Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Compiling and Refining Environmental and Economic Accounts (CREEA) (CREEA)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Environment (including Climate Change)
Destination: Earth observation and assessment tools for sustainable development
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Netherlands,European organisations area,Netherlands,Netherlands,Norway,Netherlands,Switzerland,Denmark,Germany,Finland,Austria,Sweden
Call:  (FP7-ENV-2010, 2010)
Start date: 2011-04-01
End date: 2014-03-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4488852.8
EU funding (EUR): 3499649.0
Participants: 13
Project status: CLOSED

The main idea behind this project is to refine and elaborate economic and environmental accounting principles as discussed in the London Group and consolidated in the future SEEA 2012, to test them in practical data gathering, to troubleshoot and refine approaches, and show added value of having such harmonized data available via case studies. This will be done in priority areas mentioned in the call, i.e. waste and resources, water, forest and climate change / Kyoto accounting. In this, the project will include work and experiences from major previous projects focused on developing harmonized data sets for integrated economic and environmental accounting (most notably EXIOPOL, FORWAST, a series of Eurostat projects in Environment Accounting, and to a lesser extent EU KLEMS and WIOD). Where possible data gathered in the project will be consolidated in and enrich such existing databases (most notably the EXIOPOL and FORWAST databases). The project will be executed by a mix of National Statistical Institutes and top research institutes in this field Europe, of whom the majority was involved already in EXIOPOL, FORWAST and various EUROSTAT projects setting up environmental and economic accounts, or have dedicated expertise on key domain areas. The project has made special provisions for further engagement of (European) participants in the London Group.

Keywords: seea 2012,water,mfa,waste,forest accounts,kyoto
CLimate change and Urban Vulnerability in Africa (CLUVA)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Environment (including Climate Change)
Destination: Sustainable management of resources
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Italy,Denmark,United Kingdom,Germany,South Africa,Italy,Germany,Senegal,Cameroon,Burkina Faso,Tanzania, United Republic of,Ethiopia,Norway
Call:  (FP7-ENV-2010, 2010)
Start date: 2010-12-01
End date: 2013-11-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4397825.0
EU funding (EUR): 3494580.75
Participants: 13
Project status: CLOSED

The social and economic impact of natural disasters in emerging economies and developing countries is growing. Many African countries have fragile economies unable to absorb the shocks caused by natural disasters enhanced by the increasing vulnerability of rapidly expanding urban areas. Climate change is likely to rapidly exacerbate this situation. The overall objective of CLUVA is to develop methods and knowledge to be applied to African cities to manage climate risks, to reduce vulnerabilities and to improve coping capacity and resilience towards climate changes. CLUVA will explore these issues in selected African cities (Addis Ababa, Dar es Salaam, Douala, Ougadougou, St.Louis). The project aims at improving the capacity of scientific institutions, local councils and civil society to cope with climate change. CLUVA will assess the environmental, social and economic impacts and the risks of climate change induced hazards expected to affect urban areas (floods, sea-level rise, storm surges, droughts, heat waves, desertification, storms and fires) at various time frames. The project will develop innovative climate change risk adaptation strategies based on strong interdisciplinary components. CLUVA will be conducted by a balanced partnership of European and African partners. The 7 European partners will bring together some of EU’s leading experts in climate, quantitative hazard and risk assessment, risk management, urban planners and social scientists. The 6 African partners from South Africa and from the Universities of the selected cities cover a similar range of expertises, making possible an effective integrated research effort. The project is structured in 6 WorkPackages dealing with climate change and impact models (WP1), multiple vulnerability (WP2), urban planning and governance as key issues to increase the resilience (WP3), capacity building and dissemination (WP4), coordination of the activities in the selected cities (WP5) and project management (WP6).

