Progetti di ricerca internazionali
Project acronym |
EusoSAP-NWRSA |
Title of project |
European Road Safety Partnership - Network Wide Road Safety Assessment |
Programme |
Erasmus + |
Number of project |
2023-1-PL01-KA220-HED-000156844 |
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Consortium leader |
Gdansk University of Technology (Poland) |
Partner |
University of Zagreb (Croatia) Bauhaus-Universität Weimar (Germany) Lund University (Sweden) University of Catania (Italy) |
Project Start Date |
2023-09-01 |
Project Total Duration |
36 months |
Project End Date |
2026-08-31 |
Abstract |
The project European Road Safety Partnership—Network-wide Road Safety Assessment (EuroSAP-NWRSA), initiated by five European universities: Gdansk University of Technology, University of Zagreb, Bauhaus University of Weimar, Lund University, and University of Catania, focuses on improving road safety in Europe by developing the competence of road infrastructure managers. The introduction of Directive 2008/96/EC on Road Infrastructure Safety Management (RSIM) was an important step, but the lack of casualty reduction prompted the European Parliament and the Council of the EU to introduce an amendment to Directive 2019/1936, broadening its scope and adding a new tool of the Network Wide Road Safety Assessment (NWRSA). The main objectives of the EuroSAP- NWRSA project are for students to gain knowledge and improve the competence and skills of road authorities, auditors, and road safety inspectors, as well as lecturers and experts (teaching staff) in the area of NWRSA as part of RISM. To achieve all objectives, international cooperation within the project will be necessary to increase education quality, allow for knowledge exchange between partners, and implement and disseminate innovative solutions. The EuroS@P project targets the following groups:
The project is a continuation of the 2020-2023 EuroS@P—European Road Safety Partnership project by the consortium Gdansk University of Technology, University of Zagreb, Bauhaus University of Weimar, European Institute of Road Assessment, and University of Catania. Erasmus+ financed the project.
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Project acronym: IN-MOB
Project title: Innovative Products For Sustainable Micromobility
Programme: ERDF Interregional Innovation Investments Instrument (I3)
Funding Agency: EUROPEAN INNOVATION COUNCIL AND SMES EXECUTIVE AGENCY (EISMEA)
Call: I3-2021-INV2a
Topic: I3-2021-INV2a-GREEN
Abstract: IN-MOB deals with the development of innovative electric micro-vehicles (bikes, scooters and cargo-bikes) to be tested in different contexts in order to propose innovative solutions towards sustainable and integrated mobility. The project will develop: micro-vehicles with a very low environmental impact (with recycled/recyclable materials) suitable for integration with public transport; an innovative power supply system with latest-generation supercapacitors, capable of providing energy for medium range and high peak power; an innovative, lightweight and efficient electric motor integrated into the wheel; hub for the rapid charging of innovative batteries, based on photovoltaic energy and equipped for battery sharing. The innovations will be tested in Madeira (PT) with a shared e-scooter service for tourists, considering regulatory barriers, and in Palermo (IT), with e-bikes and cargo-bikes used to test the potential integration with public transport and advantages for urban logistics.
Partners: University of Catania (IT – Project Coordinator), University of Florence (IT), F&N Compositi (IT), Project Vending (IT), GEM Motors (SI), UNEED.IT (IT), PASEUCONSULTING (BE), University of Palermo (IT), Fondazione Marida Correnti (IT), Esco srl (IT), Camara Municipal do Funchal (PT), Secretaria Regional de Equipamentos e Infraestructuras de Madeira (PT)
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URGENT - Urban Resilience and Adaptation for India and Mongolia: curricula, capacity, ICT and stakeholder collaboration to support green & blue infrastructure and nature-based solutions |
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Bando/Ente finanziatore: European Commission - ERASMUS+ - Capacity Building in the Field of Higher Education (KA2) |
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Partners: UNIVERSITAET BREMEN (Germany), UNIVERSITA’ DEGLI STUDI DI CATANIA, Estonian University of Life Sciences (Estonia), Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg (Germany), National University of Mongolia (Mongolia), Khovd University (Mongolia), Mongolian University of Life Science (Mongolia), Urban Planning and Design Institute of Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia), National Garden Park of Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia), Jawaharlal Nehru University (India), Nirma University (India), Pondicherry University (India), Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir (India), National Institute of Urban Affairs (India), Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (India). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Abstract: URGENT is Capacity Building project aims to promote green & blue infrastructure and nature-based solutions for resilient, climate-friendly and liveable cities in India & Mongolia (partner countries – PCs) through ICT-enhanced tertiary education linked to labour markets & wider stakeholder circles.
