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LIFE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF DRY GRASSLANDS IN EASTERN SLOVENIA (LIFE TO GRASSLANDS)

Start date: Nov 1, 2015, End date: Oct 31, 2020,

Background Dry grasslands – semi-natural dry grasslands on calcareous substrates (6210) and species-rich Nardus grasslands on siliceous substrates in mountain areas (6230) – have a bad/unfavourable conservation status in Slovenia. Overgrowth resulting from land abandonment is a critical threat for these habitat types. Additionally in the past few dec ...
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NAture Insurance value: Assessment and Demonstration (NAIAD)

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

NAIAD aims to operationalise the insurance value of ecosystems to reduce the human and economic cost of risks associated with water (floods and drought) by developing and testing - with key insurers and municipalities - the concepts, tools, applications and instruments (business models) necessary for its mainstreaming. We will do this in detail for 8 demonstration sites (DEMOs) throughout Europe a ...
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Empowering Literacy in Adolescents through Creative Engagement with Comics

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2018,

International studies showed that EU students do not perform well in science, math and literacy skills (PISA, TIMMS, OECD). One of the specific priorities of the school education program is to address the low achievement in basic skills through more effective teaching methods and in particular through projects that foster interdisciplinary approaches and the integration of teaching basic skills su ...
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Ampliando Horizontes

Start date: Jul 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

Name:AMPLIANDO HORIZONTESTime duration:11 monthsVolunteers:2Description:ECOCOMPATIMOS is an NGO which is financied by its second hand charity shop and hand made products. Here, people bringtheir things to be sold, and they can choose between bring their money back or give us the money of their products when they are already sold. In this case, money will be invested in our projects.We have an area ...
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Addressing the Regional Labor Market Needs through Development and Certification of New Programs for Adult Education

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

The overall objective of the project is to address the skills needs which exist at regional level in Macedonia and Romania. The basic premise is that labor market needs vary across different regions within a country. These regional needs are generally under-explored in both Macedonia and Romania. Good data broken down at regional level are not available. As a consequence, adult education programs ...
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em4em - Empowerment for Employment - Contact Making Event

Start date: May 2, 2016, End date: Mar 1, 2017,

BASIC INFORMATION:The proposed project is a KA1 Youth Workers mobility - Contact Making Event which is due to take place in Wisla in Poland on 4 - 11 September 2016. The mobility will gather 28 partners from the following countries: Bulgaria, United Kingdom, Romania, Macedonia, Slovakia, Turkey, Italy, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Greece, the Netherlands and Poland. CONTEXT:As keen advocates of the ...
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JOIN OUR JOURNEY III

Start date: Aug 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

JOIN OUR JOURNEY III project has been developed upon the experience of last 6 years of EVS Hosting, Sending and Coordinating. We are solely aware of aims and objectives of hosting EVS Volunteers within the frame of EVS Charter and learning objectives of the EVS Programme. This project is planned as a journey of Learning, to raise European Consciousness amongst youngsters and getting the EVS volu ...
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YW-Building Future

Start date: May 1, 2015, End date: Jun 30, 2016,

The high rates of early school drop-outs (12.7 % in 2014 between young people aged between 18-25) and the high unemployment rates among young people (above 23% in the end of 2013) is a priority of the European Union as it acknowledges the severity of the situation on the long run: the negative effect on the economy, social dissatisfaction leading to social tension, etc. The project partners decide ...
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From idea to enterprise

Start date: Aug 1, 2015, End date: Feb 29, 2016,

The changes in the world economy and technologies together with globalisation and society development strongly influence on a labour market. There is no anymore “job for life”, the industrial and physical work is becoming less needed giving the way to creativity-focused professions and due to high competition in business sector and economic problems employers are looking for already educated, expe ...
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BRIDGING THE IMPLEMENTATION GAP: FACILITATING CROSS-BORDER ICZM IMPLEMENTION BY LOWERING LEGAL-INSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS IN THE MSB (MARE NOSTRUM)

Start date: Jan 30, 2013, End date: Dec 30, 2015,

The project in briefMost Mediterranean countries share the challenges of rapid shoreline development, extreme seasonal fluctuation in populations, vulnerability to coastal hazards and eroding environmental quality. Yet many of these countries are also characterized by inadequate planning, management and enforcement of the regulations, as well as the lack of solid database to assist decision makers ...
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uro-meDiterranean cAreer & Employment aDvisor portAl for the mobiLity of yoUng residentS (DAEDALUS)

