ESA
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L’ESA fornisce supporto satellitare alla costruzione di un ponte digitale tra Italia e Camerun.Nel febbraio 2009 è stato realizzato il primo collegamento satellitare tra le scuole di Fontem in Camerun e le scuole gemellate della provincia di Roma, nell’ambito dal progetto Digital Bridge, grazie al supporto tecnologico fornito dal laboratorio di Telecomunicazioni di ESA-ESRIN, per il supporto al progetto AERC (Area Enhancing Resource Centres), elemento dimostrativo del Programma di Applicazioni Integrate (IAP). http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEM4KALTYRF_Italy_0.html
Space Safety Training Programme – Summer 2009.European space companies are being offered the opportunity to access a world class training programme in space safety-related topics. Some of these courses will be given for the first time in Europe, by some of the world’s leading experts and practitioners in the subject areas. The courses are scheduled to take place this summer in Ireland. http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/SME/SEMBO6EH1TF_0.html
Filas
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Sesto Quadro Regionale di Valutazione dell’Innovazione Innovation Scoreboard Regione Lazio (2008). Lo Scoreboard 2008, giunto alla sua sesta edizione, rappresenta uno strumento per misurare nel tempo la capacità di innovazione competitiva e di modernizzazione sia delle regioni italiane che dell’Italia nel suo complesso.Ai vertici della classifica delle regioni più innovative d’Italia, anche nell’edizione 2008, si trovano Lombardia, Lazio, Piemonte e Emilia Romagna con punteggi superiori alla media italiana. Seguono Friuli Venezia Giulia, Veneto e Toscana.In coda alla classifica ci sono Puglia, Calabria e Molise, le cui aree di maggiore debolezza sembrano essere la spesa privata in R&S, il numero di brevetti ad alta tecnologia, e una difficoltà nell’attuazione degli strumenti per lo sviluppo. Sardegna e Puglia risultano le regioni con i tassi di crescita più alti dell’indice sintetico di innovazione, mentre l’Umbria è la regione che guadagna il maggior numero di posizioni passando dal 11° al 9° posto. http://www.filas.it/Page.aspx?IDPage=181
Regione Lazio
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Bic Lazio lancia un concorso per creare nuovo portale.Bic Lazio (società regionale per l’avviamento all’impresa) lancia un concorso di idee per la realizzazione del nuovo portale www.biclazio.it.L’iniziativa vuole raccogliere le migliori ipotesi progettuali relative a una nuova proposta grafica e di percorso/menù di navigazione, che tenga conto della centralità dei servizi dovranno avere all’interno del portale di Bic Lazio. Deadline 20 aprile 2009 http://www.regione.lazio.it/web2/main/sala_stampa/news_dettaglio.php?id=3521
GMES
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EU Policy for disasters prevention and risk reduction.On 29 February 2009, the European Commission adopted two communications related to disasters: the first one promotes a Community approach to reduce the impact of natural and man-made disasters within the EU; the second one proposes a strategy enhancing disaster risk reduction in developing countries. Actions at Community level focus on areas where a common approach is more effective than separate national approaches, e.g. developing knowledge, linking actors and policies, and improving the performance of existing community disaster prevention instruments, such as GMES. Regarding developing countries, the Commission plans an EU strategy to help reduce the impact of natural disasters on high-risk countries and to enhance the political dialogue with developing countries. http://ec.europa.eu/environment/civil/pdfdocs/com_2009_82en.pdf
Catchall
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PON – Programma operativo nazionale Ricerca e Competitività 2007-2013. Azione “Interventi finalizzati al riposizionamento competitivo del sistema produttivo”.Con Decreto del Ministro Scajola del 16 gennaio u.s. sono stati stanziati Euro 80.000.000,00 a valere sulla L.46/82 art.14 – FIT (Fondo speciale rotativo per l’Innovazione Tecnologica), più Euro 40.000.000,00 di risorse PON (riservati alle 4 Regioni Convergenza Calabria, Campania, Puglia e Sicilia), per il finanziamento di interventi di innovazione di prodotto e/o processo volti a sostituire sostanze chimiche “estremamente preoccupanti” nei processi di produzione.
