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The condense managing system: production of novel fertilisers from manure and olive mill wastewater (CONDENSE)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Jun 30, 2016,

Background Modern agricultural practice is largely based on the use of chemical fertilisers. Farmers use fertilisers containing nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium in order to achieve an economically viable level of production. The application of these fertilisers ensures there is sufficient food to meet global demand. Inadequate provision of nutrients to ...
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Addressing the divide between EU indications and their practical implementation in the green construction and eco-social re-qualification of residential areas in South East Europe regions (BUILD SEE)

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

WHY ARE SEE CITIES SO FAR FROM SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT DESPITE EU INDICATIONS ? WHY DO URBAN PLANNING AND RESIDENTIAL AREAS LACK A TRUE GREEN APPROACH? "BUILD SEE" answers these questions. It supplies public administrations, enterprises and citizens with practical tools, recommendations and action plans (from SEE local country case-studies) to bridge the gap to achieve low environmental impact and ...
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Regional Policy Improvement for Financially Sustainable Creative Incubator Units (InCompass)

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

Incubator units for creative industries business start ups provide much needed space and act as vital support mechanisms and catalysts for the development of entrepreneurship and innovation in this sector right across the EU. The creative industries (e.g. Advertising, Textiles, Fashion, Television & Radio, Photo Imaging, Graphic Design and Interactive Media, Publishing, Animation, Computer Games, ...
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Tackling the "Broadband Gap" in SEE Rural areas through PPP model  (PPP4Broadband)

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

SEE area comprising non-EU MS, NMS and EU-15 MS is area with the biggest challenge in the matter of Broadband development to achieve i2010 or i2015 targets as it is seen from Digital Agenda Scoreboard 2011 for EU MS and from national reports available for some non-EU MS. Mainly Rural areas are affected by phenomenon of Broadband Gap where we can still identify alarming percentage of Inhabitants li ...
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Joint easily wafted East laboratory Model  (JEWEL Model)

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

Background Crisis of the function and character of the historical town centre in the territory and the loss of identity of its renewed community. Overall aims Develop integrated strategies for metropolitan areas for contribute to the future development of South East Europe. Project wishes to contribute to innovative solutions to tackle crucial problems affecting metropolitan areas, such as local g ...
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South East Europe jointly developed common advanced virtual accessibility solutions to support public services  (SECOVIA)

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

1. Background & problem to be addressed Cloud-based, virtualised IT platforms & infrastructures offer a strong potential to deliver cost-effective, scalable digital public services and to unlock regional growth and competitiveness. EC promotes a common EU Cloud Strategy as a means to help governments and citizens to access and develop advanced online services. The South East Europe (SEE) area suff ...
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Cultural gastronomic particularities: Creation of an identity of the local gastronomic heritage in the region Greece -Italy (GrItCUZINE)

Start date: Mar 14, 2012, End date: May 14, 2014,

The project aims at highlighting the area’s identity emphasizing the cultural and local products, promoting the traditional Mediterranean Gastronomy as a tourist and cultural element in an effort to strengthen local economies, through the following actions: • Recording of common and different gastronomic habits of regions focused on fish and common traditional products; • Documenting the history i ...
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Wander by bicycle (W.B.B.)

Start date: Feb 23, 2012, End date: Jan 23, 2014,

W.B.B attempts to promote sustainable mobility and builds upon cross-border cooperation (CYRONMED-Prorgramme INTERREG IIIB ARCHIMED). Within the framework of this project: • A feasibility study for the construction of a bike route, and the for the adjustment of The existing ones will be created, • Construction works will be implemented that would facilitate cyclists (signals, slides, etc) • Touris ...
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ENHANCEMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT (CHERPLAN)

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

Cultural Heritage sites located in both rural and urban areas are often facing the dilemma between loss of cultural values and hence loss of identity, due to non-sustainable growth, and economic decline and emigration, due to inappropriate infrastructure and high cost of living (especially, buildings maintenance). CHERPLAN aims to provide a strong basis for ensuring compatibility and synergy betwe ...
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Development of integrated agroindustrial waste management politics maximizing materials recovery and energy exploitation (INTEGRASTE)

