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Adaptive Management of Barriers in European Rivers (AMBER)

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

Rivers rank among some of the most threatened ecosystems in the world, and are the focus of costly restoration programmes that cost billions to taxpayers. Much of Europe depends on water from rivers for drinking, food production, and the generation of hydropower, which is essential for meeting the EU renewable energy target. Yet only half the EU surface waters have met the WFD’s 2015 target of goo ...
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Joint Masters Degree in Aquaculture, Environment and Society

Start date: Oct 15, 2014, End date: Oct 14, 2019,

...re are many major scientific, technological and social obstacles to overcome. This European Joint Master proposes specialised training in this field. The consortium is composed of three universities: University of the Highlands and Islands - Scottish Association for Marine Science (Scotland, UK), University of Crete (Greece) and the University of Nantes (France). The first semester (SAMS/UHI, UK) ...
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Innovative, free, on and off line access modules to study master's courses in Europe

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

...sation of their new skills and knowledge profile8) Provide the student with an option to compare their profile with employment opportunities available after completion of the master's courseFor the University the system will:1) Be discoverable and accessible via a web link on the University's webpage2) Be administered by each University3) Be housed in a secure Amazon server in accordance to each c ...
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Northern Cereals – New Markets for a Changing Environment (CEREAL)

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

Description (EN): Warmer growing conditions, improved varieties and technologies, and concerns about sustainability are creating new opportunities in northern areas for greater cereal production. In few areas, it has already been possible to produce higher value cereals for milling and malting which has allowed SMEs to develop new “local” products to meet a growing demand from touri ...
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Smart Peripheral and Remote Airports 2020 (SPARA2020)

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

Description (EN): Main ObjectivesThis project will deliver increased innovation within public service provision of these airports which are supported directly and indirectly (i.e. publically owned, capital and recurrent grants, public service obligations routes, enabling infrastructure) by local, regional and national governments.Expected Change/OutputsBy applying a triple helix mod ...
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Slow Adventure In Northern Territories (SAINT)

Start date: Apr 13, 2015, End date: Apr 12, 2018,

Description (EN): Slow Adventures in Northern Territories (SAINT) will work with SMEs to make them more aware of how to capitalise on the business opportunities in guided slow adventure experiences, offering simple nature-based, immersive journeys, living and travelling in wild places, through marketing to new, distant customer markets.  Nothern Europes wide-open, wild spaces provid ...
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European Challenges and Opportunities

Start date: Nov 2, 2015, End date: Nov 1, 2017,

With the economic crisis in Portugal, youth unemployment in more skilled fields is increasing in a way that requires an urgent intervention. The line of our young graduates in the unemployment services is too big to be ignored. Representing the locals´ interest Câmara Municipal decided to find partners that in a strict collaboration could work together to help a group of 24 graduated young people ...
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Higher education student and staff mobility project

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

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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Innovation and Management in Tourism -Education in the European Tourist Sector-

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

...ojects carried out, all the participants except UCSI in Iceland, are currently running tourism education programs at their organizations although all with very different approach. • The University Centre of the South (Iceland) is the project coordinator and the project leader is a D-certified MPM, currently preparing his masters dissertation and will use the progress and result of this project a ...
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Marine Energy Research Innovation and Knowledge Accelerator (MERIKA)

Start date: Feb 1, 2014, End date: Jul 31, 2017,

MERIKA (Marine Energy Research Innovation and Knowledge Accelerator) is an ambitious initiative by UHI (University of the Highlands and the Islands), located in Scotland and the UK’s outermost region. The project revolves around the concept of turning the UHI Faculty of Science, Health and Engineering into a reference research and innovation hub for all of Europe on the theme of marine energy. Th ...
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Shetland Islands to Norway - Enhancing Employability and Developing Life Skills

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

This project focuses on vocational practices in the Shetland Islands, Scotland, Voss and Norway, and stems from the view that international learning can increase the quality of young people's education in general and in particular in relation to vocational training. It is hoped that the project will lead to increased recruitment in vocational training subjects. The project is anchored in the mobil ...
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Improvement of adult education based on innovative approach-UHI Scotland

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2016,

...ko učilište, Srednja škola Dugo Selo, Škola za montažu instalacija i metalnih konstrucija i Strukovna škola Vice Vlatkovića Zadar in the project act as a consortium. The host partner was the University of Highlands and Islands in the United Kingdom, Scotland, who successfully implemented blended learning method . The project involved 8 participants in the field of adult education (principals, hea ...
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Territorial Indicators of Poverty and Social Exclusion in Europe (TIPSE)

