Projects Archive

The SMACH Forum is a follow up of the SMACH project, Sustainable MAnagement of Cultural Heritage in the Balkans in Response to Climate Change.

SMACH Forum further supports know-how exchange on sustainable management of cultural heritage, through the creation of a Europe-South Eastern European (EU-SEE) platform for institutions, researchers and decision makers working on this topic. 

MUHAI - Meaning and Understanding in Human-centric AI is a 4-year Horizon 2020 project (2020-2024) funded by the EU FET 'Boosting emerging technologies' (FETPROACT-EIC-05-2019). VIU is partner with Professor Luc Steels as MUHAI Scientific Coordinator and as leader of the Communication, Dissemination and Ethics WP. 

MUHAI works on developing Human-Centric Artificial Intelligence (AI) in a pivotal moment of AI tools diffusion. Its findings open doors regarding the meaning we human assign to reality and how to pass it to machines, to better our lives.

At the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21), a Memorandum of Understanding on climate change (i.e. risk evaluation, adaptation and mitigation) was signed between the Italian Ministry for Environment, Land and Sea (IMELS) and the Comorian Ministry for Agriculture, Fisheries, Environment, Land Management and Urban Planning.

Following a technical visit to the Comoros Union – a group of Islands located in the Indian Ocean, on the East-African Coast – in 2016, Contarina S.p.A. presented DECOR project, aimed at developing an Integrated Waste Management model, in a synergic effort together with the Comorian Authorities.

The unprecedented threat of climate change is posing a severe risk to human activities, due to the increasing frequency and magnitude of extreme events.

Introducing Climate Proofing in Investments and Spatial Planning (ICPISP) is a project by Enel Foundation and VIU – TEN Program, in collaboration with the Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC). It aims at applying a multi‐hazard approach for a Socio‐Economic Regional Risk Assessment (SERRA).

VIU_TeDIS is one of the partners of the project SUSPORT.
SUStainable PORTs is a strategic project funded by the Interreg Italy-Croatia Program.
Priority Axis: Maritime transport
Specific object: Improve the quality, safety and environmental sustainability of marine and coastal transport services and nodes by promoting multimodality in the Programme area.

VIU_TeDIS is one of the partners of the SPROUT project: Sustainable Policy RespOnse to Urban mobility Transition, financed by the H2020 Program.

SPROUT provides a new city-led innovative and data driven policy response to address the impacts of the emerging mobility patterns, digitally-enabled operating and business models, and transport users’ needs.

When well communicated, science and research offer a number of potential benefits to society. But how can we recognize valuable scientific dissemination? When is it effective? How can we promote and incentivize science communication?

QUEST - QUality and Effectiveness in Science and Technology communication is a 2-year H2020 project funded with € 1.2 million by the EU Commission within the SwafS action - Science with and for Society.

VIU, through its TEN Program on Sustainability, is Coordinator of a consortium of 8 partners which include Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), City University of London (CITY), Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (UNIVE), Tallinn University (TLU), WAN-IFRA FR, Trinity College Dublin-Science Gallery (TCD), Agency for the Promotion of European Research (APRE).

VIU_TeDIS is one of the partners of the project “Sustainable Ports in the Adriatic-Ionian Region” (SUPAIR) cofinanced by the Adriatic-Ionian Programme INTERREG V-B Transnational 2014-2020.

Program priority: Connected Region
Program specific objective: Enhance capacity for integrated transport and mobility services and multimodality in the Adriatic-Ionian area.

VIU_TeDIS is one of the partners of the project “Intermodal Connections in Adriatic-Ionian Region to Upgrowth Seamless solutions for passengers” (ICARUS) financed by the Italy-Croatia INTERREG Program.

Program priority axis: Maritime Transport
Program specific objective: Improve the quality, safety and environmental sustainability of marine and coastal transport services and nodes by promoting multimodality in the Program area.

VIU_TeDIS is one of the partners of the project “Promoting maritime and multimodal freight transport in the Adriatic Sea” (PROMARES) financed by the Italy-Croatia INTERREG Program.

Program priority axis: Maritime Transport.
Program specific objective:Improve the quality, safety and environmental sustainability of marine and coastal transport services and nodes by promoting multimodality in the Program area.

VIU_TeDIS is one of the partners of Peripheral Access: Transnational cooperation and partnership for better public transport in peripheral and cross-border regions, cofinanced by Central Europe Program.

Program priority: Cooperating on transport to better connect Central Europe.
Program objective: To improve planning and coordination of regional passenger transport system for better connections to national and European transport networks

VIU, through its TEN Program on Sustainability, is partner in EUCLID – EU-China Lever for IPM Demonstration, which was launched at the kick off meeting held at the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) in Sophia-Antipolis, France, on September 28-29, 2015.