Capitalization Plan I Researchers

The project is co-funded by the European Union, Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance.

TOWARDS A SMART ADRIATIC IONIAN MACROREGION

INDEX Gate2Start ...... 4 MICRO-EXPLO-RE-R. Mi-Cluster Support for better exploitation of research results ...... 5 MICRO-EXPLO-RE-R. Mi-Cluster Support for better exploitation of research results ...... 5 Techno Seed ...... 6 Techno Seed ...... 8 SMILING ...... Errore. Il segnalibro non è definito. Pass – Private assisted house ...... 10 PROFIS ...... 11 NEXT Collaborative platform to support research and technology transfer ... Errore. Il segnalibro non è definito. Mechanism for Fostering Innovation in South East Europe (FINNO) ...... 13 MicroJobData – Support of Microelectronics Cluster with the creation of a candidate and job database ...... 14 WELLFOOD-Promoting food innovation for wellness in the Adriatic ...... 15 Capacities ...... 16 Regional ICT Foresight exercise for Southeast Europe - (FORSEE) ...... 17 SLOHRA ZONET-Promotion of integration of business zones, incubators and technology parks into an innovative entrepreneurial network in the cross-border region of Slovenia-Croatia ...... 18 MEDOSSIC-Mediterranean organization structure and strengthening of innovation capacities for sustainable development ...... 19 REBOUND - Researchers on the Boundary ...... 20 IPATECH. Miniaturization technology: synergies of research and innovation to enhance the economic development of the Adriatic...... 21 ADRIA-HUB - Bridge technical differences and social suspicions contributing to transform the Adriatic area in a stable hub for a sustainable technological development ...... 22 Ip4Smes ...... 23 RE-SEED ...... 24 In-FVG New ideas for the regional development ...... 25 Cluster Club ...... 26 Energy Villab ...... 27 Emilia Romagna Start Up ...... 28

POREEN Partnering opportunities between Europe and China in the Renewable energies and environmental industries ...... 29 CHETCH China and Europe taking care of healthcare solutions ...... 30 Increasing Knowledge Transfer In the MEDiterranean area ...... 31 Design for innovation ...... 33 METRIS PLUS Boosting Research and Innovation Potential of the Adriatic Cross-border Area in a Joint Research Initiative led by Metris Research Centre ...... Errore. Il segnalibro non è definito. FAB LAB ATHENS ...... 37 M2RES - FROM MARGINAL AREAS TO STRATEGIC SITES FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCTION! Recovery of marginal areas through sustainable development programmes aiming at restoring the value of jeopardized land through platforms for the production of renewable energy ...... 38 JADE - Joining innovative Approaches for the integration and Development of transnational knowledge of clusters policies related to independent of Elderly ...... 39 Matreco – New materials for eco-sustainable transports ...... 40 WoodRub - Utılısatıon of recovered wood and rubber for alternatıve composıte products ...... 41 GREEN@HOSPITAL ...... 42 RAMSES ...... 43 RenewIt ...... 44 GRACE ...... 45 DOGGIES ...... 46 MIRIFISENS ...... 47 INTERAID ...... 48 CHROMOS Project" Derivatives of [(3-idrossi-4-piron-2-il)metil]-amine and their development as anti- neoplastica pharmaceuticals" ...... Errore. Il segnalibro non è definito. GLICOL- Verify the co-solvent properties of diethylene glycol ...... 50 Experimental plant Scientific Campus “Enrico Mattei” ...... 51 INNOVATIVE PROBE FOR WIDESPREAD USE OF GEOTHERMAL RESOURCE ...... 52

Gate2Start

Project Brief Description:

The project concept is that researchers should take into account market and

business issues (and not only technical issues) from the time of birth of an applied research idea. Throughout the project, a set of tools was developed which help researchers to test their research hypothesis in view of the market forecast, and to identify innovation potential at a very early stage. The project succeeded in raising awareness of more than 290 researchers, in 10 regional and 4 pan-European workshops. Personal coaching was provided to more than 100 researchers. The project was disseminated to more than 1.000 participants of 32 events organised by third parties. 7 Networking Discussion CapacitiesGroups were organised, giving the opportunity to researchers to get in contact with entrepreneurs, market and business experts and investors. The tools and methodology developed were validated by researchers and experts, and policy recommendations were formulated. Running Period:

Start: 2005

End: 2008

Contacts:

ATLANTIS RESEARCH ORGANIZATION 9th km Thermi – Thessaloniki 57001, Greece tel.: 2310 531000, Fax: 2310 552265

Aspects to be further investigated

Throughout the project, a set of tools was developed which help researchers to test their research hypothesis in view of the market forecast, and to identify innovation potential at a very early stage. The project intends to support researchers through coaching towards the identification of the market potential of their research idea. Also improve the knowledge capacity of the policy makers upon this procedure.

MICRO-EXPLO-RE-R. Mi-Cluster Support for better exploitation of research results

Project Brief Description:

The project aims to support the Corallia Cluster of Microelectronics and

Nanotechnology to improve the successful commercialization of research activities. The support will be provided in many stages: to the formulation of the research idea right from the conceptual stage: to the continuous monitoring and improvement of the research project so that the results are more attractive to potential investors. To attract different funds in order to commercialize the research results. For this purpose several events were designed to give an opportunity to members of the cluster to come in contact with potential partners, venture capital and experts from across Europe to Capacitiesexpand their network, share knowledge and establish long-term business partnerships in Europe. Also there were held seminars regarding: Preparation of Business Plan and summary briefing. Strategy for development of investment readiness. Preparation for admission to stock exchange Running Period:

Start: 2009

End: 2012

Contacts:

ATLANTIS Consulting S.A. (Aggelos Manglis - amanglis@atlantisr esearch.gr)

Aspects to be further investigated

The support will be provided in many stages: to the formulation of the research idea right from the conceptual stage: to the continuous monitoring and improvement of the research project so that the results are more attractive to potential investors. Target groups of this project are the Researchers with concrete research results which are ready for their introduction in the market, innovative SMEs which participate in research activities, investors who are interesting in innovative products and services and policy makers who are going to improve their knowledge capacity on this sector.

MICRO-EXPLO-RE-R. Mi-Cluster Support for better exploitation of research results

Project Brief Description:

The project aims to support the Corallia Cluster of Microelectronics and

Start: 2009

End: 2012

Contacts:

ATLANTIS Consulting S.A. (Aggelos Manglis - amanglis@atlantisr esearch.gr)

Aspects to be further investigated

Techno Seed

Project Brief Description: Techno Seed is a project with the aim of selecting innovative ideas based on ICT and Telecommunication for the setting up of new enterprises. Techno

Seed addresses to researchers, graduates, students, university employees, secondary school teachers, companies or company executives and employees wishing to develop an innovative project by setting up a new legal entity. Techno Seed provides 3 main phases: training: it is vital that the potential entrepreneur is trained in management and financial control techniques. For

this reason Techno Seed provides short courses where above providing the Capacitiesbasic tools for management, the main aim is to familiarize future company founders with the essential concepts and tools required when managing a company. This first stage ends with the initial evaluation and assessment of the business idea described in a preliminary Business Plan. business planning: Running Period: following acceptance of this initial BP by the Science & Technology Committee, a former incubation phase takes place where a step-by-step Start: 2005 assistance is provided to potential entrepreneurs through two so called virtual Laboratories: Technology development Laboratory; Strategic and Planning End: 2009 Laboratory. Each Laboratory, managed by an expertise tutor, supports the development of the initial BP into a final BP, in particular through detailed and focused technology analysis, market research, marketing and Sales Strategies, Contacts: financial planning, Operational analysis, sources of funding. This phase ends Friuli Innovazione with an evaluation of the final BP by the Science & Technology Committee. start up and incubation: the aim of this activity is to support start-up businesses during the crucial early stages. Following acceptance of the final BP by the Science & Technology Committee and once the new enterprise has been set up, a seed capital financial support of 20.000,00€ is assigned to the start-up as well as the possibility to access to office space together with professional and expert business advice within the Science and Technology Park of Udine.

Aspects to be further investigated:

The project facilitates the improvement of innovation capacity of the intermediate bodies and policy makers which support innovative actions in ICT and Telecommunications, promotes the creation of new Startups through mentoring and coaching and support the researchers and general the society to tackle new ideas for the promotion of entrepreneurship.

