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Regions using ECO-ManageMENt for eco-innovation Development (RECOMMEND)
Start date: Dec 31, 2011, End date: Dec 30, 2014,
In the light of the Lisboa and Gothenburg strategies targeted at more sustainable patterns of economic development it is the main idea of the RECOMMEND project that eco-management systems and their preliminary stages can play a major role in meeting ecological challenges and can be used as a lever for establishing and strengthening of eco-innovation at a regional level.Based on the analysis of goo ...
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Central Europe Repair & Re-use Centres and Networks (CERREC)
Start date: Mar 31, 2011, End date: Jul 30, 2014,
Repair and reuse are important means to increase sustainable consumption of materials and products for the same or a similar use. Fundamentally it is a collection and redistribution, where products, which are no longer wanted/needed by one user, like for example computers or furniture, are given to those who want/need them. The challenge is to turn the reuse-sector to a core segment of waste manag ...
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Making Knowledge Work (MKW)
Start date: Dec 31, 2009, End date: Dec 30, 2012,
...ces.Eleven MKW partners have set up a regional action plan (RAP) signed by a wide diversity of stakeholders and MA's. In some regions the RAPs are strongly related to new policy plans (Navarra, Lodz, Kujawsko-Pomorskie and Nord-Pas de Calais). In other regions RAPs are mainly allocated to projects and regional initiatives (e.g. Brainport Eindhoven Region, Helsinki, Stuttgart Region, West-Midlands ...
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Waste to Energy (W2E)
Start date: Dec 31, 2009, End date: Jun 29, 2012,
The W2E project will focus on the potential to improve the sustainable management of waste in Europe's regions, and to produce energy from waste.Its objective is to exchange knowledge and good practice about regional policies for sustainable waste management, by changing the perception of waste as a potential resource, and to increase energy recovery from waste. The project will lead to the devel ...
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Cultural Sites and Tourism: Development of European Strategies (CUSTODES)
Start date: Oct 31, 2008, End date: Oct 30, 2011,
Since cultural richness of the Central Europe area is very high, cultural tourism is one of the main pillars in the economic development of many cities and towns. However this richness can produce negative effects, as well known touristic sites are overcrowded, while other important sites near to these cultural centres are poorly visited by the main tourism flows. This has also a negative effect o ...
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REGIONAL ACTION PLANS for INNOVATION DEVELOPMENT AND ENTERPRISE (RAPIDE)
Start date: Aug 31, 2008, End date: Nov 29, 2010,
RAPIDE is a propsal for a capitalisation network involving 13 partners from 11 Member States. Its aim is to implement good practice relating to the role of the public sector in stimulating innovation in partner regions, in particular helping businesses (primarily SMEs) to bring innovative products and services to market more quickly. The long term objective of the project is to stimulate innovatio ...
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Development of First Division Regions (Defris)
Start date: Sep 1, 2004, End date: Aug 31, 2007,
The Defris project focuses on the following tendencies:The Globalization process strengthens the metropolitan regions.First Division Regions (middle-sized) within the area of influence of a metropolitan region are able to take advantage of this and at the same time develop their own identity.First Division regions outside of the area of influence can develop city networks to strengthen their compe ...
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The project tackled two main problems:1. Lack of knowledge and skills of regional development stakeholders in managing regional development - although different strategies and programmes contributed to increased capacity of regional development stakeholders, there is still a need for structured VET programmes on regional development. 2. Lack of training opportunities for regional development stake ...
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