ADES MEDIO FRIULI - ATTIVAZIONE del DISTRETTO di ECONOMIA SOLIDALE del MEDIO FRIULI

Il progetto ADES, grazie alla collaborazione tra il Dipartimento di Scienze Agroalimentari, Ambientali e Animali dell’Università di Udine, il Consorzio Friuli Innovazione e le imprese agricole, vuole favorire il consolidamento delle relazioni socio-economiche per lo sviluppo di filiere locali di produzione, trasformazione e commercializzazione dei prodotti agricoli, in un contesto di gestione solidale del processo produttivo e commerciale. Il progetto è finalizzato a sostenere l’economia locale in un rapporto attivo con il territorio per ricondurre il prodotto al suo luogo d’origine, restituire centralità ai produttori e valorizzare la qualità dei loro prodotti. L’Università partecipa al progetto attraverso attività di ricerca indirizzate alla valutazione della qualità della farina e alla valutazione del processo di costituzione della filiera. Responsabile scientifico: Dr. Lucia Piani

AGER - ProSuIT: Tecnologia (T) a favore (Pro) della suinicoltura italiana (Su-I)

Intervenire sulla filiera del prosciutto DOP identificando, mediante caratteri genetici e fenotipici, i suini da selezionare per ottenere prosciutti DOP di qualità e compatibili con una riduzione controllata del sale. Un obiettivo raggiunto con il precedente progetto che ha permesso di sperimentare per la prima volta in Italia, uno strumento (HAM-InspectorTM), in grado di misurare in linea la quantità di sale assorbita da ogni prosciutto e di determinarne le caratteristiche qualitative. L’obiettivo è di limitare le perdite di prodotto dovute a problemi in salagione e di rafforzare le caratteristiche qualitative dei prosciutti DOP gradite al consumatore. I ricercatori testeranno lo strumento in quattro prosciuttifici, per controllare l’assorbimento del sale e ottenere un prodotto finale con sale costante e, se richiesto, ridotto rispetto all’attuale target. Lo strumento permetterà di determinare peso, contenuto di magro e di grasso del prosciutto fresco e il sale assorbito dopo la salagione, con la possibilità di selezionare suini con una predisposizione genetica a sviluppare le cosce migliori e idonee per la filiera del prosciutto DOP. Intervenendo nella filiera con innovazioni ad hoc nella selezione genetica e nella tecnologia di salagione, diventa realizzabile una riduzione controllata di sale di circa il 25% rispetto alla media dei prosciutti DOP in commercio, in linea con le odierne raccomandazioni in materia di assunzione giornaliera di sodio. Il prosciutto DOP Italiano, già rigorosamente prodotto senza additivi, grazie al ridotto contenuto di sale avrà nuove e migliori proprietà nutrizionali, in particolare caratteristiche antiossidanti e antiipertensive.

Ager: SUSHIN - SUstainable fiSH feeds INnovative ingredients

SUSHIN è un progetto triennale che punta alla ricerca di nuovi ingredienti da utilizzare nei mangimi per le principali specie ittiche allevate in Italia. L’obiettivo è di migliorare l’alimentazione con l’introduzione di diete innovative per branzino, orata e trota. Queste specie saranno alimentate con farine ottenute da insetti, crostacei, micro-alghe e sottoprodotti della macellazione degli avicoli. I ricercatori valuteranno ilvalore nutritivo dei nuovi mangimi monitorando la crescita dei pesci allevati, il loro stato di salute e benessere, la loro qualità e sicurezza alimentare. La messa a punto delle nuove formulazioni sarà accompagnata da un’analisi continua di alcuni fattori determinanti per l’acquacoltura, quali: - la sostenibilità ambientale; - la produttività e redditività dell’allevamento; - la percezione e il consenso del mercato e del consumatore nei confronti di pesci alimentati con i nuovi mangimi. Responsabile scientifico prof. Emilio Tibaldi

Alpine Space - BIFOCAlps

BIFOCAlps project is tackling a common challenge to many Alpine Space (AS) regions: due to globalisation, many enterprises in manufacturing sector are not as competitive as wished in global markets, resulting in increased levels of unemployment, abandoned facilities and remaining plants that need new products and new processes. On the other hand, AS has a strong R&D sector and specialisation on Industry 4.0 and Factory of the Future (FoF) technologies. BIFOCAlps main objective is to boost collaboration and synergies among main actors of the AS innovation system for a sustainable, smart and competitive development of the manufacturing value chain towards the FoF. The main outputs will be (1) a map of the sector at transnational level, to understand existing and potential good and best practices, technologies and competences along the value chain; (2) a validated methodology for enhancing FoF long-term sustainability through innovation and knowledge transfer among business, academic and policy actors, and (3) guidelines of strategic actions for influencing policy agenda based on an impact indicator system, to monitor and allow evaluation of performance in line with harmonisation of S3. PPs and target groups are relevant stakeholders in the field of Industry 4.0 and FoF, which are involved in the policy-making, in the FoF research field and directly in manufacturing value chain. They will mostly participate to and benefit from project activities and outputs. The innovative approach integrates a “bifocal” view (considering both up- and down-stream value chain) and the transversal competences of the business, research and policy actors at transnational level. It will allow to gather best case scenarios of the AS and to integrate and implement them in the validated methodology, which will build on previous results and will be transferable at cross-national and cross-sectoral level aiming to connect value chain and boost competitiveness of the whole AS in the long term. This project is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund through the Interreg Alpine Space programme.

COST - ADMIRE - Aldosterone and mineralocorticoid receptor: Pathophysiology, clinical implication and therapeutic innovations

Aldosterone is the major hormone regulating blood pressure. Alterations in blood levels of aldosterone and genetic mutations in its receptor MR are major causes of hypertension. Many of the drugs in clinical use and in development target aldosterone and MR actions and are an intense area of research in Europe. The major reasons for launching this Action are to 1) defragment and enhance the excellence of the European research in the field 2) network leading European laboratories in aldosterone and MR research through training workshops/conferences, short to medium term study missions for early stage researchers leading to joint publications and grant proposals 3) identify new signaling pathways of aldosterone/MR to uncover new therapeutic targets 4) rapidly identify novel clinical outcomes of MR antagonists 5) develop new biomarkers of aldosterone/MR activation to better identify patients suited for such therapy 6) stimulate and support pharmaceutical companies and SMEs to develop diagnostic tools and drugs. The ADMIRE COST Action will harness a European network of experienced researchers benefiting from funded national research programmes.

COST - e-MINDS - Electrochemical processing methodologies and corrosion protection for device and systems miniaturization

Cost-effective device miniaturization is one of the most significant challenges faced by process engineering and industry. As systems are further miniaturized, component machining and assembly become increasingly complex and manufacturing costs grow. High-throughput, economical advanced manufacturing and assembly technologies are urgently required at the industrial level. Electrochemical processing and corrosion science are key disciplines for the integration and the protection of small functional parts in complex micro- and nanosystems. A transfer of knowledge among the electrochemical community, micro- and nanosystems researchers and associated industry is timely and urgently required. This COST Action (e-MINDS) provides a unique networking platform that overcomes discipline fragmentation, strengthens European competiveness, and ensures scientific excellence.

COST - METHAGENE - Large-scale methane measurements on individual ruminants for genetic evaluations

Methane is a greenhouse gas (GHG) that contributes to climate change. The livestock sector, particularly ruminants, is estimated to contribute up to 18% of total global anthropogenic GHG emissions. Preliminary data suggest that genetic selection to reduce methane emissions is possible. However, successful breeding programs require large datasets of individual animal measurements which cannot be generated by any EU country working alone. Smaller datasets of methane measurements are being generated by individual countries across the EU, which could be combined if agreement could be reached on how best to harmonise the data. Discussing harmonisation and protocols for future collection of such data is the focus of this METHAGENE network. METHAGENE aims to discuss and agree on 1) protocols to harmonise large-scale methane measurements using different techniques; 2) easy to record and inexpensive proxies for methane emissions to be used for genetic evaluations; and 3) approaches for incorporating methane emissions into national breeding strategies. METHAGENE will co-ordinate and strengthen EU scientific and technical research through improved cooperation and interactions, which is essential for breeding ruminants with lower environmental footprints resulting in less contribution to global warming.

COST - Nursingcarerationing: An international and multidimensional problem

Rationing of nursing care occurs when resources are not sufficient to provide necessary care to all patients. The reasons that lead to this phenomenon include staff reductions, increased demands for care due to the technological advancements, more treatment options, more informed service users, all requiring more time and attention from care professionals. Rationing of nursing care may also occur due to particular approaches of nurses’ clinical judgment and knowledge in allocating the resources, and the wider value basis of the society on care. As a result, fundamental patient needs may not be fulfilled and human rights linked to discrimination may be affected. In view of the increasing evidence indicating a negative effect of nursing rationing on patient outcomes, the fragmented work on the complexity of the topic as well as the gaps regarding issues such as ethics, methodology and patient safety, this Action will enable and facilitate internationally coordinated exchange of expertise and knowledge for both research and clinical practice at European and international level. This Action will facilitate a debate on the conceptualisation of rationing and the methodological challenges in investigating and monitoring the phenomenon and the development and evaluation of intervention methods. It will also facilitate stakeholders to develop a responsive research agenda that identifies challenges and innovative cost-effective and patient-centered solutions associated with care rationing. It will enable research and policy synergies by drawing out the implications of nursing rationing across countries and identify innovative delivery models and strategies with an overall aim to address patient needs.

COST-EuTypes: The European research network on types for programming and verification

Types are pervasive in programming and information technology. A type defines a formal interface between software components, allowing the automatic verification of their connections, and greatly enhancing the robustness and reliability of computations and communications. In rich dependent type theories, the full functional specification of a program can be expressed as a type. Type systems have rapidly evolved over the past years, becoming more sophisticated, capturing new aspects of the behaviour of programs and the dynamics of their execution. This COST Action will give a strong impetus to research on type theory and its many applications in computer science, by promoting (1) the synergy between theoretical computer scientists, logicians and mathematicians to develop new foundations for type theory, for example as based on the recent development of "homotopy type theory'', (2) the joint development of type theoretic tools as proof assistants and integrated programming environments, (3) the study of dependent types for programming and its deployment in software development, (4) the study of dependent types for verification and its deployment in software analysis and verification. The action will also tie together these different areas and promote cross-fertilisation. Europe has a strong type theory community, ranging from foundational research to applications in programming languages, verification and theorem proving, which is in urgent need of better networking. A COST Action that crosses the borders will support the collaboration between groups and complementary expertise, and mobilise a critical mass of existing type theory research.

Da Passo di Monte Croce Carnico a Passo Pramollo/Vom Plöckenpass zum Nassfeldpass

Progetto finanziato nell’ambito del Programma Interreg V-A Italia-Austria 2014-2020 > CLLD-Strategia HEurOpen Projekt finanziert im Rahmen des Programms Interreg V-A Italien-Österreich 2014-2020 > CLLD-Strategie HEurOpen The cross-border area that lies between Passo di Monte Croce Carnico and Passo Pramollo has a wealth of naturalistic, historical and alpine attractions. Here you can find such plants as Wulfenia and Eryingium, protected areas, paleontological sites and more. Of equal importance is the historical heritage, in particular that of the Great War. In addition, the territory is crossed by a dense network of hiking trails, including the Red Via Alpina Trail, the Traversata Carnica with interconnecting paths on both sides. Following in the footprints of famous climbers there are vie ferrate and mountaineering routes. The project aims at enhancing the whole area for cultural, educational and tourist purposes by: - improving alpine routes and locations for a sustainable tourism - accentuating the precious elements that can be found here (flora, fauna, history, etc.) – improving the attractiveness of the cross-border area - bolstering local communities awareness of the attractions of their own territory In fact, the project initiatives are aimed not only at giving greater value to the area but also to the people who live there. One of the strengths of the project is the involvement of local communities, in particular the Alpine Club members, who are partners in the project. Involving young people, through local schools and Youth Groups of the Alpine Club Sections is just as crucial, as it is they who represent the future for the sustainable development of the cross-border area. Responsabile scientifico: Ivana Bassi

ERA-Net: MARINe ALGAE as sustainable feed ingredients - improving their bio-utilisation to increase efficiency and quality of AQUAculture production The simultaneous increase of population and living standards will create a high demand for fish-derived

The simultaneous increase of population and living standards will create a high demand for fish-derived protein in the future. However, resource scarcity (feed, water and energy), environmental impacts, and changes in climate and growing conditions have to be seriously considered in aquaculture. New sustainable protein and lipid sources and improved technologies to increase bio-availability of existing sources will be needed to ensure adequate supply of aquafeeds. Although aquaculture effluents can be an excellent medium for algal growth, they are usually not reused since they contain residual organic compounds, minerals and other micro-pollutants. MARINALGAE4aqua is an innovative research project that targets to develop strategies for increasing efficiency of important European farmed fish and reducing their environmental impact using micro- & macro-algal biomass as feed ingredients by: I. Culturing marine algae under optimized technological processes to remove organic compounds and minerals from fish farm effluents so as to produce high value products for aquafeeds while recycling nutrients; thus improving the water body quality and reducing the environmental impact. II. Identifying novel feed additives to improve fish digestive capacity and nutrient metabolism upon using the selected algae. III. Improving fish growth and end product quality, reducing time to slaughter and providing consumers with a safe and healthy food item that has wider acceptance. MARINALGAE4aqua aims to tackle the sustainability challenges of the aquafeed industry by developing cost-effective and resource-efficient alternatives to fishmeal by providing: a) efficient new processes to valorize selected marine algae that could reduce EU imports of protein and lipid sources and minimize over-exploitation of wild fish stocks, loss of biodiversity and environmental burden and b) high sensory quality and consumer acceptance of fish products to meet food security and dietary needs for a healthy life. WP Leader Prof. ssa Francesca Tulli

EUROPEAID - BEBI - Agricultural and environmental Benefits from Biochar use in ACP Countries

The project aims at lessening the pressure of ACP population on their forested area while increasing soil fertility of croplands and to endure an integrated sustainable growth (i.e. reducing the above mentioned health risks for population). The project is focused on the objective of using more efficiently crop residues and, at less extent, wood adopting pyrolysis process in innovative, low-cost, biochar producing cooking stoves. In particular, a slow pyrolysis system, appropriate for different feedstock and adapt to produce the energy necessary for household (5-10 people per household), will be developed and tested. The slow pyrolysis low-temperature system offers the distinct advantage that process conditions can be optimized for the recovery of biochar and syngas. In addition, the process temperature parameters under slow pyrolysis are such that it avoids the formation of poly- aromatic hydrocarbons in the biochar product. The Project Partners are willing with this objective to pursue at the same time the following goals: * fight against desertification and unmanaged deforestation; * improve soil fertility and increase agricultural yields; * reduce the health risks related to charring and cooking activities; (iv) contribute to GHG mitigation.

EUROPEAID - BIOCHARPLUS - Energy, health, agricultural and environmental benefits from biochar use: building capacities in ACP Countries.

Seizing the opportunity offered by the widespread availability of feedstock (agricultural bio-wastes), the simplicity of converting biomass into biochar through pyrolysis with Elsa’s stoves, the low level of economic investment required, the high demand for charcoal as cooking fuel and the increasing demand for smoke-free cooking stoves, the project will channel the production of biochar - around energy clusters - into a sustainable and eco-friendly business opportunity for local communities. Biochar Plus improves the capacities of developing countries to absorb and use biochar technology, knowledge of which is readily available and promotes socio-economic development of families and communities. It also stimulates the development of specific biochar-related policies and incentive schemes, and builds the technical, entrepreneurial and scientific capacities of all stakeholders involved. The development of four energy clusters is expected to reduce anthropogenic pressure on forested areas and increase the soil fertility of cropland : - Producing and selling biochar stoves. - Producing and selling the fuel produced with locally available feedstock (pellets). - Collecting and distributing the biochar. - Receiving carbon credits and selling them in the international carbon markets.

EUROPEAID - LIVE - Linking Institutions for Veterinary Education

CEMAC (Communauté Economique et Monétaire de l’Afrique Centrale) countries, have a considerable potential in the agro-food sector, but the structures of their agriculture are still generally based on small family-based farms that cannot ensure the responsiveness to present and future demographic pressures. it is therefore necessary to upgrade all farming inputs, the infrastructures for the treatment of animal foods, and above all the human resources responsible for animal health and for the sanitary control schemes. Since a project alone cannot solve all those problems at once, LIVE focuses specifically on one of them: the lack of qualified human resources. LIVE aims at enhancing the capacities of CEMAC countries in implementing and managing higher education systems in the strategic fields of veterinary sciences, animal health, animal production and food safety.

FISR - OPA - Opere perdute e anonime nella tradizione latina dalla tarda antichità alla prima età moderna (secoli III-XV)

Il progetto si propone di iniziare a indagare le opere anonime o pseudoepigrafe che costituiscono una parte rilevante - e troppo spesso negletta - della produzione letteraria tardoantica, medievale e umanistica (allo stato attuale sono noti circa 13.000 testi), nonché avviare indagini sulle opere fino ad oggi considerate perdute, per le quali la raccolta di informazioni potrebbe agevolare il rinvenimento e l'identificazione. Le tre unità di ricerca (Udine, Bologna, Salerno) che costituiscono il progetto realizzeranno congiuntamente una banca dati di repertoriazione di opere anonime con funzioni di ricerca che consentiranno di identificare i testi, conoscerne la trasmissione manoscritta ad oggi nota, le diverse attribuzioni e la bibliografia relativa; sarà inoltre possibile effettuare ricerche per generi letterari, aree geografiche e intervalli cronologici. Saranno inoltre realizzati studi analitici volti ad acclarare e ricostruire la trasmissione di specifiche tipologie di opere; l'unità di ricerca dell'Università di Udine realizzerà due volumi della serie La trasmissione dei testi latini del Medioevo/Medieval Latin Text and Their Transmission (Te.Tra.): uno sarà dedicato alle opere esegetiche irlandesi, fornendo una nuova interpretazione filologica della trasmissione ibernica in rapporto alle teorie formulate più di 60 anni fa da Bernhard Bischoff; l'altra pubblicazione sarà volta a fornire specimina di particolare interesse filologico, paleografico o testuale di opere anonime nei diversi generi letterari. Sono previste, inoltre, pubblicazioni di edizioni critiche di testi anonimi.

FONDAZIONE CARIVERONA - Habitat Preciso

Habitat Preciso è un progetto finanziato da Fondazione Cariverona per il recupero del patrimonio naturale dell’Altipiano lamonese e del Monte Coppolo. L'Altipiano lamonese è caratterizzato da ricchezza di risorse naturali e coltivate e da aree di valore ambientale e paesaggistico. Il progetto mira alla salvaguardia dell’ecosistema, aumento della biodiversità, rafforzamento del ruolo delle attività umane nelle strategie di mitigazione ambientale, sviluppo di nuovi sistemi produttivi e opportunità economiche in linea con la natura, consapevolezza della cittadinanza nei confronti del patrimonio naturale.

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TERAPIA FORESTALE. Valorizzazione del patrimonio forestale per il benessere e lo sviluppo locale

FP7 -EXPEER - Distributed Infrastructure for EXPErimentation in Ecosystem Research.

EXPEER brings together, major observational, experimental, analytical and modelling facilities in ecosystem science in Europe. By uniting these highly instrumented ecosystem research facilities under the same umbrella and with a common vision, EXPEER will form a key contribution to structuring and improving the European Research Area (ERA) within terrestrial ecosystem research. EXPEER builds on an ambitious plant for networking research groups and facilities. The joint research activities will provide a common framework and roadmap for improving the quality, interaction and individual as well as joint performance of these infrastructures in a durable and sustainable manner. EXPEER will provide a framework for increased use and exploitation of the unique facilities through a strong and coordinated programme for Transnational Access to the infrastructures. Extensive outreach and collaboration with related networks, infrastructures as well as potential funding bodies will ensure that EXPEER will contribute with its key experiences to the shaping and designing of future research networks and infrastructures, and that it has full support from all stakeholders in reaching its long-term objectives. The establishment of the EXPEER Integrated Infrastructure will enable integrated studies of the impacts of climate change, land use change and loss of biodiversity in terrestrial ecosystems through two major steps: 1. Bringing together the EXPEER Infrastructures to enable collaboration and integration of observational, experimental and modelling approaches in ecosystem research (in line with the concept developed in ANAEE); 2. Structuring existing network of ecosystem observational, monitoring and experimental sites across Europe (LTER-Europe). Through its integrated partnership, uniting both the experimental, observational, analytical and modelling research communities, EXPEER has the multidisciplinary expertise and critical mass to integrate and structure the European long-term ecosystem research facilities providing improved services and benefits to the whole research community as well as the society in general.

FP7 - AIDPATH - Academia and Industry Collaboration for Digital Pathology

"Advances in digital pathology are generating huge volumes of whole slide and tissue microarray images which are providing new insights into the causes of some of today’s most devastating diseases. They also present tremendous opportunities for developing and evaluating new and more effective treatments that may revolutionize the care of patients with cancers and other diseases. The challenge is to exploit the new and emerging digital pathology technologies effectively in order to process and model all the heterogeneous tissue-derived data. This requires joint research projects and collaborative programmes between academia and industry. Thus, biomedical scientists will be equipped with broad knowledge and tools of modern imaging and data processing as well as analysis technologies, whereas engineers with have an understanding of the complex disease processes and the clinical needs. This will help developing efficient and innovative products to fulfil the needs of digital pathology. The AIDPATH project addresses this challenge through a focused research, including research training aiming to knowledge sharing and career development in this emerging multidisciplinary field. AIDPATH will research and develop: a) state of the art medical image display technology for digital pathology, b) novel image analysis solutions and knowledge discovery tools for future pathology diagnosis and research and c) state of the art solutions for biomarker evaluation and quantification. The first application will be breast cancer, though the applicability of the implemented methods and tools to other major diseases will be analysed."