Techno Seed

Project Brief Description: Techno Seed is a project with the aim of selecting innovative ideas based on ICT and Telecommunication for the setting up of new enterprises. Techno

Aspects to be further investigated:

SMILING- Smart Home Living: innovative technologies for the sensor and automation dedicated to domotics .

Project Brief Description:

SMILING, approved and funded by the Ministry of Economic Development,

has as its objective the exploitation of the results of public research and the strengthening of synergies and collaboration among the different actors involved (companies, associations, universities and technology transfer centers). The general goal of the project is to implement a laboratory for the technology transfer, with a specific focus on advanced technologies for the home living, with the final aim to develop innovative products and deliver new services for the improvement of the quality of living. Project activities: -act as demonstrator of the innovative technologies proposes by the research Capacitiescentres. -stimulate and support, both on a technical level and an organisational-managerial level, the creation of new enterprises with a high technological content. -to be of use to new businesses to carry out experimental trials and to act as a point of reference and technological Running Period: comparison. Start: 2012

End: 2015

Contacts:

Polytechnic University of Marche

Aspects to be further investigated

The project intends to improve the knowledge capacity of intermediate bodies and policy makers which support the research sector and to enhance the collaboration of the research sector with SMEs for the technology transfer of advanced technologies for the home living.

Pass – Private assisted house Project Brief Description:

Intends to contribute towards the diffusion of a new concept of Smart Home that proposes the homeowner as the centre of the

development technological solutions.

Capacities Running Period:

Start: 2013

End: 2015

Contacts: Coordination: rehabilitation Institute “S.Stefano” and University of Camerino Consortium: 11 regional companies (Aditech, Team Italia, Filippetti, GPL Costruzioni Generali, Nautes, Sailmaker International, Siam, Sigma, Smart Space Solutions, H&H Group, Domingo Salotti), supported by tecnica and scientific centers for the technological transfer Cosmob and Meccano with the collaboration of Marche and INRCA. Scientific and technical advice: COSMOB

Aspects to be further investigated:

The project intends to improve the knowledge capacity of intermediate bodies and policy makers which support the research sector in the construction sector and to enhance the collaboration of the research sector with SMEs for the technology transfer of advanced technologies for the home living.

PROFIS

Project Brief Description:

To analyze the existing possibilities for financing of innovation

projects at early stages in 9 project partners countries and to make an integral, collective analysis of the situation in those countries. Also, the project objective is to identify the services that are necessary to be developed , introduced and tested in order to facilitate the investments for start-ups and potential entrepreneurs within SEE. Apart from making an integral report on the overall situation regarding financing in partner countries, the project should analyze and give proposals for solution of unfavorable situations. Capacities

Running Period:

Start: 2013

End: 2014

Contacts:

Bay Zoltan Hungarian foundation for science and technology, Budapest Hungary

Aspects to be further investigated:

the project should analyze and give proposals for solution of unfavorable situations. Target groups of the project are the Startups through the improvement of their capacity to attract investors, the Investors and Funding Organizations through the identification of the procedure that select innovative investments and by this way match them with the financing needs of innovative projects which come from the research area, the intermediate bodies which support the Startups to enter the market and policy makers of the innovation sector through the improvement of their knowledge capacity and the researchers through coaching them to focus their research in the real business creating by this way potential for new and competitive jobs.

NEXT - Collaborative platform to support research and technology transfer

Project Brief Description:

NEXT intends to create a collaborative platform to support innovation

and technology transfer in the Countries of the Adriatic area. The consciousness that innovation takes place in "systems" or open networks, through the interaction of actors which are different in competences, skills, objectives. Unlike other similar initiatives, the distinctive and effective innovation that distinguishes NEXT is an original mix of virtual services (online platform for information sharing, access to common services, etc.) and material services/products provided directly to partners, SMEs, research and technology transfer centers, institutions. The services/products offered by the NEXT project - the following are the main ones – take Running Period: into account these considerations. Based on a context analysis and through an effective involvement of the "actors of innovation" in the Start: 2012 areas represented, "NEXT open book" will be created, a Repository which can be constantly updated by research and technology transfer End: 2015 centers (both public and private). A summary report ("NEXT trend") will also be produced to give details, for each of the territories involved, of the level of technological intensity, the results of excellence in the field of research and innovation, investment opportunities, public policies support. Both of the tools will be functional to identify and give visibility to excellence competences, Contacts: thereby facilitating the interaction between the different research Marche Regional actors. Authority – Innovation, Research and Competitivness of productive sectors Unit ITALY 00390718063337 patrizia.sopranzi@reg ione .marche.it

Aspects to be further investigated

NEXT project propose a collaboration platform to support innovation and technology transfer in the Andriatic Region. This platform will be availiable to all the stakeholders of innovation: Policy Makers, Researchers, Intermediary Organizations, SMEs and Startups and Investors and Funding Organizations. At first level to the partners of the project, to SMEs, to Research and Technology transfer centers and Institutions.

Mechanism for Fostering Innovation in South East Europe (FINNO)

Project Brief Description:

SEE countries elaborate and implement the innovation policies with various level of effectiveness. There is a lack of: cooperation, capacity and understanding of innovation performance, policies and supporting instruments in the region. The aim of FINNO project is to contribute to better productivity and to achieve more comparable level of innovation among SEE countries. The project will create a communication platform of decision- makers, supported by sustainable mechanism for fostering innovation in SEE area, the FINNO Committee, a legal body which provides governance level with constant and relevant policy recommendations. The mechanism for Capacitiesfostering innovation in SEE will be developed by the key stakeholders and supporters of innovation. On the basis of innovation performance analysis and existing measures in SEE region, common methodology for measuring TIAS (Technology Innovation Assessment Scoreboard) will be developed. TIAS Running Period: Scoreboard rate will be measured in companies as direct users of innovation, Start: 2011 by using on-line Self-Assessment Tool (SAT). Based on identified TIAS rate as well as policy and economy gaps, FINNO Committee is to prepare innovation End: 2014 policy recommendations for each participating country. The main project results incorporate coherent methodology for implementation and use of TIAS and SAT, innovation policy recommendations and FINNO Committee Contacts: establishment in order to ensure sustainability of the initiative. Results achieved in the project will provide an Overview of innovation efforts of the TIA - Public Agency involved SEE countries and enable benchmarks with other European regions. for Technology of These results will be disseminated and relevant stakeholders will be provided the Republic of with the guidelines how to improve innovation policies and measures in order Slovenia Ministry of for the innovation performance to be upgraded in each SEE country. Science, Montenegro

Aspects to be further investigated:

The project will create a communication platform of decision-makers, supported by sustainable mechanism for fostering innovation in SEE area, the FINNO Committee, a legal body which provides governance level with constant and relevant policy recommendations. Results achieved in the project will provide an Overview of innovation efforts of the involved SEE countries and enable benchmarks with other European regions. Target groups of the project: Directly SMEs and Policy Makers and indirectly Intermediate Bodies and Researchers.

MicroJobData – Support of Microelectronics Cluster with the creation of a candidate and job database

Project Brief Description:

which makes automated matches between the job post requirements and the CV qualifications. The output of these matches is an ordering list of CVs based on the scoring they get for every job post. The scoring actually reflects the level of suitability. In this way the CV shorting is much better and efficient (i.e. time and cost savings). Capacities

Running Period:

Start: 2009

End: 2012

Contacts:

ATLANTIS Consulting S.A. (Modikos Konstantinos modikos@atlantisre search.gr)

Aspects to be further investigated:

The project aims at the design of a new innovative e-recruitment platform for the members Corallia Cluster. As this cluster consists of hi tech firms the platform was mainly dedicated to the fields of nanotechnology and microelectronics. The main element of this platform is an innovative algorithm which makes automated matches between the job post requirements and the CV qualifications. The project targets to improve the recruitment procedure of the research sector and the hi tech SMEs. Also improve the knowledge of policy makers upon the human resources management tools.

