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Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

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Czech University of Life Sciences (CZU) is the largest agricultural university in the Czech Republic. CZU consists of 6 Faculties and 1 Institute: Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources; Faculty of Economics and Management; Faculty of Engineering; Faculty of Environmental Science; Faculty of Forestry, Wildlife and Wood Sciences; Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences and Institute of Education and Communication. We represent the the Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources (FAFNR), which accommodates more than 4000 students and 300 employees, with a strong position at home and abroad. European Framework and Horizon 2020 projects are being continuously solved as well as many projects of contract research for global biotech, chemical, seed and other companies.

References and Experience

Projects CZU coordinated or participated in:

HORIZONT 2020 PROGRAMME

PRO-METROFOOD: Progressing towards the construction of METROFOOD-RI
LEAP4FNSSA: Support to the implementation of the Long-term EU-AU Research and Innovation Partnership for Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture
PROIntensAfrica: Towards a long-term Africa-EU partnership to raise sustainable food and nutrition security in Africa
VALUMICS: Understanding food value chains and network dynamics
EJP SOIL: Towards climate-smart sustainable management of agricultural soils
HEDIMED: Human Exposomic Determinants of Immune Mediated Diseases
METROFOOD-PP: METROFOOD-RI Preparatory Phase Project
FRAMEwork: Farmer clusters for Realising Agrobiodiversity Management across Ecosystems
BASE-LiNE Earth: Brachiopods As SEnsitive tracers of gLobal marINe Environment: Insights from alkaline, alkaline Earth metal, and metalloid trace element ratios and isotope systems
CARES: City Air Remote Emission Sensing
MOVING: Mountain Valorization through Interconnectedness and Green Growth
PoliRural: Future Oriented Collaborative Policy Development for Rural Areas and People
TRACER: Smart strategies for the transition in coal intensive regions
DRIFT-FOOD: ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES FOR HIGH QUALITY, SAFE AND SUSTAINABLE REGIONAL FOOD PRODUCTION

FP7 PROGRAMME

FP7 Programme, Collaborative, small or medium-scale focused research project - “Economic analysis of certification systems for organic food and farming” (Project No. KBBE-2007-1-4-07, CERTCOST)
FP7 Programme, Collaborative, small or medium-scale focused research project - “Regional pilot platform as EU contribution to a Global Soil Observing System – e-SOTER” (Project No.FP7-ENV-2007-1)

FP6 PROGRAMME

Environmental Assessment of Soil for Monitoring – ENVASSO (Contract No. 022713, STREP)
Dissemination of research results in semi-arid and arid ecosystems with a focus on sustainable water resource management in Ethiopia (Contract No. 031694, INCO)
Encouraging Collective Farmers Marketing Initiatives - COFAMIs (Contract No. 006541, SSPE)
A Cognitive Approach to Rural Sustainable Development - CORASON (Contract No. 506049, CITIZENS)

FP5 PROGRAMME

Wildland-Urban Area Fire Risk Management – WARM (Project No. EVG1-CT-2001-00044)
Evaluating Financing of Forestry in Europe – EFFE (Project No. QLK5-CT-2000-01228)

LIFE+

RESTEP - Regional Sustainable Energy Policy based on the Interactive Map of Sources, LIFE10 ENV/CZ/649

CENTRAL EUROPE

Urban Soil Management Strategy (Project No. 1CE064P3)

COST

The transport energy consumption in urban and suburban areas (Project No. TU0902)
The Assessment Methods and the Multidisciplinary Evaluation of road transport impacts on sustainable environment (Project No. OC 193)

KONTAKT

Supporting of Agricultural Innovation processes by developing and using collaborative e-Learning network based on professional knowledge bases (Project No. MEB 040804)

SOCRATES

EXPLICS – Exploiting Internet Case Study and Simulation Templates for Language Teaching and Learning (Project No. 225784-CP-1-2005-1-DE-Lingua-L2)

SOCRATES (Grundtvig)

Growing With Compost (Project No. 224027-CP-1-2005-1-UK-GRUNDTVIG-G1PP)

LEONARDO DA VINCI

Trasnationality for Education in Rural Territories - TRANSFAIR (Project No. 2006-FR/06/B/P/PP/152513)

Network Focus

International cooperation with public or private partners from R&D sector.

