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Monitoring biodiversity by a Citizen Science approach for solving environmental problems (CSMON-LIFE)

Start date: Jun 2, 2014, End date: Dec 2, 2017,

Background The increasing loss of biodiversity can be attributed to the influence of human beings on the world’s ecosystems. The EU 2020 Biodiversity Strategy foresees various actions with the aim of halting the loss of biodiversity, conserving and restoring natural habitats, and maintaining and enhancing ecosystems and their services. This strategy req ...
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Enhancing Horticultural Perishable Products Circulation among the Mediterranean territories (E.H.P.P.C. - Med)

Start date: Dec 20, 2013, End date: Dec 19, 2015,

Project in brief The agro-food sector plays an important role in the economic context of the Euro-Mediterranean area, where the perspectives of an exponential growth of trade exchanges are increasingly opening up. However the circulation of horticultural perishable products in the region is still affected and restricted by the existence of outdated procedures and by the lack of automated processes ...
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Requalification of Employment And Diversification for Youth in the Mediterranean Fisheries sector (R.E.A.D.Y. MED. FISH.)

Start date: Nov 13, 2013, End date: Nov 12, 2015,

Project in brief Fishing economy still plays an important socioeconomic role for the whole Mediterranean region, although the fishery sector is experiencing a period of severe crisis due to the increase in production costs (fuel for instance) and the reduction in fishing stocks. This condition is causing increasing occupational migration with an estimated decrease in the number of fishermen by 4-5 ...
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Mediterranean Network of sustainable small-scale fishing communities (FISHINMED)

Start date: Nov 9, 2011, End date: Nov 9, 2014,

Fishing is one the strategic sectors in the Mediterranean area in terms of economic growth and employment. However several issues may hamper its development on the long run such as low profitability and competitiveness, impact of catch limits on marginal areas characterized by poor job opportunities and lack of an appropriate common strategy at Mediterranean level for small fishing communities. In ...
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Establishement and promotion of new approaches and tools for the strengthening of primary sector's competitiveness and innovation in the South East Europe  (APP4INNO)

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

APP4 INNO project sets as starting point the need of creating transnational networks among small and micro-enterprises capable to establish permanent innovation processes and to mobilise critical mass. To this purpose, it intends to set up a transnational competitiveness support system for exploiting the innovation potentials of the agricultural SMEs across the SEE regions, allowing to create the ...
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Identification and conservation of the high nature value of ancient olive groves in the Mediterranean region (CENT.OLI.MED)

Start date: Feb 1, 2009, End date: Oct 31, 2012,

Background In biodiversity protection, high nature value farmland (HNVF) plays a crucial role. In the Mediterranean region, HNVF includes ancient olive orchards (AOOs), which are extensive crops (50 trees /ha) that constitute the element of a mosaic of semi-natural and cultivated areas. Ancient olive groves include some particular structural elements e.g ...
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Transnational Network for enhancing the Mediterranean organic olive-growing competitiveness (BIOLMED)

Start date: Mar 4, 2007, End date: Sep 29, 2011,

General objective is the improvement of the Mediterranean organic olive growing competitiveness. The proposal foresees the creation of a permanent transnational network of BIOL quality circles (C2) based on some consolidated experiences at local level (Biol Prizes). BIOL quality circles will have the aim to sustain the agriculture company development aimed at the organic olive oil quality improvem ...
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Remotely Accessed Decision Support System for Transnational Environmental Risk Management (STRiM)

Start date: Dec 31, 2005, End date: Jun 29, 2008,

Risk management at transnational level is an important tool for setting up alternative risk scenarios within the Strategic Environmental Assessment framework (SEA). This is one result that was realised when implementing the CADSES project "ISOTEIA" which deals with an integrated system to assess Territorial and Environmental Impacts (TEIA) regarding resource management and regional planning. Moreo ...
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Innovative Rural Development Strategy Based On Local And Trans-National Economical Networks (IRENE)

Start date: Mar 31, 2005, End date: Mar 30, 2008,

The main objective is promotion of structural change and restrugturing employment through the diversification of rural economy based on the setting up of local and transnational Multifunctional Economic Networks. "MEN" stands for integration between rural enterprises and villages belonging to different economic sectors of a homogeneous rural area set up to overcome the structural difficulties (siz ...
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Establishing common models of integrated sustainable monitoring, planning and management of high environmental value areas to control natural resources degradation (INNOVA)

