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Optimized pre-treatment of fast growing woody and nonwoody Brazilian crops by detailed characterization of chemical changes produced in the lignin-carbohydrate matrix (LIGNODECO)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology
Destination: Life sciences, biotechnology and biochemistry for sustainable non-food products and processes
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Brazil,Spain,Finland,Denmark,France
Call:  (FP7-KBBE-2009-3, 2009)
Start date: 2010-01-01
End date: 2012-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5017364.2
EU funding (EUR): 2988219.0
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

Biomass production costs are low in Brazil compared to other parts of the world, due to proper climate and advanced forest and agricultural technologies. The productivities of elephant grass (Pennisetum spp; 30-45 t/ha/yr bone dry) and eucalypt crops (20-30 t/ha/yr bone dry) in Brazil are amongst the world largest, with good perspectives of growing even further. Thus, Brazil presents great potential for application of the Biorefinery concept. It is our contend that production of biofuels and bio-products from lignocellulosics is better fit to existing pulp manufacturing facilities, to take advantage of existing infrastructure and the possibility of process integration. The objective of the LIGNODECO proposal is developing pre-treatments for optimized deconstruction of hybrid eucalyptus clones and elephant grass biomass into its components aimed at production of biofuel (bioethanol and biogas) along with specialty grade pulps and other bio-products, strongly emphasising feedstock selection and use of advanced analytical tools. This will be accomplished by collection/selection of feedstocks for deconstruction studies, optimized pre-treatments for woody and nonwoody materials, physical/chemical characterization of the pre-treated materials, and tie in between pre-treatment and industrial use of lignocellulosics. LIGNODECO incorporates innovations such as tailor-made modifications of existing technologies for paper-pulp industry, mild biotechnological pre-treatments based on biocatalysts, modern analytical techniques for characterizing lignin, hemicelluloses and cellulose, utilization of Brazilian fast-growing woody and nonwoody crops as feedstock for future biofuels, novel high value-added cellulosic pulps from eucalypt and grasses for specialty papers, integrated use of xylan and lignin-containing by-products and effluents in energy and biogas production, and production of hemicellulose-based additives for wood pulps, and lignin-based chemicals and power/steam.

Keywords: lignocellulose,biomass,bio-products,bioethanol,wood cellulose,non wood cellulose,xylan,enzymatic process.
Promoting inquiry in mathematics and science education across Europe (PRIMAS)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Science in Society
Destination: Strengthening potential, broadening horizons
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Germany,Switzerland,Netherlands,United Kingdom,Spain,Slovakia,Hungary,Cyprus,Malta,Denmark,United Kingdom,Romania,Germany,Norway
Call:  (FP7-SCIENCE-IN-SOCIETY-2009-1, 2009)
Start date: 2010-01-01
End date: 2013-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3309696.88
EU funding (EUR): 2996236.0
Participants: 15
Project status: CLOSED

This project aims to effect a change across Europe in the teaching and learning of mathematics and science with teachers supported to develop inquiry-based learning (IBL) pedagogies so that students gain experience of IBL approaches. Ultimately, our objective is a greater number of students with more positive dispositions towards further study of these subjects and the desire to be employed in related fields. The proposal brings together 13 teams of experts in IBL in mathematics and science education from 12 nations and will be led and managed by a researcher who has recent successful experience of European work of this type. The nine working packages will be led by appropriate experts from the wider team, who will ensure the successful completion of each stage of the project. Overall, our design of the project throughout has been focused so as to provide a multi-level dissemination plan addressed to teachers and important stakeholders to ensure maximum impact. This plan includes the provision of high quality support for, and training of, teachers and teacher trainers; selection of high quality materials and methods with which to work with teachers, supporting actions addressed to teachers to advertise IBL, methods of working with out-of-school parties such as local authorities and parents and summaries of analyses that will inform a wide range of policy makers about how they can support the required changes. Throughout the project’s timeline national consultancy panels and two international panels will provide on-going advice and orientation at key stages. To maximise the project’s “reach” to teachers either established networks for professional development of teachers will be expanded, or new networks will be built using models which have proven efficacy. Rigorous evaluation both by an internal team and an outside agency will provide formative and summative feedback about the validity of the project and its effectiveness.