WELLFOOD-Promoting food innovation for wellness in the Adriatic

Project Brief Description:

WELLFOOD aims at strengthening innovation capacity of Adriatic Regions on agri-food sector, by stimulating the link between business, RTD-inn. Centers, producers-consumers as a pillar for territorial growth, development and integration of the Adriatic Ionion area. Nowadays policy level is searching for holistic social innovation of communities, health and wellness implying the adoption of new governance strategies to favor health and wellbeing facing social transformation. WELLFOOD places the accent on cross-border dimension promoting coordination action among stakeholders (regional bodies, RTD Centers, SMEs and Food Associations) to overcome the obstacles Capacitiesin the field of innovation promotion, encouraging partnership and innovation services by programming clustering policies of Innovation for Food Quality and Safety overcoming main critical factors related to development of food sector in Adriatic regions. Running Period:

Start: 2012

End: 2015

Contacts:

Provincia di Forli- Cesena, Phone Number: 003905437141224, luciano.pizzigati@pr ovincia.fc.it

Aspects to be further investigated:

Nowadays policy level is searching for holistic social innovation of communities, health and wellness implying the adoption of new governance strategies to favor health and wellbeing facing social transformation. Target groups of the project are the SMEs in the agri-food sector for the improvement of their competiveness and the production of quality products, the Research centers for the connection of their research activities with the needs of the agri-food sector, intermediate bodies which support SMEs for the improvement of their capacity and the policy makers for the improvement of their knowledge capacity in the agri -food sector.

Capacities

Project Brief Description:

The Capacities programme strengthens the research capacities that Europe needs if it is to become a thriving knowledge-based economy.

It covers the following activities:

Research infrastructures

Research for the benefit of SMEs

Regions of Knowledge

Research Potential

Science in Society Running Period:

Specific activities of international cooperation. Start: 2007

End: 2013

Contacts:

Aspects to be further investigated:

'The Capacities' strengthens the research capacities that Europe needs if it is to become a thriving knowledge-based economy. The project affects mainly the research area and indirectly the Policy area for research.

Regional ICT Foresight exercise for Southeast Europe - (FORSEE)

Project Brief Description:

Project FORSEE puts efforts on introducing a foresight culture in order to create a

common regional methodology through which ICT sector stakeholders (policy makers, industry players and research community) will be able to voice aspirations, meet challenges and help develop a vision for the region in this field. The Project’s main objectives are: To embed a foresight culture in the policy making process in the SEE countries, which will lead to an acceleration of their

economic growth and will enhance their preparedness to the challenges of the globalized economy, to open a dialogue between all relevant stakeholders from participating countries, synthesize views and create a sense of regional ownership

Capacitiesof proposed policy recommendations, to initiate transnational collaboration in developing strategic plans for the ICT related socioeconomic growth through significant savings in resources, improved efficiency and increased capacity to compete in the global market, to make a careful selection of priorities in ICT RDI Running Period: policies in each participating country which will allow already limited available resources to be channeled into activities with realistic potential for important Start: 2009 achievements, to create a framework under which these areas of priorities will be re-evaluated as pillars of a Regional Plan for development in each of the End: 2012 participating countries, to produce a set of tools and a methodological platform for performing regional Foresight exercises which will remain as legacy to the SEE region for future use and reference. The FORSEE Project has 3 main stages: Design the Foresight exercise, the context analysis per country and the staffing of the Taskforce and Policy Steering Committee with representatives of project partners Contacts: and external Foresight or policy experts (including partners and regional stakeholders, and external foresight or policy review experts). Present FORSEE exercise methodological approach and goals through a Green Paper in Open Consultations attended by the widest possible relevant audience in each SEE country to stimulate Stakeholders’ participation in the process, in order to ensure transparency and inclusiveness. Run a regional foresight pilot exercise as a participatory process in order to synthesize stakeholder views to create a common vision for the development of ICT RDI in the SEE region, leaving behind tools and a sustainability plan for the establishment of a virtual Regional Foresight Center (RFC).

Aspects to be further investigated:

Project FORSEE puts efforts on introducing a foresight culture in order to create a common regional methodology through which ICT sector stakeholders (policy makers, industry players and research community) will be able to voice aspirations, meet challenges and help develop a vision for the region in this field. FORSEE promotes the public consultation among the policy makers, SMEs, Intermediate Bodies and Researchers in the ICT sector. The results of it will be a support tool for decision making for the policy makers.

SLOHRA ZONET-Promotion of integration of business zones, incubators and technology parks into an innovative entrepreneurial network in the cross- border region of Slovenia-Croatia

Project Brief Description:

Searching and developing better, innovative products is possible only in the case of greater cooperation, networking and entering foreign markets. Small business in the region close to the border has in past decade developed disconnectedly, depending on momentary capabilities. Planning and

establishment of zones was primarily dependent on local circumstances and without consideration of the broader economic space. Project partners and zones (business-craft zones, technology parks, incubators, etc.) recognized the need and demonstrated intention for new cooperation and search of mutual synergic effects. The network of Slovene-Croatian regional development Capacitiesagencies (RDA) – SLOHRA, established in the ongoing Interreg Slo-Hu-Cro Running Period: project, is the main advantage of this project’s realization, because it eases the establishment of contacts and advances the quality of cooperation in Start: 2004 individual regions. Opportunities which will be followed are primarily related to establishment of the joint economic space and better services which for End: 2006

small and middle-sized enterprises (SME) Main objectives of the project: to improve the access and spreading of information about cross-border Contacts: entrepreneurial area, to increase cooperation of entrepreneurial zones to establish the structure for partnership network development, to improve ISTRIAN DEVELOPMENT awareness of small and medium-sized enterprises of cross-border business AGENCY, LTD., opportunities and to promote a joint economic space. Target groups of the Mletačka 12/iv, project are business zones, incubators, technology parks, support 52100 Pula, Croatia, Boris Miletić (project entrepreneurial institutions (SEI), regional development agencies, companies manager), contact operating in these zones and other operating companies which are interested person Tea Gobo: in entering into the zone, unemployed, students, potential entrepreneurs, +385 52 38 19 00 general public, via public access to acquired joint data and local communities. [email protected]

Aspects to be further investigated:

to improve the access and spreading of information about cross-border entrepreneurial area, to increase cooperation of entrepreneurial zones to establish the structure for partnership network development, to improve awareness of small and medium-sized enterprises of cross-border business opportunities and to promote a joint economic space. Target groups of the project are intermediate bodies such as business zones, incubators, technology parks, and support entrepreneurial institutions (SEI) through the improvement of their knowledge capacity, SMEs and Startups in the region through the improvement of their competiveness and their capacity to enter the market, researchers through coaching to focus their research towards the market needs, policy makers through the improvement of their knowledge capacity and investors and funding organizations through their networking with new Startups and in novative projects from the research area. 18

MEDOSSIC-Mediterranean organization structure and strengthening of innovation capacities for sustainable development

Project Brief Description:

The project aims to create transnational network structure between regional

development actors with the specific goal: to improve implementation of regional policies in the innovation field and increase the capacity for sustainable development by encouraging innovation of “clean” technologies. The partners have stated that social environment in the Med regions is not stimulating enough to assure good results in the innovation sphere. Partners

believe that Med space has high potential to develop innovations, which will contribute to sustainable development in the whole Med area. The main obstacle is the lack of coordination and co-operation among key stakeholders

Capacities(government institutions, public research institutions, universities, local communities, chamber of commerce, SMEs, …). The regional development

actors see an opportunity to play an important role in strengthening innovation capacities by cooperating and coordinating with stakeholders in Running Period: order to provide more efficient implementation and functioning of undertaken measures. The concrete outcome is to establish pilot structure in Start: 2009 each region for counseling and providing information to target groups (SMEs, End: 2011 young researchers, innovators,…).Activities set up in the project proposal will be implemented through the transnational network structure to provide considerable impact on strengthening innovation capacities at transnational Contacts: level and so contribute to the “green” economic growth and employment in the Med area. Regional Development Agency of Inner- karst Region, Ltd., Mateja Simčič

Aspects to be further investigated:

The concrete outcome is to establish pilot structure in each region for counseling and providing information to target groups (SMEs, young researchers, innovators,…). Activities set up in the project proposal will be implemented through the transnational network structure to provide considerable impact on strengthening innovation capacities at transnational level and so contribute to the “green” economic growth and employment in the Med area. Target groups of the project are firstly intermediate bodies which support SMEs and policy makers in the MED area and secondly researchers and innovative SMEs to improve their knowledge capacity towards the improvement of the innovation capacity of the society.

REBOUND - Researchers on the Boundary

Project Brief Description:

The Researchers Night we propose is transnational, strongly focused on attracting young people to scientific and technological disciplines and aimed at presenting researchers as people, engaged in activities having a strong impact on society and daily life.

Capacities

Running Period:

Start: 2011

End: 2011

Contacts:

University of Udine

Aspects to be further investigated:

The project targets to improve the knowledge capacity of the researchers, the intermediate bodies which support researchers and policy makers in the research sector of the region.

IPATECH. Miniaturization technology: synergies of research and innovation to enhance the economic development of the Adriatic.