Keywords: climate change,multi-hazard,urban areas,africa,vulnerability
Elucidating novel roles and mechanisms of the GAD system in stress resistance and virulence of Listeria monocytogenes. (MONOGAD)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: European Re-integration Grants
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Ireland
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2010-RG, 2010)
Start date: 2010-10-01
End date: 2013-09-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 45000.0
EU funding (EUR): 45000.0
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

In previous work performed by Dr. Karatzas it has been demonstrated that the presence of glutamate does not confer any acid resistance to L. monocytogenes grown in DM. This is due to the absence of any GABA export in this medium even if glutamate is present. Furthermore, L. monocytogenes accumulates high levels of intracellular GABA when challenged with HCl in both rich media like BHI and DM. This accumulation of GABA intracellularly suggests that this response might protect cells under acidic conditions. We propose that the accumulation of intracellular but also of extracellular GABA buffers the acidic envinronment and therefore protects the cells. This hypothesis will be tested and the role of intracellular GABA will be assessed with experiments performed in a mutant missing all the decarboxylases. Furthermore, it is proposed to identify the source of intracellular GABA which is probably intracellular glutamate. In addition it will be investigated if any of the three decarboxylases is responsible specifically for the production of intracellular GABA. In previous work performed by Dr. Karatzas it has been demonstrated that previously unknown components in BHI activate the expression and the function of the GAD system in terms of GABA export. We propose to specifically identify these components and investigate if the regulation is at transcription level or if they are required for the activity of the antiporter-based GAD system.

Keywords: health sciences
Bottom Up selection, collection and management of URBAn waste (BURBA)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Environment (including Climate Change)
Destination: Environmental technologies
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Italy,Italy,Spain,Portugal,Italy,China,Poland
Call:  (FP7-ENV-2010, 2010)
Start date: 2011-01-01
End date: 2013-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2926483.69
EU funding (EUR): 2158952.8
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

The aim of the BURBA project is to develop an automatic system to be used for intelligent waste management. The system consists of intelligent waste containers and an IT tool for waste collection and transport management, including RFID’s (Radio Frequency Identification) ability to reliably identify individual receptacles, users, single marked items or waste categories, and cell-phone-based LBS’ (location-based service) ability to allow an easy identification of the geographical position of the most suitable waste container and to improve its utilization by the citizen (the closest one to user actual position, not full, adequate for that waste category, etc). The BURBA rugged system is integrated into “intelligent waste containers” with capacities of 600 litres and over, for urban and industrial waste collection. It includes electronics for data transmission, for quantity and quality of waste measurement and a power pack that may be recharged using environmental energy scavenging. The foreseen IT tool will exploit the collected data in the frame of an advanced Waste Management concept. It will manage appropriately position and time of collection and optimize truck fleet path and queuing to waste disposal plants (for example incinerators that need continuous adequate feeding in quantity and quality); as well as the differential waste disposal to feed recycling facilities. It will compute service metrics and parameters for decision making and resources allocation. It will so far contribute to improve the management of the waste transport vehicles fleet, to minimise transportation path and diminish fuel expenditures as well as to optimise gain of disposal plants and service to citizens and industrial companies avoiding overfilled containers. Additional features of the platform are the support to rapid deployment of the containers on demand having the possibility to track their position and to redirect and reschedule the waste collection activities.

Keywords: urban waste management,intelligent container
InContext: Individuals in Context: Supportive Environments for Sustainable Living (INCONTEXT)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Environment (including Climate Change)
Destination: Earth observation and assessment tools for sustainable development
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,Netherlands,Germany,Belgium,Germany,Netherlands,Poland,Austria
Call:  (FP7-ENV-2010, 2010)
Start date: 2010-10-15
End date: 2013-10-14
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1840174.6
EU funding (EUR): 1496726.0
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

InContext will investigate drivers and barriers for sustainability and their interplay on an individual and collective level. InContext assumes that both individual and collective behaviours respond to an external context (like social norms, policies, and infrastructure) and an internal context (like needs, values and priorities). So far, initiatives to further sustainable development have focused mainly on external contexts. InContext argues that it is essential to address both sides and include factors like individual needs or subconscious aspects to successfully bridge the gap between awareness and action at individual and collective levels. InContext will: • Study internal and external contexts and the way individuals respond to them to identify drivers and barriers to actions advancing sustainable development. • Conduct participatory scenario development and back-casting exercises in three local communities to generate findings on innovative mechanisms for co-operation and the identification of agents for change. • Improve the understanding of the interplay between internal factors and external factors to behaviour, thereby generating results with regard to the interaction between structural and agent-based factors. • Improve the understanding of how policies at EU and local levels (as part of the external context) can help address the internal context in a way that supports sustainability-driven action. • Identify a set of innovative policy mixes for sustainability-driven action considering the roles of actors on different levels such as policy and opinion makers, business and civil society. InContext attaches great importance to the applicability and distribution of its research results. This concern is reflected in the project design by the integration of a network of local governments and the setting up of an interdisciplinary advisory board allowing for a permanent communication and reality-check by political as well as business professionals.

