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Following the success of the first national workshop as part of the Mediterranean Island Cleantech Innovation Ecosystem (MICIE), held on 17th April 2023, the Energy and Water Agency (EWA) collaborated with key stakeholders to continue enhancing research and innovation (R&I) in energy and climate in Malta. The first workshop saw the Malta Chamber and the Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology, in conjunction with EWA, bring together representatives from the public, private, academic, and non-governmental sectors to exchange best practices and engage in an open dialogue aimed at supporting the two countries in achieving their National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP) targets through R&I.

Building upon the achievements of the first workshop, the organizing entities extended invitations to stakeholders, three workshops were held on the 15th of May 2023. These workshops focused on…

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This survey forms part of the SEREN5 project. The SEREN5 project commenced in October 2022 and is the Network of National Contact Points for Cluster 3 Civil Security for Society, funded by the EU Commissions Horizon Europe (HE) Framework Programme.

SEREN5 aims to support security stakeholders responding to the challenges laid down within Cluster 3, including those arising from persistent security threats, cybercrime, as well as natural and man-made disasters.

Your assistance in completing this survey is of great importance to us and will contribute to ensuring an enhancement of the customer journey and experience when using the SEREN5 services.

It is anticipated that this survey will take around 10 minutes to complete and response deadline is 30 June 2023.

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CNRS, the French National Research Center, together with CNR, the Italian National Research Center, and the FSP (Fondation des Sciences du Patrimoine), are currently working on a proposal to respond to the European Commission call (HORIZON-CL2-2023-HERITAGE-ECCCH-01-01) . Our project, called European Cloud for Heritage OpEn Science (ECHOES), aims at creating the core platform for the European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage (ECCCH), including both tangible and intangible cultural heritage. The design will be driven by the…

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Increasing sustainability for local Mediterranean fisheries: EuFish_SustainableGrowth project.

For most fish species, only the fillets are currently utilised whereas the rest of raw materials are usually discarded during processing (e.g., skin, backbone). Other species are considered low value by fishermen and consumers, for example bogue (Boops boops), horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus) and round sardinella (Sardinella aurita) that may be returned to the sea as discards together with inedible, undersized, or damaged organisms. Other fish species like silver scabbardfish (Lepidopus caudatus) and dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) are abundant and little known but may offer an alternative to the species most commonly consumed. Several of those species belong to the “blue fish” group and have excellent nutritional values, health properties, flavour and quality-price ratio.

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A high-level jury has selected nine finalists across three categories (InnovationLocal Energy Action and Woman in Energy) for their impact on Europe’s energy transition. The European Sustainable Energy Awards (EUSEW Awards) recognise outstanding individuals and projects for their innovation and efforts in energy efficiency and renewables.  

Discover how they are pushing forward clean energy across Europe and paving the way for others to do the same, then cast your vote for your favourites.  

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Get ready to be a part of the Science in the City Festival 2023! The Organisation Call is now open, we’re on the lookout for innovative activities that highlight the importance of becoming a Changemaker.

We believe that science and creativity play a crucial role in shaping our society and addressing the world’s most pressing challenges. With this in mind, we’re seeking proposals that demonstrate the vital role of science in enabling the wider public to participate in decision-making processes and affect positive change.

We’re looking for a diverse range of activities that will engage and inspire audiences, such as science shows, games, demos, experiments, interactive stands, and more. But it’s not just about entertaining the crowds – we want local communities to be active participants and shape science and the arts to influence others to become changemakers too.

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Last October, the neuroimaging community was abuzz with excitement. Researchers in South Korea seemed to have overcome one of the biggest limitations of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), a popular method for studying the human brain.

Jang-Yeon Park, an author of the study, had been pondering the limitations of fMRI since his graduate student days at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. While conducting his PhD in medical physics, Park had developed a fascination for neuroscience. He found himself in seminars where researchers described studies of the human brain they had conducted with fMRI.

