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Danube Urban Brand - regional network building through tourism and education to strengthen the Danube cultural identity and solidarity (DANUrB)

Start date: Dec 31, 2013, End date: Dec 30, 2016,

The project primarily aims to strengthen the Danube regional cultural identity and brand by fostering transnational cultural ties between the settlements along the Danube, and at the same time, by exploring the unused or hidden cultural and social capital resources of this regional network. The main goal of the project is to create a comprehensive tourism strategy connecting all cities along the D ...
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Optimisation of Integrated Solid Waste Management Strategies for the Maximisation of Resource Efficiency (WASTECOSMART)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

WASTECOSMART - Optimisation of Integrated Solid Waste Management Strategies for the Maximisation of Resource Efficiency addresses the priority areas of a “Resource Efficient Europe” and relates to the EcoAP, by boosting innovation based on research and technology development within the field of integrated waste management. Through cross border cooperation and collaborative research activities betw ...
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3 Diyardan 3 Kültür / 3 Cities 3 Culture

Start date: Apr 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

In the Project is named as “3 Cities, 3 Culture (3C)” , Pendik Municipality from Turkey/Istanbul as coordinator cooperation, Kispest Municipality from Hungary and Jenin Municipality from Palestine as collaboration cooperations are placed.The Project which will start in 01.04.2015 will continue during 9 months and will finish in 30.11.2015. Within the contest of universality of the art, cultures me ...
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Roma-NeT II

Start date: Nov 30, 2013, End date: Mar 30, 2015,

ROMA-NeT URBACT II project was established to create a new approach to stimulate information sharing and development across the complex Roma integration policy and operational environment in nine European cities.Now six of the nine cities gathered in a delivery phase of ROMA-NeT that will continue the participatory approach working with key local stakeholders as they move forward with local delive ...
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Local economic development in airport catchment areas (airLED)

Start date: Jun 30, 2012, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

Aviation is deemed to be one of the most dynamic industries in the world and airport planning requires intensive study and fore thought. The most efficient plan for an airport has to take into account many variables and still there are adjacent areas that are not considered yet but increasingly regarded as catalysts for local economic development. Integrated economic development linked to airports ...
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A structured network for integration of climate knowledge into policy and territorial planning (ORIENTGATE)

Start date: Jun 30, 2012, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

The OrientGate project will foster concerted and coordinated climate adaptation actions across the SEE region. The project will explore climate risks faced by coastal, rural and urban communities; contribute to a better understanding of the impact of climate variability and change on water regimes, forests and agro-ecosystems; and analyse specific adaptation needs in the hydroelectricity, agro-ali ...
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INNOvating entrepreneurship policies in the CRAFTS sector (INNOCRAFTS)

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

...he project proposal builds on existing experience and networks developed by the partners at theirlocal/regional level and previous cooperation projects. The partnership of the project is composed by: Municipality of Florence as LP; National Association of Italian Municipalities–Tuscany; National Institute of Arts and Crafts (France); Public Foundation The Legacy of al-Andalus; Bistrita Municipalit ...
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Volunteers for European Employment (VERSO)

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

...een the public partners and the knowledge partners. 52 representatives from the 12 partners participated in the external kick-off conference, held on 30 May to 1 June 2012, in Denmark. The host, the Municipality of Middelfart, shared some of the locally tested good strategies with voluntary mentors, who help unemployed young people to find an internship in a company or encourage young people to c ...
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Harmonized Inland Navigation Transport through education and information technology  (HINT)

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

HINT is a NELI follow-up project whose main aim is to foster and enlarge transnational cooperation among stakeholders in the field of inland waterway transport, including education and training institutions, administrations and transport organizations in the South East Europe region. HINT capitalises existing results from NELI as well as other related projects or initiatives like EWITA (European W ...
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Innovative uses of low-temperature geothermal resources in South East Europe   (GeoSEE)

