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Energy Saving Lighthouse Cities in the NPA region (e-Lighthouse)

Start date: Apr 26, 2016, End date: Apr 25, 2019,

Description (EN): Project actions will support increased energy efficiency in buildings (40% of EU energy consumption) and increase the uptake of renewable energy, thus decreasing carbon dioxide emissions. Our goal is to support and follow-up the retrofit of more than 250 public buildings. In the private sector with the consultation of building supervisory authorities, the project a...
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Recruit and Retain 2 (Making it Work)

Start date: Feb 1, 2016, End date: Jan 31, 2019,

Description (EN): Making it Work will move forward work developed in Recruit and Retain (R&R) (NPP 2007-13) which investigated the underlying causes of challenges in recruiting and retaining health professionals in rural areas.  An output from R&R was a Business model (R&RBM) which recommended solutions be delivered using a systems redesign approach, including seven steps designed t...
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Generating Renewable Energy Business Enterprise (GREBE)

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

Description (EN): GREBE will focus on the challenges of peripheral and arctic regions as places for doing business and help develop renewable energy (RE) business opportunities provided by extreme conditions. It will support successful development of SMEs and start-ups in this sector through analysis of advanced RE options, expert business mentoring, transnational models of successf...
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Addressing the European Customer - Developing cross cultural service skills

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

The flow for learners is for 20 students in their 2nd year of training as an administrative assistant. The need for an internatioal training is defined as followed: The customer of the German authorities is often a foreigner or a German with a migrant background and thus calls for the ability to develop cross-cultural service skills. Communicative competence in English as a lingua franca is expect...
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Language Training

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2016,

Highland is the largest and one of the most remote local authorities in Scotland and from August 2015, 1+2 will figure on the improvement plans of all its primary schools. Starting our focus on the delivery of the first additional languages which are either Gaelic or French, we are organising training for all primary practitioners in a three year cycle starting with those working at Early level du...
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Sail West

Start date: Jun 30, 2009, End date: Sep 29, 2014,

The Sail West Strategy has been developed to deliver a number of objectives which are as follows:To provide a cohesive marine leisure development strategy for the North West, which links Sligo, Donegal, the maritime counties of Northern Ireland and the West of Scotland.To provide innovation in the development of new products and services.To share knowledge and best practise between the partners.To...
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The THING Project - THing sites International Networking Group (THING)

Start date: Jun 30, 2009, End date: Jun 29, 2012,

The THING project is based on the Thing sites that are the assembly sites spread across North West Europe as a result of the Viking diaspora and Norse settlements. The objective is to exchange knowledge, specify, develop and test new and improved services for sustainable management and business development at the Northern European Thing sites. The project results should also contribute to a future...
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ROADEX Network Implementing Accessibility 4.1 (ROADEX IV)

Start date: Jun 30, 2009, End date: Jun 29, 2012,

The project aims to bring about real operational change in the construction and maintenance of rural roads across the Northern Periphery through a combination of consultancy services, demonstration projects and education. ROADEX developed services (strategies) and products (technologies) will be used on local roads by local Partners supported by a ROADEX consultancy service and knowledge centre. J...
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ROADEX III: Interactive and innovative road management of low traffic volume roads through a technical information exchange across the Northern Periphery (ROADEX III)

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

The road network across the Northern Periphery plays a vital social and economic role in the development of communities, but the environmental and climatic conditions mean that maintaining and developing it is a challenging task, particularly given the low volumes of traffic. The ROADEX Article 10 pilot project and the NPP ROADEX II project have sought to address this issue, and have proved succes...
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European Small Islands' Network Inter-Island Exchange Project (ESIN IIEP)

Start date: Jun 30, 2004, End date: Oct 30, 2007,

The network’s overall goal is to promote the sustainable economic, social and cultural development of small islands so as to strengthen their capacity to support permanent, resident island communities. By promoting the transfer of information, ideas and experience among islanders, professionals and policy-makers concerned with the future of small islands, ESIN aims to devise models of sustainable ...
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Northern WoodHeat: Developing Small and Medium Scale Woodfuel Supply ChainsNorthern WoodHeat: Developing Small and Medium Scale Woodfuel Supply Chains (Northern WoodHeat)

Start date: Sep 30, 2004, End date: Sep 29, 2007,

The Northern WoodHeat project will investigate and develop sustainable local, small to medium size woodfuel supply chains in partner countries, disseminating the findings through practical demonstrations, technical reports and leaflets, a project website, and three symposia. In Scotland, demonstration supply chains will be set up at 4 sites. These will incorporate expertise from Finland and examin...
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Northern Environment for Sustainable Tourism - NEST (NEST)