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

Background Agro-industries are major sources of industrial pollution. Technological development has meant that agro-industry wastes have become more complex, and agro-industries more than other industrial sectors require a dynamic and comprehensive approach if appropriate waste management is to be achieved. Some agro-industrial sectors, such as olive oil ...
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Increasing Knowledge Transfer and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (IKTIMED)

Start date: Mar 31, 2010, End date: Mar 28, 2013,

The main project objective is to foster the competitiveness of MED SMEs promoting a new public-private partnership to support innovation based on a more open approach of knowledge and technology transfer and a strong public-private cooperation. The main activities are: innovation providers’ quality certification system analysis of existent public-private mechanisms of cooperation to fund innov ...
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Capitalising on Partner Initiatives in Mobility Management Services (PIMMS CAPITAL)

Start date: Dec 31, 2009, End date: Nov 29, 2012,

Throughout the EU, increased reliance on the car has resulted in high levels of congestion and more pollution, leading to economic, environmental and health problems for our regions and cities. ERDF investment in infrastructure could accelerate this trend if parallel alternative measures are not introduced at the same time. Mobility Management aims to reduce reliance on the car by encouraging tra ...
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EUROPEAN FOREST FIRE NETWORKS (EUFOFINET)

Start date: Sep 30, 2010, End date: Sep 29, 2012,

... convictions of the need for continuing the cooperation explaining in the project the strong representativity of the Greek regions affected by the disaster.We have to keep in mind that the Region of Western Greece was experienced a tremendous catastrophe : 64 people dead and 200 000 hectares destroyed at the end of August 2007. Facing the disaster, the european community mobilized itself. It was e ...
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moting Innovation in the Industrial Informatics and Embedded Systems Sectors through Networking (I3E)

Start date: May 31, 2009, End date: May 29, 2012,

The industrial informatics and embedded systems sectors present leading edge technology sectors that provide a competitive advantage for Europe. The SEE area is mostly characterized by developing low-wage based economies that will face a need for change in the near future. In order for these economies to be competitive in the globalised economy, focus should be placed on their transformation to kn ...
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Governmental Social Responsibility Model: An Innovative Approach of Quality in Governmental Operations and Outcomes (G.S.R. Model)

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

G.S.R. aims to contribute substantially to sustainable socio-economic development of SEE regions, through effectively tackling one of the most crucial issues: The quality and sustainability of the Public Sector and of its outcomes. Specifically G.S.R. focuses on the dynamic enhancement of the competences and the capacity of the governmental agencies, with the aim not only to improve productivity a ...
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active Human Response to Wildfires Outbreak: Measure and Prepare for it (PRoMPt)

Start date: Sep 30, 2008, End date: Sep 29, 2011,

The aim of the suggested project is to exchange experiences and good practices in order to improve regional policies for coping with fires right after their outbreak in very sensitive areas, like the forest ones.Since regional policies in terms of environmental protection and risk prevention constitute a vital issue towards the accomplishment of the Gothenburg Strategy, local and regional authorit ...
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REGIONAL ACTION PLANS for INNOVATION DEVELOPMENT AND ENTERPRISE (RAPIDE)

Start date: Aug 31, 2008, End date: Nov 29, 2010,

RAPIDE is a propsal for a capitalisation network involving 13 partners from 11 Member States. Its aim is to implement good practice relating to the role of the public sector in stimulating innovation in partner regions, in particular helping businesses (primarily SMEs) to bring innovative products and services to market more quickly. The long term objective of the project is to stimulate innovatio ...
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Capitalising Innovative Approaches towards Demographic Change (ESF6 CIA)

Start date: Jun 30, 2008, End date: Jun 29, 2010,

ESF6 CIA aims at the transferability of best practices analysed in ESF Art. 6 operations to, especially, new member states. Demographic change is a subject which effects our society daily. Elderly people become a more important and outstanding group in our daily life, with a great potential of knowledge available for the transfer to younger generations. In best practices this resource was identif ...
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New forms of territorial governance for the promotion of landscape policies in the field of water resources management at water territories (NETWET3)

