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CLEVERFOOD: leading an urgent change in food systems for a bet...
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March 17, 2023
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Together with University of Copenhagen an EU project is helping Europeans to embrace a sustainable and circular food system.
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Putting bio-based NPK fertilisers from waste streams into the ...
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March 16, 2023
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FERTIBERIA presented the B-Ferst project at the conference of the International Fertiliser Society.
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The MOZART EU project disrupts food handling with softness
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March 16, 2023
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The EU MOZART project investigates the latest robotic technologies and system solutions to drive the food industry towards economic, social, and environmental sustainability.
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Energy is the force of nature in Valencia
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March 16, 2023
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The power of nature is visible here, and the city of Valencia has decided to make the best use of it: thanks to the wave energy converter (WEC), sea waves can light up the seafront.
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Robots for gender balance: helping women conquer the construct...
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March 8, 2023
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Women have conquered space, but still struggle to break the glass ceiling of the construction sector. How robots will tackle gender imbalances, foster safety and save the industry from the “ticking bomb” of labour...
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Webinar Series | From water polluters to water providers. Gree...
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March 7, 2023
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This webinar hosted by alchemia–nova and LEITAT, featuring Aqua Publica Europea as a special guest, aims to examine the legal, economic, technical, and social situation for wastewater reclamation and reuse.
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Healthy trees translate to healthy citizens: FORWARDS project ...
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March 7, 2023
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The ForestWard Observatory to Secure Resilience of European Forests is one step closer to becoming reality. On the 30th and 31st of January, the FORWARDS consortium and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences ...
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BECOME A RURAL GAME CHANGER: call for Mirror Region is now open
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March 7, 2023
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Get from €60,000 up to €120,000 to replicate the dRural platform in your region. Apply by 13 April 2023.
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If you have long covid the pandemic is far from being over
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March 7, 2023
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A video interview with a patient advocate features the burden of long covid and how we can address it
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The future of heavy industry is flexible
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March 7, 2023
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To meet the current EU sustainable goals for resources and energy-intensive industries quality is no longer enough. Flexibility is a decisive component for technologies to make industry clean and efficient. This has b...
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Is organic cotton actually more sustainable than conventional ...
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March 2, 2023
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Cotton is the world’s most commonly used natural fibre. The production of cotton can bring economic gains to developing regions in the world but it is also known to cause serious environmental and social problems. T...
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Webinar Series | Circularity within construction: diving into ...
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February 28, 2023
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The goal of this webinar, hosted by AIGUASOL, is to provide insightful content about the versatile applications that circularity can offer to one of today’s most environmentally impactful industries: construction.
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Co-creation ideas get validated at demo building “El Bloc de...
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February 28, 2023
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During the final co-creation workshop, the participants put their heads together to validate the implementation of the ideas in the Houseful demo building “El Bloc dels Mestres”
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Fighting cancer: when survival depends on geography and education
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February 27, 2023
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If you’re just born in the wrong country, or social class, you may have 60% less chance of surviving cancer. On World Cancer Day, experts call to fight “inequities”: not a matter of chance, but of modifiable fac...
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Electric, for sure. Sustainable, it depends. How green is my b...
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February 27, 2023
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E-car batteries are crucial to meet the targets of the Paris Agreement, but can also have a high social and environmental toll. Experts warn of the urgency of a sustainable value chain and recommend an innovative solu...
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Financing agriculture to destroy biodiversity: the subsidies p...
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February 27, 2023
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One out of four animal and plant species is threatened, and 1 million face extinction. The UN warns of a “biodiversity apocalypse,” but experts say: “We spend much more financing the destruction of nature, than ...
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Helping the housing sector to embrace the circular economy: a ...
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February 8, 2023
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Our partner Housing Europe has developed a set of 70 recommendations for mainstreaming and upscaling HOUSEFUL-type circular renovation solutions in the European building sector
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BEEYONDERS’ journey towards a safer, sustainable, and compet...
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February 3, 2023
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The EU-funded project BEEYONDERS releases a new video presenting its mission and key technologies to be developed to transform the European construction industry.
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A taste of circularity: Meet Plug-N-Harvest Project
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February 1, 2023
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Learn about how the EU-funded project Plug-N-Harvest contributes to the green transition of buildings through circular smart solar façade solutions.
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Under the Turkish sun: Antalya goes solar
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January 30, 2023
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Turkey's tourist capital on the Mediterranean coast, Antalya, has the distinction of being surrounded by both mountains and a famous crystal-clear sea.
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Implications of decarbonisation in a Steel Plant for Heat Reco...
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January 26, 2023
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An investigation was made to determine the effect of changing energy sources in industrial furnaces using heat recovery systems in steel processing.
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Tracking materials for sustainability: the battery passport
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January 26, 2023
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Batteries are key drivers of the energy transition, but experts agree: for them to unleash their potential, the entire value chain must be tracked. A dedicated tool, which has just been presented in Davos, records the...
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Meet TExTOUR: Marinos Ioannides
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January 16, 2023
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The series of Meet TExTOUR interviews has a new episode. Marinos Ioannides from Cyprus University of Technology explains the unique heritage of the village of Fikardou and the importance of developing a cultural touri...
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Microgrids and emergencies: how an optimal decision-support sy...
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January 13, 2023
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Greece's Centre for Research and Technology – partner in the European project TIGON – has produced a paper on optimal decision-support systems for microgrids and their use in emergencies
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Are we all equal in facing Covid-19?
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January 13, 2023
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A video interview with a researcher in molecular biology discusses the factors that affect each individual’s response to Covid-19 and the tool that can be used by public health officers to predict it
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SITRANS – a new project to support energy transition in coal...