Start date: Dec 30, 2013, End date: Dec 29, 2015,

Project in brief The large young population entering the job market in the Mediterranean area will represent a major challenge in the upcoming years. Qualified young people who should enhance the competitiveness of the Mediterranean area need to overcome numerous barriers while seeking career and employment opportunities. Building professional profiles, finding opportunities, matching successfully ...
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KNOW MORE - INVOLVE MORE

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: Nov 30, 2015,

The seminar Know More - Involve More had a great focus on discussing and analysis of best practices that could lead to long-term impact for youth activities and could develop strong network of practitioners, involving youth workers as participants and also NGOs from the community to an open and constructive dialogue about the power of education for youth through life long learning programs. 37 par ...
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NO LABELS, JUST PEOPLE

Start date: Aug 1, 2014, End date: Nov 30, 2015,

Project No labels, just people is a youth exchange with programme countries Slovenia, France, Poland, Portugal and Macedonia. It starts on 1. 8. 2014 and ends on 30. 11. 2015 (16 months).The theme of the exchange was chosen by ex EVS volunteers in Slovenia (from Slovakia and Poland) who noticed that there are too many stereotyps and prejudices in Slovenian everyday life. Furthermore they noticed ...
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(Dis)Connected in nature

Start date: May 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

(Dis)Connected in nature is a youth exchange between 49 youths from 8 countries - Croatia, Serbia, Macedonia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Netherlands, Romania and Hungary. The participants are from 18 to 25 years old, of different backgrounds, and represent the youth of their country. The exchange will be held near the city of Karlovac, in a nature camp next to the river Mrežnica and beautiful natural be ...
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Искам да живея на село - 2

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

The main project objective was overcoming social isolation of young people in rural communities through encouraging their civic participation, enlarging the scope of opportunities on labour market and promoting the creative attitude towards the potential of rural areas. The project activities were organized in Bulgaria in the town of Stara Zagora and 2 nearby villages. Participants were 42 young p ...
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Euro(EVS)Med Learning

Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Mar 1, 2015,

In modern society such concepts as globalization and world citizenship are often met and become more and more popular but frequently radical cultural differences and different understanding of them promote stereotypes, prejudices, discrimination and misunderstanding between people with different cultural and historical roots. Today and in future young people more than before will have to face and ...
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HUGS (How to Up-Grade your Safety) on the Web

Start date: Jun 17, 2014, End date: Jan 31, 2015,

The general objective of the project is preventing computer addiction of young people through increasing their knowledge about that kind of addiction, teaching them how to recognize it and promoting alternatives for their free time activities. A youth exchange will be organized in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria. A total number of 36 young people from 6 countries - Greece, Poland, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukrain ...
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Consortium for Health Policy and Systems Analysis in Africa (CHEPSAA)

Start date: Feb 1, 2011, End date: Jan 31, 2015,

In sub-Saharan Africa health improvement remains a major development challenge. A growing evidence base demonstrates that health systems must be strengthened to secure progress in addressing mortality and tackling disease burdens. Yet there is a dearth of African research to support such action. African Ministers of Health and international agencies have, therefore, called for accelerated developm ...
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PEDCA Pan-European Data Centre Academy (PEDCA)

Start date: Jul 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2014,

Data centres are the cornerstones which underpin the digital economy, and create the essential environment for both business and employment to flourish. It is becoming urgent for established data centre states to contribute to R&D, share and develop skills, define standards and promote strategies for network investment. All of these activities will lead to increased trust of new technology such as ...
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Power for the future!

