Uploaded On: 26/03/2024

Pushing out plastic in consumer-goods packaging Attention supermarket shoppers in Belgium, France and Luxembourg: a test to cut waste from plastic packaging of foods is coming to nearby stores. Retailers Carrefour and U-Group plan to sell yoghurts, cheeses, fruit juices, biscuits and other items in packaging made of cellulose fibres, which come from wood or other plant-based materials.  Market moves In total, 30 to 60 stores in the three countries will start featuring the environmentally ...

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Uploaded On: 26/03/2024

The ECHOES project is a groundbreaking initiative aiming to develop a digital platform connecting healthcare professionals, educators, and institutions worldwide and foster collaboration on educational and research initiatives. The global variance in healthcare expertise often leads to disparities in educational opportunities for professionals, which can, in turn, impact the standard of patient care and limit research prospects. Therefore, the ECHOES platform, which will be enhanced by ...

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Uploaded On: 26/03/2024

Stakeholder engagement is at the core of the institutional mechanism set up towards the implementation of the 2021 UfM Ministerial Declaration on Sustainable Blue Economy (SBE) and its related Roadmap. Within this framework, the 2nd UfM Stakeholder Conference on SBE hosted by Greece, brought together in Athens over 350 participants in order to take stock of progress achieved; discuss joint challenges and transformative tools and pathways for the Sustainable Development of the sectors of ...

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Uploaded On: 22/03/2024

The Maltese consultancy company AquaBioTech Group is a major partner in a project that focuses on the development of an innovative farming system for the intense, yet sustainable, production of shrimps. The project’s name is BIORAS_SHRIMP, it is co-funded by BlueBio – ERANET and it is a joined effort between 10 partners from Italy, Malta, Norway and India. The aim of the project is to develop, improve, and innovate a bio-secure, land-based, sustainable shrimp culture model to minimise waste...

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Uploaded On: 20/03/2024

This year, we celebrate forty years of the EU’s Framework Programmes for funding research and innovation.  Over these forty years, the EU has funded life-changing research - including support to countless projects and researchers. To help manage these projects and implement its innovation policy, the EU established the European Research Executive Agency (REA) in 2007. The past achievements will be celebrated at this year’s European Research and Innovation Days- with lessons learned...

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Uploaded On: 14/03/2024

WES Trade Ltd are excited to share the latest development about the SOLEAECH project - AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM DESIGN FOR OLIVE GROWING ENABLED BY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGY IN RURAL AREAS OF MED REGIONS ADDRESSING WATER, SOIL AND ENERGY CHALLENGES in collaboration with Bahcesehir University of Istanbul, Turkey and funded under the bilateral call PRIMA MCST-TUBITAK Program 2023. Ms. Barbara Bracone, R&D Manager, and Mr. Milos Bogdanovic, ICT Manager, were in Turkey for an intense ...

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Uploaded On: 13/03/2024

The Malta Council for Science and Technology has launched five support schemes to encourage local companies, academics and researchers tap millions in EU funding for research and development.  The schemes all seek to increase Malta's participation in Horizon Europe, the largest research and innovation programme in Europe. Addressing  a news conference, Parliamentary Secretary Keith Azzopardi Tanti said the schemes are: ERC Support Scheme – offering researchers the ...

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Uploaded On: 12/03/2024

The Malta College of Arts, Science, and Technology (MCAST) together with The Ministry for Education, Sport, Youth, Research and Innovation (MEYR), and in consultation with the Malta Chamber of SMEs launched the Research Fellowship Scheme on campus in Paola. The aim of the scheme is to provide financial support for Research Fellowships fostering joint Research & Innovation Projects between economic stakeholders and MCAST in the following areas: Smart Manufacturing, Sustainable use of ...

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Uploaded On: 11/03/2024

The Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology (MCAST) organised a workshop to exchange viewpoints and come up with novel solutions to cope with droughts in Malta’s agricultural sector. As the farming community around the Mediterranean Region is experiencing the impacts of climate change, characterized by reduced rainfall, higher temperatures leading to increased evapotranspiration, as well as a more frequent occurrence of prolonged droughts, the importance of tackling this challenge has ...

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Uploaded On: 11/03/2024

On the occation of Woman's Day, Prima celebrated women's achievements, their challenges, their vision, and their crucial role in societies. This year, amidst conflicts, climate change, and polarizing societies undermining decades of progress in gender equality, International Women’s Day calls for “Investing in Women: Accelerating Progress” to achieve gender equality. PRIMA seizes the opportune moment to unveil its latest initiative, funded by the EU: the “Woman Greening Food Systems in ...

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