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Social Inclusion, Education and Urban Policy for Young Children

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2019,

The project Social inclusion, Education and Urban Policy for Young Children approaches and connects important questions from three different angles:- How do teachers and social educators/pedagogues deal with growing diversity (ethnic, cultural, economic, social, etc.) in the group of children they are working with? If the ambition is that most children are included/integrated and can play, learn a...
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'Education of International Newly Arrived migrant pupils at primary and secondary school level'

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

The project EDINA (EDucation of International Newly Arrived migrant pupils) brings together policy makers, schools and researchers from Finland (Helsinki), Belgium (Ghent) and The Netherlands (Rotterdam and Utrecht). The main objective of EDINA is to provide support to municipalities, schools and teachers in the reception and the integration into the school system of Newly Arrived Migrant pupilS (...
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Step by step commitments for energy saving (STEP_BY_STEP)

Start date: Mar 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

At present, energy conservation campaigns provide households with a general awareness but do not provoke large scale behavior changes.The main goal of the STEP_BY_STEP is to maximize the number of households in a given area that significantly change their behaviour at home. Desired behaviour change includes reduced electricity consumption and the investment in energy efficient products and/or high...
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Internationalisering, inkludering och delaktighet

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2017,

The project Internationalization, Inclusion and Participation" is a mobility project, carried out by a consortium, lead by Childcare and Education Department and including 9organization (besides the department). The project's aim is to increase the staff's competencies in order to: - contribute to the development of their own organizations - increase and improve their international work - contribu...
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Translating and implementing Evidence based theory and Assessment into the Classroom practice to Heighten education for all

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

TEACH: Translating and implementing Evidence based theory and Assessment into the Classroom practice to Heighten education for all With this project we want to improve the quality of education and assessment in order to provide optimal learning opportunities for all the pupils in the classroom, including the children with specific educational needs. We strive to obtain education where all children...
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YW-Youngsters in Urban Planning Participation

Start date: Aug 1, 2015, End date: Jun 30, 2016,

Cuenca, Ghent, Gothenburg, Ostrava, Utrecht and Oslo will participate in a three and a half day seminar. From all partners there will be following representatives: - Youth organisations with experience in community decision making. - City planners with extensive knowledge of involving youth. - Social- and Youth workers experienced in engaging youth in community decision making - City officials r...
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Sustainable Zero Carbon ECO-Town Developments Improving Quality of Life across EU - ECO-Life (ECO-LIFE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

The objective of ECO-Life project is to establish a replicable planning & implementation approach and to demonstrate innovative and integrated energy concepts in supply and demand side in municipalities in LT, BE and DK to reach the goal of zero CO2. The local ECO-life projects are integrated in large climate action initiatives in the municipalities. The project will use 100 % RES. Concerning RUE,...
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Towards sustainable modes of urban and peri-urban food provisioning (SUPURBFOOD)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

Short food supply chains have been advocated as a means of rural development, as they improve the position of primary producers in the value chain. In this proposal we look at short supply chains from the perspective of urban rather than rural development. Short supply chains can play a role in addressing urban problems such as climate change, obesity, storm water control, etc.Short food supply ch...
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STEP-UP - Strategies Towards Energy Performance and Urban Planning (STEP-UP)

Start date: Nov 1, 2012, End date: Apr 30, 2015,

STEP-UP - brings together excellence on energy planning from Glasgow; Ghent; Riga; and Gothenburg – 4 ambitious, northern European, historic, port cities together with their industrial and research partners.The initiative is supported at the highest political level in all 4 cities – and city leaders will be active in the project throughout its life, ensuring it delivers its objectives, and has cl...
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Youngsters in Urban Planning Participation

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Apr 1, 2015,

In this feasibility visit, in preparation of a KA2 cross-sectorial partnership in the field of youth and education, we wanted to meet, plan and fine-tune the scope and conditions of a future KA2-proposal. The main project (KA2) will focus on participation of young people in projects of city renewal, urban planning, design and co-management of public space. This project wants to use this as gangway...
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Citadel...on the move (CITADEL)

