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Building up green Skills for Trainers from the construction industry

Start date: Dec 1, 2016, End date: Nov 30, 2019,

BuS.Trainers goal is to overcome skills mismatch and boost competitiveness in the construction sector. Vocational teachers hold a crucial role for the transfer of knowledge to current and future workforce at the sector. Based on existing evidences, building up VET trainers’ skills in Energy Efficiency and Renewable energies is the required breakthrough to address the weak link between education an ...
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ling Energy ACtion plans and Enhancing their implementation in the Alps (PEACE_Alps)

Start date: Dec 16, 2015, End date: Dec 15, 2018,

Description (EN): PEACE-ALPS tackles the problems related to the implementation of Sustainable Energy Action Plans (SEAPs) or any other Energy concepts already endorsed by Local Authorities (LAs) in Alpine Space Area (ASA) by supporting LAs, about 100, in developing concrete actions with an inter-municipal approach. This is the core aim of the project and the way for reaching main o ...
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Sustainable Projects for Organisations of the Third Sector

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

...e new policies, local authorities are depending more and more on the third sector organisations. But, they do not know deeply those organisations. For instance, they do not know their projects, their business models, their governing processes, etc. Also, the third sector organisations often have an incomplete view of the public authorities, focusing only on their funding role. Those views are rela ...
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Peer educators for peace

Start date: May 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

Recent situation in Europe and world made people reflect on the meaning of conflict and peace and also wondering and undertaking various actions to prevent tragic events and deepening the crisis. There is knowledge missing on how conflict escalate and how it starts, where are the roots of it. On the other hand. there are several groups experienced and knowledgeable in the topic of peace, but even ...
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Transnational Network for Social Innovation Incubation (TRANSITION)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Feb 29, 2016,

...arning output on which scaling methodologies are most effective in a given region and the level of impact of these methodologies when transferred between regions.TRANSITION is led by the European Business & Innovation Centre Network (EBN), Europe’s network of innovation-based incubators, and The Young Foundation, a pioneer in the field of SI. Additional partners in the consortium provide a broad g ...
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MedDiet - Mediterranean Diet and enhancement of traditional foodstuff (MedDiet)

Start date: Dec 31, 2012, End date: Dec 30, 2015,

...anean healthy eating habits) and of SMEs (in particular restaurants) about the benefits of the Mediterranean Diet (MD) by reinforcing the capacity of schools, local authorities, chambers of commerce/ business organizations and policy making institutions to implement effective and sustainable initiatives for safeguarding MD in Egypt, Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Spain and Tunisia. ...
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FOstering Solar TEchnology in the MEDiterranean area (FOSTEr in MED)

Start date: Nov 30, 2012, End date: Nov 29, 2015,

The project in briefThe Mediterranean region is characterized by the significant potential of solar energy. The sunlight time ranges from 2650 to 3400 hours per year with average radiation going up to 3200 kWh/m2 per year. Despite these favorable weather conditions, the development of solar energy in the Mediterranean area is still limited by technical, institutional, financial and market barriers ...
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Strategic Hubs for the Analysis and Acceleration of the Mediterranean Solar Sector (SHAAMS)

Start date: Nov 8, 2012, End date: Nov 7, 2015,

The project in brief The last decades have witnessed a growing interest for solar energy initiatives in the Mediterranean region, coupled with a growing pressure to ensure an actual shift from traditional energies towards a more efficient energy system. While many successful national and regional projects have been implemented in order to develop market, policy and technical actions, the transitio ...
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Innovative Financial Instruments for Sustainable Development in Alpine Space (FIDIAS)

Start date: Jun 30, 2012, End date: Jun 29, 2015,

Alpine Space regions are all characterized by the need of increasing and improving sustainable development policies, to cope with the consequences of the international crisis. Starting from the capitalization of partners' experiences, and considering the high "eco-innovation" potential of the Alpine Space, the FIDIAS project aims to provide Local Regional Authorities, green-tech SMEs and Local Fin ...
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Supporting local authorities in the implementation of Sustainable Energy Action Plans in the Alpine Space Area (SEAPAlps)

