Our ​Research and Innovation Projects

Since 2003, XPRO Consulting is actively collaborating with European Research and Innovation institutions in research and innovation projects funded by the European Commission. XPRO's projects started with Framework Programme 6 and continued in the Framework Programme 7 and Horizon 2020. Now, XPRO Consulting is ready to continue its spillover of know-how in Horizon Europe Funding Programme of the European Commission.
NEXUS–NESS: NEXUS Nature Ecosystem Society Solution Fair and Sustainable Resource Allocation Demonstrator of the Multiple WEFE Nexus Economic, Social and Environmental Benefits for Mediterranean Regions
13 partners: Cyprus, Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Egypt and Tunisia
Total Budget: 3 Million Euros
Duration: 36 months (June 2021- May 2023)
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XPRO Consulting leads the Work Package 2, "WEFE Nexus Transition through Innovation Ecosystem Approach" and it is responsible for the designing and applying the Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystem Transition through Innovation Ecosystem Approach in all four Nexus Ecosystem Labs (NELs) running in Italy, Spain, Tunisia and Egypt. XPRO will apply its RRI Roadmap methodology. XPRO guides the involvement of all stakeholders in the four NELs and all 13 partners. The work starts in June 2021 and it will end in May 2023 with a total of 64 person months of work and all partners involved.

NEXUS-NESS 13 Partners are from six Mediterranean countries:
Horizon 2020 Project: MARINA - ​"Marine Knowledge Sharing Platform for Federating Responsible Research and Innovation Communities"
14 partners from 10 EU members and 1 non-EU country
Total Project Budget: 3 Million Euros
Duration: 3 years (2016-2019)
MARINA Project 
MARINA Platform
XPRO Consulting has been instrumental in defining the project's concept, identifying suitable partners, advisory board members and in defining the project's concept and methodologies.
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XPRO Consulting was responsible for:
  • Work-Package leader of RRI Methodological Learning and Spill-over activities of MARINA
  • Development and dissemination of the RRI Roadmap
  • Defining the Mobilisation and Mutual Learning​ (MML) workshop methodology and inclusion actor criteria
  • Policy makers mobilisation
  • Definition of Dissemination and Communication Strategy
  • MARINA platform taxonomy and ontology
  • MARINA platform user interface​​
MARINA Project Partners
  1. CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE  (Italy) ⇓
  2. ISTITUTO SUPERIORE PER LA PROTEZIONE E LA RICERCA AMBIENTALE  (Italy) ⇓
  3. XPRO CONSULTING LIMITED  (Cyprus) ⇓
  4. FUNDACAO EUROCEAN (Portugal) ⇓
  5. ORGANIZATIA ECOLOGISTA NEGUVERNAMENTALA MARE NOSTRUM (Romania) ⇓
  6. SIHTASUTUS TEADUSKESKUS AHHAA  (Estonia) ⇓
  7. SMARTBAY IRELAND LIMITED  (Ireland ) ⇓
  8. CYPRUS NEUROSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE  (Cyprus) ⇓
  9. AGENZIA PER LA PROMOZIONE DELLA RICERCA EUROPEA  (Italy) ⇓
  10. NAUSICAA CENTRE NNATIONAL DE LA MER (France) ⇓
  11. RESEAU OCEAN MONDIAL AISBL  (Belgium) ⇓
  12. ASSOCIACION CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION COOPERATIVA EN NANOCIENCIAS  (Spain) ⇓
  13. AALBORG UNIVERSITET  (Denmark) ⇓
  14. ISTANBUL UNIVERSITESI  (Turkey) ⇓
INTREPID COST Action
Interdisciplinary Symposium 1st-2nd of November 2016 in Tallinn, Estonia
​"Enabling Interdisciplinarity in Urban Studies – Methods and Tools. Experiences from Case Studies"
Tallinn University of Technology, the School of Economics and Business Administration
The objective of the symposium was to identify ways for overcoming significant interdisciplinary barriers in urban research for creating a framework across disciplines and practices for potentially enabling interdisciplinarity in urban studies.

STEP-WISE:Science, Technology and Policy Interfacing using WISE-RTD
7 partners from 5 countries
Total Budget: Just above 1 Million Euros
Duration: 2 years (2011-2012)

STEP-WISE aimed to improve and promote the WISE-RTD Water Knowledge Portal for increasing the use of FP environmental RTD results in the sector of environmental technologies focusing on water by diverse stakeholders: policy, scientists and industry.
XPRO Consulting was responsible for:

SPI-Water - Science-Policy Interfacing in support of the water framework directive implementation
15 partners from 10 EU States and 2 non-EU  
Total Budget: 1,4 Million Euros
Duration: 2 years (2006-2008)

The SPI-WATER project aimed to enforce communication links between the involved stakeholders by developing and implementing a ‘science-policy interface. 
XPRO Consulting was responsible for:
  • Identify connections among EU-funded for supporting the implementation of the Water Framework Directive.
  • ​Define User Requirements for the  information web portal WISE-RTD, which is part of the Water Information System for Europe
  • Populate the WISE-RTD by linking research water-related projects to the WFD policy statements allowing policy-makers and researchers to identify links and gaps.
  • Publish a final policy brief

SWIFT-WFD - Screening methods for Water data InFormaTion in support of the implementation of the Water Framework Directive
40 partners from 20 EU States
Total Budget: 6,7 Million Euros
Duration: 3 years (2004-2007)

XPRO Consulting was responsible for: