Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Impacts of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation and Enhancing Carbon Stocks (I-REDD+)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Environment (including Climate Change)
Destination: Climate change, pollution, and risks
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Denmark,Germany,Germany,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,France,Switzerland,Lao People's Democratic Republic,Indonesia,Kenya,China,Viet Nam
Call:  (FP7-ENV-2010, 2010)
Start date: 2011-01-01
End date: 2014-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4287934.0
EU funding (EUR): 3149968.5
Participants: 14
Project status: CLOSED

At COP15 in Copenhagen one outcome was a commitment to develop a mechanism for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and enhancing carbon stocks (REDD+). There is, however, only a limited research basis for such a mechanism particularly with regard to the need for understanding and monitoring the impact of REDD+ activities on climate effectiveness, cost efficiency, equity and co-benefits. I-REDD+ will approach these challenges from a truly interdisciplinary perspective. The overall objective will be to obtain an improved understanding of how the implementation of REDD+ mechanisms may 1) reduce emissions of GHG and maintain or enhance existing stocks of carbon in vegetation and soil of various land cover types; 2) impact livelihoods and welfare of local farming communities and differences between communities; 3) impact biodiversity conservation, and 4) provide a realistic framework for monitoring, reporting and verification of REDD+, including the importance of governance and accountability at multiple levels. To complement other research initiatives we propose to work in the uplands of Southeast Asia in the ‘Heart of Borneo’, Kalimantan, Indonesia, and in the northern parts of Lao PDR and Vietnam, and Yunnan in Southwest China. Rapid land use transitions from forest and shifting cultivation to other, more intensive land use systems and widespread forest degradation are occurring in these areas, making the potential for REDD+ particularly pronounced. Moreover, REDD+ may considerably impact on local economies, because of the high population densities in the region. The partners in I-REDD+ are leading research institutions in Europe and Southeast Asia, international research organizations, an NGO and an SME. The consortium has a strong emphasis on local dissemination and capacity development in order to ensure that project results influence REDD+ policy development at local, national and global level.

Keywords: redd,avoided deforestation,greenhouse gas emissions,forest degradation,livelihoods,biodiversity,governance,monitoring
Development of global plankton data base and model system for eco-climate early warning (GREENSEAS)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Environment (including Climate Change)
Destination: Sustainable management of resources
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: United Kingdom,United Kingdom,South Africa,Italy,Brazil,Norway,Russian Federation
Call:  (FP7-ENV-2010, 2010)
Start date: 2011-01-01
End date: 2014-06-30
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4483906.0
EU funding (EUR): 3476469.0
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

GreenSeas shall advance the quantitative knowledge of how planktonic marine ecosystems, including phytoplankton, bacterioplankton and zooplankton, will respond to environmental and climate changes. To achieve this GreenSeas will employ a combination of observation data, numerical simulations and a cross-disciplinary synthesis to develop a high quality, harmonized and standardized plankton and plankton ecology long time-series, data inventory and information service. The focus will be on capturing the latitudinal gradients, biogeographical distributions and provinces in the planktonic ecosystem from the Arctic, through the Atlantic and into the Southern Ocean. It will build on historical data-sets, and ongoing multidisciplinary ocean planktonic ecosystem monitoring programs, enhanced where possible with an emphasis on the Southern Ocean. GreenSeas will also enhance international cooperative links with other plankton monitoring and analysis surveys around the globe. The heart of the GreenSeas concept is establishing a ‘core’ service following the open and free data access policy implemented in the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) programme. Using state-of-the-art web-based data delivery systems the ‘core’ service will make available both new and historical plankton data and information products along with error-quantified numerical simulations to a range of users. Connecting with ‘downstream’ services GreenSeas will moreover offer ecosystem assessment and indicator reports tailored for decision makers, stakeholders and other user groups contributing in the policy making process. Finally, knowledge transfer will be guaranteed throughout the project lifetime, while the legacy of the GreenSeas database web-server will be maintained for at least 5 years beyond the project lifetime.