Start date: Sep 30, 2012, End date: May 30, 2015,

The main objective of the project is to promote energy planning at local level by sharing a common methodology among participating Partners (PP). This is essential to tackle Climate Change (CC), as energy use is mainly responsible for it. Local Authorities (LA) have a key role in this mitigation process, but as generally acquired, mitigation is not sufficient since CC is already taking place. The ...
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Miniaturization technology: synergies of research and innovation to enhance the economic development of the Adriatic (IPATECH)

Start date: Sep 30, 2012, End date: Mar 30, 2015,

...nd medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are vulnerable in this changing environment. SME managers have a limited amount of time available to learn about market trends and policies which could affect their business. The potential of modern agro-food business to promote economic growth in the countryside is huge. We believe that the potential of modern agribusiness is, however, underutilized. Indeed, in ...
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Development of Outdoor Adventure Tourism Network in Black Sea Region (DOOA)

Start date: Mar 14, 2014, End date: Mar 13, 2015,

The overall objective of the project is to contribute to the sustainable economical and social development in the Black Sea region, by valuating its natural, historical and cultural richness and strengthening the management capacity of the outdoor tourism. Achievements: ...
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licy and Public-Private Partnerships for Offshore Wind EneRgy (4 POWER)

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

...ractical reasons - electricity cables have to ‘land’ in coastal regions – and because of the political and strategic role they can play – e.g. creating Triple Helix linkages and stimulating business networks.While the technological advancement in OSW applications is considerable in industry, the uptake in terms of knowledge and effective policy in Europe’s regional and local governments is still p ...
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Life Cycle based Energy Audit (LiCEA)

Start date: Oct 31, 2012, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

Energy is an essential ingredient in nearly all goods and services, but its use exacts heavy financial, environmental, and security costs. A key method of reducing energy costs while retaining its benefits is to use it more efficiently. Industry is a very large consumer of energy and has unexploited potential for energy savings. To lower the intensity of industrial energy dependency one has to add ...
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Measuring INnovation among EURopean Subregions (IN-EUR)

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

...ia) in March, together with a Launch Conference. This was a unique opportunity to present the project and its objectives and have representatives from local innovation system, including universities, business associations, chambers of commerce and local councils, regional development agencies gathered together to discuss the project theme and its application at local level. In particular, particip ...
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Human capital and innovation: employment policies in local and regional innovation networks for talent attraction and better job opportunities (Working4Talent)

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

...vity as key sources for regional innovation. The workshop was divided into two strands: Strand A: Talent Retention in Civil Society/ Third Sector and stand B: Talent Creation ¬ Retention in business. To enable clustering with other Interreg IVC projects, project managers from the projects UNICREDS and Brainflow presented the main conclusions of its projects. .During the stay in Drammen a study vis ...
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Venture Initiative in the Balkan Europe  (VIBE)

Start date: Dec 31, 2012, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

The VIBE project addresses the challenge of developing the innovation and entrepreneurship system across the SEE by enabling private investment into innovative entrepreneurial companies in partnership with smart public initiatives and investment. VIBE offers a transnational integrated approach by avoiding unnecessary duplication, mobilizing a critical mass of the regional investment, innovation ag ...
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Towards Regional spEcialisation for Smart growth spirit (TRES)

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

Europe faces a moment of global transformation and must now take charge of its future. In the meantime, the world is moving fast and long-term challenges – globalisation, pressure on resources, ageing – intensify. Europe can succeed if it acts collectively, as a Union. Regions need a strategy to come out stronger from the crisis, overcome structural weaknesses and contribute to turn the EU into a ...
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sharing methodologies on FINancial ENgineering for enterprises (FIN-EN)

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

FIN-EN project aims at enhancing co-operation between regional and national authorities across Europe on the methodologies and instruments used for implementing Financial Engineering operations in the framework of EU Structural Funds. Financial Engineering is an option offered to member states to reviewing the ERDF/ESF disbursement procedures by using financial instruments (as opposite to traditio ...
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Development of interregional financial assistance to SMEs and of non-grant instruments (DIFASS)

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

...ill be provided for - an internet based Micro Finance Management tool from Hungary to regions in Estonia, Spain, Italy and the Slovak Republic and- a programme to support internationalisation of SMEs business from Andalusia to regions in Denmark, Italy, Romania and Sweden. Achievement ...
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licy Learning to Unlock Skills in the TEXtile sector (PLUSTEX)

