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Cool Tourism (COOL)

Start date: Nov 30, 2011, End date: Jun 29, 2015,

The COOL project aims at developing tourism in rural areas by designing and implementing new and innovative ways of bringing together diverse businesses, networks and resources across the cross-border region.
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Last Mile Logistics (LaMiLo)

Start date: May 11, 2011, End date: Jun 29, 2015,

Freight transport of consumer goods has a global dimension with the first mile element of the supply chain often in a different country to the last mile that reaches out to the end customer. This element is inefficient and costly to businesses and consumers. The urban density of the NWE programme area. while especially vulnerable to congestion and pollution. offers excellent conditions to demonstr ...
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SEACONOMICS (SEACO)

Start date: Dec 31, 2010, End date: Sep 29, 2014,

The Seaconomics projects aim is to make the 2 Seas coastal tourism offer more dynamic and to find innovative solutions to the common problem of a changing environment and a decline in the traditional touristic industry that no longer meets current visitor demand. The Seaconomics project will focus on 3 main activities:- Encouraging investment and progressive initiatives in the tourist industry by ...
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sitive water management in lowland areas facing climate change (FLOODCOM)

Start date: Jan 31, 2010, End date: Aug 31, 2014,

The FLOODCOM project gathers together 5 partners from the 2 Seas programme area with similar topography: lowland areas, affected by the North Sea with a possibility of flooding from inter-tidal and fluvial events or even severe rainfall events. Traditional flood defense methods, such as concrete canals and sea walls, are no longer fit to meet the increased threat of flooding. Therefore, new techni ...
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Maximising Green Heritage (MaxiGreen)

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

... study cases- An international conference on managing heritage landscapes with cross border recommendationsPlans and strategies- In the Province of Antwerp: one master plan for the project region- In Essex: a vision document for South Essex highlighting the main Green heritage sites and the integration of the Hadleigh farm site.- In Marck; the purchase of the quarry as part of the house of Nature, ...
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Erfgoed van de Tweede Wereldoorlog (WW2 Heritage)

Start date: May 31, 2011, End date: Jun 29, 2014,

...ion and Research- 1 Report physical WW2 remains from each region with Map of the cross-border distribution and typology- 1 Overview of oral history accounts- 30 - 50 interviews per region (Zeeland, Essex/East of England, West Flanders)- 1 Cross-border historic publication on DVDActivity 2 – Making history accessible- 1 best practice compendium- 4 familiarisation visits with design workshops- moder ...
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Walls and Gardens

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

...store and make accessible the fortifications by implementing an ecological policy, green paths, mediation, etc.- In Kempens Landschap, a tunnel to help bats wintering will be built next to the fort.- Essex County Council will implement an innovative touristic tool to make the understanding of the fortifications and gardens better.Are all partners and territories benefitting from the results?Even i ...
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Sustainable Urban Mobility (SUM PROJECT)

Start date: Dec 31, 2011, End date: Jun 29, 2014,

...ouncil,City of KatowiceMunicipality of Vratsa,Sofia Municipality,Regional Energy Agency of Pazardjik,Amiens City council,The Skåne Association of Local Authorities,Energy Agency for Southeast Sweden,Essex County CouncilThe main OUTPUTS expected are: 7 interregional events for the exchange of experiences, 196 participants in these events, 15 good practices identified, 14 regional/local policies and ...
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Sustainable Coastal Development in Practise (SUSCOD)

Start date: Aug 31, 2009, End date: Dec 30, 2013,

SUSCOD aims to make a step change in the application of integrated coastal zone management (ICZM). In doing so coastal potentials -economical, social and environmental- can be utilized to full advantage and broader support for coastal management measures can be secured. 7 partners from 5 countries will develop an innovative Integrated Coastal Zone Management (IZCM) assistant. The ICZM approach has ...
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CRUISE GATEWAY - towards sustainable growth of cruise shipping in the NSR (Cruise Gateway)

Start date: Sep 30, 2010, End date: Sep 29, 2013,

Cruise Gateway will increase the maritime accessibility by developing the NSR as a cruise destination of its own and promoting it as a "lighthouse" for sustainable cruise. Main outputs are the creation of a brand for cruise in the NSR, the improvement of service quality in ports and environmentally friendly economic growth. Within the work packages, the brand will be jointly designed and best prac ...
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Management of Multifunctional Forests (MULTI-FOR)

Start date: Jun 30, 2008, End date: Jun 29, 2013,

...n, and scientific publicationsReports/publications- Regarding the evolution of forest biodiversity: scientific publications, two technical publications for forest managers including one following the Essex conference on this subject.- Scientific monitoring, technical notes, reports for the sites.- production of technical briefs on sustainable management with exchanges for French forest landownersP ...
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Achieving the Integration of Migrant communities and Ethnic Residents (AIMER)

Start date: Oct 31, 2008, End date: Dec 30, 2012,

...ssons in Ostend- 25 ICT courses with 22 people participatingActivity 2:- 2 cultural awareness training for staff and supervisors/managers in ECC- 5 Raising awareness of cultural differences events in Essex and 1 DVD produced- 1 mentoring training by Young Lives- 7 informal events to promote the Roma culture in Medway- 4 Cultural Events- 5 young people courses (mentoring, graffiti, movie)'- 5 multi ...
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Multi-modal Innovation for Sustainable Maritime & Hinterland Transport Structures (PORT INTEGRATION)

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

Port Integration - Multi-modal innovation for sustainable maritime & hinterland transport structures is designed to identify, exchange & transfer best practices in the transport sector with the aim of an overall integration of related policies. Background is the recent increase of European transport flows leading to imbalances in the usage of different transport modes. While landside especially th ...
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Dryport - a modal shift in practice (Dryport)

Start date: May 31, 2008, End date: Jun 30, 2012,

The project’s aim is to develop, design and set effective Hinterland inter-modal freight transport nodes – dryports – which are fully integrated with the Gateway freight handling systems, to adapt a public concept to a private sector model, and to integrated dryports into the EU Motorways of the Sea concept. The project includes the identification of suitable dryport land sites in the North Sea R ...
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Innovative concepts for smart road restraint systems to provide greater safety for vulnerable road users (smart rrs)

Start date: Nov 3, 2008, End date: May 2, 2012,

Recent figures from WHO and ETSC reveal frightening statistics on road traffic accidents across Europe and beyond • 1.2 million people worldwide are killed in road crashes each year with up to 43,000 dying in Europe • Up to 50 million are injured with at least 600,000 hospital admissions on a European level directly attributed to road traffic accidents. This costs European society approximately 16 ...
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Chain of Safety

Start date: Nov 29, 2005, End date: Jun 29, 2008,

The aim of the project was to facilitate co-operation, exchange of experience and mutual assistance within the North Sea Region (NSR) in the event of coastal flooding. The overall objective of the project was to initiate a contingency plan for flooding covering the whole North Sea Area in order to implement this contingency plan during 2007 - 2013. ...
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Optimum II - Optimal Planning Through Implementation of Mobility Management (Optimum II)

Start date: Dec 31, 2002, End date: Jun 29, 2008,

Road congestion in the NWE area affects accessibility, mobility, environmental quality and economic development. Building new roads is no longer an option. Optimum2 seeks to better integrate mobility management into spatial planning and promote sustainable mobility alternatives. Nine partners from the Netherlands and the UK have set their objectives around five key factors that they consider are i ...
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Intermodal Port Access and Commodities Transport in Europe

Start date: May 31, 2005, End date: Jun 29, 2008,

International traffic between the UK and continental Europe is a specific territorial issue which the partnership will address through sustainable distribution and the economic development of ports. They will also develop a maritime integrated network and strategy.
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Attention to Warning And Readiness in Emergencies (AWARE)

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

...n about emergencyplanning together. This is something that the 10 participating regions have done extremely well - in particular the province of East-Flanders (BE), the province of West-Flanders(BE), Essex County(UK), Kent County (UK), Bihor County (RO), Arad County (RO), Hajdú-Bihar County (HU), Taurage County (LT), City of Sovetsk (Rus. Fed) and the Province of Zeeland (NL). Despite the differen ...
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RAXIS: Making Rural Entrepreneurship Work (PRAXIS)

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

...transnational seminar took place in Crete, and informed us about the aims and objectives of Pilot Project 2. Pilot project 1, Innovation Development Amongst Rural Entrepreneurs (I DARE) is led by the Essex Rural Partnership. It implements a model of innovation support for rural SMEs through mentoring innovation support to 25 cross-sectoral businesses. Pilot project 2 (MESURA) is led by the Herakli ...
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ERIH II - European Route of Industrial Heritage (ERIH II)

Start date: Sep 30, 2002, End date: Oct 30, 2007,

Although regions such as the German Rühr, the North of England or Saar-Sor-Lux were cradles of the Industrial Revolution, these areas today, are struck by unemployment and decline and seldom regard their industrial heritage as a potential asset. This 4 year project led by a German tourist board, builds on the findings of a previous project under IIC to demonstrate that industrial heritage can be a ...
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SustAccess: Sustainable Accessibility between Hinterlands and Gateways around the North Sea (SustAccess)

Start date: Feb 26, 2004, End date: Sep 29, 2007,

The central aims of the project were to improve the accessibility between rural areas/hinterlands and gateways around the North Sea and secondly to develop the integration of hinterland areas in national and international transport networks. Emphasising an increased use of more sustainable modes of transport, the project covered both goods and passenger transport.The overall aim of the project was ...
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Growing to a governmental, political and institutional structure which improves the interregional, transnational and cross border cooperation specifically between regions separated by seas (Time 2C)

Start date: Dec 31, 2004, End date: Dec 30, 2006,

Problems addressed• The requirement to improve the flow of experience of current Interreg projects, focussing on the North Sea area, and to encourage wider participation in Interreg of other maritime areas of Europe on maritime cross border issues. • The requirement of an enhanced exchange of knowledge, best practices and benchmarking together with a better understanding of the relevance of mariti ...
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Crossing the Lines - Sustainable redevelopment of former defence lines in Northwest Europe (Crossing the Lines)

Start date: Sep 30, 2002, End date: Dec 30, 2006,

This project focuses on restoring and redeveloping a specific element of European architectural heritage: former defence lines created during the Napoleonic era within or outside a number of cities of the NWE region. Conservation through re-development is the underlying philosophy behind this project. To achieve this, the three partners from Belgium, the Netherlands and the UK will focus around fo ...
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LANARCH II (PLANARCH II)

Start date: Sep 30, 2002, End date: Jun 2, 2006,

...lishing their value, particularly within a spatial planning framework. These methodologies will be developed and tested at transnational level around three pilot projects focusing on wetland areas in Essex, Flanders and Kent. Thirdly the partners will look at ways of better integrating archaeology into spatial planning by ensuring that the historic environment is appropriately treated in Environme ...
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SAIL-II (Schéma dAménagement Intégré du Littoral) (SAIL-II)

Start date: Jul 14, 2002, End date: Jul 13, 2005,

With an ambitious partnership between fifteen regions from the UK, France, Belgium and the Netherlands SAIL II (Schéma dAménagement Intégré du Littoral) is a transnational endeavour seeking to foster greater cooperation between maritime regions over three years. It aims to promote territorial integration between a triangle of coastal regions, including estuaries, in the Southern North Sea Area. Wh ...
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ESCAPE: European Solutions by Co-operation and Planning in Emergencies (for coastal flooding) (Escape)

Start date: Sep 26, 2002, End date: Sep 29, 2004,

Escape aimed to minimise the effects of flooding situations in coastal areas, through improving contingency plans, increasing public awareness and developing systems for monitoring high water and evacuation possibilities. Achievements: The project addressed the issue of ...
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