The technique works by picking up on changes in blood oxygen levels, which fluctuate with neuronal activity. But these blood-flow-related — or haemodynamic — changes are relatively slow compared with the neurons that they represent. To Park, this was a clear limitation. To…

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Communication is an indispensable part of our lives. It helps us share experiences, connect with people, and express our thoughts. EyeCon, a collaborative project between the University of Malta and 88.eu, financed by the Malta Council for Science and Technology under the FUSION programme, has created an application with a suite of gaze-controlled communication applications intended to provide individuals with mobility impairments an alternative mode of communication through their eye movement alone. The EyeCon desktop app can track the user’s eye gaze by intelligently processing electrooculographic (EOG) data and head position and orientation data in order to estimate the user’s point of regard on a computer screen in real-time, while also allowing the user to move their head freely while using the system.

In order to use the EyeCon app users are required to follow a short…

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Citizen science programmes have revolutionised in recent years the collection of scientific data in the field, allowing scientists to monitor natural phenomena or a human activity round the clock whilst inspiring and informing contributing members of the public.

The Oceanography Malta Research Group (OMRG) within the Department of Geosciences at the University of Malta has today launched ANDROMEDA, a microplastics citizen science project, a campaign through which information on the density, size, colour and type of microplastics being recorded by bathers along selected Maltese beaches is collected in real time, during an outreach event held at Esplora Interactive Science Centre in Kalkara.

The event was opened by Prof. Alan Deidun, Principal Investigator at the University of Malta on the ANDROMEDA project and Ocean…

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The general objective of the Transforming Health and Care System Partnership (THCS) is to contribute to the transition towards more sustainable, efficient, resilient, inclusive, innovative, and high-quality people-centred health and care systems equally accessible to all people. For this purpose, THCS aims at creating new knowledge and scientific evidence, co-designing new solutions and supporting their transfer and scale-up across countries and regions while also fostering capacity building. For more information about the project click here.

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TRAILS stands for Youth for sustainable mobility and inclusion. Funded by EIT Urban Mobility, TRAILS aims and to foster innovation capacity which will contribute to an advanced education curricula and support the young generation to further develop their skills in the field of the electro mobility. The project is being implemented by MCAST in Malta and Cleantech Bulgaria in Bulgaria.

Within the project's framework, MCAST together with its partner Cleantech Bulgaria has designed a survey on ‘Gaps and needs in the electro mobility sector’ to better understand the current skills gap between education and the job market. Following the data collection a training model will be developed aiming to enhance the capacity of educators and students towards a more sustainable urban mobility…

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The challenges the Euro-Mediterranean area is facing amid the post-pandemic recovery, the climate emergency, and the geopolitical crises in the region have called to act together and with more resilience than ever.

"2022 has been a cumbersome year for the Euro-Mediterranean region: against a back - drop of post-pandemic socio-economic crisis and an increasingly overriding climate emer - gency, the region’s geopolitical crises have further enhanced its existing fragility and vulnerability, and brought new challenges to the forefront of regional concerns. Amidst this context, the UfM has been able to deliver both at the policy and the oper - ational level, making strides to ensure that we leave no one behind." Nasser Kamel

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MCST’s leadership team participated in a visit led by the Hon. Keith Azzopardi Tanti, Parliamentary Secretary for Youth, Research and Innovation between the 4th and the 6th of May. The Deputy Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for Cabinet Affairs on Competitiveness and Knowledge Exchange, H.E. Abdullah Nasser Lootah, was in Malta together with his delegation in order to further strengthen the link for collaboration between the two countries. After the visit last February of the Parliamentary Secretary for Youth, Research and Innovation Keith Azzopardi Tanti where he signed an MOU with the United Arab Emirates for collaboration between the two countries, particularly in the field of research and innovation, a delegation from the same country came for a visit to our country in order to intensify this partnership and start concrete projects of a bilateral relationship.  

