Structural Fund Projects

The EU Structural Funds have funded a large number of projects in recent years, in collaboration with local authorities. Below you will find a non-exhaustive list of projects managed on campus by UCA and its partners (OCA, CHU, CNRS, INRIA, etc.)

RANDOM

The project consists of setting up and commissioning: a compact database, a flatbed scanner and electronic equipment to make radiation and diffraction measurements of the electromagnetic field up to 260 GHz. This project will extend the capabilities of existing equipment already owned by the Université Côte d'Azur or within the framework of CREMANT (a joint research laboratory between Orange, the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis and CNRS).

Smart City Innovation Center 

As the technical platform of the sustainable and interconnected city, the Showroom enables all the data stored in the Data Center of the Nice metropolitan area to be generated and viewed in real time, as well as any resulting city management tasks. Equipped with a dynamic data processing and display system, this 200-sq-m platform displays a range of projects that are implementing innovative technologies and applications to optimize the management of the city and improve services to its inhabitants. These projects are the result of collaborative work between industrial partners, laboratory researchers, students and the city and demonstrate the benefits of ‘cross-fertilization,’ in generating ideas and innovations. This area also includes models and demonstrators.

FINNOVER : Innovative strategies for developing green cross-border industry sectors

FINNOVER provides support to the green industry sector of cross-border regions and offers a technical-economic path focused on production and natural substances obtained from the biodiversity of the ALCOTRA region and used in the nutraceutical (nutritive principle contained in food which have a beneficial effect on health), therapeutic or phytopharmaceutical fields. FINNOVER is a public-private partnership that promotes a process of knowledge and skills transfer between research organizations and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) operating in the region.

RISQ'EAU : Increasing the resilience of ALCOTRA regions to the risks of flash floods and water pollution

The Risq'eau project aims to increase the resilience of ALCOTRA region to the risks of flash floods, but also water pollution.
The project, which began in October 2015, is the result of cooperation between the Communauté d’Agglomération Cannes-Lérins and the representatives of the Italian valleys of San Lorenzo and Verbone, which already benefited from contact with the Communauté d’Agglomération Var-Esterel-Mediterranean Community.
The main goal of this partnership is to share the experiences and knowledge of the local authorities involved in the project, which have drainage basins of similar hydrological characteristics, are small in size and conducive to particularly dangerous floods. 

Capable Countries

Strengthen cross-border and bi-national education and training programs to improve cross-border learning.

Alpimed-Innov 

In order to guarantee an integrated and innovative response capable of strengthening the economy of the Mediterranean Alps regions, the ALPIMED INNOV project aims to foster the connection between companies, regional stakeholders, inhabitants and research centers, disseminate innovation in the mountain economy and support development, thus creating an ecosystem of applied innovation in the region.

Silver Economy E-health

The project aims to improve the screening and prevention of frailty among seniors through new home-based technologies.

FISHMPABLUEII

The FishMPABlue2 project is funded by the European Union's Mediterranean Cross-border Cooperation Program (Interreg Med). It follows on from the FishMPABlue1 project (July 2014 - June 2015) which carried out an assessment to determine how small-scale coastal fisheries in and around marine protected areas are managed, and which proposed, in the assessment’s conclusion, an innovative governance toolkit to build capacity for managing marine protected areas.

RISVAL : Seismic Risk and Alpine Vulnerability

The Alpine region has a moderate earthquake risk, which is subject to frequent, mainly low-intensity seismic events. Preparing for dealing with a potential event with severe consequences for inhabitants, the economy and the environment of the Alpine valleys is vital for those involved in earthquake risk management.
The project therefore plans to increase understanding of the risks, monitor and rapidly estimate the intensity of events, but also to develop instruments to assess building vulnerability.
 

CONCERT-EAUX

The main aim of the CONCERT-EAUX project is to set up a Franco-Italian climate observatory in the Roya River basin, with a special focus on monitoring the surface and groundwater cycle. Climate change interferes with this process, influencing rainfall patterns, surface runoff patterns, evapotranspiration parameters, and groundwater recharge conditions.
 

AD-VITAM

The AD-VITAM project aims to improve the resilience of regions to landslide risks. It brings together both research teams and stakeholders operating in the region. By studying historical phenomena, and by using instruments on sites representative of the region, at least three innovative operational systems for prevention, forecasting and warning, based on the frequency of rainfall, have been developed and tested by the partners.

Prosol

The strategy of the PROSOL Integrated Thematic Plan aims to develop new social-health services for vulnerable groups in the French-Italian cross-border rural and mountainous regions of South Provence-Alpes Côte d'Azur, Liguria, Piedmont and Valle d'Aosta regions.