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Data inizio: 15/01/2021 | Data fine: 14/01/2024 |
MARE - Marine Coastal and Delta Sustainability for Southeast Asia
Responsabile DICAr: Daniele La Rosa |
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Bando/Ente finanziatore: ERASMUS+ - Capacity Building in the Field of Higher Education |
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Partners: University of Bremen (Germany); University of Catania (Italy); Estonian University of Life Sciences (Estonia), National Research Council (Italy); Ho Chi Minh City University of Natural Resources&Environm (Vietnam); Vietnam Maritime University (Vietnam); Can Tho University (Vietnam); Centre for Marinelife Conservation and Community Development (Vietnam); Institute of Oceanography (Vietnam); Universiti Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia); Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (Malaysia); Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (Malaysia); Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (Malaysia) |
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Abstract: MARE in general aims to promote sustainable governance & management of coastal, delta & marine (CDM) socio-ecological systems in MY & VN and adjacent waters through ICT-enhanced tertiary education linked to labour markets & wider stakeholder circles. This aim will be achieved through the following objectives:
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The European Commission support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents which reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. | |
Data inizio: 15/01/2020 | Data fine: 14/01/2023 |
MIAREM | |||
Responsabile DICAr: Loredana Contrafatto | |||
Bando/Ente finanziatore: Appel à projets stratégiques 2014-2010
Bando per progetti strategici 2014-2010, Avviso n. 02/2019, Obiettivo Tematico 3 |
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Programma di finanziamento: Programma ENI di Cooperazione Transfrontaliera Italia-Tunisia 2014-2020, Programme IEV de Cooperation Transfrontaliere Italie Tunisie 2014-2020 |
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Università/Aziende partner: Institut Supérieur de Biotechnologie de Sidi Thabet, Tunisie Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Tunisie, Ecole Supérieure des Ingénieurs de Medjez El Bab, Tunisie Mediterraneo Consulting, Italia FLAG Golfi di Castellammare e Carini. | |||
Abstract: Sicily and Tunisia overlook and share part of the Mediterranean Sea, from which they acquire very important resources for the socio-economic development of the respective territories: quality of the marine environment, fishing, tourism, equilibrium of coastal dynamics. Actions to protect and restore important marine habitats are strategic for maintaining and developing the prosperity of the territories. The objective of the project is the creation and transfer of technological know-how aimed at the recovery and environmental protection of degraded parts of the seabed, through the restoration of Posidonia Oceanica meadows. The regression of the Posidonia Oceanica meadows causes evident imbalances in the dynamics coastal, with a gradual decline in fish stocks of valuable species for small-scale fishing. The project activities aim to transfer a recovery model, already applied along the Italian coasts, to ensure the reversal of the impoverishment processes that currently strongly affect the coasts Tunisian. The innovative elements reside in the use of patented biopolymeric materials used in replanting, as well as the design and installation of protective structures of the replanting site, made with sustainable and eco-compatible materials with the marine environment, which also perform the function of encourage fish restocking. The intervention contributes to the fight against climate change through The beneficiaries of the interventions will be the local communities of the interested territories.
