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S@il (S@IL)

Start date: Mar 4, 2012, End date: Jun 29, 2015,

Alternative propulsion systems for (freight) sailing, defined her as hybrid sailing concepts, have high potentials, due to rising oil prices and environmental aspects. Hybrid sailing concepts can lead to new business opportunities, job creation, more attractive regions and a more sustainable future. S@IL will build capacity, develop, improve and test concepts, develop business cases, build allianc ...
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Carbon responsible transport strategies for the North Sea Area - CARE-North plus (CARE-North+)

Start date: Jan 8, 2013, End date: Feb 27, 2015,

Transport and mobility – a challenge The approach of the project will reflects several European policy areas – from health aspects, clean air and noise abatement, energy supply and fuel policy and the transport sector with its White Paper and Action Plan on Urban Mobility. The project has its basis in the further development of innovative mobility solutions on the local and regional showcase level ...
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From Development to Dissemination (D2D)

Start date: Jan 6, 2014, End date: Feb 27, 2015,

The D2D project, which stands for “Development to Dissemination” and vice versa, builds on the results of the Cradle to Cradle Islands (C2CI) project. The main aim of the project is to create a process that enables small and locally developed innovations, achieved during the C2CI project and beyond, to be realized and commercialized across the regions of the North Sea. The D2D intends to provide t ...
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Vital Rural Area (Vital)

Start date: Dec 31, 2008, End date: Jun 29, 2013,

The project will consider three themes connected to rural development; lack of economic development and innovations, negative or insufficient exposure of regions and downsizing in level of services and amenities. Using a co-operative agreement approach the project partners will work together on a number of pilot initiatives to consider these issues in a transnational setting. The partnership wil ...
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Sustainable InteGral Management Approaches for Water areas (SIGMA for Water)

Start date: Dec 31, 2009, End date: Mar 20, 2013,

The problem that all partners in this project face is twofold: due to past human activity water quality and environmental quality of selected areas within the partnership decreased significantly; in addition all partners wish to be able to deal with anticipated changes in the climate which poses the partnership with the challenge to deal with future changes in water quantity (the effect can differ ...
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Coast Alive! (CA!)

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

The project activities consider cultural and natural heritage, as a means to improve public health, the development of SME's and the demographic profile of the region. Nature tourism grows three times faster than the sector as a whole. The project builds on the results of two former Interreg IIIB project; Nave Nortrail and Cycle-on, using the trails set up by these projects as a basis for activity ...
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Cradle to Cradle Islands (C2CI)

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

The project will focus on the development of new and sustainable energy-related technologies and strategies in islands around the North Sea Region. C2CI will develop and implement the cradle-to-cradle (C2C) methodology for NSR islands, i.e. designing intelligent products and materials that can be used over and over again and thus replace the concept of waste. Three development clusters that focus ...
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Carbon Responsible Transport Strategies for the North Sea Region (CARE-North)

Start date: Jul 31, 2009, End date: Aug 30, 2012,

While the NSR deals with the effects of climate change, transport-related CO2 emissions continue to increase. The NSR has potential for innovative transport strategies which could improve the economic performance of its regions and cities in a post-fossil economy. Transnational collaboration will be used in terms of building political support and momentum, as well as in concrete terms of establish ...
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Shared Space: Reconciling People, Places and Transport

Start date: Sep 28, 2003, End date: Jul 29, 2008,

The main aim of the Shared Space project was to set up an innovative road traffic project by a new approach with designing public space where traffic no longer dominated the environment rather, balanced itself out with other functions. The project therefore intended to develop new policies and methods for an integrated approach towards the planning of public space for which man and his surroundin ...
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Energize Regional Economies (ERE)

Start date: Nov 29, 2005, End date: Jun 30, 2008,

The main aim of the project was to investigate how regions can stimulate their economies by promoting sustainable energy. Achievements: In the ERE project, five regions (the core partners) systematically analysed their regional situation, looking for strong points and o ...
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No Regret: Finding the Right Measures to Avoid Water Shortage (No Regret)

Start date: Nov 29, 2004, End date: Jun 29, 2008,

...nagement plans. In that perspective the survey and mapping in Vendsyssel has been an additional output of the project.Based on the results of the No Regret project and the national drought study, the Province of Fryslân and the water authority have formulated a strategy for water shortages for the 2010 - 2015 period and incorporated that strategy in new water policy plans for that period. In Germa ...
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Facilitating Sustainable Innovation (FSI)

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

The aim was to create an interregional co-operation on sustainable innovation in the North Sea Region between relevant stakeholders in order to foster start-ups and development of innovative companies, products and tools. Achievements: The project has improved facilitie ...
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North Sea Bio Energy (NSBE)

