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Global trends in social inequalities in Europe and Latin America and exploring innovative ways to reduce them through life, occupational and educational trajectories research to face uncertainty (INCASI)
Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2019,
The overall aim of this project is to create an International Network for Comparative Analysis of Social Inequalities (INCASI) with 19 universities, 10 from Europe and 9 from Latin America. The purpose is to conduct comparative research in the area of social inequalities. Through this network we hope to foster a space for collective reflection and the development of synergies between network partn ...
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Cement-based materials, properties, evolution, barrier functions (Cebama)
Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2019,
The HORIZON 2020 EURATOM Collaborative Project “Cement-based materials, properties, evolution, barrier functions (Cebama)” is developed with the overall objective to support implementation of geological disposal of nuclear waste by improving the knowledge base for the Safety Case. Cement-based materials are highly relevant in this context, being used as waste forms, liners and structural component ...
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Transformative Social Innovation Theory project (TRANSIT)
Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2017,
The aim of TRANSIT (Transformative Social Innovation Theory) is to build a theory of social innovation that is useful not only to academics, but also to policy makers, social entrepreneurs, and other stakeholders. The starting point for TRANSIT is the need to understand transformative social innovations: social innovations that contribute to systemic changes that address urgent societal challenges ...
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Ultra High-throughput platform for the selection of thermostable proteins by thermophilic in vitro transcription-translation and microfluidics (HOTDROPS)
Start date: Jun 1, 2013, End date: May 31, 2017,
"This initiative connects four companies and four academic groups in pursuit of a central biotechnological challenge: to identify and improve enzymes for application in industrial biocatalysis. The technology interchange is centered around key technologies to generate thermostabilized proteins. We will develop, share and spread the following approaches (i) folding interference assays with a therm ...
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Social Innovation and Civic Engagement (ITSSOIN)
Start date: Mar 1, 2014, End date: Feb 28, 2017,
Research has made seminal contributions to describing the size and scope of the Third Sector, including volunteering as an essential component. However, most of the research has focused on economic benefits (revenues, employment etc.). We highly value these efforts, but posit that the core contribution and main impact of the sector on socio-economic development lies in the creation of social innov ...
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Factories of the Future Resources, Technology, Infrastructure and Services for Simulation and Modelling (FORTISSIMO)
Start date: Jul 1, 2013, End date: Jun 30, 2016,
The importance of advanced simulation to the competitiveness of both large and small companies is well established. The principal objective of Fortissimo is to enable European manufacturing, particularly small to medium enterprises (SMEs), to benefit from the efficiency and competitive advantage inherent in the use of simulation. However, the simulation of, for example, high-pressure gas cylinders ...
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Creating and testing a method for controlling the air quality based on a new biotechnological tool. Use of a devitalized moss clone as passive contaminant sensor (MOSSCLONE)
Start date: Apr 1, 2012, End date: Mar 31, 2015,
The European Council Directive 96/62/EC about ambient air quality assessment and management, requires to States the periodical availability of information about air quality within their territories. Nevertheless, the available methods are expensive, which prevents they can be used in a large scale. Thus, at present it is necessary to have inexpensive and robust tools for monitoring air quality acr ...
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Long-term performance of Engineered Barrier Systems (EBS) (PEBS)
Start date: Mar 1, 2010, End date: Feb 28, 2014,
The main aim of the project PEBS (Long-term Performance of the Engineered Barrier System) is to evaluate the sealing and barrier performance of the EBS with time, through development of a comprehensive approach involving experiments, model development and consideration of the potential impacts on long-term safety functions. The experiments and models cover the full range of conditions from initial ...
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Nuevas prácticas institucionales, de base transfronteriza, sobre envejecimiento activo (0552_ENVEJECIMIENTO_ACTIVO_1_E)
Start date: Dec 31, 2010, End date: Jun 29, 2013,
OBJETIVOS: Promover la planificación y utilización conjunta de equipamientos, programas y servicios sociales innovadores, a nivel transfronterizo, para la detección precoz de futuras necesidades de dependencia y la promoción del envejecimiento activo y saludable. ACCIONES: Acciones principales: 1. Comité transfronterizo de expertos en prevención y detección de la dependencia, 2. Diseño conjunto de ...