FP7 - ANTARES - Advanced Training and Research in Energy Efficient Smart Structures

"Smart mechatronic structures of the future will have to be extremely energy efficient and self-powering in as many situations as possible. In addition to capabilities such as sensing and reacting to their environment in a predictable and desired manner, the next generation of smart structures will have to exhibit top class energy efficiency. In the context of the proposed ANTARES project (Advanced Training and Research in Energy Efficient Smart Structures) a new holistic approach to the design and implementation of smart structures will include top notch methods for extracting and reusing as much energy available from ambient vibrations as physically possible, developing novel energy efficient transducers for both control and energy harvesting, developing novel self-powered active control systems to reduce vibrations and noise emissions with maximum reductions in structural weight to further reduce the energy consumption. A special care will be taken that the weight reductions do not impair safety and structural integrity through development of appropriate structural health monitoring methods. The proposed ANTARES project aims to bring together early stage researchers and experienced specialists from key players in academia and industry across Europe. The fellows will be trained and supported in their phase of doctoral thesis to work innovative PhD topics as well as to receive specific education in theoretical and practical trainings. ANTARES is formed by 8 participating hosts combining leading education institutes, top research institutions and private sector representatives as well as 4 associated partners, established in European mechatronic and home appliances sector R&D, to assist in the dissemination and outreach or ANTARES results, and in providing dedicated training to enhance the entrepreneurial mind set of the ESRs. The Fellows will profit from top scientific research guidance in combination with highly relevant industrial supervision."

FP7 - BABETHANOL- New feedstock and innovative transformation process for a more sustainable development and production of lignocellulosic ethanol.

Today, USA and Brazil have massively invested in ethanol mono-production, taking advantage of their respective native crops, intensive culture practices and large availability of land. These renewable biofuel production models cannot be applied to most of the industrial and emerging countries. For these countries with limited land use, one of the best solutions to comply with their objectives of renewable biofuel and avoid food/fuel competition is the production of ethanol from diversified lignocellulosic residues. Yet, more research efforts are necessary to reach this objective. The BABETHANOL project proposes solutions for a more sustainable approach of 2nd generation renewable ethanol, based on a “moderate, environmental-friendly and integrated” transformation process that should be applicable to an expanded range of lignocellulosic feedstocks. The new process, called CES - Combined Extrusion-Saccharification, will be an alternative to the costly processes of the current state-of-the-art, notably the pre-treatment requiring much energy, water, chemical products, detoxification and waste water treatment. CES will be developed and tested from laboratory up to semi-industrial pilot scale with different new feedstock: Blue Agave Bagass, Palm Oil Empty Fruit Bunches and Olive oil Milled Husks. A Europe-Latin America lignocellullosic biomass catalogue will also be developed as a further contribution to the expansion of feedstocks. The success of the new project much relies on the well-balanced consortium with 7 European partners, 8 Latin American partners, the multidisciplinary expertise with agriculture/agronomy, chemical/catalysis, microbial systems engineering, industrial plant design and the integration of SMEs.

FP7 - CODEONBIRTH - An intercultural and Ethical Code on Birth. A dialogue between institutional directives and women's needs.

"The project proposes an anthropological analysis on childbirth. It intends to explore doctors, obstetrics and women’s experiences on giving birth at home, and analyze the official medical, obstetrical and political discourse on this topic. A concern for the increasing medicalization of birth – particularly for the growth of caesarian sections - fosters this research. Could be birth at home – increasing both at public and private level – a good option to reach a more humanized model of birth without renouncing to the benefits of biomedicine? Could there be an intercultural model too, adequate not only for European women but also for Immigrant ones? Maternity’s Homes - an out-of-hospital way of birth implemented in three Italian regions will be observed and compared with other European countries experiences (Netherlands and Spain); the Italian health care system’s offer (birth at home is granted in some regions) will be also taken into account. An accurate analysis of the social actors’ point of view (doctors, obstetrics, women, institutions) will provide elements for a better understanding of how the medical system conceives women and their reproductive process, as well as of how women think of themselves and their own body. The employment of a qualitative methodology, based on in-depth interviews, will allow for this accuracy. The objective of the project is to construct an Intercultural and Ethical Code on Birth (IECB) to favour a better correspondence between demands and expectations of women and medical system needs. This Code - produced by the negotiation between different approaches to the body, to the health, to the reproduction expressed by the actors – is intended to be a point of reference for innovative birth policies at European level and will contribute to resolve situations of conflict and misunderstanding in relation to the exercise of the reproductive rights."

FP7 - COLLECTIVE- Emerging communities for collective innovation: ICT Operational tool and supporting methodologies for SME Associations.

The pace of technological change is accelerating. Radical discontinuities seem to happen more frequently. This means that the useful lifespan of knowledge and capability is becoming shorter and that the obsolescence of knowledge/capability is increasingly the norm in innovation. For incremental innovation, specialisation is a winning strategy, but radical innovation requires an interdisciplinary approach and a diversity of knowledge base that in general SMEs struggle to access. COLLECTIVE aims at solving the major constraints of SMEs innovation (to achieve successful, repeated organizational innovation; access to learning and knowledge processing; access to cognitive diversity; have the possibility to be connected to foster collaborative projects) by feeding the innovation ecosystem, basing on 3 key-concepts: (a)communities become the new organisational unit of the innovation process and define the ecosystem of innovation; (b) generation of innovative ideas, new product development and diffusion of innovations are carried out in parallel by self-organising communities of different actors (i.e.: customers, suppliers, users, experts, social stakeholders); (c) the key aspect that will define success or failure in discontinuous innovation projects will be the amount of cognitive diversity that firms (or groups of) will be able to gather and manage. iCOMMUNITY ICT operational platform will be the backbone of this innovation ecosystem and will let SMEs and SMEAGs: (1) identify future emergent technological and economic trends/discontinuities by developing network-based approaches to early detect ‘weak signals’; (2) manage distributed intelligence and creativity in the process of new product development in order to individuate new product ideas and related business models; (3) design new modular products in a collaborative way reducing the market risk since relevant inputs and feedback from customers and end users will be constantly ‘embedded’ in the design process.

FP7 - CommONEnergy - Re-conceptualize shopping malls from consumerism to energy conservation.

CommONEnergy focuses on existing shopping malls to be refurbished and buildings with a different original function, redesigned to become shopping malls. Wholesales&Retail buildings represent 28% of the total non-residential building stock (BPIE, 2010), accounting for approximately 157 Mtoe in 2005 (EU EEAP). Considering typical shopping malls high impact on modern society (ICSC, 2008), the project addresses their transformation as lighthouses of energy efficient architectures and systems as well as assessment transparency. CommONEnergy has the objective to re-conceptualize shopping malls through deep retrofitting, develop a systemic approach made of technologies and solution sets as well as methods and tools to support their implementation and to assess their impact in a life cycle approach. The main concept to advance the state-of-the-art is the shift from single-action refurbishment to deep retrofitting, with a systemic performance-driven approach including: integrated design process guidelines, integrative modelling environment, energy-economic evaluation tools, lean construction and management procedures, continuous commissioning approach, environmental and socio-cultural impact assessment. The Systemic Retrofitting Approach (SRA) allows to achieve the foreseen targets: up to factor 4 reduction of energy demand, power peaks shaving and 50% increased share of renewable energy source favoured by the intelligent energy management and effective storage. 10 to 20 systemic solution-sets will be developed, demonstrating the widest replication of the cases investigated during the project. These outstanding energy performances will be achieved with short pay-back times (below 7 years) and high indoor environmental quality, with industrial conceptualization of the solutions and implementation tools. Organisation of technical workshops for relevant stakeholders contributes to create a generation of skilled practitioners and promote a domino effect to exploit benefits.

FP7 - CRODINAS - Cross-Disciplinary Knowledge Transfer For Improved Natural Hazard Assessment.

"The assessment of natural hazards is of the uttermost importance but because of its multidisciplinary rarely manages to incorporate all the relevant strands of evidence. Several mathematical formalisms have been proposed (including for instance Bayesian Belief Networks and Event trees) but the problem of ""filling"" these formalisms with data, knowledge and especially of fully taking into account the ""human dimension"" of the necessary multidisciplinarity remains widely open. In order to tackle this problem we propose a three-way staff exchange program between the University of Udine, Italy, the National Museum of Natural Sciences, Madrid, Spain, and St. Petersburg State University, Russia. Over the last years these three institutions have been collaborating on topics related to natural hazard assessment. The University of Udine has a long record of joint work with the National Museum of Natural Sciences in Madrid mainly devoted to volcanic hazard, but site effects, and the corresponding risk assessment, are assuming growing importance in the collaboration. Lately, a new formalism for risk assessment, based on both logical and probabilistic inference, has emerged as a result of collaboration between St. Petersburg State University and the University of Udine. This formalism is a step ahead from Bayesian Belief Networks, and is currently one of the major advances in probabilistic risk assessment. The staff exchange program should empower our mutual collaboration and make the ongoing research a success. We plan mutual visits between all participating institutions. Scientifically, we intend to unite the site effects research and geophysical considerations developed in Madrid and Udine with the logical and probabilistic framework developed in St. Petersburg. The three institutions have exceptionally qualified researchers, and their mutual synergies have already been established through a long history of joint publications."

FP7 - DEANN - Developing an European American NGS Network.

"The DEANN project is a network formation initiative that involves six research institutions and universities from four EU countries and equivalently, six research entities from four Latin American countries. The overall goal is to strengthen research partnership among the participants by developing a shared scientific knowhow in the field of Next Generation Sequencing data analysis. More specifically, the objectives are: (I) To reinforce the collaboration among partner organizations, both between EU and American partners and within EU partners, with the aim of developing long-term research partnerships. (II) To nurse the scientific excellence of the project participants in the field of NGS data analysis, with the aim of improving their position and competitiveness at the international level. (III) To elevate the critical mass and innovation skills of the consortium to act at the forefront of innovative proposals around the usage of NGS-based technologies addressing biomedical and biotechnology problems. (IV) To increase the competence of the project partners in applied genomics research with the aim of reaching translational opportunities in established and emerging economies. (V) To improve education, innovation and international orientation of PhD candidates and post-docs. The DEANN initiative achieves these objectives by creating a network of carefully chosen bioinformatics research labs and putting them to work together in an exchange, training and transference program that specifically serves the goals of the project. The consortium members collectively represent a diversity of expertise domains (Biomedicine, biotechnology and bioinformatics), strategic regional positioning, strong international presence, comprehensive training capability and long term projection.The DEANN exchange program counts with WPs in translational topics of Next Generation Sequencing and includes movement of management and training modules on scientific and transnational skills."

FP7 - E2SWITCH - Energy Efficient Tunnel FET Switches and Circuits.

E2SWITCH focuses on Tunnel FET (TFETs) as most promising energy efficient device candidates able to reduce the voltage supply of integrated circuits (ICs) below 0.25V and make them significantly more energy efficient by exploiting strained SiGe/Ge and III-V platforms, with CMOS technological compatibility. A full optimization and DC/AC benchmarking for complementary n- and p-type TFETs, integrated on the same fabrication platform, is proposed. Compact models are developed and implemented in Verilog A, for portability, to support the design of low power ICs with CMOS architectural compatibility for: (i) digital and (ii) analog/RF. The device scalability, operational reliability and the operation from room to high temperature, as required by ITRS metrics, are priorities of our investigations. In order to push even more the III-V and SiGe/Ge TFET performance we propose to study, optimize and experimentally validate new device concepts such as a Density-Of-State (DOS) switch exploiting the effect of dimensionality. The DOS switch will deliver deep subthermal switching (subthreshold swing less than 10mV/decade, for at least four decades of current).An advanced TCAD simulation platform is developed for the selected material systems, able to capture quantum effects and to accurately predict the influence of dimensionality. TCAD will also support the optimization of TFETs on the two proposed material platforms, with emphasis on the role of strain and on the alignment between the tunneling path and the electric field.A full set of characterization techniques including DC, AC, low frequency noise, RF measurements (S-parameters) and large range of temperature is foreseen to support the device optimization, parameter extraction and the calibration of the compact models.We will deliver very first full digital and analog circuit demonstrators and will benchmark their operational performance, reliability and robustness compared to equivalent CMOS technology nodes.

FP7 - EMVeM - Energy efficiency Management for Vehicles and Machines

"In view of reducing the ecological footprint of machines and vehicles, effective and efficient analysis techniques and adequate measurement technologies are required to produce world-leading products with a high energy-efficiency, without compromising functionality/safety/performance/etc. Combined with the increasing trend towards virtual design and prototyping, to reduce costs and development times, this need for designing ‘green’ products creates an urgent industrial need for robust and volatile simulation and experimental validation methodologies in machine and vehicle product design. Since nowadays products become more and more multi-disciplinary by the constantly increasing integration of added functionality and product intelligence (i.e. mechanical systems work together with electronic systems, linked through control schemes which are steered using embedded software, etc.) and since energy is a global design attribute which is influenced by all disciplines, the development of energy analysis methodologies, both numerical and experimental, requires an integrated research strategy. This EMVeM ITN brings together research and industrial partners who will collectively train early stage researchers, drawing together skills and expertise in a range of different technical approaches. The industrial partners put forward specific applications, behind which are generic difficulties associated with energy efficiency analysis. The academic and research centre partners bring a diverse range of potential research approaches and the capability of research training, provision of courses and dissemination and outreach to the wider community. Together the consortium can develop and promote research, knowledge and application of energy efficiency management analysis within EU industry and towards the general public."

FP7 - EURAXLES - Minimizing the risk of fatigue failure of railway axles

EURAXLES is a 3 year R&D project uniting 23 partners across Europe including 6 axle manufacturers, 4 railway operators/IMs, 2 system integrators, 3 technology suppliers, 5 universities, 2 rail sector associations and 1 consulting firm. The consortium is well-positioned to provide a common R&D approach to axle design, protection, inspection and maintenance which will have an impact on standards, regulations and on the market. EURAXLES aims to develop innovative, safer solutions for railway wheelsets with improved reliability in a cost effective way. The research is summarized below. 1. A design approach will be developed, including a risk analysis method which could offer a simple design route by combining loads with difference occurrences including loading specificity of vehicles and service conditions together with the axles resistances, including new materials and methods in order to predict the ‘failure probability’. 2. New developments will also include (i) improved axle protection against corrosion, including protection of already corroded axles; (ii) improved adhesion of coatings with a study of the roughness influence (adhesion and fatigue behavior); and (iii) new, innovative coating solutions. The new solutions will also aim to fulfill environmental requirements to avoid or limit VOC emissions. 3. New/improved NDT inspection methods will allow the in-service inspection of axles in order to guarantee safe service conditions with a low impact on the vehicle availability. 4. A RAMS/LCC analysis of the solutions will be carried out. The railway transportation system requires a risk analysis of the safety components. Activities will improve design validation and inspection technologies of axles which will optimise costs, safety and environmental compliance to be shown with RAMS/LCC analyses. Results will be disseminated to the different stakeholders and the European standards/regulations for railway axles and wheelsets will be improved across Europe.

FP7 - GASMEMS- Gas Flows in Micro Electro Mechanical Systems.

"Gas flows in microsystems are of great interest for various applications that touch almost every industrial field. This diversity is typified through the following examples: fluidic microactuators for active control of aerodynamic flows, vacuum generators for extracting biological samples, mass flow and temperature micro-sensors, pressure gauges, micro heat-exchangers for the cooling of electronic components or for chemical applications, micropumps and microsystems for mixing or separation for local gas analysis, mass spectrometers, vacuum and dosing valves. The main characteristic of gas microflows is their rarefaction, the level of which often requires a modelling both by continuous and molecular approaches. The role played by the interaction between the gas and the wall becomes essential and is generally badly known. Numerous models of boundary conditions are currently in confrontation and require an empirical adjustment strongly dependent on the micro manufacturing techniques. On the other hand, the experimental data are fragmentary and difficult to confront. Most of them do not address heat transfer and gas mixtures issues. The proposed network has been built from several existing collaborations within bilateral programmes, from scientific collaborations and national networks. However, there was no global coordination of the research efforts in the field of gas microflows at the European level. Thus, the two primary objectives of this ITN project are: (i) to structure research in Europe in the field of micro gas flows to improve global fundamental knowledge and enable technological applications to an industrial and commercial level; (ii) to train ESR and ER at a pan-European level, with the aim to providing both a global overview on problems linked to gas flow and heat transfer in microsystems, and advanced skills in specific domains of this research field."

FP7 - GHG EUROPE - Greenhouse gas management in European land use systems.

The GHG-Europe project aims to improve our understanding and capacity for predicting the European terrestrial carbon and greenhouse gas (GHG) budget by applying a systematic, comprehensive and integrative approach. GHG-Europe quantifies the annual to decadal variability of the carbon and GHG budgets of terrestrial ecosystems in EU27 plus Switzerland and in six data-rich European regions via data-model integration, diagnostic and predictive modelling. Models are calibrated by multi-site observations. Research includes CO2, CH4 and N2O in forests, croplands, grasslands, shrublands, peatlands and soils. Via an integrated approach, GHG Europe scales up consistently from local to regional and continental scale via scale dependent error propagation and systematic quantification of uncertainties, model validation at different scales and top-down verification by atmospheric inversion models. At regional and European scale lateral C transport by land use, trade and rivers are included. Variability in C and GHG budgets is attributed to natural (climate) and anthropogenic drivers (N deposition, land use, past and present management) by synthesis of past and emerging experiments, targeted observations in hot spots and hot moments and model sensitivity analyses. For this purpose, observations are extended to under-sampled regions and ecosystems with likely high importance for the European C budget: forests and land use change in Eastern Europe and Mediterranen shrublands. The future vulnerability of carbon pools and risks of positive feedbacks in the climate-carbon system are assessed by scenario analyses with biophysical models and by integrating feedbacks with socio-economic changes and EU climate and land use policies. GHG-Europe uses a bidirectional interaction with stakeholders to provide regular and timely scientific advice targeted to the emerging needs of the UNFCCC process and for implementing post-2012 climate commitments in Europe.

FP7 - GOSSAMER -Gigascale oriented solid state flash memory for Europe.

The project aimed at the development of the technology for very high density Non Volatile Memories for mass storage applications down to the 2X nm technology node. The field is receiving increasing attention, due to the explosion of portable multimedia applications, and is forecasted to exceed 40 Billion US$ total available market by 2010. The dominant technology for this application is the floating gate NAND memory. However severe technological roadblocks (reduction in storage charge and electrostatic interference among neighboring cells) are limiting further scaling beyond the 32 nm node. Charge trapping in dielectric layers seems to be a viable alternative to floating gate. The main challenge is the integration of the different new materials, like tunnel dielectric, trapping layer, top dielectric, metal gate at the target technology node and the achievement of an acceptable trade-off between functionality and reliability (e.g. charge retention and endurance). The project covered material development, cell architecture, modeling of material properties, trapping and conduction behavior in the dielectrics, metal gate materials. Initial studies were performed on available technology 65-45nm (more relaxed for Universities and research centers) to arrive to full process integration and realization of full arrays in a technology in the 28-36 nm range (the best achievable with available lithography) by two major European semiconductor manufacturers. It included memory characterization and reliability testing, with the additional aim of defining standards and procedures for reliability assessment. Technology options for higher integration densities, for a given lithography node, were investigated with the help of public research partners. Following the faster than expected evolution of the floating gate NAND Flash technology, it was decided to anticipate a demonstration of the feasibility of the technology on a large scale device in 45nm technology, and to focus the final demonstration on the proof of the scalability of the TANOS technology towards the 20nm generation.

FP7 - GRADE-Graphene-based Devices and Circuits for RF Applications.

GRADE is a project focusing on advanced RTD activities necessary to demonstrate the proof-of-concept of novel graphene-based electronic devices operating at terahertz (THz) frequencies. We propose two different concepts with specific advantages. These are Graphene field effect transistors (GFET), that use graphene as a high-mobility transistor channel and the alternative "graphene base transistors" (GBT), that are novel hot-electron devices that use graphene sandwiched between two insulating layers, each in turn covered by a metal layer. Considering the unique high frequency characteristics of the GFET and the GBT, the consortium envisions innovative applications in communication, automotive, security and environmental monitoring. Low power wireless communication systems operating above 100Gbit/s or handheld portable THz sensor systems for detection of dangerous agents seem feasible with active devices operating in the THz regime. To be affordable for a broad range of consumers, THz devices must be scalable and integrated with silicon technology. GBTs and GFETs can fulfil this requirement. This project enables the demonstration and assessment of these novel device concepts for future THz systems, and prepares their transition to semiconductor manufacturing. The GRADE consortium consists of four academic partners, of which two have a strong experimental background and excellent processing facilities and one is focused on physics-based modelling and simulation and one specialized in compact modelling and circuit design; one research institute, which provides a professionally run pilot production clean room, state of the art processing and an entry point for graphene into manufacturing; and one global semiconductor manufacturer willing to push their capabilities to enable the fabrication of integrated graphene RF circuits, including the integration on SiC and co-integration with pre-fabricated CMOS wafers.

FP7 - GRAND -Graphene-Based Nanoelectronic Devices.