Sicilia e Tunisia si affacciano e condividono parte del Mar Mediterraneo, dal quale acquisiscono risorse importantissime per lo sviluppo socio-economico dei rispettivi territori: qualità dell’ ambiente marino, pesca, turismo, equilibrio delle dinamiche costiere. La azioni di protezione e il ripristino di importanti habitat marini sono strategiche per il mantenimento e lo sviluppo della prosperità dei territori.Obiettivo del progetto è la realizzazione ed il trasferimento di know-how tecnologico finalizzato al recupero e alla tutela ambientale di parti degradate dei fondali marini, attraverso attività di ripristino di praterie di Posidonia Oceanica.La regressione delle praterie di Posidonia Oceanica provoca infatti evidenti squilibri nella dinamica costiera, con un graduale declino degli stock ittici di specie pregiate per la piccola pesca.Le attività del progetto mirano a trasferire un modello di recupero, già applicato lungo le coste italiane, per garantire l'inversione dei processi di impoverimento che attualmente interessano fortemente le coste tunisine. Gli elementi innovativi risiedono nell'uso di materiali biopolimerici brevettati utilizzati nel reimpianto, nonché la progettazione e l'installazione di strutture protettive del sito di reimpianto, realizzate con materiali sostenibili ed eco-compatibili con l’ambiente marino, che svolgono anche la funzione di favorire il ripopolamento ittico. L'intervento contribuisce nella lotta al cambiamento climatico attraverso I beneficiari degli interventi saranno le comunità locali dei territori interessati.
KEYWORDS Ambiente mediterraneo, Posidonia Oceanica, reimpianto, protezione costiera, materiali sostenibili |
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Data inizio: 29/10/2021 | Data fine: 28/10/2023 |
Map4Accessibility |
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Responsabile DICAr: Daniele La Rosa | |||
Bando/Ente finanziatore: Bando/Ente finanziatore: European Commission - ERASMUS+ - Cooperation partnerships in higher education (KA220) | |||
Università/Aziende partner: Università degli Studi della Tuscia (ITaly), Università degli Studi di Catania (Italy), Association de Recherche et de Formation sur l'Insertion en Europe Belgium (Belgium), South-West University Neofit Rilski (Bulgaria), ESCP Business School, Campus Berlin (Germany), Associação Salvador (Portugal), Evroproject OOD (Bulgaria) | |||
Abstract: Map4Accessibility develops a pan-European accessibility mapping app to provides information on the accessibility of public spaces across 4 European cities. The project employs service-learning to engage higher education students and other stakeholders in its community mapping practices. By combining community engagement and academic coursework, preparation and reflection both students and other stakeholders will learn through active engagement and work on a community-identified concern.Map4Accessibility gathers 7 partners from 5 different EU Member States (Italy, Germany, Bulgaria, Portugal and Belgium), with complementary profiles allowing them to have the ideal competence-based mix to design and implement a truly impactful collaborative project. DICAR is in charge of the developing of the urban walks, planning scenarios for improved accessibility and final scientific book. |
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Website: https://map4accessibility.eu/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/urbangreenblue |
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Data inizio: 01/12/2021 | Data fine: 31/11/2024 |
ARTEST - Enhancing Education Programs in Arts and Humanities via EU STEM Methods and Technologies | |
Responsabile DICAr: Cettina Santagati | |
Bando/Ente finanziatore: Erasmus Plus - KA2 Capacity Building in the field of Higher Education | |
Università/Aziende partner: University of Cologne (Coordinator) (Germany); Cyprus University of Technology (Cyprus); University of Catania (Italy); University of the Peloponnese (Greece); Perm State University (Russia); Russian State University for the Humanities (Russia); Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University (Russia); Tuvan State University (Russia); Mongolian University of Science & Technology (Mongolia); National University of Mongolia (Mongolia); The University of the Humanities (Mongolia); International Hellenic University (Greece) | |
