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Integrated information and awareness campaign for the reduction of plastic bags in the marine environment (LIFE DEBAG)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Mar 31, 2018,

Background Litter is a major problem for the marine environment, with plastic bags being one of the most common and persistent pollutants affecting coasts and waters. Each year, more than eight million plastic bags end up as litter in the EU. Current recycling rates are only 6.6%, which are difficult to increase because the thinness and lightness of plast ...
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AMMOS - Integrated information campaign for the reduction of smoking related litter on beaches (LIFE)

Start date: Jul 1, 2013, End date: Mar 31, 2015,

...e animals and birds. There is an urgent need to inform users of the coastal zone, including visitors (especially smokers) and commercial users, in order to prevent pollution on coasts and seas of the Mediterranean. Objectives The project aims to implement an integrated information campaign for the prevention/reduction ...
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From Treated Wastewater to Alternative Water Resources in Semi-Arid Regions (PURE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Mar 31, 2014,

Background MEWWC's wastewater treatment unit (WTU) is the only one in Greece that has been given a license for reusing 100% of its effluent. This practice is currently allowed only for tree irrigation. The WTU has a capacity of 40 000 people-equivalent, but is only fully used during the tourist season (June-August). In winter, the WTU serves 2 000 local r ...
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SOUTH EASTERN EUROPE MARINE AND RIVER INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR MONITORING THE TRANSPORTATION OF DANGEROUS GOODS (SEE MARINER)

Start date: Jan 31, 2011, End date: Dec 30, 2013,

The SEE area is a sea and river transit space of vessels carrying hazardous freight which constitutes many potential environmental risks for coasts and inland waterways. Economic development and a strong growth of transport and increased traffic in the SEE area aggravate the already increased threats of pollution and thus require a good management and high performance of observation, communication ...
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Sustainable Management for European Local Ports (SuPorts)

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

...ence. They will be supported by a few experts and disseminators to enable better practice to be broadcast around Europe.7 countries are represented covering the Atlantic Ocean, the Channel as well as Mediterranean, North, Baltic and Egean Seas.Over three years, the partners, supported by experts, will share and identify better practice, as well as test and formalize methodological tools. Activitie ...
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Mediterranean Electronic Marine Highways Observatory (MEMO)

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

...cation of Long Range AIS, integration of early response system and local preparedness plans, Fleet management, Aids to Navigation management etc). Moreover, it will lead to the establishment of the Mediterranean Marine Electronic Highway Observatory (MEMO) that will identify, monitor and integrate into the AEM-MED system enhanced environmental management tools and maritime safety technologies. ...
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Collaborative Environmental Regeneration of Port-Cities: Elefsina Bay 2020 (Elefsina 2020)

Start date: Oct 1, 2005, End date: Sep 30, 2009,

Background Elefsina Bay, a medium sized port, is one of the most industrialised and environmentally degraded areas in Greece. Quality of life and economic development of the area is adversely affected by pollution and hazards from port and industrial activities, as well as from uncontrolled urbanisation, which has limited communal spaces and constrained a ...
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Water resources management in protected areas (WAREMA)

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

Due to changes in climate, land use and regional policies, new integrated spatial and water resources management strategies are needed. The aim of WAREMA is to develop participatory river basin planning procedures based on stakeholder networks to contribute to the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD). The partner countries face considerable problems connected with water resource m ...
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Coastal Practice Network (CoPraNet)

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

...n September 2004 (Scotland) with over 400 delegates from around Europe, and in Tavira (Portugal) entitled ICCCM'05 'International Conference on Coastal Conservation and Management in the Atlantic and Mediterranean' with over 200 delegates from around Europe, Latin America and United States. Eleven workshops have been held, in 2004, two were held in Down (N. Ireland) and Sefton (NW England), and in ...
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Guess what...it's non-formal education!

Start date: Mar 1, 2011,

Guess what..is non-formal education! is a training course aimed to increase the quality of youth work in Europe. The course will be held in Palermo in May of 2011 and lasts 8 days. The 40 participants come from the following European countries: Austria, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Malta, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Turkey and UK.The main themes of the course are: non-forma ...
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Youth Energy

Start date: Aug 1, 2007,

The project is proposing to organise a feasability visit in order to prepare a future project in the field of energy efficiency.The main purpose is to actively contribute to te general issues related to the energy eficiency and dissemiante - at the level of each community of the partners involved in the project - the information reagrding te efficient use of energy sources and the environmental pr ...
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Learn about us through culture: cultural events for intercultural dialogue

Non-formal educative and intercultural dialogue values of cultural events are notemployed effectively as tools to enable social inclusion in marginalised European urbanareas knowing high levels of immigration. The fabric of these communities is weak asindividuals lack positive images of their cultural identities and intercultural dialogue(hereafter known as ICD) is difficult to achieve. The interc ...
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