goal of modern astrophysics. Panchromatic look-back sky surveys significantly advanced the field in the past decade, and we are now entering a 'golden age' of radio astronomy given an order of magnitude improved facilities like JVLA, ATCA and ALMA. I am leading two unique, state-of-the-art (JVL ...
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Innovative Real-time Monitoring and Pest control for Insects (INSECTLIFE)

Start date: Jun 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

Background Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a sustainable approach to pest control that combines the use of prevention, avoidance, monitoring and suppression strategies to maintain pest populations below economically damaging levels. IPM can also minimise pest resistance and harmful effects of pest control on human health and environmental resources. ...
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Strengthening scientific and research capacity of the Institute of Economics Zagreb as a cornerstone for Croatian socioeconomic growth through the implementation of Smart Specialisation Strategy (SmartEIZ)

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

The SmartEIZ project aims to strengthen scientific and research capacity, narrow networking gaps and deficiencies of Institute of Economics, Zagreb (EIZ) in comparison to leading institutions in the field of Economics and Management of Innovation and Technology (EMIT). The objectives of the projects are as follows: (1) Strengthen the cooperation between EIZ and leading international partner instit ...
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Open social transport network for urban approach to carpooling (SocialCar)

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2018,

SocialCar is an Intelligent Transport System based on an innovative approach to transport demand management, and more specifically to carpooling in urban and peri-urban areas. SocialCar’s main objective is devopping a new communication network for intelligent mobility, sharing information of car-pooling integrated with existing transport and mobility systems. It will be achieved by means of powerf ...
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A stochastic model of eye lens growth with implications for cortical cataract formation (MOLEGRO)

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

Humans have lenses in their eyes; to focus light on the retina. The lens must be precisely built, flexible, and remain transparent throughout life. If anything fails, our ability to see is seriously affected. Lack of flexibility affects practically everyone over the age of 50. Cataract affects transparency and is the most common cause of blindness in the world. The biological lens grows throughout ...
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Diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers for inflammatory bowel disease IBD-BIOM (IBD-BIOM)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

Inflammatory bowel diseases affect 0.8% of the Europeans, and are associated with high morbidity, definite mortality and an increasing economic burden. Current diagnostic tools and therapeutics for IBD are unsatisfactory. Development of biomarkers allowing insights into pathogenesis, prognosis and targeted therapy is a major unmet need. This programme addresses that need. IBD-BIOM is a multidisci ...
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Let’s make it better! Raising the awareness of the triad nutrition-health-food safety in school education

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

The reason of the project is the identified need to restore the place of food science and related subjects education in the culture of young people, in order of their personal development and wellbeing. The high incidence of diet-related diseases and also food borne diseases is a major challenge nowadays, being obvious that the problem rooted largely from the early childhood education. In this c ...
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Digital Danube

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

...d through an increase in knowledge about local conditions. Three-day on-site courses were designed and delivered with this objective in mind by single partner organisations (Slovenian Third Age University, Open University, Zagreb, SULSIT, Sofia and finally LLL Platform, the organiser of an international conference in Bratislava). Slovenian Third Age University participated in all educational event ...
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Digital Danube

Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Jun 30, 2015,

The Danube is the only large river in Europe running from West to East. Its 2857 km are an axis between Middle and Southeastern Europe adjoining 10 European countries. 115 million people are living in the countries along the Danube, countries united by millenniums of common history and great cultural wealth. In 2010, the Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy of the European Commission ...
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Diffusion of Cooling and Refreshing Technologies using the Solar Energy Resource in the Adriatic Regions (Adriacold)

Start date: Sep 30, 2012, End date: Mar 30, 2015,

The Solar Cooling System is particularly innovative from a technological point of view. It allows to cool and refresh environments using the air conditioning system powered by the heat produced by solar panels, that are traditionaly used to produce hot water, instead of using electrical energy to power traditional air conditioners. This type of system, for the way it operates, consumes almost excl ...
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Study of Strongly Interacting Matter (HADRONPHYSICS3)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2014,

The Project promotes the access to five European Research Infrastructures, and it is structured into nine Networking Activities, plus the Management of the Consortium, and fourteen Joint Research Activities.The Project will profit of the success of the previous HadronPhysics project in FP6 and the current HadronPhysics2 in FP7, and originates from the initiative of more than 2.500 European scienti ...
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Protection of consumers by microbial risk mitigation through combating segregation of expertise (PROMISE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2014,