Start date: May 31, 2006, End date: Jul 30, 2008,

Main objective of NetWet 3 project is the development of transnational co-operation in Archimed geographic zone for the elaboration of common methods that contribute to: (a) the promotion of a creative territorial policy for the management of Mediterranean landscapes (ESDP, European Landscape Convention, European Governance), (b) in connection to the promotion of sustainable management practices o ...
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Integrated Multiple Level Wetlands Monitoring System Using Innovative Technologies (WETMUST)

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

...s experience in environmental monitoring tools. Also, the University of Basilicata has experience in soil and water parameters measurement, and together with the other project partners, the Region of Western Greece, the Region of Northern Aegean and the Prefecture of Thessaloniki have operational experience in projects involving data collection in wetlands under their administrative boundaries. Th ...
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Human Resources and Development Planning on both sides of Ionian Sea (HuReDePIS)

Start date: May 31, 2006, End date: Feb 27, 2008,

...ties and setting up permanent networks to accomplish the objectives of the project. Especially the proposed permanent network on Research and Innovation will be extensively useful to all regions of Western Greece, Epirus, Ionian Islands, South Italy and Sicily where there is a deficiency of this specific activity. Main activities of the project are the creation of networks aiming to coordinate the ...
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Hazard Monitoring for Risk Assessment and Risk Communication (MONITOR)

Start date: Dec 31, 2005, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

The infrastructure in mountainous areas or regions with seismic activity is greatly threatened by hazards such as landslides, avalanches or earthquakes. MONITOR offers a basis for a standardised risk management of land-use activities threatened by natural hazards. The project's target groups and their regions vary in their risk exposure and their hazard potentials. MONITOR takes into account a bro ...
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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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Innovation and Resource Efficiency as Driving Forces for Sustainable Growth (INNOREF)

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

Rural areas throughout Europe are experiencing increasing levels of economic stagnation due to their inability to compete in the global marketplace. Unemployment is on the rise, and rural populations are migrating in large numbers towards urban centres. INNOREF, funded by INTERREG IIIC East, is a three-and-ahalf year project that was born out of the necessity to redirect rural economies—away from ...
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Sustainable Use of Former or Abandoned Landfills Network, SUFALNET (SUFALNET)

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

SUFALNET aims to identify and bring together expertise and best practice, as well as the joint development of policy programs available in Europe on redevelopment and aftercare of landfills, so that former landfills might finally really be dealt with. In this way, the various EU Member States can combine forces, enabling them to deal effectively with the environmental risks posed by these former l ...
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Greening Regional Development Programmes (GRDP)

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

GRDP’s overall aim is to deal with this issue by enabling regions to collaborate and share best practice on how the environment can be better integrated into all programmes benefiting from Structural Funds. This is intended to lead to the development of more effective regional programmes that deliver sustainable results for local people. GRDP will also draft a common European methodology for integ ...
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European Network of Mining Regions (ENMR)

Start date: Jun 30, 2004, End date: Aug 30, 2006,

The objective of the European Network of Mining Regions (ENMR) is to create a platform for mining regions on a European level driven by public organisations. The two year project involves twenty partners from ten EU Member States, including local and regional authorities, universities, research institutes, industry, NGOs, Union and development agencies from mineral and coal mining regions. The net ...
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Sharing Solutions on Structural Funds (S3)

Start date: Aug 31, 2004, End date: Aug 30, 2006,

Regional and local authorities are increasingly involved in the elaboration and implementation of EU policies For instance, in EU regional policy they are involved in programming, managing, monitoring and evaluating Structural Funds programmes. To enhance institutional capacities and the success of authorities in dealing with Structural Funds, regions need to develop new ways to involve local stak ...
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Innovative strategy for raising awareness of lifelong learning in Greece

Start date: Mar 1, 2012,

INSTALL project is submitted under Lifelong Learning Programme - Support for European cooperation in education and training and specifically aims at raising national awareness of lifelong learning strategies and of European cooperation in education and training.The project mainly targets to raising awareness and commitment regarding the strategic objectives of ET 2020 and to contribute to the effe ...
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Innovation, Culture and Creativity for a new Economy (I.C.E.)

