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Conservation of the dolphins from the Romanian Black Sea waters (Dolphins)

Start date: Jul 1, 2001, End date: Jun 30, 2004,

...s for the conservation of the habitat, including the designation of new marine reserves were also foreseen. The project would also carry out an awareness-raising campaign and construct an information centre. Results The project has fulfilled all its proposed objectives. The planned actions were satisfac ...
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Spatial strategies for Integration and Sustainable Development Acceleration of the South Baltic Arc Zone (South Baltic Arc)

Start date: Feb 24, 2002, End date: May 23, 2005,

...ia Hanseatica" corridor are elaborated. At the same time concrete regional development measures, dealing with the development of large-scale industrial areas, the future role of Szczecin as the urban centre of the Polish-German border region, stronger sub-regional and local urban centres in rural areas as well as cultural and natural heritage as development factors, are prepared. ...
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Fire Risk Prevention and Improvement of the Fire Extinction Systems of the Historic Town Centers of Cities named Word Heritage (HERITPROT)

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

... and Protection”. Along with the seminar, several places of La Laguna were visited: i). National archives in order to see in situ the fire preventive measures implemented at La Laguna; ii). Town Centre in order to see in situ the fire preventive measures that are related to urban planning; iii). House of the Archbishop in order to see in situ how the fire was tackled and which fire preventive me ...
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Green Urban Transport Systems (GUTS)

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

...res for clean urban public transport. The GUTS partnership has continuously involved local/regional stakeholders via Regional Stakeholder Platform meetings and set up a Public Transport Resource Centre, which is a virtual platform where numerous professional documents and relevant information has been gathered in a database to be shared among partners and beyond. The platform is accessible public ...
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EUROPEAN NETWORK OF CITY-REGION COMPETITIVENESS (COMPETE)

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

...tiveness and London June 2007 competitive European Cities What Messages for the UK? Core Cities Summit November 2007. The project evidence base is compiled through an on-line Knowledge Resource Centre led by the European Institute for Urban Affairs at Liverpool John Moore’s University. It includes a wide range of information such as: ' The sharing of benchmarking data from partner cities and their ...
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CITYREGIO II - Regional economic development through co-operation within city-regions (CITYREGIO II)

Start date: Mar 31, 2006, End date: Mar 30, 2008,

...authorities - depending on the national distribution of competencies. The cities involved in the project are surrounded by peripheral regions which largely depend on the economic success of the urban centre. Coherent spatial development following the Lisbon and Gothenburg targets as well as the recent Beaupuy Report drafted by the European Parliament or the draft strategic guidelines for European ...
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Increasing the competitiveness of city regions through integrated urban-rural development (CITY REGIONS)

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

...cient inter-municipal cooperation.The project CITY REGIONS targets its activities on the enhancement and durable institutionalisation of functional cooperation between the municipalities of the urban centre and smaller cities and towns located in the hinterland of transnationally connected urban regions. The project links five urban regions from central Europe, each represented by the local public ...
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Joint action of Baltic metropolises towards the development of coordinated investment approach in the Baltic Sea Region (BALTMET INVEST)

Start date: Sep 2, 2004, End date: Feb 1, 2007,

...altic States – Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia. The project was carried out by Riga City Council in cooperation with Vilnius City Municipality, Tallinn City Government and the Baltic International Centre for Economic Policy Studies (BICEPS). The project contributed to sustainable development of the Baltic metropolises through creating a coordinated approach to investment planning and management in ...
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Balancing nature and recreation in peri-urban and rural areas (BALANCE)

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

...tares of chalk grassland and 5 hectares of woodland in Kent- restoration and enhancement of heathlands, wetlands and coastal habitats in EnglandMental accessibility Investments- 2 transformed visitor centre with interactive educational methods (SW England and Zuid-Holland)- interactive information centre around Haringvliet and Hollands Diep;- study, guidebooks, visitors' information and a list of ...
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Reshaping public and private: new housing estates and urban development in post-1989 Berlin and Budapest (HOUSING AND THE CITY)

Start date: Aug 1, 2007, End date: Jul 31, 2008,

...quences of globalization while highlighting important variation in the trajectories of post-socialist cities.The realization of the research project and additional training at the host institute, the Centre for Regional Studies of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, will allow the researcher to extend her hitherto dominantly historical research to the contemporary period, learn about novel research ...
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Eco-design and marketing model for rural products and services (Rural LIFE Design)

Start date: Aug 1, 2001, End date: Jul 31, 2004,

...al auditing) Project partnership: The project proposers are a collaboration of five organisations: the beneficiary – MTT Agrifood Research Finland and partners Häme Regional Environment Centre, Häme Polytechnic and partners - pilot enterprises Tammelan Kala-Apaja, Makuliha Oy, FM-Haus Oy, Kiipulan puutarha. Agropolis Oy provided subcontracting services for project management and dissemin ...
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Recuperation of the aquatic environment of Porqueres and the lake of Banyoles (Lago Bañolas)