Start date: Sep 30, 2004, End date: Sep 29, 2007,

Protected areas, whether they are national parks, World Heritage Areas or other European or national government designations, create particular challenges. On one hand such natural and cultural resources are spectacular and offer a perfect resource for tourism development, yet on the other hand the resource merits particular protection and careful management from development. For some this protect...
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Integrated Coastal zone management: towards an Atlantic Vision (COASTATLANTIC)

Start date: Jul 31, 2003, End date: Sep 4, 2007,

The project aims to stimulate the sustainable development of the coastal zones of the Atlantic Area from an environmental, social and economic point of view, by encouraging integrated regional development implementation and management. Given the fact that there is not a homogenous perception of this territory, the project intends to make recommendations to create a common vision: this is Integrate...
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Integrated Approach to Northern Watercourses and their Community Development (NorWat)

Start date: Mar 6, 2004, End date: May 29, 2007,

NorWat aims to discover and disseminate information on new ways to make the best use of watercourses for the benefit of local sustainable community development. Watercourses are important features in many northern periphery regions and this project will seek to improve the inter-relationship between environmental and socio-economic well being along them. ...
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Cultural Community Business

Start date: Nov 30, 2003, End date: Mar 30, 2007,

The project intends to apply the principles of community business to music and cultural organisations, in order to provide a framework for achieving sustainable financial stability. Closer links with commerce and strong regional and international networks will provide impetus, a flow of fresh ideas and later become a source of alternative income. Their reliance on annual handouts from local and ce...
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Small Town Networks

Start date: Jul 31, 2005, End date: Jan 30, 2007,

This project seeks to encourage the regeneration of networks of towns using a hands-on approach. It focuses on the need for bottom-up planning, with each town seeking to advance through the work of voluntary groups drawn from the local business and community sectors. Progress in participating towns can be benchmarked from their differing starting positions on three broad dimensions. Shared project...
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Northern Potential

Start date: Mar 4, 2003, End date: Aug 30, 2006,

This project seeks to resolve the deficit in information provision by providing access to integrated knowledge-bases that are user friendly and supported by modern communication tools. The partners will develop quality Knowledge Bases, a transnational discussion forum and personalised communication tools on the Internet. Knowledge Base content includes regional statistics, economic analysis, news ...
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External Timber Cladding in Maritime Conditions (External Timber Cladding)

Start date: Dec 31, 2002, End date: Dec 30, 2005,

The project will develop new knowledge and share best practice in the design, construction and maintenance of external timber cladding. In peripheral areas, the maritime climate is characterised by severe exposure to wind-driven rain, which can cause water penetration into the external walls of buildings leading to building failures. Special detailing is needed to prevent these problems and these ...
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SEAPLANE: Sustainable and Efficient Air Transport - Platform for Linked Analysis of the North Sea Air Transport Environment (SEAPLANE)

Start date: Sep 29, 2002, End date: Jun 29, 2005,

The main aim of the SEAPLANE Project was the sustainable spatial development of the participating regions by strengthening the air transport network and its airports for improved support of the economic and social cohesion in the North Sea Region and as well the increased accessibility of peripheral regions ...
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SMALL TOWN NETWORKS - TOWNS2 (TOWNS2)

Start date: Jul 31, 2002, End date: Apr 29, 2005,

A large proportion of the people in the Northern Periphery live in small towns and many of these communities are in long-term retreat. Building strong clusters of towns in remote fragile regions is a priority concern of the European Spatial Development Perspective but it requires a long-term commitment. This project is an extension of the current TOWNS NPP project which encourages the regeneration...
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Interactive and innovative road management of low traffic volume roads through a technical information exchange across the Northern Periphery - ROADEX II (ROADEX II)

Start date: Jan 31, 2002, End date: Apr 29, 2005,

Roadex proposes a 3-year trans-national technical collaboration across the Northern Periphery to develop ways for interactive and innovative road management of low traffic volume roads. The project will deal directly with road and transport issues raised by the unique combinations of remoteness, climate, ground conditions, low traffic volumes and long distances to markets. The main issues to be ad...
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Successful Small Scale Manufacturing from Small Island Territories

Small island territories - small in size, big manufacturing potential : The project proposes a set of tools that demonstrate the possibilities and components of successful manufacturing enterprises on island territories. The production of a manual, based on case studies of island business activities, will help to draw up guidelines for potential entrepreneurs wanting to develop manufacturing activ...
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CIELI – Sviluppare le competenze di creazione d'impresa secondo una metodologia fondata sui paradigmi della Competizione, Innovazione, E-Learning, Internazionalizzazione

The project aims at stimulating teachers and principals of secondary schools, as well as trainers of vocational centres to introduce in their institutions education for enterprise creation. It aims also at motivating SMEs staff to contribute with their practical experience and expertise. Therefore the proposed e.learning programme is devoted to young people and the pilot training will involve 200 ...
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