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• ENIAC launches call for proposals
  ENIAC is a public-private partnerships for collaborative research in the field of nanoelectronics. Under the 2012 annual workprogramme of the ENIAC joint undertaking, a call for proposals has just been published.
  
  
• ARTEMIS launches call for proposals
  The objective of the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking is to increase the efficiency of technological development and enhance European competitiveness of the market in the supply of embedded systems technologies. A call for proposals has just been launched under the work programme of the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking.
  
  
• A pilot implementation of an innovative lighting solution based on (O)LED technologies
  This Call invites to submit proposals to sponsor a pilot action for the installation of an innovative lighting solution based on Solid State Lighting (SSL) technologies (LEDs and/or OLEDs) in the Berlaymont building in Brussels, the main seat of the European Commission. The Call is to be seen as part of the European Commission's efforts to promote the wider deployment of advanced SSL and more specifically, in the context of the Green Paper "Lighting the Future".
  
  
• 5th Call for proposals of the AAL Joint Programme
  The 5th Call for proposals of the Ambient Assisted Living Joint Programme focuses on the development of ICT-based solutions which enable and sustain older adults to continue managing their daily activities in their home. This call aims also at ICT-based solutions which support informal carers in their assistance. The call launched on 29 February 2012, with a proposal submission deadline of 29 May 2012.
  
  
• FI-WARE Open Call for additional project partners
  The FP7 project FI-WARE, part of the Future Internet Public Private Partnership, announces its first Open Call for new project partners. FI-WARE will deliver a new service infrastructure, building upon generic and reusable building blocks called “Generic Enablers”. FI-WARE develops open specifications and reference implementations of Generic Enablers. This open call asks for organizations that can contribute or develop the Generic Enablers related to middleware and business models. Total funding available for new partners is up to 2 Million Euro, and the call closes on 25 April 2012 at 17h00. For further information, please refer to http://www.fi-ware.eu/open-call/ or email fiware-opencall-help@lists.fi-ware.eu.
  
  
• Pre-announcement of the 5th Call for proposals of the Ambient Assisted Living Joint Programme
  The 5th Call for proposals of the AAL Joint Programme will aim at the development of ICT-based solutions which enable and sustain older adults to continue managing their daily activities in their home. This call aims also at ICT-based solutions which support informal carers in their assistance. It is anticipated that the call will be launched at the end of February 2012, with a proposal submission deadline at the end of May 2012. The information event will take place on 13 March 2012 in Brussels. All potential proposers are strongly advised to come to the information event, and those wishing to attend should register their interest by sending an e-mail to Jacqueline Teller before 24 February 2012.
  
  
• Call for proposals for social experimentations - Progress 2011
  PROGRESS is the EU’s employment and social solidarity programme set up to provide financial support for the attainment of the European Union’s objectives in employment, social affairs and equal opportunities. Through this call for proposals on social experimentation, PROGRESS countries embarking on welfare reforms are offered financial support to experiment the envisaged policy changes and reforms before implementing them, if successful, on a wide scale. This will entail small scale testing, on the basis of rigorous evaluation methodology, of envisaged reforms in those Member States that choose to benefit from this support opportunity. At the present juncture this would often be related to reviews of social spending as part of austerity packages. Selected projects have to contribute to developing and testing socially innovative approaches to policy priorities in the context of the Europe 2020 Strategy and the Open Method of Coordination on social protection and social inclusion. To be selected under this call, projects should focus on either of the following selected themes, keeping in mind in all cases the gender dimension of the issue: • Social inclusion of vulnerable groups; • Quality of childcare services; • Active and healthy ageing; • Transition from education to work for the youth.
  
  
• Innovative policies to support healthy, active and dignified ageing and raise the effectiveness and efficiency of spending on social, health and long-term care services and benefits
  This call is financed by the PROGRESS programme. It seeks to promote the sustainability and quality of health and long-term care provision for the elderly through healthy and active ageing. The objectives of this call for proposals are to provide financial support to projects aimed at designing better policies for healthy, active and dignified ageing in the countries participating in PROGRESS. Projects may focus on different stages of policy development ranging from the identification of potential benefits of healthy and active ageing for sustainable social protection and social cohesion in ageing societies to the design of new policies, their implementation and evaluation. Particular attention should be paid to specifically vulnerable social groups and to parts of the EU where poor health is most prevalent (as assessed by measures such as healthy life expectancy) and where many people are at risk of not receiving appropriate care for a life in dignity. Deadline for submitting proposals: 26/09/2011
  
  
• Call for proposals: "Supporting Public Procurement Of Innovative Solutions: Networking And Financing Procurement"
  The present call for proposals aims at supporting public procurers in purchasing new and improved solutions, products and services in areas of grand societal challenges as defined by Innovation Union communication. This objective is to be realised through establishing trans-national networks to enable Contracting Authorities (as defined by Directives 2004/18/EC and 2004/17/EC) and organizations supporting innovation procurement: to offset the additional risks and costs, to collaborate to create a critical mass, to test the feasibility and implementation modalities of a future EU support scheme.
  
  
• Call for proposals of the AAL Joint Programme: ICT based solutions for Older Persons’ Mobility
  The call aims at ICT based solutions which help older persons to sustain their optimal level of mobility for as long as possible, enhancing their individual sense of confidence, autonomy, competence, security and safety. The call addresses issues that inherently enable older persons’ mobility in the sense of moving in the home and/or outside the home. The Call was launched on 31 March 2011. The deadline is 30 June 2011 17h00.
  
  

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