Start date: Jan 31, 2012, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

Combating poverty and social exclusion rank among the main objectives of the Europe 2020 Strategy. The recent economic crisis has had a huge effect on millions of European citizens with many people losing their jobs, household incomes decreasing and consequently the risk of being affected by poverty increasing. For social exclusion, not only a clear definition seems to be lacking, but also there d ...
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Blue Energy Production in Ports (BEPPo)

Start date: Jan 5, 2013, End date: Nov 29, 2014,

Energy is a sector that may act as future driver for competitiveness in the NSR. BEPPo focuses on Blue Energy (wave/tidal) and its complementarity with traditional (gas/oil/coal) & new (wind/biomass) sources of power, building on the innovation capacity of NSR ports to become bases for the production of integrated sustainable renewables, thus ensuring reliable & affordable supplies of clean, green ...
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EnergyMare

Start date: Nov 14, 2012, End date: Nov 14, 2014,

Creating a Transnational Cooperation Network to enhace the marine renewable energy production, sharing data and experiences, joint exploration of the potential of innovative sources of energy coming from the sea, development of pilot projects and cooperation to overcome the existing barriers. ...
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Food Port - Connecting Food Port Regions - Between and Beyond (Food Port)

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

Food Port aims to develop the North Sea Region (NSR) as the best food cluster and hub in Europe for food products delivered via efficient and sustainable transport systems e.g. ‘green transport corridors’. Food Port brings together local authorities, knowledge organisations, food industries and ports from 6 countries to find practical solutions to improve the efficiency, effectiveness and sustaina ...
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Rural Innovation and Business Systems (RIBS)

Start date: Jun 30, 2010, End date: Dec 30, 2012,

The Rural Innovation and Business Systems (RIBS) project will specifically help SMEs in rural regions of Ireland, Scotland, Iceland, Sweden and Finland to address the effects of the economic downturn and strengthen their competitiveness and growth potential. Based on the needs analysis of the SMEs and the business support community in the target regions, RIBS will develop Business Growth Programme ...
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Development of regional and Pan-European guidelines for more efficient integration of renewable energy into future infrastructures (SUSPLAN)

Start date: Sep 1, 2008, End date: Oct 31, 2011,

The overall impact from SUSPLAN is contribution to a substantially increased share of renewable energy sources (RES) in Europe at an acceptable level of cost, thereby increasing security of supply and competitiveness of RES industry. The results will ease PAN-European harmonisation and lead to a more integrated European energy market.The main objective is to develop guidelines for more efficient i ...
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European Development Opportunities in Rural Areas (EDORA)

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

The reform of the Common Agricultural Policy in the framework of the Agenda 2000 boosted the significance of rural development in this sector policy. Rural development, in line with the Lisbon/Gothenburg Strategy, is conceived to support job creation and economic growth in rural areas in a sustainable way. Against this backdrop, this project will provide evidence on the development opportunities o ...
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Rural Expertise in the North - REN (REN)

Start date: Jan 1, 2006, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

Advanced technologies offer a way to guarantee future growth and success in todays international marketplace. For smaller, rural centres this is more challenging because of a strong bias towards greater concentration in bigger cities, resulting in fewer opportunities for the small, rural centres in the Northern Periphery. Technology centres in the fields of advanced technologies need to be better ...
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Extreme Weather Conditions

Start date: Aug 31, 2004, End date: Aug 31, 2006,

Cold is a natural part of the environment in the northern regions of Europe and can be considered as a risk factor, be it encountered in the work environment or during leisure activities. In a wide range of occupational areas, such as rescue, cold and freezer room work, fishing, tourism etc., problems linked to the cold are a daily occurrence. This project aims to focus on extreme cold conditions ...
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Remote Telematic Solutions for patient diagnoses and training of health care professionals in sparsely populated areas (REMEDY)

Start date: Aug 31, 2002, End date: May 29, 2005,

The project aims to develop the practical use of tele-medical support within different disciplines of the health and medical services in sparsely populated and remote areas of the northern periphery. The purpose is to increase patient security, service quality and to protect patients legal rights within the area. An IT-based training programme at individual, group and organisational level will be ...
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Structure for Commercialisation of Rural Innovation - SCRI (SCRI)

Start date: Jan 31, 2003, End date: Jan 30, 2005,

This innovative project aims to exchange skills and experience between research institutions, academia and the public and private sectors, in order to create a more dynamic use of the skills that are used for the sustainable exploitation of innovative ideas. Mechanisms will be devised to improve access for companies in the target region to academic and public sector expertise, in order to improve ...
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Master of Wood Energy

Start date: Oct 1, 2012,

The aim of this 3-year project is to plan a master program to educate experts in wood energy production, trade and transportation within the EU and globally. The EU has set very challenging aims for the partial replacement of fossil fuels with renewable energy by 2020. In many EU countries forests are a remarkable source of renewable energy and wood energy is an important export product. Correspon ...
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