Start date: Aug 1, 2014, End date: Oct 31, 2014,

Youth Centre Villa Elba plans to organize a partnership building seminar in Kokkola, Finland 28.8-1.9.2014. This seminar gather 32 professional youth workers, coordinators and project workers. The aim of the partnership building seminar is to connect different organizations that work with youth to strengthen their work as promoters of intercultural learning across Europe trough youth exchanges, ...
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Effective Programmes for the Active Integration/Inclusion of the Roma in South- East Europe  (PAIRS)

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

The Roma/Gipsy minority is the largest ethnic minority in Europe. Around 10-12 million Roma are estimated to live in Europe and approx. 68% of them in countries covered by the SEE program. The exclusion and social deprivation of the Roma is an untimely and unresolved problem in the whole area. Despite various of programs and initiatives targeting them, Roma communities in are still exposed to disc ...
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CLUSTERING (Opening doors for cross border clusters in Slovakia and Ukraine) (HUSKROUA/1001/148)

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

Project's main objectives is to increase knowledge and strengthen professional capacities of regional key players in two cross border regions (Košice Region in Slovakia and Zakarpatska region of Ukraine) for development of cross-border cooperation, with emphasis on cross-border clusters and cluster initiatives as a tool for sustainable development. Main activities: 1. Socio-economic analysis in t ...
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Natural Energy Efficiency and Sustainability (NEES )

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

The NEES Project will identify and promote products and services which aim to improve energy efficiency in existing domestic buildings, which make use primarily of renewable or recycled materials and services based on natural processes, which originate and are normally accessible in the Northern Periphery Programme region. These products and services should have the potential for being mainstreame ...
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Synergy of culture and tourism: utilisation of cultural potentials in less favoured rural regions (SY_CULTour)

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

Less favoured rural areas in SEE rely on traditional economic activities as the main source of income and jobs. At the same time they possess unique cultural values which are not recognised as a development factor and consequently not properly managed. The main objective of the project is therefore to improve the management of cultural values in rural areas in order to contribute to economic and s ...
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Launching (g)local level heritage entrepreneurship: strategies and tools to unite forces, safeguard the place, mobilize cultural values, deliver the experience. (SAGITTARIUS)

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

Cultural consumption is a knowledge based activity: cultural products and services are viable, only if they possess widely recognized values. SAGITTARIUS advances cultural consumption by communicating cultural values: from natural monuments and ecosystems to sites and collections, from the arts to traditions and handicrafts. Thus values of tangible-intangible, movable-immovable and spiritual herit ...
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The Strategic Project on Trans-national Commercial Activities in Research & Innovation, Clusters and in SME-Networks (StarDust)

Start date: Sep 16, 2010, End date: Dec 15, 2013,

How to link strong research nodes, clusters and SME networks in the Baltic Sea region in order to jointly reach globally-leading innovation partnerships? How to use the high innovation potential of the region to address common societal challenges?StarDust was designed to give answers to these questions. Besides the concrete testing of collaboration methods, policy implication should be drawn on ho ...
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ACMAn - Promoting attractiveness, competitiveness and internationalisation of Agro-food Clusters of the Med Area (PACMAn)

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

PACMAn aims at stimulating the innovative&dynamic capacities of the agrofood sector in MED regions able to promote its attractiveness & competitiveness at transnational level.Through collaboration between transnational economic development actors&public authorities engaged in growth & innovation issues, PACMAn will focus on key factors of agro-food clusters in MED areas, in light of the latest eco ...
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MAritme REgions cooperation for MEDiterranea (MAREMED)

Start date: May 31, 2010, End date: May 23, 2013,

MAREMED´s goal is to create synergy between the Regions and the different levels of Mediterranean, European, national and local governance to encourage the implementation of an integrated maritime policy within the Mediterranean. The policy components having a transnational impact will be the focus of a survey and a synthesis concerning regional policies and their governance, the development of tr ...
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European Lakes Under Environmental Stressors (Supporting lake governance to mitigate the impact of climate change) (EULAKES)

Start date: Mar 31, 2010, End date: Mar 30, 2013,

Most of the Central European Lakes have become more and more valuable natural resources deeply linked with the regional scale sustainable development. Change in water temperature, region water shortage, or the uneven temporal distribution of freshwater sources caused by climate change, are giving some initial future warning signs. The project EULAKES aims to promote a new integrated approach in or ...
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Assessing sustainability and strengthening operational policy (SUSTAIN)

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

Background: The increasing intensity of human activities along our coastline (viz. the development of ports and harbours, coastal protection, land reclamation, tourism and sand/gravel extraction) has a severe impact on coastal communities and natural habitats. The EC has adopted a renewed EU Sustainable Development Strategy. It aims at bringing about a high level of environmental protection, socia ...
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The Swimming as Therapy and Integration for Disabled People (PTO)

