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Towards COast to COast NETworks of marine protected areas ( from the shore to the high and deep sea), coupled with sea-based wind energy potential (COCONET)

Start date: Feb 1, 2012, End date: Jan 31, 2016,

...extensive MPAs is unlikely at present, so limiting the bearing of protection. The establishment of MPAs networks can cope with this obstacle but, to be effective, such networks must be based on solid scientific knowledge and properly managed (not merely “paper parks”). OWF, meanwhile, must be placed where the winds are suitable for producing power, but they should not have any significant impact o ...
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Environmental and Economic BEnefits from BIochar clusterS in the Central area (E2BEBIS)

Start date: May 31, 2012, End date: Nov 29, 2014,

Emissions from fossil fuels are the largest contributor to the anthropogenic greenhouse effect, so a reduction in fossil-energy use is a clear priority for the environment. Yet, because some emissions will be unavoidable, a responsible strategy also means actively withdrawing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Such carbon sequestration faces multi-faceted challenges: the net withdrawal of carbon ...
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Towards resource efficient urban communities in SEE  (RE-SEEties)

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

Resource efficiency is a top priority in the SEE policy-making agenda, especially in light of excessive consumption of energy due to users / inhabitants established behaviour, often uncontrolled waste production as well as lack of efficient coordination measures and awareness regarding how to use resources in a more conscious manner. The need to consider in resource management major externalities ...
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Creating a supportive environment for raising the innovation and technology potential in the bordering area (SPRINT)

Start date: Mar 31, 2011, End date: Mar 30, 2013,

Identification of the innovation potential in companies and research institutions in the bordering area, enhancement of cross-border connections between companies with innovation potential and creating relationships in order to increase knowledge flow, improve cooperation among the economy, research and education institutions in the region. Promotion of joint development ideas, assessment of their ...
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Sustainable and Innovative European Biogas Environment (SEBE)

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

Europe's current dependencies on imports of natural gas (and the willingness to delivery from its supplier states) have proven to be at valuable risk during recent years. When considering the projections of our growing energy demand during the next decades in relation to Europe's natural oil and gas resources it becomes clear that these dependencies will have tremendous pricing effects on our econ ...
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Mura-Drava cycling route (MURA-DRAVA-BIKE)

Start date: Jul 31, 2009, End date: Jun 14, 2012,

This project will enable continuation of Murradweg and Drauradweg, and at theme it will take an advantage of the (marketing) potentials of existed routes. The project will fill the gap and connect above mentioned routes with Danube cycling route. The new transversal cycling route will be interesting in Europe (also world wide) and will be placed on the European cycling route list. The route will o ...
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Low Cost Zero Waste Municipality (ZERO WASTE)

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

The project Zero Waste aims at developing an integrated zero-waste management system with the aim to maximize resources and energy and to reduce the amount of waste that ends up in landfills, deviating the amount of materials and resources in order to re-use them and include them in recycling schemes and processes that act as drivers of economic activity and sustainable development of the regions. ...
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UP-GRADE BLACK SEA SCIENTIFIC NETWORK (UP-GRADE BS-SCENE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2011,

The recently finished FP6 RI Black Sea SCENE project has established a Black Sea Scientific Network of leading environmental and socio-economic research institutes, universities and NGO’s from the countries around the Black Sea and has developed a distributed virtual data and information infrastructure that is populated and maintained by these organisations to improve the identification, access, e ...
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Techno-Environmental Platform for the Agro-food Sector in the Mediterranean (AGRO-ENVIRONMED)

Start date: Jun 14, 2009, End date: Dec 14, 2011,

The Proposal for the Project “Techno-Environmental Platform for the Agro-food Sector in the Mediterranean” aims at the promotion of the eco-innovation in companies belonging to the Agro-food Sector, mainly SMEs, by the creation of a platform sustainable in time and which promotes the transfer of Environmental Technologies and Eco-innovation best practices through the exchange of information and de ...
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Network for strengthening and improving the implementation of the IPPC European Directives regarding the Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control in the Mediterranean (MED-IPPC-NET)

Start date: Feb 28, 2009, End date: Aug 30, 2011,

MED-IPPC-NET is a 30 month-project whose main goal is the identification of crucial aspects in the implementation of the IPPC Directives 96/61/EC and 2008/1/EC concerning Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control within the Mediterranean space, in order to establish a set of common criteria that should be taken into account by all Mediterranean regions wishing to enhance their implementation. Th ...
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Biofuel polygeneration system integrating MSW landfill gas and solar energy (SOLBIOPOLYSY)

Start date: Jan 8, 2008, End date: Jan 7, 2011,

The BIOPOLYSY proposal seeks to advance the development of innovative and readily applicable technologies to develop an efficient and competitive polygeneration system based on integration of landfill with solar system, reforming for the syngas production, ICE for electric generation and heating/cooling system for thermal energy requirements satisfaction.BIOPOLYSY demonstration project aims to enc ...
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sm@rt region (Smart Region)

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

...s) and local administrations as well as other stakeholders. The project should support regional economies by setting up methods for interregional sector and transsector co-operation between economic, scientific, administrative and technological resources. Moreover, the promotion of innovation, education, training, research and development is a further objective. ...
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Regional transfer and integration of VET practices on sustainable development

The project tackled two main problems:1. Lack of knowledge and skills of regional development stakeholders in managing regional development - although different strategies and programmes contributed to increased capacity of regional development stakeholders, there is still a need for structured VET programmes on regional development. 2. Lack of training opportunities for regional development stake ...
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Integrating Experiences and Recommendations in Eco-Innovation for Sustainable Production and Consumption in the Mediterranean Area (ECO-SCP-MED)

The project ECO-SCP-MED is a 16-month project which aims at ensure sustainability across the supply chain of the main products and services in the MED area, whose cornerstone is fostering eco-innovation and competitiveness through transnational cooperation, integrating experiences and recommendations towards this objective. ECO-SCP-MED will integrate relevant outputs and mutualize experiences and ...
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moting Zero Waste (ZEROWASTE PRO)

The Zerowaste Pro aims to capitalize the results and outputs along with the know-how and expertise acquired in the Med and other EU projects implemented by the partnership with the aim of promoting sustainable low-cost waste management strategies in the MED region and IPA countries with an emphasis on waste prevention, reuse, recycling and composting and to establish synergies between the particip ...
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