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Sustainable Operations Network in the Danube Region (SONDAR+)

Start date: Oct 31, 2015, End date: Jun 29, 2016,

...network: 17 CZ-SK-HU-AT institutions; about 1000 municipalities and schools reached; bestpractice in science, alliance and awareness for municipalities, farmers, enterprises, schools.At the base of LowerAustrian Science Strategy, SONDAR+ is up to strengthen and widen SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS between science, local and regional alliances, schools and the public to all Danube Countries. Initiatives a ...
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Clusters for European Innovation Cross-Linking (CLUSTERIX)

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

...ary 2012 in Vienna/Austria, where the partners reaffirmed their joint picture and commitment to the project’s objectives. The meeting also included a first study visit to showcase the Lower Austrian best practice examples “Bioplastics Initiative Lower Austria” - bringing together different Regional Government Departments (Economy and Agriculture) as well as 2 different clusters (Plastics and Foo ...
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Capitalising Climate Change Knowledge for Adaptation in the Alpine Space (C3-Alps)

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

C3-Alps will synthesize, transfer and implement in policy and practice results of previous Alpine Space projects on climate change adaptation. The capitalisation approach aims at a) generating new and directly usable forms of state-of-the-art synthesis adaptation knowledge in the Alps, harmonised across sectors and useful to adaptation decision-makers, b) its effective and tailor-made communicatio ...
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Hybrid Parks: Combining abilities, creating synergies and enhancing the performance of parks for sustainable local and regional development policies (Hybrid Parks)

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

... these approaches to increase the contribution and synergies of parks to sustainable development policies and mitigation of climate change. Study tours to the UK (focus: economy), Sweden (social) and Lower Austria (environment) and four open conferences further support exchange and transfer. This feeds into improved skills, policies and regional development plans, championed by regional support te ...
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Smarter Cluster Policies for South East Europe (ClusterPoliSEE)

Start date: Apr 30, 2012, End date: Oct 30, 2014,

ClusterPoliSEE main objective is to enhance the capacity of regional policy makers to confront, prevent and anticipate change, developing smart specialization strategies for cluster improvement, thus accelerating differentiation and structural change towards a knowledge-based economy in which there is a place for all SEE regions to position themselves. 25 members partnership covers 11 different SE ...
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Boosting innovation through new cluster concepts in support of emerging issues and cross-sectoral themes (CluStrat)

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

Clusters are part of the new economic environment, but often miss the dynamism which is needed for innovation. New cluster concepts which upgrade clusters & cluster policies are needed. Central European governments need to increase the effectiveness of their policies in this area to secure further development and competitiveness. The policy frameworks on cluster and innovation policy need to be up ...
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Sustainable Mobility and Tourism in Sensitive Areas of the Alps and the Carpathians (ACCESS2MOUNTAIN)

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

The Alpine and the Carpathian Conventions state sustainable tourism mobility as a challenge and call for cooperation on this topic among the countries of these mountain regions. In particular sustainable tourist mobility is not well-developed in mountainous regions, especially in South-East Europe, as mountain regions are lacking sufficient sustainable transport facilities and facing major ecologi ...
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Smart Framework for SME´s focused on Modern Industrial Technologies (SMART FRAME)

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

Although highly successful in many important sectors, European manufacturing businesses based on many SMEs will continue to suffer strong competition from countries such as India and China. To prosper in the long run, European companies need to develop new business strategies which combine innovation, research and technology, a highly skilled workforce and their overall operational effectiveness i ...
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moting the ecological network in the European Green Belt (Greennet)

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

During the last century and over decades Central Europe was divided by an insuperable border called the Iron Curtain. Especially the eastern side of the former border was extremely sparsely populated and the border zone itself was left completely unsettled. Since the fall of the Iron Curtain in the late 1980s and the reunion of Eastern and Western Europe this former border area now runs like a Gre ...
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South East Transport Axis (SETA)

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

Together with the projects SoNorA, BATCo, SCANDRIA North and SEETAC (Central Europe, Baltic Sea, SEE Programme), SETA is aiming on the analysis and development of the transport corridors from Scandinavia to South-East Europe. Competitive Accessibility of regions is one of the most important preconditions for their economic growth and development (as the project SIC! has shown). Fluent transport of ...
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INCA Central Europe - Integrated nowcasting system for the Central European area (INCA-CE)

