The olive tree (Olea Europaea) is native across the Mediterranean region. It is among the oldest fruit trees cultivated in north African countries. In Morocco alone, it occupies 65% of the national arboricultural area with a production exceeding 1.4 Tons between 2016 and 2019, creating more than 50 million workdays. However, this cultivation faces hardship ahead, mainly because of climate change and water deficiency, hence the urgent need to take rapid action to enable high-yield, high-quality, sustainable, and resilient production. This study aims to assess the olive trees’ health and predict their yield using EO data of different sensors including Sentinel (1 and 2), Landsat, Mohamed VI satellite imagery and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. The EO data will be combined with climatic data and Machine Learning models. The main objective is to develop an open-source EO workflow that will be applied to other regions of Africa and be helpful in monitoring tree health and early forecasting of olive production. The developed workflow could be used by different types of end-users such as governmental institutions, researcher institutions as well as farmers for deriving the information at national, regional or local scale respectively.

GATEKEEPER is a European Multi Centric Large-Scale Pilot on Smart Living Environments. The main objective is enabling the creation of a platform that connects healthcare providers, businesses, entrepreneurs, and elderly citizens and the communities they live in, in order to originate an open, trust-based arena for matching ideas, technologies, user needs and processes, aimed at ensuring healthier independent lives for the ageing populations. The scope of GATEKEEPER is the application of advanced Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) to tackle the challenge of improving the quality of life of citizens while demonstrating its significant efficiency gains in health and care delivery across Europe. The main objective of the Project is to create a GATEKEEPER, that connects healthcare providers, businesses, entrepreneurs, elderly citizens and the communities they live in, in order to originate an open, trust-based arena for matching ideas, technologies, user needs and processes, aimed at ensuring healthier independent lives for the ageing populations.

The main objective of the project is to foster the broader participation of V4 (Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia) non-state development actors in European Union (EU) development funding programs. As the development assistance projects are generally based on common values, 30 years after the creation of the Visegrad Group, stronger V4 engagement in their realization firmly resonates with the principal concepts underlying the foundations of the Visegrad Declaration. The project will examine enhancing the V4 development actors’ cooperation. It will strive for searching solutions to increase the level of non-state actors’ engagement in bidding for EU development assistance tenders. To this end, the project will facilitate the knowledge transfer from Denmark which has a relatively successful record of EU development assistance funding acquisition. Besides, the Nordic countries’ high level of cooperation in the joint financing and realization of development projects can be considered good practice and may serve as an inspiration for consortium building or subcontracting strategies among the V4 development actors. In addition, the project will complement the participants’ understanding of procurement and grants for EU external actions’ requirements and procedures in the context of the new EU development finance architecture through the participation in the workshops attended by experts from the European Commission. Last but not least, it will make use of the observations shared by the development actors from the recipient countries concerning their experience in joint efforts with development actors from the Visegrad countries, as well as their expectations about such cooperation. As the project will showcase the development cooperation efforts of the V4 countries through a dedicated website, social media activities and podcast sessions, it will also promote the values that were fundamental at the origin of the Visegrad Group's establishment.

The project “East European Literary Magazines 1945 – 2004: Testing the Boundaries and paving the way to democratization” (LITMAG) goal is to address the lack in documentation, analysis and public awareness of the role of European literary magazines, specifically the East European literary magazines, as voices of opposition to authoritarian and totalitarian regimes in the period post World War II, and – later – as vehicles for democratic transition and consolidation in the period of accession to the European Union and EU membership. The project consortium, which brings together 8 project partners from 6 EU Member States (Slovenia, Poland, Austria, Hungary, Lithuania and Italy) will accomplish the project goal by collecting original material (print) and oral testimonies (photo, video) and moulding the material into an interactive travel exhibition, through a global three-part lecture series on the project topic and a project book publication targeting the academic and professional community.

ISIDORe is funded by the European Union under Horizon Europe (Grant #101046133). With 154 partners from 32 countries worldwide, the ISIDORe consortium proposes to assemble the largest and most diverse research and service providing instrument to study infectious diseases in Europe, from structural biology to clinical trials.