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

...ating member). The final objective is to improve sustainable management of high environmental value areas, through the adoption of common guidelines of monitoring, planning and management of the Mediterranean ecoregion. A basic element will be the creation of international networks of political-administrative and scientific agencies responsible for the management of areas. The project meets the fo ...
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ECOlogical NETwork for the promotion of convergent conservation strategies in COastal HAbitatS of CommuniTy significance (ECONET COHAST)

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

...and policy actions throughout the region. The dissemination of best practices for coastal habitats management will promote harmonious territorial integration throughout ARCHIMED. Coastal zones in the Mediterranean region display a high diversity of habitats, such as sandy beaches, salt marshes, coastal plains. Despite the designation of many of these habitats in the Natura 2000 network their long- ...
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ECOMUSEUM DISTRICTS NETWORK OF THE MEDITERRANEAN MAQUIS (ECOMEMAQ)

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

Main objective of project ECOMEMAQ is to promote the acquaintance of the Mediterranean Maquis, a patrimony of inestimable value common to all Mediterranean insular and coastal areas and to protect and valorise this by way of a shared policy and methodology of sustainable management. The project proposes the development of a reticular system, the “Ecomuseum District”, in which several pilot project ...
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Integrated System for the promotion of Territorial / Environmental Impact Assessment in the framework of spatial planning (ISOTEIA)

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

The aim of the project is environmental protection through the establishment of an Integrated System designed to promote the best means to assessing Territorial and Environmental Impacts (TEIA) within the framework of resource management and regional planning in the CADSES region. During the project running time 8 TEIA case-studies are planned, which are based on alternative scenarios generated by ...
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Setting up and implementation of sustainable and multifunctional rural development model based on organic and competitive agriculture (SIMOCA)

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

Consumers are increasingly demanding organic agricultural products. This creates a new market for agricultural products which are produced in an environmentally-friendly way. Also the Community policy (EC Reg. 1257/97) promotes production methods compatible with the increasing needs of protection and improvement of the environment, natural resources, the soil and genetic diversity, as well as with ...
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Improving governance, management and sustainability of rural and coastal protected areas and contributing to the implementation of the Natura 2000 provisions in IT and GR (BIG)

Start date: Dec 10, 2013,

• BIG general objective is to improve governance, management and sustainable valorization of coastal and rural protected areas and contributing to the implementation of the Natura 2000 provisions in Greece and Italy. The sub-objectives are:• Strengthening and improving cooperation among regional administrations to further monitor Natura 2000 species and habitats and to set environmental measures f ...
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Valorization of Traditional Food Products for Competiveness and Innovation of Italian and Greek SMEs (FOODING)

Start date: Dec 26, 2013,

...strengthen the competitiveness of SMEs through innovation transfer for the valorization and the recovery of typical and traditional products (fruit and vegetables, food grain, oil and legumes) within Mediterranean sustainable diets.Sub-objectives are:• identification of agro-food biodiversity and traditional food within Mediterranean Sustainable Diets (WP3). Involved territories have high number o ...
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Introducing innovations in traditional agro-food products to increase SMEs competitiveness (INTRA)

The overall objective is to strengthen services for the transfer of technical-scientific innovations from research institutions to enterprises in order to foster the development of traditional agro-food products consistent with market demands. The project thus includes 4 sub-objectives:(i) Strengthening policies and strategies for the development and valorization of innovative traditional products ...
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DEARs.net - European networking to strenghten agriculture and rural development enhancing

DearsNet is a transnational network which will primarily seek to enhance the skills and competences of teachers and trainers in the sectors of agriculture and rural development within the context of lifelong learning. Through already existing networks and in this new extended partnership, the project will promote new and more innovative approaches and best practice in these sectors. Best practice ...
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Strengthening of Services to Farms and Institutional Support for the Development of Organic Agriculture (SIAB)

The project basically pursues two strategic goals: (1) improving the quality and quantity of organic products by strengthening services to the farms involved as well as through the transfer of technical and scientifical know-how; (2) Institution capacity-
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Establishing A New Master Degree in Sustainable Crop Protection

Start date: Jan 15, 2010,

The principal aim of the project is to establish a new joint master Degree in Sustainable Crop Protection (SCP) by collaborative efforts of universities from EU ( Italy, Greece and Spain) and different universities in Egypt in the agriculture field. The new MSc degree complies with the higher education objectives in partner countries in particular with the strategic priorities of the agricultural ...
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