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INTERmodality MOdel for the Development of the Adriatic Littoral zone (INTERMODAL)

Start date: Sep 30, 2012, End date: Sep 29, 2015,

INTERMODAL foresees implementation of common activities aimed at identifying best methods to foster effectiveness of local transport systems according to needs of areas involved. Communication has a key role to give information of activities,project results &to facilitate participation in project.Awareness-raising activities will be organised on green&intermodal transport solutions at local&EU lev ...
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Energy Sustainability for Adriatic Small Communities (ALTERENERGY)

Start date: Aug 31, 2012, End date: Aug 30, 2015,

The ALTERENERGY Strategic Project aims to provide a significant contribution to the widely agreed objective of achieving a higher level of sustainability with regards to energy production and usage in the Adriatic area. This objective is strictly connected, as we all know, to creating a better environment and the protection of life and the natural environment. In pursuing this overall general obje ...
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Assessing subsurface potentials of the Alpine Foreland Basins for sustainable planning and use of natural resources (GeoMol)

Start date: Sep 30, 2012, End date: Jun 29, 2015,

To meet the EU’s ambitious targets for carbon emission reduction, renewable energy production must strongly be upgraded and made more efficient and capable for grid energy storage. Alpine Foreland Basins feature a unique geological inventory which can contribute substantially to tackle these challenges. Deep ‘Molasse’ basins at the fringe of the Alpine mountain range offer an abundant geothermal p ...
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mote regional social development encouraging NETworking of relevant public-volunteering stakeholders to boost innovation in the delivering social-health-care services for AGEing people (NET-Age)

Start date: Sep 30, 2012, End date: May 30, 2015,

NET-Age project aims at strengthening the sustainable development capabilities of the Adriatic regions and the demographic process focusing on innovative social and health services to favor active ageing and independent living of elderly.Today,governments and civic society are searching for new policies and common answers to face one of the most profound social transformations: the population agei ...
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ion, improvement and integrated management of the sea environment and of cross-border natural resources (ECOSEA)

Start date: Sep 30, 2012, End date: May 30, 2015,

The Adriatic sea represents the environmental, social and cultural element bridging the eastern and western shores of the area.Nowadays, the richness of natural resources characterizing the Adriatic sea is endangered by man-made factors that are threatening the vitality of the ecosystems. Fishing and aquaculture activities are recognized among those mostly impacting on the sea ecosystems. Indiscri ...
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Adriatic Governance Operational Plan (AdriGov)

Start date: Sep 30, 2011, End date: Mar 30, 2015,

The project AdriGov - Adriatic Governance Operational Plan – will provide a significant contribution to the enhancement of cross border cooperation in the Adriatic-Ionian by focusing on two main objectives: - Promote the adoption of an innovative and participated Adriatic Governance Operational Plan designed to constitute an effective governance model in the area; - Implement knowledge-transfer ac ...
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Strengthening common reaction capacity to fight sea pollution of oil, toxic and hazardous substances in Adriatic Sea (HAZADR)

Start date: Sep 30, 2012, End date: Mar 30, 2015,

The Adriatic Sea is one of the most endangered areas in the Mediterranean, facing serious environmental challenges, especially taking into consideration that it constitutes an important oil transport route to the North-Adriatic ports of Trieste, Venice, Koper and Omišalj. From an economic point of view, the Adriatic region plays an important role in tourism and recreation, but is at the same time ...
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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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Improving Regional Policies promoting and motivating non-technological Innovation in SMEs (InnoMot)

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

Innovation in SMEs is one of the big challenges of the European economy to compete in the global markets. Even if different policies and programmes have been put in place in different Regions to push SMEs in this line, the lack of motivation to innovate in SMEs has been identified by all the actors involved in the innovation system.And for the major part of the European SMEs, the non-technological ...
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Hybrid Parks: Combining abilities, creating synergies and enhancing the performance of parks for sustainable local and regional development policies (Hybrid Parks)