Keywords: transition management,sustainable development,foresight and back-casting activities,governance,pilot projects and case studies
Conditions of success for R&T Open options through a Platform of communications and for Expressing Recommendation Actions to Team-up Europe and U.S. (COOPERATEUS)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Aeronautics and air transport
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Spain,Italy,France,France,Netherlands,Belgium,Belgium,United Kingdom,France
Call:  (FP7-AAT-2010-RTD-1, 2010)
Start date: 2010-08-15
End date: 2012-10-14
Duration (months): 26.0
Total project cost (EUR): 618484.11
EU funding (EUR): 467959.0
Participants: 11
Project status: CLOSED

COOPERATEUS is a European Project within the Framework Programme 7 (Research / Aeronautics and Air Transport) aiming at establishing an initial framework, data base and network, in order to facilitate and enhance the cooperation in R&T activities between the two largest world players in aeronautics, i.e. the USA and Europe. It will introduce a more structured dialogue to identify the similarities in the respective research agendas / road maps. It will be used to create a better mutual understanding, thus permitting to  Build up ad-hoc EU-US R&T cooperation areas of mutual benefit  propose win-win R&T roadmaps / cooperations (ex: volcanic ashes)  Have a mutual understanding of administrative mechanisms: clarify the principles governing such EU-US R&T cooperation, respective funding mechanisms, IPRs, …etc…and the main barriers to that cooperation and suggest ways to overcome all the problems. COOPERATEUS project will indicate the areas where the cooperation topics are mutually favored assuring a good reciprocity between the parties. More over, COOPERATEUS is in the logic of the EU-US memorandum of cooperation (MoC) presently under preparation. It will not interfere with the various EU-US R&T cooperative activities already undertaken, but might nonetheless provide rules and reference that could be beneficial to all. Finally the project will provide common R&T road maps for cooperation to be introduced in future calls for proposals within Framework programmes of the European Commission and mechanisms in the US.

Keywords: air transport,aeronautics,acare,strategic research agenda-sra,road map,usa,icao,environment,ipr,cooperation,eu-us,moc
Innovative Strategies for High-Grade Material Recovery from Construction and Demolition Waste (IRCOW)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Environment (including Climate Change)
Destination: Environmental technologies
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Spain,Belgium,Sweden,Poland,Spain,Italy,Germany,Spain,Germany,Finland,Poland,Belgium,Belgium
Call:  (FP7-ENV-2010, 2010)
Start date: 2011-01-17
End date: 2014-01-16
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4831043.01
EU funding (EUR): 3362408.0
Participants: 13
Project status: CLOSED

The main goal of the IRCOW project is to develop and validate upgraded technological solutions to achieve an efficient material recovery from C&D waste by considering a life cycle perspective. The innovation beyond the state-of-the-art will focus on: 1. Developing new approaches and models aimed at raising the rate of reuse components. 2. Developing and adapting recycling technology with the overall purpose of improving the quality of C&D recycled materials: recycled aggregates, wood, plastics, granular gypsum from mixed streams and emerging waste materials. 3. Developing high grade construction products by using C&D recycled materials; not only those related to the stony fraction, but also the other fractions where there is currently a strong knowledge gap. 4. Demonstrating results under real conditions with the aim of providing potential stakeholders with information on the global performance. 5. Setting the basis for specific European policies on C&D waste aiming at fostering a high and efficient level of material recovery. To accomplish IRCOW objectives, the project is structured into 7 work packages and 5 in-field case studies. Three of the work packages focus on the development of new management schemes, separation technologies and products that are needed to significantly increase the reuse and recycling rates of C&W waste in the EU. The outcomes of the three technological work packages will be assessed and validated from an economic, environmental and toxicological point of view, by using both Life Cycle Assessment tools and case studies throughout Europe. The involvement of industrial stakeholders (both industrial companies and associations from the construction and recycling sector), and national and regional authorities ensures the relevance and applicability of the project results. Moreover, the stakeholders will be involved in deriving recommendations for changes in policies aiming to remove obsta