ISIDORe’s two overarching goals are:
1. contributing to fighting the rise of the SARS-CoV-2 variants through a global, integrated and challenge-driven approach by providing fast access to cutting-edge resources and services to scientific user communities for supporting the evidence-based development or adaptation of countermeasures in times of emergency,
2. contributing to Europe’s readiness to any epidemic-prone pathogen through a global, integrated and preparedness-driven approach by providing access to cutting-edge resources and services to scientific user communities for supporting their research projects in the field of infectious diseases in “peaceful times” as well as during epidemics.

These goals will be achieved through specific objectives:
● Assembling a One Health-driven, comprehensive, integrated, customised, flexible and high-quality portfolio of services that supports user projects related to both the challenge-driven and preparedness-driven approaches
● Providing access to the full range of our services in a user-friendly and efficient manner
● Enabling by means of scientific services the development or adaptation of prevention and intervention
● Enabling further research by dissemination of the results of user projects through the use of global standards, relevant data platforms and registries, according to FAIR principles and the GDPR.
● Expanding and constantly improving our portfolio of services
● Aligning the activities of our project with overarching strategies for pandemic management and preparedness to better support research on epidemic-prone pathogens and face epidemics

The expected outcomes of the project include:
1. Comprehensive catalogue of RI services relevant to tackle infectious diseases epidemics is available, including services supporting pertinent social sciences research;
2. Fast assembly and provision of innovative, customised and efficient RI services to support research linked to detecting, assessing and combatting newly emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants;
3. Challenge-driven integration of RI to better support research addressing infectious diseases and face epidemics, including for use by epidemics risk assessment and risk management bodies (such as the ECDC, the WHO, the OIE and national epidemics management bodies);
4. Rapid response to epidemics outbreaks through RI services underpinning and supporting research aiming to understand causes and development of the epidemic;
5. Development of novel/adapted epidemics intervention tools and measures enabled by relevant RI services;
6. Availability of research data emerging from access provision activities for re-use on common data platforms and registries, according to FAIR principles and compliant with legal provisions under the GDPR.

Background: A survey conducted with the main Educational Health Organization in Austria showed that roughly 50% of initial applicants for classes leading to a qualification in the healthcare sector do not succeed in their training due to a lack of adequate language skills (German). An additional problem is that 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants - as well as other non-native speakers - have neither the appropriate level of language nor the vocabulary to pursue their (further) education in the healthcare sector and obtain the necessary qualifications for entering the workforce. In Germany, the situation is comparable; 56% of unqualified healthcare workers have a migration background and 27,3% of these come from Eastern-European countries (Federal Statistical Office, Institute for Adult Education, Federal Employment Agency). Health tourism, with people seeking affordable healthcare e.g. in Eastern European Countries, and German-speaking students wishing to study or train in non-German-speaking countries are further considerations that underline the urgent need for improved, vocation-specific language skills for the healthcare sector.

Objectives: This project develops top-notch instruments and methodologies in coordination with the partner institutions to forward the innovation-led transformation process of the learning culture of VET institutions. As an output of the project VET trainers will be equipped with a digital learning platform which not only comprises up to date training methodologies but is interlinked/connected to a language learning tool that has been awarded multiple times and complies with the zeitgeist. The platform can be used in blended learning settings and all developed tools will be accessible anytime and anywhere due to their complete digital finish. The IDEAL project will bridge the gap between recognized language skill deficits (in German) and current VET training/teaching/counselling methods in the healthcare sector. It will do this by developing an innovative online language learning approach, consisting of learning videos (using interactive subtitles) and an interactive glossary, which will be a part of a digital learning platform, and secondly, a teacher’s handbook with practical and methodological guidelines for the best usage of the videos, glossary and other materials collected. Additionally, it aims to offer digital learning tools to students and trainees in neighbouring countries (Hungary, Slovakia, Germany) so that they can improve their German language skills and enter the healthcare sector. Accordingly, the project aims to contribute to 1) raising the practical skill level of VET trainers/teachers/counsellors, and 2) improve German language skills and labour market integration of trainees in the healthcare sector. Furthermore, it seeks to promote the use of innovative digital learning tools for language proficiency and skills training, and transfer knowledge in this area among countries. Finally, the project aims to contribute to better employability for people from partner countries wishing to train/work in the healthcare sector in German-speaking countries.