Project Brief Description:

The general objective of the Project IPATECH is to strengthen research & innovation competences in the agro-food sector in order to contribute to competitiveness & increase the development of the Adriatic area through economic, social & institutional cooperation. The working team aims at

improving research capacity & cooperation in the Adriatic area, by increasing levels of competence, encouraging transfer of innovation & creating a transnational network between the entrepreneurial, institutional, academic

Capacities

Running Period:

Start: 2012

End: 2015

Contacts:

Agricultural Research Council – Via Salaria 1, 63077 Monsampolo del Tronto (AP) ITALY Marche - Ascoli Piceno Valentino Ferrari

Aspects to be further investigated:

The project targets to improve the knowledge capacity of the intermediate bodies and policy makers which promote research and innovation, to strengthen the competences of the researchers to fulfil the needs of the market and the society and to increase the competiveness of the SMEs through networking them with institutional and academic in the project region.

ADRIA-HUB - Bridge technical differences and social suspicions contributing to transform the Adriatic area in a stable hub for a sustainable technological development

Project Brief Description:

public and business associates, it is evaluated that Adria-HUB impacts directly over more than 120 protagonists of social and economic life in the Adriatic region. Moreover, large business associations (like Chambers of Commerce and Public/Private Associations) are going to widely spread methods and outcomes generated in the partnership. Specifically, Adria-HUB intends to Capacitiesinstitutionalize relationships and integrations acting on different levels: Political Approach: merging interests and efforts for common purpose, overcoming divisions between populations inherited from past; Educational Evolution: comparing education models and effects, pushing the university Running Period: curricula toward the needs of industry; Social Action: reinforcing the Start: 2012 employment of young people and their correct positioning on the labour- market; Implementation of ICT: creating an advanced web-oriented platform End: 2014 to connect data and information all over the Adriatic region; Workforce Straightening: merging individual skills and industrial needs towards the recruitment of the most appropriate professionals; Transfer of Technology: Contacts: providing industrial needs for technology to the universities as source of innovation; Research and Development: forwarding the R&D efforts and Alma Mater capabilities of university partners toward a “business-driven research”; Studiorum Industrial Innovation: focusing resources and attention on a specific industrial University of sector, the wood processing industry, relevant for the whole area; Eco- Bologna sustainability in production: developing methods and prototype solutions in respect to environmental and eco-friendly aspects.

Aspects to be further investigated:

This trans-national association aims to promote and facilitate the contact among Educational and Business galaxies, creating “new channels and methods of communication”. Considering that public institutions, private consortia inside the partnership act in the name and for the interests of their public and business associates, it is evaluated that Adria-HUB impacts directly over more than 120 protagonists of social and economic life in the Adriatic region. The project targets to improve the knowledge capacity of the intermediate bodies and policy makers which promote innovation, to drive the forces of the researchers towards the needs of the market and the society, to inform investors and funding organizations for the availability of innovative projects for investment and to increase the competiveness of the SMEs through networking and coaching in the project region. 22

Ip4Smes

Project Brief Description:

The project target is the company and the network of enterprises. For the pilot action, the project involves companies from ICT and Construction engineering; moreover, OEM and components sectors or others sectors with high Intellectual Property potential are been considered too. Also the project activities are directed to the public actors involved in the Intellectual Property Services and information (Chamber of Commerce, Innovation Agency, Research Bodies, Patlib). The goal is both to strengthen the link between the world of research with the market and businesses through a greater use of the intellectual property instruments and to consolidate a cross-border network Capacitiesof cross-border.

Running Period:

Start: 2012

End: 2014

Contacts:

Treviso Tecnologia

Aspects to be further investigated:

The goal of the project is both to strengthen the link between the world of research with the market and businesses through a greater use of the intellectual property instruments and to consolidate a cross- border network of cross-border. The project facilitates the knowledge improvement of the intermediate bodies and policy makers which support the research sector, the expansion of usage of intellectual property instruments by them and the increase of the SMEs’ competiveness through their connection with the research area of the project region.

RE-SEED

Project Brief Description:

Re-seed is a Project aimed at using and value adding of research results to favour start up of high-tech companies, at the same time offering self- employment opportunities to high skilled young people in the Region. The impact of RE-SEED will be the start-up of high-tech new entreprises

particularly in the following sectors: agrifood, extended ICT and IT, metal processing and new materials, biotech, biomed, applied mathematics. RE- SEED supports the development of 15 innovative business ideas coming from research framework by offering to potential entrepreneurs training and taylor made consultancy services. Capacities

Running Period:

Start: 2012

End: 2014

Contacts:

Università degli Studi di Udine

Aspects to be further investigated:

Re-seed is a Project aimed at using and value adding of research results to favor startup of high-tech companies, at the same time offering self-employment opportunities to high skilled young people in the Region. The impact of RE-SEED will be the start-up of high-tech new enterprises particularly in the following sectors: agri-food, extended ICT and IT, metal processing and new materials, biotech, biomed, applied mathematics. The project facilitates the improvement of innovation capacity of the intermediate bodies and policy makers which support innovative actions, promotes the creation of new Startups through mentoring and coaching and support the researchers to head their research activities towards the market needs. Also networks the new startups with potential investors.

In-FVG New ideas for the regional development

Project Brief Description:

and shadowing programs in close relation with the Research, Enterprise and Finance System. Among the project specific objectives there is also the creation of a wide network of consultancies, collaborations and contacts on Capacitiesthe regional territory in view of future business activity, provided thanks to the IN-FVG partnership advanced resources. The Business Plan Development

ends with a finalized Business Plan in view of the Business Start up. In order to facilitate the training activities as well as the internship period, IN-FVG Running Period: provides also financial grants meant for unemployed participants. The amount of these grants is defined according to the region/country of residence, Start: 2008 namely: 9.000€ for residents in Friuli Venezia Giulia, 15.000€ for residents in End: 2011 other Italian regions, 18.000€ for residents in another countries.

Contacts:

Friuli Innovazione

Aspects to be further investigated:

IN-FVG New ideas for the development of the regional territory IN-FVG project has been promoted in continuity with previous activities fostered in the regional territory aimed at supporting business startup and technological transfer. The main goal of this initiative is to encourage the development of highly innovative enterprise projects by means of first-class business training and shadowing programs in close relation with the Research, Enterprise and Finance System. Among the project specific objectives there is also the creation of a wide network of consultancies, collaborations and contacts on the regional territory in view of future business activity, provided thanks to the IN-FVG partnership advanced resources. The project facilitates the increase of the competiveness of the project region through networking of the stakeholders such as intermediate bodies and policy makers which support early stage funding and innovation, SMEs and new, Researchers and Funding Organizations.

Cluster Club

Project Brief Description:

to accelerate the reinforcement of clusters’ system and the creation of new ones, with particular attention to the building of SMEs network involving, P.As., public and private institutes of research and associations. The Cluster Club Project focuses on nautical and shipbuilding sectors including the supply chain of plastic, rubber, metal, wood and textiles. The main aim of the project Capacitiesis to accelerate the reinforcement of the cluster system as well as the creation of new clusters with particular attention to the building of a SME network involving Public administration, institutes of research and associations. The project will also improve the innovation possibilities of Running Period: territorial and productive systems in the Adriatic area through cooperation, Start: 2012 business activities and market research. End: 2014

Contacts:

Contact person: Roberta Lazzari Unioncamere del Veneto roberta.lazzari@eur osportelloveneto.it

Aspects to be further investigated:

The Adriatic Economic Cluster Club project aims at improving the innovation transfer of territorial and productive system in the Adriatic area through market research and following cooperation activities. The overall objective is to accelerate the reinforcement of clusters’ system and the creation of new ones, with particular attention to the building of SMEs network involving, P.As., public and private institutes of research and associations. The project facilitates the increase of the competiveness of the project region through networking of the stakeholders such as intermediate bodies and policy makers which promote cluster concepts, SMEs and Researchers.