Unique Selling Point

Regarding the field of renewable energy CULS can offer know-how from the project RESTEP, the interactive map of sources – a new, comprehensive software tool to assessing of potential and limits of renewable energy sources on a regional level. RESTEP is recognized as the official new Czech policy towards RES by the DANUBE Priority 2 – Sustainable energy.

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Energy Agency of Plovdiv (EAP)

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Energy and environmental analyses – energy – environment –climate change interaction, regional energy planning - development and monitoring of Covenant of Mayors SEAPs
Energy education and training
Development of Intelligent building energy systems and urban energy management systems
Development of EE and RES strategies, programs, action plans, concepts.
Development of air quality strategies, programs, action plans, concepts
Sustainable energy planning
Establishment of bio-regions establishment
Solid Bio-fuels testing and certification
Air quality dispersion modeling and measurements

Members of cluster

Bulgarian energy agencies
members of Green Synergy Cluster and Bulgarian Energy forum
utilities
University of Plovdiv
Technical University
Professional School of Electrical Engineering and Electronics
Ministry of Agriculture and Food
Ministry of Environment and Waters
Ministry of Economics
Energy and Tourism

References and Experience

The Energy Agency of Plovdiv (EAP) where the Centre of Excellence should be establish, will be a coordinator of the project and is the participant organization from the low performing Member State. Founded in 2000 under the Save II program of the European Commission, as a non-government organization EE and RES research organization the Energy Agency of Plovdiv (EAP), Bulgaria, is devoted to promoting the efficient and sustainable use of energy and to expanding the use of renewable energy. EAP carries out feasibility studies, energy and environmental analyses within the interaction economy-energy-environment-climate change, energy project identification, development and management EAP has considerable experience working in the field of biomass. EAP has been promoting the use of biomass in the form of pellets for heating and in the form of wood chips for larger installations for years now. The agency has good working relationships with producers of pellets, wood chips and pellet stoves and biolers, as well as with municipalities that are interested in using biomass for energy. EAP is a partner in the IEE funded project BioRegions where we have done a biomass feasibility study, analysis of potentials, supported installations, drafted Biomass utilization Action Plan, etc. As part of the project a region in the country was established, called a Bioregion, that strives to meet most of its energy needs through using biomass, including the utilization of CHP projects on biomass. EAP has also participated in the RES League project where it focused on and promoted biomass installations. EAP established a Technology Transfer Offices of Knowledge for Solid Biofuels Quality under the Operational Program “Development of the Competitiveness of the Bulgarian Economy” 2007-2013 (resources coming from the European Structural Funds). In addition, EAP is establishing an accredited laboratory for certification and testing of solid biofuels and compost. The laboratory will issue certifications for solid biofuels and will test their quality and characteristics.

Network Focus

Pilot projects implementation in the field of innovative technologies in the field of bio-wastes for energy
bio-products
biofuels
joint commercialization activities
establishment of at least of two innovative bio-fuels/bio-energy installations

Past Projects

CASES www.feem-project.net DEHEMS www.dehems.eu e-Check www.eap-save.eu SEC Tools www.sec-tools.net RADAR www.radarproject.eu BioRegions www.bioregions.eu Еnergy Neighbourhoods www.energyneighbourhoods.eu INTEREB www.eap-save.eu SQUARE www.iee-square.eu Prometheus www.prometheus-iee.eu ISEMOA www.isemoa.eu MOVE www.eap-save.eu eTream www.eap-save.eu TrendyTravel www.trendy-travel.eu Pro.Motion www.iee-promotion.eu BAMBINI www.mobile-bambini.eu ENERQI www.enerqi-online.eu MoMa.BIZ www.moma.biz TransportLearning www.transportlearning.net CycleLogistics www.cyclelogistics.eu Active Learning www.eap-save.eu YEP! www.eap-save.eu Achieve www.achieve-project.eu

