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Utveckla kulturen i ytterstaden
Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2017,
...ons, libraries municipalities and local associations all working in socioeconomic disadvantaged areas and make a job shadowing. The cities are Birmingham, Bordeaux, Barcelona, Amaroussion and Helsinki. The five cities have developed other ways to tackle the issues and identified barriers that may be an important reason.
Activities: Kick off and anchoring work: Information meetings with all employe ...
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Development and demonstration of an ecological, innovative system for in-house waste recycling (Recycling@Home)
Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2015,
Background
The management of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) remains a challenge in Greece. Attica, with more than 4 million inhabitants, faces a particularly difficult problem. Landfill is still the predominant means of disposal of MSW. In 2009, 81.1% of all MSW was sent to landfill and only 18.9% was recycled, even though, according to 2007 data, at least 4 ...
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Integration and Development of Environmental Management Systems (IDEMS)
Start date: Oct 1, 2005, End date: May 31, 2009,
... dimensions and very different environmental situations, to implement an EMAS process.
The project worked with four âdeveloperâ municipalities - Ravenna, Ferrara, Mantova (Italy) and Amaroussion (Greece) - to develop and pilot an integrated system. These were supported and assisted by three âreferenceâ cities - Dresden and Heidelberg (Germany), and Växjö (Sweden) - who shared their exis ...
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Local Authority EMAS and Procurement (LEAP) (Leap)
Start date: Nov 1, 2003, End date: Oct 31, 2006,
Background
Local authorities are a major purchaser of goods and services across Europe and are responsible for a very significant range of environmental impacts related to the specification, purchase, transportation, use and disposal of goods and related services. As a result of this large spending power, the local authority sector could potentially have ...
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Green Games and Local Authorities (GALA)
Start date: Oct 1, 2001, End date: Sep 30, 2004,
...imited area for a two-week period results in greatly increased production of waste, increased consumption of water and energy, deterioration of air quality, and increased noise levels.
The city of Amaroussion hosted 70 percent of the 2004 Olympic Games in the Olympic Sports Complex (OAKA), and was therefore the main carrier of the environmental burden of the event.
The project used the occas ...
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European ecoBudget pilot project for local authorities steering to local sustainability (Ecobudget)
Start date: Sep 1, 2001, End date: Aug 31, 2004,
... German pilot project, as well as the Environmental Protection Agency for the Emilia Romagna Region in Italy, as observers. The municipalities implementing the project were Amaroussion and Kalithea (Greece), Bologna and Ferrara (Italy), Lewes (UK) and Växjö itself.
Results
The six partner municipali ...
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