FUNDINGS: ENVIRONMENT POLICY AND GOVERNANCE

EU Grant funds: environment policy and governance

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES:

Only innovative or demonstration projects are eligible.

• Climate change: to stabilise greenhouse gas concentration at a level that prevents global warming above 2 °C,

• Water: to contribute to enhanced water quality by developing cost-effective measures to achieve good ecological status in view of developing river basin management plans under Directive 2000/60/EC (Water Framework Directive),

• Air: to achieve levels of air quality that do not give rise to significant negative impacts on and risks to human health and the environment,

• Soil: to protect and ensure the sustainable use of soil by preserving soil functions, preventing threats to soil, mitigating their effects and restoring degraded soils,

• Urban environment: to contribute to improving the environmental performance of Europe's urban areas,

• Noise: to contribute to policy development and implementation on environmental noise,

• Chemicals: improve the protection of environment and health from risks posed by chemicals by 2020 by implementing chemicals legislation, in particular Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH) and the Thematic Strategy on the sustainable use of pesticides,

• Environment and health: to develop the information base for policy on the environment and health (the Environment and Health Action Plan),

• Natural resources and waste: to develop and implement policies designed to ensure sustainable management of natural resources and wastes, and to improve the environmental performances of products, sustainable production and consumption patterns, waste prevention, recovery and recycling; to contribute to the effective implementation of the Thematic Strategy on the prevention and recycling of waste,

• Forests: to provide, especially through an EU coordination network, a concise and comprehensive basis for policy relevant information on forests in relation to climate change (impact on forest ecosystems, mitigation, substitution effects), biodiversity (baseline information and protected forest areas), forest fires, forest conditions and the protective functions of forests (water, soil and infra­ structure) as well as contributing to the protection of forests against fires,

• Innovation: to contribute to developing and demonstrating innovative policy approaches, technologies, methods and instruments to assist in the implementation of the Environmental Technologies Action Plan (ETAP),

• Strategic approaches: to promote effective implementation and enforcement of Union environmental legislation and improve the knowledge base for environmental policy; to improve the environmental performance of SMEs

BENEFICIARIES:

Proposals must be presented by entities registered in the Member States of the European Union being public and/or private bodies, actors and institutions

DEADLINE: July 18^Th, 2011.

EU Grant funds for eco innovation

EU contribution - Eco Innovation programme

DEADLINE: 8th September 2011

 

BENEFICIARIES: SMEs, large entreprises, any public or private organisation based in one of the following countries:

• The 27 member states of the EU 
• Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein, Albania, Croatia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Israel. Serbia and Turkey.

Duration of the project: up to 36 months

 

MAIN AREAS OF INTERVENTION:
The Eco-innovation initiative is a cross-cutting programme that supports eco-innovative projects in different sectors which aim at the prevention or the reduction of environmental impacts or which contribute to the optimal use of resources.

 

Current priority areas:

• material recycling,
• sustainable building products,
• the food & drink industry
• green business
• water

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Eu funding: digital cinema

Eu grant fund: VIDEO ON DEMAND AND DIGITAL CINEMA DISTRIBUTION

Deadline: 20th June 2011

MAIN AREAS OF INTERVENTION:

Two types of services targeting two different types of audience are foreseen:one aimed at the general audience through "video on demand" services (Business to Consumers), enabling individuals to select audiovisual works from a central server for viewing on a remote screen by streaming and/or downloading.

1. one aimed at the general audience through "video on demand" services (Business to Consumers), enabling individuals to select audiovisual works from a central server for viewing on a remote screen by streaming and/or downloading.
2. one aimed at cinema exhibitors offering "digital cinema distribution" to their audience (Business to  Business). Digital delivery of "Core Content", i.e. feature films, TV films or series, shorts (fiction, animation and creative documentary) to cinemas for theatrical exploitation (via hard disc, satellite, online…).

Purpose:

The main objective of this scheme is to support the creation and exploitation of catalogues of European works to be distributed digitally across borders to a wider audience and/or to cinema exhibitors through advanced distribution services, integrating where necessary digital security systems in order to protect online content

BENEFICIARIES:

European organisations registered in an eligible country who have as their main activity audiovisual production, distribution, exhibition and aggregation.

Broadcasters and telecommunication companies are not eligible.

Applications from legal entities registered in one of the following countries are eligible:

• the Member States of the European Union
• Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway

• Switzerland

• Croatia

WE ARE LOOKING FOR EU PARTNERS TO APPLY FOR THIS CALL

Eu funding for MEDIA industry

En grant fund:  MEDIA: DEVELOPMENT, DISTRIBUTION PROMOTION AND TRAINING

Deadline: 15th June 2011

BENEFICIARIES:

Applicants must be registered in one of the following countries:
• the 27 countries of the European Union
• Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, Switzerland and Croatia


This call is addressed to candidates in one of the categories of establishment below
• universities,
• specialist vocational training establishments,
• private companies in the audiovisual sector,
• organisations/professional associations specialising in the audiovisual sector
• film and television schools

MAIN AREAS OF INTERVENTION:
Actions aiming at developing the capacity of audiovisual professionals to understand and integrate a European dimension to their work by improving expertise in the following fields:
• training in economic, financial and commercial management,
• training in new audiovisual technologies,
• training in script project development.


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PARTNER SEARCH FOR EU PROJECT IN THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY SECTOR

BENEFICIARIES: 

All applicants must be legal entities, whether public or private, established in the territory of the EU Member States, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Croatia.

 DEADLINE: MAY 12^Th, 2011

PARTNER PROFILE SOUGHT

PMI, research centres, universities and all size companies that work in the following fields:

• BIOBUILDING
• SMART GRID FOR ENERGY COSUMPTION CONTROL
• ELECTRIC ENERGY PRODUCTION

For further information about the project please contact infonetwork@igcsas.it

RESEARCH FUNDS FOR SMEs

EUROPEAN GRANT FUNDS FOR THE BENEFIT OF SMEs.

DEADLINE: Semptember 22^nd, 2011.

ACTIVITIES:

The activities to be implemented include:

• Industrial research activities (planned research or critical investigations aimed at gaining new knowledge, which has to be exploited in order to develop new products, processes or services, or else to allow a significant improvement of the already existing ones).
• Experimental development activities (acquisition, combination, structuring and use of the existing knowledge and skills: these can have either a scientific, technological or commercial nature, in order to produce plans, projects or designs for new products, processes or services, amended or enhanced)

BENEFICIARIES:SMEs and any legal entities established in:
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom.

ICT-BASED SOLUTIONS FOR ADVANCEMENT OF OLDER PERSONS’ MOBILITY

EU GRANT FUNDS


DEADLINE: 30^th June 2011

BENEFICIARIES:

At least three independent legal entities (either public or private) from at least 3 different countries from the following: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel,  Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, UK.

Consortia must include at least one SME partner

MAIN AREAS OF INTERVENTION:

This call will fund proposals for innovative ICT-based solutions with have the potential to enhance mobility of older people by giving support in relation to:

1. orientation and navigation addressed to both indoor and outdoor applications
2. assistive technology (mobility aids)

Purpose

The main goal of the programme  is to improve the quality of life, autonomy, participation in social life, skills and employability of older people, while improving service delivery and reducing the costs of care are secondary targets.