Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Environmental Governance in Latin America and the Caribbean: Developing Frameworks for Sustainable and Equitable Natural Resource Use (ENGOV)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Socio-economic sciences and Humanities
Destination: Europe in the world
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Netherlands,Spain,France,Norway,Brazil,Mexico,Chile,Ecuador,Argentina
Call:  (FP7-SSH-2010-3, 2010)
Start date: 2011-03-01
End date: 2015-02-28
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3422471.0
EU funding (EUR): 2699310.0
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

The central objective of this project is to understand how environmental governance is shaped in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and to develop a new analytical framework for environmental governance in the region. The project will focus on both formal and informal practices of management around renewable and non-renewable natural resources, how they are perceived, contested and reshaped in the context of rapid and complex social, political, economic and environmental changes at local, national, and global levels. In order to do so, the concept of environmental governance provides a comprehensive approach linking theory and practice. Latin American and Caribbean countries have come to occupy a key position in the global debate on environmental governance, and the climate crisis has further stressed the international importance of the region. This project will focus on the obstacles and possibilities for sustainable production systems that can generate both economic development and a more equitable distribution of benefits in order to decrease poverty, exclusion, and environmental degradation in LAC. It will depart from the region’s experience with environmental governance, analyse recent initiatives, and explore options for institutional innovation and inclusive approaches towards natural resource use and management. The project will build on available ‘knowledges’ and generate new information which will be widely disseminated among all relevant user groups (social movements, academics, state institutions and private sector) to support them in developing future strategies and activities. The project will use multi-disciplinary and multi-scalar methods, including stakeholders in all the project phases to discuss and compare contexts and outcomes in different LAC regions, and to develop innovative tools for learning processes and communicating its results.

Keywords: natural resource management,climate change,environmental protection,poverty reduction,institutions
Modelling nanoparticle toxicity: principles, methods, novel approaches (MODNANOTOX)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Denmark,Switzerland,United States
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2010-EU-USA, 2010)
Start date: 2011-11-01
End date: 2013-10-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1279137.8
EU funding (EUR): 999899.0
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

ModNanoTox will develop a number of well-documented and technically advanced models describing the behaviour of engineered nanoparticles in organisms and the environment. Background to these models will be a thoroughly documented database, constructed based on: (1) an advanced evaluation of physicochemical properties of nanoparticles and in silico modelling of their reactivity; and (2) assessment of the characterisation methodologies as well as toxicity protocols used to develop biological responses in toxicological studies. At the next level whole datasets will be evaluated for internal consistency and then compared with other relevant sets. The evaluation stage will be followed by development of toxicity models based at the individual organism level, using statistical and mechanistic models, in parallel with models predicting environmental fate. The toxicity and fate models will be integrated in mechanistic models to predict the long term risks of engineered nanoparticles for populations under realistic environmental conditions. The risk assessment models will be developed in close collaboration with appropriate stakeholders and end users to ensure their suitability for practical use in relevant legislative contexts.

Keywords: nanoparticles,nanotoxicity,qsar,biodynamic models,physicochemical properties,atomistic simulations,toxicokientic-toxicodynamic models,ecosystem effects,risk assessment
Stem Cells for Relevant Efficient Extended and Normalized Toxicology (SCR&TOX)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Health
Destination: Other Actions across the Health Theme
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: France,Germany,Sweden,Germany,France,United Kingdom,European organisations area,Sweden,Italy,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-HEALTH-2010-Alternative-Testing, 2010)
Start date: 2011-01-01
End date: 2015-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 9400000.0
EU funding (EUR): 4700000.0
Participants: 15
Project status: CLOSED

