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The social economy and the management of green infrastructure (Green And Blue Futures)

Start date: Jun 30, 2011, End date: Sep 29, 2015,

The Operational Programme for North West Europe recognises that the quality of places and environmental and cultural assets is important for creating strong and prosperous communities. Europe's green & blue infrastructure (nature sites. parks. open space. woodlands & waterways etc.) forms an important part of these assets. which is often managed by local authorities or other public agencies. With ...
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LUPIN

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

Invasive plants are invasive species generally imported by man that thrive beyond their natural range of dispersal and have a high reproductive capacity. They are usually ornamental plants that are grown ingardens, ponds and aquariums. They overwhelm existing native vegetation and spread mainly in aquatic environments. As a result, invasive plant species invade aquatic environments, pose a threat ...
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Recreational and functional cross-border itineraries (IRFT - GRFN)

Start date: Aug 31, 2010, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

The Belgian-French coastal area is densely populated and attracts a large number of tourists during the high season. An increasing number of residents and tourists use the soft transport networks. Today, the existingtrails and paths are not connected to each other. Cyclists, walkers and hikers are unable to continue their route when they get to the French-Belgian border.The aim of this project is ...
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A flexible and environmentally friendly pusher/barge watertransport concept for freight transport on small waterways. complementary to traditional navigation (WATERTRUCK)

Start date: Oct 7, 2008, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

WATERTRUCK (WT) aims at introducing a new and environmentally friendly transport concept for inland navigation on small waterways (from CEMT Class I - 300tonnes - up and including CEMT Class IV - max 1500tonnes). The WATERTRUCK navigation concept is based on the deployment of small barges (up to 1500t) and small innovative pushers. The two most important characteristics and advantages in compariso ...
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TRANSSPORT

Start date: Mar 31, 2012, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

Despite many cooperation initiatives in the cross-border area, there are still not many exchanges between sports clubs, if any: the border still seems impassable when it comes to going to a sports hall.To solve this problem, the partners cooperate to put sports associations and clubs of both areas in touch, optimise access to sports facilities and develop, in a sustainable way, the practice of spo ...
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Territoire Coopération (TERCO)

Start date: Dec 31, 2012, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

Nord-Pas de Calais and Flandres have been affected by sub-urbanisation over the past decades. This termrefers to the phenomenon of urban sprawl caused by the establishment of inhabitants on the countrysidenear the cities. However, the community wants a quiet, diverse countryside, where it is enjoyable to relax.The challenge for countryside management is to welcome new residents while preserving or ...
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Tendenzen zonder grenzen

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

Werken over de grens blijft een hele opgave, zelfs in België en Nederland, waar toch dezelfde taal wordt gesproken. Tal van belemmeringen maken het de mensen die over de grens willen werken en de werkgevers die aan de andere kant van de grens willen rekruteren, moeilijk. Voor het Interreg-project Samen voor de glastuinbouw is eerder al een inventarisatie gemaakt van deze knelpunten en in het boek: ...
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Grenzeloos duiken

Start date: Jan 31, 2012, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

Dankzij het project “Grenzeloos duiken” worden binnenkort enkele unieke duiklocaties in Nederland en Vlaanderen gerealiseerd. In de eerste plaats wordt de toegankelijkheid en de veiligheid van de bestaande duikhotspot ‘Kattendijke-Wemeldinge’ in Goes en Kapelle (NL) grondig en kwalitatief verbeterd en aangepast. Vervolgens komt er een splinternieuwe ‘duiktank’ bij in Zwevegem (BE).De duiktank is e ...
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Creating ecological sites in the cross -border IJzer river catc hment area (CRESETY)

Start date: Oct 31, 2010, End date: Oct 30, 2014,

In the IJzer water catchment area, one of the main problems is the flood risk. As the water does not stop at the border, and therefore the entire cross-border area is involved, many residents, businesses and farmerswere affected by the floods.To limit the flood risks in the cross-border IJzer water catchment area, water is retained at the furthest possible point upstream to improve the protection ...
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artnering for Risk Management and Engagement on the Coast (PRiME-C)

Start date: Dec 31, 2013, End date: Oct 30, 2014,

The PRiME-C cluster partners recognise that coastal zones are under continuous and increasing pressure on account of population density and the wealth of coastal resources.Many sectors are competing within this vital space while experiencing stalled socio-economic growth. In addition, the 2 Seas region is being impacted by coastal and climate change and their associated risks (such as rising sea l ...
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Great War between the lines (Great War)