Energy Villab

Project Brief Description:

The EnergyVillab project aims to create a network of Living Labs which develop virtuous behaviours for the application of RES (Renewable Energy Sources) RUE (Rationale Use of Energy) MOB (Sustainable Mobility System) - (hereafter RRM) - and positively influence the development of SMEs, clusters, municipalities and local support policy makers of the Italian Slovenian cross-

border area. European existing Living Labs experiences inspire the birth of ten Living Labs, in order to allow their best development into Energy Virtuous Living Labs. Through the EnergyViLLab Network, the project aims to obtain Capacitieslocally diffused benefits able to ensure concrete economical revenues in a sustainable energy development frame. The project involve as main actors

the Chambers of Commerce, SMEs, Clusters, Handcraft Associations, Territorial Development Centres, Energy Agencies, Universities, Research Running Period: Institutes, Municipalities and policy makers of the involved Regions. Start: 2011

End: 2014

Contacts:

Contact person: Michela Bergamin Unioncamere del Veneto michela.bergamin@ eurosporrtellovenet o.it

Aspects to be further investigated:

The EnergyVillab project aims to create a network of Living Labs which develop virtuous behaviors for the application of RES (Renewable Energy Sources) RUE (Rationale Use of Energy) MOB (Sustainable Mobility System) -(hereafter RRM) - and positively influence the development of SMEs, clusters, municipalities and local support policy makers of the Italian Slovenian cross-border area. The project facilitates the increase of the competiveness of the project region in the fields of RES use and Energy Efficiency through networking of the stakeholders such as intermediate bodies and policy makers which promote Energy Efficiency and production of electricity from RES, SMEs in the energy sector and Researchers.

Emilia Romagna Start Up

Project Brief Description:

Support young People and their entrepreneurship: this a key objective of the Emilia Romagna development policies, for this reason has

Capacities

Running Period:

Start:

End:

Contacts:

Emilia Romagna Region

Aspects to be further investigated:

Support young People and their entrepreneurship: this is a key objective of the Emilia Romagna development policies. The project intends to improve the knowledge capacity of intermediate bodies and policy makers which support young people and their entrepreneurship, to promote the establishment of new innovative SMEs and the creation of new jobs and also help young researchers to promote their research results in the market

POREEN Partnering opportunities between Europe and China in the Renewable energies and environmental industries

Project Brief Description:

The project aims at integrating and combining the economic, legal and engineering competences, in order to analyse the level of cooperation so far achieved between China and Europe in the renewable energies and environmental industry sectors. POREEN aims at increasing the availability of

Inter-disciplinary studies with a complete overview of the Europe-China relations. The development of an integrated awareness of circumstances is fundamental in supplying a useful and reliable information in support of local and community politics as well as the companies that operate in/with China. POREEN will furthermore lay foundations for additional correlated studies on this theme and reinforce interdisciplinary research connection between Capacities European and Chinese centres of excellence.

Running Period:

Start: 2013

End: 2016

Contacts:

University of Macerata Prof. Francesca Spigarelli: francesca.spigarelli @unimc.it

Aspects to be further investigated:

The project aims at integrating and combining the economic, legal and engineering competences, in order to analyze the level of cooperation so far achieved between China and Europe in the renewable energies and environmental industry sectors. POREEN aims at increasing the availability of Inter- disciplinary studies with a complete overview of the Europe-China relations. The project intends to improve the knowledge capacity of intermediate bodies and policy makers which promote the cooperation between China and to promote cooperation in science, business and technology sectors between China and EU.

CHETCH China and Europe taking care of healthcare solutions

Project Brief Description: The research project intends to contribute actively to the cooperation

between Europe and China investigating opportunities for mutual integration in the healthcare sector. Cooperation and potential synergies will be examined from a comprehensive perspective, including policies at national and local level, the legal environment, medical practices, healthcare industries and related businesses. An interdisciplinary approach is followed. Researchers in the social science and humanities areas will compare the European and Chinese healthcare systems at different levels, including value systems and ethical issues. The economic expert will specifically analyse the integration reached so far, in the healthcare industries (i.e. technologies, Capacities pharmaceutical products, etc.) on the basis of foreign direct investments, trade and micro economic data. The typical cost-benefit tools will be used to Running Period: evaluate the economic impact of integrating Western Medicine (WM) and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practices, supporting the medical team of Start: 01.01.2014

experts. The legal instruments will help define obstacles and plausible End: 31.12.2017 solutions that can be generated by the regulatory environment, as well as appropriate solutions to enhance collaboration both at institutional, medical practices and business levels. The team of experts in the medical field will Contacts: investigate best practices of traditional medical systems using a modern Polytechnic science framework. The team will develop a process of recognition and University of scientific validation of TCM versus Complementary Alternative Medicine Marche Prof. Attilio (CAM) at different levels. Mucelli: [email protected]

Aspects to be further investigated:

The research project intends to contribute actively to the cooperation between Europe and China investigating opportunities for mutual integration in the healthcare sector. Cooperation and potential synergies will be examined from a comprehensive perspective, including policies at national and local level, the legal environment, medical practices, healthcare industries and related businesses. An interdisciplinary approach is followed. Researchers in the social science and humanities areas will compare the European and Chinese healthcare systems at different levels, including value systems and ethical issues. The economic expert will specifically analyze the integration reached so far, in the healthcare industries (i.e. technologies, pharmaceutical products, etc.) on the basis of foreign direct investments, trade and micro economic data. The project intends to improve the knowledge capacity of intermediate bodies and policy makers which promote the cooperation between China and EU in health sector and to enhance the cooperation in research and business in this sector between China and EU.

Increasing Knowledge Transfer In the MEDiterranean area

Project Brief Description:

The project, approved by the MED programme for a total of 1.851.500 euro included in the action of territorial cooperation in the mediterranean area of

the European Union. Iktimed intends to contribute towards promoting new policies for the support of innovation in favour of the small and medium enterprises of the mediterranean area. The guiding principles of the project

are as follows: - the innovation does not exclusively reside within the traditional research centres. - it is necessary to have an integrated cooperation between public, private and world of research - the

Capacitiestranseuropean networks of innovation and knowledge are fundamental for the system of Italian enterprises And those of the Marche region. Exactly for

this reason, the partnership composed of 13 organisations from 7 different Running Period: countries wants to promote a major cooperation between public and private, through both the recognition of the best practises for the financing of Start: 01.2010 innovation and through the creation of communities for innovation: transnational mediterranean networks composed of research centres, End: 06.2012

universities and clusters, finalised in the development of Innovatative work programmes. The project ended in May 2013. Contacts:

Marche Region – Innovation and Research Department Tiziano Street, 44 – 60125 ANCONA Ph. +39 071 8063602 fax 0718063058 e-mail: anna.torelli@region e.marche.it

Aspects to be further investigated:

The guiding principles of the project are as follows: - the innovation does not exclusively reside within the traditional research centres. - it is necessary to have an integrated cooperation between public, private and world of research - the trans european networks of innovation and knowledge are fundamental for the system of Italian enterprises And those of the Marche region. The project intends to improve the knowledge capacity of intermediate bodies and policy makers which promote innovation and to increase the competiveness of the research sector and the SMEs through networking and collaboration.

Zoone - Zoo Technical Networking for a sustainable Innovation in Adriatic Euroregion

Project Brief Description:

ZOONE aims to strengthen the capacity for innovation and for researchers/technicians at the institutional level to create an enabling environment and specific support for livestock enterprises. Building an innovative line of science-based and institutional share is the need to develop innovative entrepreneurial frames. ZOONE aims to promote joint research

activities and innovative scientific-institutional framework and policies for the modernization, ensuring the environment, economic and social sustainability for animal husbandry based on knowledge and innovation. Capacities

Running Period:

Start: 01.03.2011

End: 28.02.2014

Contacts:

Region of Marche

Aspects to be further investigated:

Design for innovation

Project Brief Description:

Design for innovation aiming to accelerate the take-up of design in innovation policies at European, national and regional levels and to create the capacity and competencies needed to implement these policies. The Action Plan is structured under three strategic areas for action: Promoting understanding of design’s impact on innovation; promoting design-driven innovation in

industries to strengthen Europe’s competitiveness; promoting the adoption of design to drive renewal in the public sector. Understanding of design’s impact on innovation. Capacities

Running Period:

Start: 2014

End: 2016

Contacts:

EUROPEAN UNION

Aspects to be further investigated:

Design for innovation aiming to accelerate the take-up of design in innovation policies at European, national and regional levels and to create the capacity and competencies needed to implement these policies. The initiative intends to improve the knowledge capacity of intermediate bodies and policy makers which promote innovation at National and European level through the introduction to them new decision tools for their policies and to enhance the competiveness of the research sector across Europe through the introduction of the design for innovation in its restructuring process.