In the development of products for use by humans it is vital to identify compounds with toxic properties at an early stage of their development, to avoid spending time and resource on unsuitable and potentially unsafe candidate products. Human pluripotent stem cell lines offer a unique opportunity to develop a wide variety of human cell-based test systems because they may be expanded indefinitely and triggered to differentiate into any cell type. SCR&Tox aims at making use of these two attributes to provide in vitro assays for predicting toxicity of pharmaceutical compounds and cosmetic ingredients. The consortium has been designed to address all issues related with biological and technological resources to meet that goal. In order to demonstrate the value of pluripotent stem cells for toxicology, the consortium will focus on four complementary aspects: Relevance –i.e. establishing and maintaining discrete cell phenotypes over long-term cultures; providing large versatility to adapt to assays of specific pathways. Efficiency –for i) automated cell production and differentiation, ii) cell engineering for differentiation and selection iii) multi-parametric toxicology using functional genomic, proteomic and bioelectronics. Extension –i.e. i) scalability through production of cells and technologies for industrial-scale assays, and ii) diversity of phenotypes (5 different tissues), and of genotypes (over 30 different donors). Normalization –validation and demonstration of reproducibility and robustness of cell-based assays on industrial-scale platforms, to allow for secondary development in the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industry. SCR&Tox will be intricately associated to other consortia of the “Alternative Testing” call, sharing biological, technological and methodological resources. Proof of concept of the proposed pluripotent stem cell-based assays for toxicology will be provided on the basis of toxicity pathways and test compounds identified by other consortia.

Keywords: pluripotent stem cells,multi-systemic approach,multi-parametric approach,high throughput screening,industrial-scale cell production and testing,predictive toxicology
New Frontiers in Protein-based Nanomaterials (PMELT)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: Materials and Synthesis
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call:  (ERC-2010-AdG_20100224, 2010)
Start date: 2011-03-01
End date: 2016-02-29
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2168862.0
EU funding (EUR): 2168862.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

We propose to undertake an ambitious 5 year interdisciplinary programme that introduces a fundamentally new paradigm in protein-based nanomaterials research. The new approach involves two main project themes based respectively on fundamental studies on the structure, function and properties of molten protein polymer surfactant nanoconstructs, and the development of these novel nanomaterials as smart fluids, biotechnological devices and health care products. This proposal represents a new and adventurous area of work for the PI, and will allow unprecedented access to a novel class of nanomaterials with controllable architectures, unique physical properties and inherent biological functionality. In so doing, the work will open up promising new avenues of bionanomaterials research and offer significant advantages over current methods for producing protein-based nanomaterials at extremely high concentration and dosage. In general we expect the research programme to pioneer new frontiers in fundamental research and generate significant economic and societal impact as nanomaterials become increasingly integrated into medical and technological products, and new commercial markets based on nanoscience are discovered.
NANOfutures: a cross-ETP Coordination Initiative on nanotechnology (NANOFUTURES)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Integration
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Italy,Belgium,Spain
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2010-CSA-4, 2010)
Start date: 2010-10-01
End date: 2012-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1171011.4
EU funding (EUR): 999980.0
Participants: 3
Project status: CLOSED

NANOfutures CSA aims (1) to identify and optimize synergies between European and National Platforms, research programmes, JTI, ERA-NETs and other CSAs and research projects related to nanotechnology, in order to reduce the fragmentation of the European nanotechnology and coordinate future strategies. (2) to identify key strategic nanotechnology nodes addressing issues of cross-sectorial and nano-specific relevance for the innovation and rapid uptake of nanotechnologies in order to increase EU competitiveness . (3) to construct and disseminate an integrated Industrial and Research Roadmap for European Nanotechnology. The Roadmap will address European key nodes in terms of cross-sectorial research, technology and innovation issues as well as broad socio-economic challenges to the implementation and commercialisation of sustainable and safe nanotechnology enabled solutions. This target will be achieved in the framework of the NANOfutures Initiative, a cross-ETP, integrating platform that brings together all relevant stakeholder groupings involved in nanotechnology. Project partnership is composed of D’Appolonia, in charge of the coordination, PRODINTEC and NANOfutures Association, which groups together relevant stakeholders. 11 European Technology Platforms have signed a memorandum in support of the initiative, and many industries, including several SMEs, are actively involved in the project activities, including the networking and dissemination tasks. NANOfutures Steering Committee is formed by the representatives of the supporting 11 ETPs plus 10 nanotechnology experts chairing NANOfutures CSA working groups. The CSAs ProNano, NanoCom, ObservatoryNANO and Nano2Market have undertaken to collaborate with NANOfutures in order to increase the effectiveness of the action. This networking activity will secure added value by providing the necessary multidisciplinary and cross-sectorial community able to create a common vision of future European nanotechnology.