Abstract: Il progetto coinvolge le università dell'Europa e dell'Asia (Russia e Mongolia) con l’obiettivo di sviluppare un programma di studio in Digital Humanities per i Beni Culturali. Il progetto risponde alla crescente domanda di professionisti altamente qualificati nel campo del patrimonio culturale che siano in grado di affrontare le sfide dell'Era Digitale. Il progetto persegue i seguenti obiettivi: sviluppo di una metodologia didattica innovativa basata sui metodi di ricerca delle scienze umane, digital humanities, STEM; formazione del personale docente con nuove competenze nell’ambito digitale; sviluppo e lancio di un nuovo corso di studi con opportunità di scambio internazionale per gli studenti; la creazione di un Digital Lab, una piattaforma digitale dove studenti, docenti e ricercatori da tutto il mondo possono collaborare su specifici progetti volti alla preservazione, valorizzazione e disseminazione del patrimonio storico – artistico. | |
Data inizio: 15/01/2021 | Data fine: 14/01/2024 |
CALYPSO SOUTH | |
Responsabile DICAr: Rosario Sinatra | |
Bando/Ente finanziatore: Regione Siciliana – P.O. INTERREG V-A Italia-Malta 2014-2020 | |
Università/Aziende partner: Università di Malta; Università di Palermo; CNR; ARPA Sicilia; Transport Malta; Civil protection Department Malta; IAS Istituto per lo studio degli impatti Antropici e sostenibilità in ambiente Marino | |
Abstract: Il progetto affronta la sfida comune della sicurezza nel trasporto marittimo, della salvaguardia delle vite umane in mare e della tutela delle risorse marino-costiere. Il progresso tecnologico ed i risultati della ricerca scientifica vengono messi al servizio della risposta umanitaria nelle situazioni di emergenza, in maniera congiunta, al fine di ridurre i rischi connessi ai flussi migratori ed al trasporto marittimo. CALYPSO SOUTH trae vantaggio dagli sviluppi dei precedenti CALYPSO e CALYPSO FOLLOW ON con i seguenti obiettivi generali: (1) estendere la copertura della rete HF verso la parte occidentale del canale siculo-maltese ed a sud dell’arcipelago maltese; (2) implementare strumenti di monitoraggio e previsione; fornire servizi orientati a supporto delle autorità competenti nelle operazioni di sicurezza marittima. La disponibilità di tali strumenti innovativi consente agli enti preposti di ridurre i tempi d’intervento limitando le aree di ricerca. Gli output principali includono l’installazione di stazioni meteo per l’implementazione di applicazioni integrate di sicurezza portuale, e l’ampliamento della rete HF per l’incremento della copertura in aree strategiche, nonché la qualità dei dati distribuiti tramite applicazioni orientate. Ne beneficiano gli attori coinvolti nella catena di soccorso internazionale, inclusi: Armed Forces of Malta, Transport Malta, i due dipartimenti di Protezione Civile, la Guardia Costiera Italiana e la Marina Militare Italiana, grazie all’ottimizzazione delle operazioni di sicurezza della navigazione e salvaguardia del mare. L’approccio sinergico delle azioni progettuali è finalizzato alla consolidamento della cooperazione transnazionale, data la caratteristica transfrontaliera della problematica. Osservazioni e modelli indicano, infatti, che la variabilità di correnti superficiali e vento è tale che un pericolo innescato in una delle acque territoriali potrebbe interessarne le altre; la sicurezza in mare, inoltre, coinvolge largamente le acque internazionali il cui monitoraggio richiede l’installazione di stazioni HF su entrambe le coste nazionali. Il progetto costituisce un ulteriore elemento verso la costituzione di una autostrada dell’informazione in mare innovativa per il supporto nell’area delle autorità competenti. |
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Data inizio: 1/03/2018 | Data fine: 31/08/2020 |
Climate Change Management through Mitigation and Adaptation – ADAPTM | |||
Responsabile DICAr: Francesco Martinico | |||
Bando/Ente finanziatore: ERASMUS+ Action KA2- Capacity Building in the Field of Higher Education | |||
Università/Aziende partner: University of Catania – Italy (Lead Partner), the Programme Partners of University of Klaipéda (Lithuania), Euro-Mediterranean University (Portroz, Slovenia), National Observatory Athens (Greece) and the Project Partners of Alexandria University (Alexandria, Egypt), Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport (Alexandria, Egypt), Suez Canal University (Ismailia, Egypt) and South Valley University (Qena, Egypt). | |||
Abstract: Climate Change Management through Adaptation and Mitigation (AdapTM) is a three year project (2017-2020, extended to July 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic) funded and financed by about 771.000 euro by the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) of the European Commission, in the framework of the Erasmus + Programme (Action KA2 - Capacity building in the field of Higher Education), Agreement number 2017-2965/001-001, Project reference number 585917-EPP-1-2017-1-IT-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP.
The network of Partners included eight Higher Education Institutions from five different countries. The University of Catania acted as coordinator and leading partner of the Project, offering its contribution in the general management of the project, the scientific support for the development of customised curricula, the setting up of updated contents of the new courses for MSc, along with the organization of seminars and workshops for presentation of the curricula and the organization of local dissemination events, the development of didactic material and the organization of activities and lectures for an e-learning platform. The AdapTM Project aimed to continue the reform of the Higher Education system in the field of Environmental Sciences and to improve the quality and efficiency of educational process in Egypt according to the requirements of Bologna Declaration (1999) and Strategic Framework for European Cooperation in Education and Training (ET 2020). The main achievements of the Project was to ensure the design and implementation of an interdisciplinary Master Degree Study Programme in the field of climate change, in order to support Egyptian Universities with the integration of emerging technologies in climate change management in a competence-based education system, hence advancing higher education according to the European standards for quality of education. The eight partners worked on designing, accrediting the Master Degree ‘Smart Environment and Climate Change Management (SECCM)’ focused on Physical and Environmental Sciences and fully compliant with ET2020 and the Bologna Declaration. The SECCM was finally delivered and attended by almost a hundred students at the four Egyptian Universities with a supplementary accreditation of Double Degree agreements between EG Universities and the University of Catania. Among the other project achievements, a Collaboration Platform (CP) for learning and academic environment was designed, implemented and used for teaching activities of the SECCM. The CP tools were used by different target groups (students, professors, administrative staff, project members, guests) and allowed courses development, management and collaboration (thanks to e-learning modules). A Textbook and other teaching materials on SECCM disciplines, a Final Book on the Climate Change Management topics and other original peer-reviewed scientific papers on International Journals were finally published during the lifetime of the AdapTM contributing to the scientific debate about Climate Change Management in Mediterranean Countries. The AdapTM Project contributed on the process of reform of HEI governance relies on the Accreditation of a Master Degree Course by the Egyptian Ministry of University and, subsequently, by the four Egyptian HEI. This constituted a further positive example of a desirable transition toward the Bologna Process and European standards of HE quality, that will increase exchange of students, teachers and administrative staff. Furthermore, the establishment of SECCM Master Degree Programme represented a relevant and highly innovation of the Egyptian HEI offer in timely topics such as Climate Change Management, paving the way to other new Courses on sustainable development that are required in a fast changing and vulnerable socio-ecological systems, such as the ones of Egypt.
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Data inizio: 15/10/2017 | Data fine: 14/07/2021 |
DEMAND - Decision-making for Emerging MANufacturing and Distribution Responsabile DICAr: Salvatore Cannella |
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Bando/Ente finanziatore: Ayudas a los agentes públicos del Sistema Andaluz del Conocimiento, para la realización de proyectos de I+D+i / Comunità Autonoma dell’Andalusia, Spagna | |
Partners: Universidad de Sevilla, (responsabile), Universidade de Lisboa, Panalpina Research Centre, Universidad de Oviedo, Schneider Electric, Heineken. | |
Abstract: The manufacture of products and their distribution to the final customer are being the subject of disruptive changes on the last years, giving rise to radically new scenarios for production and logistics. These changes are related, among others, to different factors such as 1) the advances in new manufacturing technologies (including additive manufacturing, nano-manufacturing, …), 2) the massive application of TIC, automation and AI to production & logistics, 3) the ever growing power of customers staying as the centre of the operations, and 4) the reinforcement of environmental awareness and subsequent legislation leading to the concept of circular economy. It is foreseeable that these scenarios would be characterised by the joint production-distribution of extremely customised, integrated product-services, which will take place in a production-distribution ecosystem where highly-digitalised companies would dynamically share their resources, possible using the remanufacture of previous product-services. In order to adequately manage operations in these scenarios, it is necessary to characterise and analyse these scenarios from a decisional (i.e. operations) viewpoint, as well as to develop methods and solution procedures for the decision problems identified in the analysis. The objective of the DEMAND project is to develop advanced techniques to support operations in manufacturing and distribution in the new scenarios mentioned above. | |
