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Sustainable Freight Transport - Now and Tomorrow (SusFreight)

Start date: Aug 31, 2013, End date: Nov 29, 2014,

The Alps are a unique region at the heart of Europe, to be protected and remain attractive for its inhabitants. However, they are also a major natural bottleneck, increasingly challenging the dynamic economies in the region and their transport demand. The ever-growing transport across the Alps, in particular freight transport, has over decades led to an environmentally and also economically threat ...
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Housing and Home-care for the Elderly and vulnerable people and Local Partnership Strategies in Central European cities (HELPS)

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

...nd accessible and decent daily life spaces are not granted to increasingly larger portions of population in Central Europe. Helps Pilot Actions are disseminated over eight different countries (Italy,Germany,Hungary,Slovenia,Slovakia,Czech Republic,Poland,Austria).Key factors in common are:the support of public-private partnership and the transition from institutional care to community-based care. ...
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Railway Hub Cities and TEN-T network (RAILHUC)

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

Central Europe cities are the "first/last legs" of transnational transport chains. These chains consist of local, regional and transnational transport systems. On the one hand high speed connections among rail hubs in central Europe are being upgraded, especially on TEN-T networks and along the main intercity lines. On the other hand rail and in general public transport feeder lines need an upgrad ...
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Contribution To A Governance Network Of Regions In Central Europe (Go_Net_Regions)

Start date: Apr 30, 2012, End date: Jun 29, 2014,

...c. These will be carried out in small groups to allow extensive dialogue and in-depth discussions. In addition to these already scheduled meetings, one or two more are planned in the near future. The German Association as sole implementing institution leads and prepares contributions to these processes.
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Development and Promotion of Creative Industry Potentials in Central European Cities (Creative Cities)

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

Within global competition cities need to win investors and create more and better jobs. The exploitation of creative industries, which have high, but often unrecognised potentials, contributes to the fulfillment of the Lisbon objectives on local levels. The challenges for creative industry actors are high (low capital endowment, poor networking, low external visibility), though they do not have en ...
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Heritage Tourism for increased BSR Identity (AGORA 2.0)

Start date: Nov 30, 2009, End date: Dec 15, 2012,

Countries in the Baltic Sea Region have a long common history throughout the centuries and a great variety of natural and cultural resources. However, the area is still not well recognised as one common region, even by its own residents.AGORA 2.0 aims at strengthening the common identity of the Baltic Sea Region, based on its rich natural and cultural heritage. Substitutional for numerous assets, ...
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ublic Energy Alternatives - Sustainable energy strategies as a chance for regional development (PEA)

Start date: Nov 30, 2009, End date: Dec 15, 2012,

During the last years the costs for fossil energy resources are heavily increasing. Even though the prices for these resources will not be rising to ever new peaks it is obvious that they will remain on a high level and in medium and long term rise continuously. Consequently, the costs for public services, such as transportation or the provision of heat and electricity, are rising as well. This si ...
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Scandinavian-Adriatic Corridor for Growth and Innovation (SCANDRIA)

Start date: Aug 31, 2009, End date: Sep 8, 2012,

...t provides freight transport capacities to relieve overloaded Western European Transport Axes and accelerates cohesion between Western and Eastern Europe.Political representatives of Scandinavian and German regions and metropolises underlined their intentions by the Berlin Declaration (2007), the COINCO-Charter (2008) and the Scandria Berlin Declaration (2011).Consequently, the transnational coope ...
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Transalpine Transport Architects (TRANSITECTS)

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

In TRANSITECTS public institutions design common transnational intermodal solutions for freight transport in the Alpine Space. In the partnership different interests (economy, environment and transport) are integrated which is of crucial importance for a sustainable solution. Main aim of the project is to make the rail network more attractive and hence to foster its accessibility and functionality ...
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SOuth-NORth Axis (SoNorA)