"The general objectives of PROMISE are:PROMISE strives for multidimensional networking thus fostering integrationThe primary strategic objective of PROMISE is to improve and increase the integration, collaboration and knowledge transfer between the new member states, old member states (EU15) and candidate countries through a collaborative workplan of exchange of expertise and regional training and ...
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Transnational cooperation for the improvement of buildings energy performance and efficiency  (TRACE)

Start date: Oct 31, 2012, End date: Oct 30, 2014,

The building sector, responsible for about 40% of the EU's total final energy consumption and CO2 emissions, provides many cost-efficient opportunities for action, while contributing at the same time to the welfare of EU citizens. The EU is making a real effort to improve the energy efficiency of Europe's buildings and recently revised its legislation to prompt faster improvements. The Energy Perf ...
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Innovative urban strategies and action plans to increase the social and economic role of seniors  (Silver City)

Start date: Sep 30, 2012, End date: Sep 29, 2014,

BACKGROUND: Ageing poses a serious challenge to metropolitan areas of SEE: Increasing number of seniors coupled with low employment rate increases costs for the society (pensions, social services & health care) whichis especially problematic in light of constrained public budgets and economic downturn. Growing sustainable communities addressing the needs of seniors require good governance and lead ...
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Co-operation of SEE science parks for the promotion of transnational market uptake of R&D results and technologies by SMEs  (SEETechnology)

Start date: Sep 30, 2012, End date: Sep 29, 2014,

...e SEE region are especially weak in terms of innovation and access to innovation, (2) there is a mismatch between the supply and demand of research products at local/regional/transnational level, (3) university connected science park lack resources and knowledge and do not work closely with SMEs. Therefore the main objective is to improve and develop support services to innovative SMEs provided by ...
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Safe Food for Europe – Coordination of research activities and Dissemination of research results of EC funded research on food safety (FOODSEG)

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

"The proposed Coordination and support actions (Coordinating, CSA) has the overall objective to disseminate state-of-the-art research results in food safety and quality topics through a series of symposia, expert working group meetings, an online platform with best practise examples and coordination of cooperation and a plan for the preparation of future activities. In addition to the aim of disse ...
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Processing Raw materials into Excellent and Sustainable End products while Remaining Fresh (PRESERF)

Start date: Apr 1, 2010, End date: Mar 31, 2014,

The project focusses on development of novel solid food conservation techniques for a wide range of applications (frozen, dried and packaged) to extent shelf life and to meet the current need for convenient foods. Three innovative preservation techniques, partly interconnected, will be investigated for having the potential for better maintaining the product quality and freshness (nutritional value ...
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Animal WelfAre Research in an enlarged Europe (AWARE)

Start date: Mar 1, 2011, End date: Feb 28, 2014,

...on mutual recognition and by enhancing networking and proposal writing skills in motivated researchers throughout the enlarged Europe. WP B “Education” will promote cross-fertilisation in FAW university education, thus enhancing opportunities for young scientists in new and candidate countries to start research in FAW. WP C “Awareness and Implementation” focuses on enhancing public awareness, prom ...
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Launching (g)local level heritage entrepreneurship: strategies and tools to unite forces, safeguard the place, mobilize cultural values, deliver the experience. (SAGITTARIUS)

Start date: Feb 28, 2011, End date: Feb 27, 2014,

Cultural consumption is a knowledge based activity: cultural products and services are viable, only if they possess widely recognized values. SAGITTARIUS advances cultural consumption by communicating cultural values: from natural monuments and ecosystems to sites and collections, from the arts to traditions and handicrafts. Thus values of tangible-intangible, movable-immovable and spiritual herit ...
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Selection and improving of fit-for-purpose sampling procedures for specific foods and risks (BASELINE)

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

"Food Safety Objectives (FSO) and Performance Objectives (PO) are new criteria complementing the existing concepts of microbiological criteria and MRL for many chemical contaminants. However, to achieve these objectives it is critically important a harmonisation of food safety control procedures.BASELINE project intends to obtain the following objectives: 1) To review the sampling schemes currentl ...
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Hormone-free non-seasonal or seasonal goat reproduction for a sustainable European goat-milk market (FLOCK-REPROD)

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

"FLOCK-REPROD will provide the European dairy goat industry with the innovative, economically and environmentally-viable technology necessary to enable the hormone-free production of goat’s milk and related products (e.g. cheese). It will achieve this by controlling reproduction via artificial insemination (AI) all year round. FLOCK-REPROD technology will allow the EU dairy goat industry to operat ...
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Creating a supportive environment for raising the innovation and technology potential in the bordering area (SPRINT)