The semiconductor industry is a cornerstone of today's high-tech economy, supporting over 100,000 direct and even more indirect jobs in Europe. This position has been achieved through continued miniaturization in complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) technology, which will only last for a maximum 10-15 more years. In line with its Lisbon Strategy, the EC has identified an urgent need to assess possible technology solutions for the "Beyond CMOS" era to meet the challenges of global competition.\n\nThe major ICT challenge is to find alternatives for information processing and storage beyond the limits of existing CMOS. Graphene, ultrathin layers of carbon, is particularly promising due its novel electronic properties. Initial data indicates that graphene is a prime candidate for "Beyond CMOS" switches and interconnects, and is, despite its revolutionary nature, complementary to conventional CMOS.\n\nThe key objective of the GRAND proposal is to verify and assess whether graphene can bring conventional semiconductor technology to the "Beyond CMOS" era. GRAND is thus positioned to act as a pathfinder for key ICT challenges.\n\nThe GRAND consortium will develop industry-compatible strategies for fabrication of 2D graphene nanostructures (widths down to the 5 nm scale) for switches and interconnects. Edge states, critical for transport at this scale, will be manipulated by functionalization methods. Device transport properties will be experimentally evaluated, complemented by a range of modelling techniques including simplified Monte Carlo models to describe scattering and hot phonon effects, as well as atomistic and ab-initio methods for band structure calculations. \n\nThe consortium includes internationally renowned experimental and theoretical groups from academia and industry, forming a comprehensive unit with capabilities far beyond those of the individual partners, and ensuring a tight focus on the exploitation of the project results for European industry.

FP7 - III-V-MOS - Technology CAD for III-V Semiconductor-based MOSFETs.

According to ITRS, III-V compound semiconductor n-type MOSFETs will reach production in 2018 as part of a new scaling scenario for high performance at very low voltage. The present lack of dependable TCAD models for the early stages of industrial development is a hindrance to benefit from the cost saves and time to market reduction that TCAD is recognized to deliver. To bridge this gap, III-V-MOS aims to provide to the European Semiconductor Industry accurate device simulation models and methods, integrated into TCAD tools, for successful introduction in CMOS technology of optimized device designs based on III-V MOSFETs at and beyond the 14nm node. III-V-MOS will develop, validate and transfer to industry a new device simulation methodology enabling the use of accurate quantum drift-diffusion and Monte Carlo TCAD tools. The models, calibrated by comparison with measurements on complete devices and ad-hoc test structures, will provide comprehensive descriptions of Ultra Thin Body Semiconductor on Insulator FETs, FinFETs and nanowire FETs at and beyond the 14nm node including device parasitics. A hierarchical approach will be used, starting from atomistic band structure calculations all the way down to customized TCAD simulation setups ready for direct use in an industrial environment.Systematic application of the new methodology under industrial guidance will provide new insight in nanoscale III-V semiconductor device physics and identify the potential of the technology boosters, thus substantially reducing the options to be explored for the device design and the corresponding costs. Future exploitation and high impact of the project results are guaranteed by the TCAD market leader (Synopsys); by a SME specialized in the growing business of atomistic simulations for technology development (QuantumWise); by a research center (IMEC) and an industry lab (IBM) engaged in CMOS fabrication technology development and by the European foundry GLOBALFOUNDRIES Dresden.

FP7 - LCLD - Improving Dyslexic Children's Reading Abilities: the Role of Action Video Games and Hypermedia.

"The main aim of this project is to identify practices for improving dyslexic children’s reading abilities, starting from some very recent stimulating findings in the field (Facoetti A., Franceschini S., Molteni M., Gori S., Ruffino M., Viola S., 2013): in March 2013, the journal 'Current Biology' has published the results of a research carried out at the University of Padua (Italy) in which Italian dyslexic children’s development of reading skills has been correlated to attention training: following research works analysing the role of Action Video Games for training attention published on very influential journals in the last ten years, the dyslexic children have been asked to play Action Video Games for 12 hours with no other orthographic or phonological training. At the end of the Video Games sessions the researchers have found out that reading speed has improved considerably, without any cost in accuracy. In particular, it has improved more than what it generally improves after one year of spontaneous reading development. The present proposal aims at expanding the Italian data by evaluating the efficacy of this kind of training with English speaking children (in the otgoing phase) and with another sample of Italian children (in the return pase). In both Countries (Australia and Italy) three groups of children will be selected: a group will be trained through the same Action Video Games used in the Padua research; a group will be trained through a multimodal hypermedia platform; a third group of children will continue being treated with traditional methods. This will permit a deeper investigation of attention training efficacy for improving reading abilities and, at the same time, a cross-linguistic analysis to analyse the role of the language spoken by children. This research may also help lay the basis for tcreating Adaptive Training Platforms where children’s reading abilities can be improved through stimulating and user-friendly digital environments."

FP7 - MULTISWARD - Multi species swards and multi scale strategies for multifunctional grassland based ruminant production systems.

MULTISWARD supports developments and innovations in grassland production and management throughout the diversity of European farming systems, pedo-climatic and socio-economic conditions. It will enhance regulating and supporting services from grasslands at the farm and landscape levels whilst improving the competitiveness of grassland-based ruminant production systems. This will be achieved by a concerted use of diversity: multi-species swards, diversity of plant communities at the farm and landscape levels and diversity of production systems at the landscape level. To reach this goal, MULTISWARD will: 1.Define the roles and utility of grassland from economic, agronomic and environmental perspectives and determine stakeholder’s requirements and expectations with respect to multi-functionality in EU countries 2.Assess the performance of multi species swards (MSS) in terms of plant productivity and animal nutrition over a range of environments and determine the most appropriate mixtures according to the soil and climatic conditions 3.Optimize the role of MSS in the provision of regulating and supporting services and maintaining a high level of biodiversity 4.Design and evaluate innovations in grazing and animal management (including animal genetics) to enhance the sustainability and competitiveness of grassland-based ruminant production system 5.Provide adequate evaluation tools (indicators and models) to assess ways of combining high production efficiency with optimal provision of regulating and supporting services from grasslands at farm to regional levels 6.Identify and analyse the effects of socio-economic and policy scenarios supporting grassland development or inducing grassland replacement by annual crops in order to support the design of future policies 7.Disseminate knowledge to key stakeholders through a participatory framework that will allow exchanges between researchers and key stakeholders and increase awareness of grassland based systems

FP7 - NANOFUNCTION - Beyond CMOS Nanodevices for Adding Functionalities to CMOS.

The NANOFUNCTION project aims to integrate at the European level the excellent European research laboratories in order to strengthen scientific and technological excellence in the field of novel nanoelectronic materials, devices and circuits in order to develop new integrated functions and to disseminate the results in a wide scientific and industrial community. This project will focus on the convergence of Advanced More than Moore devices (Analog-RF-sensors-actuators-biochips-energy harvesters, etc.) for adding functionalities to integrated circuits and Beyond-CMOS nanostructures (nanowires, nanostructured materials, etc.) which could be integrated on CMOS platforms. In particular, the possibilities of these nanodevices for the development of innovative applications with increased performance in the field of nanosensing, energy harvesting, nanocooling and radio frequency will be thoroughly investigated. This work will be carried out through a network of joint processing, characterisation and modelling platforms. The consortium will work closely with European industry and will feed back data and know-how on devices that deliver the required performance. This interaction will strengthen European integration in nanoelectronics, help in decision-making and ensure that Europe remains at the forefront of nanoelectronics for the next decades.

FP7 - NANOSIL- Silicon-based nanostructures and nanodevices for long term nanoelectronics applications.

NANOSIL Network of Excellence aims to integrate at the European level the excellent European research laboratories and capabilities in order to strengthen scientific and technological excellence in the field of nanoelectronic materials and devices for terascale integrated circuits (ICs) and disseminate the results in a wide scientific and industrial community.NANOSIL will explore and assess the science and technological aspects of nanodevices and operational regimes relevant to n+4 technology node and beyond. It will provide a forward-look for the industry, enabling informed decisions to be taken on technology development in order to speed up technological innovation. It will encompass flagship projects on nanoscale CMOS and post-CMOS. The activities will thus be centred on the "More Moore" and "Beyond-CMOS" domains but natural links will also been established with the other ENIAC areas. Within the Network there are all the critical facilities and expertise to occupy and transcend this space. We will propose innovative concepts, technologies and device architectures- with fabrication down to the finest features, and utilising a wide spectrum of advanced deposition and processing capabilities, extensive characterisation and world leading device modelling. This work will be carried out through a network of joint processing, characterisation and modelling platforms. The consortium will work closely with and take steering from European industry. It will feed back data and know-how on materials and devices that deliver the required performance. This critical interaction will strengthen European integration in nanoelectronics, help in decision-making by industry and ensure that Europe remains at the forefront of nanoelectronics for the next 2 – 3 decades.

FP7 - NIW - Natural Interactive Walking.

NIW investigateS possibilities for the integrated and interchangeable use of the haptic and auditory modality in floor interfaces, and for the synergy of perception and action in capturing and guiding human walking. Its objective is to provide closed-loop interaction paradigms, negotiated with users and validated through experiments, enabling the transfer of skills that have been previously learned in everyday tasks associated to walking, and where multi-sensory feedback and sensory substitution can be exploited to create unitary multimodal percepts. NIW exposes walkers to virtual scenes presenting grounds of different natures, populated with natural obstacles and human artefacts, in which to situate the sensing and display of haptic and acoustic information for interactive simulation, and where vision will play an integrative role. Experiments will measure the ecological validity of such scenarios, investigating also on the cognitive aspects of the underlying perceptual processes. Floor based interfaces will be designed and prototyped by making use of existing haptic and acoustic sensing and actuation devices, comprising interactive floor tiles and soles, with special attention to simplicity of technology. Its applicability to navigation aids such as land-marking, guidance to locations of interest, signalling, warning about obstacles and restricted areas, will be assessed. NIW will nurture floor and shoe designs which may impact the way we get information from the environment. FET-Open benefits from the discovery of cross-modal psychophysical phenomena, the design of ecologically valid walking interaction paradigms, the modelling of motion analysis and multimodal display synthesis algorithms, the study of non visual floor-based navigation aids, and the development of guidelines for the use of existing sensing and actuation technologies to create virtual walking interaction scenarios.

FP7 - NOVABREED - Novel variation in plant breeding and the plant pan-genomes.

"The analysis of variation in plants has revealed that their genomes are characterised by high levels of structural variation, consisting of both smaller insertion/deletions, mostly due to recent insertions of transposable elements, and of larger insertion/deletion similar to those termed in humans Copy Number Variants (CNVs). These observations indicate that a single genome sequence might not reflect the entire genomic complement of a species, and prompted us to introduce the concept of the plant pan-genome, including core genomic features common to all individuals and a Dispensable Genome (DG) composed of partially shared and/or non shared DNA sequence elements. The very active transposable element systems present in many plant genomes may account for a large fraction of the DG. The mechanisms by which the CNV-like variants are generated and the direction of the mutational events are still unknown. Uncovering the intriguing nature of the DG, i.e. its composition, origin and function, represents a step forward towards an understanding of the processes generating genetic diversity and phenotypic variation. Additionally, since the DG clearly appears to be for the most part the youngest and most dynamic component of the pan genome, it is of great interest to understand whether it is a major contributor to the creation of new genetic variation in plant evolution and more specifically in the breeding process. We thus aim at: i) defining extent and composition of the pan genome in two plant species, maize and grapevine; ii) identifying the different mechanisms that generate and maintain the dispensable portion in these 2 species; iii) identifying the phenotypic effects of the DG; iv) estimating the rates and modes of creation of new genetic variation due to DG components and whether this could represent an important factor in the breeding process; v) extending our findings to other plant species for which the genome sequence in the meantime may have become available."

FP7 - NOVELTREE - Novel tree breeding strategies.

The challenges facing forest geneticists and tree breeders include recognition of changing demands on forests for a wider range of high value forest products and sustainability of forest ecosystems under climate change. NOVELTREE is designed to enable significant genetic improvement of tree characteristics and forest products properties to satisfy the needs (quality, quantity, sustainability, vulnerability) of the forest-based sector and consumers. NOVELTREE will: i) Provide a list of morphological and physiological traits relevant as selection criteria for pest tolerance, sustainable biomass production, wood properties for present and future use and plastic response to climate change ii) Identify functional allelic polymorphisms for a suite of traits of interest in a post-genomics approach to improve selection efficiency and monitor genetic variation along the selection process iii) Develop high throughput phenotyping and genotyping tools. These new tools will allow earlier genetic evaluation, higher selection intensity, increased accuracy in genetic prediction and better monitoring of genetic diversity along generations iv) Develop novel/improved breeding strategies and demonstrate their efficiency in case studies. Demonstration will focus on model tree species of high economic importance in different European regions: Maritime Pine, Scots Pine, Spruce, and Poplar v) Assess the financial and environmental impacts of genetically improved trees at stand and landscape levels thanks to a multidisciplinary approach and simulation tools vi) Provide tree breeders and forest owners with support decision tools for optimal deployment of improved genetic stocks in both prevailing and future climate, and under risk of pest and disease attacks vii) Provide training in emerging technologies in connection with on-going European projects, disseminate the results to different publics and transfer technology to the forest-based sector.

FP7 - OMEGA - Home Gigabit Access.

Gigabit Home Access Networks are a pivotal technology to be developed if the EU Vision of the Future Internet is to be realised. Consumers will require such HANs to be simple to install, without any new wires, and easy enough to use so that information services running on the HAN will be just another utility, as, for instance, electricity, water and gas are today. The OMEGA HAN is centred round the needs of the user: gigabit RF and optical links, combined with more robust wide-area RF and visible-light communications will provide wireless connectivity within and the home and its surroundings. Combined with power-line communications this provides a home backbone without new wires. A technology-independent MAC layer will control this network and provide services as well as connectivity to any number of devices the user wishes to connect to it in any room in a house/apartment, and further, this MAC layer will allow the service to follow the user from device to device. In order to make this vision come true, substantial progress is required in the fields of optical-wireless and RF physical layers, in protocol design, and in systems architectures. For OMEGA, an interdisciplinary team from leading institutes and companies in this broad range of technologies has been assembled. OMEGA will provide a substantial consumer pull for next-generation broadband by enabling the sharing of large-date user-generated content, which will, in turn, raise the expectation for higher data rates. Also, at the same time, a push from service providers will take place, as they see the possibility of delivering new high-bandwidth services to the user throughout the home. OMEGA will present significant market opportunities for all the EU actors in the communications industry, but most importantly empower citizens by offering access to novel emotional experiences while addressing ageing, isolation, and health challenges, and thus making an important contribution to the vision of FP7.

FP7 - PlanHab - Planetary Habitat Simulation.

The aim is to investigate the combined effects of hypoxia and sustained recumbency (bedrest), on human physiological systems. The partial pressure of oxygen in the environmental gas inside future planetary habitats will be lower than in atmospheric air. Prolonged exposure to low gravity will result in deconditioning of vital physiological systems, and may consequently constitute a threat to the health of the astronauts. However, it is unknown how prolonged exposure to both reduced gravity and hypoxia will affect health. The new knowledge has also implications for society in general, since chronic hypoxia and bedrest constitutes a model of the basic conditions experienced by patients suffering from respiratory insufficiency restricting them to a physically inactive life style. The challenge of the project lies in the complexity of the experimental interventions where healthy humans are confined to a hypoxic environment during prolonged bedrest. A series of studies will be conducted at the Planica hypoxia facility capable of housing 20 subjects at any simulated altitude. Subjects will remain in horizontal position (bedrest) or be ambulatory, but confined to the facility (ambulation) for 21 days/trial. Each subject will participate in three trials: hypoxic bedrest (simulated altitude 4000m), normoxic bedrest, and hypoxic ambulation. The effects will be investigated in experiments concerning metabolic, cardiorespiratory, musculoskeletal, haematological, immunological and thermoregulatory functions. In addition to the specific objectives, the study will be explorative in the sense that it will collect a broad spectrum of basic data corresponding to that obtained when 21-day bedrest experiments are conducted by ESA/NASA (bedrest core data). Thus, data from the experiments can readily be compared with core data from previous bedrest studies, and hence the added effects of hypoxia should be evident.

FP7 - PRONIA - Personalised Prognostic Tools for Early Psychosis Management.

Affective and non-affective psychoses have a major negative impact on human society. They account for 6.3% of the global burden of disease and cost €207 billion per year in Europe alone, making them the most expensive brain-related disorders and even more expensive than cardiovascular diseases. This socioeconomic burden is largely caused by two core disease features: onset in adolescence and early adulthood and long-term disabling disease courses. Both factors lead to enduring social and vocational exclusion and contribute to 8-20 times higher suicide rates in affected patients. Reliable and accessible prognostic tools will alleviate this burden by enabling individualised risk prediction, thus facilitating the targeted prevention of psychoses. Thus, we will first use routine brain imaging and complementary data to optimise our candidate biomarkers for the prediction and staging of psychoses and generate a prognostic system that generalises well across mental health services. Secondly, we will implement new multi-modal risk quantification tools to predict mental health-related disability in young help-seekers. The fusion of these tools with clinical knowledge will produce cybernetic prognostic services that accurately identify help-seekers at the highest risk of psychosis, poor functioning and suicide-related mortality. During this project we will secure our intellectual property rights and transform into a European company to commercially exploit these prognostic services through internet-based telemedicine applications. This will provide psychosis risk profiling tools to diverse target groups in the healthcare markets, including care-givers, the pharmaceutical industry and research institutions. By disseminating objective risk quantification, these products will provide firm diagnostic grounds for preventive therapy, improving outcomes and reducing costs. Thus, they will offer a unique selling proposition to the mental health sectors in Europe and beyond.

FP7 - QUIDPROQUO - Molecular Nanotechnology for Life Science Applications: QUantitative Interactomics for Diagnostics, PROteomics and QUantitative Oncology.

"The main goal of this proposal is to introduce innovative devices and protocols (based on nano- manipulation, the response of micro-(nano-)mechanical oscillators and nano-fluidics) to carry out, precise, high throughput, high sensitivity, and low cost interactomic measurements. We aim at measuring, in parallel, the concentration of up to several proteins or non-coding RNA molecules, in samples down to the single cell level, following the real time concentrations of several biomarkers in patient-derived samples down to femto-molar concentrations, and single-circulating-tumor-cell resolution. We plan to develop our program a) by applying the principles and practice of intrinsically differential measurements, e.g. by building a self-assembled nano-devices that provide robust outputs measurable with topographic AFM imaging, electrochemical measurements, or gel electrophoresis, and b) by using the vertical equivalent of cantilever oscillators (pillars) that we plan to use as quartz “microbalances” that are 10,000 time more sensitive than cantilevers w. r. t. measurable min. mass and 100 time more sensitive w. r. t. dilution. The proposal’s core strategy is to exploit the PI’s expertise in innovative instrumentation and his integrated physical chemistry know-how, leading a highly multi-disciplinary staff to closely interact with first class medical staff in hospital settings to solve, and validate the solution of, relevant medical problems by generating innovative and versatile sensing devices. For instance, the sensitivity of our sensors will allow protein or miRNA analysis from very small and homogeneous samples of tumor cells, as well as the ease identification circulating tumor cells (CTCs) for, in addition to improved cancer diagnostics, also the prediction of patient response to treatment. The convergence between chemistry and biology, through nanotechnology, physics and computational approaches, with medical diagnostics will enable our team to come up with more versatile and reliable diagnostic tools, while stimulating fundamental research in fields as diverse as stem cells differentiation and the study of cell physiopathology."

FP7 - SECURE - Science Education CUrriculum Research.

FP7 - SMARTBEES - Sustainable Management of Resilient Bee populations

Global apiculture is facing an unprecedented crisis of increasing parasite pressure and a loss of hon-eybee biodiversity. SMARTBEES unites a team of experts with the necessary skills to build a bright and sustainable future. The SMARTBEES concept is low risk and high impact, using established protocols and state-of-the-art methods. Including world leading researchers from outwith the traditional honeybee sphere (e.g. acarology, genetic breeding and insect immunology). We will identify crucial facets of honeybee resistance to colony losses, Varroa and viruses. We will provide a step-change in the current mechanistic understanding of these traits, and will characterise the genetic background of the resistance mechanisms in honeybees. We will develop breeding strategies to increase the frequencies of these valuable traits in local honeybee populations, considering the variable need of both common and endangered subspecies and local beekeeping practises. Breeding efforts concentrating on very few races may endanger genetic diversity, to avoid this SMARTBEES will promote multiple local breeding efforts, to conserve local resilient populations and will develop molecular tools for describing and safeguarding future populations. SMARTBEES recognizes responsibility to protect our natural honeybee heritage. SMARTBEES will commission extension science, and work in cooperation with stakeholders to attain conservation by utilisation. SMARTBEES will establish a network of apiaries for performance testing, to encourage local uptake of resistant traits. These will be run mainly by beekeepers, thereby improving the local acceptability and dissemination, and support the long-term sustainability of the apicultural sector. SMARTBEES recognises the need to horizon scan for new threats, and the consortium includes the current EU reference laboratory to that end. SMARTBEES is an opportunity to make a lasting difference to the health, resilience and genetic diversity of our honeybees.