Start date: Oct 31, 2008, End date: Feb 27, 2012,

SONORA addresses the need for improved multimodal accessibility in Central Europe in South-North dimensions. Building upon past project experiences which focused on the landscape and general transport conditions and plans within the area, SONORA targets to incisively bring forward the state of the art on the deployment of primary transport infrastructure and services, through trans-national collab ...
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Adaptation to flood risk in the LABE-ELbe river basin (LABEL)

Start date: Aug 31, 2008, End date: Jan 27, 2012,

...sk management within the international Elbe river basin is a cornerstone for territorial cohesion in diverse fields of action. The cooperating regions cover most of the river basin, 70 percent of the German and 50 percent of the Czech area of Central Europe. Additionally Hungarian and Austrian Regions are also involved. Building up on the achievements of the INTERREG III B project ELLA, that ended ...
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Energy Efficient and Integrated Urban Development Action (Urb.Energy)

Start date: Dec 31, 2008, End date: Jan 23, 2012,

...within the extension stage of the BSR programme, they shall be repeated and integrated into municipal urban development strategies, both in cities of the partner countries and generally on BSR level. German project partners from Berlin and Brandenburg finalised the retrospective case studies and evaluation of projects in their region on energy efficient urban renewal. In the final project phase, ...
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Transnational Action for Public Private Partnership (ACT4PPP)

Start date: Sep 30, 2008, End date: Sep 29, 2011,

Financial, structural and territorial challenges in Central Europe ask for a strengthened teamwork of public and private actors to create and maintain attractive and competitive living conditions. Due to economic and demographic changes and limits to public resources (financial, know-how) the provision of public tasks and regional/urban restructuring can no longer be provided efficiently by public ...
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Integrated urban actions for fostering and financing innovative economics and SMEs (FinUrbAct)

Start date: Oct 20, 2008, End date: Jul 18, 2011,

SMEs and local economic development (support systems for small scale SMEs and innovative/ high-tech projects; pathways to partnerships between cities and Managing Authorities; communication on support schemes, etc.) Achievements: Documents/reports:FIN-URB-ACT Final News ...
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Integrated revitalization of historical towns to promote a polycentric and sustainable development (Hist.Urban)

Start date: Jan 31, 2006, End date: Aug 30, 2008,

Most project partners participating in the Hist.Urban project are from small and medium-sized towns outside metropolitan areas. The main assets of these towns are historical town centres belonging to the European-built cultural heritage (7 cities are even UNESCO World Heritage sites). Due to social and economic transformations and structural changes the cities have to make considerable efforts to ...
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ADRIATIC-BALTIC LANDBRIDGE (A-B LANDBRIDGE)

Start date: May 31, 2006, End date: Apr 29, 2008,

...rs from regional administrations, ports, ministries of transport, transnational associations, operators, and other multi-sector specialists from six participating countries (Italy, Slovenia, Austria, Germany, Czech Republic, Poland) will conduct a bottom-up assessment of the land bridge corridors and an identification of potential market opportunities. ...
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Urban Green as a Key for Sustainable Cities (GreenKeys)

Start date: Apr 30, 2005, End date: Apr 29, 2008,

GreenKeys focuses on the improvement of urban green spaces as a step for more sustainable cities. The three main objectives are (1) to provide incentives for structural changes in cities by offering possibilities for improvement of green spaces. The partner cities will develop together with local stakeholders a strategic approach for the pilot project to create new or improve existing green areas ...
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Adapted Development of Historical Old Towns in Central and Eastern Europe (ADHOC)

Start date: Mar 31, 2006, End date: Feb 27, 2008,

Changing conditions, such as the lack of public funding and an ageing population, challenge the development of historical old towns. These difficult economic and social transitions require new approaches regarding the involvement of private investors in the implementation of revitalisation measures. In addition, conflicts between people aiming at preservation and others promoting modernisation of ...
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Institutionalization of the European Route of Brick Gothic (EuRoB) - a culturally and historically inspired tourism route marketing the brick Gothic heritage and related cultural offers (EuRoB II)

