Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
SYNERGIES BETWEEN SCIENCE AND SOCIETY FOR A SHARED APPROACH TO EUROPEAN SEAS (4SEAS)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Science in Society
Destination: Science and society communicate
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Italy,Italy,United Kingdom,Poland,Ukraine
Call:  (FP7-SCIENCE-IN-SOCIETY-2007-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-03-01
End date: 2010-02-28
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 512894.3
EU funding (EUR): 439085.68
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

More than 70% of the globe is covered by water, and Europe itself is bordered by four different water basins (the Atlantic Ocean/North Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea) which have been shaping and influencing the European cultural, social and economic heritage since the ancient times. Seas are the paradigm of cross-cutting approaches to knowledge and life. Oceans are appealing and fascinating which make them ideal tools for engaging and communicating with the public at large (irrespective of its age) even on otherwise complex, distant and themes. 4SEAS comes by a consortium mainly composed of science museums/aquariums and research centres located on the coasts of the 4 different European basins. Partners will act as single modules within a European network based on ITC technologies. 4SEAS will address all of the above through the following actions: 1) direct engagement of the public at large following a bottom-up approach to science communication; 2) selection of marine-related topics to be addressed by each partner taking into account both a shared/European and a specific/regional approach; 3) cooperation between science centres and science museums/aquariums to develop each topic and set up interactive exhibitions; 4) large use of ITC technologies to ensure connectivity in the network and open to the widest audience; 5) museum exhibitions and marine-oriented external events planned and made available directly or on the web. 4SEAS aims are: 1) to ensure visibility and dissemination of research results to the civil society; 2) to enable the public to express its views and concerns about science; 3) to promote science to the young; 4) to strengthen the European citizens’ sense of participation in Europe through their direct involvement; 5) to develop a European awareness of the marine environment, cultural and technological aspects included; 6) to promote the regional approach within a broader context of European dimension.

Keywords: science communication,public view,marine science and technology,european dimension,regional approach
European Research Agendas for Disability Equality (EURADE)

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: Belgium,United Kingdom,Netherlands
Call:  (FP7-SCIENCE-IN-SOCIETY-2007-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-02-01
End date: 2009-09-30
Duration (months): 20.0
Total project cost (EUR): 365496.0
EU funding (EUR): 339954.0
Participants: 3
Project status: CLOSED

The purpose of this action is to build the capacity of European disabled people’s organisations in civil society for participation in the Framework 7 research programme and other relevant initiatives. The support action builds capacity by stimulating participation within the domain of ‘discriminations’ (as identified in the call and a current priority area of European and global policy development). As the official umbrella organisation, representing disabled people in civil society, the European Disability Forum (EDF) is ideally placed to initiate this participation throughout the European Union and the European Research Area. The action is focused through this umbrella organisation with support provided by two expert research partners (Leeds and Maastricht Universities). The support action will: enable EDF and its European member organisations to identify and articulate the research priorities of disabled people’s organisations in civil society; provide research knowledge and skills to civil society organisations; and, identify opportunities for larger scale collaboration with European research partners in priority areas. This will be achieved by engaging civil society representatives in activities involving consultation, knowledge development and mapping over a period of 18 months.

Keywords: disability,discrimination,equal opportunities
Intuitive operation and pilot training when using marine azimuthing control devices (AZIPILOT)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Sustainable surface transport (INCLUDING THE �EUROPEAN GREEN CARS INITIATIVE�)
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Poland,Germany,Denmark,France,France,Sweden,Netherlands,Italy,Ireland,Poland
Call:  (FP7-SST-2007-RTD-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-11-01
End date: 2011-10-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1335082.8
EU funding (EUR): 1199989.0
Participants: 14
Project status: CLOSED

