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TARGET “Transformative, Adaptive, Responsive and enGaging EnvironmenT” (https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/231717). The TARGET environment consists of a learning process supported by the TARGET platform, consisting of a main core of a serious game. TARGET integrates five developments: a) Threshold Concepts, resembling knowledge gateways that transform a person’s understanding of a knowledge domain b) Knowledge Ecology, defines knowledge as […]

INTERREG Danube Transnational Program, ACCELERATOR Project (https://www.interreg-danube.eu/approved-projects/accelerator). Virtech was subcontracted for the project platform development and for providing training services (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKNbKC9HGmhhLorH2ED5z2ojsG_5hS1fw). ACCELERATOR’s main objective is to enhance access to innovation finance through improving the institutional framework conditions and related policy instruments by developing the practical solution of acceleration services and influencing the concerned strategic framework

FP6 ECOSPACE “eProfessional Collaboration Space” (https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/035208). ECOSPACE targets the conception and development of a Collaborative Working Environment supporting seamless collaboration among knowledge workers, especially eProfessionals. ECOSPACE has 4 main objectives: i) The definition of innovative work paradigms through the analysis of eProfessionals and their related organisation. ii) The design and development of an open standards

COST, The Terrestrial Biosphere in the Earth System (TERRABITES) https://www.cost.eu/actions/ES0805/. The main objective of the Action is a cross-disciplinary assessment of our current understanding of the terrestrial biosphere from an Earth system perspective to improve the reliability of future Earth system projections in coupled climate-biosphere simulations. Key words: earth system modeling – terrestrial biosphere –

COST, Payments for Ecosystem Services (Forests for Water), http://www.cost.eu/COST_Actions/ca/CA15206.  New economic instruments, in combination with spatial targeting, need to be developed to ensure cost-effective solutions – including tree planting for water benefits – are realised. Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) are flexible, incentive-based mechanisms that could play an important role in promoting land use change

COST, Harmonizing Global Biodiversity Modelling (HarmBio) http://www.cost.eu/COST_Actions/ca/CA15206. Global biodiversity is declining rapidly, largely as a result of human activities. Effective policy and adaptive management strategies in the face of global change require anticipation of future changes. Mid- to long-term planning will therefore depend, at least in part, on model-based projections. Unlike the well-coordinated climate modelling

COST, Towards robust projections of European forests under climate change (PROFOUND) https://www.cost.eu/cost-action/towards-robust-projections-of-european-forests-under-climate-change-profound/. Changes in climate, environment and management are altering the world’s ecosystems. Forests are of particular importance in this context due to the significant economic, ecological and cultural services they provide. Projecting changes of these services for the next decades is crucial for a

The aim of the ENERGY-WISE project is to help SMEs to be energy efficient and reduce energy costs. To achieve that the project has created a range of e-learning training materials and an international energy simulation game to enable SMEs to improve their energy management skills. All these products are available for free in the

European research organisations join forces in an ambitious project to develop a groundbreaking approach to combat obesity. The HealthyW8 project, recently launched, has set out to enhance the effectiveness of existing and future initiatives and investments in obesity prevention throughout Europe. With approximately 60% of adults and nearly one in three children being affected by