Keywords: plankton,data base,marine ecosystems,management,environmental indicators,ecosystem models,phytoplankton,zooplankton
Science, Technology and Policy interfacing using WISE-RTD (STEP-WISE)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Environment (including Climate Change)
Destination: Horizontal activities
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Belgium,Netherlands,Cyprus,Italy,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-ENV-2010, 2010)
Start date: 2011-01-01
End date: 2012-12-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1009440.0
EU funding (EUR): 899947.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

The aim of STEP-WISE is to promote and increase the use of FP environmental RTD results in the sector of environmental technologies focusing on water by diverse stakeholders: policy, scientists and industry. The WISE-RTD Web Portal (www.wise-rtd.info) has already been implemented to serve as a dissemination tool, linking diverse EC Water Framework Directive policy aspects to FP RTD (and LIFE) results, thus bridging the science policy gap in information exchange. Amendment of WISE-RTD to include also other (EC) Directives that relate to water policies will expand the current set of intricate algorithms that define science-policy interactions. In addition, the WISE-RTD structure will be expanded with environmental technologies focusing on water (WISE-RTD+ Web Portal). FP (and LIFE) funded environmental research projects and results with high EU added value will be identified and selected using preset criteria. By uploading these projects/RTD results using a dedicated tool WPIS (Web Portal Input System) to the WISE-RTD+ Web Portal, the information automatically become linked to the diverse sets of policy instruments (i.c. Directives). The WISE-RTD+ Web Portal will be used to evaluate whether policy questions have been answered by the RTD outcome (top down, scientific support to policy), and whether needs from identified stakeholders, e.g. from the environmental water technologies sector, are covered by policy issues (bottom-up). Merging of these two approaches will form the gap-analysis, recommendations towards a better uptake of FP environmental RTD results with tangible impact on economic growth and social welfare. The policy and science related contents of WISE-RTD+, and the two-way gap analyses will form the basis for dissemination using different user-friendly media. Innovative dissemination tools and activities will direct to different audiences/stakeholders at targeted national and/or international level including policy makers, researchers and industries.

Keywords: environmental s&t,water sector,communication & dissemination,ict,knowledge dissemination,stakeholder networks
An Integrated Framework of Methods, Technologies, Tools and Policies for Improvement of Brownfield Regeneration in Europe (TIMBRE)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Environment (including Climate Change)
Destination: Environmental technologies
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,Germany,Czechia,Italy,Romania,Denmark,Poland,France,Switzerland,Germany,Germany,Luxembourg,Germany
Call:  (FP7-ENV-2010, 2010)
Start date: 2011-01-01
End date: 2014-06-30
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4650820.03
EU funding (EUR): 3443502.0
Participants: 16
Project status: CLOSED

Brownfield regeneration is essential for sustainable land management in European Member States. Currently, the success in brownfield regeneration is unsatisfying in terms of financial and eco-efficiency or social acceptance. Many useful and innovative technologies site clean-up as well as methods to support decision making processes exist, but they are only rarely applied using their full potential. An immense diversification of tools with little connection to each other as well as a lack of consideration of regional and cultural specificities deters end-users from application. Sometimes the non-visibility of tools is the reason that problem owners, managers, local authorities and other stakeholders do not regenerate brownfields using the best technology available. Additionally, emerging challenges, such as the urgent demand for soil remediation and the reuse of on-site infrastructures, call for the development of new and integrated solutions. This project will overcome existing barriers to brownfield regeneration by developing and providing customised problem- and target-oriented packages of approaches, technologies and tools. As a unique asset, these packages deliberately include the cultural and administrative characteristics and their regionally distinctive features. By providing a customisable toolbox specifically addressing the diverse processes that have to be dealt with during the course of a regeneration project, end-users will be enabled to find best practice based solutions. Improvement of existing means to support brownfield regeneration will be further accomplished by filling methodological core topics such as intelligent remediation in terms of technological advancements with regard to phytoremediation and partial source removal technologies. The project will deliver a tailored training and dissemination programme as part of an information centre that will transfer existing and emerging knowledge to the scientific community and end-users.

Keywords: customised brownfield tool suite,phytoremediation,socio-economic aspects,technology push,case studies
Understanding Social behaviour for Eco-friendly multimodal mobility (USEMOBILITY)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: HORIZONTAL ACTIVITIES for implementation of the TRANSPORT PROGRAMME
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Belgium,Hungary,Germany,Germany,Austria,Croatia
Call:  (FP7-TPT-2010-RTD-1, 2010)
Start date: 2011-01-01
End date: 2013-02-28
Duration (months): 26.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1020420.0
EU funding (EUR): 930781.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