Keywords: mathematics & science education,pedagogy,inquiry-based learning,interdisiplnary approaches,multi-level dissemination to all stakeholders,teacher training,out-of-school events,informing policy
Israeli Researchers' Night (IRN09)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: European Researchers' Night
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Israel
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-NIGHT, 2009)
Start date: 2009-06-01
End date: 2009-12-31
Duration (months): 7.0
Total project cost (EUR): 231226.0
EU funding (EUR): 120000.0
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

Israeli Researchers' Night 2009 (IRN09) is designed to attract Israelis of all ages, background and geografic location nationwide. The event is part of a worldwide celebration marking 200 years to the birthday of Charles Darwin, 150 years to the Theory of Evolution, 400 years to the Galileo Telescope and the Year of Astronomy. A broad range of compelling scientific activities, held nationwide and supported by the Ministry of Science, Culture and Sport will contribute to altering public stereotypes of researchers, and to a greater understanding of the pivotal role of researchers (in both universities and industries) and their contribution to the betterment of society and mankind as a whole. This year's event will comprise rich and imaginative programmes, featuring leading researchers from Israeli universities, research institutions, major science museums and industry, engaged in cutting edge scientific discovery and technological innovation. Events will include interactions and exchanges with scientists whose research has received EU grants, and a variety of hands-on activities for youngsters and others. Forums will take the shape of informal settings, such as Science Cafes, where scientists and the public can get acquainted with each other in an unthreatening environment. Each event location will boast a European Corner, devoted to heightening public awareness of the EU-Israeli RD collaboration; the EU's outlook and social and global vision, as well as its FP7, CIP and EuropaAid activities. Israel's major science museums will post the top posters entering the nationally competition, Imagine Researchers’ Night 2010. Following the Researchers' Night Event the poster exhibition will tour the country. Although the official date of the European event was set for Friday evening, September 25, Israel got a special permission to hold its event one night earlier due to religious restrictions.

Keywords: researchers,public opinion,science happening,industry
Supporting EU Access to Canadian Research and Innovation Programmes (ACCESS2CANADA)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Activities of International Cooperation
Destination: Supporting the EU access to third country programmes
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Italy,Germany,France,Canada
Call:  (FP7-INCO-2009-5, 2009)
Start date: 2009-09-01
End date: 2012-08-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 586023.92
EU funding (EUR): 499714.0
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

The Access2Canada project is based on the need to solve the lack of awareness among EU researchers about the opportunities and obstacles for European researchers to access Canadian research and innovation programmes. The objective of this project is therefore to strengthen and increase EU-Canada S&T and innovation cooperation by supporting the access to these programmes for EU researchers. In order to achieve this main objective, the project intends to reach the following four goals: 1. Map Canadian R&D programmes and EU-Canada S&T agreements, and identify opportunities and obstacles for the EU research community to access Canadian research and innovation programmes; 2. Raise awareness amongst EU researchers about Canadian research and innovation programmes and encourage EU researchers to participate; 3. Assess European researcher participation in Canadian research and innovation programmes; and 4. Provide feedback to the EC and JSTCC about the opportunities and obstacles for EU researchers and present suggestions to improve the S&T cooperation. Added efforts will be made to identify and assess any opportunities provided by Canadian innovation programmes and players that might support cooperation in innovation with Europe The results of the project will be publicly available on a (proposed common ACCESS4EU) website, and presented during information days, (online) conferences and relevant events in Europe. The expected impact of the project will be the reinforcement of the current bilateral S&T agreement between Canada and the EU, an increased participation of EU researchers in Canadian research and innovation programmes, and a better understanding of the reciprocity of research and innovation programmes on both sides.