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January 11, 2023
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The European Union is faced with enormous energy challenges regarding climate change and energy security as well as public acceptance, competitiveness, and energy poverty. Transitions towards low-carbon energy systems...
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Invisible is better: when sustainable solutions blend into the...
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December 23, 2022
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Solar panels disguised as ancient Roman tiles or terracotta bricks to match the city skyline. The innovative solutions adopted by the archaeological park of Pompeii and the Portuguese city of Evora pave the way fo...
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Painting and writing to fight cancer: the importance of being ...
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December 23, 2022
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Developing art and creativity to improve the effectiveness and delivery of healthcare. From narrative medicine to the disclosure of one’s medical records on the net: how “open sourcing” feelings and fears can he...
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Virtual Diving in the Mediterranean Ancient Cultures
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December 23, 2022
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Combine 3D reconstruction, serious gaming technologies and intriguing digital storytelling and the result is a new way to access and enjoy underwater archaeological sites, even if you are not a scuba diver. Fabio Bru...
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Too much demand for the existing infrastructure. The renewable...
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December 23, 2022
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Rising prices are fuelling a rush for renewable energy communities. But the existing infrastructure makes it often impossible for them to meet such growing demand. A lost opportunity to speed up the energy transition?
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Flexibility is key to building a carbon neutral power system
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December 23, 2022
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To manage future electricity demand in line with the EU's Energy Roadmap 2050, power grids need to rely on both supply and demand flexibility and be structured as a system of systems.
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Integrated and multi-vector: the energy systems of the future ...
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December 23, 2022
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Fossil fuels still account for over 60% of global electricity generation. Experts warn of a “discouraging trend” but part of the solution might come from “local energy communities”: integrated hubs, optimizing...
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Wearing wood for a low-carbon life
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December 23, 2022
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Companies in Europe are developing and manufacturing more and more products made of wood. The aim is to find renewable and sustainable alternatives to fossil-based feedstocks to help fight climate change. This is what...
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“In difficult times the bioeconomy is not a luxury, but a re...
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December 23, 2022
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The prices of fertilisers jumped by +116% in one year. While the Ukraine war and the energy crisis are stressing the urgency of ending Europe’s dependence on Russian imports, an EU-funded project aims at creating ne...
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Working in the bioeconomy: make a job out of your environmenta...
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December 23, 2022
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The bioeconomy is expected to create 1 million jobs by 2030. From agriculture to the food industry, a wide range of opportunities is within reach for almost everybody. From dedicated masters’ programmes to mobile ap...
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When Houseful goes on the book “Architectures for EU Next Ge...
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December 23, 2022
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The book explores future design actions to address the challenges, factors, and trends influencing the liveability of tomorrow’s cities.
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POCITYF leads the way to a better use and distribution of ener...
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December 16, 2022
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Read our factsheets to find out which tools we are developing to help cultural heritage cities become smart cities!
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Validating the HOUSEFUL-ideas – co-creatively
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December 16, 2022
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During the final co-creation workshop, our stakeholders put their heads together to validate the strategies for implementing the co-creation-ideas
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Giving a voice and a face to the PLASTICE project
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December 16, 2022
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PLASTICE, an EU-funded project aimed at giving a new life to plastics, has now completed its press kit and branding.
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Heritage embraces technology. ICT for cultural tourism strategies
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December 16, 2022
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A new scientific paper by Raiyani et al. explains the importance of Information Communication Technology tools in fostering social innovation and cultural tourism development in lesser-known localities.
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Innovative district heating system set to cut CO2 emissions by...
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December 15, 2022
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A new district heating system in Pamplona's Txantrea neighbourhood will cut CO2 emissions by 80%. The vice-president of the Government of Navarra, José María Aierdi, visited the district on 18 November to take stock...
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Waste shipments vote: Members of European Parliament request E...
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December 1, 2022
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Waste shipments vote: Members of European Parliament request EU responsibility for waste exports
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The Human Tech Nexus - Building a safe haven to cope with cli...
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December 6, 2022
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Our changing climate is throwing up ever more threatening extremes. Whether it is storms producing extremes of rainfall, triggering floods and landslides, or the baking heat of summer producing forest fires and drought.
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State of the Art of Solid-State Transformers: Advanced Topolog...
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December 6, 2022
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Solid state transformer (SST) is an emerging technology that could influence the developments in many areas such as smart-grids, traction systems, the system with renewable energy sources (RESs)
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Shortcomings and future perspectives of antiviral drugs in Cov...
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December 6, 2022
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A video interview with a researcher expert in respiratory viruses features the state-of-the-art of antiviral research and the work to improve their efficacy
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Biomass as fuel input to become carbon neutral in the magnesia...
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November 29, 2022
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Industries from the magnesia sector are implementing a long-term strategy to replace fossil fuels with biomass
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Data is the new treasure for cities
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November 29, 2022
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Data is the essence of digital innovation. Its public availability is beneficial for residents, public and private sectors and academia. But it’s crucial also for government and administration, which have a key role...
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Two Agro2Circular partners, CETEC and CTNC, took part in the S...
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November 21, 2022
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Two Agro2Circular partners, CETEC and CTNC, took part in the Science and Technology Week of Región de Murcia, Spain, on October 21- 23 with a series of public engagement activities organised with AGROFOOD.
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Project forges ahead with software and hardware solutions for ...
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November 21, 2022
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In mid-October, the TIGON team met in Thessaloniki, Greece, for its first in-person meeting. At the midway point in this four-year project, we looked at overall progress towards our goal to offer a new hybrid microgri...
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CARTIF wins the AR&PA international award for innovation appli...
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November 21, 2022
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The Cultural and Natural Heritage Area of CARTIF, one of TExTOUR project partners, received the AR&PA'2022 international award for innovation applied to Cultural Heritage on the 12th of November 2022.
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