Data inizio: prevista nel 2020 | Data fine: durata 24 mesi |
EFECTOS - Escenarios de Fabricación Emergentes: CaracTerización, Optimización y Simulación Responsabile DICAr: Salvatore Cannella |
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Bando/Ente finanziatore: Proyectos I+D+i FEDER Andalucía 2014-2020 / Comunità Autonoma dell’Andalusia, Spagna. | |
Partners: Universidad de Sevilla, Spagna (responsabile), Universidade de Lisboa, Panalpina Research Centre, Universidad de Oviedo, FernUniversität Hagen, Coca-Cola Iberian Partners, Grupo CIAT. | |
Abstract: L'obiettivo di EFECTOS (Escenarios de Fabricación Emergentes: CaracTerización, Optimización y Simulación) è lo sviluppo di tecniche avanzate di supporto alla decisione in scenari manifatturieri emergenti (es: industrial symbiosis 4.0, closed-loop supply chain, etc.).Tra le attività di ricerca previste si annoverano (1) la caratterizzazione degli scenari manifatturieri emergenti, (2) l'analisi della letteratura e dei casi industriali, (3) lo sviluppo di una piattaforma di simulazione per il test degli scenari individuati e infine (4) lo sviluppo di modelli e procedure per risoluzione dei problemi decisionali strategiche in detti scenari. | |
Data inizio: prevista nel 2020 | Data fine: durata 24 mesi |
EuroS@P project European Road Safety Partnership Responsabile DICAr: Salvatore Cafiso |
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Bando/Ente finanziatore: ERASMUS+ - Capacity Building in the Field of Higher Education | |||||
Università/Aziende partner: Gdansk University of Technology (capofila) (Poland), Bauhaus-Univesitaet Weinar (Germany), Sveuciliste U Zagrebu (Croatia), European Institute of Road Assessment (Belgium) | |||||
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INFRO@D European Digital Education in Road Infrastructure Management Responsabile DICAr: Salvatore Cafiso |
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Bando/Ente finanziatore: Strategic Partnerships of ERASMUS + program | |||||
Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has forced a departure from the current ways of functioning of societies in many aspects related to the economy, travel, work and education. This also applies to higher education. The necessity of distance learning is one of the ways to maintain social distance and protect our life and health. The preliminary assessment of the situation at universities in Poland and other European countries shows that the academic staff is not sufficiently prepared to conduct attractive and effective classes conducted in a remote format. The necessity to conduct remote classes by universities, both during studies and training courses, requires the development of a dedicated didactic and training process, taking into account the specific requirements of interdisciplinary engineering knowledge. Transferring this knowledge in remote education, due to its large scope, requires the use of many didactic tools: lectures, fieldwork, design, exercise, laboratory, independent work of students along with the assessment of the progress and knowledge of students. As part of the INFRO@D Project, a model product dedicated to distance learning at technical universities in the field of civil engineering and transport will be developed. This product will include comprehensive and innovative solutions, enabling the implementation of distance learning at the highest level. The developed methodology and teaching materials will be based on the road infrastructure management course, with particular emphasis on the elements of road infrastructure safety management. The method of preparing the methodology and teaching and training materials will enable their implementation for any thematic scope in the area of civil engineering and transport. The project provides for the construction of a digital education methodology in the field of teaching at universities and training for engineering staff. Preparation of a remote education course in road infrastructure safety management will enable the use and verification of the best solutions of teaching methodology in this mode from Austria, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Italy. The INFRO@D project will raise the level of teaching and training, using innovative digital teaching materials for distance learning, which can be used by other universities dealing with this subject. The main goal of the INFRO@D project is to increase the competences and skills of distance learning in a model solution in the field of road infrastructure safety management. To achieve this goal, actions should be taken to promote the best solutions in the field of digital education (remote - carried out ad hoc during a pandemic and e-learning courses, which may become a permanent element of the didactic process in the future) | |||||