Start date: Mar 31, 2010, End date: Sep 29, 2013,

Weather and especially severe weather is responsible for many natural disasters causing damage and loss of life. Weather forecasts are an essential part of early warning systems and consecutive actions within civil protection schemes, road management and flood protection. In the last years nowcasting, which is the forecast for the next hours, has improved significantly. Disasters at small time and ...
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Improving quality of life in small towns (QUALIST)

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

...g themselves. Even aside from metropolitan areas, there are regions displaying considerable dynamic high performance in regional development and potential for growth. For instance, small towns in the Lower Austrian Waldviertel region show an low increasing number of population and employment as well as a high gross value added. Since summer 2010 within the Central Europe programme our project QUAL ...
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Central European Flood Risk Assessment and Management in CENTROPE (CE-FRAME)

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

The overall aim of CEframe is to ensure sustainable integrated flood protection management in a region with densely used small-areas by different national authorities. The focus of CEframe lies in flood protection facility operation and maintenance and flood protection measures elaboration for CENTROPE, namely in the river catchments of Danube, Thaya-Morava, and Leitha. The catchments span over th ...
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Innovation transfer in the medical sector from clinics to companies (INTRAMED-C2C)

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

The innovation processes in the medical sector have specific features and dynamics. However, the results of the medical research from companies is transferred into results only to its limited extend. When it comes to the single entity in the process, the hospital that functions as driving force for a bottom-up approach in the innovation transfer procedure, it enjoys a good service from the side of ...
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Sustainable urban and regional cooperation for a polycentric territorial development in a competitive CENTROPE region (CENTROPE CAPACITY)

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

CENTROPE – an area connecting regions in Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia - is still characterized by substantial internal social and economic disparities through significant differences due to their location in “new” and ”old” EU member states and substantial differences between the cities, their environments and more rural areas, with some areas lacking behind in their economic perf ...
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Cooperative approaches to transport challenges in Metropolitan Regions (CATCH_MR)

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

...ns for metropolises and their regions.12 partners will take part in the project, representing 7 Metropolitan Regions (MRs): Oslo/Akershus (NO), Gothenburg Region (SE), Berlin-Brandenburg (GE), Vienna/Lower Austria (AU), Ljubljana Urban Region (SL), Budapest/Central Hungarian Region (H), Province of Rome/Lazio Region (I). Efficient, reliable and sustainable transport is a key precondition for econo ...
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Declining, Ageing and Regional Transformation (DART)

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

Declining, Ageing and Regional Transformation (DART), demographic and economic change is a great challenge for about 30% of EU regions and this amount will increase up to 50% in 2030. Until 2030 every 3rd person in the EU will be 60+. Together with the low fertility rate and the outflow of human capital the regional effects are a declining population density with great difficulties in ensuring the ...
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Tools for Transnational Innovation Support in Centrope (CENTROPE_TT)

Start date: Dec 31, 2008, End date: Sep 29, 2012,

... Achievements: The CENTRAL EUROPE project centrope_tt aims at supporting the growing together of the innovation systems of the Centrope region (Lower Austria, Vienna, Burgenland, South Moravia, West Slovakia, West Hungary). The project shall in particular develop and test transnational innovation support tools and related communication structur ...
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actical Use of MONITORing in Natural Disaster Management (MONITOR II)

Start date: May 31, 2009, End date: May 29, 2012,

Management of natural hazards constitutes a common challenge in the SEES. Until now, neither hazard mapping nor contingency planning have been transnationally coordinated and defined in a sufficient manner. These gaps will be tackled in MONITOR II with the development of a common methodology and a CSA ("Continuous Situation Awareness") system. The integration of monitoring systems facilitates peri ...
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Sustainable Aggregates Resource Management (SARMa)

Start date: Apr 30, 2009, End date: Oct 29, 2011,

Aggregates (crushed stone, sand and gravel) are crucial for infrastructure and construction. SEE countries are rich in aggregates, but supply is not coordinated within or across the area. Challenges are illegal and damaging quarries, unreclaimed sites, limited recycling and community opposition. Fulfilling demand requires efficient and sustainable supply chain (planning, extraction, transport, use ...
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Improving the Access of SMEs from Rural Regions to the Knowledge and Information Society (EMBRACE)

