Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Social Entrepreneurs as "Lead Users" for Service Innovation (SELUSI)

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,Belgium,Spain,Sweden,United Kingdom,Hungary,Belgium,United States
Call:  (FP7-SSH-2007-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-06-01
End date: 2013-08-31
Duration (months): 63.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3050966.8
EU funding (EUR): 1446878.0
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

Companies that don’t innovate lose their competitive edge. This is one certainty companies in an increasingly competitive, complex environment face, and which is further driven home by the 2005 re-launch of the Lisbon Strategy. But how should a Philips, IMEC or say a leading company in high-tech or knowledge-based services innovate their service function? This project will bring forward emerging social entrepreneurs as a powerful, yet so far untapped source of ‘external’ intelligence, ideas and technologies, and will advance a concrete strategy for how companies can access and leverage this intelligence in their service innovation processes. To do so, we will first rigorously analyse the founding decisions of 800 emerging social entrepreneurs based in Western as well as Central and Eastern European countries. This will allow us to systematically dissect the rising phenomenon of social entrepreneurship along a number of dimensions, including financial contracting, competitive strategy and organizational design. As we better understand who social entrepreneurs in Europe are and how they evolve over time, we can start to address more effectively how their intelligence can be optimally mobilized to accelerate service innovation. We will pilot-test at least one concrete, new innovation strategy (match-making model) through a series of action-orientated workshops that will involve academics, social entrepreneurs and leading companies. Finally, through our unique blend of fundamental and applied research, we will be able to formulate public policy initiatives in the following four domains: (i) the area of emerging social entrepreneurship both at the EU and member state levels, (ii) that of service innovation and competitiveness particularly at the EU level, (iii) areas of both emerging social entrepreneurship and services innovation in European welfare states versus emerging market economies, and (iv) our “SELUSI”-Innovation Strategy at the global level.

Keywords: emerging social entrepreneurs,service innovation,open business models,organizational and competitive strategy,cross-sectoral collaboration
Innovative rotomoulding development to improve cycle times and process efficiency whilst facilitating greater flexibility in product design and integrity for the SME-rotomoulding sector (ROTOFLEX)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research for the benefit of SMEs
Destination: Research for SME associations
Action type: Research for the benefit of specific groups
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Portugal,United Kingdom,Italy,Germany,Belgium,United Kingdom,Germany,United Kingdom,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-SME-2007-2, 2007)
Start date: 2009-01-01
End date: 2011-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1721728.8
EU funding (EUR): 1352851.0
Participants: 12
Project status: CLOSED

ROTOFLEX addresses the needs of the Rotational Moulding industry through: · Development of an automated feed system for polymer, additives, and coolants direct to the rotating mould at any point in the cycle. This will allow the production of: multilayer parts for enhanced product performance fibre-reinforced composites and facilitate automatic and controlled internal mould cooling · Decreasing the processing cycle time by as much as 30% through automated feeding in the loading/heating/cooling/demoulding cycle. Reduced thermal stress to the polymer will allow use of engineering plastics for value added applications and improved dimensional stability. The EU rotational moulding sector uses 1.7 TWh of energy each year and therefore reducing energy consumption by 20%, through improving cycle times, will result in a saving of €30M. The Kyoto protocol aims to cut CO2 emissions by ~10% by 2012 and 50% by 2050. It is estimated that across the EU 750K tonnes of CO2 are emitted each year due to rotational moulding. Reduced energy usage gives a proportionate environmental impact. · Integration of rotational moulding simulation software (RotoSim) with new finite element models, validated experimentally, to quantify variables and control shrinkage, residual stress and warpage, leading to higher quality roto-products. · Knowledge-based rotational mould and machine design criteria/guidelines to accommodate the new universal feed system, and optimise processing performance; reinforcing the supply chain. · Apply the new automatic feed system, mould and machine design, and knowledge-based processing to enable the use of engineering materials, and the development of new multilayer, fibre-reinforced and wood-polymer composite (WPC) products, achieving target end-user specifications for value added applications.

