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NATZARDS
The aim of NATZARDS is to contribute to a better assessment of natural hazards risk perception of society.
The goal of NATZARDS is to:
- gather, generate and transfer Natural Hazards knowledge
- build an Information and Communication space
- identify, network, and coordinate the multiple research efforts
- leverage these multidisciplinary efforts with other activities.
NATZARDS Barcelona, December-07 . Call identifier: FP7-ENV-NMP-2008-2 ENV.2008.1.3.2.1. Natural Hazards: Social perception, behaviour and responses to risks. NATZARDS.org
http://ecentres.net/files/docs/Library/NATZARDS_ENV08_CA.pdf
first version of the proposal: NATZARDS_Part_B_CSA-CA.rtf
NATHAZIS Natural Hazards Info-Space European Coordination Action
Environment call
Identifier: FP7-ENV-2008-1 Budget: € 212 000 000 Deadline: 25 February 2008
Area 6.1.3.2. Vulnerability assessment and societal impacts
ENV.2008.1.3.2.1. Natural Hazards: Social perception, behaviour and responses to risks
The aim of this action is to contribute to a better assessment of risk perception of societies and communities confronted by natural disasters.
The project should identify and assess key studies, initiatives, best practices and existing legal tools in order to elaborate strategies and recommendations for actions to improve capacity building, preparedness and resilience of the society in the context of natural hazards.
Gaps in research in these fields need to be assessed.
Education on disaster prevention and awareness raising of the society as a means to improve social perception and change behaviour needs to be considered in a multidisciplinary context.
The actions described under this topic could be mainly organised by means of small workshops enabling synthetics vision papers, guidelines and recommendations to be elaborated.
Funding scheme: coordination and support actions (coordinating type)
Areas s of RCM: Hazard Assessment
The objectives will be achieved by the following steps:
- investigating scale of hazard representation for different typologies of natural events and defining a common standard of presentation in order to avoid connection conflicts;
- investigating physical and physiographic characters of the territory (e.g. lithology, topography); developing inventory and susceptibility maps and defining possible triggering factors of the several natural hazards affectig the test areas;
- investigating the relationship among different
natural hazards (induced hazards) (inventory maps and susceptibility maps and defining possible triggering factors);
- developing historical catalogues of natural disasters of the test area; - analysing and modelling climate change effects on frequency and distribution of natural hazards; application will be developed, if possible to susceptibility maps and natural hazard maps;
- developing a macrozoning multi-hazard map (expected events in defined return periods at regional scale) by using GIS technology;
- developing a microzoning multi-hazard map (site response) by using GIS technology, for selected element of the case study;
- investigating and mapping the environmental consequences of industrial accidents caused by natural hazards (Na-Techs);
- identifying and mapping socio-economic exposed elements (e.g. industry; utilities; work force; population; cultural heritage);
- identifying and mapping socio-economic/vulnerability factors and severity/vulnerability relationship;
- to assess risk in terms of social and economic factors by using GIS technology (at regional scale and at site scale);
- developing strategies and options for a sustainable development of the territory reducing the effects of natural disasters (mitigation).
letter ESR - only first page - Requested to Charlotte and awaiting the ESR full file.
Submitted by consen on Wed, 2007-12-19 16:37.
Dear Mr. Cabrer i Vilagut,
Please find enclosed a copy of a letter by Mr Jacques Bus concerning CIP ICT Policy Support Programme (ICT PCP) - first Call for proposals in 2007, ICT PSP/2007/1, 224990 (Symphony). Reference D(2007)/853657.
<<Symphony scan letter853657.tif>>
Best Regards,
Charlotte W. Thomas
Assistant
European commission DG Infso, F5
Emerging Technologies and Infrastructures Security
Mail: BU25 05/85 1049 Brussels
Address: Avenue de Beaulieu 25, 1160 Brussels
Tel: +32-2-296 70 09
Fax: +32-2-296 83 64
Email: Charlotte.thomas AT ec.europa.eu
ICT Trust & Security - Topical Seminar 15 January 2008 Brussels, Belgium CISTRANA
Submitted by consen on Tue, 2007-12-18 21:40. Session 1
(9:00 - 12:30)
European Landscape of ICT Security Programmes
Objectives, Portfolios, Future
The session offers an opportunity for European and National programme managers to exchange information on their current portfolio and future challenges to be addressed in ICT Security Research and Development.
ICT Security in FP7 - Current Portfolio & the Next Work Programme
European Commission
EUREKA / CELTIC / ITEA2 - ICT Security coverage
TBA
National Programmes addressing ICT Security
Speakers will describe objectives and current portfolio of national programmes addressing ICT Security, and identify gaps and future challenges with focus on issues that require wide scale transnational and multi-stakeholder cooperation.