Start date: Nov 1, 2011, End date: Jan 31, 2015,

Citadel on the Move will unite Europe's leading local government organizations with Living Lab experts, ICT specialists and expert SMEs in a common effort to harness the power of 'Open Data' and User-Driven Innovation Systems to develop 'high speed' Mobile Applications that can be shared by citizens across Europe.Nowadays, mobile phones are widely used and hold the key to ensure e-inclusion of eve...
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Towards future-proof historic cities (PORTICO)

Start date: May 14, 2007, End date: Jun 30, 2014,

Cultural history is a driving force for the urban economy of many European cities. But it can also be a burden for urban development. as it poses restrictions on the opportunities for new developments (eg Convention on Archaeological heritage. Malta / Valletta). PORTICO considers such restrictions a catalyst for innovation: an encouragement to develop new methods. techniques and ways of thinking a...
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Answers to the Carbon Economy (ACE)

Start date: Jul 31, 2009, End date: Jun 29, 2014,

The ACE project responds to current environmental issues and the growing awareness regarding the need to develop a more sustainable economic growth model for businesses, including mitigation and adaptation to climate change, following three key objectives:- Achieve reductions against CO2 targets- Diversify the traditional structure of the economy - Be resilient to climate and economic changeThe ...
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Mitigation in Urban areas: Solutions for Innovative Cities (MUSIC)

Start date: Apr 8, 2009, End date: Jun 29, 2014,

New techniques and measures to reach the EU-climate targets of 20% CO2 reduction in 2020 are increasingly available and implemented. However. to mainstream these techniques in urban policy and consider them as business as usual. technique alone is not enough. A transition to innovative thinking about urban planning is needed. in which all stakeholders are involved. The MUSIC-partnership is compos...
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Development of innovative concepts of nautical service clusters: Yacht Valley (Yacht Valley)

Start date: Jul 31, 2009, End date: Jun 29, 2014,

Services such as maintenance, repairs, upgrades and the sale of boat accessories are economically and functionally a key part of the nautical sector. They are also of vital importance for employment and the local economy in the 2 Seas area. Facing a growing market demand, the Yacht Valley project aims to develop new nautical service centers to group these services in one location where several com...
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Partage Plus – Digitising and Enabling Art Nouveau for Europeana (PARTAGE PLUS)

Start date: Mar 1, 2012, End date: Apr 30, 2014,

WHY ART NOUVEAU?The Art Nouveau style was a great success all over Europe at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries. It is well represented, in almost every art form, in museum collections, archives, libraries, photographic archives, and on buildings throughout Europe. After a short period of disinterest, with the arrival of modernist styles, it seems that Art Nouveau is now even ...
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Smart Metropolitan Areas Realised Through Innovation & People - SMARTiP (SMARTiP)

Start date: Nov 1, 2010, End date: Mar 31, 2014,

The idea of the SMARTiP project is to take the experience developed by a wide range of existing user-driven, open innovation initiatives in Europe, particularly those developed through Living Labs, and to apply this experience to the challenge of transforming public services by empowering 'smart citizens' who are able to use and co-produce innovative Internet-enabled services within emerging 'smar...
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aCkling urban soIl and groundwater conTamination caused bY CHLORinated solvents (CityChlor)

Start date: Nov 30, 2008, End date: Oct 31, 2013,

The aim of the project is to improve the quality and minimise pollution of soil and groundwater by developing an integrated approach to tackle the threats caused by contamination with chlorinated solvents in urban areas. Chlorinated solvents according are amongst the most common soil and groundwater contaminants due to their widespread use as dry-cleaning solvents and degreasing agents (annex ...
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Strategies for Heritage Access Pathways in Norwich & Ghent (bringing together 24 cultural assets) (SHAPING 24)

Start date: Aug 31, 2007, End date: Dec 30, 2012,

Shaping 24 creates a network of heritage sites located in the cities of Gent and Norwich. The project seeks to promote and support the 24 sites, raise the profile of both towns as significant cultural heritage cities and increase awareness of the longstanding historical links between this part of England and the Low Countries.The project aims to increase visitor numbers but also to positively cont...
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Revitalisering Oude Industriehavens (ROI)

