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Geomatics Rural Information Society Initiative PLUS (GRISI PLUS)

Start date: Dec 31, 2011, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

Nowadays, rural areas face various stakes: aging and declining population, poor local economy, isolation, lack of use of the ICT, lack of infrastructures, inertia regarding innovation... To address these issues, GRISI PLUS wants to introduce a new modernity in EU rural areas, mainly based on the results achieved in the development and implementation of geomatics tools within the GRISI project (Int ...
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Cultural Routes Entrepreneurship and Technologies Enhancement (e-CREATE)

Start date: Dec 31, 2011, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

The idea of the e-CREATE project was born among European regions who are partly members of the Transromanica and CrossCulTour transnational project network. Together, the partners have identified shortcomings in public policies that on the one hand use significant resources to promote cultural, natural and historic tourism routes but fail on the other hand to enhance the competitiveness of SME to ...
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Transnational LOGistics' Improvement through Cloud computing and innovAtive cooperative business modeLs (LOGICAL)

Start date: Apr 30, 2011, End date: Oct 30, 2014,

Located in between old Member States and emerging markets in the East, Central Europes logistics sector has an enormous potential to add value to the region and create an employment opportunities. Challenged by rising demands on just-in-time delivery and increasing environmental costs of cargo transport, the interoperability of logistics businesses has become a critical success factor for the comp ...
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New innovative solutions to adapt governance and management of public infrastructure and services to demographic change in shrinking regions and cities of CE (ADAPT2DC)

Start date: Oct 31, 2011, End date: Sep 30, 2014,

Shrinking regions and cities are becoming a more and more relevant issue in central Europe. Especially former border regions (Iron curtain) are particularly affected by demographic and social change. On the other hand these regions have large potentials which have to be explored and used. The consequences of demographic change and increasing scarcity of public resources thus require a fundamental ...
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fessionalisierung von Technologie- und Wis-senstransfer (Professionalisierung von Technologie- und Wissenstransfer)

Start date: Sep 30, 2012, End date: Sep 29, 2014,

Der grenzübergreifende Technologietransfer soll auf ein neues professionelles Niveau gehoben werden, um eine schnelle Verwertung innovativer Ergebnisse zu gewährleisten. Dazu werden ein Leitbild für den Technologietransfer und das Aufgaben- und Kompetenzprofil eines Transferagenten sowie entsprechende Schulungsunter-lagen erarbeitet. Ziel des Projektes ist die Ausbildung von 20 sogenannten Transfe ...
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Upgrading of Inland Waterway and Sea Ports (INWAPO)

Start date: Sep 30, 2011, End date: Aug 31, 2014,

The central Europe area disposes of extensive inland waterways which in all cases underperform in terms of utilisation of their capacities for freight transport and the transport performance of these waterways is usually very low. Major reason for the unsatisfactory role inland navigation plays in coping with the ever growing freight volumes in central Europe is the lack of functional integration ...
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Take a Breath! - Adaptation Actions to reduce adverse health impacts of air pollution (TAB)

Start date: Jul 31, 2011, End date: Jul 30, 2014,

With every breath we take risk of inhaling some very dangerous substances is unavoidable. Impacts of this can significantly influence our health and therefore it is not surprising that air pollution has become one of the most important issues we face today. World Health Organisation has identified that air pollution is a major problem, particularly in Central and Eastern parts of Europe. Air pollu ...
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New post-socialist city: Competitive and Attractive (ReNewTown)

Start date: Mar 31, 2011, End date: Mar 30, 2014,

Over 300 million people in Central and East Europe live in areas affected by socialist era. Close to 2/3 of them live in cities and towns often with districts which were created and quickly developed in this period. Whoever has travelled through countries of Former Eastern Europe bloc would agree that very often grim looking buildings make out landscape of almost every city. These remains of comm ...
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European Rural Futures - New opportunities to secure the provision of public services in rural cities and municipalities (EURUFU)

Start date: Apr 30, 2011, End date: Jan 29, 2014,

Most of the European rural areas are facing the problem of shrinking population and a significant increase in the proportion of elderly residents; associated with related challenges like; increasing costs for provision and maintenance of public services and infrastructure, changes within the economic situation of communities and unbalanced labour markets. The consequences of demographic change and ...
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Clusters & Cooperation for Regional Development in Central Europe (CLUSTERS-CORD)

Start date: Feb 28, 2010, End date: Feb 27, 2013,

The project general objective is to strengthen the cooperation among clusters from the same thematic field but different geographical origin, through the creation of 5 Strategic Cooperation plans which will result in creation at least 3 so called “meta-clusters”. The project has selected 10 key industries that will be closely examined: Mobility & Logistics; Professional Services; ICT; Automotive & ...
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Circular flow land use management (CIRCUSE)

Start date: Feb 28, 2010, End date: Feb 27, 2013,

CIRCUSE partner regions are confronted to massive urban sprawl, the current economic crisis and the effects of the demographic change that cause land use patterns that are neither competitive (e. g. in attracting viable economies, efficiently providing infrastructures) nor sustainable. Dispersed land use patterns with their high demands of land, soil and energy accelerate the process of climate ch ...
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Developing transnational transversal youth strategies in regions with migration (YURA)

Start date: Feb 28, 2010, End date: Feb 27, 2013,

Many regions within the Central Europe area are suffering from demographic change and brain drain of young and skilled population. The project Yura wants to develop transnational transversal youth strategies to counteract the consequences of demographic change and brain-drain. The participating regions are all suffering from above-average migration of especially young and qualified people.The deve ...
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Grenzüberschreitendes Datenmanagement für raumbezogene Planungen (Sächsisch-Tschechisches Raum-informationssystem) (CROSS-DATA)