Keywords: canada,research,innovation,programmes,access,reciprocity,rules,opportunities,obstacles,dissemination
Increasing the Dialogue between India and Europe by Improving EU Awareness and Access to Indian Research and Innovation Technology Programmes (INDIA GATE)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Activities of International Cooperation
Destination: Supporting the EU access to third country programmes
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Italy,Greece,India,Hungary,Belgium
Call:  (FP7-INCO-2009-5, 2009)
Start date: 2010-01-01
End date: 2012-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 647132.49
EU funding (EUR): 499817.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

The main objective of the INDIA GATE project is to increase the S&T cooperation between India and the EU by creating a “one-stop shop” for funding opportunities that are available in India for European organisations. The INDIA GATE project will identify Indian research and innovation funding programmes, the obstacles that inhibit EU researchers and organizations from taking part in the identified opportunities and make the information available in a user-friendly manner to stimulate, encourage and facilitate participation. INDIA GATE project starts with a review of the available funding opportunities and an analysis of the obstacles facing European organisations wanting to take part in Indian funded projects. The information will support the development of effective dissemination tools to be used in the dissemination strategy. A dynamic webpage will be developed and serve as a “one-stop shop” for information on Indian programmes open for European organisations with all relevant information available both in webformat, e-training format and as downloadable material. Additionally, the participation rate will be monitored allowing to provide expert input to decision makers and the Joint Committee. INDIA GATE will bring EU-India scientific cooperation forward by an increased participation of European organisations in Indian funding programmes and contribute to an increased mutual understanding of EU-India respective research systems.

Keywords: india,funding opportunities,s&t cooperation,awareness raising
Enhancing Scientific Cooperation between the European Union and Central America (ENLACE)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Activities of International Cooperation
Destination: Bi-regional coordination of S&T cooperation including priority setting and definition of S&T cooperation policies
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Italy,Belgium,Spain,Greece,Austria,Hungary,Costa Rica,Guatemala,Honduras,Panama,Mexico,Nicaragua
Call:  (FP7-INCO-2009-1, 2009)
Start date: 2009-11-01
End date: 2014-04-30
Duration (months): 54.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1854026.04
EU funding (EUR): 1600000.0
Participants: 16
Project status: CLOSED

ENLACE aims at supporting the bi-regional dialogue between the EU and the Central America Countries (CAC) on S&T issues, identifying common interests in research areas, setting up S&T priorities, supporting capacity building activities, and enhancing the dialogue within the region. The planned activities are: policy dialogue meetings between EU and CA stakeholders to identify research priorities of mutual interest; training activities to set up the network of FP7 National Contact Point in Central America and an Enterprise Europe Network correspondent. In addition, the project foresees a set of activities to enhance the networking among EU and CA researchers and to raise awareness on FP7 in CA. Dissemination events from one side and travel allowances for researchers from the other side will provide concrete tools to boost the participation of CA in FP7. The consortium includes 14 multi-skilled partners, 6 from the EU and 8 from the Central America, that will ensure the fulfillment of ENLACE’s objectives.

Keywords: international cooperation,coordination,bi-regional dialogue,ncp,central america,awareness raising,capacity building
Science and everyday life in Trieste (PROSIT)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: European Researchers' Night
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Italy,France,Italy
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-NIGHT, 2009)
Start date: 2009-06-01
End date: 2009-12-31
Duration (months): 7.0
Total project cost (EUR): 85816.4
EU funding (EUR): 55000.0
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

In Trieste as many as 37.1 out of 1000 workers are researchers, more than the average in the US (7.4), EU (5.0), Japan (9.2) and much more than the national average in Italy (3.3). This result is due to the fact that an increasingly important role has been played in Trieste since the 1960’s by specialized international institutes of advanced studies and applied research. These research centers have links with vast areas of the globe, particularly the developing world and Eastern Europe. Nowadays the “Trieste System” is known throughout the world and constitutes a model in which university research, centers of excellence and points of technology transfer cooperate at a local, national and international level to produce, transfer and manage knowledge. This system of research and technological development is essential for the region and for employment opportunities. The project “Researcher’s Night 2009” will focus on (i) the image of researchers as “ordinary” people who are part of the daily life of the city in which they have chosen to live and work. (ii) Researchers as a resource for the local territory: the world’s greatest resource lies in its people, their ideas and knowledge. In this respect researchers are crucial for stimulating and transferring ideas, taking them in other parts of the world, and for receiving and adapting ideas to different environments. (iii) Researchers as vessels of knowledge. More than in the past, today knowledge is at last perceived as valuable good to be exchanged and “consumed”. The mobility of ideas and people is one of the main factors for the transfer of know-how and for cooperation aimed at socio-economic, infrastructure and services development in order to provide an adequate response to the problems and needs of citizens. The project consists in a bunch of activities, a combination of fun as well as science education programs that should likely reach a range of various categories, from kids, teen-agers, adults to elderly, from n