Start date: May 31, 2008, End date: Jun 29, 2012,

Acht steden in de grensregio met een grote industriehaven zoals Antwerpen, Gent, Oostende en Vlissingen willen hun binnenstedelijke vitaliteit, de kwaliteit van de leefomgeving en de sociaal-economische dynamiek versterken door de revitalisering van hun oude industriehavens. Daarom brengen zij en Revitalisering Oude Industriehavens publieke vliegwielinvesteringen, innovatieve planontwikkeling, gre...
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Samen voor de glastuinbouw

Start date: Apr 3, 2008, End date: Apr 3, 2012,

Dit project wil inspelen op de verschillende noden van de glastuinbouwsector en zo een kansrijke toekomst voor de glastuinbouw in de grensregio uitbouwen. Voldoende arbeidspotentieel speelt in deze sector een cruciale rol. De projectpartners willen door middel van hun gezamenlijke inspanningen zoveel mogelijk mensen uit het grensgebied met afstand op de arbeidsmarkt (laaggeschoolde werkzoekenden, ...
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LYS RIVER REGION, FROM SOURCE TO MOUTH

Start date: Dec 31, 2007, End date: Dec 30, 2011,

Since 2002 Toerisme Leiestreek and Lys-sans-Frontieres are the leaders of a cross-border touristic cooperation with the Lys river as the common theme. The main objective of the cooperation is to develop the Lys river region as a cross-border tourist destination and to promote it as such. Four common themes were defined to jointly work on product development, marketing and networking. The four them...
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Tackling Social Exclusion (TSE)

Start date: Dec 31, 2008, End date: Dec 30, 2011,

TSE brings together three urban areas in the 2 Seas Programme area to examine, test and improve methods of improving social inclusion. The social issues shared by the partners are unfortunately quite typical in the area but can however benefit from a co-ordinated and effective approach. Partners will look at common problems, improve services to the public and provide a record of successful project...
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EUROPEAN CIVIL REGISTRY NETWORK (ECRN)

Start date: Jun 1, 2008, End date: May 31, 2011,

Description Electronic exchange of Civil Act certificates across national bordersDue to the growing number of European citizens living in countries different from their countries of origin, cooperation regarding the Civil Acts has today become a high priority for National administrations.The ECRN project will establish a secure and certif...
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WIHCC (Water in Historic City Centres) (WIHCC)

Start date: Oct 31, 2003, End date: Nov 29, 2007,

WIHCC (Water in historic city centres) tackles the good water management issues in old city centres and the role of water in the socio-economic and spatial structural intensification of such sites. 6 NWE medium size cities with city centres of historical interest – from Belgium, Ireland, the UK and Netherlands - are working together to revitalise the function of watercourses in their centres. Give...
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The Liveable City

Start date: Sep 25, 2002, End date: Jul 30, 2007,

The aim of the Liveable City project was to improve the public domain in urban historic centres in the North Sea Region through the development of a unique and integrated approach to the planning, management and maintenance of the region. Achievements: Through the devel...
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Regional Consortia for Internship Mobility

The project “Regional Consortia for Internship Mobility” aims to establish sustainable structures for assuring accessibility for all graduates of the region in the regions concerned to internship programmes. Project aim will be achieved by comparing and combining different aspects of good practices of all project partners. Existent, innovative content will be adapted, transferred and implemented ...
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Bedrijventerreinmanagement

Bedrijventerreinmanagement vindt momenteel voorzichtig zijn ingang in West-Vlaanderen, Oost-Vlaanderen en Zeeland. In nauwe samenwerking en afstemming met alle betrokken partijen wilden de uitvoerders van dit project bedrijventerreinmanagement structureel verankeren op een aantal domeinen. Bedrijventerreinmanagement wordt beschouwd als een pro-actief instrument ter verduurzaming van het bedrijvent...
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Joint Port Security Plans for Ghent and Zeeland Seaports (Koppeling veiligheidsplannen havengebied Gent en Zeeland Seaports)

Centraal in dit project stond het verbeteren van de veiligheid in het enige grensoverschrijdende havengebied in de Euregio èn ter wereld: het havengebied Gent-Terneuzen. Koppeling Veiligheidsplannen kan worden gezien als de eerste concrete samenwerking tussen de havens, voortgekomen uit het Onderzoeksproject Integratie Havengebieden Gent en Zeeland Seaports De initiatieven ter verbetering van de v...
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