FP7 - SPIRIT - Spiritual Brains and Embodied Minds: Neural Bases of Self-Transcendence and Empathy

"The representation of our own and others’ mental events is strongly linked to mapping internal bodily states (embodiment). At the same time, the ability to transcend actual body perceptions and actions (self-transcendence) and to project self-images into scenarios that are not entirely transparent to sense modalities (spirituality) is inherently linked to human beings. Recent neuroimaging studies have addressed the issue of the neural correlates of spiritual experiences and empathy. Information on how the activation of spiritual self-representations impacts the embodied understanding of others’ mental states, however, is inconclusive and causative evidence on this link is scarce. SPIRIT aims to study the cognitive processes and neural mechanisms underpinning the influence of self-transcendence and spirituality on the embodied instantiations of social perception and empathy. In particular, SPIRIT will study the: a) Neural correlates of implicit and explicit spiritual representations of the self; b) Effects of the activation of self-transcendence representations following spiritual word priming or meditation practice on the cognitive processes and the neural correlates of empathy for pain. c) Short-term plastic changes of spiritual self-representations and empathy induced by neurophysiologic regulation of neural activity. Integrating the brain stimulation expertise of the fellow with learning state-of-the-art neuroimaging methods, SPIRIT fosters a multimodal approach to explore how the complex neurofunctional organization of the human brain allows the development of spiritual self-representations and the reaching of more abstract (dis-embodied) forms of social perception. This approach will be disseminated in academic seminars and in international public conferences for lay people. Merging together the study of spirituality, self-transcendence and embodied social cognition will ultimately allow a better understanding of how the brain represents the social self."

FP7 - THERMOGRIND - Thermally controlled rotational grinding of sapphire wafers for highly efficient manufacturing of modern white LED light sources.

The market for discrete light emitting diodes (LEDs) is very fast growing. Basic materials for white and blue LEDs are wafers of Silicon Carbide (SiC) and Sapphire (Al2O3). Today European enterprises, most of them SMEs, hold less than 5% of worldwide wafer production due to high production costs compared to the main producers Russia, USA and Japan. The most time consuming and therefore expensive process steps in production of sapphire wafers are lapping and polishing. This process chain can be significantly shortened by substituting lapping by grinding as grinding allows for a much better surface quality in a shorter time. As a result the time needed for polishing will be diminished as well. This will be a decisive step for the European wafer manufacturers to gain significant shares in a highly profitable market. As grinding of silicon wafers, basic material for red and yellow LEDs, today is state of the art, grinding of sapphire wafers fails due to the variability and the interaction of individual effects during the grinding process. Due to this reasons, a direct measurement of the in-process parameters within the contact zone between work piece and grinding wheel is of eminent interest for developing a stable grinding process. ThermoGrind will allow the measurement of one of the key process parameters, the grinding temperature. For this, the optical transparency of sapphire for infrared radiation initiated in the contact zone will be exploited. Following this principle, ThermoGrind develops an innovative infrared transparent wafer clamping system (chuck) that allows temperature measurement by capturing the infrared radiation transmitted through wafer and clamping system. As a second step ThermoGrind will develop a temperature based loop control of the grinding process in order to achieve optimal process stability under mass production conditions.

FP7- STEEPER- Steep subthreshold slope switches for energy efficient electronicS.

STEEPER addresses the development of Beyond CMOS energy-efficient steep subthreshold slope transistors based on quantum mechanical band-to-band tunnelling (tunnel FETs), with the aim of reducing the operation voltage of nanoelectronic circuits to sub-0.5V, and their power consumption by one order of magnitude.STEEPER focuses on two technology tracks, united by same device principle, shared performance boosters, and compatibility with silicon CMOS. These are (i) Ultra-Thin-Body Silicon-On-Insulator technology for planar, tri-gate and nanowire tunnel FETs featuring ultra-low standby power and smartly exploiting additive boosters: high-k dielectrics, SiGe source, strain, and improved electrostatic design, and (ii) a III-V nanowire platform on silicon, as unique material to control staggered or broken bandgap boosters and devise a high performance (high-Ion, steep slope) implementation of tunnel FETs. Platform (i) will enable a hybrid platform combining high performance (HP) CMOS and low standby power (LSTP), low voltage tunnel FETs, supporting energy efficient hybrid CMOS/Tunnel-FET digital and analog/RF circuit design. In line with ITRS, STEEPER will evaluate in platform (ii) the physical and practical limits of boosting the performance of tunnel FETs with III-V nanowires on silicon, and resulting advantages for HP digital circuits.The development of the two technology platforms are interactive and collaborative in terms of performance boosters, and will benefit from simulation and modelling support by the academic partners, and from investigation of the potentially critical variability and sensitivity of tunnel FETs. Industrial benchmarking is proposed at device and circuit levels by the key involved industries, and the figures of merit of hybrid CMOS/tunnel FET digital and analog circuit design will be investigated.The project targets energy efficient nanoelectronic technology for high volume markets covering digital, analog/RF and mixed mode applications.

Go for it Rilevazione di patogeni negli alimenti mediante l’utilizzo di particolari substrati plasmonici

La ricerca ha lo scopo di sviluppare protocolli specifici e sensibili per il rilevamento di patogeni, su substrati plasmonici, usando come biorecettori gli oligonucleotidi, per la costruzione di un biosensore che sia sensibile, rapido e di facile uso.

H2020 - ACHIEVE

ACHIEVE-ETN aims at training a new generation of scientists through a research programme on highly integrated hardware-software components for the implementation of ultra-efficient embedded vision systems as the basis for innovative distributed vision applications. They will develop core skills in multiple disciplines, from image sensor design to distributed vision algorithms, and at the same time they will share the multidisciplinary background that is necessary to understand complex problems in information-intensive vision-enabled applications. Concurrently, they will develop a set of transferable skills to promote their ability to cast their research results into new products and services, as well as to boost their career perspectives overall. Altogether, ACHIEVE-ETN will prepare highly skilled early-stage researchers able to create innovative solutions for emerging technology markets in Europe and worldwide but also to drive new businesses through engaging in related entrepreneurial activities. The consortium is composed of 6 academic and 1 industrial beneficiaries and 4 industrial partners. The training of the 9 ESR’s will be achieved by the proper combination of excellent research, secondments with industry, specific courses on core and transferable skills, and academic-industrial workshops and networking events, all in compliance with the call’s objectives of international, intersectoral and interdisciplinary mobility.

H2020 - ALBINO

Neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) is a major cause of death or long-term disability in infants born at term in the western world, affecting about 1-4 per 1.000 life births and consequently about 5-20.000 infants per year in Europe. Hypothermic treatment became the only established therapy to improve outcome after perinatal hypoxic-ischemic insults. Despite hypothermia and neonatal intensive care, 45-50% of affected children die or suffer from long-term neurodevelopmental impairment. Additional neuroprotective interventions, beside hypothermia, are warranted to further improve their outcome. Allopurinol is a xanthine oxidase inhibitor and reduces the production of oxygen radicals and brain damage in experimental, animal, and early human studies of ischemia and reperfusion. This project aims to evaluate the efficacy and safety of allopurinol administered immediately after birth to near-term infants with HIE in addition to hypothermic treatment. Beyond this primary objective, the project will provide information on the effect of hypothermia on pharmacokinetics of drugs with a similar metabolism as allopurinol in neonates. Furthermore it will give the opportunity to further develop and validate biomarkers for neonatal brain injury using advanced magnetic resonance imaging, biochemistry, and electroencephalogramms, which will then be available for future studies testing neuroprotective interventions. Finally, this trial will extend our knowledge about incidence of and risk factors for perinatal asphyxia and HIE possibly enabling generation of more preventive strategies for the future.

H2020 - BeFerroSynaptic - BEOL technology platform based on ferroelectric synaptic devices for advanced neuromorphic processors

The amount of data that is being generated in today’s electronic devices is rapidly increasing. While this is required to unleash the full potential of applications such as image and speech recognition, signal processing for smart sensors and autonomous driving, medical diagnosis from symptoms and scans, handling such a huge amount of data requires novel computing strategies. So far, the most advanced computing algorithms are still mostly executed on traditional large power-hungry computing platforms. The EU-funded Horizon 2020 project BeFerroSynaptic aims at developing an ultra-low-power neuromorphic computation platform for adoption, not only in cloud but also in portable devices, to achieve substantial power and energy savings. The ultimate goal of the BeFerroSynaptic consortium is to demonstrate the superior performance of “ferrosynaptic” technologies by building an ultra-low power neuromorphic processor.

H2020 - DroneRules PRO

The DroneRules PRO project will develop an online course to support the creation of a privacy culture within the commercial drone industry in Europe, leveraging and expanding upon the existing DroneRules.eu activities. The project responds directly to the dynamic policy context within Europe as well as the specific characteristics of the European drones industry, to provide vital protections for members of the public that ultimately support the growth and development of that industry. The project builds directly on the knowledge and achievements of the DroneRules PRO project’s partners to extend and combine the following: (a) academic and policy knowledge around privacy and data protection in civil drone applications, (b) strong, Europe-wide networks of drone professionals, European regulators [Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) and Civil Aviation Authorities(CAAs)] and industry associations (IAs), and (c) information and communication tools built by DroneRules.eu, and its positioning as a centralised European information resource. The DroneRules PRO project will develop a state-of-the-art e-learning course using advanced serious game techniques already used by the US Federal Aviation Authority (FAA). The e-learning course will train UA professionals to recognise privacy and data protection risks and issues, identify good practice solutions and implement those solutions. It will also develop a set of resources to enable UA professionals to meet their privacy and data protection obligations. The consortium will liaise directly with IAs, DPAs and CAAs to critique and validate our outputs, gain direct support for our outputs and amplify the impact of our e-learning course and resources. The project will ensure a wide impact on the drone industry culture by making all of the material available in six European languages, organising six training sessions and working directly with IAs, DPAs and CAAs to conduct additional training sessions in local languages across Europe.

H2020 - EHBMI: European Human Biomonitoring Initiative

The overarching goal of the European Human Biomonitoring Initiative is to generate knowledge to inform the safemanagement of chemicals and so protect human health. We will use human biomonitoring to understand human exposure tochemicals and resulting health impacts and will communicate with policy makers to ensure that our results are exploited inthe design of new chemicals policies and the evaluation of existing measures.Key objectives include:• Harmonizing procedures for human biomonitoring across 26 countries, to provide policy makers with comparable data onhuman internal exposure to chemicals and mixtures of chemicals at EU level;• Linking data on internal exposure to chemicals to aggregate external exposure and identifying exposure pathways andupstream sources. Information on exposure pathways is critical to the design of targeted policy measures to reduceexposure;• Generating scientific evidence on the causal links between human exposure to chemicals and negative health outcomes;and• Adapting chemical risk assessment methodologies to use human biomonitoring data and account for the contribution ofmultiple external exposure pathways to the total chemical body burden.We will achieve these objectives by harmonizing human biomonitoring initiatives in 26 countries, drawing on existingexpertise and building new capacities. By establishing National Hubs in each country to coordinate activities, we will create arobust Human Biomonitoring Platform at European level.This initiative contributes directly to the improvement of health and well-being for all age groups, by investigating howexposure to chemicals affects the health of different groups, such as children, pregnant women, foetuses and workers. Wewill also investigate how factor such as behavior, lifestyle and socio-economic status influence internal exposure tochemicals across the EU population. This knowledge will support policy action to reduce chemical exposure and protect health.

H2020 - EMoBookTrade

This project will explore the idea – and gather the evidence to prove it – that the so-called printing revolution does not consist in a change in book-making technology but in the process, prolonged over the entire course of the early modern age, of the formation of the printed book market and the creation of readers as purchasers and consumers of books. In order to demonstrate this, the project will reconstruct the economic and legal framework of the European book market by applying an interdisciplinary approach to the economic study of book history. By using unique and hitherto unexplored documentary evidence, this project addresses four fundamental questions relating to the growth of a fully developed book trade and the rise of a society of book consumers within the social and religious context of early modern Europe: the economic issue of book prices; the juridical and political issue of the book privilege system (which in turn influenced the process of book pricing); the management of the bookselling business (focusing on businesses in two major cities in the European book trade, Venice (Bernardino Giunti) and Antwerp (Christopher Plantin); the technique of building and managing a transnational network for book distribution and sale (analyzing groundbreaking new evidence, an entire year (1522) of correspondence from a Venetian wholesale bookseller, Giovanni Bartolomeo Gabiano). These four research areas will feed into an overarching project which will examine the impact of books and the access of readers to them, together with the development in patterns of cultural consumption which meant that printed books lost the luxury status which they had had throughout the incunabula period to become transformed into ‘popoluxe’ goods.

H2020 - Harmonicss

The overall concept of the HarmonicSS project is to bring together the largest well characterized regional, national and international longitudinal cohorts of patients with Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome (pSS) including those participating in clinical trials, and by taking into consideration the ethical, legal, privacy and IPR issues for sharing data from different countries, to semantically interlink and harmonize them into an integrative pSS cohort structure on the cloud. Upon this harmonized cohort, open services for big data mining, governance and visual analytics will be integrated, to address the identified clinical and health policy pSS unmet needs.

H2020 - IC-Health

Citizens' digital health literacy is an essential element for successful eHealth deployment. However, citizens often do not have the necessary skills to find, understand and appraise online health information and apply their knowledge to make health decisions. Digitally health literate citizens are empowered to play a more active role in their health self-management, resulting in improved prevention, adherence to a healthier lifestyle and better health outcomes. IC-Health will provide support for the improvement of digital health literacy in Europe. In particular, the project will design 35 open access online courses (MOOCs), in seven different national languages, for different population cohorts including children, adolescents, pregnant and lactating women, elderly and people affected or susceptible to be affected by type 1 and type 2 diabetes. The identified population cohorts, along with health professionals, academics and other practitioners, will be organised in Communities of Practice and involved directly in the co-creation of the MOOCs content and structure. Once the courses are be designed, they will be tested by the members of the CoPs and by other users. MOOCs use and impact will be monitored and assessed in order to ensure their uptake and sustainability beyond the duration of the project.

H2020 - IN-FET

IN-FET tackles the visionary idea of altering neuronal firing and synaptic transmission by direct ionic actuation at the microscopic scale, while monitoring cell responses by arrays of nanoscale transistors. We will develop and test, in vitro, the use of active polymers to trap or release electrochemically specific ions in the extracellular milieu surrounding neurons. These will be integrated with ion sensors and ultra-sensitive vertical silicon nanowire arrays with unprecedented spatial and temporal resolutions, offering closed-loop regulation of cellular electrical activity. The IN-FET's multidisciplinary consortium brings together state-of-the-art electrochemistry, 3-d nanofabrication, nanoelectronics, and numerical simulations, and combines neuronal biophysics to device modeling. IN-FET will thus establish the proof-of-principle for a breakthrough biocompatible neuromodulation technology, with a clear impact for future brain implants for epilepsy treatment, advancing neuroscience, biomedical microsystems engineering, and nanoneurotechnology. Funded by European Union's Horizon 2020 - FETOPEN-2018-2020 - GA n. 862882

H2020 - mCBEEs

mCBEEs Innovative Training Network is a joint venture between academy and industry with a primary goal to train young researchers in the field of corrosion and corrosion protection of micro- and nanodevices. The network focuses on the study of corrosion mechanisms beyond microscale of components in miniaturized systems in different environments using localized techniques, and the development of multifunctional protective coatings to increase the long-term durability of such components. Corrosion phenomena occurring in micro- and nanodimensional components can develop in a completely different path than in their bulk counterparts and corrosion might influence the functional properties of small components in a much more severe manner. Three main strategic fields where corrosion could seriously compromise the performance of micro- or nanodevices have been identified: biotechnology (micro/nano-robotic implants, micro/nano-electrodes for recording and stimulating neuronal activity, or micro-featured prosthesis implants); electronics (micro/nano-components in electronic boards, magnetooptical thin films, multiferroic micro/nano-devices); and energy technology (metallic foam-based micro- and nanostructured electrodes, self-standing nanoarchitectures). Several disciplines (physics, electrochemistry, engineering, biology and robotics) converge to provide a multidisciplinary approach to accomplish mCBEEs goals. The ITN brings together 15 beneficiaries and 3 partners including 4 research institutes and 4 private companies belonging to 9 EU Member states, and to 2 associated states (Switzerland, Turkey). The Consortium complementarity will enable a high-level, multifaceted educational programme, where specials efforts will be done to bridge fundamental research with industrial applications. The educational programme is integrated with training in soft skills and aims at providing a network of highly qualified researchers able to tackle challenges both in Academia and Industry.

H2020 - NBUCA

Social cognition impairments, including deficits in nonverbal communicative behaviors used in daily life interactions are considered to be among the core deficits associated with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs). So far, these deficits have been traditionally studied by using non-realistic stimuli embedded in abstract tasks. These tasks are not good models of the world because they lack the context of everyday-life situations. Although contextual processing during action comprehension has been extensively studied in other disorders (e.g. schizophrenia), much less is known about the role that it plays in ASD. Strikingly, those few studies that have used more ecological paradigms in which contextual information was given have shown that ASD individuals are able to improve their ability in reading out other’s actions. Therefore, a broader explanation of ASD which considers the influence that context, as an intrinsic part of social cognition, has on this disorder is timely and clearly required. The general aim of NBUCA is to study the neural and behavioral underpinnings of contextual modulations in ASD during action comprehension and answer many challenging questions: a) Do children and young adults with ASD have a general deficit in integrating context and behavior? If this is true, b) Does this deficit relies more on the processing of social or non-social contextual cues (or both)? Given this, an ecological context-dependent social cognition paradigm will be designed and further implemented in a set of experiments combining behavioral and psychological measures with transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). Overall, we expect that by enhancing contextual information ASD individuals will improve their ability in comprehending others’ actions. Together, our findings will provide novel insights on the impact that context has on ASD. This will be of clinical relevance for developing a more ecological framework that includes contextual sensitivity evaluation and treatment.

H2020 - OBSTRETICVIOLENCE

In many European countries, childbirth still includes a variety of routine medical interventions, such as labour-inducing drugs, the lithotomic position, epidurals, manoeuvres, episiotomy and an excess of surgical deliveries. These also happen for women with low-risk pregnancies, despite WHO recommendations and the findings of evidence-based medicine on the topic. Sometimes women can be coerced into accepting medical interventions, or these interventions are performed without their consent. In Latin America, over the past decade, the term “obstetric violence” has become part of the legal framework. The concept refers to acts in the context of labour and birth categorised as physically or psychologically violent due to unjustified use of medical interventions. Specific laws against obstetric violence – a type of gender-based violence – exist in Argentina (2009), Venezuela (2007) and Mexico (2014). In Europe, the issue is discussed by human rights organisations and social movements in order to fight for a more respectful birth, but no country has passed legislation on the matter yet. The project aims to reconstruct and analyse the historical, social and political processes that led to the legal recognition of obstetric violence in Latin America, focusing on the experience in Argentina. The impact that this recognition has had on birth care services and the training of health personnel will be analysed. A qualitative methodology based on case studies and social actors’ perspectives will be adopted. Medical anthropology – with contributions from disciplines such as community health, human rights and gender studies – will provide the theoretical framework for the project. Tools and best practices will be identified and transferred at the European level in order to contribute to the public debate on a respectful birth and to support a process of political recognition of obstetric violence in the European context. An Observatory on Obstetric Violence will be implemented.

H2020 - OLEUM

The OLEUM project will generate innovative, more effective and harmonized analytical solutions to detect and fight the mostcommon and emerging frauds and to verify the overall quality of olive oils (OOs). By a core group of 20 partners from 15countries OLEUM will undertake RESEARCH ACTIVITIES based on the development of IMPROVED and NEWANALYTICAL METHODS by targeted and omics approaches with the aim: i) to detect new markers of the soft deodorizationprocess; ii) to discover illegal blends between OOs and other vegetable oils; iii) to control OO quality (e.g. freshness); iv) toimprove the organoleptic assessment with a Quantitative Panel Test, based on current official methods, and supported bytailored reference materials for better calibration of the sensory panels coupled with rapid screening tools to facilitate thework of the panelists. The most promising OLEUM solutions will be subjected to VALIDATION in conformity withinternationally agreed standards by peer laboratories. OLEUM will recreate a realistic “deodorization scenario” by producingtailored, soft deodorized OOs by lab-scale and up-scaled pilot plants to apply analytical solutions to known samples.Substantial KNOWLEDGE and TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER activities will be envisaged to aid in implementation of: a) aweb-based easily-accessible, scalable and constantly updated OLEUM DATABANK, containing all the information fromOLEUM research and other reliable international sources, will be available for download data and spectra and to helpachieve satisfactory harmonization of analytical approaches among control laboratories; b) the OLEUM NETWORK ofrelevant OOs stakeholders to maximize the impact of proposed analytical solutions. Finally, a robust dissemination strategyby the OLEUM project aimed at effectively sharing results with all stakeholders in the OO supply chain has the potential toimprove consumer and market confidence, and preserve the image of OOs on a global scale.

H2020 - PerformFISH

The overarching objective of PerformFISH is to increase the competitiveness of the Mediterranean aquaculturesector by tackling biological, technical and operational weaknesses that underlie the stagnation of marine fishproduction in the last decade, while addressing social and environmental responsibility and contributing to“Blue Growth”. Recognising that the performance stagnation is a common, complex and multi‐factorialproblem, PerformFISH will adopt a holistic approach with active industry involvement to ensure thatMediterranean Marine Fish Farming (MMFF) matures into a modern dynamic sector, highly recognised andappreciated by consumers and society at large for providing: a) safe and healthy food, b) employment and tradein rural, peripheral regions, and c) culturally important food with a low ecological footprint.The project will target established Mediterranean fish species, the gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) and theEuropean sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax), which represent 92.8% of the EU Mediterranean marine fishproduction volume (FEAP Annual Report 2015).PerformFISH brings together a carefully selected and representative multi‐stakeholder, multi‐disciplinaryconsortium to generate, validate and apply new knowledge in commercial settings to substantially improveperformance of the focal fish species, measured through Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for the sector.Furthermore, PerformFISH will promote and help to consolidate best practices; endorse certification and qualityassurance; foster human capacity building; and engage with consumers and societal actors to promote thebrand of MMFF practices and products.