Start date: Feb 28, 2010, End date: Feb 27, 2013,

Die Projektpartner entwickeln gemeinsam ein internetbasiertes mehrsprachiges Rauminformations- und Planungssystem für die grenzüber-greifende Regionalplanung (Geodienst). Außerdem werden aktuelle und homogene Daten für die grenzübergreifende Raumplanung dauerhaft in einer gemeinsamen Präsentation angeboten (Geoportal). Neu und wegweisend für den Grenzraum ist die Visualisierung von Rauminformation ...
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Improving Innovation Capacity in European Chemical Clusters (ChemClust)

Start date: Dec 31, 2009, End date: Dec 30, 2012,

The project Chemclust is a cooperation between 10 chemical regions from 7 Member States with the objective to improve the effectiveness of regional development policies in the area of innovation and cluster policies for the chemical sector by means of interregional cooperation and exchange of best-practice. The project has the aim to 1. accelerate the innovation capacity in chemical clusters in c ...
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REVITALISING AND PROMOTING TRADITIONAL MARKETS IN CENTRAL EUROPE (CENTRAL MARKETS)

Start date: Jun 30, 2012, End date: Dec 30, 2012,

A majority of traditional markets are nowadays experiencing a serious decline, thus threatening a tradition that stretches back to medieval times and in some cases even beyond. Markets have indeed been the backbone of many towns and city centres as well as the oldest form of commercial exchange. They still can play an important role in the regeneration of city centres and promoting 'greener' lifes ...
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Renewable Energy Regions Network (RENREN)

Start date: Dec 31, 2009, End date: Dec 30, 2012,

RENREN grew out of a collaboration of 6 core regions concerned to play their part in global climate action and security of energy supply, and seeking to improve regional policy-making to nurture renewable energy sources (RES). They signed a Charter to this effect in April 2007. To develop an EU-wide partnership and spread the learning benefits of RENREN further, it was decided in 2008 that new mem ...
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Sustainable Urban Goods logistics Achieved by Regional and local policies (SUGAR)

Start date: Oct 31, 2008, End date: Feb 28, 2012,

SUGAR focuses on addressing the problem of inefficient and ineffective management of urban freight distribution, a critical component of the overall urban transport system and a primary source of vehicle pollutant emissions. To accomplish this, SUGAR promotes the exchange, discussion and transfer of policy experience, knowledge and good practices in the field of urban freight management, with rega ...
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SOuth-NORth Axis (SoNorA)

Start date: Oct 31, 2008, End date: Feb 27, 2012,

SONORA addresses the need for improved multimodal accessibility in Central Europe in South-North dimensions. Building upon past project experiences which focused on the landscape and general transport conditions and plans within the area, SONORA targets to incisively bring forward the state of the art on the deployment of primary transport infrastructure and services, through trans-national collab ...
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Adaptation to flood risk in the LABE-ELbe river basin (LABEL)

Start date: Aug 31, 2008, End date: Jan 27, 2012,

The Elbe River (Labe is the Czech name for the River) is characterised by different conditions which are representative for many rivers in Central Europe: near-natural river landscapes, economic development, its potential for various sectors such as tourism and transport and an attractive living environment and settlements. However all these developments at the river face a high potential of flood ...
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European Development Corridor III "Via Regia" (ED-C III)

Start date: Apr 30, 2006, End date: Aug 30, 2008,

Over centuries the "Via Regia" had been one of the most important trading routes in Europe, connecting the East and West of the continent. Due to the political situation after World War II, it almost completely lost this function. Some years ago, with the fall of the Iron Curtain, new opportunities emerged for a development axis contributing to European integration and improved relations to neighb ...
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Embracing Socioeconomic Development in Disadvantageous Areas through Information & Knowledge Society (EMBRACE II)

Start date: May 31, 2006, End date: Jan 30, 2008,

and Communication Technologies on local/regional socio-economic development, with nine local/regional “antennas”. The concept of this virtual structure is quite innovative, since it correlates local economic growth with the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in order to conclude on the tangible and intangible benefits brought by ICT at macro and micro level for SMEs. The ultim ...
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Reclamation and Utilisation of Brown Coal mining areas in Europe (ReRegions)

Start date: Mar 31, 2005, End date: Mar 30, 2007,

In the past, brown coal deposits were of great economic value since they constituted a cheap and easily accessible energy source. Coal mining was an important source of development and employment. After the 1970s, however, many brown coal regions started to decline due to depletion of coalfields, environmental restrictions, and economic and technological change. These areas, many of which are Obje ...
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Drei-Länder-Innovationsoffensive / Three Countries Innovation Push (3-CIP)

Start date: Dec 31, 2003, End date: Dec 30, 2005,

Building upon the economic initiative "InnoLausitz" of the two German Bundesländer, Saxony and Brandenburg, the IIIC operation "3-CIP – Three-Country Innovation Push" extends the interregional cooperation efforts of a total of 8 regions from 3 countries (DE, CZ, PL). Within the framework of the operation, partners will join efforts to develop a common vision for the larger region and promote innov ...
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flood management measures by transnational spatial planning (ELLA – ELBE – LABE)

Start date: Jun 30, 2003, End date: Jul 30, 2003,

The ELLA project is the transnational co-operation of nearly all regional spatial planning authorities in the Elbe basin. This partnership between national and regional partners that are responsible for spatial planning, water management and agriculture, realises almost full spatial coverage of the catchment area of the Elbe and even neighbouring regions. Flood prevention and common management app ...
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