Data inizio: 01/03/2021 Data fine: 28/02/2023 | |||||
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INLAND Responsabile DICAr: Daniele La Rosa |
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Nome progetto: INLAND | |||||
Bando/Ente finanziatore: German Ministery of Education | |||||
Università/Aziende partner: 1-Czechia, University of Ostrava; 2-Hungary, HBMO; 3-Italy, University of Catania; 4-Poland, Central Mining Institute, Katowice; 5-Poland, ARMSA, Mazovia; 6-Romania, University of Bucharest; 7-Slovakia, Slovenska Akademia Vied; 8-Slovenia, Slovenian Forestry Institute, Department of Forest Ecology; 9-Slovenia, BSC, Business support Centre, Ltd., Kranj;10-Spain, University Santiago de Compostela; 11 Germany, Halle University | |||||
Abstract: The aim of these funding regulations is therefore to make use of joint research and innovation projects to improve the integration of the Central, Eastern and South Eastern European countries in particular. Against this backdrop, we will fund cooperation between German institutions and partners in the target countries aimed at drafting joint proposals within the framework of Horizon 2020, the European Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, and other European programmes that are relevant to research. As far as possible, partner countries should draw on their own funds to support research collaboration, including funding obtained from the European Structural Funds. When establishing project consortia the aim should be to cover as much of the value chain as possible and to involve companies, notably SMEs, in promoting the transfer of technology and innovation. | |||||
Data inizio: 1/05/2019 | Data fine: 31/12/2020 |
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NEWS - Nearshore hazard monitoring and Early WarningSystem Responsabile DICAr: Enrico Foti |
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Bando/Ente finanziatore: Programma di Cooperazione – “Interreg V-A Italia-Malta” - Avviso pubblico 1/2016 | |||||||||||||
Partners: Università degli Studi Kore di Enna, University of Malta, Libero Consorzio Comunale di Ragusa | |||||||||||||
Abstract: Il Progetto NEWS “Nearshore hazard monitoring and Early Warning System” ha come obiettivo lo sviluppo di un sistema integrato di monitoraggio ed early warning, nonché di adattamento ai rischi provenienti dal mare, con la finalità di segnalare alla popolazione con adeguato anticipo la possibilità di inondazioni, erosioni di litorali sabbiosi e crollo di falesie, nonché di permettere l’attivazione di misure di salvaguardia per evitare danni alle persone e cose. | |||||||||||||
Data inizio: 1/03/2018 | Data fine: 28/02/2021 |
SimetoRES - Urban adaptation and community learning for a resilient Simeto Valley LIFE Responsabile DICAr: Antonino Cancelliere |
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Bando/Ente finanziatore: Agenzia esecutiva per le piccole e medie imprese (EASME) della Comunità Europea, linea di finanziamento LIFE | |
Partners: Comuni di Paternò (coordinatore), Ragalna e S.M. di Licodia (CT) | |
Abstract: I cambiamenti climatici in atto comportano un aumento delle temperature e una modifica dei regimi pluviometrici, con conseguente aggravamento delle condizioni meteorologiche estreme. Oltre all’aumentata frequenza di intense ondate di calore, da un lato si verificano sempre più frequentemente piene e alluvioni (comunemente percepite come “troppa acqua”), dall’altro si osservano fenomeni di siccità, specialmente in contesti rurali (comunemente percepiti come “troppa poca acqua”). I fattori che determinano i cambiamenti climatici possono essere mitigati (riduzione delle emissioni di gas serra) ma al contempo, è necessario prevedere forme di adattamento ad essi. In questa seconda prospettiva, assume centralità il concetto di resilienza, espressione che descrive la capacità di un sistema a mutare senza perdere le proprie caratteristiche costitutive intrinseche. Adattamento e resilienza riguardano sia la sfera fisica che culturale. Il programma di finanziamento EU