USEmobility applies a novel approach that directly identifies the reasons for behavioural change in the mobility of European citizens and forecasts future potential. This approach is based on the behavioural change, which has already taken place. A survey will be conducted in 10 selected regions in 5 European countries to find out the real reasons for mobility changes. Citizens will be interviewed who have actually switched from monomodal car travel to multimodal transportation chains (incl. public transportation) or who have increased their share of multimodal transportation. It will also include citizens who, on the contrary, have had their experience with multimodal transportation, but now rely more on monomodal transportation. Factors which have an impact on the choice of transport mode will be analysed. “Hard factors” like structural, technological and communication factors and also “soft factors” like socialisation, amenity values of transport and environmental awareness will be highlighted. The area of investigation is local and regional transport used by most citizens for their daily travel which offers a range of possibilities for multimodal transport / changing of transport modes. If multimodal transport chains are used, rail should build the backbone of the transport system, while busses, cars and bikes work as feeders to the rail system. Based on the results of the analysis a measure-mix with the best cost-benefit ratio will be suggested for the medium- and long term to better adapt the transport services being offered and the framework conditions to the customers’ needs. USEmobility will elaborate future scenarios for eco-friendly multimodal mobility and discuss them with decision makers in politics and transportation companies and also with civil society organisations (CSOs), representing European citizens / passengers. Finally, strategic recommendations for future eco-friendly multimodal mobility will be elaborated for national target groups and also for the European Commission. The findings will be intensely disseminated by the CSOs.

Keywords: multimodal mobility,passenger transport,regional transport,rail transport,public transport,social behaviour,citizens needs,future eco-friendly mobility,mobility behaviour,new mobility culture
Observatory Platform Technological and Institutional (OPTI)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Aeronautics and air transport
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Italy,Germany,Belgium
Call:  (FP7-AAT-2010-RTD-1, 2010)
Start date: 2011-01-01
End date: 2012-11-30
Duration (months): 23.0
Total project cost (EUR): 376251.2
EU funding (EUR): 356341.0
Participants: 3
Project status: CLOSED

The monitoring of the implementation of the Strategic Research Agenda developed by the Advisory Council of Aeronautics Research in Europe to reach the 2020 goals is paramount to evaluate the progress, identify gaps, and inform the Air Transport Community of the state of progress. In this context, technical goals and institutional enablers were identified as key areas to address to be able to reach the Vision 2020 Goals. In order to provide continuity in monitoring activities, the objectives of the OPTI project are therefore to: - provide the Community with most up-to-date information on the state of progress with respect to technical goals and institutional enablers, - increase the level of oversight on each of the technical goals and institutional enablers, in quantitative & qualitative manner by providing access to a Knowledge base collecting relevant information on each topic, - offer the Community, especially in view of the preparation of a new SRA edition, the possibility to call on the expertise of reference groups established for each of the technical goals and institutional enablers. In the context of the OPTI project, two observation platforms will be further developed: one on Technology (TOP) and one on Institutional enablers (IOP). A final report presenting the state of progress will be generated covering data from European and National initiatives. A common Knowledge base will be created recording both information related to TOP and IOP. Links between IOP and TOP will be explored to refine the analysis at the global Air Transport level. The Air Transport Community will benefit from the set up and corresponding assessment of these Platforms to monitor progress, identify gaps and steer recommendations for the next edition of the Air Transport Strategic Research Agenda. This project will also increase the maturity level of the methodologies used for monitoring evolution and progress towards the Vision 2020 and beyond.

Keywords: acare,vision 2020,aeronautics,air tranport,strategic research agenda,r&t,progress,evaluation,institutional enablers
MagnetoCaloric Refrigeration for Efficient Electric Air Conditioning (ICE)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Sustainable surface transport (INCLUDING THE �EUROPEAN GREEN CARS INITIATIVE�)
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Italy,France,France,Spain,Italy
Call:  (FP7-SST-2010-RTD-1, 2010)
Start date: 2010-11-01
End date: 2014-10-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4262900.0
EU funding (EUR): 2833925.0
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

ICE is focused on the development of a new air conditioning and heat pump system based on the Magneto Caloric heat pump and a on the redesign of the cabin air conditioning and microclimate control to use is the most efficient way the cooling and heating power. The Consortium includes a SME having a relevant and unique KH on Magneto Caloric heat pump, a OEM supported by an acknowledged automotive research center, a tier one automotive supplier and two important academic and research institutions. The FEV scenario is moving towards a progressive diffusion in urban areas (e.g. small passenger cars and small buses). In this context a small bus has been selected as a demonstrator vehicle this because represents a challenging application, is commercially available and in use (real use data available) within the consortium so to give a real chance of exploitation in the short –medium term period for the project outcomes. Within the project will be also evaluated the applications for passenger cars and trucks (parking heating and cooling). The project major contents are Efficient automotive electrical compact heat pump (COP > 5 in cooling mode) based on Magneto Caloric effect using high efficiency magnetic materials, smart design and specific micro channelled heat exchangers. Redesign of the thermal power distribution system based on a coolant loop to distribute locally in the cabin the thermal power and to control the temperature of batteries and electronics. Microclimate control system based on thermal comfort and able to limit the thermal power generation only to the really required quantity and to adapt the system to the occupants’ number. Sustainable Cost: thanks to the resize of the systems and systems integration The project results will be validated installing the system on an electrical bus and testing it also with road tests. The project includes also a relevant dissemination and exploitation activity to promote the application of the ICE approach.