Start date: Feb 25, 2004, End date: Mar 30, 2008,

...ing and educating relevant parties to increase awareness of the bio energy market and on setting up regional networks or branch offices to support the further development of the bio energy market.The Province of Fryslân, the Netherlands, the biogas co-digestion plant (manure) was running and findings fed into project. The pilot demonstrated that local bottom-up initiatives are necessary to raise a ...
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Waterline Economy (WE)

Start date: Nov 29, 2005, End date: Mar 30, 2008,

The central aim was to strengthen the role of socio-economic development while enhancing sustainable water management along water corridors that connect wetlands, cities and the North Sea. Achievements: The main result was a shift towards an all-encompassing approach, i ...
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HANSE PASSAGE

Start date: Apr 30, 2003, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

The overall objective is to foster sustainable economic and social development in all 15 participating regions, particularly in view of EU enlargement. The project focuses on three clearly defined ‘clusters’, or priority themes of common interest to each of the region’s governments: - Introducing new forms of governance - Improving social and economic planning - Promoting innovation and increasing ...
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European Waste Management (EWM)

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

EWM is developing innovative solutions to waste disposal issues as part of a wider ambition to create environmentally friendly and cost effective regional waste management systems. This includes finding ways of decreasing the amount of waste dumped in landfill sites; increasing the amount of waste that is collected separately and reused; introducing new strategies on a regional scale; and building ...
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Urban Water Cycle (UWC)

Start date: Feb 24, 2004, End date: Jun 29, 2007,

The main aim of the UWC project was to show in practice how to optimise the overall performance of the urban water cycle with respect to the built environment in which it is embedded in. Specific attention was paid to organisational, legal and financial aspects of urban water cycle management in the North Sea Region. ...
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NS RURAL: North Sea Rural Development Project (NS Rural)

Start date: Sep 29, 2003, End date: Apr 29, 2007,

The project aimed to boost development in rural areas by inter-rural cooperation. It counterworked negative migration and development trends by finding innovative solutions concerning social and health services, transport and economic activities, which were identified as key issues for rural development. NS Rural sought to achieve a more efficient use of public transport and the development of mor ...
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NAVE Nortail : The North Sea Coastal Path (NAVE Nortail)

Start date: Sep 30, 2002, End date: Apr 29, 2007,

The NAVE NORTRAIL project contributed towards the sustainable economic and social regeneration of the North Sea Coastal Region. The basic idea was to regenerate a network of landscapes and footpaths linked with nature and heritage sites in the recreational areas of the coastal regions around the North Sea. In relation with cultural and environmental tourism, outdoor activities and education the pr ...
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North Sea Regional and Local Implementation of the Water Framework Directive (NOLIMP)

Start date: Sep 29, 2002, End date: Dec 30, 2006,

"North Sea regional and local implementation of the Water Framework Directive" (NOLIMP-WFD) had two aims:• To show in a practical way how the WFD can be implemented with regard to procedural, management and practical issues with a special focus on matters that produce best practice for local and regional implementation.• To achieve an improvement in the physico-chemical and ecological water qualit ...
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MOPARK : Mobility and National Parks (MoPark)

Start date: Mar 11, 2003, End date: Sep 29, 2006,

The general aim of the MoPark (Mobility and National Parks) project was to guarantee sustainability of National Parks by applying environmentally friendly technologies in an economically viable way. The concrete aim was to raise the income for national parks by increasing quality tourist offers based on natural assets without compromising natural qualities, by application of modern technologies in ...
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Water City International II (WCI-II:)

Start date: Feb 26, 2002, End date: Sep 29, 2006,

Water City International main objective was to upgrade the various functions of water within urban areas. Achievements: The main aim of Water City International II was the improvement of the Urban Water Systems in partner cities and their direct surroundings, using the ...
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F4N: Farmers for Nature (F4N)

Start date: Feb 26, 2004, End date: Jun 14, 2006,

The aim of the project was to identify new ways to maintain and improve rural landscapes with enhanced ecological value and with preserved cultural identity. This was done in co-operation with farmers as well as regional organisations and volunteers in order to test best practices with respect to European Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and other relevant EU legislation. ...
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Town-Net

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

The aim of the Town-Net project was to make a significant contribution to achieve stronger, more competitive town networks through greater complementary and co-operative measures to aid in spatial development between the municipalities concerned. Through this, the project has built on the particular strengths and potential of the different towns concerned which in turn has lead to a greater specia ...
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Network to Promote Linguistic Diversity

The Network to Promote Linguistic Diversity (NPLD) is a pan-European Network whichencompasses regional, minority, indigenous, cross border and smaller nationallanguages to promote linguistic diversity in the context of a multilingual Europe. TheNetwork's aim is to facilitate the sharing of existing good practice and the developmentof new and innovative ideas across the field of education and langu ...
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