Life prevede delle misure specifiche in merito all’adattamento ai cambiamenti climatici, con particolare riferimento sia alla sfera fisica che a quella culturale. L’obiettivo generale è promuovere la realizzazione di interventi in ambito urbano che mirino all’attuazione del principio di invarianza idraulica, ovvero consentire al ciclo dell’acqua di compiersi senza eccessive disfunzioni dovute alle opere antropiche, tra cui l’aumento dell’impermeabilizzazione del suolo, e la cementificazione incontrollata dei naturali percorsi di deflusso delle acque. Il principio di invarianza idraulica sarà perseguito attraverso la realizzazione di infrastrutture verdi che presentano caratteristiche di elevata permeabilità, e che quindi favoriscono l’infiltrazione nel sottosuolo delle acque meteoriche, anziché il loro ruscellamento in superficie. Al contempo, sarà dato rilievo alla valenza socio-educativa di tali interventi. Essi, infatti, oltre a essere concentrati in aree strategiche in termini di organizzazione fisica e funzionale dello spazio, sono pensati per essere ampiamente fruiti da una molteplicità di attori sociali (bambini e loro famiglie, poiché alcuni interventi riguardano le scuole; comitati di quartiere volti all’integrazione urbana, poiché altri interventi riguardano nascenti complessi di edilizia residenziale pubblica; la cittadinanza tutta, poiché altri ancora sono dislocati in attrezzature pubbliche lineari e centri di aggregazione come strade, piazze e parchi). Le caratteristiche e i benefici degli interventi realizzati saranno oggetto di momenti di apprendimento collettivo all’interno di tali contesti, al fine di sensibilizzare le generazioni attuali e future all’adattamento ai cambiamenti climatici. Il progetto ha quindi come obiettivo di medio e lungo periodo la promozione dell’adattamento, della resilienza e dell’invarianza idraulica come concetti chiave non solo dei criteri di progettazione e realizzazione delle infrastrutture, ma anche del vissuto quotidiano. Il contesto di riferimento, costituito da tre comuni che presentano una continuità storica, geografica e paesaggistica all’interno della Valle del Simeto, Paternò, Ragalna e Santa Maria di Licodia, è strategico. I tre comuni hanno aderito assieme alle municipalità di Motta Sant’Anastasia, Belpasso, Biancavilla, Adrano, Centuripe, Troina, e Regalbuto, all’Università di Catania e al Presidio Partecipativo del Patto di Fiume Simeto, al Patto di Fiume Simeto nel maggio del 2015. Il patto ha avuto durata triennale, e quindi richiede un rinnovo della Convenzione Quadro. Sin dalla sua istituzione, il Patto lavora per approfondire temi connessi con lo sviluppo locale e con la pianificazione e progettazione ambientale ed ecologica; tra essi, la questione dell’invarianza idraulica è una questione cruciale. I tre Comuni rappresentano quindi un primo nucleo di sperimentazione pratica che si auspica possa essere replicato nei comuni limitrofi che ne condividono principi e obiettivi di azione. | |
Data inizio: 15/06/2018 | Data fine: 15/12/2021 |
URGENT - Urban Resilience and Adaptation for India and Mongolia: curricula, capacity, ICT and stakeholder collaboration to support green & blue infrastructure and nature-based solutions |
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Bando/Ente finanziatore: European Commission - ERASMUS+ - Capacity Building in the Field of Higher Education (KA2) |
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Partners: UNIVERSITAET BREMEN (Germany), UNIVERSITA’ DEGLI STUDI DI CATANIA, Estonian University of Life Sciences (Estonia), Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg (Germany), National University of Mongolia (Mongolia), Khovd University (Mongolia), Mongolian University of Life Science (Mongolia), Urban Planning and Design Institute of Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia), National Garden Park of Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia), Jawaharlal Nehru University (India), Nirma University (India), Pondicherry University (India), Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir (India), National Institute of Urban Affairs (India), Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (India). | |
Abstract: URGENT is Capacity Building project aims to promote green & blue infrastructure and nature-based solutions for resilient, climate-friendly and liveable cities in India & Mongolia (partner countries – PCs) through ICT-enhanced tertiary education linked to labour markets & wider stakeholder circles.
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The European Commission support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents which reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. | |
Data inizio: 15/01/2021 | Data fine: 14/01/2024 |