TBA
Future research challenges in ICT Security - an industrial perspective from ETPs
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Webminar 2007-12-21 12:00 Barley+ Strengthening the knowledge base and developing advanced technologies for Barley
Submitted by consen on Sun, 2007-12-16 23:03.Barley+
Strengthening the knowledge base and developing advanced technologies for Barley biomass production for applications in industrial ......... processes and in energy ........ production.
This will include plant and microbial genomics and metabolomics to improve the productivity and composition of raw materials and biomass feedstocks for optimised conversion to high added value products including biological resources utilisable in pharmaceutical industry and medicine, while exploiting natural or enhanced terrestrial organisms as novel sources.
This will fully incorporate life cycle analysis of biomass production practices, transportation, and storage and
market deployment of bio-products.
http://events.ecentres.net/Webminar_FP7-2008_21Nov08_12CET
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12:00-12:10 - List of attendants to webmeeting, (My Name, Organization, City, Region, Country, Main Activity, EU-RTD experience, SYMPHONY interest) members of the group, candidates, participants and partners.
12:10-12:20 - Revision of the 2 official forms required (A2 and Exclusion) and additional information to provide (LoIC and Technical capacity).
12:20-12:30 - Available documentation, drafts and PRESENTATIONS
12:30-12:40 - The last available edition Potential contributions. Responsible?
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ACTIVITY ENERGY.2: RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY GENERATION <26Feb08 (2stages 10+2pages) <29May08
Submitted by consen on Tue, 2007-12-11 21:58.Call title: Energy Call Part 1
Call identifier: FP7-ENERGY-2008-1
Date of publication: 30 November 2007 9
Deadline: 26February 2008 at 17.00.00, (Brussels local time)10
Indicative budget 11 : EUR 26.3 million from the 2008 budget 1213
The final budget awarded to this call, following the evaluation of projects, may vary by up
to 10% of the total value of the call.
All budgetary figures given in this call are indicative. The repartition of the sub-budgets
awarded within this call, following the evaluation of projects, may vary by up to 10% of the
total value of the call.
Topics called: Activity/ Area Topics called Funding Schemes
ACTIVITY ENERGY.2: RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY GENERATION
AREA ENERGY.2.1: PHOTOVOLTAICS
ENERGY.2008.2.1.1: Enhancing strategic international cooperation initiatives in the Collaborative project for specific international
The Director-General responsible for the call may publish it up to one month prior to or after the envisaged date of publication.
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Pilot project ‘Erasmus for young entrepreneurs’
Pilot project ‘Erasmus for young entrepreneurs’
The new pilot project ‘ERASMUS for young entrepreneurs’ will facilitate training, networking and exchange of experiences among nascent young entrepreneurs by means of traineeships in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in another country. This action will contribute to promote entrepreneurship, internationalisation and competitiveness of established SMEs and new start-up enterprises in the EU.Measures to prepare the pilot project:
• A Flash Eurobarometer survey on the demand for mobility among entrepreneurs, particularly young nascent entrepreneurs
• A Feasibility Study on the supply of hosting SMEs and the implementation of the project
• A Stakeholders’ Meeting in December 2007 to obtain feedback from national authorities, business associations, business support organisations, business school teachers, entrepreneurs and others
FP7 Invitation to participate in the Next proposals KKBE, ENV-1, ICT-3, SME-2
Sure that now you know that the FP7 KBBE, ENV-1 and ICT-3 call are published. Our groups have demonstrated efficiency in the production of innovative proposals in the last months (one each two weeks), this frequency is absolutely needed in order to be competitive (Averages of success of 1/10 are absolutely normal in the calls actually)
In this way, we have launched, the new groups for preparing five proposals:
1- Mostafa: BIO-ENERGY (-62d)
2- Alessandra: Intelligence in domestic environments (-125d)
3- Stella: Entrepreurial waste management for sustainability (-125d)
4- Manel: Environmental Risk prevention and Metrica of evaluation (-59d)
5- Ferran: Trans-European Organizations Manager (-128d)
1) Call-KBBE-2008-2B EUR 96ME - Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology <26Feb08 Mostafa (El Cairo Univ.) and core-team are generating the idea, scope, objectives and implementation plan. The group is still open for subscriptions.
http://ecentres.net/AgriFoodMed
2) Domo.Brain.3 FP7 ICT-3 Objective 2 Cognitive Systems Interaction, Robotics
The group Alessandra (ALMAVIVA), Joan (UPC), Limni (Tsinghua Univ.), Jose (TELEFONICA), Hannu (VTT), Ferran (MUFICATA) http://ecentres.net/DomoBrain3 is moderated Please the interested can request the subscription posting a comment with your interest (pls include some link to one page description of experience and capacity). Jose and Ferran have proposed a meeting in Luxembourg next 9th of January to agree in the poster presented at 10th in the Infoday. Interested in attending or collaborate sign-up in http://ecentres.net/CoSys_Call3_Infoday_10Jan08_Luxembourg+
A prior webminar will be celebrate next 21Dec07 13CET to discuss the first draft.
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