APULIAN ICT LIVING LABS Project Brief Description:

APULIAN ICT LIVING LABS is a project set up by the Apulia Region to test new

approaches to innovation activities. The networking of researchers,

companies and groups of citizens can design new products and services and so they become co-developers. Through ideas and knowledge exchange, prototypes are evaluated and innovative technological solutions are tested. This is a chance for economic, social and cultural change. In fact, an "open

ecosystem" was created whereby the user actively takes part in researching and testing innovative solutions, which have been developed through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). By adopting this Capacitiesmethodology, the Apulia region has set up several financial tools available to Apulian small and medium enterprises (SMEs) working in this sector. These

tools are set out in the 2007-2013 ERDF Operational Programme, Convergence objective" Investing in your future", Axis 1, Measure 1.4, Action Running Period: 1.4.2 "Supporting the growth and development of SMEs specialising in offering digital content and services". The aim is to develop and enhance new Start: 2012 products and services for the SMEs and families within the entire region. End: 2015 InnovaPuglia is responsible for implementing the project and it uses telematic procedures to manage regional calls for proposal on the web portal to develop and promote the territory and the companies listed on the Sistema Contacts: Puglia. The "Apulian ICT Living Labs" are responsible for carrying out the following activities on the identified focus areas (Environment, Security and INNOVAPUGLIA Territorial Protection; Cultural Heritage and Tourism; Electronic Governance SPA, Gaetano by the PA ; Health, wellness and socio-cultural dynamics ; Competitive and Grasso renewable Energy ; Training and Education ; Transport and Sustainable Mobility ; Digital Creative Industry) : Analysing and understanding the technological needs of the end-user; Defining interactions between the various players involved; Prototyping and personalizing solutions; Testing and experimenting with new technologies in real time that meet identified needs; Demonstrating and presenting developed prototype solutions, with the aim of making them usable for future communities of interested users as well.

Aspects to be further investigated:

The project intends to improve the knowledge capacity of intermediate bodies and policy makers which support innovation with new methods to promote Startups in the market, to guide the research sector towards the needs of the market and for the benefit of the society and to foster the creation of new Startups through the connection of them with the market and potential investors .

METRIS PLUS - Boosting Research and Innovation Potential of the Adriatic Cross- border Area in a Joint Research Initiative led by Metris Research Centre

Project Brief Description:

METRIS Plus project idea was elaborated under the leadership of the Istrian development agency (IDA) by five different Adriatic cross-border partner

regions as the follow-up initiative of the previous Met.r.is. project that was successfully implemented by IDA and partners within Phare 2006 - New Adriatic Neighbourghood Programme. Basically it was established that the strategic value for the project is mainly to be found in the need to identify new solutions in the sector of environmental research and the correlated eco-innovations. In order to achieve this, the project summarizes and analyses joint problems and fosters the cooperation and networking among research, public, private and academic sector in the cross-border area. During the preliminary analyses phase IDA as lead beneficiary collected support letters to the project proposal, issued by local public companies Running Period: dealing with environmental technologies, thus giving an added value to the project idea and ensuring successful project implementation. The joint pilot Start: 2011 research action proposed in the project addresses the issue of improving technologies in small wastewater treatment plants (WWTP), by creating an End: 2014 eco-innovative concept and prototype of special filtering device made of metal materials. Small WWTP made in metal have functional, economical and environmental advantages over other construction materials solutions. One of the challenges in using metal as structural material is corrosion planning, prevention, analyses and treatment. Promoting the availability and transfer of relevant knowledge related to the subject to all territories involved and beyond, will allow to solve the problem of disparities between regions and balance development possibilities in the involved sector. With reference to this, the whole Adriatic area will be positively affected and project sustainability will be ensured.

Aspects to be further investigated

The project affects directly the Researchers and indirectly the small WWTP (SMEs).

Large-scale demonstrators in support of GMES and GNSS based services-LDA

Project Brief Description: The LDA project aims at implementing on a large scale, and in a real life test

bed, innovative mobile services based on COPERNICUS (The European Earth Observation Programme, fromer GMES, http://www.copernicus.eu/) and GNSS (The Global Navigation Satellite System, http://www.gsa.europa.eu/) in the region of Attica, Greece. The region of Attica is an ideal area for demonstrating the potential of such kind of services for addressing societal challenges. Attica has the highest concentration of manufacturing and commercial activity in Greece. It is the main hub of communications, with facilities for the rapid transport of raw materials and finished products. The Capacitiesregion accounts for 40% of total national employment and has a plentiful supply of manpower, particularly skilled labour. It also has a wealth of ancient monuments and sites, which attract millions of visitors from all over the world. The concentration of both economic activity and population in Attica Running Period: has led to uncontrolled building, inadequate public transport, an increase in Start: 2013 unemployment and crime, etc, and the deterioration of the natural environment. The project is co-funded by the European Commission in the End: 2015 framework of the European Mobile and Mobility Industries Alliance for the development of large-scale demonstrators in support of COPERNICUS (former GMES) and GNSS based services in Europe. Contacts:

Greek Research and Technology Network S.A. Mesogeion AV 56, 11527 Athens, Greece

Aspects to be further investigated:

The LDA project aims at implementing on a large scale, and in a real life test bed, innovative mobile services based on COPERNICUS (The European Earth Observation Programme, fromer GMES, http://www.copernicus.eu/) and GNSS (The Global Navigation Satellite System, http://www.gsa.europa.eu/) in the region of Attica, Greece. The region of Attica is an ideal area for demonstrating the potential of such kind of services for addressing societal challenges. The project intends to improve the capacity of innovation in the mobile sector through the mobilization of Researchers and the SMEs of this sector and also through the expansion of the information capacity of the intermediate bodies and policy makers.

FAB LAB ATHENS

Project Brief Description:

FAB LAB ATHENS is an active node of the Digital Fabrication Laboratories network Fab Labs, that are a platform for cooperation between people and organizations from different countries around the world. Fab labs are conceived and designed to encourage the idea that anyone can fabricate/make anything anywhere in the world by sahring technological and social knowledge and by using machines of digital manufacturing. The project emerged from a program launched by The Center for Bits and Atoms (CBA) of MIT and is led by physicist Neil Gershenfeld (director of CBA). The project of Fab Labs has extended from laboratories in Capacitiesdowntown Boston to rural India, South Africa, Norway, Spain, Afghanistan, Kenya and more. All Fab Labs work in coordination through the Internet and a video conference network, and they meet annually in a global event. The Fab Lab programme explores how the content of information Running Period: relates to physical representation. The Fab Labs are laboratories of Start: open personal digital fabrication in which it is possible to make almost anything, from a computer measuring 1 cm by 1 cm to an intelligent house. These End: open labs are distributed in various parts of the world and connected to each other by way of the Internet and video conferencing, which allows the sharing of experiences and with it the creation of a network of distributed Contacts: knowledge. Areti Markopoulou. [email protected] www.fablabathens.gr

Aspects to be further investigated:

M2RES - FROM MARGINAL AREAS TO STRATEGIC SITES FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCTION! Recovery of marginal areas through sustainable development programmes aiming at restoring the value of jeopardized land through platforms for the production of renewable energy

Project Brief Description:

The goal is to recover marginal areas (landfills, quarries, open cast mines, former military areas, contaminated sites, etc.) through investmens in renewable energy sources (photovoltaic, wind, biomass, geothermal, biogas, etc.). The project shows the participation of many partners from the European

Union (Italy, Slovenia, Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Austria) and from

countries involved in the pre-accession process (Montenegro, Serbia, Albania), and includes relevant public actors with complementary interests: national and regional agencies for energy, research centres, the system of Chambers of

Commerce, banks. M2RES wants to give impetus to the sustainable Capacitiesdevelopment of the European Union, generating economic and social value for areas which suffer for marginality, having lost their primary functions. The Running Period: turning key will be to change them into platforms for the production of

renewable energy. Start: 2011

End: 2014

Contacts:

ENEA: Italian National agency for new technology and sustainable economic development

Aspects to be further investigated:

The goal of the project is to recover marginal areas (landfills, quarries, open cast mines, former military areas, contaminated sites, etc.) through investments in renewable energy sources (photovoltaic, wind, biomass, geothermal, biogas, etc.). The project shows the participation of many partners from the European Union (Italy, Slovenia, Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Austria) and from countries involved in the pre-accession process (Montenegro, Serbia, Albania), and includes relevant public actors with complementary interests: national and regional agencies for energy, research centres, the system of Chambers of Commerce, banks. The project facilitates the recover of marginal areas in the project region through investments in the field of energy production from RES via networking of the stakeholders such as intermediate bodies and policy makers which promote Energy production from RES, SMEs in the energy sector, Researchers in the Energy Sector, Banks and Investors .