Start date: Dec 12, 2004, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

...rts of the impressing heritage of brick Gothic architecture in the Baltic Sea Region are documented at the heritage-related website http://bricks.eurob.org. The route passes through Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Sweden and has been developed in collaboration of local and regional administrations, of tourism and heritage experts. ...
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Establishment of an identity- and quality axis from the Baltic Sea to the Aegean Sea - Strengthening Regional Identity and Structures of Centres (IdeQua)

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

...nd quality axis from the Baltic Sea to the Aegean Sea. The project searches identity donating elements in the regional development of different states in the CADSES area - from the Baltic Sea via the German low mountains ranges, the Danube, the Carpathian Mountains, the Balkans, the Black Sea, the Rhodopes to the Aegaeis. These identity-donating elements shall help people to become aware of the at ...
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Heritage and New Media for Sustainable Regional Development (HERMES)

Start date: Aug 31, 2003, End date: Apr 29, 2007,

...ith contributions from the following radio stations: Radio Kraków, Bulgarian National Radio, Croatian Radio, Hungarian Radio, Slovak Radio and Radio LOTTE in Weimar. Supported by HERMES, in Weimar, Germany, a new media concept for the Wieland Museum Ossmanstedt was developed. This museum opened its doors to the public on 25 June 2005. A virtual museum of the Argonauts and a new city museum is unde ...
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LAnners NETwork for CENtral and South East Europe (PLANET CENSE)

Start date: Oct 31, 2003, End date: Feb 17, 2007,

PLANET CENSE is a network of national spatial planning institutions and experts established as a consequence of the VISION PLANET project. It aims at pursuing and developing further the policy options laid down in the VISION PLANET project documents. The network will foster spatial integration and a cross-sector dialogue with: - The European Spatial Planning Gateway (ESP GATEWAY): an expert dialog ...
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Large Housing Areas Stabilisation Action (LHASA)

Start date: Mar 31, 2003, End date: Sep 29, 2006,

..., are of great importance for the future quality of life in urban areas. In Eastern and Central Europe, prefabricated housing slabs that give a home to about 30 million inhabitants are dominant. East German prefabricated housing areas show today problems of increasing vacancy and fluctuation - baring the dangers of social decline and leading indirectly to urban sprawl as many inhabitants move out ...
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Integrated Concepts for Regional Development (INCORD)

Start date: Dec 31, 2003, End date: Jun 29, 2006,

...ion Integrated Concepts for Regional Development (INCORD) focuses on the promotion of integrated regional development concepts (IDCs) in the participating regions. All participating regions from East Germany and the New Member States are affected by structural problems caused in part by the transition process (e.g. co-ordinated and targeted planning processes for the construction of essential basi ...
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Consolidation of Polycentric Urban Systems through the Promotion of the Settlement of Retail Trade Businesses in Inner Urban Areas (VITAL CITIES)

Start date: Jan 31, 2003, End date: Jun 29, 2006,

... Expected Results: nia and Germany. In this legal investigation the instruments to achieve a sustainable development were demonstrated, - Surveys of consumer behaviour conducted at the local level in selected towns in several coun ...
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European Route of Brick Gothic - Historical European Architecture as a common heritage and as a local and regional economic factor (EuRoB )

Start date: May 31, 2002, End date: Oct 30, 2004,

...d Haderslev (Denmark), Greifswald, Bad Doberan, Neubrandenburg, Rostock, Lüneburg, the counties of Northwest Mecklenburg and Rügen, the World Culture Heritage Cities Lübeck, Stralsund, Wismar (all Germany), Riga (Latvia) and Vilnius (Lithuania), Olsztyn, Szczecin, Chojna as well as Grudziadz in Poland and Tartu (Estonia). The Polish cities Gdansk and Chelmno joined the Route as associated partners ...
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flood management measures by transnational spatial planning (ELLA – ELBE – LABE)

Start date: Jun 30, 2003, End date: Jul 30, 2003,

The ELLA project is the transnational co-operation of nearly all regional spatial planning authorities in the Elbe basin. This partnership between national and regional partners that are responsible for spatial planning, water management and agriculture, realises almost full spatial coverage of the catchment area of the Elbe and even neighbouring regions. Flood prevention and common management app ...
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