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

Parks, both historic and modern, are intensively managed, high quality environments. They add to the attractiveness and success of cities and regions and to the quality of life for citizens and visitors.The partnership includes many of those cities and regions energetically enhancing and using parks in a wider policy context such as economic development, rural diversification, protection of cultur ...
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Green Infrastructure Network (GreenInfraNet)

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

Biodiversity conservation policies have traditionally been developed and implemented within the nature conservation sector, and local and regional authorities are mainly responsible for implementing the policies and achieving their objectives. However, this presents the authorities with a range of challenges:– many other land uses are increasing in extent and intensity– much of the biodiversity ou ...
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Mitigating Vulnerability of Water Resources under Climate Change  (CC-WARE)

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

Water resources are under increasing pressure originating from land use and climate change. Accompanied with economic changes in the SEE region the land use pattern is expected to change, too. Both processes will have severe impacts on water resources in general and drinking water resources in particular. CC-WARE aims at developing an integrated transnational strategy for water protection and miti ...
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Smarter Cluster Policies for South East Europe (ClusterPoliSEE)

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

ClusterPoliSEE main objective is to enhance the capacity of regional policy makers to confront, prevent and anticipate change, developing smart specialization strategies for cluster improvement, thus accelerating differentiation and structural change towards a knowledge-based economy in which there is a place for all SEE regions to position themselves. 25 members partnership covers 11 different SE ...
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Making Migration Work for Development - Policy tools for strategic planning in SEE regions and cities (MMWD)

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

The focus of the project is to enhance policy-making, reinforcing the capacity of public administrations to understand, anticipate and strategically manage the implications of demographic change for the growth and cohesion of European regions and cities, and for the overall integration of the SEE area. Local and regional authorities are at the forefront in facing the effects of current demographic ...
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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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CLusters Orientation towards Up-to-date technologies and models for common Development  (CLOUD)

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

For the South-East European industrial clusters to survive in the global market, it is crucial the creation of a critical mass where to address suitable interventions, to streamline necessary innovation capacity and to enhance competitiveness. In a way to define joint, optimised and harmonised policies and to implement concrete instruments enabling cluster-based economies to compete at the global ...
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Assessing Territorial Attractiveness in SEE  (Attract-SEE)

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

Effective monitoring system and better coordination among different development and sectoral policies are basic conditions for achieving territorial cohesion and territorial development goals on transnational, national, regional and local level. Project ATTRACT-SEE will support policy makers to achieve better coordination of territorial cohesion and growth policies as well as their implementation ...
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Low Enthalpy Geothermal ENergy Demonstration cases for Energy Efficient building in Adriatic area (LEGEND)

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

Geothermal Energy (the energy extracted from heat stored in the earth) is one of the most environmental-friendly and cost-effective energy resources in use and has the potential to help mitigate global warming if widely deployed in place of fossil fuel. Technological advances have dramatically expanded the range of viable resources, especially for applications such as home heating & cooling, openi ...
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Sustainable Aggregates Planning in South East Europe  (SNAP-SEE)

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

Assuring sustainable supply of aggregates resource is an important challenge due to their limited availability when aiming at sustainable regional development. Due to the regional differences and historical development, there are diverse approaches to aggregates policies, planning and management in South East Europe, which is hindering resource efficiency and economic development in the region. Th ...
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Railway Hub Cities and TEN-T network (RAILHUC)

Start date: Sep 30, 2011, End date: Aug 31, 2014,

Central Europe cities are the "first/last legs" of transnational transport chains. These chains consist of local, regional and transnational transport systems. On the one hand high speed connections among rail hubs in central Europe are being upgraded, especially on TEN-T networks and along the main intercity lines. On the other hand rail and in general public transport feeder lines need an upgrad ...
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European model for Public Transport Authority as a key factor leading to transport sustainability. (EPTA)

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

The EU has established policy goals to achieve a more sustainable transport system.The complexity of meeting the mobility needs of all its citizens requires a clearer vision and an effective and coordinated governance approach. It is important for policy makers and local governments to coordinate competences among different stakeholders at different levels within a clear and proper policy framewor ...
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External Costs of Transport and Land Equalisation (ECOTALE)