Keywords: plastics materials,polymer processing,composites,materials characterisation,fea,modelling,design
Young people and the images of science on websites (YOSCIWEB)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Science in Society
Destination: Strengthening potential, broadening horizons
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: France,United Kingdom,Iceland,Netherlands,Spain,Estonia,Bulgaria
Call:  (FP7-SCIENCE-IN-SOCIETY-2007-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-01-01
End date: 2010-03-31
Duration (months): 27.0
Total project cost (EUR): 540171.0
EU funding (EUR): 489122.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

To face the issue of the declining interest of young people for studying and working in science and more generally to reduce the doubt in the population regarding the link progress/science, the public authorities as well as large companies and professional associations have developed initiatives and tools. Scientific websites play an important role as it is a new media, well adopted by the young people, easy to use and environmentally friendly. Nevertheless there is a lack of tools and methodology to analyse the quality and the orientation of the websites and to adapt them to the different publics (students, pupils, disabled, others) and to the different images of science. Seven organisations of national reputation from France, Spain, United Kingdom, Estonia, Iceland, Netherlands and Bulgaria have decided to combine their efforts in solving the above two issues. As the consortium consists in a mix of operators of scientific websites and/or researchers analysing websites, it will provide larger geographical coverage and set of competences. Yosciweb will be divided in 3 work packages in addition to those of management (WP1) and dissemination (WP5). WP2 will focus on assessing the current situation in terms of: • What are the different approaches already used in those matters? • What kind of public is addressed by the existing websites and on what images of sciences are they built? • How to classify the different scientific websites? WP3 will consist in a deeper analysis of a selected sample of websites, taking into account common parameters. WP4 will consist in defining best practices, in making recommendations for developers and managers of scientific websites and in preparing future actions to render the network sustainable and to increase the impact of the project. Yosciweb will provide the European population with tools and methods able to increase the impact and the efficiency of the scientific communication towards the youth.

Keywords: scientific websites youth informal education popularization of science
HOMELAND SECURITY, BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION AND PERSONAL DETECTION ETHICS (HIDE)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Science in Society
Destination: A more dynamic governance of the science and society relationship
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Singapore,Slovenia,Germany,Poland,France,Netherlands,Italy,United Kingdom,United States
Call:  (FP7-SCIENCE-IN-SOCIETY-2007-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-02-01
End date: 2011-01-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1244393.0
EU funding (EUR): 963762.5
Participants: 11
Project status: CLOSED

HIDE (HOMELAND SECURITY, BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION &amp; PERSONAL DETECTION ETHICS) is a 36 month coordination action that aims to create a PANEUROPEAN DIALOGUE PLATFORM ON ETHICS AND GOVERNANCE OF PERSONAL DETECTION TECHNOLOGIES AND BIOMETRICS. THREE KEY IDEAS LED THE CONSORTIUM TO PREPARE THE HIDE PROJECT: ** Ongoing societal concerns about the use of biometrics and personal detection technologies for improving European security are legitimate. Research focusing on ethical, privacy and normative challenges posed by these technologies in the context of EU 27 is needed. **The ethical aspects of security technologies and the issue of data protection cannot be any longer addressed in the context of a particular technology alone. Research is needed with a more comprehensive approach to the continuum between personal detection, authentication and identification. **International controversies can be faced by promoting structured conversation. These controversies are often based on diverse interpretations of shared principles (e.g., proportionality principle, right to privacy, right to security, etc.). Structured conversation may allow a better understanding of others’ perspectives and commits all parties to dialogue. HIDE aims to create the best environment where this dialogue is possible and may progress.

Keywords: ethics,security,biometrics,personal detection technologies,privacy,european charter of human rights (echr)
Ethical Frameworks for Telecare Technologies For Older People at Home (EFORTT)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Science in Society
Destination: A more dynamic governance of the science and society relationship
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Netherlands,Spain,Norway
Call:  (FP7-SCIENCE-IN-SOCIETY-2007-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-03-01
End date: 2011-02-28
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1015871.0
EU funding (EUR): 783084.0
Participants: 4
Project status: CLOSED

