“Transnational Initiative for Guidance of Graduated and Entrepreneurship” (TRIGGER), funded by the European Territorial Cooperation Program “Greece-Bulgaria”. Virtech was involved in the development of the TRIGGER TOOLBOX platform and its pilot testing. The main goal of the TRIGGER TOOLBOX platform is to serve as a useful tool for anyone who wants to grow their own […]
Smart Place project gives the general and advanced users the opportunity to operate their habitats according to their needs and to design their own functionality, personal comfort and specific requirements, saving energy and contributing for more sustainable surroundings. It involves the user in the development of the product and improvement of the general understanding for
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A prototype of a SmartForest solution (ForEco) was developed. It has the functionality of a Smart Forest Ecological Management System which provides ecosystem services to a large number of customers: NGOs, government organizations, municipalities, companies in agriculture and forest economy sector, green economy companies, farmers, research organizations, etc. ForEco is a Decision Support System integrating
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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
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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 –
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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
