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On January 28th 2013 the Kick off meeting officially launched the EU funded project, POREEN (Partnering Opportunities between Europe and China in the Renewable Energies and Environmental iNdustries), a Marie Curie project focused on Europe-China cooperation in the green sector.The POREEN project is funded by the European Commission under the 7th Framework Programme. It is a People Marie Curie Action - an International Research Staff Exchange Scheme - whose aim is to help research organisations to set up or strengthen long-term cooperation with others, through a coordinated exchange programme for their staff.POREEN project aims at increasing the availability of interdisciplinary studies providing a comprehensive overview (technical, legal and economic) of Europe-China relations in the renewable energy and the environmental sectors in order to support the development of a more rapid, sustainable and flexible industry in these sectors.Dr. Andrea Ricci (ISIS), member of the UrbaChina programme  attended POREEN kick off meeting and made a presentation about UrbaChina)Detailed information on the project, goals, activities and events can be found at: www.unimc.it/poreenThe Consortium is formed by 9 Institutions, University of Macerata (Prof. Francesca Spigarelli) is the coordinating institution.EuropeUniversity of Macerata (Italy)Polytechnic University of Marche (Italy)Instituto Universitario di Studi Europei (Italy)Toulouse Business School (France)University of Ulster (United Kingdom)ChinaBeijing Normal UniversityEast China University of Political Science and LawShanghai Jiao Tong UniversityTongji University of ShnaghaiPOREEN kick off meeting programmePOREEN brochure