H2020 - PoshBee

Bees – honey bees, bumble bees, and solitary bees – pollinate our crops and wildflowers, and thus are essential for human well-being. However, in Europe, and around the globe, bees face many threats and are often in decline as a result. One potential driver of reduced bee health is agrochemicals. While laboratory and semi-field studies suggest that such chemicals negatively impact bee health, their importance and relevance in the real world remains unclear. PoshBee is a consortium of academics, governmental organisations, industry, and NGOs that will address the issue of agrochemicals to ensure the sustainable health of bees and their pollination services in Europe. Integrating the knowledge and experience of local beekeeping and farming organisations and academic researchers (including the EU RefLab for bee health), we will provide the first comprehensive pan-European assessment of the exposure hazard of chemicals, their mixtures, and co-occurrence with pathogens and nutritional stress for solitary, bumble, and honey bees across two major cropping systems. Integrated studies across the lab-to-field axis will determine the effect of chemicals, their mixtures, and interactions with pathogens and nutrition on bee health. We will combine the skills of commercial bumble bee and solitary bee producers, ecotoxicological industry, and academics to develop new model species and innovative protocols for testing chemicals in bees. With MUSTB, we will integrate this information to develop dynamic landscape environmental risk assessment models for bees. Using proteomics, we will produce new molecular markers for assessing bee health and enabling long-term monitoring schemes. Finally, combining across our partners and stakeholder board, we will deliver practice- and policy-relevant research outputs to local, national, European, and global stakeholders. Together, our work will support healthy bee populations, sustainable beekeeping, and sustainable pollination across Europe.

H2020 - PRO-METROFOOD

Materials are crucial to scientific and technological advances and industrial competitiveness, and to tackle key societal challenges - from energy and environment to health care, information and communications, manufacturing, safety and transportation. The current accuracy and predictive power of materials' simulations allow a paradigm shift for computational design and discovery, in which massive computing efforts can be launched to identify novel materials with improved properties and performance; behaviour of ever-increasing complexity can be addressed; sharing of data and work-flows accelerates synergies and empowers the science of big-data; and services can be provided in the form of data, codes, expertise, turnkey solutions, and a liquid market of computational resources. Europe has the human resources, track record and infrastructure to be worldwide leader in this field, and we want to create a CoE in materials' modelling, simulations, and design to endow our researchers and innovators with powerful new instruments to address the key scientific, industrial and societal challenges that require novel materials. This CoE will be a user-focused, thematic effort supporting the needs and the vision of all our core communities: domain scientists, software scientists and vendors, end-users in industry and in academic research, and high-performance computing centres. The proposal is structured along two core actions: (1) Community codes, their capabilities and reliability; provenance, preservation and sharing of data and work-flows; the ecosystem that integrates capabilities; and hardware support and transition to exascale architectures. (2) Integrating, training, and providing services to our core communities, while developing and implementing a model for sustainability, with the core benefit of propelling materials simulations in the practice of scientific research and industrial innovation.

H2020 - R3-PowerUP

R3-POWERUP will push through the new generation of 300mm Pilot Line Facility for Smart Power technology in Europe. This will enable the European industry to set the world reference of innovative and competitive solutions for critical societal challenges, like Energy saving and CO2 Reduction (ref. to COP21 Agreement ), as well as Sustainable Environment through electric mobility and industrial power efficiency.

H2020 - RecoPharma

Pharmaceutical drugs, characterized by their environmental persistence (e.g. cytostatic drugs [CDs]) have been detected in water bodies (drinking water, groundwater, surface water, and effluent wastewater) at concentrations up to μg/L level. Actual methods for the removal and degradation of CDs, including electrochemical, photochemical, and biological methods have been developed. However, these methods are expensive and sometimes inefficient for CDs complete removal from the treated water. Including the exploitation of previous results from EU funded projects, the goal of project RECOPHARMA is to design, develop, validate and demonstrate a novel process by sequential integration the potentials offered by Molecular Imprinted Polymers (MIPs), Reagentless Thermosorption (RTS), Nanocomposites Functional Materials, Advanced Oxidation Processes, for an effective treatment aiming the recovery of target recalcitrant CDs and degradation of corresponding transformation products or metabolites, working in a continuous operation mode. The suggested approach offers versatile, fast, highly efficient, and low-cost treatment for wastewaters. RECOPHARMA brings together academic research centres and the private sector, with a long-term goal of designing and developing advanced water treatment technologies in the interest of the society and integrate them for demonstration following a circular economy approach. Through the scheduled secondments, the involved staff will perform the required R&I to demonstrate the technical and economic feasibility of the developed process, including the technical formation of specialists as a fundamental activity to project success. The secondments will also enhance the exchange of knowledge, best practices, know-how, innovations, experience, mutual cooperation and culture of work between different organizations, regions and countries through the partners’ well-established reputation as transfer hubs.

H2020 - SMART PROTEIN - Smart Protein for a Changing World. Futureproof alternative terrestrial protein sources for human nutrition encouraging environment regeneration, processing feasibility and consumer trust and accepta

The project focuses on fostering industrially feasible actions to achieve far-reaching progress in providing validated processes and production of high quality terrestrial proteins for food from alternative plant and fungi, moving available solutions, generated from the up and running H2020 “PORTEIN2FOOD” project (www.protein2food.eu) from TRL 5 to TRL 6. The alternative proteins will be generated by developing and accessing advanced bioprocessing systems, incorporating closed loop coproducts and up-cycling activities, ensuring socioeconomic and environmental acceptability. The key project challenges will be assessing the use of bioprocess technologies and food engineering systems with high commercial potential, enhancing the functionality and nutritional quality of target proteins for food, up-cycling food waste stream/food by-products within a resilient circular food system and, finally, assessing the economic, logistical and environmental sustainability of the implemented SMART-PRO food value chain.

H2020 - VULCAN.ears

Volcanic activity has a big impact on the economy and society. Nowadays, volcano monitoring (VM) is mainly based on theanalysis of the seismicity, specifically on some type of precursory events (or classes) which appear before an eruption. Thevariability of the volcano-seismic classes and the increase of the seismicity in a volcano crisis difficult the manual supervisedclassification carried out by expert technicians to detect an event and assign it to its proper class. Most of the VMobservatories demand an automatic Volcano Seismic Recognition (VSR) to quickly detect and analyse the precursoryseismicity and to correctly assess the population risk, avoiding human casualties. Nevertheless, only a few VM facilities havetheir own VSR prototypes designed to monitor their volcanoes.The aim of this proposal is to build an automatic VSR system focused on recognising events in unsupervised scenarios,robust enough to be integrated into the VM centre of any volcano, allowing online risk assessment by real-time seismicityanalysis. It will be based on state-of-the-art VSR technologies: a) class description by statistical means (structured HiddenMarkov Models) and b) Parallel System Architecture (PSA-VSR) composed of specialised recognition channels, eachdesigned to detect and classify events of a given type. To accomplish this goal, two objectives have to be achieved:1. To build models robust enough, which requires gathering massive data from different types of volcanoes and searchingthe most efficient way to describe each class.2. To maximise the system applicability: the system will be integrated into several VM scenarios and eruption forecastingtools to obtain useful feedback information.The interaction between machine learning and volcanology will be the key to build this innovative, long-awaited, standardsolution in the VM area: a collaborative framework software able to recognise events from any volcano in real-time.

H2020 ECSEL – ENERGY ECS

GA n. 101007247 - Energy ECS is a 3-year project that aims to develop intelligent and safe energy solutions for future mobility and the transition to green energy. Partners will develop a wide range of technologies including, for example, battery charging electronics, network and sensor power management, energy collection, real-time location controls and sensors. Research and development within the project will also apply artificial intelligence, machine learning, immersive technologies, IoT, very low power technologies, advanced algorithms and software. All technologies will be designed with cybersecurity and reliability in their insome. The project consists of a total of 30 partners from eight European countries and a total budget of €33 mln. It is co-financed by ECSEL JU of the EU Horizon 2020, the national funding agencies of the participating countries and the consortium partners. The project is coordinated by TietoEVRY and consists of 16 small and medium-sized enterprises, eight large companies and six research and technology organisations from Finland, Austria, Germany, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Sweden and Switzerland. Responsabile scientifico: prof. Stefano Saggini

H2020- A CACTUS

The problem: Cancer metastases are responsible for 90% of cancer-associated deaths. Circulating tumour cells (CTCs) that enter the blood stream on their way to potential metastatic sites are of obvious interest to evaluate correctly patient treatment and therefore influence outcome. CTCs have been identified in bladder, gastric, prostate, lung, breast and colon cancer. The only FDA approved CTCs detection system is Veridex’ CellSearch, which detects only epithelial cancer cells using antibody labelling. Recent evidence showed that non-epithelial cancer cells, which are not detected by CellSearch, are of critical importance in cancer progression. The idea: Our CTC detection method is based, instead of on antibody labelling, on metabolic features of cancer cells, thus providing potential for detecting both epithelial and mesenchymal cancer cells. Cancer cells induce environmental changes; e.g. in aerobic conditions most cancer cells display a high rate of glycolysis with lactate production in the cytosol, known as the Warburg effect. By separating cells into micro-droplets of pico-liter volume using micro-fluidic water-in-oil emulsions and by characterising the microenvironment surrounding them, CTCs are detected by probing for environmental changes using pH sensitive dyes or enzymatic lactate assays. Our inexpensive diagnostic method provides a way to count and isolate CTCs without any labelling while maintaining cells alive and intact for further studies. The project: “A CACTUS” is meant to assess the feasibility of commercialising the developed method for counting and sorting CTCs and develop a proper commercialisation strategy. The final goal of this project is to develop a proposition package consisting of technical proof of concept, the business proposition and strategy and an IP portfolio and strategy. This information will be presented in an attractive business plan that will be proposed to potential investors.

H2020-ParaFishControl

European aquaculture production provides direct employment to 80,000 people and a 3-billion € annual turnover. Parasites cause severe disease outbreaks and high economic losses in finfish aquaculture. The overarching goal of ParaFishControl is to increase the sustainability and competitiveness of European Aquaculture by improving understanding of fish-parasite interactions and by developing innovative solutions and tools for the prevention, control and mitigation of the major parasites affecting Atlantic salmon, rainbow trout, common carp, European sea bass, gilthead sea bream and turbot. To achieve these objectives, ParaFishControl brings together a multidisciplinary consortium comprising 30 partners possessing world-leading, complementary, cross-cutting expertise and drawn from public and private research organisations, and the aquaculture industry. The consortium has access to excellent research facilities, diverse biological resources including host-parasite models, and state-of-the-art vaccinology, genomic, proteomic and transcriptomic technologies. The project will: 1) generate new scientific knowledge on key fish parasites, including genomics, life-cycle, invasion strategy and host-parasite interaction data, with special emphasis on host immunity, pathogen virulence and immunomodulation, providing a scientific basis for improved prophylaxis; 2) determine the transfer of parasites between farmed and wild host populations; 3) develop a wide range of novel prophylactic measures, including vaccines and functional feeds; 4) provide a range of advanced or alternative treatments for parasitic diseases; 5) develop cost-effective, specific and sensitive diagnostic tools for key parasitic diseases; 6) assess the risk factors involved in the emergence, transmission and pathogenesis of parasitic diseases; 7) map the zoonotic risks due to fish helminths and; 8) provide a catalogue of good husbandry practices to obtain safe and high-quality fish products.

HERA-TransCultAA: Transfer of cultural objects in the Alpe Adria Region in the 20th Century

This research project is the first attempt to investigate the transfer of cultural assets in the Alpe Adria area in the 20th century. In an unprecedented transnational and collaborative way, it will engage a multinational team of scholars to analyze “Uses of the Past”, in particular historical and current conflicts of ownership, patrimony, and cultural heritage. Despite its regional focus, TranscultAA examines the very concrete and material results of a genuinely European history of transfer, translocation, displacement, confiscation, looting, and theft of cultural objects. More specifically, the project asks: Who transferred or translocated which objects in the Alpe Adria region, when and why? Which explanations (if any) were – and are – given? Which narratives ensued, and why? How do archival documents (from the region and beyond, produced by victims, perpetrators, and the complicit actors in the grey zone in between) help to understand these regional and, above all, national uses of the past? These issues have all been heavily charged by propaganda for political purposes. Due to the specific characteristics of fundamental research, the collection, documentation, and analysis of archival sources plays a critical role, as only factual data have the power to overcome myths, legends, and, in particular, competing nationalist narratives. The project will also address and illuminate the complexity of the phenomena at a transnational level through analytic studies of the objects present or in transition on the territory at key historical moments. The consortium, composed of “principal investigators” (PI) from Croatia, Germany, Italy, and Slovenia, with associated partners in Austria, looks forward to this international research challenge, which traces not only the tangible movement of objects, but also their role as symbolic capital.

HORIZON2020 - PULCHRA - Science in the City: Building Participatory Urban Learning Community Hubs through Research and Activation

The overall objective of the project is to exploit the concept of open schooling in view of: (a) Bringing new scientific knowledge for the city as an urban ecosystem and facilitating participation of citizens of all ages in scientific discovery. (b) Establishing concepts to link the natural environment, the built environment and the socio-economic environment in order to form a learning, exploring and activation network, which allows to experience and understand the urban ecosystem as living organism. (c) Developing knowledgeable, innovative and participatory communities able to cope with and actively contribute to addressing current and anticipated problems and challenges at the city scale. The open schooling concept will lead to building a participatory urban learning community which particularly invites the urban youth, helps forming stewardship through establishing a sense for ownership and ability to contribute to a liveable neighbourhood. In cooperation with the respective stakeholders (e.g. city administration, education facilities, private and public entities, NGOs, etc.) the PULCHRA project aims at developing the concepts and establishing the scientific evidence for “Building Participatory Urban Learning Community Hubs through Research and Activation” (hereinfter referred to as City Hubs) to contribute to building sustainable cities. This objective will be achieved in two phases: in the first phase a model for integrating formal education in schools with after school science and exploration activities will be developed, whereas in the second phase a “city hub” practically a Web based Interaction and Visualization Platform will be developed to support partnerships in local communities (schools, agents of formal and non-formal education, enterprises, industry, local administrations, NGOs, civic groups, etc.). Through the partnerships, improved science education will be fostered for all citizens, with emphasis to the students in secondary education.

INTERREG ALPINE SPACE - POLY5 - Polycentric Planning Models for Local Development in Territories interested by Corridor 5 and its TEN-T ramifications

The main project objective is to enhance accessibility, connectivity and competitiveness of alpine territories interested by Major Transport Infrastructures (MTIs) granting, at transnational level, a balanced and polycentric local development. This overall project objective is target through the implementation of local development models able to take advantage of the opportunities offered by the infrastructure in all phases of its life-cycle: design of the infrastructural project, implementation during its building and management, once the infrastructure is functioning.. The project starts from data collection to define a shared cognitive framework of the territorial resources, values and risks related to the MTI impacting on the partnership area. Then the intervention logic provides transnational solutions, with the provision of specific toolkits, to common problems and the implementation of pilot actions to test the toolkits proposed for local polycentric development. The last step is the evaluation of the efficacy of the toolkits developed and their generalization and transfer to decision makers at the European, National, Regional and local level.

INTERREG CENTRAL EUROPE - CENTRAL COMMUNITY - The Knowledge sharing and cooperation platform where innovators can meet, network and create

Central Community project wants to enhance framework conditions for collaborative innovation among the European Life Science actors, by providing two key elements in support of innovation: * the creation of transnational communities based on key competence areas that define theirs needs and cooperate on the innovation process. * an ICT operational platform named LifeSienceRoom: the new Research and Development Agora for innovation.

INTERREG EUROPE 2014-2020 - Smart SpecialiSation UNIver-city Campus - S3Unica

L'obiettivo principale del progetto è quello di sviluppare una metodologia comune tra i partners per l’implementazione, gestione e finanziamento di azioni con focus l’efficientamento energetico - partendo dalle conoscenze ed implementazioni dei Campus Universitari dei Partners di Progetto - promuovendo sia l'innovazione regionale, la competitività e la crescita sostenibile, sia l’individuazione di nuove strategie intelligenti per concentrare al meglio i finanziamenti. Le università coinvolte nel progetto contribuiranno allo scambio di conoscenze e alla loro traduzione in prodotti energetici innovativi, soluzioni e servizi pubblici/privati. Gli stakeholders privati contribuiranno al processo di scoperta imprenditoriale per influenzare le politiche regionali partendo dai risultati dei campus Universitari. Gli enti pianificatori contribuiranno attuando nuove strategie intelligenti per finanziare le priorità individuate. Questo progetto è co-finanziato dal Fondo europeo di sviluppo regionale (ERDF) attraverso il programma Interreg Europe. Budget progetto € 1.538.662 – Budget Uniud € 159.233,21

INTERREG IPA ADRIATIC - ZOONE - Zootechnical networking for sustainable innovation

ZOONE background is represented by successful results achieved and CBC networks created in the previous programming project (Marcbal cod.276)concerning sustainable development of agro-zootechnical sector in Western Balkans, by the relevance of agriculture and husbandry in rural areas of Adriatic Countries as source of employment and profitability.Sprung from the realization that Adriatic Countries rural and marginal areas are affected by similar costrains, joint cross-border cooperation and innovation transfer in the of agro zoo technical sector can play a fundamental role in order to harmonize related policies and quality issues to fill the existing economic, institutional and social gaps among Adriatic Countries. ZOONEaims to strengthen innovation capacity both at researchers/technicians and institutional level to create a favorable environment and specific support to zootechnical enterprises.Building a shared innovative scientific and institutional baseline is the requirement to develop innovative entrepreneurial frame.ZOONE aims to promote innovative joint research activities and scientific-institutional cooperation networks(reinforcing and widening the existing cbc network)to strengthen Adriatic rural areas economies and consolidate/develop shared institutional framework and policies forMS/CC/PCCmodernization,ensuring environmental,economic and social sustainability for a knowledge and innovation based zootechny.

INTERREG IT-AUT 2014-2020 - ITAT3035 - INADEF - Sistema d’allarme INnovativo per eventi di colAta DEtritica basato su previsioni a breve termine e Fenomenologia

Le colate detritiche sono correnti solido-liquide che discendono ad alta velocità i canali incisi sui versanti delle montagne, distruggendo o danneggiando le opere civili che impattano e causando anche vittime. Nelle Alpi, causa maggiore di tali fenomeni sono le precipitazioni molto più intense che generano l’abbondante deflusso superficiale in grado di inglobare il detrito necessario alla loro formazione. Queste sono sempre più frequenti presumibilmente a causa del cambiamento climatico in atto determinando un aumento degli eventi di colata. In genere, la breve durata di tali precipitazioni (15-30 min.) e il breve tempo di propagazione della colata (5-15 minuti) non permettono l’uso dei sistemi di previsione usati per i fenomeni di piena e franosi. Inoltre gli attuali sistemi d’allarme basati su sensori per individuare il transito delle colate permettono tempi di allerta molto brevi. Obiettivo del progetto è un sistema d’allarme che individui le colate con anticipi maggiori concatenando una previsione di precipitazione a breve termine (1-3 ore) con modelli idrologici e d’innesco per colate detritiche. La previsione di precipitazione viene trasformata in deflusso superficiale dal modello idrologico ed il modello di innesco stima il corrispondente volume di detrito mobilitabile: se questi supera un valore soglia si lancia l’allarme. Il nuovo sistema verrà testato in tutte le regioni coinvolte in siti frequentemente soggetti a colate detritiche, dotati di stazioni di monitoraggio.

INTERREG ITA - CRO | HATCH Hadriaticum DATA HUB - Data management, protocols harmonization, preparations of guidelines: cross-border tools for maritime spatial planning decision-makers

Il progetto Hadriaticum Data Hub (HATCH) capitalizza i risultati di progetti Interreg Italia-Croazia standard conclusi di recente con l'obiettivo di armonizzare i parametri chimici, fisici, biologici ed ecologici di vari programmi di monitoraggio e sviluppare protocolli per la loro applicazione nella pianificazione dello spazio marino, contribuendo così all'efficace conservazione del Mare Adriatico. A tale scopo il progetto HATCH produrrà linee guida sull'applicazione dei dati multidisciplinari nella pianificazione dello spazio marino. Il progetto HATCH nasce dalla collaborazione tra l'Università degli Studi di Udine in qualità di capofila, il Consorzio CORILA per il coordinamento delle attività di ricerca relative al sistema lagunare di Venezia, la Regione Marche, l'Università Istriana di Scienze Applicate, l'Istituto Mondiale di Ricerca e Conservazione Marina Blue World e l'Università di Spalato come partner di progetto. Il progetto di durata annuale, ed rientra nel Programma Interreg VA It-HR Cluster Call. Valore totale di € 566.621,00EUR di cui 481.627,85 fondi Fesr e € 84.993,15 cofinanziamento nazionale (partner italiano Fondo di Rotazione Igrue) - ID 10418461

INTERREG ITA-AUT - AlterVis - Autonomia energetica da fonti rinnovabili

Il progetto ha permesso di realizzare un processo utile a condurre il Friuli Venezia Giulia e la Carinzia, sia sul piano economico che sociale, ad un'autonomia locale energetica ecocompatibile. L'obiettivo è stato quello di raggiungere l'autosufficienza energetica dei singoli comuni o di aree più estese, identificando le energie rinnovabili e il risparmio energetico come delle risorse sia a livello privato che pubblico. Inoltre il progetto ha riguardato il potenziale energetico tra zone di confine tramite sistemi logistici comuni.

INTERREG ITA-AUT - BenchPA - Sviluppo di un processo di Benchmarking e benchlearning presso le amministrazioni comunali in Carinzia e in Italia

Il progetto ha il fine di migliorare l’azione della pubblica amministrazione locale nel contesto transfrontaliero di Italia ed Austria attraverso l’attivazione di processi di confronto tra le strutture e modalità operative adottate nei due paesi. In particolare intende: migliorare la reciproca conoscenza circa il funzionamento dei sistemi amministrativi e di erogazione dei servizi ai cittadini e alle imprese, al fine di ridurre gli ostacoli amministrativi e culturali che rendono più difficile la cooperazione transfrontaliera promuovere il confronto e la diffusione delle buone prassi a livello transfrontaliero migliorare l’efficacia e l’efficienza dei servizi offerti a cittadini e imprese promuovere la cooperazione fra enti locali nei due paesi con il fine di favorire l’adozione di ‘standard’ comuni per la gestione dei servizi. Obiettivo generale è lo sviluppo condiviso di un modello, di un approccio e di strumenti di valutazione della qualità dei servizi offerti dalle amministrazioni pubbliche locali e di valutazione della customer satisfaction. Il modello sarà sviluppato a partire da un analisi comparata dei servizi offerti dalle amministrazioni locali del Friuli Venezia Giulia, del Veneto e della Carinzia paesi tenendo conto delle competenze attribuite ai diversi livelli di responsabilità. Il confronto avverrà sia a livello di sistema paese (differenze legislative, amministrative, di gestione), sia a livello delle singole amministrazione partner (modalità di gestione dei servizi).

INTERREG ITA-AUT - Crossborder HealthEdu - Formazione ed aggiornamento transfrontaliero ed interregionale in ambito sanitario

Obiettivo del progetto è l'armonizzazione e il miglioramento della qualità della formazione e dell'aggiornamento per i professionisti della salute nelle regione Friuli Venezia Giulia e in Carinzia, al fine di rispondere alle esigenze di una crescente mobilitàdei pazienti e dei lavoratori e di far convergere i sistemi sanitari e le risorse esistenti, contribuendo così ad un loro rafforzamento in senso sostenibile e transfrontaliero. Per il lavoro pratico negli ambiti sanitari sono sempre più necessarie conoscenze tecniche specifiche, che non sono oggetto dell'offerta formativa tradizionale, come per esempio programmi di studio specialistici per terapeuti di linfologia, la formazione sul tema adiposità, o simili. Le regioni coinvolte si sono già accordate in linea generale sullo sviluppo di sistemi di gestione della qualità armonizzati in ambito ospedaliero.

INTERREG ITA-AUT - FIDES - Strumenti finanziari a supporto dello sviluppo delle PMI

L’obiettivo del progetto di ricerca coordinato dall´Università di Udine, in partnership con Pöschl & Partner è di attivare sinergie in ambito sociale, ma soprattutto economico, tra le piccole e medie imprese della provincia di Udine e quella di Villach-Klagenfurt, individuando modelli di finanziamento mirati a supportare efficacemente le strategie di cooperazione transfrontaliera. Il progetto, finanziato con fondi Fesr, è di durata biennale. Gli obiettivi specifici del progetto di ricerca riguardano lo sviluppo di strumenti di accesso al capitale di rischio da parte delle piccole e medie imprese. Dev´essere elaborato, per la provincia di Udine e Villach-Klagenfurt, un modello comune di supporto finanziario specificamente mirato al sostegno dei progetti di cooperazione transfrontaliera e, in modo particolare, alla formalizzazione di reti di impresa.

INTERREG ITA-AUT - MAT4CATA - Nuovi Materiali per la rimozione di inquinanti dai gas esausti dei motori a combustione

Un obiettivo fondamentale è rappresentato dalla realizzazione di uno studio che rappresenti la problematica delle emissioni di motori a combustione e l’applicazione di metodi e soluzioni innovative per la rimozione di inquinanti dai gas di scarico dei motori a combustione.

INTERREG ITA-AUT - MOVINSI / Los Geht’s - Promuovere il benessere psico-fisico negli over 65 attraverso attività motorie, di socializzazione e moderne tecnologie

Nell’area montana transfrontaliera Italia-Austria, il progressivo invecchiamento della popolazione e lo scarso ricambio generazionale rappresentano debolezze che potrebbero sfociare in problematiche sociali e sanitarie, ancora più evidenti nelle aree marginali del territorio. Il progetto MOVINSI, partendo proprio da questo assunto, è stato dunque pensato per garantire il benessere psico-fisico delle persone anziane e migliorarne la qualità di vita attraverso la predisposizione, a cura di un team di esperti del settore, di un programma di attività motorie e di socializzazione, supportato dalle nuove tecnologie, da sottoporre ad un campione di over 65. A mettere in rete competenze scientifiche, tecnologiche e sociali, il Dipartimento di Area Medica dell’Università di Udine, l’Azienda per l’Assistenza Sanitaria Universitaria del Friuli Centrale, l’Institute for Applied Research on Ageing (IARA, Austria) e l’associazione ALSOLE (Austria).

INTERREG ITA-AUT - P.Ri.S.M.A. - Percezione del rischio e sostenibilità nella montagna di Alpe Adria

OBIETTIVO GENERALE: Contribuire a sviluppare, diffondere e concretizzare nelle nuove generazioni una cultura della prevenzione che orienti i comportamenti verso obiettivi di sicurezza OBIETTIVO SPECIFICO: Individuato un nuovo strumento didattico strutturato, valicato scientificamente e replicabile

INTERREG ITA-AUT - Smart Energy - Network of Excellence

The objective of the Smart Energy – Network of Excellence project is to identify and create a connection among the different skills characterising the low–carbon technologies field (research, development and innovation). In order to set up a Network, the interaction and contact with research institutes (e.g. University and other organisations) and the most innovative businesses is significant. Particular attention is given to the evaluation of the possibilities for the research and technology. According with such vision, the expected outcomes are the following: The identification of key technologies for the sustainable energies field and the development of a roadmap about the existing regional expertise. An international benchmarking in the research field, a study on the cooperative potentials and the possible synergies within the region. The definition of technology regional roadmaps through a bottom-up process that is based on the existing expertise, and the set up of and Advisory Board. A regional Network of Excellence in direct contact with an online community involving scientific institutions and businesses.

INTERREG ITA-AUT - TRIICT - Cooperazione tra PMI innovative, utilizzatori avanzati e organizzazioni di supporto dell'ICT

The relevance of knowledge based SMEs in both regions of Carinthia and Friuli Venezia Giulia is a key factor in their economic structures. In recent years both regions have set up innovative legislation schemes and supporting instruments to accelerate the development of the knowledge based economy in the Euroregion. Besides that, big and excellent enterprises, technology parks, incubators, investment funds, universities and research centres and public organizations are keen to adopt, as “lead users”, innovative solutions for increasing the quality of life of the citizens. However, there is a clear necessity for the two – currently separate – “innovation ecosystems” of both regions to take better advantage of geographical proximity and better connect themselves. In particular, improved collaborations among SMEs is decisive to accelerate investments and growth throughout the area. Collaborative actions must take place at three levels (hence the project named Tri-ICT): the SMEs level, the supporting organisations level and the institutional level. The specific objectives of the project therefore are: * identifying market driven trends and opportunities for cross border cooperation related to “Lead users” to support SMEs partnership. Lead Users can be identified in the following thematic domains: Transport Industry, Healthcare, Environment, Safety and Civil Defence, Culture, eGovernment, eInclusion, Communications, etc. * improving awareness, networking opportunities and communication among the actors of the interregional “ecosystem” in ICT target sectors. This will include the sharing of successful methods and tools – i.e. service workflow standards, web portals, networks, databases, templates, etc...- adapting them to the opportunities and needs in each Partner region/country; * testing and innovating support services for SMEs by “Training of Trainers”; * elaborating proposals for new joint policies, initiatives and action plans to accelerate innovation and increase competitiveness in the Programme area by boosting the integration of SMEs in research-driven clusters and the awareness about potential benefits of research, networking and advanced training.

INTERREG ITA-AUT 2014-2020 - ITAT 1056 - CLEANSTONE - Recupero e valorizzazione degli scarti di lavorazione lapidea per la sostenibilità ambientale

Il settore della lavorazione della pietra naturale è caratterizzato da un elevato impatto ambientale. Nonostante i miglioramenti tecnologici (ad esempio le nuove tecnologie di taglio che hanno aumentato la produttività) il settore della lavorazione della pietra naturale è ancora gestito in modo piuttosto tradizionale. Per trasformare il settore lapideo in un settore moderno, competitivo e basato sulla conoscenza a basso impatto ambientale, c'è bisogno di progetti interdisciplinari, come CLEANSTONE, che mirano a rinnovare la catena di produzione della pietra. Il progetto si basa su collaborazione trans-nazionale che vedrà il coinvolgimento di numerose aziende estrattive operanti in diversi contesti industriali dell'area di progetto, e consentirà di analizzare il processo di estrazione e lavorazione di diversi tipi di pietra naturale, ciascuno soggetto a diversi vincoli legali e restrizioni. Gli obiettivi del progetto sono: 1) analizzare il settore della lavorazione della pietra naturale nella regione Italia-Austria; 2) identificare e attuare protocolli e buone pratiche per aumentare considerevolmente l'efficienza e la produttività del processo; 3) identificare e attuare protocolli e buone pratiche per ridurre al minimo l'impatto ambientale durante estrazione e trattamento di minerali; 3) identificare le migliori opzioni di riciclaggio per il materiale di scarto prodotto riducendo al minimo la quantità di rifiuti di pietra smaltiti nell'ambiente; 4) classificare le opzioni di riciclaggio basate sul contesto industriale locale; 5) diffondere il know-how prodotto dal progetto migliorando la competitività del settore. Principali risultati del progetto saranno: 1) una serie di linee guida/criteri per valutare l'impatto ambientale delle attività di lavorazione e protocolli innovativi che, se implementati, consentiranno la valorizzazione economica degli scarti grazie alla loro conversione in materie prime secondarie; 2) un Libro Bianco con proposte di modifica della legislazione vigente in Austria e Italia in tema di smaltimento degli scarti, che attualmente non valorizza appieno il potenziale di riuso/riciclo. Il progetto è originale essendo il primo tentativo di integrare le tecniche di recupero in un unico framework progettato appositamente per le industrie del settore lapideo (principalmente PMI). Inoltre, le autorità locali, regionali e nazionali beneficeranno di una maggiore consapevolezza dei vantaggi, in termini di economia circolare e protezione ambientale, derivanti dall'attuazione delle soluzioni di miglior prassi proposte. I partner di progetto sono: - Università degli Studi di Udine – Dipartimento Politecnico di ingegneria e architettura - Università degli Studi di Padova - Fachhochschule Kärnten - gemeinnützige Privatstiftung - Confartigianato Vicenza - E.C.O. Institut für Ökologie Totale mezzi finanziari intero progetto Euro 862.419,50 di cui: - Fondi FESR: Euro 733.056,57 - Contributo nazionale: Euro 107.916,68 - Risorse proprie: Euro 21.446,25

INTERREG ITA-AUT 2014-2020 - RE-CEREAL: Rete di ricerca e trasferimento tecnologico per il miglioramento dell'utilizzo di cereali minori e pseudocereali.

L’obiettivo generale del progetto è il rafforzamento della cooperazione transfrontaliera tra Università, centri di sperimentazione ed imprese, attraverso la costituzione di una rete di partner con competenze multidisciplinari (genetica, agronomia, chimica, nutrizione e produzione alimentare). I cereali minori (CM) e gli pseudocereali (PC) quali grano saraceno, miglio e avena coltivati nell’area programma fino a metà del XX secolo, sono oggigiorno trascurati in favore dei più redditizi frumento e mais. Ciò porta a conseguenze negative, quali lo sfruttamento eccessivo dei terreni a monocoltura, e la perdita di sostanze nutritive ritenute subordinate alla massimizzazione della performance tecnologica dei cereali. Al contrario, CM e PC presentano vari aspetti positivi: la loro coltivazione aumenta biodiversità e sostenibilità ambientale (richiedono input agronomici limitati) della catena alimentare, e la loro ricchezza in minerali, aminoacidi e vitamine arricchisce la nostra dieta. Da qui la loro importanza per il settore degli alimenti senza glutine e per quello tradizionale, dove si impiega frumento. Date queste premesse, il progetto mira a istituire una rete in grado di condividere competenze e trasferire conoscenza, al fine di favorire la diffusione di CM e PC, per mezzo di attività di miglioramento e selezione genetica, nonché di promuovere il loro utilizzo nell’industria alimentare ed il potenziamento delle componenti nutraceutiche in pane, pasta e biscotti.

INTERREG ITA-AUT 2014-2020 - IDEE: Network di ricerca transfrontaliero per la progettazione Integrata Di sistemi Energetici Efficienti in aree urbane.

La Strategia EUROPA 2020 ed il Piano d’azione europeo per l’economia circolare evidenziano come la competitività dei territori sia strettamente connessa alla sostenibilità e alla resource-efficiency. Il miglioramento dell’efficienza energetica degli edifici, l’uso di nuove tecnologie come il teleriscaldamento a bassa temperatura e le pompe di calore, il recupero di calore ed energia di scarto nell’industria, lo sfruttamento del potenziale della biomassa saranno fondamentali per rendere i nostri sistemi energetici più efficienti e meno inquinanti. IDEE valorizza i risultati del precedente progetto Urban Energy Web creando un network transfrontaliero di ricerca sull’analisi e progettazione integrata di sistemi energetici urbani efficienti e innovativi. Tale rete combina le competenze complementari di 4 enti di ricerca ed un’autorità pubblica per sviluppare un framework bottom-up di valutazione dei sistemi energetici urbani, consentendo un’interpretazione integrata di dati energetici, ambientali, costruttivi ed economici georeferenziati e generando nuova base decisionale utile alle autorità locali per la pianificazione di investimenti efficienti utilizzando input strategici sui potenziali esistenti, le soluzioni tecnologiche più innovative applicabili e i loro impatti ambientali, costi e return on investment. Il framework verrà applicato in aree pilota (Maniago in FVG, Feltre in Veneto e la regione Salzburger Seenland), consentendone la trasferibilità ad altri territori.

INTERREG ITA-AUT 2014-2020 - ITAT 1085 - FasTher - Sistemi vernicianti ecocompatibili multifunzionali

Il progetto ambisce a sviluppare nuove tecniche di verniciatura a polvere con basso impatto ambientale. Utilizzando innovative tecniche di miscelazione, l'obiettivo è di aumentare la protezione dalla corrosione nei componenti metallici, migliorando contemporaneamente le proprietà di conducibilità termica ed elettrica. Le soluzioni ottimizzate saranno successivamente applicate e testate su diversi componenti metallici, per verificare le funzionalità dei nuovi coating e aumentare così il potenziale valore aggiunto dei prodotti finali. Il consorzio del progetto è formato da: - Università degli Studi di Udine – Dipartimento Politecnico di ingegneria e architettura - PLT GmbH - Electrolux Professional Spa Totale mezzi finanziari intero progetto Euro 715.055,00 di cui: - Fondi FESR: Euro 414.818,00 - Contributo nazionale: Euro 24.900,00 - Risorse proprie: Euro 275.337,00. Link ai risultati della ricerca: https://www.uniud.it/it/ricerca/progetti-e-iniziative/documenti-di-progetto/fasther

INTERREG ITA-AUT 2014-2020 - Top Value: Il valore aggiunto del Prodotto di Montagna

Nei territori alpini, il progressivo abbandono delle attività agricole tradizionali e la difficoltà nella valorizzazione dei prodotti tipici mettono arepentaglio anche il patrimonio naturale e culturale, con possibili ripercussioni sull’attrattività turistica dell’area. Il progetto mira a qualificarediverse filiere di prodotti di montagna partendo dagli strumenti proposti dai Reg.UE 1151/12 e 665/14,e in particolare dall’indicazione facoltativa“Prodotto di Montagna”.Questa indicazione, non ancora operativa nel territorio transfrontaliero, può essere uno strumento utile ai produttori, pervalorizzare i prodotti sul mercato, e ai consumatori, a cui viene garantita la trasparenza delle filiere. Le azioni progettuali consentono di verificarei problemi connessi all’adozione dell’indicazione “Prodotto di Montagna” in diversi casi-studio e di fornire elementi utili per il loro superamento.L’approccio innovativo consiste nell’affiancare a questa indicazione una serie di informazioni riguardanti i Servizi Ecosistemici forniti da questefiliere (es. biodiversità, paesaggio, benessere animale, contenimento delle emissioni)L’individuazione e la misura di tali servizi permette non solodi valorizzare le produzioni di qualità, garantendone la sostenibilità ambientale e sociale, ma anche di soddisfare le aspettative dei consumatori edei turisti, adottando approcci comunicativi efficaci su prodotti tradizionali di montagna che mantengono viva e attraente l’area transfrontaliera

INTERREG ITA-AUT 2014-2020 - ITAT 1056 - ARMONIA - Rete di monitoraggio accelerometrico in tempo reale di siti ed edifici in Italia e in Austria

Il progetto "ARMONIA" è nato per sviluppare una strategia transfrontaliera nella gestione di rischi naturali attraverso l'uso di metodologie innovative. Esso mira a stringere la collaborazione tra gli istituti di protezione civile per la prevenzione del rischio. Nelle aree transfrontaliere, i disastri naturali, come forti terremoti, causano danni e perdite di vite. Lo sviluppo di protocolli comuni permette la pianificazione congiunta e l'implementazione di azioni armonizzate per accelerare e facilitare le operazioni di salvataggio. I partner di progetto sono: Istituto nazionale di oceanografia e di geofisica sperimentale – OGS (Lead Partner), Università degli Studi di Udine, Dipartimento Politecnico di ingegneria e architettura, Università degli Studi di Trieste, Regione Autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia, Protezione civile della Regione, Regione del Veneto - Direzione Protezione Civile e Polizia Locale, Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik (ZAMG), Universität Innsbruck. Totale mezzi finanziari intero progetto Euro 1.125.975,00 di cui: Fondi FESR: Euro 957.078,75, Contributo nazionale: Euro 147.896,25, Risorse proprie: Euro 21.000,00.

INTERREG ITA-AUT 2014-2020 - PreCanMed: Creazione di una piattaforma per la medicina anticancro di precisione.

Le strategie terapeutiche personalizzate sulla base del profilo genetico di ciascun paziente rappresentano la nuova frontiera della medicina anticancro, in grado di ridurre l’impatto socioeconomico delle attuali terapie antitumorali, spesso inefficaci, costose e che gravano sui sistemi sanitari regionali. In questo contesto, un ruolo particolare è rivestito dalla ricerca sugli organoidi tumorali, complessi cellulari tridimensionali derivati dalla coltura di cellule ottenute da biopsie di tessuto tumorale. Gli organoidi tumorali sono in grado di riassumere le principali caratteristiche genetiche e cellulari del tumore originario, pertanto rappresentano un promettente strumento per l’avvio di terapie personalizzate e di attività di drug screening. Il progetto PreCanMed mira a rafforzare la collaborazione tra istituzioni italiane e austriache in ambito genetico, clinico e biotecnologico, al fine di istituire una piattaforma comune di competenze per la generazione, sviluppo, conservazione (life biobank) di organoidi tumorali, rendendo queste conoscenze e tecnologie più facilmente accessibili al settore della ricerca accademica, traslazionale, clinica e farmaceutica.

INTERREG ITA-AUT 2014-2020 - Coat4Cata: Sviluppo di rivestimenti e processi di rivestimento per il trattamento catalitico dei gas esausti.

L’obiettivo del progetto è lo sviluppo congiunto di materiali ad elevata attività catalitica e lo sviluppo di processi di rivestimento per la produzione di sistemi catalitici per il trattamento dei gas esausti in ambito veicolare e industriale. I materiali di supporto (= catalizzatori) rivestiti con polveri cataliticamente attive saranno integrati nel sistema dei gas di scarico dei motori a combustione (ad es. di autovetture, autocarri, macchine edili, trattori, motori di navi) o di impianti industriali (ad es. cementifici, incenerimento rifiuti). I catalizzatori trasformano le emissioni inquinanti (ossidi di azoto, monossido di carbonio, idrocarburi, particolato, inquinanti organici) in componenti non pericolosi come acqua, azoto e anidride carbonica. Per poter rispettare i limiti di emissione degli inquinanti nei gas di scarico, valori che in futuro diventeranno sempre più restrittivi, saranno imprescindibili sia l’impiego di catalizzatori caratterizzati da un grado di efficienza sempre più elevato, sia materiali di rivestimento più efficaci. La maggiore efficienza dei catalizzatori contribuirà in modo significativo anche alla riduzione delle emissioni di CO2.

INTERREG ITA-AUT 2014-2020 - EXOTHERA: Exosomes for regenerative, immunosuppressive, neuroprotective, and oncosuppressive therapies.