Europa
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eCall transmission standards approved.The core standards for the transmission of eCall’s minimum set of data (MSD) have now been approved by 3GPP and ETSI. The MSD will be transmitted over the voice channel of mobile telephone networks via in-band modem technology. Moreover, the relevant Technical Committee (TC) of the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) activated the work items (WI) on the operating requirements of eCall at its plenary meeting in Prague on 20 March 2009. All relevant standards for the pan-European eCall service are to be finalised by September 2009. http://www.3gpp.org/eCall
Call for applications 2009.Second Programme of Community action in the field of Health (2008-2013) (Text with EEA relevance) (2009/C 80/05) Up-dated versions of the call for proposals for operating grants, call for proposals for projects and call for proposals for joint actions documents under the call for applications ‘Health — 2009’ within the framework of the Second Programme of Community action in the field of Health (2008-2013)has been published on the website of the Executive Agency for Health and Consumers http://ec.europa.eu/eahc/health/grants.html
First European airlines offering in-flight use of mobile phones thanks to EU-wide ground rules.More and more European air passengers are being offered the choice to use their normal mobile phone to send text messages, browse the web or even make calls on board airplanes. One year after the European Commission put in place common rules for safe use of mobile phones on aircrafts and for simple and non-bureaucratic authorisations of this essentially cross border service, 27 European aircraft have been equipped to allow the secure use of standard GSM handsets onboard aircraft while flying in European airspace. The number of aircrafts enabled for in-flight use of mobile phones is expected to double by the end of the year.
Commission consults publishing SMEs on innovation barriers and new business models.The Commission has launched its first ever consultation devoted to Small and Medium Enterprises in the publishing sector: books, newspapers, and magazines. Publishing now provides nearly 700 000 jobs, in around 80 000 companies across today’s 27 Member States, most of them SMEs. The consultation will map out how publishing SMEs are responding to the evolving business environment and the changes brought about by new technologies. http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/09/525&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=nl
Call
Tender: study on supply chain bottlenecks in the SET Plan. The Institute for Energy at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) has launched a call for tenders for a study on supply chain bottlenecks in the Strategic Energy Technology (SET) Plan. The overall goal of the open call is to award a contract for a study to identify, analyse and evaluate the existing, emerging and potential bottlenecks along the supply chains of the SET-Plan technologies in the EU by 2020 – 2030, and to assess potential measures to overcome them.Budget EUR 100 000. Deadline 04.05.2009 http://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:086846-2009:TEXT:EN:HTML
Call for proposals under the annual work programme for grants in the field of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) for 2009 (2009/C 75/10) Budget EUR 80 million.Deadline 15 May 2009 http://tentea.ec.europa.eu/en/apply_for_funding/follow_the_funding_process/calls_for_proposals_2009.htm
Call for proposals under the multi-annual work programme 2009 for grants in the field of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) for the period 2007-2013 (2009/C 75/11):
- TEN-T Priority Project No 21 — Motorways of the Sea. Budget EUR 30 million.
- Projects in the field Intelligent Transport Systems for Road Traffic. Budget EUR 100 million.
- Projects in the field of European Rail Traffic Management Systems (ERTMS).Budget EUR 240 million.
Deadline 15 May 2009 http://tentea.ec.europa.eu/en/apply_for_funding/follow_the_funding_process/calls_for_proposals_2009.htm
Call for proposals under the work programme for grants in the field of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) as foreseen in the European Economic Recovery Plan (2009/C 75/12) L’invito a presentare proposte è rivolto a progetti:
- d’interesse comune sufficientemente maturi da essere largamente realizzati nel corso del 2009 e 2010 e che possano dimostrare il loro contributo alle priorità del programma TEN-T e che non siano supportabili da altri programmi comunitari (in particolare dai fondi strutturali)
- progetti o parti di progetto in corso che stiano progredendo in modo soddisfacente e in cui l’attività possa ottenere un’accelerazione nel corso del 2009 e 2010 attraverso l’iniezione di nuovi fondi comunitari.