Keywords: nanotechnology,roadmap
Addictions and Lifestyles In Contemporary Europe – Reframing Addictions Project (ALICE RAP)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Socio-economic sciences and Humanities
Destination: Major trends in society and their implications
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Spain,Sweden,Norway,Finland,Germany,Denmark,Poland,Slovenia,United Kingdom,Switzerland,Germany,Germany,Netherlands,United Kingdom,Italy,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Israel,Portugal,United Kingdom,Italy,Netherlands,Netherlands,Italy,United Kingdom,Austria,Germany,Netherlands
Call:  (FP7-SSH-2010-1, 2010)
Start date: 2011-04-01
End date: 2016-03-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 10213503.58
EU funding (EUR): 7978226.0
Participants: 45
Project status: CLOSED

ALICE RAP is a Europe wide project of 43 partner research institutions involving 107 researchers from 25 European countries providing 1000 months of a plurality of scientific endeavour to analyse the place and challenges of addictions and lifestyles to the cohesion, organization and functioning of contemporary European society. Through integrated multidisciplinary research, a wide range of factors will be studied through a foresight approach to inform a redesign of effective addictions governance. Ownership will be described by an historical study of addiction through the ages, an analysis of public and private stakeholder views, and through image analyses, of professional and citizenship views. A study of how addictions are classified and defined will be followed by estimates of their health, social and economic impact. Determinants of addiction will be investigated through a coordinated and cohesive social, economic and biological analysis of initiation, transition into problem use and transition into and out of dependence. The business of addiction will be analyzed through studies of revenues, profits and participants in legal and illegal trade, the impact of suppliers on addictive substance use and behaviours, and analyses of webs of influence on policy responses. Addictions governance will be studied by describing the views and forces that determine the ways societies steer themselves and by stock taking of present governance practices to old and emerging addictions. Youth as customers will be analyzed through considering the impacts of new technologies on promoting and mitigating use, by studying the interrelations of culture and biology, and by determining features that promote resilience and nudge young people to reduce problematic use. The programme itself will be professionally managed from a partnership perspective to promote a coordinated and integrated approach to the high volume of research and its policy implications.

Keywords: addictions,lifestyles,ownership,determinants,burden,business,governance,youth,innovation
TOOLS FOR OPEN MULTI-RISK ASSESSMENT USING EARTH OBSERVATION DATA (TOLOMEO)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Research Staff Exchange Scheme
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Italy,France,Germany,Spain
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IRSES, 2010)
Start date: 2011-06-01
End date: 2014-11-30
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 483000.0
EU funding (EUR): 483000.0
Participants: 4
Project status: CLOSED

the focus of this proposal is on the development of free/open source tools in the framework of collaborative environment with emphasis on remote sensing analysis tools for risk assessment. The software tools that we plan to develop aim at being robust, easy to use and "free" (if not open source) in order for them to be used in a collaborative way by researchers and other actors in our community (and possibly in other communities) for extracting information from imagery that may be useful to map risk and its parts: vulnerability, exposure and hazard.

Keywords: remote sensing
Globally Recoverable and Eco-friendly E-equipment Network with Distributed Information Service Management (GREENET)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Research Staff Exchange Scheme
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Sweden,United Kingdom,Romania,Sweden
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IRSES, 2010)
Start date: 2011-07-31
End date: 2015-07-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 457800.0
EU funding (EUR): 457800.0
Participants: 5
Project status: CLOSED

The establishment of closer international cooperation to share and develop research on globally sustainable Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) management is timely and significant. This GREENet project is aimed at teaming up multi-disciplinary research teams from the EU and China to enhance the knowledge base and achieve research synergies as integrated technical solutions in the relevant areas. The objectives of the project include: - To establish an active international community and effective communication channel for the teams to cooperate on globally sustainable WEEE management - To integrate the complementary expertise of the teams to devise ICT (Information and Communication Technologies)-based strategies, solutions and standards to address the multi-faceted requirements of WEEE management - To leverage the geographical characteristics of the teams to evaluate and disseminate the research outcomes in different regions of the EU and China 4 European Universities and 4 Chinese Universities/Research Institute will synchronise their research to propose integrated technical solutions. The research strengths of the teams are in Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) used for designing global WEEE information management platforms, RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) applications used for designing dynamic WEEE tracing services, and manufacturing/remanufacturing information systems and strategies used for designing WEEE remanufacturing planning optimisation services. A series of exchanged programs and 2 industrial seminars will be organised for research sharing, integration and evaluation. The long-term target of the project is to maintain an active, open and leading international community to develop the research and international standards, showcase best practices in applications, and promote the technical solutions and standards to industries and governments to achieve sustainable targets.