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Bases para la construcción de un sistema de innovación transregional en SUDOE, fundamentado en la creatividad para la innovación de las Empresas, con apoyo de las Universidades, Administraciones Públicas y entorno social de las regiones participantes (CREATINN)
Start date: Dec 31, 2010, End date: Dec 30, 2012,
El objetivo general del proyecto CREATINN es contribuir a la creación de riqueza mediante el lanzamiento de un instrumento de apoyo sistemático a la competitividad de las empresas en sectores estratégicos de las regiones SUDOE participantes. Este instrumento tendrá como base la creatividad y la innovación, bien sea referida a productos, procesos de producción, métodos de comercialización o de orga ...
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Marine protected Areas In the Atlantic arc (MAIA)
Start date: Dec 31, 2009, End date: Dec 30, 2012,
The project aims to: 1) share experience on how to draw up management plans for activities which take place in existing marine protected areas (MPAs) and thus fulfill the nature conservation objectives that justified their designation; 2) define and implement joint methodology to identify the marine areas, both inshore and offshore, whose habitats and/or species justify special protection or manag ...
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Atlantic Network for Coastal Risk Management (ANCORIM)
Start date: Apr 30, 2009, End date: Apr 29, 2012,
The 33 European regions located along the Atlantic coast are home to approximately 70 million inhabitants. The 10-km wide coastal strip covers a total surface area of 194,197 km2 with a length of 25 000 km. These coastal regions are characterised by a strong identity, an authentic international outlook and significant economic potential.These coastal areas must cope with several threats which are ...
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Dissemination and Networks of Knowledge in Atlantic Area (KNETWORKS)
Start date: Dec 31, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2011,
The KNETWORKS project will create a strong knowledge sharing and dissemination Network in the Atlantic Area to promote the exchange of Good Practices and implementation strategies for building and exploiting a 21st Century Knowledge and Information Society. The creation of a Knowledge-based Society (KIS) is a complex, multi-dimensional set of activities, which involve the joint effort of many stak ...
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Réseau transrégional université - entreprise pour lorganisation du marché de l'innovation et de la connaissance dans le SUDOE (REDOMIC)
Start date: Feb 28, 2009, End date: Feb 27, 2011,
... que opera en el proyecto REDOMIC es promover la innovación y la economía del conocimiento en regiones del espacio SUDOE por medio de la introducción de elementos de organización de mercado entre Universidad y Empresa que permitan consolidar una red transregional, visible y estable en dicho espacio. Los resultados principales de REDOMIC se resumen en los siguientes contenidos: - Conocimiento exhau ...
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MAritime Incident Research and Innovation NEtwork (MARINE)
Start date: Dec 31, 2006, End date: Jun 29, 2008,
The MARINE project aims at creating and fostering a Network of Excellence to promote the development and the transfer of knowledge and innovation in the field of maritime incidents within the context of maritime security and of protection of marine habitats.This involves the setting up of a network of expert bodies in research and development of innovative activities as well as the establishment o ...
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Red de la Prospectiva y la Animación para Reforzar los Polos Tecnológicos de Innovación y de Investigación y organizar su complementariedad en el Sudoeste Europeo (R.E.P.A.R.T.I.R.+)
Start date: Jan 31, 2005, End date: May 29, 2007,
Le projet R.E.P.A.R.T.I.R. + est la suite du projet R.E.P.A.R.T.I.R. approuvé lors du premier appel à projet. Le partenariat a été élargi par rapport au projet précédent et a été constitué autour de lidée « Mieux se connaître, réfléchir et décider ensemble pour être plus pertinents ». Effectivement, lobjectif de ce projet sinscrit dans la suite logique du premier projet et a pour ambition de mener ...
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This suggested project will result in a European certified education for retail management. Today it is becoming more and more common for retail companies to expand and establish outlets in new countries. Therefore it would be of utmost interest to found an education, training retail management to be able to work anywhere within the European Union or at a foreign retail company in your own country ...
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The project has the purpose to design, elaborate, experiment and disseminate a specific pedagogical model based on a training development scheme which will be applied in rural areas by the local training organisations, technical institutions or local training associations. The model first addresses the specific acquisition of new competences by the trainers in the use of new operational methods an ...
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