Keywords: prosit (project for science in trieste). researchers as ordinary people with a normal life trieste system lisbona strategy
Privacy - Appraising Challenges to Technologies and Ethics (PRACTIS)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Science in Society
Destination: A more dynamic governance of the science and society relationship
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Belgium,Finland,Israel,Germany,Poland,Poland,Austria
Call:  (FP7-SCIENCE-IN-SOCIETY-2009-1, 2009)
Start date: 2010-01-01
End date: 2013-03-31
Duration (months): 39.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1267956.11
EU funding (EUR): 988456.0
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

The vision that motivates PRACTIS is of a society that is aware of the evolving challenges to privacy posed by emerging technologies and is equipped to respond to them. PRACTIS will assess the potential impacts on privacy from emerging technologies and new scientific knowledge. It will propose ethical frameworks and legal procedures for coping with potential risks to privacy. It will explore novel policy options for addressing individuals’ changing privacy needs in the light of new technologies, as well as exploring new ethical frameworks in law and implementing guidelines for new technology or product development. Specifically, long-range horizon scanning focused on technologies that might impact on privacy will be conducted. Technologies such as nano, bio, info and cognition (NBIC) will be explored and new threats to privacy will be evaluated. In addition, trends in changing perceptions of privacy will be surveyed (including among high school students). These empirical studies will provide the basis for future scenarios of the privacy-technology interface which in turn will lead to the formulation of new ethical frameworks and legal considerations. Research methods will include interviews, expert surveys, focus groups, and brainstorming. PRACTIS will generate deeper knowledge and higher awareness among scholars and relevant stakeholders regarding the early identification of changes in privacy perceptions due to new technologies. An innovative idea to be explored in PRACTIS is the embedding of privacy issues in the development process of new technologies. By bringing leading experts in technology foresight and assessment together with specialists in ethical and legal aspects of privacy, PRACTIS offers a unique combination of disciplines that will produce new knowledge on the relationship between technology, privacy and ethics. Implications of the findings will be derived for policymakers, scholars, standardisation bodies and other stakeholders.

Keywords: privacy,ethics,emerging technologies,science in society,foresight,policy,data protection,privacy impact assessment
The Impact of Service Sector Innovation and Internationalisation on Growth and Productivity (SERVICEGAP)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Socio-economic sciences and Humanities
Destination: Growth, employment and competitiveness in a knowledge society
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Ireland,Germany,United Kingdom,Germany,Poland,Austria,Finland,Slovenia,Belgium,France
Call:  (FP7-SSH-2009-A, 2009)
Start date: 2010-03-01
End date: 2013-02-28
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3105513.59
EU funding (EUR): 2399740.0
Participants: 13
Project status: CLOSED

The primary objective of this research project is to produce a comprehensive study on the impact of market services on aggregate economic growth in the EU and its comparative performance relative to competitor regions, especially the US. The research is divided into three areas: Productivity and its drivers in service industries; Firm strategies in the knowledge-based economy and Internationalisation of service markets and growth. In the first area the project will explore the impact of intangible assets such as R&amp;D and firm- specific training in explaining the EU’s poor performance relative to the US. It will also examine interactions between information and communications technology and intangible investments to gauge to what extent these are complementary strategies to enhance productivity and growth. This area will also contain a detailed investigation of linkages between service sectors and manufacturing through trade in intermediate inputs, and the effect of the competitive and regulatory environment of service industries on growth in the EU. Area 2 on the knowledge based economy will investigate external sources of knowledge creation through an analysis of outsourcing of service functions in the service and the manufacturing sectors and will provide a detailed analysis of productivity and employment effects of innovation activities in different services industries and countries. The third area on internationalisation of services will analyse the extent of international trade, international investment and international outsourcing of services and investigate their impacts on productivity, employment and growth. The methods employed will be mostly quantitative economic analysis, supplemented by case studies. The results of the project will provide a significant advancement of the knowledge base on the impact of service industry performance for strengthening productivity, growth and employment in the EU and so will be a useful resource for policy makers.

Keywords: services productivity innovation internationalisation