This research is concerned with the normative implications of the introduction of remote care technologies for frail older people, for different stakeholders, and for gender divisions in particular. The project addresses an ethical and democratic deficit in this area which has arisen due to a proliferation in EU research and development of advanced care technologies yet one which has not been accompanied by sufficient consideration of their sociality and normativities. The research will deepen the understanding of ethical issues raised by the development of new technologies of remote care worn, installed or embedded in the homes of older citizens. It will develop qualitative approaches to understand the making of practice around remote care, in both preventive and responsive technological modes, using detailed ethnographic methods. It will also develop deliberative approaches to the making of remote care policy at a European level by recruiting citizens’ panels in each partner’s region. As called for by the Science in Society work programme, this will generate foresight into advanced care technologies and their embedded relations. By reconvening the citizens' panels to consider findings from the ethnographic studies at a later stage in the project, evaluative expertise and capacity will be created with civil society organisations at the local and project level. The research will develop an empirical ethics of evolving and of future care technologies to enhance the legitimacy of EU policymaking in this highly sensitive area.

Keywords: ethical deficit,democratic deficit,remote care,older people,vulnerable populations,ageing,domestic space,gender,care relations
Simulation of Crisis Management Activities (SICMA)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Security
Destination: Restoring security and safety in case of crisis
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Italy,Poland,Germany,Israel,Germany,Ireland,Denmark
Call:  (FP7-SEC-2007-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-03-01
End date: 2010-08-31
Duration (months): 30.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3902633.33
EU funding (EUR): 2566330.0
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

The proposal focuses on computer assisted decision making for Health Service crisis managers; it will aim at improving decision-making capabilities through an integrated suite of modelling and analysis tools providing insights into the collective behaviour of the whole organisation in response to crisis scenarios. Decision Support has to be provided in the following phases: - preparation: assisting in the identification of the best way to employ available assets, the limits of the achievable response and the effectiveness of different inter/intra-services cooperation procedures - implementation: providing a forecast of scenario evolution, proposing doctrine-based solutions and evaluating the effects of alternative decisions - debriefing: evaluating the effectiveness of current doctrine/procedures, proposing and evaluating possible modifications for enhancing the overall efficiency of the organisation. To achieve these objectives some scientific and technological issues must be tackled: - developing an integration infrastructure allowing for efficient integration of simulation models/supporting-tools developed or provided by different organisations - improving existing human behaviour models to represent individuals and groups as realistically as possible - considering the effects of unpredictable factors to present the user with a “distribution” of the effectiveness of a certain “decision” rather than the effectiveness of that solution deterministically dependant on the preconceived scenario The combined effects of the: - “bottom-up” modelling approach (i.e. build independent model components and then combine them) - unpredictable factors modelling (e.g. human behaviour) - analysis of decision-effectiveness distribution has the advantage of documenting both the unexpected bad and good things in the organization(s) thus leading to better responses, fewer unintended consequences and greater consensus on important decisions.

Keywords: decision support,health service,contingency planning,response,human behaviour,procedures
SME-Academia Nuclear Receptor Knowledge Transfer (SME RECEPTOR)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Sweden,France,France,France,France
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2007-3-1-IAPP, 2007)
Start date: 2008-06-01
End date: 2012-05-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1659159.0
EU funding (EUR): 1659159.0
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

SME RECEPTOR is a transfer of knowledge programme which will bring top scientists from industry and academia together to address key questions in nuclear receptor research. The programme of research, which is implemented through the two way exchange of researchers between three leading research organisations and three specialist innovative SMEs, will develop methodology to tackle one of the most pressing medical challenges in Europe – characterization of the nuclear receptor role and the development of drugs targeting the complex symptoms characterized by the metabolic syndrome. SME RECEPTOR will exploit new opportunities for drug design provided by advances in bioinformatics and transgenic technology. This will enhance the understanding of basis mechanisms underlying nuclear receptor actions and their translation into the physiological regulation of diseases. Since cardiovascular toxicity is a major factor involved in both early and late drug failure, SME RECEPTOR will primarily focus on the development of early screening methods for cardiovascular toxicity, as well as to expand the knowledge of the governing molecular mechanisms. A key factor is the ability to translate the knowledge generated within this exchange programme into more advanced and efficient development of novel pharmaceuticals within the industry. The project will generate a group of scientists with unique knowledge and international expertise in nuclear receptor biology as well as nuclear receptor targeting pharmaceuticals. The mutually beneficial two way transfer of knowledge between industry and academia will provide a career boost to the researchers who will acquire leading new knowledge, complementary training and a detailed understanding of the research culture in their opposite sector. The project will further promote industry-academic networking, creating a strategic long-lasting industry-academia partnership.