Budget EUR 500 million. Deadline 15 May 2009 http://tentea.ec.europa.eu/en/apply_for_funding/follow_the_funding_process/calls_for_proposals_2009.htm
Call for proposals — EACEA/05/09 — ‘Youth in Action’ Programme — Action 3.2 — ‘Youth in the world’: Cooperation with countries other than the neighbouring countries of the European Union. (2009/C 78/02) Proposals must be submitted by non-profit organisations (NGOs and Public bodies) Budget EUR 2 600 000 Deadline 1 June 2009 http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/youth/funding/2009/call_action_3_2_en.php
Call for proposals for the establishment of Knowledge and Innovation Communities of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) (2009/C 79/07) EIT-KICS-2009. Priority areas addressed by the call: climate change mitigation and adaptation; sustainable energy; future information and communication society. Budget 270 million in the period 2010-2013 Deadline 27 August 2009 http://eit.europa.eu/kics-call.html
Study on mobility developments in higher education. As a follow up of the recommendations of the high level forum on mobility and the conclusions of the Council of the European Union and the representatives of the Member States on youth mobility, the European Commission is preparing a Green Paper on learning mobility for young people. In line with these developments, the European Commission is eager to obtain a clearer picture on higher education mobility developments and the underlying reasons for different mobility trends of higher education students and staff.Budget EUR 250 000.Deadline 25.05.2009
Eventi
11 – 13 May 2009, Prague, Czech Republic.Future of the Internet Conferenc.One year after the “Bled Declaration” launching a European approach to the Future of the Internet, and the conference in Bled establishing the Future Internet Assembly, this event aims to review the strategic orientations and trends governing the future societal and economic developments of on-line Internet and Mobile societies. The conference features a wide range of European and international speakers. In a follow-on workshop, it will also bring together more than 90 EU research projects and national initiatives that are instrumental in defining the Future of the Internet. http://www.fi-prague.eu/
7 April 2009, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic.eID and Public Registers Conference.This event, organised during the Czech Presidency of the EU, will present the results achieved and the plans for the near future in the domain of eID and public registers across Europe. http://www.eu2009.cz/event/1/443/
7 – 8 May 2009, Prague, Czech Republic. Networking our way to a research future.The European Union is providing a boost to the competitiveness of enterprises by facilitating the transfer of knowledge from academic research to businesses, thereby encouraging innovation. This is one of the aims of the conference where entrepreneurs will meet with scientists from all over Europe. http://ec.europa.eu/research/conferences/2009/rtd-2009/index_en.cfm
26 – 28 May 2010, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. World Congress on Information Technology 2010.The “Challenges of Change” will be the motto that will strengthen the long-term impact and value of the World Congress on Information Technology. http://www.wcit2010.com/
20 April 2009 Brussels. Eco-Innovation European Info Day http://ec.europa.eu/environment/etap/ecoinnovation/events_en.htm
23 April 2009, Brussels, Belgium.European Cultural and Creative Industries Summit 2009 – Digital Shift.This event will offer a forum to debate the prospect for Cultural and Creative Industries across Europe in the light of new Digital Technologies. The summit is the second of four annual events to be held in Brussels. It will be held in the Committee of the Regions Building. https://www.eventsforce.net/civic/frontend/reg/thome.csp?pageID=2712&CSPCHDx=0000000000000&CSPIHN=108058-108058:443&CSPSCN=CSPSESSIONID&eventID=15&mode=preview&version=future&eventID=15
3 – 5 June 2009 Paris, France.European Research and Innovation Exhibition. http://seri.info/pro/fiche/quest.jsp;jsessionid=09E406EBFE0B629DE8E8DA4C6E3540A0.kl1?surveyName=Default&locale=1
CORDIS
Eventi
21 – 22 May 2009 London, UK. Conference on financial institutions and economic security. The purpose of the ‘Financial institutions and economic security’ project is to delve into potential positive and negative aspects of the role played by financial institutions in economic security in developed, Western countries, and the implications for industrial innovation and economic performance.At the conference, the influence of financial institutions on employment security, retirement security, and housing security, as well as the interrelations among these forms of economic security in North America and Europe, will be at the centre of attention. http://www.open.ac.uk/ikd/events/financial-institutions-and-economic-security/
RIDITT
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Al via il programma 2009 di formazione RIDITT. RIDITT organizza a partire dal mese di maggio 2009 un ciclo di 10 moduli formativi gratuiti per gli operatori di servizi per l’innovazione e il trasferimento tecnologico alle imprese. http://www.riditt.it/documenti/Programma-formazione-RIDITT-2009.pdf
FIRST
Bando
Pre-Informazione Bando per la mobilità sostenibile nelle aree urbane.Dal ministero per l’Ambiente arriva un “Bando di cofinanziamento per la diffusione di azioni finalizzate al miglioramento della qualità dell’aria nelle aree urbane ed al potenziamento del trasporto pubblico rivolto ai Comuni non rientranti nelle aree metropolitane”. http://www.governo.it/GovernoInforma/Dossier/bando_mobilita/index.html
News
ENEA:Avviso di ricerca per il reclutamento di n. 5 unità di personale laureato con esperienza da assumere con contratto a tempo determinato, mediante selezione concorsuale http://www.enea.it/opportunita/concorsi.html