Keywords: informatics,environmental waste management,remanufacturing management,service oriented computing,weee
ADAPTIVE, HETEROGENEOUS, INCENTIVE-COMPATIBLE, LOCALIZED AND SECURE NETWORKING (AGILENET)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Research Staff Exchange Scheme
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Türkiye,Greece
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IRSES, 2010)
Start date: 2011-11-01
End date: 2014-10-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 117800.13
EU funding (EUR): 117800.0
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

Cognitive radio networking is in its infancy, but there is now an orchestrated effort to stimulate pertinent R&D activities in Europe and the US, following major regulatory initiatives to release previously reserved bands. Cognitive radio network research is now widely acknowledged to be central in enabling the next leap towards seamless spectrum/energy/cost-efficient operation and cohabitation of licensed/unlicensed operators and ad-hoc networks with only limited, if any, central coordination. The objective of the AGILENet project is to bring together the complementary expertise of European and Third country partners and two partners in order to lay the foundations for addressing basic issues in several facets of cognitive radio networking. The consortium consists of two European and three Third country partners, one of which is a leading wireless telecommunications industry with remarkable existing cooperation record. The partners will bring together their expertise and collaborate in order to lay the foundations for resolving basic issues in several facets of cognitive radio networking. The cross-fertilization among partners will address issues such as natural modeling and prediction of network operating point through game theoretic node interactions, the need for localized and incentive-compatible communications in an autonomic environment, topology adaptation and control, and security issues stemming from the autonomous node operation. Each partner will bring along its expertise in different thrusts, and the project will develop a unifying framework for a systematic study of the cognitive radio thrust capturing these clearly interrelated research areas. With its suggested mobility plan, the project aspires to strengthen collaboration among partners, exploit complementarities in expertise, educate young researchers and ultimately create a solid basis for fruitful durable cooperation regime that will hopefully lead to more joint efforts in the future.

Keywords: networks beyond 3g,wireless systems
The Political Economy of Youth Unemployment (YOUTHUNEMPLOYMENT)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Research Staff Exchange Scheme
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Italy,United Kingdom,Italy,Italy
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IRSES, 2010)
Start date: 2012-01-01
End date: 2015-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 161500.0
EU funding (EUR): 161500.0
Participants: 4
Project status: CLOSED

In recent decades, global and European policy makers have been very slow in recognising youth unemployment and underemployment as a priority challenge requiring decisive policy responses. While an urgent concern at the global level, youth employment is not only an issue for developing countries: in recent decades, both developed countries and countries in transition have seen their labour markets incapable of integrating newcomers. Youth unemployment is nowadays a crucial issue in the EU policy agenda. Several policy instruments have been designed to improve the labour market integration of young people. Up to now, the situation of youth in employment has not substantially improved. At the European Union (EU) level, the biggest challenge is to significantly increase participation rates in employment so as to limit, as much as possible, the effects of an ageing population, and overcome the negative economic consequences of a declining European labour force from 2010 onwards. Moreover, these structural features of the unemployment in EU and Eastern Europe have been exacerbated by the recent recession following the international financial crisis. Many young people involved in temporary work will most likely loose their jobs due to the fact that labour market reforms have been implemented in most countries looking at flexibility side only (and not also at the security side). This poses several policy questions: 1. How policy intervention might prevent some particularly weak young people to fall into long-term unemployment or temporary work experiences? 2. Is the springboard effect of temporary work contracts universal or is it linked to particular contractual conditions, such as type and length? 3. Which kind of labour active policy programmes or passive income support schemes should be implemented in order to reduce youth unemployment? This project tries to answer these questions with an in-depth and systematic investigation in several directions.

Keywords: social sciences,unemployment policy