Start date: Jan 31, 2010, End date: Sep 29, 2014,

The legacy of the First World War can still be seen today in the landscapes of the 2 Seas area from Flanders to Aisne passing through the Somme and Nord-Pas de Calais. It is also present in the mindset of the people of Britain and the Commonwealth, who come as “remembrance tourists” to visit and discover the landscapes and stories of the Great War.The GREAT WAR project gathers together 15 partners ...
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Carbon reduction in protected nature and landscape areas (Carelands)

Start date: Nov 30, 2013, End date: Aug 30, 2014,

This cluster will work on carbon reduction and the use of renewable energies in protected nature and landscape areas. The partnership will also identify businesses who want to be engaged in carbon reduction.
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CORRID’OR

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

The Lys river valley, one of the green and blue Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai Euro-metropolis axes, is surrounded by a highly urban area on both sides of the border. This urbanisation is putting pressure on land and causesparticularly high recreation and leisure expectations.The challenge for the partners is to develop a green area and a park on the outskirts of the town. The aim is to improve biodiversi ...
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300 YEARS BORDER

Start date: Dec 31, 2011, End date: Jun 29, 2014,

2013 marks the tri-centenary of the Utrecht Treaty that defined the French-Belgian border. But with European borders opening up, the separation between the two states has faded and both sides are cooperatingmore and more.On the occasion of the tri-centenary, the partners rediscover or revisit the history of their territory and their common wealth to highlight them to the local population.Through t ...
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Maximising Green Heritage (MaxiGreen)

Start date: Jul 31, 2009, End date: Jun 29, 2014,

Throughout the 2 Seas programme zone many densely populated, urbanised areas are located in or near disused industrial infrastructure such as old railway lines, canals and flooded mining pits. Bringing these areas back into benefitial use would allow cities to enhance their attractiveness in a sustainable and environmentally non-impactful way, but also provide new recreation areas for their inhabi ...
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Erfgoed van de Tweede Wereldoorlog (WW2 Heritage)

Start date: May 31, 2011, End date: Jun 29, 2014,

The Second World War has had a lasting impact on the landscape of the 2 Seas area. Many physical remains such as bunkers and fortifications still remain but are derelict and inaccessible to the public. Keys to understanding the history of World War 2 and its material legacy are the memories of eye-witnesses. Combining both physical and intellectual heritage offers important sources of information ...
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Walls and Gardens

Start date: Jul 31, 2009, End date: Jun 29, 2014,

Owing to its geography, the 2 Seas area has been strategic throughout many of the conflicts between the major European states, up until the last World War. Today, these architectural features and former military zones provide ideal settings for recreation and tourism as well as ecological interest.The managers of 22 remarkable heritage sites have joined forces in the Walls and Gardens project, in ...
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Coastal Communities 2150 and Beyond (CC2150)

Start date: Dec 31, 2010, End date: May 31, 2014,

Coastal Communities 2150 gathers partners from England, Belgium-Flanders and the Netherlands. The aim is to help create the right conditions to reduce the impact of coastal changes in vulnerable communities in the 2 Seas area. This will be done through the exchange of knowledge within the context of Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM). By overcoming national borders, CC2150 will use the coll ...
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i-urban biodiversity (BIPS)

Start date: Aug 31, 2009, End date: Mar 30, 2014,

For a better understanding of the impact of human activities on the environment, fauna and flora, particularly the impact of global warming on the latter two, a common cross-border monitoring tool was created.It enables a continual assessment of the management of the biodiversity and rural semi-urban space in light of sustainable development criteria: ecology, economy, social and cultural aspects.
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Accelerating Renewable Energies through valorisation of Biogenic Organic Raw Material (ARBOR)

Start date: Sep 24, 2009, End date: Mar 30, 2014,

The project aim is to foster and accelerate development and use of biomass in North West Europe. to facilitate the sustainable achievement of 2020 energy objectives. and to make EU a world-class centre for Biomass utilisation. This will be conducted in an innovative and sustainable approach across NWE to developing energy from biomass. It involves organisations from UK. Ireland. Germany. Luxembou ...
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Samen TeRug de bOer op (STRO)