Current Projects

Еnergy renovation of the Bulgarian Households VerySchool www.veryschool.eu MOBI www.mobi-project.eu iUrban www.iurban-project.eu REACH Step2Sport DATA4Action www.data4action.eu Office of technology transfer of knowledge for solid biofuels quality Office of technology transfer of knowledge for the air quality

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#Agriculture #Bioeconomy #Bioenergy #Biogas & Fermentation #Biogenic Residuals & Waste Materials #Biomethane #Biorefineries & Biofuels #Circular Economy #Environmental Analytics #Hydrothermal Carbonization (HTC) #Nutrient Recycling #Phytomining #Renewable Energy #Resources #Waste Streams

Sustainable Solutions

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Darijo Lazic (MSc, MBA)

President of the Board (Chair of Economic Development and Cooperation, Bio-economy Department)

Bernard Stollberg (Dipl. Chem.)

Vice president of the Board (Chair of the Cooperation with Federal Republic of Germany, Bio-energy Department)

Petar Gvero (PhD Prof)

Professor at University of Banja Luka, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering – Board Member, Chair of Education and Science Department

Ivana Ostoic (MSc, MBA)

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We are a team committed to providing information and counselling to, as well as raising awareness among decision-makers both in private business and in government offices to ensure the sustained use of resources through the encouragement, advancement and implementation of future-oriented climate, environment and energy policies in the Western Balkans, mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Monte Negro and Serbia. Potential of all kind of waste and waste water, especially organic waste and biomass are the key point for economic development, competitiveness, new employment, regional cooperation, energy independence, sustainable development and clean environment. This applies to both in urban and rural areas, and in the Mediterranean and in Continental regions, and it is very important for sectors of the metal and engineering industry, agriculture, food industry, wood industry and tourism. Greenline Western Balkans Cluster Foundation target the most efficient and most sustainable use of the resource and pathway of energy conversion, with sensitivity to the specific local contexts of bio-resources, land and water use, markets and technology level.

Members of cluster

Greenline Western Balkans Cluster Foundation (GLWBCF) currently consists of 10 very strong and experienced companies and individual founders working in the area of education and research, local and regional development, technology development, marketing of renewable, business matchmaking, market development, as well as industrial partners and local partners from the public utilities as end users for the implementation of pilot projects, commercial projects and projects for the development of new technologies. GLWBCF works with a network of more than 200 private and public customers, municipalities, big companies, small and medium enterprises, public institutions, local and regional organisations in the Western Balkans countries.

References and Experience

RENEXPO Western Balkans 2015, 2016, 2017 Strategic partner for the biggest international platform for energy experts, working with 80 exhibiting companies, 400 conference and roundtable participants, more than 1.000 professional visitors, institutions, investors, governments, associations, project owners and representatives, Belgrade, RENEXPO® WATER & ENERGY, RENEXPO® Western Balkans 2016 [Youtube Video] RENEXPO Bosnia and Herzegovina 2015, 2016, 2017 - International Trade Fair and Conferences on Renewables and Energy Efficiency in Bosnia and Herzegovina – strategic partner for biomass and biogas conferences and partner forums, RENEXPO® BiH

Network Focus

Enhancement of markets and competitiveness, Reinforced policy interaction and stakeholder engagement, Investments in research, innovation and skills, Increased levels of expertise, a better understanding of the supply chain and enables companies to learn from each other and to cooperate with each other, The ability of companies to combine complementary strengths and to arrange affairs of large scale for which the individual would not be able to compete in an open competition, Potential for large-scale production that can be realized through the specialized production in each of the companies, through joint procurement of raw materials with large discounts or through joint marketing, Strengthening social and other informal links, leading to the creation of new ideas and new companies, Improved information flow within the cluster, allow funders to recognize good entrepreneurs and business people to find good suppliers of services.