JADE - Joining innovative Approaches for the integration and Development of transnational knowledge of clusters policies related to independent of Elderly

Project Brief Description:

The project Jade comprises 5 Clusters guided by Research: Italy, France, United Kingdom, Finland and Turkey, composed of experts of a high level and with vast experience in the active field, in the management of cronic diseases, in the prevention and in indipendent life. The activities of Jade maximise the potential

of the 5 regions involved in the project by encouraging and supporting the development of the regional clusters, including universities, Research centres, businesses and local authorities. This will enable each of the regions involved to intensify the part that Research plays and to invest more in advanced technologies, developing innovative clusters at a local and regional level with Capacitiesan end to increasing their capacity for investment and their concentration on

Research, significantly contributing towards a successful involvement of their workers in the European Research projects and subsequently towards an economic development. The project Jade encourages the collaboration with Running Period: and exchange of aquaintances, the disclosure and reciprocal learning between Start: 2011 Partners in order to identify the best solutions, with an end to acquiring scientific and technical progress and to identify new case studies/ subject End: 2014 matter for Research. In this way Jade contributes towards a development of regional and national politics, with the aim of preventing health issues and invalidity even from a young age. The main objectives of the project are: To Contacts: Define an Agenda of Common Research lead by the needs of the elderly and based on new themes of Research, paying particular attention to the SVIM Project knowledge and technologies of the emerging conscious environment in the Cordinator Ida residential sanitary assistance field. To Develop a Plan of Relative/ Joined Prosperi E-mail Action in order to improve the relationship between politics and Research for a [email protected] sustainable coordination. To encourage the common scientific transnational t Telephone +39 collaboration a and cooperation regarding the technological advances of a 071 28994 Fax +39 conscious environment to promote and encourage a Research integrated 071 28994235 between the regional authorities, the local boards/corporations and the business sector, improving their potentiality for collaboration amongst regional transnational groups. Grow, share and circulate the awareness of important knowledge and common experiences in order to improve the integration Aspects to be further investigated:

Contributes towards a development of regional and national politics, with the aim of preventing health issues and invalidity even from a young age. The main objectives of the project are: To Define an Agenda of Common Research lead by the needs of the elderly and based on new themes of Research, paying particular attention to the knowledge and technologies of the emerging conscious environment in the residential sanitary assistance field. The project intends to improve the knowledge capacity of intermediate bodies and policy makers which support research and to enhance the competiveness of research sector in health in the project region. 39

Matreco – New materials for eco-sustainable transports

Project Brief Description:

Capacities

Running Period:

Start: 2011

End: 2015

Contacts:

Cosmob Spa Beneficiary/Client: Italian Ministry for University and Research

Aspects to be further investigated:

The project aims at the development of materials with high technological content through a competitive process of transformation; the final results are functionalized components and structures with a high environmental sustainability. The project intends to improve the knowledge capacity of intermediate bodies and policy makers which support the research sector and to enhance the competiveness of the research sector through its focus at the development of materials with high technological content in the project region.

WoodRub - Utılısatıon of recovered wood and rubber for alternatıve composıte products

Project Brief Description:

WoodRub project, in line with the objectives of LIFE + Environmental Policy and Governance, aimed at the increasing of the efficiency of resources; through the use of wood and rubber scraps, new innovative composite have been created in substitution of traditional and less eco-efficient products.

Capacities

Running Period:

Start: 2010

End: 2014

Contacts:

Cosmob Spa, Aidima, Acciona, Sonae, Brunel University, Enjily International, University of Thessalonikis, Keridis, Marche Multiservizi Beneficiary/Client: European Commission

Aspects to be further investigated:

WoodRub project aimed at the increasing of the efficiency of resources; through the use of wood and rubber scraps towards the creation of new innovative composite in substitution of traditional and less eco-efficient products. The project intends to improve the knowledge capacity of intermediate bodies and policy makers which support the research sector and to enhance the competiveness of the research sector through the development of alternative composite products.

GREEN@HOSPITAL

Project Brief Description:

The project has the objective of demonstrating how ICT technologies can

bring about 15% reduction of energetic consumption through out hospital structures.

Capacities

Running Period:

Start: 2012

End: 2015

Contacts:

AEA srl Personnel network

Aspects to be further investigated:

The project has the objective of demonstrating how ICT technologies can bring about 15% reduction of energetic consumption throughout hospital structures. The project intends to improve the knowledge capacity of intermediate bodies and policy makers which promote energy efficiency, to promote the development of research activities for the improvement of the energy efficiency in the health sector, to enhance the competiveness of SMEs in the ICT sector through the introduction of the advanced ICT technologies to them.

RAMSES

Project Brief Description:

Capacities

Running Period:

Start: 2011

End: 2014

Contacts:

Commissariat à l’energy atomique et aux energies alternatives Personnel network

Aspects to be further investigated:

The aim of European RAMSES project is to develop a new tipology of solid oxide combustible cells, with better performance, robustness, enduring stability and minor production cost. The project Partners will deal with the choice of materials, methods of fabrication and development of the first prototypes. The project intends to improve the knowledge capacity of intermediate bodies and policy makers which support research and to promote the development of research activities for the development of new products (solid oxide combustible cells).

RenewIt

Project Brief Description:

The project's objective is to develop a dynamic tool that evaluates the

economic benefits of energetic efficiency operations and production systems of renewable energy during the planning or revamping of Data Centres with the objective of obtaining Data Centres that consume practically zero energy.

Capacities

Running Period:

Start: 2013

End: 2016

Contacts:

Fundacio Institut de recerca de l’ingegneria de Catalunya Personnel network

Aspects to be further investigated:

The project's objective is to develop a dynamic tool that evaluates the economic benefits of energetic efficiency operations and production systems of renewable energy during the planning or revamping of Data Centres with the objective of obtaining Data Centres that consume practically zero energy. The project intends to improve the knowledge capacity of intermediate bodies and policy makers which support research in energy efficiency and to promote the development of research activities for the development of new products (data centers with zero energy consumption).

GRACE

Project Brief Description:

The GRACE project has reached the objective of integrating and combining the controll process with quality control through multi-agent technology. This has

allowed an improvement in efficiency, a reduction of the periods of inactivity, a saving of energy and a limiting of the number of nonstandard products . The advantages obtained by using this type of approach are determined during all

of those productive processes characterised by a high variability owing to external obstacles or to changes in the process parameters.

Capacities

Running Period:

Start: 2010

End: 2013

Contacts:

Polytechnic University of Marche Personnel network

Aspects to be further investigated:

The GRACE system will act at the Distributed Control System (DCS) and Manufacturing Execution System (MES) levels, implementing the sharing of process critical information between and inside the two layers. The project intends to improve the knowledge capacity of intermediate bodies and policy makers which support research in ICT sector and to promote the development of research activities for the development of new products.

DOGGIES

Project Brief Description:

Capacities

Running Period:

Start: 07.2012

End: 07.2015

Contacts:

III V LAB GIE Personnel Network

Aspects to be further investigated:

The aim of the European project is to perfect two diverse technologies, for the detection of gaseous substances, and to integrate them in a singular device system to be used for security measures as an alternative to trained dots. The chosen technologies are the tunable diode infrared laser spectroscopy and the Ionic mobility mass spectrometry. The project intends to improve the knowledge capacity of intermediate bodies and policy makers which support the research sector and to increase the competiveness of the research sector through the development of new products for the surveillance of hidden persons and illegal substances.

MIRIFISENS

Project Brief Description:

The aim of the project is to apply the most advanced techniques in order to reveal liquid and gaseous substances with the spectroscopy IR, to classifiable

applications such as "safety and security".

Capacities

Running Period:

Start: 09.2012

End: 09.2016

Contacts:

III V LAB GIE Personnel Network

Aspects to be further investigated:

The aim of the project is to apply the most advanced techniques in order to reveal liquid and gaseous substances with the spectroscopy IR, to classifiable applications such as "safety and security". The project intends to improve the knowledge capacity of intermediate bodies and policy makers which support the research sector and to increase the competiveness of the research sector through the development of new products for the surveillance of hazardous substances.

INTERAID

Project Brief Description:

Capacities

Running Period:

Start: 10.2010

End: 04.2012

Contacts:

Personnel Network

Aspects to be further investigated:

Development of a mobile robot with manipulator to enable to make advanced diagnosia and quality control within industrial environments. Movements of the robots carried out via the interaction between robot and human. The project intends to improve the knowledge capacity of intermediate bodies and policy makers which support the research sector and to increase the competiveness of the research sector through the development of new products for advanced diagnosia and quality control within industrial environments.