The underdeveloped South-Danube region has massive potentials with the attractive Mediterranean climate, spas, health clinics and wine regions. A group of regional innovation leaders set the long-term aim to transform the region into the healthiest region in Hungary and beyond, while creating new jobs. With high-level prevention/rehabilitation services and healthcare treatment facilities we will attract locals, health-conscious tourists from abroad and elderly to relocate or visit. To achieve the long-term goal via making healthcare facilities more effective and market focused we successfully piloted a two-tier programme to uncover clinical needs and generate innovative solutions. Our Champion Network, consisting of junior clinicians provides the multidisciplinary non-clinician Discovery Team with access to hospitals to uncover problems from an external point of view. The defined problems are put forward to students in Hackathons and Innovations courses to develop innovative solutions. In this proposal we aim to 1) expand our piloted initiative to more clinics; 2) launch a network for elderly to provide information and education for healthy ageing; 3) formalize our multi-stakeholder network of decision makers to shape the final Silver Economy regional development plan. The consortium consists of the University of Pecs, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Pécs-Baranya, and the Health Industry Innovation Center of Pecs Ltd. We will establish a multi-stakeholder network with members from academia, businesses, government and society, organize science communication events for the society and expand the clinical-needs discovering network. Then the consortium will develop a regional strategy plan, finalize the establishment of the elderly network.

Parkinson-kór a második leggyakoribb idegsejtpusztulással járó (neurodegeneratív) megbetegedés, melynek az előfordulási aránya folyamatos növekedés mutat. A PK hátterében kóros fehérje és vas lerakódás figyelhető meg, mely már a betegség első motoros tüneteinek megjelenése előtt évekkel vagy évtizedekkel elindul. A rendelkezésre álló gyógyszeres kezelési lehetőségek csak tüneti jellegűek, azaz nem képesek lassítani vagy megállítani az idegsejtek pusztulását. Bár ígéretes neuroprotektív gyógyszerek kifejlesztése folyamatban van, e szerek betegségmódosító hatása nem bizonyítható. A PK neuroprotektív terápiáinak kifejlesztését ugyanis nagymértékben hátráltatja az a tény, hogy mire az első motoros tünetek megjelennek az idegsejtpusztulás már kiterjedt mértékű. A klinikai tüneteket még nem okozó (preklinikai és prodromális) PK megbízható azonosítása ezért elsődleges kutatási terület a neuroprotektív eljárások kifejlesztése, illetve a PK kialakulásának késleltetése vagy megelőzése szempontjából. Jelen nemzetközi kutatás célja a korai és preklinikai állapotok megbízható azonosítására szolgáló MRI képalkotáson és elektrofiziológiai módszereken, illetve klinikai jellemzők megismerésén alapuló eljárás kidolgozása és a betegség kórélettani folyamatának behatóbb megismerése. Célunk, hogy egészséges önkénteseken, különböző alvászavarokban szenvedő egyének, illetve korai Parkinson-kóros személyek bevonásával az ultranagy felbontású mágneses rezonancia neuroimaging területén elért élvonalbeli fejlesztéseket és a neuroanatómiai technikák legújabb vívmányait a legmodernebb alvásdiagnosztikai módszerekkel kombináljuk.Az IronSleep a korai stádiumú Parkinson-kór nagy felbontású neuroimaging biomarkereinek eddig példa nélküli fejlődését fogja biztosítani, feltárva a PK neuropatológiájának terjedési mintáit, mechanizmusait és dinamikáját, valamint az alvászavarokkal való kapcsolatát. Reményeink szerint eredményeink új PK kimutatására szolgáló eszközzel fogja felvértezni a klinikusokat.

ONELAB will develop modular „Rapid Response Mobile Laboratories (RRML) for rapid, flexible, scalable, multi-scenario deployments into the widest range of possible settings. These next-generation facilities will support nextgeneration measurement-technologies/methodologies and, through satellite communications, form wide-area GIS enabled laboratory information systems.

The overarching aim of GOLIAT is to characterize and monitor RF-EMF exposure, in particular 5G, provide novel insights into potential causal neuropsychological and biological effects, and understand risk perception and communication through citizen engagement using an integrative and transdisciplinary pan-European approach. GOLIAT will ensure that the objectives are measurable, verifiable, achievable, and highly relevant for policy through: focusing on the most vulnerable (i.e. young people) and most exposed (i.e. workers) populations; implementing novel and robust methodologies including next-generation exposure assessment, causal inference, experimental work, health impact assessment, mental models, and ethical values assessment; placing a strong emphasis on translation of knowledge and citizen engagement; and developing a FAIR data infrastructure for use during and beyond the project.

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