Unique Selling Point

The only regional network specialized in bio-economy in the Western Balkans

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Lviv Polytechnic National University (LPNU)

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LPNU was founded in 1816 and consists of 16 Institutes and 114 Departments with about 35000 students and 2200 pedagogical and research staff. Researches of the biomass utilization are fulfilled mainly at the Department of Ecology and Sustainable Environmental Management and Department of Hydraulic and Water Engineering. Researches are focused on the technologies of production of renewable energy sources from biomass, wastewater and leachate treatment, sewage sludge processing and utilization.

Members of cluster

Lviv Polytechnic National University
Lviv Regional State Administration, Department of Fuel and Energy Complex
Lviv Regional State Administration, Department of Ecology and Natural Resources
Lviv City Administration
All-Ukrainian Ecological League

References and Experience

2018−2020: Complex anaerobic-aerobic-sorption technology of the treatment of the wastewaters and landfill leachates" funded by MES of Ukraine
2018–2019: Methods of the processing of cyanobacteria (algae) biomass, causing water reservoir "blooming", funded by program of the Ukraine-Austria R&D projects
2007−2013: Research and application of novel technologies of wastewater treatment and solid waste management in Sweden, Poland and Ukraine”, financed by Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden
2015: Research Project #0507 "Full-scale study of the Lviv landfill leachate effect on the biological treatment process at Lviv wastewater treatment plant N2" funded by the Lviv city administration
2015: Project # 8158/2015 "Biogas production in wastewater treatment plant – support for the Lviv City program" funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland
2013: “Biogas production through anaerobic digestion of chicken manure in Ukraine”, funded by program of the German - Ukrainian scientific cooperation
2009 - 2011: Strengthening the energetic use of biomass in Central and Eastern Europe by establishing a standardised transnational consulting net for regions/ “COACH BioEnergy”, funded by the program Central Europa
2009 – 2012: Bioenergy Workshops for biochemical conversion, agriculture rests, alges and biodiesel, funded by the German Ministry of Environment.

Network Focus

Integration into the international educational and scientific space
Application of biotransformation technologies of biomass energy in biogas from methane digestion of organic waste in agriculture.
Implementation the anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge at wastewater treatment plants
Clean energy production
Utilization of the biomass after the digestion process for the soil remediation purposes

Unique Selling Point

Research and innovation
Green economy

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#Agriculture #Bioeconomy #Bioenergy #Biogas & Fermentation #Biomethane #Biorefineries & Biofuels #Circular Economy #Hydrothermal Carbonization (HTC) #Nutrient Recycling #Phytomining #Renewable Energy #Resource Efficiency #Resources #Waste Streams

TEneHI Cluster

Software renewable and/or geothermal energy activities including strategy or concept preparation, communication, dissemination
Hardware projects of direct geothermal heat supply for space heating/cooling, district heating and combined heat and power production
Innovation projects, focusing mainly on hybrid renewable energy solutions

Hungary has an excellent geothermal potential. Both geothermal gradient and existence of large thermal water reservoirs are one of the best in the European Continent. The National Renewable Energy Action Plan of Hungary is ambitious, but realistic from technical point of view. Renewable and also geothermal energy production have to multiply by 2020. Therefore the activity of the Cluster covers the whole renewable energy sector, but the focus is on geothermal energy. Our intention is to prepare regional and areal renewable energy concepts, to settle new ground source heat pumps, to establish new geothermal energy production sites by producing and reinjecting thermal water. In the areas with higher enthalpy establishment of small-scale geothermal power plant is also possible. Combined heat and power and/or hybrid renewable power plant projects are also to be established in Central-Eastern Europe.

Members of cluster

University of Debrecen
Government of Biharkeresztes
Government of Ártánd
Government of Kőrösszegapáti

References and Experience

3 Geothermal project is under preparing

Network Focus

We are considering renewable energy innovation projects as well, in which geothermal energy has a key role. Our experience in geothermal projects provides a professional basis in this kind of projects.
We are ready to co-operate in establishing geothermal or hybrid renewable energy sites abroad either. We can co-operate both in software and hardware projects.