Keywords: electric air conditioning,electrical vehicle,magnetocaloric,heat pump
Be researcher for a night (BERENI)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: European Researchers' Night
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Romania
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2010-NIGHT, 2010)
Start date: 2010-05-01
End date: 2010-10-31
Duration (months): 6.0
Total project cost (EUR): 99684.0
EU funding (EUR): 75000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

For a day and night the public will interact with researchers and their field of expertise in order to understand them and be aware of the results of their work. The public will be encouranged to step into the researchers’ shoes: to be researchers for a night (discussing about daily program, the way of working and how to manage successes and failures). The event will be organized in 9 cities, 18 various locations (public institutions, museums, public markets, and shopping malls) in order to gather various public. Different than the other years, we want to reach also medium cities besides the major ones, in order to increase the exposure of the European dimension of the event. A contest will be launched for young students to work with researchers during the preparation months for generating and implementing small research projects, their results being exposed during the event. In this way we encourage a longer interaction with the researchers and their fields of work, wishing that in long term all these actions are going to influence the young students to look for a career in science fields. We want to reach 25000 visitors, 15 project teams, 100 researchers, students and teachers. Also a Science route will be defined in order to create the promotion with special equiped trucks that will go from town to town to spread the spirit of the event. This Science route will be presented on the web portal, so that everyone interested to know where are in that moment the science trucks and when are reaching different points of the targeted cities. During the night, a improvisation play will be run by researchers and animators, so that visitors to get involved in bringing to life characters and actions from science. The coordination of the event will involve researchers, students, teachers, museums and children’s clubs. In this way, people with diferent background and experience will gather around the idea of showing another side of the science and researchers.
Trans-Rail Integrated Goods European-Express Routes Demonstrators (TIGER DEMO)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Sustainable surface transport (INCLUDING THE �EUROPEAN GREEN CARS INITIATIVE�)
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Italy,Germany,Belgium,Italy,Italy,Italy,Germany,Germany,Germany,Germany
Call:  (FP7-TRANSPORT-2010-TREN-1, 2010)
Start date: 2011-04-01
End date: 2013-12-31
Duration (months): 33.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5924115.11
EU funding (EUR): 3599946.24
Participants: 19
Project status: CLOSED

TIGER Project developed under the 7FP addresses the issues of promoting sustainable logistics introducing innovative railway services connecting the sea ports of the European Union with the Hinterland. This is done with particular attention to the flows generated to/from the Far East and South East Asia, involving all European major Ports, suffering from traffic congestion. In particular, two North European, and three Mediterranean Ports are key actors in researching innovative logistics solutions in TIGER. The Inland distributions to/from the Ports are being completely restructured. New production concepts based on Ship to Train operations together with shuttle trains prosecution into Inland Dry ports, are adopted. By doing so, Dry Ports constitute a sizeable extension of the yards, since they are capable of executing any Customs, handling and ancillary operations, up to delivery to final destinations. Such service restructuring is being achieved through substantial investments in ports/dry ports infrastructures, handling equipments, technology innovations, new intelligent management systems, modern production processes, and lengthening of the total value chain to/from the Dry ports up to the end users. Through TIGER, a coherent set, of innovative production cycles deliver better service, greater performances, faster transit times at a considerably reduced costs. These are the pre requisites for modal shift in favour of rail freight. Whilst TIGER is developed up to the PILOT TEST PHASE, Tiger Demo would accompany the pilots and turn them into full scale demonstrators. In fact, the market up-take of TIGER discoveries is subject to both the partners commitment and to their demonstration over a long period of time, following the pilot phase. During TIGER Demo, the fine tuning of the service performance will be achieved, being this fundamental for reaching the full commercial exploitation of the new Ports/Dry Ports/Inland distribution production process.

Keywords: demonstration