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Improving Regional Policies promoting and motivating non-technological Innovation in SMEs (InnoMot)

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

Innovation in SMEs is one of the big challenges of the European economy to compete in the global markets. Even if different policies and programmes have been put in place in different Regions to push SMEs in this line, the lack of motivation to innovate in SMEs has been identified by all the actors involved in the innovation system.And for the major part of the European SMEs, the non-technological ...
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licy Learning to Unlock Skills in the TEXtile sector (PLUSTEX)

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

Textile and Clothing (T&C) is one of the major manufacturing industries of the EU-27 in terms of production volumes, added value and jobs. This sector has been heavily hit by the recent crisis and has steadily lost competitiveness in the last few years. Three main strategies have been adopted by T&C SMEs to remain globally competitive:1) a cost-oriented approach - relocating production to lower la ...
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Observatory Network to Enhance ICT Structural Funds Absorption (ONE)

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

ONE aims at improving the regional capacity of planning ICT investments under Coeshion Policy Programmes through the setting up of a Federated network of regional ICT observatories in Poland, Germany, Italy, Czech Republic, UK, France and Cyprus. Capacity to plan, assess and manage investments in the field of ICT represents a crucial aspect of Innovation policy activity as accessibility, both in t ...
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Development and application of mitigation and adaptation strategies and measures for counteracting the global Urban Heat Islands phenomenon (UHI)

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

As population of our cities grow, so does land area and this result in increase of an average temperature. The buildings and roads absorb temperature produced during the day, like giant heaters, and store it. The energy is then released during the night time. This often means a big difference in the temperature between city and its surrounding areas.This phenomenon is called the Urban Heat Island ...
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Regions benefitting from returning migrants (Re-Turn)

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

Economically motivated migration of people from the New Member States to high-income countries is currently dominating international migration flows in Europe thanks to the free right to work in any other EU Member State. This is intensifying a brain drain process of many regions. On the other hand statistics show willingness of people to come back to their countries, however this process is ofte ...
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European Collaborative and Open Regional Innovation Strategies (EURIS)

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

...ion, reason why a Mini Programme has been designed, by a partnership made up by some of the EU powerhouses on the OI field (Stuttgart, Eindhoven), and catching up regions (Navarra, Lodz and West-Pannon), allowing, by the means of Subprojects, the further research, analysis and exchange of existing Good Practices, and the joint development of new interregional approaches.EURIS will improve partners ...
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Making Knowledge Work (MKW)

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

...periences.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-Mid ...
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Innovation Policy in University City Regions (INNOPOLIS)

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

... are included in this project alongside regions where regional policy did not drive knowledge exchange.The activties of the project will take place in four, diverse university city-regions: Helsinki, Lodz, Manchester & Thessaloniki. These provide a broad geographical focus and capture significant differences in success of existing regional policy. The project partnership includes two partners in e ...
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Renewable Energy Regions Network (RENREN)

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

...Navarre), solarthermal/photovoltaic (Cyprus, Navarre), biomass (Styria, Jämtland), geothermal (Westfjords), ocean energy (Wales), and hydropower (Styria, Jämtland), as well as learning regions (Lodz, Ustí, Timis, Central Macedonia, North Hungary). All regions will benefit from the knowledge-sharing because of the breadth of the partnership and themes to be addressed in 3 working groups (WG): WG1: ...
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Qualification, Innovation, Cooperation and Keybusiness for Small and Medium Enterprises in the Baltic Sea Region (BSR QUICK)

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

SMEs represent 99% of all enterprises in BSR and provide up to 70% of all jobs, being an important economic but also socio-cultural factor. SMEs present the biggest potential for job creation also in future. QUICK aims at unleashing this potential to its full extent by addressing the following challenges undermining the competitiveness of the BSR SMEs:- limited benefit from innovation processes an ...
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Regions for Better Broadband connection (B3 Regions)

Start date: Aug 31, 2008, End date: Oct 30, 2010,

...ION OF CRETE: 6 mln euro out of which 1 mln euro of EU financing; CATALONIA: 156,4 mln euro out of which 66,4 mln euro of ERDF funds; CYPRUS: 2,6 mln euro out of which 910.000 euro of EU financing; LODZ REGION: 97 mln euro out of which 74 mln euro of ROP EU financing. These main outputs were developed thanks to the assistance provided by the experts partners (mainly by Piedmont Region and CSI, Nyn ...
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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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Baltic Spatial development Measures for Enterprise (B-SME)

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

This project has set itself the following overlapping goals: strengthening of competitiveness in the whole Baltic area generally as well as for SME especially strengthening of co-operation between the old and the new member countries of the European Community as well as with the neighbouring countries Russia and Belarus; promotion of economic and cultural identity, development of intellectually me ...
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inciples, tools and systems to extend spatial planning on water courses (WATERSKETCH)

Start date: Jun 30, 2004, End date: Jun 29, 2007,

River basin planning has a long tradition in water protection terminology, but new whole Europe approach has been adopted when Water framework directive (WFD) come into force. According to WFD all European river basins should be covered by river basin plans with ultimate goal to reach good ecological status or potential in all waterbodies. Baltic Sea is one of the most fragile marine areas in Euro ...
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art II: Baltic University Urban Forum - Implementing Sustainable Development in Urban Areas - Urban Forum (BUUF II)

Start date: Jun 30, 2003, End date: May 30, 2006,

The Baltic University Urban Forum, BUUF, aims to contribute to a sustainable development in the Baltic Sea region by developing local sustainability strategies. The project is of special relevance for spatial planning, building strategies, and infrastructure development, where the role of the municipality is large. The project aims to develop integrative tools for urban management.The project addr ...
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Baltic University Urban Forum - Implementing Sustainable Development in Urban Areas - Urban Forum (BUUF )

Start date: Feb 28, 2003, End date: Jun 29, 2003,

The Baltic University Urban Forum (BUUF) is a cooperation between cities/towns and universities in the Baltic Sea region to promote sustainable development. The BUUF project aims to develop strategies for sustainable development for cities and towns. 20 cities and towns, and 15 universities in 9 countries take part in the project. Through the Union of Baltic Cities the results will be available fo ...
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ELIEMENTAL: Breaking Down Barriers to Enterprise

Start date: Jan 1, 2013,

ELIEMENTAL is an innovative approach to the problem of developing enterprise skills and entrepreneurship in social groups that are under-represented in SME start-ups across the EU. These are the same social groups who are often also under-employed or unemployed. ELIEMENTAL will target young people not in education, training or employment (NEETS), older women who have been made redundant or who are ...
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