Start date: Oct 30, 2013,

Regional development can successfully integrate cultural and creative industries (CCI) in many areas of economy. To fully exploit their economic potential, the CCI need to increase their capacity to experiment and innovate. In this framework, the project objectives are:• Identifying main cultural events and heritage assets at regional level to be considered the engine for the development and promo ...
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TALAS – Tourism Management e-Learning Solutions

The TALAS project will pilot and introduce a new methodology which will promote new practical approaches in VET policy, specifically aimed at the teaching of management skills in the field of tourism. The project will rely upon the use of ICT and as such will build upon a methodology already tested during a previously fundedLeonardo da Vinci project (Visually Interacting e-Learning Platform). The ...
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TALKING LANDS: talks between the lands of Apulia and Greece (Talking Lands)

Start date: Mar 1, 2012,

The project aims at transforming the immaterial cultural heritage, made of narrative oral tradition and local identity into new artistic and theatrical performances to be enjoyed from a wider audience. It capitalises on the outputs of a previous project Terre Parlanti, widening partnership and providing innovative activities to recover and promote ancient oral traditions by: • Narrative laboratori ...
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TUTOR-RING : Tuteurs pour l'alternance européenne

The english version of the contents description is being translated and should be available as of mid November. Please consult until then the original version in FR.
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Recording, documentation, promotion and distribution of the aromatic and therapeutic herbs, plants and plant products (RE.HERB)

Start date: Jan 30, 2012,

The core objective of the project lies on effectively communicating the medicinal and cosmetic properties of specific plants, trees and herbs, aiming at informing the population in a more integrated and comprehensive way regarding the beneficial properties of the plants and at strengthening the demand for such products. The above aim will be achieved through the following outputs: Detailed analys ...
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RURAL/ITER - Reintroduction Upon Rural Agricultural Lands of Innovative Training for Entrepreneurs on Return

There is a deep-rooted financial/economic crisis at the world level: from the outstanding credits from mortgage loans and speculative bubble in the USA in 2008, with bank and business cracks, the bankruptcy of the Iceland State bonds, till the risks of failure for Portugal, Ireland, Greece, Italy, Spain in 2011, for the high rates on state bonds requested by the investors. The financial crisis eve ...
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Improving governance, management and sustainability of rural and coastal protected areas and contributing to the implementation of the Natura 2000 provisions in IT and GR (BIG)

Start date: Dec 10, 2013,

• BIG general objective is to improve governance, management and sustainable valorization of coastal and rural protected areas and contributing to the implementation of the Natura 2000 provisions in Greece and Italy. The sub-objectives are:• Strengthening and improving cooperation among regional administrations to further monitor Natura 2000 species and habitats and to set environmental measures f ...
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Contribution of Emission Sources on the Air quality of the POrt-cities in Greece and Italy (CESAPO)

Start date: Jan 26, 2012,

The general objective of the project is to study the emission sources of air pollution in port cities. The project outputs comprise: • Operation of a mobile air quality monitoring station • Training of the staff on the operation of the mobile air monitoring station • Creation of two emission inventory databases • Assessment reports using data from experimental campaigns and the application of phot ...
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Environmental Park (EPA)

...ble for the blind, through a training course for guides and instructors for divers who are blind.o to restore and enhance the landscape and preserve the naturalness of a lake in the eligible area (in Western Greece).
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New objective tourism without BARRIER (N.O. BARRIER)

The project deals with the topic of social inclusion proposing the improvement of tourist easy access in the participating territories. NO BARRIER aims at carrying out an organic set of interventions in order to reduce barriers, which do not allow the full use of territories to disabled persons. Moreover it consists of the following: • Elaborating methods and tools for certifying the accessible pl ...
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LA BOTTEGA DELLE VOCI-CENTRO DI PRODUZIONE TEATRALE II (LA BOTTEGA II)

Start date: Feb 21, 2012,

The specific project is the continuation of a previous project implemented during INTERREG IIIA Greece-Italy 2000-2006. The overall target is to create a concrete and sustainable network between the partners that will encourage the theatrical and generally cultural exchange among them, facilitate the professionals and assist the cultural development in both countries. Projects methodology concerns ...
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