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‘Intellectual Property’ refers to all products and works that are the fruit of the human mind and therefore plays a significant role in our daily lives. Rights accorded by the state in respect of intellectual property such as copyright, patents, trademarks and registered designs provide businesses, artists and inventors with a means to protect products and creations and also encourage them to invest in innovation and creativity to the benefit of society.
 
The Malta Intellectual Property Awards are aimed at recognising and promoting the creation of Intellectual Property in Malta. The Award has four categories:
 
1. Award for Creative Initiative
 
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On 24th April 2023, the EU and Norway have established a Green Alliance to strengthen their joint climate action, environmental protection efforts, and cooperation on the clean energy and industrial transition. The agreement was signed in Brussels by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and Norway's Prime Minister, Jonas Gahr Støre.

President von der Leyen said: “Norway is a long-standing and reliable partner to the EU and we share a common vision for building a climate-neutral continent. We want our societies and economies to prosper together while reducing emissions, protecting nature, decarbonising our energy systems, and greening our industries. This Green Alliance makes our bond even stronger and allows us to design a better future together.”

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International research consortium PrAEctiCE, a Horizon Europe project, has been granted EUR 7 million by the European Commission over 3.5 years to guide East African smallholder farmers in their agro-ecological transition.

Eastern Africa - home to over 473 million people, faces significant challenges accessing adequate, safe, and nutritious food – it has an incredibly fragile food chain. Climate change and extreme weather threaten farmers across Eastern Africa, who rely on their crops to feed themselves, their families, their community, and their country.

The recently launched “Potentials of Agro-ecological practices in East Africa with a focus on Circular water-energy-nutrient systems “, PrAEctiCe for short, will help tackle the issue of food security through a concept into action approach in the area of farming sustainability. The project was started on the 1st of November, and…

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The Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership represents an unprecedent effort of 60 Partner institutions from 25 countries and the European Commission to pool research and innovation investments and align national programmes at pan-European scale. As a Horizon Europe co-funded partnership, its strategy takes into consideration the R&I agendas of the sea basins (Mediterranean, Black Sea, Baltic and North Sea) and the Atlantic Ocean, and builds on lessons learned from previous initiatives. 

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The Junior College’s Executive Committee of the Annual International Multidisciplinary Conference (AIMC) is inviting academics and researchers to submit an abstract for a presentation and/or to attend the conference that shall be held on 13-14-15 September 2023. This sixth edition of the AIMC shall be offering the expertise of five keynote speakers, numerous presentations as well as a new conference venue at the Salini Resort in Salina Bay (St Paul’s Bay).

The call for abstracts is open to any research area, according to one’s own field of expertise, in a fully-fledged academic exercise of multidisciplinarity.

Deadline 30 June 2023.

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The Laboratory of Quantitive Analysis in Shipping, of the University of Piraeus and Isalos.net are organising a conference in Piraeus, on the topic of «Blue Economy: Challenges & Opportunities for the transition to a new blue economy era».

The conference is part of the BLUEAIR project and will take place on the 2nd of May 2023, from 18:00 to 21:00 (EEST).

The purpose of the conference is to conduct a dynamic dialogue between representatives from the shipping industry, the research community, State and regional government, as well as members of civil society. This dialogue will focus on the priorities and available tools for the adoption of practices and innovations for the Blue development of coastal areas.

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We invite all stakeholders in the Western Mediterranean Blue Economy to apply for the WestMED Project Awards 2023.

This international project competition aims to showcase and honour outstanding success stories, which provide innovative and replicable solutions embodying the WestMED initiative’s vision for the western Mediterranean.

The WestMED Steering Committee, with support from the WestMED Assistance Mechanism, is organising this 2023 edition of the WestMED Project Awards.

The winners will be announced during the WestMED Stakeholders Conference on 22 June 2023 in Malta. Find out more about the 2023 Conference.

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