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

The reduction and/or internalization of the environmental, spatial and social costs caused by the transport sector are policy objectives which have been commonly assumed over the last decades (e.g. Directive 1999/62/EC, Directive 2006/38/EC). Within a market approach and according to the “polluter pays” principle, internalization is a way toward a comprehensive payment actually born by the transpo ...
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Development and application of mitigation and adaptation strategies and measures for counteracting the global Urban Heat Islands phenomenon (UHI)

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

As population of our cities grow, so does land area and this result in increase of an average temperature. The buildings and roads absorb temperature produced during the day, like giant heaters, and store it. The energy is then released during the night time. This often means a big difference in the temperature between city and its surrounding areas.This phenomenon is called the Urban Heat Island ...
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Shaping an Holistic Approach to Protect the Adriatic Environment: between coast and sea (SHAPE)

Start date: Feb 28, 2011, End date: Feb 27, 2014,

SHAPE is a comprehensive project for the Adriatic Region aiming to create the basis for the protection and sustainable development of the coastal-marine environment. The strategic objective is the development of a multilevel and cross-sector governance system, based on an holistic approach and aiming to the integrated management of the natural resources, risks prevention and the resolution of the ...
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European networks, experience and recommendations helping cities and citizens to become Energy Efficient (EnercitEE)

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

The European Union calls for action to combat climate change and to limit global warming to no more than 2°C above pre-industrial temperatures. A central role is ascribed to local authorities and their citizens in order to ensure the implementation and execution of European and national policies. EnercitEE seeks to practically implement the goals of the European Commission focusing on the objectiv ...
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ACMAn - Promoting attractiveness, competitiveness and internationalisation of Agro-food Clusters of the Med Area (PACMAn)

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

PACMAn aims at stimulating the innovative&dynamic capacities of the agrofood sector in MED regions able to promote its attractiveness & competitiveness at transnational level.Through collaboration between transnational economic development actors&public authorities engaged in growth & innovation issues, PACMAn will focus on key factors of agro-food clusters in MED areas, in light of the latest eco ...
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Statistical networks in Tourism sector of Adriatic Regions (S.T.A.R)

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

S.T.A.R. is a comprehensive project aiming to create a shared knowledge in the Adriatic tourist area, where the combination of ICT and tourist information can be the key for innovation and support for better and more efficient and sustainable tourism policies within the Adriatic Area. In the present economic crisis governments need to define new economic policies and ways to cooperate with one-ano ...
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Co-generation of competitive knowledge among universities and SMEs (KNOW US)

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

The project KNOW US plans to increase the competitiveness of SMEs in strategic field on the cross-border area between Italy and Slovenia, supporting the new knowledge generation, also in synergic collaboration with enterprises associations, science and technology parks, universities and local authorities, in order to start a way of innovation in sustainability. ...
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MAritme REgions cooperation for MEDiterranea (MAREMED)

Start date: May 31, 2010, End date: May 23, 2013,

...les pour la pollution, les données et la pêche en février 2012. Les actions pilotes ont débuté. On peut citer, l'action sur la gouvernance d'Héraklion, l'action portée par la Région Ligurie sur les données à Gênes, la concertation européenne sur la pêche à Ancône. Ont été élaborés 10 rapports, site Web, articles et conférences de presse, questionnaires du diagnostic, base de données des acteurs, s ...
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Environmental Technologies Adopted by small Businesses operating in Entrepreneurial Territorial Areas (ETA-BETA)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Apr 30, 2013,

Background Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) make up a large part of Europe’s economy. All but 1% of Europe's companies are SMEs, and SMEs generate 57% of economic activity in the EU. SMEs thus have a primary role to play in shifting the European economy to more sustainable production and consumption patterns. SMEs invest in innovation but thei ...
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Archaeological Park of the Northern Adriatic Sea (PArSJAd)

Start date: Mar 31, 2010, End date: Mar 30, 2013,

The project aims to intervene in the common archaeological heritage of the Adriatic coast, from the coast of Emilia to the Slovene one, through the implementation of planning tools for cultural, archaeological and landscape entities and the creation of a network with such knowledge, for professional and non professional users. ...
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Removing barriers to regional rail transport (INTER-Regio-Rail)