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

It is undoubtedly true that growing concerns on environmental issues, desire of energetic independency and increasing process of energy require the development and utilization of clean and renewable energy sources. A significant contribution to these issues can be offered by geothermal resources and geothermal-derived energy. Due to its base-load power, a higher than 90 percent availability, a sma ...
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Rail Hub Cities for South East Europe (RAIL4SEE)

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

The challenge that the RAIL4SEE partners share is the development of models, concepts, measures, harmonised strategies and policy actions targeted to the improvement of rail and intermodal transport in SEE. In particular partners call for complementary interventions facing the alleviation of barriers for rail hubs integration in the local, regional, transnational and TEN-T systems, transport servi ...
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Innovative urban strategies and action plans to increase the social and economic role of seniors  (Silver City)

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

BACKGROUND: Ageing poses a serious challenge to metropolitan areas of SEE: Increasing number of seniors coupled with low employment rate increases costs for the society (pensions, social services & health care) whichis especially problematic in light of constrained public budgets and economic downturn. Growing sustainable communities addressing the needs of seniors require good governance and lead ...
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Towards resource efficient urban communities in SEE  (RE-SEEties)

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

...he Europe 2020 Strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. To boost resource efficiency, city leaderships have a major role to play at local and regional levels.The project therefore places municipality actors in SEE in focus and investigates what city leaderships can do within their scope of competence and responsibilities. The project specifically tackles 2 major elements linked to res ...
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Energy Savings in Urban Quarters through Rehabilitation and New Ways of Energy Supply (EnSURE)

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

Integrated energy concepts which increase the energetic and economic efficiency of rehabilitation projects, and which are embedded in integrated urban development concepts, are hardly applied in Central Europe. Integrated approaches for an energy efficient urban development are an essential part for an effective energy-efficiency policy at local and regional level.Integrated approaches for an ener ...
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Reducing energy consumption and CO2 emissions in cities across Central Europe (ENERCITY)

Start date: Feb 28, 2010, End date: Feb 27, 2013,

Whilst cities cover only three percentage of Europe's surface, they account for eighty percent of the buildings and seventy five percent of carbon dioxide emissions. Therefore one of the major challenges faced by European countries today is the reduction of CO2 emissions that contribute to climate change. This is particularly true for cities as they account for eighty percent of the buildings and ...
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Cooperative approaches to transport challenges in Metropolitan Regions (CATCH_MR)

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

CATCH_MR will explore and adapt sustainable transport solutions 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, relia ...
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Develop human capital of seniors to increase their economic and social value in a knowledge based and competitive economy (Senior Capital)

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

Declining birth rates and progressive ageing of the population can be observed in all advanced European countries and forecasts predict the continuation of this trend. Ageing is therefore becoming an increasingly important challenge to the competitiveness of the European economy. An interlinked challenge faced by central European cities and regions is the increasing financial burden caused by agei ...
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Sustainable technologies and combined community approaches take off (STACCATO)

Start date: Nov 7, 2007, End date: Nov 6, 2012,

With the STACCATO project the three European capital cities Amsterdam, Budapest and Sofia, will demonstrate sustainable energy concepts in representative existing residential areas. Presently, the urban areas all facing technical arrears and a lack of social cohesion. Redevelopment is a unique opportunity to implement energy efficiency measures and renewable energy sources. STACCATO will result in ...
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Revitalisation of Traditional Industrial Areas in South-East Europe (ReTInA)

Start date: Feb 28, 2009, End date: Feb 27, 2012,

ReTInA deals with the important transnational challenge of brownfield revitalisation. In the SEE area revit. is delayed and hindered because of legal, financial, organisational and image problems. Brownfields pose a challenge. They represent an underexplored economic value, are areas for investment and could be motors for job creation. Urgency is required because of bad influence on the image of a ...
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Quality Ageing in an Urban Environment (Q-AGEING)