The aim is to improve by policy and design, the safety and security of ships by taking into account the man-machine interface and the training of maritime pilots; specifically when operating ships equipped with azimuthing control devices. From the thrusters on smaller, but numerous, harbour support vessels through to the pod-drives on cruise ships and ocean going liners, azimuthing control has rapidly established itself in the maritime industry. But while the industry has risen to meet the demand, this rapid evolution has not allowed sufficient time for the propagation of knowledge throughout the different disciplines. Though the various sectors of the industry each have their own expertise, a lack of communication is both restricting progress and compromising safety and security; in addition, much work is being repeated unnecessarily. To address this problem, the project will provide a forum for technical review and cross-disciplinary discussion between the key industry sectors; specifically: - The specialist in HYDRODYNAMIC MODELLING and testing, both theoretical and experimental, and expert in the understanding of azimuthing control and propulsion devices. - The designers and manufacturers of MARINE SIMULATION software, hardware and physical models that are used for the training of marine pilots. Including, the designers, human factors specialists and manufactures of automation and control systems, joystick systems and graphical user interfaces. -The MARITIME TRAINING facilities using both numerical and physical simulation tool and specialist in the theory and practice of human factors (physical and behavioural components) and specialist in the training of bridge-crews and pilots. - Practitioners in OPERATIONAL PRACTICE including maritime pilots, ship operators/managers, pilot association and end users. And including, Maritime Authorities and Regulators specifically interested in policy and regulation.

Keywords: azimuthing control devices,hydrodynamic modelling,marine simulation,maritime training,operational practice.
Development of the implementation modalities for the establishment of a new externalised Exploratory Awards scheme for SMEs (FP7 SMES EA SCHEME)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research for the benefit of SMEs
Destination: Research for the benefit of SMEs
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: France,Austria,Belgium,Cyprus,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Israel,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Norway,Portugal,Romania,Slovakia,Spain,Sweden,United Kingdom,France,Netherlands,Lithuania,Poland
Call:  (FP7-Adhoc-2007-13, 2007)
Start date: 2007-12-01
End date: 2008-06-30
Duration (months): 7.0
Total project cost (EUR): 499198.0
EU funding (EUR): 499198.0
Participants: 26
Project status: CLOSED

The European Commission has decided to experiment under FP7 a new approach for an Exploratory Awards (EA) scheme for a limited period. As a first approach, the general aim of this EA scheme is to provide financial support to SMEs and SMEs Associations in order to submit better prepared proposals for actions under “Research for the benefit of SMEs”.The general idea of the present proposal is to identify all issues in order to implement new mechanisms of EA, targeting SMEs in FP7 Capacity Work Program. The new mechanism(s) to be developped will provide additionality to the National/Regional existing schemes, and target both countries with and without existing schemes. This “FP7 SMEs EA scheme” coordinated by OSEO innovation gathers 26 partners from 24 countries, working together during seven months on the project built on 4 steps approach, defined in the proposal 4 Work Packages. As a main deliverable, the “FP7 SMEs EA scheme” proposal will provide the European Commission with an implementation action plan, including one or several pilot funding schemes with an appropriate needed budget and a specification for the most appropriate management organisation at European level. The outputs provided by participants and associated experts, will result in an added –value roadmap for an optimised and cost-efficient implementation of the possible EA scheme.

Keywords: smes,exploratory awards,funding mechanisms
Detection Technologies, Terrorism, Ethics and Human Rights (DETECTER)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Security
Destination: Security and society
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Finland,United Kingdom,Norway,Italy,Switzerland,Sweden,Denmark
Call:  (FP7-SEC-2007-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-12-01
End date: 2012-01-31
Duration (months): 38.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2424419.13
EU funding (EUR): 1869684.0
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

DETECTER aims at increasing the compliance of counter-terrorism with human rights and ethical standards in the rapidly changing field of detection technologies. The project addresses the increasingly international character of counter-terrorism, the increasing use of informal mechanisms for altering law-enforcement practice to meet the threat of terrorism, and the great variety of detection technologies and their uses. The partners agree on the need for human rights standards to be informed by dialogue with both manufacturers of detection technology and law-enforcement officials directly involved with counter-terrorism who use this technology and influence the development of products. The project combines applied ethical and legal research with this dialogue in order to affect the design and use of products, to make ethical and legal research better informed, and to innovate conceptually in a field that is developing with great speed.