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

...oject carried out the following communication activities: - The EMBRACE Portal acting as an online business support centre (one-stop shop) with four regional nodes: Central Macedonia; Emilia Romagna; Lower Austria, Vienna and Burgenland, the Central Hungarian region, - Dissemination plan aiming to set the guidelines for information on the project through several means, - Multilingual project broch ...
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Exchanging know-how and transferring experience among border regions in Europe (CHANGE ON BORDERS)

Start date: Oct 31, 2003, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

Since 1990, the EU has provided financial support for internal and external cross-border cooperation, helping to establish cross-border programme structures and to implement numerous cross-border projects along the EU’s internal and external borders. Despite the progress made, there are still a large number of cross-border problems, especially along the current (and future) external borders of the ...
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Network for the promotion of the internal market in European regions through consumer topics (Nepim)

Start date: Jun 30, 2005, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

The project seeks to increase the efficacy of solutions adopted by organisations and regional authorities in response to consumer issues, thus improving the response to the needs of consumers when dealing with their problems and disputes. NEPIM also aims to encourage more regions to develop a consumer policy as part of their regional development strategy. ...
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Next Business Generation (NBG)

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

...pe, Brussels, 30.03.06, 113 part. / 10. Female Business Succession, Zurich, 03.03.06, 25 part. / 11. Business Succession-Abort or Seek Support, Volos, 08.06.06, 12 part. / 12. Business Succession in Lower Austria, Wiener Neustadt, 11.09.06, 148 part. / 13./14. Financing Business Succession, Stuttgart, 13.07.06 and 25.10.06, 147 and 132 part. / 15. Addressing Strategic Issues in Business Succession ...
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Hazard Monitoring for Risk Assessment and Risk Communication (MONITOR)

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

The infrastructure in mountainous areas or regions with seismic activity is greatly threatened by hazards such as landslides, avalanches or earthquakes. MONITOR offers a basis for a standardised risk management of land-use activities threatened by natural hazards. The project's target groups and their regions vary in their risk exposure and their hazard potentials. MONITOR takes into account a bro ...
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Innovation Clusters for the Transport Industry (InnoTrax)

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

The operation InnoTrax- Innovation Clusters for the Transport Industry focuses on microsystem technology, optics and telematics in the transport industry. Technology centres, universities and institutes supporting innovation in the transport sector are scattered throughout the EU and lack suitable networks. Similarly, innovative SMEs of the transport sector require more integrated structures to im ...
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Flood Awareness and Prevention Policy in border areas (FLAPP)

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

The network is seeking to contribute to common European strategies for flood risk management, especially in border areas where flood-related issues are likely to arise. It intends to achieve this by enabling those responsible for European river systems and their feeders to exchange information and experience. FLAPP also expects that its work will influence a new European flood water directive. ...
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Building a know-how-generation and transfer-system for improving INTERREG-quality by multiple training and exchange activities at the border regions of Austria, Italy and the neighbouring New Member Countries (Iq-Train (Interreg-quality-Training))

Start date: Dec 31, 2003, End date: Jul 30, 2007,

Iq-Train aims at- supporting INTERREG-actors at all levels in their professional tasks and career by setting up and operating a userfriendly know-how-transfer-system- improving skills and attitudes of INTERREG-actors in the context of programmes, projects and interregional and intercultural joint development- strengthening the capabilities and competencies to meet the challenges coming along with ...
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Local endogenous development and urban regeneration of small alpine towns (AlpCity)

Start date: Jul 31, 2004, End date: Apr 29, 2007,

AlpCity focuses on local development and urban regeneration of small alpine towns. Many small alpine and mountain towns/villages have undergone processes of socio-economic decline, have inadequate public/private services, quality of life and built environment, a (mainly aged) population with limited access to culture and decision-making/participation. These are unsustainable islands of disparity i ...
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Transnational Air Quality Improvement: A Management Tool for Regional Planning (TAQI)

Start date: Jun 30, 2003, End date: Mar 30, 2007,

The TAQI project will create a regionalised, transnational, up-to-date emission data information base for long-term planning decisions, such as Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) or Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) by linking environmental data with spatial information. Through EU enlargement the eastern region of Austria with its adjacent regions in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hun ...
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Rural Extension Network Europe (R.E.N.E.)