Start date: Apr 30, 2011, End date: Dec 30, 2012,

Specific cross-borders objectives of the operation are the intensive collaboration between organizations from Croatia and Slovenia,which are using swimming for improvement of physical and mental health, for social integration and inclusion of disabled people. The organizations will exchange the experience and knowledge on professional meetings, visits with the excahnge of experts, with organizati ...
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Capitalising on Partner Initiatives in Mobility Management Services (PIMMS CAPITAL)

Start date: Dec 31, 2009, End date: Nov 29, 2012,

Throughout the EU, increased reliance on the car has resulted in high levels of congestion and more pollution, leading to economic, environmental and health problems for our regions and cities. ERDF investment in infrastructure could accelerate this trend if parallel alternative measures are not introduced at the same time. Mobility Management aims to reduce reliance on the car by encouraging tra ...
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Container terminals as a key element in the Mediterranean short sea shipping (TERCONMED)

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

The Short Sea Shipping between the Mediterranean countries has been considered a valid solution in relation to the intentions of the EU. But until the moment, and in a prominent way, for this type of transport we have been using the RO-RO maritime traffic type, which consists in loading the trucks on the vessels, also tractors or only platforms. To carry out these operations, we have ad hoc port t ...
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Cross-border Mentoring Program - innovative model of partnership and collaboration through the development of a network of mentors and experience exchange in socio-economic field.

Start date: Mar 31, 2011, End date: Mar 31, 2012,

The project will develop collaboration between government, nongovernmental and private sectors from the border zone of Romania and Moldova through a cross-border mentoring program. Expected Results: Results of promotional mate ...
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INNOCITÉ - HOW TO IMPROVE COMPETITIVENESS OF SMALL-MEDIUM CITIES UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALPINE GREAT URBAN CENTRES. (INNOCITÉ)

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

In the Alpine Space, metropolisation has given birth to changes in the urban system and in the urban-rural relationships: the dichotomy between small settlements of alpine towns/villages/hamlets which are influenced by important Metropolitan Growth Areas (e.g. Lyon, Milan, Munich, Vienna, Trieste and other big towns) can be solved through the challenging role played by high-potential small and med ...
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Baltic Rural Broadband Project (BalticBroadband)

Start date: Jun 23, 2005, End date: Apr 29, 2008,

The Baltic Rural Broadband Project contributed to the improvement of broadband access in selected rural areas of all BSR EU member states and Norway. Means of the project were the identification and dissemination of best practice examples, (further) development of local or sub regional broadband strategies. Furthermore importance was paid to awareness rising and encouragement of local stakeholders ...
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Harmonious Development of Rural and Insular Areas (HADRIAMED)

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

The main objective of project HADRIAMED is to enhance the role of isolated, mountain and island areas in a modern socioeconomic context, through the development of a territorial planning focused on attraction of new residents in isolated areas. All the regions involved in the project present similar problems such as: • Negative demographic trends • Increasing of average age of population • Limited ...
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FOCUS ON HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELL-BEING IN THE BALTIC SEA REGION (HEPRO)

Start date: Jun 11, 2005, End date: Jan 10, 2008,

Along with the rest of Europe, the Baltic Sea Region (BSR) is facing enormous challenges when it comes to an ageing population, migration of young people from rural areas to the cities, unemployment, increase in alcohol and drug abuse and mental illness. An increasing part of lifestyle diseases and injuries from accidents will make great demands on the future treatment capacity of the health servi ...
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Mediterranean: Myths and Sea (Med.My.Sea)

Start date: May 31, 2006, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

The project's Med.My.Sea general objective is to strengthen the economic and social cohesion among Mediterranean tourism destinations by the revitalisation and enhancement of cultural and environmental common heritage. A transnational network will be set up among authorities, SMEs and citizens of a cluster of Mediterranean islands and coastal zones. The network will cooperate with the common goal ...
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Knowledge Networks (KN)

Start date: Dec 31, 2004, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

KN aims to create a network that will provide tools and methodologies to increase the participation of local inhabitants in the decision and policy-making process. By developing a simple and effective system of information exchange, KN wants to bring together city and society to encourage better local policies which respond to the real needs of citizens. ...
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