Keywords: ethics,human rights,privacy,terrorism,surveillance,international monitoring,detection technologies
Novel Intruder Detection & Authentication Optical Sensing Technology (IDETECT 4ALL)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Security
Destination: Increasing the Security of infrastructures and utilities
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Israel,Spain,Portugal,Romania,United Kingdom,Greece,Belgium
Call:  (FP7-SEC-2007-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-07-01
End date: 2011-06-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3239571.0
EU funding (EUR): 2298013.0
Participants: 11
Project status: CLOSED

iDetecT 4ALL addresses the urgent need for alerting technology for surveillance and intruders detection inside and in the surrounding of Critical Infrastructures (CI). The limited sensing capabilities as well as the very high cost of existing security equipment impose a barrier to implement necessary security means for ALL CIs with restricted areas including those having budget constrains. IDetecT 4ALL goal is to develop an innovative, Optical Intruder Sensing and Authentication Technology, that will dramatically improve the Cost/Performance ratio of security systems, thus becoming an enabler for the widespread availability of reliable and affordable security, leading to more CIs being protected. iDetecT 4ALL proposes to develop a novel Photonic Sensing technology based on an innovative approach utilizing ultra low cost electro-optical components. This novel approach enables to detect and Authenticate objects by a single sensor. The suggested concept is based on illuminating the protected area with invisible, modulated light, and by using a solid state scanning and detecting technique, to continuously monitor the 3D surface profile within the protected area. Presence and location of intruders will be detected from the variations inflicted on this 3D profile. By integrating additional novel optical ID tagging techniques onto authorized objects (personnel, vehicles and goods) the sensing technology will also be able to reliably identify, authenticate and alert real threats introduced by unauthorized intruders into restricted areas. This innovative approach is enabled by a recently invented efficient digital signal processing (DSP) technique enabling range measurement using continuous modulated invisible (or visible) light signals and requires far less peak power than Laser scanning technologies. To optimally steer and exploit the technological effort, four End Users, having different roles, at different EU Critical Infrastructures, partnered this consortium

Keywords: intruders detection
Developing a Crisis Communication Scorecard (CRISCOMSCORE)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Security
Destination: Security and society
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Finland,Israel,Estonia,Norway,Finland
Call:  (FP7-SEC-2007-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-02-01
End date: 2011-04-30
Duration (months): 39.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1013206.88
EU funding (EUR): 799174.0
Participants: 5
Project status: CLOSED

The outcome of this project will be an audit instrument - a Scorecard and relevant Guides - as a tool for ensuring effective crisis communication strategies and implementation. The Scorecard will enable public authorities to measure and improve their readiness for crisis communication. The Guides facilitate effective media relations and crisis communication strategies for various public groups. This will be made available for public authorities on a digital platform together with support materials. By this proposal we pursue to improve crisis communication, by identifying critical factors in media relations and relations with civilians and miscellaneous groups (survivors, casualties, deceased victims, family to workers, first responders and affected communities) before, during and after crisis situations. These crises may be the result of acts of nature, or acts of man (both intended, such as terrorism, or unintended, such as major accidents and infrastructure failure). We will study communication strategies in various recent cases and analyse the reception of information in stressful situations.

Keywords: crisis communication communication strategies pr management
How revolutionary queuing based modelling software helps keeping jobs in Europe. The creation of a lead time reduction software that increases industry competitiveness and supports academic research. (KEEPING JOBS IN EU)

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: Switzerland,Austria,United Kingdom,Austria
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): 612868.0
EU funding (EUR): 612868.0
Participants: 5
Project status: CLOSED

What does European industry need to know about “time”? Although there is a wide-spread belief that low-cost-production companies will gain market share over more expensive competitors there are considerable opportunities for more expensive producers as long as they provide a certain value-added for their customers: customized products and at the same time much faster delivery. We are suggesting that improving our knowledge of how European factories can shorten their delivery lead times, and thus substantially increase their competitiveness, will not only help to keep European jobs in Europe but also contribute to the scientific field of Operations Management and Strategy. Recently, lead time reduction has considerably pushed mass customization because traditionally production and delivery of individualized products took too long. But lead time reduction methods can speed up any process in manufacturing as well as in service businesses. The goal of this project is to develop state of the art software that will further support lead time reductions in European industry and through these efforts provide a source of data for scientific publications in top journals. The software is built on queuing theory, using mathematical equations for its optimization procedures, which will make it run much faster than simulation programs currently available. Staff secondments between university and industry partners will enhance the software development process. The project teams intends to further enhance the cooperation among industry and universities because every company modeled with our software will increase the information in the database which universities use for further research. Therefore, a win-win situation among the two sectors is created which is the base for a sustainable and ongoing cooperation.