CHROMOS Project" Derivatives of [(3-idrossi-4-piron-2-il)metil]-amine and their development as anti-neoplastica pharmaceuticals"

Project Brief Description:

Project developed by two research groups directed by Professor Vieri Fusi and by Professor Mirco Fanelli, lecturer and researchers at the University of Studies of Urbino. The project has enabled the Identification and development of a class of compounds characterised by the capacity to induce

a marked biological activity in the face of tumor cells.

Capacities

Running Period:

Start: 2008

End:

Contacts:

University of Urbino – Department of Base Science and Foundations

Aspects to be further investigated

The project intends to improve the knowledge capacity of intermediate bodies and policy makers in health sector and to increase the competiveness of research sector in health through the development of advanced treatment for cancer.

GLICOL- Verify the co-solvent properties of diethylene glycol

Project Brief Description:

aim to identifying and mapping out an experimental 'set up' for the evaluation of possible co-solvent mecchanisms between the DEG and the sea water in the vicinity of the off-short in the Adriatic sea, which can determine a major Capacitiessolubilisation do various organic contaminants, such as benzene, toluene, etilbenzene, silente, hydrocarbure aromatique polycyclique, alkane) and

inorganics (such as here metals in organic and non organic form) present in the production waters. Running Period:

Start: 03.2013

End: 04.2014

Contacts:

Superior Institute for the Protection and Environmental Research, ISPRA

Aspects to be further investigated:

The purpose of the conventional is to activate a technical and scientific collaboration in the field of the Research a Programme ISPRA, named GLICOL " ecotoxicological characterization of the diethylene glycol through long term toxicity tests with shellfish, seafood and fish and studies of the co-solvent mechanisms relayed by diethylene glycol in the production waters" with an aim to identifying and mapping out an experimental 'set up' for the evaluation of possible co-solvent mechanisms between the DEG and the sea water in the vicinity of the off-short in the Adriatic sea. The project intends to improve the knowledge capacity of intermediate bodies and policy makers in environmental sector and to increase the competiveness of research sector in environment through the development of advanced technologies to face the problem of sea pollution.

Experimental plant Scientific Campus “Enrico Mattei”

Project Brief Description:

Into the Scientific Campus “Enrico Mattei” were carried out 11 perforations in which they were entered 9 vertical geothermal probes with a single U 100 meters deep, at a distance of 10 meters from each other, a piezometer of 100 meters and an exploratory well 20 meters deep. The heat exchangers have been associates with a heat pump with a power of about a 50 kW thermal and

a COP of about 4.5. The geotherma system has the function of supporting the main air-conditionig and heating trhough 10 fan size 800x800 mm, 2 classrooms (A,B) and the library of the Campus, with a total area of about 400 Capacitiesm2. This system has been made possible thanks to public funding of 80% of the costs incurred in upgrading the energy efficiency of the Scientific Campus

“Enrico Mattei”, trhough participation in an invitation of the Marche Region. The weels were made through auction of 1.5 meters in length and with a Running Period: rotary percussion method of advancement in air and water. At the end of the excavation and insertion of the heat exchangers, the holes were filled with Start: 2010 cement heat. T-shaped joints have been linked to some probes to allow the End: execution of some Thermal Response Test (TRT) has allowed us to describe the thermal performance of the heat wave and the ground due to the different characteristics of the subsurface lithologies. Contacts:

Dott. Blasi Alessandro e Dott. Filippo Piscaglia (University of Urbino “Carlo Bo”)

Aspects to be further investigated:

The project intends to describe the thermal performance of the heat wave and the ground due to the different characteristics of the subsurface lithologies. The project intends to improve the knowledge capacity of intermediate bodies and policy makers in energy sector and to increase the competiveness of SMEs and research in this sector through the development and introduction of new technologies for the optimization of geothermal heat.

INNOVATIVE PROBE FOR WIDESPREAD USE OF GEOTHERMAL RESOURCE

Project Brief Description:

The primary objective originally was to research an innovative heat exchange system (vertical geothermal probe), newly developed both form the point of view of materials that the geometries, in order to make the heat exchange with the subsoil more efficient allowing it to meet the design requirements of a geothermal system, using a smaller number of perforations (or less linear

meters of drilling) with respect to the use of the traditional geothermal probes currently on the market. The work has also helped to deepen, ongoing, some technical aspects for which there was no bibliography, whose study has Capacitiesbecome essential for the conduct of subsequent phases of work within the project itself. The project of developing an innovative geothermal probe has

been validated through the creation of models and simulations on existing geothermal probes; probes prototype, however require further study, not so Running Period: much from the point of view of performance, which is already very promising, but from different points of view as the most practical transportation, Start: 06.2012 installation and other factors, however, contribute to the usability and the End: 05.2013 convenience of these systems.

Contacts:

Dott. Filippo Piscaglia (University of Urbino “Carlo Bo”)

Aspects to be further investigated:

The project of developing an innovative geothermal probe has been validated through the creation of models and simulations on existing geothermal probes; probes prototype, however require further study, not so much from the point of view of performance, which is already very promising, but from different points of view as the most practical transportation, installation and other factors, however, contribute to the usability and the convenience of these systems. The project intends to improve the knowledge capacity of intermediate bodies and policy makers in energy sector and to increase the competiveness of the research in this sector through the introduction of new technologies for the optimization of geothermal heat.

INNOVATIVE MATERIALS FOR THE LOW TEMPERATURE GEOTHERMAL: TEST AND SIMULATION LOOKING FOR THE BEST EFFICIENCY

Project Brief Description:

The main objective of the research is to bring innovation to the vertical geothermal heat pump systems in order to make them more efficient in terms of heat transfer. An

improved system efficiency translates into lower installation costs of a low-enthalpy geothermal system, thus favoring the spread of this technology that uses a renewable resource in an environmentally responsible manner. Sono stati selezionati i due modelli innovativi di sonde geotermiche verticali, che hanno mostrato le migliori caratteristiche in termini di efficienza di scambio termico, nelle simulazioni software. Dai disegni di progetto sono stati pertanto realizzati 2 prototipi negli stabilimenti di I-Tube srl. Two are the innovative models of vertical geothermal probes which Capacitiesshowed, during the software simulations, the best characteristics in terms of heat exchange efficiency. From the drawings of the project were therefore realized 2

protopypes in the establishments of I-Tube srl. Il processo di costruzione dei prototipi di scambiatore di calore ha portato il personale dell'azienda ad affrontare diverse Running Period: problematiche tecniche, legate sia ai materiali utilizzati, sia alle forme particolari delle sonde geotermiche innovative, ricercando ogni volta soluzioni ad hoc per soddisfare le Start: 04.2013 esigenze di progetto. The process of building prototypes has led the company’s staff to address several technical challenges related both to the materials used both to the End: 03.2014 particular forms of innovative geothermal probes, each time looking for ad hoc solutions to meet the needs of the project. In this last phase of the project was planned a series of tests on the prototypes both to confirm the data derived from Contacts: software simulations of improved heat exchange efficiency and to verify the practicality of the installation of prototypes during the construction of a plant Dott. Del Moro geothermal. On the 14 March 2014 at the “Enrico Mattei” Scientific Campus of Stefano (University University of Urbino GEOSTUDIO Ligi Ltd carried out n. 3 perforations in the of Urbino “Carlo destruction of the nucleus. The perforations have been pushed up to the depth of 12 Bo”) meters which is considered sufficient for the comparative tests designed to verify the increased heat exchange efficiency of the prototypes, with respect to a probe U. Le perforazioni sono state spinte fino alla profondità di 12 metri, ritenuta sufficiente per i test comparativi progettati per verificare la maggiore efficienza di scambio termico dei prototipi realizzati, rispetto ad una sonda ad U.

Aspects to be further investigated:

The main objective of the research is to bring innovation to the vertical geothermal heat pump systems in order to make them more efficient in terms of heat transfer. An improved system efficiency translates into lower installation costs of a low-enthalpy geothermal system, thus favoring the spread of this technology that uses a renewable resource in an environmentally responsible manner. The project intends to improve the knowledge capacity of intermediate bodies and policy makers in energy sector and to increase the competiveness of the research in this sector through the introduction of new technologies for the optimization of geothermal heat pump systems.