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

Het project Samen TeRug de bOer op (STRO) werkt de methode van Groene Zorg verder uit en wil het in de toekomst nog krachtiger maken. Groene zorg combineert de landbouwsector met de zorg voor mensen uit kwetsbare groepen. Hier concreet in dit project is het de bedoeling om deze agrarische sector en de zorgsector nog beter op elkaar af te stemmen zodat ze beter elkaar kunnen verrijken, therapeutisc ...
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FOR A CROSS-BORDER YOUTH

Start date: Feb 28, 2010, End date: Feb 27, 2014,

So far not much has happened for young people in the context of the cooperation between Flanders and northern France. Yet, youth represents an important target group.That is why the partners have developed the possibility for youth groups to visit and stay in the crossborder area. They list, exchange and create educational tools to prevent risks and promote well-being and quality of life. This pro ...
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Neem de mensen mee!

Start date: Feb 14, 2011, End date: Feb 13, 2014,

...teld over de verwachte klimaatveranderingen en de effecten daarvan. In de schetsboeken zijn de mogelijke gevolgen voor ruimtelijke functies in kaart gebracht die zich de komende vier decennia in de provincies Zeeland en Oost- en West-Vlaanderen zouden kunnen voordoen. Klik hier voor het klimaateffectschetsboek Oost- en West-Vlaanderen Klik hier voor het klimaateffectschetsboek ZeelandOp basi ...
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Transmussites 14 - 45

Start date: Dec 31, 2008, End date: Dec 30, 2013,

According to recent studies, hardly 10% of visitors to museums in Nord-Pas de Calais are Belgian, and this is also true the other way around.To deal with this problem, the partners in the cross-border area develop a museum and site network themed around the two World Wars. The French partners draw on the expertise of West-Flanders that already has a structured network to implement a joint promotio ...
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FLAMUSE

Start date: Dec 31, 2009, End date: Dec 30, 2013,

The residents of the cross-border area rarely travel to the neighbouring country to go to a museum. In the absence of a coherent cultural offer at regional level, the border effect still very much exists. And yet, a crafts museum network already exists in the Belgian Westhoek. In France however, there is currently no structural network, though many ad hoc initiatives do exist.Against this backgrou ...
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Oost West Poort

Start date: Dec 15, 2010, End date: Dec 14, 2013,

Het project wil de bestaande economische en logistieke samenwerking tussen de regios West-Vlaanderen en Noord-Limburg (Nl) uitbouwen via een duurzame transportverbinding (corridor).Concreet gaat het over de realisatie van logistieke draaischijven aan beide kanten van de grens (Zeebrugge – Venlo) op het vlak van Value Added Logistics (assemblage, labeling) en Value Added Services (voorraadbeheer, d ...
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MEMORY OF THE GREAT WAR

Start date: Aug 31, 2008, End date: Jul 30, 2013,

In the First World War, the frontline ran through West-Flanders (from Nieuwpoort to the French-Belgian border) and Nord-Pas de Calais (from Armentieres southward to Arras), and then further up to the Sommeand Aisne departments. This immense territory was literally cut in two, one side being occupied by the troops of the German Empire, the other by the allies. Even if the official border was still ...
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Energy Vision North Sea Region (EVNSR)

Start date: Jan 15, 2012, End date: Jul 1, 2013,

The EVNSR Project is clustering the INTERREG IVB renewable energy projects. EVNSR is drawing on the value and strengths identified in the individual projects in order to increase the deployment rate of renewable energy in the NSR. EVNSR will interconnect the different individual results and will amplify the successes in order to build an Renewable Energy Strategy. The project consists of three par ...
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DIGITISING CONTEMPORARY ART (DCA)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Jun 30, 2013,

Description ‘‘Digitising Contemporary Art’ (DCA) is a 30-month digitisation project for contemporary art, i.e. art made after 1945 - a kind of cultural heritage still largely missing from Europeana which is a single access point for European culture.  DCA will create a digital body of high-quality reproductions of 26,921 artworks - paintings ...
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INTERREG Inondations Houille (PAYSAGES EN TRANSFORMATION)

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

The landscape, with its characteristics and challenges, does not stop at administrative borders. The historicaland cultural characteristics of the population and the biodiversity are the same on both sides of the border. And the partners face the same problems.Through this project, the partners exchange knowledge on land management policies in order to develop a common policy to protect, revalue a ...
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Natura People: engaging with people to build a sustainable future for natural heritage of Natura 2000 sites (Natura People)