Keywords: social sciences - lead time reduction - queuing theory - sourcing decisions - case study research - supply chain management
Metabolomics: defining the standards for sample preparation of small molecules (METABOLOMICSSTANDARD)

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: Germany,Netherlands
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2007-3-1-IAPP, 2007)
Start date: 2008-08-01
End date: 2012-07-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 430690.0
EU funding (EUR): 430690.0
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

The general aim of metabolomics is to identify measure and interpret the complex time-related concentration, flux and activity of the metabolites, in a biological sample. Metabolites include small molecules that are the products and intermediates of metabolism, but also carbohydrates, peptides, and lipids, and can be seen as the chemical characterisation of the phenotype. As the youngest of the –omics field, metabolomics is still developing. Many ongoing research focuses on development of new genomics and proteomics tools and utilization of those approaches for studying cellular function. In contrast, relatively few research programs focus on metabolomics. One of the most important problems, which have been identified by the researchers involved in metabolomics research, is the lack of standardization of the sample preparation step. Currently, nearly every group follows its own home-brew method for the sample preparation, which makes it very difficult to compare the data of different research groups and to use them for setting up a public data base. The goal of the proposed partnership is to develop innovative sample preparation methods for metabolome analysis in different biological materials, including the specifications of these methods, such as critical steps, reproducibility, and standard deviations. The research will build upon the extensive expertise of QIAGEN in developing standard methods for sample preparation in life sciences applications, and the extensive knowledge on natural products isolation and analysis of the Section Metabolomics at the IBL, Leiden University. The project will strengthen the competitive position of the EU in research metabolomics as in the technology development for metabolomics. It will also accelerate the use of metabolomics in different fields, such as e.g. biomarker discovery, indicator for nutritional status, drug toxicity testing and identification of novel secondary metabolites in plant system.

Keywords: metabolomics,sample preparation of metabolites,collection,stabilisation,fractionation,extraction
Vision and Action Plans for European Freight Transport until 2050 (FREIGHTVISION)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Sustainable surface transport (INCLUDING THE �EUROPEAN GREEN CARS INITIATIVE�)
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Austria,Germany,Finland,France,Denmark,Greece,United Kingdom,Germany,Czechia,Netherlands,Denmark,Switzerland
Call:  (FP7-SST-2007-TREN-1_05June, 2007)
Start date: 2008-08-14
End date: 2010-02-13
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2737915.86
EU funding (EUR): 1999622.7
Participants: 13
Project status: CLOSED

In the next years and decades the European Union need to act on the following global challenges: How to ensure and increase economic growth whilst also reduce environmental emissions (mainly Co2) and dependence on fossil energy, when freight transport demand (in terms of transport performance) is expected to increase by around 50% between 2000 and 2020 in the EU-25 (Project ASSESS Final Report, 2005). In addition the transport sector faces the challenges to reduce accidents and to avoid congestion and other negative impacts on the environment and population. A lot of different stakeholder groups have created their proposals to achieve sustainable freight transport. Most of them address only part of the problem or focus on only one aspect of a solution. Following this advice leads to sub optimisation and less efficient solutions. A holistic approach is needed integrating all aspects of the problem (infrastructure, vehicles, fuels, interoperability etc.) and all types of criteria in the solution (research, technologies, policies and pricing). FREIGHTVISION will therefore: - Develop a long-term vision and robust and adaptive action plans both for transport and technology policy for sustainable long-distance freight transport, - which are supported as much as possible by the relevant stakeholders. To develop a vision and action plans we need to perform the following tasks: analyzing transport policy, technology development, and mega trends with regard to long-distance freight transport; integrating them into “do-nothing” forecasts, developing scenarios how to reach a desirable future and defining for this the vision and action plans. To achieve stakeholders’ support for the vision and action plans a FORESIGHT process will be implemented. For this purpose the FREIGHTVISION Forum will be established, involving representatives from the Advisory Councils, ERANET (Transport and Road), ministries, infrastructure operators, industries and lobbying organization.

Keywords: innovative transport networks,freight transport,congestion,accidents,pollution,fossil fuels,long term,action plans,visions