Unique Selling Point

Specialists in Geothermal Energy field

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Ukrainian National Forestry University (UNFU)

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The main directions of UNFU’s activity are:

Ecological economics, sustainable resource use
Forest sector development, sustainable forest management and economic protection of environment
Increase of forests and urban ecosystems productivity and biological resistance
Resource saving & environment protection technologies, machines & equipment for forestry sector
Theoretical basics for energy saving and environmentally sound technologies for wood-processing and modelling of the processes
Usage of energy crops and different types of biomass to generate heat and electric energy
Development and implementation advanced technologies for processing wood waste and biomass into biogas

Members of cluster

scientific-research institutes
State Administrations
State Forest Resources Agency of Ukraine
non-governmental organisations

Lviv Regional State Administration

In 2016 the Council of the forestry sector in the Lviv region was created under the umbrella of the Regional State Administration and it was approved its staff. The staff of the forest sector Council under the umbrella of the Lviv Regional State Administration includes 22 members which represent: industry (main subindustries of the forest sector – associations, clusters, large enterprises), science and education, authorities, public society, media. The Council of the forestry sector in the regional state administration is a permanent collegial advisory body established for elaborating of the strategic approaches in order to improve the resource efficiency of forest resources usage and public control over the implementation of the approach that can increase the added economic value of the unit volume harvested timber, improving the quality and quantity of jobs in the sector and ensure the development of the maximum amount of energy from solid fuels without damage to the environment. Head of the Council – Deputy Governor of the Lviv Oblast. Deputy Head – Representative of the Forestry Agency Deputy Head - Prof. Orest Kiyko (UNFU)

Information on previous or on-going international cooperation

UNFU is a member of:

IUFRO – International Union of Forest Research Organisations (since 1994), 3.06.00 – Forest operations in mountainous conditions
SilvaNetwork – Academic Network of European Universities (since 1999)

UNFU cooperates with:

Intergovernmental framework COST – European cooperation in scientific and technical research (since 2007)
IFSA – International Association of Student Foresters (since 1998)
Council of European Foresters, Chairman – Yu.Tunytsia, 2017
WWF – World Wildlife Fund
FSC – Forest Stewardship council
EFI – European Forest Institute (since 1998)
European and American universities

UNFU is experienced in the international collaboration including the TEMPUS TACIS projects, Visby Programme, RERAM , IN2WOOD, COST, Baltic University Program, FORZA.

References and Experience

UNFU participated in a lot of international projects:

H2020-ISIB-2014-2, DIABOLO (Distributed, integrated and harmonised forest information for bioeconomy outlooks), 2014-2017 (full partner)
FP7 Capacities, RERAM (Bridging Gaps Between R2I in Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials), 2014-2016 (leader of working package)
FP7 Capacities, Regions-of-Knowledge, IN2WOOD (FOREST Clusters Development and Implementation Measures of a 6-Region Strategic Joint Action Plan for Knowledge-based Regional Innovation, 2010-2012 (full partner)
Cooperation with SIPPO, Swiss Import Promotion Program (2009-2012)
Cluster analysis of the forest-based sector of the Carpathian Region of Ukraine, 2006-2008, funded by “ Inter-cooperation” - Swiss Foundation for International Development Cooperation
European Tempus Tacis project, foundation of the Institute of Ecological Economics 2004

UNFU coordinated and implemented research projects for clients on regional and national level:

Ukrainian Ministries: MENR, MEDTU, MESYSU and Ukrainian Agencies: SFRA, SASII, SAEI
Numerous regional administrations, clients in business, banking, insurance, communities

Network Focus

UNFU searches for joint research on forest cluster development
UNFU searches for joint research on rational use of wood resources
UNFU searches for joint research on rational use of biomass to obtain energy
UNFU searches for joint research on development of the forests sector

Unique Selling Point

New technologies
New ideas
New analysis

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Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

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Energy Agency of Plovdiv (EAP)

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Sustainable Solutions

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Lviv State Centre of Science, Innovations and Informatization

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TEneHI Cluster (Termal Energy And Innovation Cluster)

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Ukrainian National Forestry University (UNFU)

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