Start date: Mar 31, 2010, End date: Mar 30, 2013,

Facing an increasing intermodal competition and radical social and demographical changes, Regional Rail Transport (RRT) in Central Europe has to be improved. Traditionally RRT has focused on large groups of passengers such as commuters and tourists. With settlement structures and places of employment dispersing and leisure activities diversifying RRT more and more has to adapt its offer to passeng ...
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Open Source software usage by European Public Administrations (OSEPA)

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

FOSS represents a potential of significant competitiveness gains of its adopters, both for public administrations as well as citizens and companies. As a result, it is of vital importance to examine how and whether appropriate public policies can alleviate barriers and inhibitors rendering the potential benefits of FOSS actual ones and enhancing the competitiveness of European economies.Public adm ...
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Low-Carbon Economy Regions (LoCaRe)

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

Sustainable European Regions Network (SERN) is a network with the goal of implementing and putting into practice sustainable development policies and strategies. One of the means in achieving this objective is to develop and implement larger projects in the participating regions. If enough SERN members prioritise a given project idea, a full proposal - as in this case - will be developed. SERN foc ...
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Geothermal energy to address energy performance strategies in residential and industrial buildings (GEO.POWER)

Start date: Oct 31, 2010, End date: Oct 30, 2012,

Geothermal Energy (the energy extracted from heat stored in the earth) is one of the most environmental-friendly and cost-effective energy resources in use and has the potential to help mitigate global warming if widely deployed in place of fossil fuel. Recent technological progress, the variability of the cost, the difficult of oil and gas supply, the need to reduce the use of fossil fuels to cut ...
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European Research NEtwork on Sustainable Tourism (ERNEST)

Start date: Sep 1, 2008, End date: Aug 31, 2012,

"The ERNEST “European Research Network on Sustainable Tourism” project will address the issue of sustainable development in tourism through coordination and collaboration among regional research programmes. ERNEST will be a horizontal ERA NET action, not directly linked to one specific cooperation theme but with much European added value. The overall objective is to develop and strengthen a framew ...
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Regional COmmon Action STrategy Against Coastal Erosion and climate change effects for a sustainable coastal planning in the Mediterranean basin (COASTANCE)

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

Coastal erosion and flooding represents a major threat for the well-being and prosperity of the 70mi Europeans living within 500m from the coastline and their assets of 500- 1000bi€. Lost or seriously impacted area by erosion is estimated to be 15 km2/year. The Nobel Prize laureate UN-IPCC estimates that by 2020 due to Climate Change victims of coastal erosion or flooding will reach 158,000/year, ...
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OWER (POWER)

Start date: Aug 31, 2008, End date: Mar 30, 2012,

In the context of ambitious EU targets for climate protection, the POWER Regional Initiative will explore ways to move towards a low carbon economy at regional level, in particular by re-formulating regional development strategies and policy instruments and identifying effective forms of sub-regional action which also contribute to regional competitiveness. The seven participating regions of South ...
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Sustainable Urban Goods logistics Achieved by Regional and local policies (SUGAR)

Start date: Oct 31, 2008, End date: Feb 28, 2012,

SUGAR focuses on addressing the problem of inefficient and ineffective management of urban freight distribution, a critical component of the overall urban transport system and a primary source of vehicle pollutant emissions. To accomplish this, SUGAR promotes the exchange, discussion and transfer of policy experience, knowledge and good practices in the field of urban freight management, with rega ...
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IMPLEMENTING WORLD-CLASS CLUSTERS IN CENTRAL EUROPE (C-PLUS)

Start date: Feb 28, 2010, End date: Feb 27, 2012,

The setting up of a common European research and innovation space can be succesful only with precisely defined innovation and supportive policies and programmes, as well as interventions that tackle among others also the SME support and cluster cooperation support. In parallel, a step must be done that enables the implementation of tools, the application of policies and the introduction of innovat ...
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