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

The Natura People project aims to ensure the long-term protection of the natural environment throughout the programme area by demonstrating the economic value that Natura 2000 (N2000) sites bring to local communities. The partners are all involved in managing coastal N2000 sites, with each of these sites at different stages of development as attractive, vibrant visitor attractions, in parallel wit ...
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Build with CaRe - Mainstreaming Energy efficiency in the built environment (BwC)

Start date: Jul 31, 2008, End date: Mar 30, 2013,

The aim of the Build with Care project is to mainstream energy-efficient building design by raising the awareness and increasing the knowledge of the potential of energy savings. In collaboration with the building sector, a transnational strategy for increasing energy efficiency in buildings will be developed. Within the project, an education and information programme will be carried out to change ...
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North Sea Supply Connect (North Sea Supply Connect)

Start date: Sep 30, 2009, End date: Mar 30, 2013,

Small markets in the NSR and SME access barriers to European supply markets are key problems addressed by the project. They cause competitive disadvantages for Northern SMEs and their regions compared to suppliers and regions involved in large regions. If SMEs stick to traditional regional markets prosperity and European integration, mayor markets are at risk. This risk is further aggravated by th ...
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motion internationale de notre territoire comme base de préparation des équipes sportives (PROTER)

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

When in July 2005 it was announced that London would host the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2012,the partners decided to grab the opportunity to internationally promote the cross-border area and its potential. Indeed, the economic spinoff of the Games is remarkable, this has shown by the strong growth of Greater London, now accessible within one hour from Calais and 1 hour and 20 minutes from Li ...
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Recreatie en ecotoerisme in de ZWINstreek (REECZ)

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

De Zwinstreek is binnen de grensregio een van de meest sprekende voorbeelden van een grensoverschrijdend landschap. De grens tussen Nederland en België deelt de Zwinstreek in twee. Nochtans zijn deze twee delen door hun natuurlijke, geografische en historische ontwikkeling onlosmakelijk met elkaar verbonden.Via dit project wordt een diepgaande grensoverschrijdende samenwerking gecreëerd waarbij de ...
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Dryport - a modal shift in practice (Dryport)

Start date: May 31, 2008, End date: Jun 30, 2012,

The project’s aim is to develop, design and set effective Hinterland inter-modal freight transport nodes – dryports – which are fully integrated with the Gateway freight handling systems, to adapt a public concept to a private sector model, and to integrated dryports into the EU Motorways of the Sea concept. The project includes the identification of suitable dryport land sites in the North Sea R ...
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Combining sea and coastal planning in Europe (C-SCOPE)

Start date: Jun 30, 2008, End date: Jun 29, 2012,

The C-SCOPE partnership was created to achieve a seamless, integrated approach to land and sea planning and management. The purpose of the project is to provide the foundation for strong, vibrant and sustainable coastal economies, which are in harmony with the environment. Involving all maritime sectors in their endeavours, both partners are concerned with encouraging and promoting sustainable an ...
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Accessing the Countryside (ATC)

Start date: Feb 29, 2008, End date: Jun 29, 2012,

The Accessing the Countryside project works to improve access to the countryside for local communities, tourists and nontraditional users, but also to preserve and enhance biodiversity in these areas, including in fragile coastal zones.East Sussex and Flanders are coastal regions that face similar problems, such as management of rights of way. The project gives them the opportunity to share their ...
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Heritage and Maritime Memories in the 2 seas Region (HMS)

Start date: Dec 31, 2007, End date: Jun 29, 2012,

HMS wants to establish a solid crossborder partnership, to jointly improve, develop and promote the common maritime heritage and shared history in the 2 Seas area. Together, these maritime heritage organisations from all four countries of the area wish to contribute to the growth and competitiveness of the 2 seas area.The 30 partners form a tight, diverse and complementary network of maritime heri ...
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Functioneel Groen

Start date: Jun 30, 2009, End date: Jun 29, 2012,

Het project richt zich op de toepassing van groen als middel om het leefklimaat in de binnensteden te verbeteren.Luchtkwaliteit (fijnstof en uitlaatgassen), de klimaatsveranderingen (temperatuur en neerslag) en sociale aspecten zijn binnen dit project de hoofdthema’s. Bij sociale aspecten valt te denken aan gebruikerskwaliteit, beeldkwaliteit, gezondheid, sociale cohesie en veiligheid.Aan beide zi ...
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