Start date: Nov 30, 2008, End date: Jan 30, 2012,

Almost all cities and regions in Europe face radical changes in the structure of society at the moment. Due to demographic change the number of older workers (55-64), elderly people (65-79), and very elderly people (80+) increases while the number of people in working age decreases. Accelerated demographic ageing can seriously threaten the achievement of the Lisbon agendas main objective to increa ...
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Clusters & Cities Network (CLUSNET)

Start date: Sep 30, 2008, End date: Dec 30, 2011,

Clusters have become the focal point of many new policy initiatives in the last few years. With the goal of making Europe "the world's most competitive and dynamic knowledge based economy" the Lisbon agenda generated interest in new approaches to economic policy for competitiveness. Mobilising the potential of clusters is seen as critical to reach this objective. Clusters - proximate groups of int ...
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Gender4Growth

Start date: Oct 31, 2008, End date: Oct 30, 2011,

Gender4Growth answers 2 background necessities: growth and gender equity. Gender inequalities are today still present in the economy. This provokes two problems: 1) a structural obstacle against growth, because significant share of the population (mainly women) has restrictions to job market access and entrepreneur opportunities, and 2) a source of unacceptable inequalities for a wants-be democrat ...
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Complex Urban Investment Tools (CoUrbIT)

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

The focus of the project is centred on complex urban projects to be developed in order to reuse areas in which economic and productive functions have become obsolete. The aim is to develop new urban regeneration managment (hereafter URM) methods and tools to revitalise these areas. CoUrbIT, after having designed the most appropriate managerial model, will test it by applying it to pilot areas sele ...
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Military and Industrial SiTEs Reuse (Mister)

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

For some years already many European cities are concerned with the reuse and revitalisation of brownfields. Brownfields are areas which were formerly used as locations for industrial or military purposes and which are now abandoned. Revitalising these areas instead of developing and consuming urban green or undeveloped land can improve urban space and can limit the land use in inner-city regions a ...
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Tools for water management and restoration processes (Lakepromo)

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

Lakepromo aims to promote multilevel and interregional cooperation in the field of water management. By learning from the experiences of others and pooling the related know-how and technology, the partners want to find the most eco-efficient and sustainable solutions to different water management problems. The emphasis is on limiting eutrophication. Moreover, Lakepromo aims to increase public awar ...
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Knowledge Networks (KN)

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

KN aims to create a network that will provide tools and methodologies to increase the participation of local inhabitants in the decision and policy-making process. By developing a simple and effective system of information exchange, KN wants to bring together city and society to encourage better local policies which respond to the real needs of citizens. ...
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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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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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moting sustainable inner urban development (PROSIDE)

Start date: Feb 28, 2003, End date: Jun 29, 2006,

Due to the political, social and economic structural changes of the 90s in various European cities many former industrial or commercially-used areas were abandoned. The negative impact of these areas on the quality of urban life reaches far beyond the site itself. The conversion process of former commercially-used brownfields located in inner-city districts shows that projects of investors are oft ...
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Language Audits - Tools for Europe (LATE)

Improving language skills : With the EU becoming more important, there is a need to bring about improvements in people's general language skills. Language audits will identify areas where these needs are strongest and EU English courses will attempt to improve understanding of EU rules. This project started in 2001 and lasted 30 months.
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Collaboration of schools and communities for sustainable development

Start date: Oct 1, 2011,

We are building a community in our own network by using European stimulants with all envisioned stakeholders to collaborate for sustainable development. We all live the development circle within the multilateral network. We aim to collect and examine existing good practices of school-community collaboration in order to foster the formation of similar networks working together for sustainability th ...
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Planning Inclusion of Clients through e-Training (PICT)

Community friendly planning : The project has responded to a need for greater dialogue between planners and local residents to ensure more appropriate planning policies. IT tools have been developed and networks set up to give citizens more direct input into the planning process. This project started in 2002 and lasted 36 months.
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