Gli esosomi (EV) sono piccole vescicole che permettono la comunicazione tra le cellule di tutto il corpo grazie al trasporto di molecole: hanno specifiche caratteristiche molecolari e influenzano in maniera sostanziale le cellule riceventi. Piccole dimensioni (<1μm), ruolo biologico e caratteristiche fisiche li rendono candidati perfetti per sviluppare nuovi approcci terapeutici in diversi settori (terapie immunitarie, medicina rigenerativa cell-free, ecc). Nonostante il loro grande potenziale, mancano standard per l’isolamento e la quantificazione, così come test in vitro per predirne accuratamente l’efficacia terapeutica. Inoltre non sono ancora disponibili criteri razionali per disegnare EV ingegnerizzati per specifici obiettivi biomedici. È dunque necessario sviluppare una rete di cooperazione transnazionale tra centri di ricerca e ospedali di eccellenza. EXOTHERA si propone di sviluppare un approccio integrato per correlare le proprietà fisiche e molecolari degli EV con la loro funzione e il ruolo terapeutico. Come obiettivi a breve termine definiremo migliori protocolli per la purificazione, quantificazione e classificazione degli EV, per caratterizzarli a livello fisico-chimico, per studiarne l’interazione con le cellule riceventi e stabilire una correlazione tra tutte queste proprietà, con l’obiettivo a lungo termine di ottimizzare strategie terapeutiche in 3 modelli clinici: pseudoartrosi e guarigione di fratture ossee, glioblastoma e lesioni al midollo spinale.

INTERREG ITA-AUT 2014-2020 - SIAA: Social Impact for the Alps Adriatic Region

L’obiettivo del progetto è generare soluzioni per le sfide cruciali dell’area transfrontaliera, con amministrazioni pubbliche, istituzioni e imprenditori del sociale. Una delle prime attività sarà quella di costituire un comitato transfrontaliero, composto da stakeholder rilevanti, che avrà il compito di seguire anche sul piano dei contenuti gli interventi attuati. La base di tutte le attività sarà l’analisi delle condizioni quadro e delle sfide sociali dell’area transfrontaliera, l’individuazione dei target maggiormente rilevanti e un’analisi SWOT che prevede la creazione di una mappa dell’ecosistema dell’imprenditorialità sociale. I dati raccolti in questa prima fase di analisi, assieme ad esempi di buone pratiche e modelli innovativi d’apprendimento volti a promuovere lo scambio transfrontaliero di conoscenze, saranno utilizzati per sviluppare un programma di training dedicato all’impresa sociale, il quale sarà accompagnato anche da due competizioni di idee d’impresa sociale e da un programma di accelerazione per facilitare la realizzazione di tali idee. Il progetto SIAA è stato finanziato dal Fondo europeo di sviluppo regionale e dal programma Interreg V-A Italia-Austria 2014-2020.

INTERREG ITA-CRO - AdriAquaNet

Il Progetto AdriAquaNet - Migliorare l'innovazione e la sostenibilità nell'acquacoltura adriatica, coordinato da prof. Marco Galeotti, Di4A dell’Università di Udine mette in rete altri 6 enti di ricerca, l’Associazione dei piscicoltori della Croazia e quattro aziende produttrici. Questa comunità, che conta circa 100 esperti, lavorerà per due anni e mezzo, avente l’obiettivo di trasferire conoscenze avanzate e nuove tecnologie su tutta la filiera dell’acquacoltura, dalla gestione degli impianti di produzione fino al mercato dei prodotti lavorati. ll progetto parte dalla ricognizione delle esigenze d’innovazione e sviluppo espresse dalle aziende e dalle conoscenze e tecnologie disponibili negli enti di ricerca. Ogni ente di ricerca avrà il compito di favorire le applicazioni tecnologiche nelle aziende, che sperimenteranno le innovazioni. Dopo la prima fase pilota, seguirà quella della formazione tecnico-scientifica degli addetti del settore, sia in Italia che in Croazia. Finanziamento totale: € 3.224.008,59 di cui l’85% attraverso il Programma Interreg V-A Italia-Croatia 2014-2020, Blue innovation. Quota di finanziamento per l’Università di Udine: 671.190,40 € (85% da Fondo Europeo per lo Sviluppo Regionale - FESR, 15% attraverso il Fondo di Rotazione Nazionale).

INTERREG ITA-CRO - AdSWIM: uso gestito delle acque depurate per la qualità dell'Adriatico

AdSWiM collega 12 partner tra le istituzioni di ricerca, i comuni e i gestori di impianti di trattamento delle acque reflue. Il progetto indaga nuovi trattamenti, nuovi dispositivi analitici e nuovi parametri chimici e microbiologici per mantenere e migliorare le condizioni di qualità ambientale dell’Adriatico, delle aree costiere e della qualità delle acque di balneazione attraverso il controllo delle acque reflue. Il progetto mira a valutare se le acque urbane depurate nei limiti di composizione dell'UE dall’impianto di depurazione, possano essere utilizzate come punto di controllo per l’approvvigionamento di nutrienti, in particolare fosforo, eliminando così i rischi sia per la qualità igienica delle acque di balneazione che per la stabilità dell'ecosistema. Inoltre, si lavora per definire le linee guida e strategie di governo condivise a livello transfrontaliero per la salvaguardia ed il miglioramento dello stato ecologico delle acque del nord-est Adriatico attraverso l'uso gestito di acque depurate al fine di raggiungere gli obiettivi di qualità riportati dalla Direttiva UE 2000/60/EC. Finanziamento totale: € 2.035.703,13 di cui l’85% attraverso il Programma europeo Interreg Italia - Croazia. Quota di finanziamento per l’Università di Udine: € 332.612,80 (85% da Fondo Europeo per lo Sviluppo Regionale - FESR, 15% attraverso il Fondo di Rotazione Nazionale).

INTERREG ITA-CRO – COASTENERGY:Blue Energy in ports and coastal urban areas

The overall objective of COASTENERGY is to foster the creation of a favourable environment for business initiatives in the Blue Energy sector and promote the realization of coastal blue energy systems in the Programme area, particularly focusing on wave and thermal energy converters to be integrated in structures such as breakwaters, marinas, etc. These initiatives must be informed and designed to guarantee the full preservation of marine ecosystems and the landscape, and also comply with the needs of other maritime activities such as fishing, aquaculture, tourism, and shipping. The project will adopt a participatory approach, gathering and involving Quadruple Helix actors in a multi-level network for the development of a common roadmap and the deployment of coastal blue energy systems in pilot areas. This project is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund through the Interreg Italy – Croatia. Budget progetto € 1.827.670. Budget Uniud € 248.300.

INTERREG ITA-CRO: EXCOVER - Experience, Discover & Valorise Hidden Treasure Towns and Sites of the Adriatic Area

In Italy, and Croatia it’s easy to identify many small towns with very relevant historical, cultural and natural assets, but visited by a little number of tourists, lower than the potentiality of the local natural and cultural resources. The main goal of this project is to reduce this gap between resources and tourists, contributing to a better territorial and seasonal distribution of tourist flows in Croatia and Italy (strategic objective of the Pillar 3 of EUSAIR), still over-concentrated on some sea-side areas along the coasts and a few art cities. Several reasons can explain this imbalance; sometimes they are connected with improper exploitation of the local assets, even if the number of little communities investing relevant amounts of their budgets on their resources is constantly growing. Unfortunately, the impact of these efforts on the tourist market is usually negligible. In this case usually, the key to the problems is strictly connected with the lack of: • a satisfactory regional/local tourist supply chain, unable to provide a satisfactory tourist experience, • marketability of these destinations. The main goals of EXCOVER will be therefore to identify innovative ways for solving the two previous constraints on the tourist development of the small towns with relevant local assets but with poor tourist flows. The main expected outcomes of the project are: • a tangible increase of the tourist flows toward the communities involved in the project; • a community-led participation process in the tourist development based on a sustainable valorisation of the natural and cultural endogenous resources; • wide participation of residents in using their under-utilized skills, goods, rooms, cars, kitchens etc. as tourism resources to set up a local Tourism Supply Chain based on the existing Sharing Economy platforms. Università degli Studi di Udine (Italy) - Department of Languages and Literatures, Communication, Education and Society (DILL) – Coordinator Prof. Donatella Cozzi, research assistant Monica Pascoli Contacts: donatella.cozzi@uniud.it; monica.pascoli@uniud.it; ricerca.dill@uniud.it

INTERREG ITA-SLO - ACQUAVITIS

Il progetto biennale Acquavitis: Soluzioni innovative per l’uso efficiente dell’acqua in viticoltura transfrontaliera, coordinato dall’Istituto agricolo della Slovenia (LP) unisce l’Università degli Studi di Trieste (PP2), l’Università degli Studi di Udine (PP3), l’Istituto di geodesia della Slovenia(PP4), la Camera per l’agricoltura e le foreste della Slovenia, l’Istituto agricolo forestale di Nova Gorica (PP5) e l’Università Ca' Foscari Venezia (PP6) con l’obiettivo di rendere l'agricoltura sostenibile attraverso una migliore gestione delle risorse idriche. Con un approccio olistico ottimizzeremo l'uso dell'acqua regolando la quantità, il metodo e il tempo di irrigazione in base ai reali bisogni della vite. Svilupperemo e sperimenteremo nuove tecnologie e soluzioni innovative per la protezione e l'uso efficiente delle risorse idriche , per la pianificazione dei rischi associati agli eventi estremi e per combattere i cambiamenti climatici. Il trasferimento tecnologico avverrà con lo scambio di esperienze dagli enti di ricerca al coinvolgimento attivo di almeno 15 aziende vitivinicole dell’area transfrontaliera, al fine di implementare modelli di gestione economica sostenibili ed efficaci. Finanziamento totale: 878.175,00€ € di cui l’85% attraverso il Programma Interreg V-A Italia-Slovenia 2014-2020, Protezione e promozione delle risorse naturali e culturali. Quota di finanziamento per l’Università di Udine: 170.570,00 € (85% da fondi europei, 15% attraverso il Fondo di Rotazione Nazionale).

INTERREG ITA-SLO - AGRI-KNOWS - Transferimento delle conoscenze in agricultura come valore aggiunto per tutela dell’ ambiente

AGRI-KNOWS is an Interreg Bi-lateral Project between Slovenia and Italy supported by the University of Nova Gorica (UNG) and the University of Udine (UniUd). The Project purpose is to implement sustainable agricultural concepts within different institutions and at various study levels in order to enable teachers and students access to pertinent current knowledge across agricultural and environmental issues. It has been acknowledged that worldwide agricultural chemical transfer can act as pollutants impacting on food quality, therefore, within this project there is an emphasis on the chemical analysis of soils and specific spatio-temporal chemical inputs at both landscape and catchment levels. Within the project student groups at Primary and Secondary levels will be educated in aspects of “best practice”, with soil chemistry experimentation over a two year period which also involves technical days, workshops, excursions and presentations of analytical results. Teacher education seminars are also a vital component of the project as are also the outreach Summer Schools for local people already involved in agricultural production.

INTERREG ITA-SLO - AGROTUR- Agroturistica carsica

The Agrotur project provides the Karst region with a common new brand built around the slogan “Karst, a destination for indigenous products”. Using a comprehensive approach, we wish to improve the quality and market visibility of Teran wine and Kraški pršut (dry-cured ham from the Karst region), product synonymous with the region. At the same time, we wish to decrease the negative consequences of intensive agriculture on the environment. To this purpose, we will strengthen the existing scientific cooperation and networking between research institutions on both sides of the border. This will facilitate the future transfer of knowledge, both horizontally (between research institutions themselves) as well as vertically (by raising the awareness of end users, namely the local population). Another goal of the project is to connect cross-border providers of accommodations into a diffuse hotel network that will feature an offer of indigenous products. The project is an interdisciplinary endeavour with the aim of improving the wellbeing and economic success of the local population. In addition to entrepreneurship, it focuses on social, environmental and cultural relations in accordance with the strategies for the development of Slovenia and Italy and the Lisbon Strategy.

INTERREG ITA-SLO - AGROTUR2 - Sviluppo sostenibile dell'agricoltura e del turismo nel Carso transfrontaliero

Il Carso è caratterizzato da una straordinaria varietà di flora e fauna e di paesaggio, che unisce le foreste carsiche con i terreni agricoli e gli insediamenti urbani. Tutto questo dà l'unicità di questa zona, che diventa tra le più attraenti al mondo. Vi sono straordinarie risorse naturali e di tutela ambientale (Natura 2000, ecc). La cooperazione transfrontaliera non è sufficientemente sviluppata per offrire alta qualità, buona visibilità e le prestazioni associate e durata. Il progetto proposto continua la promozione del territorio carsico per i prodotti tipici, che è già iniziato nella programmazione 2007-2013 nel progetto AGROTUR. Verranno sviluppati nuovi strumenti e modelli di cooperazione (che coinvolgono i cittadini, istituti di ricerca, le comunità locali e PMI) per migliorare la qualità dei prodotti locali con riconosciuta denominazione tradizionale (Terrano, proscitto del Carso) e il turismo transfrontaliero. Con l'introduzione di avanzate potenziali tecnologie di produzione e di un sistema di supporto on-line verranno standardizzare e migliorate le qualità dei vini locali, per ridurre gli impatti negativi dell'agricoltura sull'ambiente, prerequisito per lo sviluppo sostenibile e la conservazione del nostro patrimonio naturale. Le località turistiche transfrontaliere continueranno a promuovere il modello di albergo diffuso come agriturismo, creando nuovi itinerari e introducendo nuovi approcci di marketing. Al castello di Štanjel verrà creato il "Centro per la promozione dei prodotti locali con enoteca regionale' per far conoscere il territorio al turista. Lo scopo del progetto è quello di promuovere uno sviluppo sostenibile per preservare il patrimonio naturale e culturale del Carso transfrontaliero.

INTERREG ITA-SLO - BEE DIVERSITY

Il progetto Bee-diversity propone un sistema transfrontaliero per il miglioramento e il monitoraggio della biodiversità negli habitat cofinanziati presenti nel territorio transfrontaliero tra Italia e Slovenia. In particolare Bee-diversity integra il monitoraggio della biodiversità vegetale con quello degli impollinatori (Api) in aree Natura 2000 anche attraverso l’utilizzo di sistema informativi innovativi e la realizzazione di una applicazione per la raccolta, gestione e aggregazione dei dati disponibili. Il progetto prevede inoltre il coinvolgimento di esperti e dei diversi portatori di interesse in un programma di formazione-informazione che avrà come esito finale la redazione di buone pratiche. L’Università degli Studi di Udine è coinvolta nel progetto con competenze prevalentemente zootecniche. L’obiettivo principale del gruppo di lavoro è quello di indagare le ricadute dirette e/o indirette della presenza di attività zootecniche all’interno di due aree Natura 2000 (Area carsica del FVG e Greto del Tagliamento) sulla flora di interesse apistico. Gli effetti delle scelte gestionali (intensità di utilizzo delle aree) saranno studiati in 6 sottoaree attraverso rilievi diretti sulle estensioni a prato stabile e pascolo permanente e l’analisi di dati raccolti da arnie tradizionali e “tecnologiche”. Le attività del gruppo di lavoro saranno orientate ad evidenziare come un’appropriata gestione zootecnica di tipo estensivo dei prati e dei pascoli, oltre a fornire essa stessa importanti servizi ecosistemici, può considerarsi di supporto anche ai servizi ecosistemici di regolazione, tra i quali l’impollinazione.

INTERREG ITA-SLO - BELLIMPRESA - Razionalizzazione delle risorse interne e diffusione di una cultura di impresa mirate alla multifunzionalità ed alla sostenibilità economica delle aziende zootecniche

Le PMI agricole si trovano oggi a fronteggiare una duplice sfida, rappresentata da un lato da una congiuntura economica di regressione, dall'altro dalla necessità di competere con una dimensione di mercato globale. Il progetto si pone l’obbiettivo di valutare l’attuale situazione economica e gestionale delle PMI zootecniche italiane e slovene, attraverso un attento monitoraggio territoriale, identificando opportune strategie e soluzioni dirette a rafforzare e rilanciare la loro presenza sul mercato nazionale e transnazionale. In particolare le attività sono prevalentemente orientate alle aziende zootecniche di bovine da latte intensive ed estensive o biologiche. ATTIVITA' PREVISTE: Coordinamento: mediante incontri periodici verranno definiti i metodi operativi per lo svolgimento dei lavori e verranno pianificate le azioni da sviluppare e i ruoli di ciascuna unità in base alle risorse della strutture di appartenenza. Visita ed analisi delle PMI: verranno organizzate delle interviste con gli allevatori per compilare un questionario preparato per ottenere informazioni utili a capire i diversi aspetti gestionali e produttivi degli allevamenti, situati nell’area di intervento. Studi: sulla base dei dati raccolti verrà avviata l’analisi dei punti di forza e di debolezza del settore lattiero-caseario italo-sloveno e verranno individuate le opportunità di sviluppo dello stesso e le sue criticità. Incontri: grazie all’analisi delle elaborazioni verranno individuate le azioni specifiche per la risoluzione delle criticità A tale scopo verranno organizzati incontri con allevatori, strutture di trasformazione, associazioni di categoria, ecc… Formazione: verrà concentrata sulla figura dell’imprenditore e sulla gestione dell’azienda, con particolare attenzione alle strategie di miglioramento del processo produttivo e del prodotto, alla cultura d’impresa nel settore zootecnico, alle strategie di marketing e alla metodologia di identificazione dei canali di vendita. Divulgazione: verrà sviluppata su tre livelli ovvero divulgazione diretta (incontri tematici), indiretta (su riviste locali, mediante manuali inerenti la cultura d’impresa ) e multimediale (mediante sito internet).

INTERREG ITA-SLO - EDUKA - Educare alla diversità

Il progetto EDUKA è finalizzato alla promozione dei valori interculturali, in quanto fondamentali per la formazione e lo sviluppo dei rapporti nella società multietnica e multilingue. L’obiettivo del progetto EDUKA è quello di creare le conoscenze e gli strumenti (materiale didattico e informativo, manuali, pubblicazioni, giochi, ecc.) per l’educazione alla diversità e all’interculturalità nell’ambiente scolastico e universitario e di trasmetterli in particolare ai giovani e ai docenti in tutti i livelli d’educazione. A tal fine opereranno reti di collaborazione transfrontaliera tra scuole a tutti i livelli, enti di ricerca e università, enti pubblici ed enti che operano nel campo dell’educazione interculturale nonché organizzazioni facenti capo alle minoranze tradizionali e a quelle nuove. Tali enti daranno luogo ad attività educative, informative, promozionali e di ricerca. Particolare attenzione verrà rivolta alla concreta applicazione dell’educazione interculturale tenendo conto sia delle minoranze tradizionali (in particolare di quella italiana in Slovenia e quelle slovena e friulana in Italia) sia delle nuove minoranze o gruppi di migranti.

INTERREG ITA-SLO - GOTRAWAMA - Gestione delle acque transfrontaliere delle aree urbane di Gorizia, Nova Gorica e Šempeter-Vrtojba

The project aims to develop guidelines for the implementation of a common system of integrated management of transboundary waters in urban areas of Gorizia and Nova Gorica. It includes surface water (flood risk and quality), groundwater (quality, environmental protection, availability and energy recovery) and waste water. Starting with a thorough knowledge of these waters, showing that the anthropogenic pressures exerted on them, we want to propose a system that allows a correct environmental management of water bodies of interest, in the light of the directive on waters issued by the European Community. The activities will include the catchment areas of the border town of Gorizia, Nova Gorica, Šempeter Vrtojba. The project duration is 36 months. The activities started on 01/11/2011 and ended on 31/10/2014.

INTERREG ITA-SLO - IMMUNO-CLUSTER

Lo scopo del progetto “Immuno-Cluster” è di creare una collaborazione transfrontaliera attraverso l’avviamento di una sperimentazione clinica per il trattamento del carcinoma mammario triplo negativo. Il progetto prevede l’utilizzo di un vaccino antitumorale ottenuto da cellule immunitarie autologhe (immunoibridoma cellulare). Per rendere la terapia accessibile ad un numero sempre maggiore di pazienti, il vaccino verrà prodotto sia secondo i metodi standard che mediante un bioreattore automatizzato. Questo progetto rappresenta una grande opportunità di collaborazione per i centri coinvolti: ospedali all’avanguardia, aziende farmaceutiche e biotecnologiche, università e centri di ricerca di importanza europea e mondiale. Obiettivi: -sviluppo di un protocollo clinico comune per il trattamento del carcinoma mammario triplo negativo e approvazione del comitato etico sia in Slovenia che in Italia, attraverso il contributo transfrontaliero delle tre cliniche ospedaliere coinvolte nel progetto (il protocollo diventerà punto di riferimento per la successiva sperimentazione clinica transfrontaliera); -scalabilità di processo attraverso la condivisione delle competenze dei vari partner (istituti di ricerca, cliniche ospedaliere e aziende operanti nel campo della medicina rigenerativa).

INTERREG ITA-SLO - INNOV-H20 - Rete per l’innovazione tecnologica in acquacoltura

INNOVH2O is a project funded by the Cross-border Cooperation Programme Italy-Slovenia 2007-2013 for development of technological innovations in aquaculture. The significant decrease in the abundance of fish due to the heavy exploitation of seas, which also covers the Adriatic Sea, is leading to a rapid development of aquaculture industry. Sustainability of aquaculture depends largely on optimal environmental conditions, correct animal feeding and effective prevention of infectious diseases. INNOVH2O involves and integrates the expertise of 8 research, education, and technology transfer institutions and companies operating in the field of fish farming. Aim of INNOVH2O is to create a stable network between partners enabling the exchange of knowledge essential to the development of innovations technology from research institutions on the basis of needs expressed by producers. The network of partners will also allow the training of new employees in aquaculture with scientific, technical and management skills. The expected results will provide an increase in yield and quality of livestock products for the benefit of both producers and, ultimately, consumers.