Start date: Mar 31, 2003, End date: Mar 30, 2007,

... new institutions, including World Bank and western Balkan countries have been involved. A second important event was the first biogaz congress in Amiens, Picardie, France, realised by the French and Lower Saxony Chambers of Agriculture in public-private partnership with 15 innovative SMEs as exhibitors. Together with 300 participants of the congress they created a new standard for transfer of kno ...
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KArst waTER research programme (KATER II)

Start date: Dec 31, 2002, End date: Dec 30, 2006,

In many countries of CADSES karstic areas are important and acutely essential for public water supply. These areas are at the same time highly sensitive and valuable natural environments. Conversely, exploitation pressure on these areas is increasing. This mainly relates to such fields as tourism, settlements, transport infrastructure, forestry and pasture management. The project aims at safeguard ...
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Integrated Land Use Planning and River Basin Management (ILUP)

Start date: Dec 31, 2001, End date: Dec 30, 2006,

The risk potential in river basins has increased strongly due to the enormous use pressure. In view of the demographic concentration in river basins and potential climate changes, safety in valleys is only possible if protective water management and other disciplines cooperate. In selected river basins, exemplary new methods are being tested, strategies developed and pilot projects implemented. Du ...
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ROman,ancient greek and amber routes, innovative Methodologies and measures connecting Europe (ROME)

Start date: Dec 31, 2003, End date: Dec 30, 2006,

Historic trade routes are important and visible artefacts signifying the connection of different countries and civilisations. The routes can also act as a gateway to understand the common European history. The ROME project aims at linking important historical, cultural and trade routes of the Romans along the ancient roads with todays life by promoting tourism and a sustainable cultural developmen ...
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Network of Danubian Cities for Economic Co-operation (DONAUHANSE)

Start date: Dec 31, 2002, End date: Dec 30, 2006,

DONAUHANSE is a network of cities connected by the River Danube. The project has the aim to foster economic prosperity of its citizens by enhanced co-operation between administrations and the business sectors of the participating cities, by co-operative marketing activities both on the level of the cities and the level of special economic sectors of common interest (e.g. tourism, creative industri ...
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SUSTRAIN Implement Corridor (SIC!)

Start date: Dec 31, 2002, End date: Jul 30, 2006,

With the 2004 enlargement the EU area has increased by about 75 million people. A GDP of only 23-68% of the EU average and long transport routes do not only increase the imbalance between Europe's economic core area - London, Paris, Milan, Munich (Blue Banana) and Hamburg and periphery, the regional development and growth opportunities of the new EU countries are also on the decline. However, the ...
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Adriatic action plan 2020 (Aap2020)

Start date: Apr 30, 2003, End date: Apr 29, 2006,

How to reconcile development with sustainability and integrate sustainability policies into the political and management practices of public authorities is a major concern for regions and cities along the Adriatic coast. They are faced with conflicting trends: on the one hand, there is wide recognition of the importance of environmental action; and on the other hand, sustainability policies are of ...
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Regional Development Agencies Network in the Central European, Danubian and Adriatic Area ² (RDA-net CEDA)

Start date: Sep 30, 2003, End date: Feb 27, 2006,

RDA-net CEDA² is a network of regional development agencies (RDAs) with a complete set of services and tools for fostering and improving the partners' capabilities in practical cooperation vis-à-vis the challenges of EU enlargement. RDA-net CEDA² aims to: - Generate innovative projects for regional development of CADSES by using the synergies of the network's experts, - Increase the competencies a ...
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Talk with me - The Social Way to Learn a Language

Although the number of language learners for East European languages has increased,there are still insufficient web-based online language learning offers available. Theproject intends to fill this gap and develops a platform for language learning for Czech,Slovak, Hungarian and Slovenian.The attractiveness of web-based social networks will be the starting point for aninteractive way to learn, thro ...
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