Keywords: construction,demolition,waste,stony fraction,plastic,wood,emerging streams,advanced recycling technologies,reuse,recycled products
Evaluating Economic Policy Instruments for Sustainable Water Management in Europe (EPI-WATER)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Environment (including Climate Change)
Destination: Sustainable management of resources
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Italy,France,Germany,Netherlands,Greece,Spain,Spain,United Kingdom,Denmark,Hungary
Call:  (FP7-ENV-2010, 2010)
Start date: 2011-01-01
End date: 2013-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4462688.0
EU funding (EUR): 3472438.0
Participants: 11
Project status: CLOSED

Economic policy instruments (EPI) have received widespread attention over the last three decades, and have increasingly been implemented to achieve environmental policy objectives. However, whereas EPI have been successfully applied in some policy domains (such as climate, energy and air quality), their application to tackle water management issues (drought/water scarcity, floods, water quality control) are beset by many practical difficulties. EPI-Water sets to assess the effectiveness and the efficiency of Economic Policy Instruments in achieving water policy goals, and to identify the preconditions under which they complement or perform better than alternative (e.g. regulatory or voluntary) policy instruments. Using a common multi-dimensional assessment framework, the project will compare the performance of single economic instruments or their apposite combinations with the performance otherwise achievable with regulatory (command & control) interventions (such as water restriction/rationing, licensing or permitting), persuasive instruments or voluntary commitments. Furthermore the project will identify remaining research and methodological issues that need to be addressed, in particular with regards to the further development and use of national accounting, for supporting the design, implementation and evaluation of EPI in the field of water management.

Keywords: economic policy instruments,water management,environmental accounts,flood,excess water,water scarcity/drought,water pollution,water price,pollution tax and charges,ecosystem service payment
Increasing the impact of Central-Eastern European environment research results through more effective dissemination and exploitation (ENVIMPACT)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Environment (including Climate Change)
Destination: Horizontal activities
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Hungary,Germany,Italy,Luxembourg,Bulgaria,Latvia,Czechia,Slovenia,Romania,Belgium,Poland
Call:  (FP7-ENV-2010, 2010)
Start date: 2011-01-01
End date: 2013-06-30
Duration (months): 30.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1011868.5
EU funding (EUR): 851584.48
Participants: 13
Project status: CLOSED

Based on indications from EC and FP7 statistics, the Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries participate at low rate in the FP7 Environment theme. On the other hand air pollution, chemical pollution and environmental risks should be handled with expressed interest in this region, due to severe environmental damages caused by decades of negligence and mishandling. CEE researchers have been conducting research in the mentioned fields since the middle of the 20th century, however, their results did not reach – and influence - either the policy makers of their own country, or their academic counterparts in EU-15. The main objective of ENVIMPACT is to enrich the EU knowledge base with the environment-related results of the CEE researchers, thus inducing new collaborations under FP7/FP8 which may lead to innovative solutions for the lasting protection of our environment. Using local contacts, knowledge and the insight of expert groups consisting of relevant academic, industrial/ETP and policy representatives, the innovative environmental research practices and results originating from Central and Eastern Europe will be identified, mapped and made available for the governmental, academic and industrial stakeholders all over Europe. After analysing the presently applied dissemination and exploitation practices of CEE research results (by SWOT analysis), good and bad practices will be presented in an online catalogue. Recommendations will be prepared for the development a taylor-made toolkit. To close the communication gap, CEE researchers will be offered trainings and online mentoring services, based on the recommendations for communication and exploitation of research results. Partners from 7 NMSs will ensure the availability of local research results, while representatives from 4 EU-15 countries will help to identify and match the needs in terms of communication of CEE/EU-15 researchers and will provide the expertise in reaching the relevant stakeholders.

Keywords: science communication,exploitation,pollution,environmental technologies,r&d map,training,mentoring