INTERREG ITA-SLO - JEZIKLINGUA - Plurilinguismo quale ricchezza e valore dell'area transfrontaliera italo-slovena

Il progetto JezikLingua si inserisce nell'ambito di una proficua collaborazione tra la comunità nazionale italiana in Slovenia e la comunità slovena in Italia. Assieme hanno realizzato diversi progetti finanziati con i fondi dei programmi europei che hanno notevolmente arricchito il contesto culturale e sociale transfrontaliero. Il progetto è finanziato nell'ambito del Programma per la Cooperazione Transfrontaliera Italia-Slovenia 2007-2013. L'obiettivo generale, in armonia con le Agende di Lisbona e Göteborg e con le politiche nazionali e regionali, è quello di promuovere e diffondere le lingue, le culture, nonché le tradizioni italiana e slovena, attraverso una preziosa risorsa del territorio rappresentata dalle minoranze nazionali, quella slovena in Italia e quella italiana in Slovenia.

INTERREG ITA-SLO - KNOW US - Cogenerazione di conoscenza competitiva tra le Università e le PM

Il progetto KNOW US intende aumentare la competitività delle PMI nei settori strategici dell’area transfrontaliera Italia-Slovenia, supportandone la generazione di nuova conoscenza, anche in collaborazione sinergica con le associazioni d’imprese, i parchi scientifici e tecnologici, le università e gli enti territoriali, per avviare percorsi d’innovazione in un ottica di sostenibilità. A tal fine si svilupperanno le seguenti attività principali: - progettazione e sperimentazione di efficaci metodologie e coerenti policy per supportare lo sviluppo di piani strategico-cognitivi per imprese “ideal-tipo”, ossia imprese rappresentative dei settori considerati; - progettazione e avvio di una scuola d’innovazione aziendale transfrontaliera per garantire l’applicazione delle metodologie progettate anche alla fine del progetto. Obiettivi L’obiettivo principale del progetto KNOW US è quello di aumentare la competitività delle PMI nei settori strategici dell’area transfrontaliera Italia-Slovenia, supportandone la generazione di nuova conoscenza anche in collaborazione sinergica con le associazioni d’imprese, i parchi scientifici e tecnologici, le università e gli enti territoriali, per avviare percorsi d’innovazione in un ottica di sviluppo sostenibile.

INTERREG ITA-SLO - MINA - Inquinanti ambientali e malattie neurogenerative: uno studio multidisciplinare basato su ricerca, formazione e innovazione

Il progetto, coordinato dai team manager, promuove lo sviluppo territoriale transfrontaliero nell’ambito della ricerca, rafforzando le sinergie già esistenti tra istituzioni di ricerca e formazione di alto livello, per migliorare l’accessibilità a infrastrutture comuni, al fine di incentivare la ricerca di base ed applicata, l’occupazione e la mobilità dei ricercatori. Tutto questo si attua potenziando l’area strategica di Nova Gorica inserendovi nuove professionalità, capaci di creare un polo di forte attrazione scientifica e tecnologica, anche per lo sviluppo di spin-off esistenti, focalizzandosi su un tema di ricerca di fondamentale importanza quale quello delle malattie neurodegenerative. Questo progetto interdisciplinare offre un forte potenziale per lo sviluppo e la ricerca locale, partendo da solide basi esistenti e proiettandosi verso tematiche nuove di forte rilevanza socio-sanitaria, per aumentare l’occupazione qualificata al fine di promuovere le tecnologie biomediche applicate allo sviluppo economico e competitivo del territorio. Per consentire una condivisione allargata del progetto verranno adottati metodi semplici ed efficaci per la diffusione delle informazioni e la divulgazione dei risultati.

INTERREG ITA-SLO - PANGeA - Attività fisica e nutrizione per un invecchiamento di qualità

General objectives of the project Defining healthy ageing factors; Setting up content-related and HR bases of the international excellence centre (SLO-ITA) in the field of health of elderly citizens; Raising awareness on the significance of healthy ageing, social inclusion and mobility of less privileged populations (the elderly); Reducing the costs of health care; Connecting the existing health care, social and private entities and improving their mutual coordination. Operative objectives of the project Setup of a mobile health laboratory with measuring equipment and qualified measurers; Setup of a web portal (graphic interface, database, reporting and informing portal) about the health of inhabitants (in Slovene, Italian and English language); 1000 measurements of health factors of people from the entire programme area including simultaneous promotion campaigns; Adjustment and redefinition of health factors transferred from youngsters to the elderly by considering environmental factors; Organisation of 20 free training seminars for training fitness trainers for the elderly, 12 free demonstration meetings for fitness programmes for the elderly, performed at their homes, both equally distributed in all six regions

INTERREG ITA-SLO - PRATICONS - Pratiche di conservazione del patrimonio architettonico

Il patrimonio architettonico rappresenta una parte rilevante del patrimonio culturale transfrontaliero. La partnership di progetto si è impegnata nella proposta di strategie di conservazione di tale patrimonio, prima tra queste il progetto pilota relativo al restauro di un monumento culturale della Repubblica di Slovenia. L'approccio del progetto Praticons alla tutela del patrimonio culturale è declinato in molteplici attività che contemplano il dialogo con le istituzioni transfrontaliere e sono mirate al miglioramento della conoscenza e conservazione del patrimonio architettonico transfrontaliero. Nello specifico tali attività affrontano il tema del riconoscimento dei materiali e delle tecniche tradizionali, su cui poggiare la riflessione sulla scelta delle tecniche di intervento trattata nei manuali, in stretta correlazione con l'indagine sul mercato dell'impresa di restauro. Le ricerche sono integrate da attività formative ed informative volte a divulgare le conoscenze complessivamente acquisite.

INTERREG ITA-SLO - PROTEO - Il centro transfrontaliero per lo studio di proteine per la ricerca e la diagnostica oncologica

Biomedical and biotechnological research makes extensive use of recombinant proteins and antibodies, whose production is generally fragmented in isolated laboratories, and therefore is costly and inefficient. PROTEO aims to implement within the Elettra Laboratory a specialized center for efficient production of recombinant proteins, thanks to the sharing of expertise between Italian and Slovenian research institutes. The center will be validated by a number of projects focused on cancer research. On the long term, the center will be able to offer an innovative, highly-technological and wide-ranging support to institutions and industries located that need proteins for research and development in different fields such as biomedical, pharmaceutical, food and environmental sciences, increasing thus productivity and competitiveness in the program-area. The synergy derived from this collaboration will result also in the creation of a training program that meets the needs of new professionals in biomedicine and biotechnology, with interdisciplinary skills. The project will have a total cost of € 1,000,000 and a term of 30 months.

INTERREG ITA-SLO - SHARED CULTURE - Storia e cultura condivisa

Il progetto strategico SHARED CULTURE, finanziato nell´ambito del Programma di Cooperazione Transfrontaliera Italia - Slovenia 2007–2013, dal Fondo europeo di sviluppo regionale e dai fondi nazionali, costituisce una risposta al pluriennale bisogno di una migliore riconoscibilità, valorizzazione e promozione del patrimonio culturale condiviso dell'area transfrontaliera italo - slovena, che trae origine dalle comuni influenze storiche della Repubblica veneta e costituisce un elemento importante anche dell´identità nazionale slovena. Con la partecipazione dell’Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia, della Regione del Veneto, dell’Università degli Studi di Udine, dell'Istituto per i Beni Culturali di Slovenia, del Comune Città di Capodistria e della Comunità Autogestita della nazionalità italiana di Capodistria, nell’ambito del progetto SHARED CULTURE sarà studiato, professionalmente ristrutturato e presentato al pubblico il palazzo Bassegio - Borilnica nel centro storico di Capodistria. Il progetto prevede inoltre ricerche sul territorio della Regione del Veneto, in particolare nei siti archeologici di Altino e Concordia Sagittaria e Friuli Venezia Giulia. Uno degli obiettivi principali del progetto è la creazione del Centro interuniversitario per il patrimonio storico-culturale veneto, che avrà sede nel ristrutturato palazzo Baseggio - Borilnica. Esso costituirà un centro per lo studio e la documentazione della storia veneta e del patrimonio culturale all'interno della zona ammissibile con tecnologie moderne che contribuiranno alla sua protezione. I colleghi dell’Università di Venezia e Udine con i colleghi dell’Università del Litorale eseguiranno una selezione e digitalizzazione del materiale storico per le necessità del Centro interuniversitario. Tutti i risultati scientifici saranno presentati al pubblico attraverso eventi scientifici e popolari che si svolgeranno nel corso del progetto.

INTERREG ITA-SLO - SHARTEC - Shared innovative production technologies in border regions

Il settore della produzione industriale di componenti meccaniche ad elevata precisione è di rilevante importanza per le economie del Nordest italiano e per la Slovenia, Paesi che contano entrambi un elevato numero di piccole e medie imprese operanti nella produzione di componenti per l’industria automobilistica, aerospaziale, per il settore energetico e per il settore medicale. Una maggiore cooperazione transfrontaliera tra le imprese del settore, in particolare sul fronte della ricerca e dell’innovazione, sarebbe utile ad aumentare la capacità produttiva del territorio nel suo insieme, la sua competitività e anche i posti di lavoro qualificati. Il progetto SHARTEC, approvato e finanziato dal programma europeo di cooperazione Italia-Slovenia 2007-2013, si pone come obiettivo principale quello di promuovere lo sviluppo dell’industria dei componenti meccanici di alta precisione, attraverso la creazione di una rete di ricerca, sviluppo e innovazione con specifico interesse nell’incremento della collaborazione tra le PMI della Slovenia e del Friuli Venezia Giulia. Lo sviluppo di accordi di collaborazione e di progetti di ricerca e sviluppo che coinvolgono centri di ricerca e imprese sarà promosso grazie alla creazione di una piattaforma di scambio di informazioni tecnologiche e di idee per progetti di ricerca su problematiche comuni. Nello specifico, gli obiettivi intermedi del progetto SHARTEC sono la mappatura delle eccellenze tecniche e delle strategie innovative nell’area, lo sviluppo di una base di conoscenza tecnica comune e la promozione di collaborazioni e attività di ricerca condivisa. La mappatura delle aziende e dei centri di ricerca sarà effettuata con l’obiettivo di popolare una banca dati che conterrà informazioni utili riguardanti le capacità tecniche e le eccellenze dell’area. In particolare, l’indagine sarà focalizzata su competenze tecniche, macchinari, sistemi di produzione innovativi e procedure di innovazione.

INTERREG ITA-SLO - SIGMA2 - Rete transfrontaliera per la gestione sostenibile dell’ambiente e la biodiversità

Project goals 1) to reduce the impact of protection by decreasing the number of interventions; 2) to improve the meteorological network and plant protection monitoring network for olive growing, creating an extendible model that can be replicated by other production areas, including the wine sector; 3) to make available the technological innovative instruments aimed at providing a common service for the rational management of the monitoring network and plant protection; 4) to introduce technologies (on-line management software, Decision Support System, mobile messaging) which allow the optimisation of communication flow between the technician and the producer; 5) to promote the professional qualification of sector technicians and the informed participation of the producers.

INTERREG ITA-SLO - SIGN - Network genetico Sloveno Italiano

Il principale obiettivo del progetto SIGN è stabilire un centro funzionale cross-border nel campo della genetica medica con il fine di migliorare l’accessibilità e la qualità dei servizi di genetica nella regione. Tale progetto mira nello specifico a: stabilire una rete di istituzioni di diagnostica e genetica clinica nella regione cross-border; creare un database di centri per la terapia e la riabilitazione attinenti le malattie genetiche nella regione; sviluppare servizi genetici e la comunicazione di esperti attraverso la innovativa tecnologia della telemedicina; sviluppare efficienti risorse e attività di istruzione e di informazione per tutti i principali soggetti preposti a provvedere ai servizi di genetica, ma anche per il pubblico generale e gli operatori sanitari in genere. In questo modo il progetto SIGN migliorerà la coordinazione tra le istituzioni di salute pubblica e la loro collaborazione con le università, come pure la disponibilità di specialisti nella regione cross-border. Di conseguenza le differenze nei servizi sanitari nella regione saranno ridotte e in conclusione la qualità della vita sarà migliorata attraverso lo sviluppo coordinato di salute e sistema sociale.

INTERREG ITA-SLO - TRANS2CARE - Transregional Network for Innovation and Technology Transfer to improve Health Care

T2C is a project aimed at creating an international network operating in range of scientific fields, seeking to develop new products and services for the improvement of the health system. The related fields of expertise range from mathematics to chemistry and from biology to medicine. The project, started in April 2011, is divided into various elements denominated Work Packages and involves 13 Partners located in Slovenia, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Veneto and Emilia Romagna, coordinated by the University of Trieste. The network also aims to develop close contacts with industry and institutions operating within the healthcare system such as end-users of new knowledge and technologies. The academic institutions, hospitals and treatment institutions and the research and technology transfer centres that go to make up the network are working together. The aim is to jointly construct an unprecedented model of integration and create a virtuous synergy, not only in science and technology, but also in the social and economic fields.

INTERREG ITA-SLO - UE LI JE II - Olio d'oliva: il simbolo della qualità nell'area transfrontaliera

The main objective of the project is to promote the growth of the olive sector in order to improve the quality of olive growing in the cross-border area involving the provinces of Trieste, Gorizia, Udine and Pordenone (Italy), Goriška Brda and the Vipava Valley (Slovenia), and the provinces of Treviso, Padua and Ravenna (Italy). The project’s work involves: the conservation and development of indigenous olive varieties, carrying out studies and research into the potential for olive growing, a study into the suitability of regions for olive cultivation, the creation of a ‘cross-border panel’ for the sensory analysis of olive oils, training operators in the sector, the drafting of guidelines for the production of high-quality olive oils, and the selection of a marketing strategy for the development of the UE-LI-JE brand. In the project area the tradition of olive oil industry development is spreading fast. There are more and more olive tree growers and increasing awareness about the importance of this culture is ever more present. This presents an urgent reason for an organised approach to olive oil production and marketing and to building recognition among the general public. During last three years, in the framework of the project, several actions aimed to meet the needs of olive oil industry were implemented. The actions can be grouped in the following six thematic areas: • environment and territory (Olive growing land; Socio-economic analysis); • study and conservation of the indigenous plant varieties; • actions aimed at increasing product quality in the area; • studies and research on olive oil; • value increase of the oil and the area; • involvement of the area's key players.

INTERREG ITA-SLO - VISO - Viticoltura sostenibile e valorizzazione delle risorse territoriali nella filiera vitivinicola

The winemaking is considered a driving force for the promotion of rural land borders, through the enhancement of the wine landscape and the excellence of local products. The objective of the project is to strengthen the competitiveness of the wine and the attractiveness of the rural tourism, by promoting a model of sustainable viticulture, based on the dissemination and sharing of knowledge and innovative research across all components of the wine industry. The concept of sustainable viticulture fact suggests solutions to the current problems of the wine-making: economic sustainability, competitiveness, diversification of production and valorization of typical products, and environmental sustainability. The project, that involves Statistic region Goriška, statistic region Obalno-kraška, Udine province and Gorizia province, started on 01/10/2012 and ended on 31/03/2015.

INTERREG ITA-SLO - ZBORZBIRK - L'eredità culturale nelle collezioni fra Alpi e Carso

L'obiettivo del progetto ZBORZBIRK è di rielaborare, valorizzare e promuovere le collezioni culturali storiche create dagli abitanti locali in passato. Tali collezioni rappresentano un elemento di pregio degli abitati della Val Canale, della Val Resia, delle Valli del Natisone e del Torre sul versante italiano e della parte superiore della valle del friume Sava, dell'area di Tolmino, di Kambreško, di Lig e del Collio sul versante sloveno. Tra le collezioni spiccano alcune collezioni museali, ma la maggior parte di esse è conservata dagli abitanti in casa. Gli oggetti, le fotografie e i documenti delle collezioni sono prove tangibili della vita locale, delle attività economiche, dall'agricoltura, all'allevamento del bestiame alle attività forestali, dell'alimentazione, dell'artigianato e del commercio, dei lavori stagionali e dell'emigrazione, dei legami familiari e della storia locale, delle tradizioni, delle festività paesane, della musica, dell'arte, delle credenze popolari, ecc. Quasi tutte le collezioni contengono oggetti risalenti alla Prima e alla Seconda guerra mondiale. Gli oggetti, le fotografie e i documenti conservati saranno documentati, fotografati e scansionati, si raccoglieranno informazioni sulla loro produzione e sull'uso, saranno video documentate le testimonianze, si raccoglieranno informazioni sulla tradizione orale dei luoghi in cui sono collocate le collezioni, si trascriveranno i racconti che saranno in seguito oggetto di una presentazione dialettologica. Il materiale audiovisivo d'archivio della Val Canale, della Val Resia, delle Valli del Natisone e del Torre sarà registrato e trasferito su supporti digitali. In questo modo si darà risalto non soltanto agli oggetti, bensì anche alle storie che essi raccontano, il loro messaggio e i loro aspetti dialettologici che consentiranno di inserire le collezioni in un contesto culturale e storico più ampio. Le collezioni saranno illustrate con un'apposita guida, materiale pieghevole, manifesti, tabelle segnaletiche, atti e il sito web del progetto.

INTERREG SOUTH-EAST EUROPE - INTERVALUE - Inter-regional cooperation for valorisation of research results

The overall objective is to set up a mechanism covering most of the SEE area, which allows sharing and dissemination of key technologies and help to establish supply chains between the R&D institutions and the business sector. The project follows an integrated approach for strengthening the linkages among university R&D, industries, and public or private funding schemes through involvement of experts in evaluation and valorisation of R&D results. INTERVALUE sets two strategic goals: Enhancement of interregional cooperation by enlarging the capacity and marketability of R&D results through joint actions and by creating critical mass of R&D results in selected areas. Dissemination and commercial exploitation of research outcomes delivered from the SEE research centers which will improve their capabilities to demonstrate their research outcomes and will facilitating SMEs to find solutions in specific technological problems. The inter-regional cooperation could trigger regional knowledge spillover effects for the benefit of regional industries.

INTERREG V-A ITA-AUT 2014-2020 - EPIC

Il cancro è una malattia genetica complessa, con una forte incidenza nelle aree oggetto del programma Interreg V-A Italia-Austria 2014-2020. Rappresenta inoltre una sfida con importanti ricadute per l’innovazione in ambito scientifico, terapeutico e sanitario e per la popolazione dei territori transfrontalieri. Sebbene le recenti scoperte sull’applicazione dell’immunoterapia in oncologia stiano rivoluzionando le prospettive terapeutiche, soltanto una porzione di pazienti risponde positivamente al trattamento. Il progetto EPIC propone dunque una filiera di ricerca interdisciplinare, fondata sulla cooperazione di Istituti di ricerca italiani ed austriaci, con l’obiettivo di rafforzare le competenze tecnologiche e scientifiche nel settore dell’oncologia, sviluppare soluzioni migliorative e più sostenibili per le terapie anticancro e potenziare l’immunoterapia rendendo gli enti di ricerca della regione transfrontaliera più competitivi nel contesto nazionale ed internazionale.

JTI Artemis - n-SHIELD - New embedded Systems arcHItecturE for multi-Layer Dependable solutions

The nSHIELD project is, at the same time, a complement and significant technology breakthrough of pSHIELD, a pilot project funded in ARTEMIS Call 2009 as the first investigation towards the realization of the SHIELD Architectural Framework for Security, Privacy and Dependability (SPD). The roadmap, already started in the pilot project, will bring to address SPD in the context of Embedded Systems (ESs) as “built in” rather than as “add-on” functionalities, proposing and perceiving with this strategy the first step toward SPD certification for future ES. pSHIELD has covered the definition phase of this roadmap: nSHIELD will be in charge of the development and implementation phases. The SHIELD General Framework consists of four layered system architecture and Application Layer in which four scenarios are considered: * Railway * Voice/Facial Recognition * Dependable Avionic Systems and * Social Mobility and Networking.

La Pezzata Rossa in Friuli Venezia Giulia: Innovazione di processo e di prodotto per sviluppare la filiera della carne di qualità.

Diciotto imprese agricole che allevano bovini a duplice attitudine di razza PRI, integrate con il Macello e il Centro di lavorazioni delle carni di Gattel Franco e le Cooperative agricole La Rossa Pezzata del Friuli Venezia Giulia e carni San Quirino e in collaborazione con l’AAFVG, ANAPRI e il Dipartimento di Scienze Agroalimentari, ambientali e animali dell’Università di Udine (UNIUD), hanno costituito il polo della Carne friulana di Pezzata rossa, per incrementare la produzione regionale di vitelloni, manze e vacche da riforma, trasformarla in prodotti carnei innovativi e venderla nella rete degli spacci e agriturismi aziendali, esplorando anche nuovi canali di commercializzazione. A tal fine collaboreranno con UNIUD nella conduzione di un progetto di innovazione volto a individuare le buone pratiche di allevamento sostenibile, dimensionare le potenziali offerta della filiera e domanda di mercato del paniere dei prodotti carnei, per i più rappresentativi dei quali saranno sperimentalmente formulata la composizione e valutato il metodo di confezionamento ottimali. Una capillare disseminazione dei risultati sarà condotta per accrescere la conoscenza e la riconoscibilità dei prodotti della filiera sui mercati regionale e nazionale. Responsabile scientifico: prof. Edi Piasentier