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

Identification of the innovation potential in companies and research institutions in the bordering area, enhancement of cross-border connections between companies with innovation potential and creating relationships in order to increase knowledge flow, improve cooperation among the economy, research and education institutions in the region. Promotion of joint development ideas, assessment of their ...
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FROM IP TO BUSINESS: Developing environment for start up companies (FIDES)

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

FIDES project aims at mapping of regional potentials for development of involved regions. Activities are set to improve existing services of supportive environment. Coaching and consulting on intellectual property rights and their optimum embedding into technology companies’ business models will support innovative ideas to be put on the market. ...
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CEntral and South-east europeAn Resources (CESAR)

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

Description Human language technologies crucially depend on language resources and tools that are usable, useful and available. However, even where language resources and respective tools are available they have been developed mostly in a sporadic manner, in response to specific project needs, with relatively little regard to their long-term ...
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Biotechnological conversion of carbon containing wastes for eco-efficient production of high added value products (ANIMPOL)

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

"The applicants propose the development of a sound industrial process that unites the urgently needed solution of industrial waste problems with the creation of essential alternative strategies for polymer industry. This will be done by the biotechnological conversion of waste streams from slaughterhouses, rendering and biodiesel industry towards biodegradable polymeric materials. Slaughterhouse w ...
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Entrepreneurial Education for European pupils/students innovators (Edu-Preneur)

Start date: Apr 30, 2011, End date: Oct 30, 2012,

To increase the capacity of Croatian and Slovenian pupil/student–innovators and their competitiveness on the open market and to establish cooperation between pupil/student–innovators and the private and public sector in Croatia and Slovenia through facilitating of knowledge and experience exchange. ...
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Platform for Online Sharing of Training Data and Building User Tailored MT (LetsMT!)

Start date: Mar 1, 2010, End date: Aug 31, 2012,

In recent years, statistical machine translation (SMT) has become the leading paradigm for machine translation. SMT systems are built by analyzing huge volumes of parallel corpus and learning translation models from this data. The quality of SMT systems largely depends on the size of training data. Since the majority of parallel data is in major languages, SMT systems for larger languages are of m ...
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Strengthening the SOLid-state research capacities in Zagreb by the introduction of the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance method (SOLeNeMaR)

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

The Physics Department of the Faculty of Science at the University of Zagreb (PDFS) is the leading university physics department in Croatia with 70 internationally recognized scientists and 660 undergraduate and graduate students. A considerable part of the research in PDFS is devoted to solid state physics and materials science. Given that nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is today an unavoidable ...
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Analysis and Evaluation of Comparable Corpora for Under Resourced Areas of Machine Translation (ACCURAT)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Jun 30, 2012,

Lack of sufficient linguistic resources for many languages and domains currently is one of the major obstacle in further advancement of automated translation. The main goal of the ACCURAT research is to find, analyze and evaluate novel methods how comparable corpora can compensate for this shortage of linguistic resources to improve MT quality significantly for under-resourced languages and narrow ...
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Hunting for Sustainability (HUNT)

Start date: Nov 1, 2008, End date: Apr 30, 2012,

Biodiversity conservation increasingly takes place outside protected areas in multiple-use landscapes. Success in achieving biodiversity objectives is closely linked to the extent to which conservation can be integrated with the cultural, social and economic objectives and aspirations of people. Beliefs, perceptions, attitudes and preferences about biodiversity are central to the decisions made by ...
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HERITAGE LIVE - Living, lived, revived cultural heritage Project of training in the field of recognition, preservation and presentation of cultural heritage of the Slovenian-Croatian cross-border area (HERITAGE LIVE)

Start date: Sep 30, 2009, End date: Mar 29, 2012,

Higher rate of integrating common material and non-material cultural heritage into the tourist offer, in new tourist products and in the promotion of the entire cross-border area as a tourist destination in new forms and with an improved offer and a better use of natural and cultural resources, which will ensure new sources of income for the rural areas. ...
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Municipal PROperty Management In South-Eastern Cities (PROMISE)

Start date: Feb 28, 2009, End date: Feb 27, 2012,

Municipal real estate is one of the most underutilized local resources in many cities, especially in the SEES countries. The object of the PROMISE transnational cooperation project is the development of integrative tools and methods and the implementation of a comprehensive system for the efficient municipal property management. The projects outputs and results will support cities in developing to ...
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