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

...nd thereby support SMEs of the T&C sector in their need for modernisation, innovation and strategic transformation to adapt to global challenges. It aims to deliver GPs to support the creation of new business models, manufacturingtechnologies and marketing strategies with a sharper focus on quality, technology, design, sustainability, and user-driven production. The approach of the project is to m ...
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ansnational network for SME support in the animal breeding and horticulture sector  (AGRO-START)

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

...ever, SMEs face severe common problems in sustainably keeping up their competitiveness in their national and on the European market. Project partners have decided to tackle the urgent need to improve business support services in order to elaborate an integrated transnational approach that will help to provide a specific support service for SMEs of the horticulture and animal breeding sector. The p ...
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Smarter Cluster Policies for South East Europe (ClusterPoliSEE)

Start date: Apr 30, 2012, End date: Oct 30, 2014,

...PoliSEE supports transnational development of policy learning understanding and mechanisms and this makes knowledge exchange and mutual learning from experience mostly impacting on current policy and business practice, and the perspective of world class cluster formation and transnational aggregation more concrete and viable overall. ...
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Social and Economic Development of Teriberka

Start date: Apr 13, 2012, End date: Oct 12, 2014,

...uncertainty about whether or not it will be a central on-shore transit point for the field. If this will not happen, fishing industry is one of its few possibilities. Murmansk Regional Small & Medium Business Support Agency will start development work in Teriberka by carrying out this project. The project will assist Teriberka in developing better living conditions and enhance economic growth in t ...
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Development of Effective Models for Cultural Tourism in Montana, Vidin and Dolj Regions (DEM-CT)

Start date: Apr 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2014,

...anizations, operating in the tourism branch; two information centres are operational; information package for "Cultural Tourism" was successfully introduced in information centres; contacts among businesses, NGOs, and public institutions Montana, Vidin and Dolj region were strengthened.The travel packages are available on the project website: www.montana-vidin-dolj.com.
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Clusters meet culture: an opportunity for development  (CMC)

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

...ining manufacturing productions with artistic heritage and cultural production. At the end, the project aims at opening new sales channel across South East Europe, with the main purpose to help small business development. Starting from this assumption, and with the tools mentioned above, the specific objective of the project are: to dilute tourism streams currently concentrated on major cities and ...
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CLusters Orientation towards Up-to-date technologies and models for common Development  (CLOUD)

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

...eveloping ICT tool for its purposes.“Hidden Champions” contains an brief overall view of the company's activity such as: specification of the firm's activities, focusing on its core business and how it is conducted, briefly highlighting the products/services range and organization features.It was relevant to include particulars items of interest (such as company goals; characteristics that differe ...
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Strategic Age Management for SME in the Baltic Sea Region (BestAgersLighthouses)

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

The extension stage project “Best Agers Lighthouses” focuses on implementation of age management interventions in selected small and medium-sized enterprises and public organisations in different Baltic Sea Region countries. The interventions will follow a jointly developed methodology which is based on the results of the “Best Agers” project, and they will be monitored and evaluated scientificall ...
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Adriatic - Danube - Black Sea multimodal platform (ADB multiplatform)

Start date: Mar 31, 2012, End date: Sep 29, 2014,

...ted pilot transnational network. This will be done by developing and establishing a "multimodal transport development platform", which integrates different regions and stakeholders from the transport business. ADB Multiplatform aims at: 1) developing a network of multimodal hubs in SEE area, with common quality and performance standards, connected by innovative ICT and transport services; 2) devel ...
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South East Europe jointly developed common advanced virtual accessibility solutions to support public services  (SECOVIA)

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

...overnments and citizens to access and develop advanced online services. The South East Europe (SEE) area suffers from great inadequacies in the provision of eGovernment services to citizens (G2C) and businesses (G2B). This cohesion gap sets economic and administrative barriers that hinder access of citizens and businesses to digital public services. As a result, regional development and competitiv ...
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Enabling Actions for Social Enterprises in South East Europe  (EASE & SEE)

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

...uthorities with the involvement of financial investors may provide to the whole SEE area. The project deals with innovative social entrepreneurship by considering the role of Social Enterprise in the business community and not only in the welfare system, which means approaching SEs and their service needs from a totally different perspective if compared to the many initiatives funded with direct f ...
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Creation of a common cross-border portal for e-business – e-Business Pages (E-Business Pages)

Start date: Mar 13, 2013, End date: Sep 13, 2014,

1. Creation of a database; 2. Translation into 3 languages; 3. Creation of a dynamic web portal; 4.Creation of an online market for offers; 5. Giving online business consultations; 6. Database of profiles and ideas of NGOs and public organizations; 7. Popularizing the portal; 8. Multiplying the project
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Boosting innovation through new cluster concepts in support of emerging issues and cross-sectoral themes (CluStrat)

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

Clusters are part of the new economic environment, but often miss the dynamism which is needed for innovation. New cluster concepts which upgrade clusters & cluster policies are needed. Central European governments need to increase the effectiveness of their policies in this area to secure further development and competitiveness. The policy frameworks on cluster and innovation policy need to be up ...
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Open Innovation in Alpine SMEs (OPEN-ALPS)

Start date: Jun 30, 2011, End date: Jun 29, 2014,

OPEN-ALPS strengthens the competitiveness of the Alpine Space by introducing and realising innovations in SMEs based on the Open Innovation (OI) paradigm. Main objective is to support Alpine SMEs in technology branches on their way from internal closed innovation to "open innovation". This shall encourage innovation, entrepreneurship and strengthen research and innovation capacities for SMEs in th ...
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Virtual Market for Agri-Food and Construction, modern instrument for supporting joint business development in Romanian-Bulgarian cross border area (AGRICONS)

Start date: Mar 27, 2013, End date: Jun 26, 2014,

Supporting economic development of Romanian-Bulgarian cross border area, through valorization of existing competitive advantages in the agri-food and construction. To create modern instruments for joint businesses and trade in cross border area. To increase agrifood and construction businesses competitiveness, through training and marketing
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Research, Innovation and Business Support for a Low Carbon Economy (Safe-Ice)

Start date: Sep 30, 2013, End date: May 15, 2014,

The aim of the cluster is to develop a common understanding of what the low carbon economy is across the 2 Seas region, highlighting good practice in terms of research, innovation and business support.Subsequently, four expert working groups were established:-market and policy conditions,-business/building,-business park,-and business to businessThe aim of the cluster is to develop a common unders ...
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Adriatic Health and Vitality Network (AHVN)

Start date: Feb 28, 2011, End date: Feb 27, 2014,

...ors and academic institutions. The AHVN project integrates beneficiaries from private sector (Hotel Marita), major faculties in the field of tourism and medical education (School of Economics and Business Sarajevo, School of Dentistry), municipalities (City of Buzet), NGO-s (Green Home, Assoc. Healthy Entrepreneur). As agreed by the six initial AHVN partners from Obalno Kraška Region (SLO), Istra ...
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Enhancing Multimodal Platforms, Inland waterways and Railways services Integration in Central Europe (EMPIRIC)

Start date: Feb 28, 2009, End date: Feb 27, 2014,

...ltimodality, EMPIRIC has analyzed the potential alternative modes to road transport. In particular, every region involved in EMPIRIC delivered a specific report on inland navigation and implemented business analyses for the setting up of new rail services. The reports on inland waterways in Central Europe now serve as a good basis to share different ways in organizing inland navigation and the re ...
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motion of residual forestry biomass in the Mediterranean basin (PROFORBIOMED)

Start date: Feb 28, 2011, End date: Feb 27, 2014,

PROFORBIOMED promotes renewable energies in rural areas by developing an integrated strategy for the use of forest biomass as a renewable energy source, improving forest management systems, recovering forest biomass potential and developing new opportunit Achievements: ...
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Integrated Program for skills enhancement of human resources in fashion sectors and facilitation of employees mobility in the cross-border region (SKILLS IN FASHION)

Start date: Feb 23, 2012, End date: Feb 22, 2014,

...tc.• The establishment of a network of Helpdesks regarding human resources issues• The pilot application of innovative actions and practices for skills enhancement, which will be addressed to businesses and employees of the sector in the area.• The increase of professional opportunities for the human capital that will make use of the advisory actions. • The organization of 2 seminars for adult edu ...
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