Keywords: health sciences,nuclear receptors signalling,crosstalk,drug design,cardiovascular disease,metabolic syndrome,endocrinology,toxicology,in vivo models,sme-academia collaboration
Cell permeable peptides as drug delivery system: a way towards innovative therapeutic strategies for neurodegeneration (CPADS)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Italy,France,Switzerland
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2007-3-1-IAPP, 2007)
Start date: 2008-03-01
End date: 2012-02-29
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 904965.0
EU funding (EUR): 904965.0
Participants: 5
Project status: CLOSED

Peptides and small molecules able to modulate protein-protein interaction as well as intracellular pathways leading to neurodegeneration and cell death hold a great potential as innovative therapeutic strategies with which to probe and manipulate biological pathways. The need to deliver these biologically active agents into cells has encouraged to develop various transducing vectors. In this view, cell permeable peptides conjugates represent a novel, versatile and extremely powerful way of blocking the propagation of intracellular signaling events or intracellular protein complexes, thus being an useful tools for both creating innovative animal models and to design innovative therapeutic strategies. The project aims to foster a dynamic pathway between academic research organizations and private commercial enterprises based on a longer term co-operation programme in the field of innovative therapeutic strategies for neurodegenerative disorders. The project will focus on the following specific objectives: i) Identify and verify appropriate targets, making use of innovative animal models to develop blocking/inhibitory small molecules; ii) Design appropriate cell permeable peptides and develop proteases resistant vectors. The projects goal will be sustained by concrete transfer of knowledge assured by bidirectional secondments and recruitment of external expertise. Further, the strong complementarities of competencies of the partners involved will be instrumental: through knowledge sharing and intersectorial mobilities the project will lead to develop new generation of drugs tackling with unprecedented specificity pathways of degeneration in neuronal cells. The intersectorial two-ways transfer of knowledge proposed in the project will strongly accelerate the all process from ideation to application of novel potential drugs for neurodegeneration and will speed up the advancement of research capability and the competitiveness of the partners involved.

Keywords: neurodegeneration,protein interaction,cell permeable peptides,intracellular pathways,cell death,therapeutic strategies,transducing vectors,intracellular signaling,animal models
CBRNE related testing and certification facilities - A networking strategy to strengthen cooperation and knowledge exchange within Europe (CREATIF)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Security
Destination: Security Research coordination and structuring
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Austria,France,Germany,Sweden,Netherlands,Switzerland
Call:  (FP7-SEC-2007-1, 2007)
Start date: 2009-02-01
End date: 2011-07-31
Duration (months): 30.0
Total project cost (EUR): 842069.79
EU funding (EUR): 831279.79
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

In the 30-month project CREATIF a network of testing facilities for security related products and services focused to CBRNE detection will be established. This network is dedicated to provide a communication platform for technology users and decision makers, providers and testers to discuss the future development of testing and to support user decisions and industry product / service development. All these stakeholders are invited to become members of the network and exchange their views and knowledge: testing facilities can publish information about their expertise and testing capabilities / facilities in a database on testing facilities within EU-27, an advisory board of end-users and industrial experts will be established to integrate their point of view into project deliverables and topical workshops. In these workshops specific themes in the field of certification and testing of CBRNE detection equipment will be discussed. Proceedings will be compiled to distribute the outcome of discussions and present information to a wide audience. CREATIF will ensure a careful examination of existing testing protocols and relevant standards to suggest harmonization of testing in the field of CBRNE detection both on a geographic scale within EU-27 and on a technical level. This will allow quality assurance and comparability of testing results. Possibilities to amend testing protocols by covering human factors and operational / scenario based testing will be suggested. Additional deliverables of the network will be a roadmap for a European certification system for CBRNE detection products & services and a concept on the continuation of the CREATIF network as an autonomous body after the end of the funded project. Based upon the experience of network building within well-focused groups of testing experts related to C/B/RN/E detection, CREATIF will suggest a generic strategy for expanding the network further to security related products & services.

Keywords: cbrne,detection,testing,testing facilities,certification,standards,best practise,network of testing facilities,knowledge exchange