Start date: Nov 1, 2003, End date: Apr 30, 2007,

...uting. Three brigades, comprising a monitor and two workers, now uproot these unwanted species every year from September to December. These workers come from an occupational centre for people with disabilities. All such activities are supervised by an expert botanist. This work has been successful in eliminating the problematic alien species, but the brigades will continue their pruning and cleara ...
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New public uses in management and planning of a basin resources (LIFE-CORBONES)

Start date: Nov 1, 2003, End date: Feb 28, 2006,

...ituation through the implication of all types of individuals and organisations - community groups, children, public authorities, local organisations and associations, educational centres and the production/farming sector. There was a notable degree of public involvement throughout the project and the large participation and growing interest of economic and institutional bodies. Such interest permi ...
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RESTORE - Rivers: Engaging, Supporting and Transferring knOwledge for Restoration in Europe (RESTORE)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

... and reached a professional network of over 10 000 through the website and social media. RESTORE built upon work started under two previous LIFE projects which had established the European Centre for River Restoration (ECRR). The RESTORE project worked closely with the ECRR to deliver its final international event, as part of the 5th European River Restoration Conference in 2013. The attendance ...
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H2POWER_Hydrogen in fuel gas (H2POWER)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Oct 31, 2013,

.../methane-fuelled bus. The aim was to test this prototype vehicle on urban and peri-urban public transport routes in Perugia (including the winding and extremely narrow streets typical of its historic centre). Specific project aims included an evaluation of the economic feasibility, efficiency and environmental performance of the vehicle, and to provide documentation to progress the development of ...
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La educación ambiental recurso didáctico que motiva el aprendizaje en un contexto Europeo

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2017,

...nal training and reducing absenteeism and dropouts in Compulsory Secondary Education. We can see that there is a degradation of the urban environment in some areas close to our Education Centre: public spaces which suffer a steady deterioration due to the neglect of the population and the abandonment in their governance. When the degradation of the environment begins to be understood as a socia ...
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Landscape Education for Democracy

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

... EU grant; • Development of an online platform that can visualize the project’s impact and assess who is changing their approaches and where. This would be hosted at the Centre for Landscape Democracy; • Conduct an accompanying research on the subject-specific, pedagogic and cultural implications of the entire project aiming at scientific publication. Results The project will have several permanen ...
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Capitalising knowledge on Alpine Building Culture by performing regional smart planning and consultancy strategies for sustainable development and closed loop economies in the Alpine Space (AlpBC)

Start date: Aug 31, 2012, End date: Jun 29, 2015,

The project AlpBC will define and implement strategies and measures to preserve and advance Alpine Building Culture in the broader context of territorial development and ecologic sustainability. It aims at enabling local actors to capitalize on this outstanding cultural asset as a source of regional identity and economic development. Central elements of AlpBC are a) the implementation of inter-mun ...
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Territorial Scenarios and Visions for Europe (ET2050)

Start date: May 31, 2011, End date: Feb 28, 2015,

Policymakers in the field of territorial development and cohesion are in need of a future oriented and integrated vision on the development of the European territory. Therefore the ESPON Programme started a territorial vision-building process following a participatory process and involving relevant stakeholders at European, national and regional level. This vision has a strategic character that al ...
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Territorial Indicators of Poverty and Social Exclusion in Europe (TIPSE)

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

Combating poverty and social exclusion rank among the main objectives of the Europe 2020 Strategy. The recent economic crisis has had a huge effect on millions of European citizens with many people losing their jobs, household incomes decreasing and consequently the risk of being affected by poverty increasing. For social exclusion, not only a clear definition seems to be lacking, but also there d ...
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Bringing closer ESPON evidence for decision making (ESPON on the Road)

Start date: Dec 23, 2013, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

AimThe ESPON 2013 Programme has produced a lot of results and the applied research, targeted analyses, scientific tools and publications provide a huge pool of knowledge that can be actively used in decision making. The project aims at strengthening the bridge between ESPON knowledge and local reality by bringing ESPON results closer to potential users. The project shall provide a platform for dis ...
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Use ESPON (USESPON)

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

USESPON is about capitalization of European perspective on territorial development and cohesion by encouraging the use of work and findings from the ESPON 2013 Programme. The aim is to create awareness and sense of ownership amongst key stakeholders in respect of use of methods and tools developed within the current programme. The strategy is to draw on and share work done in four previous and ong ...
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European Seas and Territorial Development, Opportunities and Risks (ESaTDOR)

Start date: Aug 31, 2010, End date: Aug 31, 2013,

Europe’s seas have become important in terms of policy making on both European and national level. The exploitation of sea and coastal areas for economic purposes is becoming increasingly important but there are also growing concerns on environmental issues. There have been attempts to replace the existing fragmented approaches to sea management with a more collaborative integrative approach on th ...
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Services of General Interest (SeGi)

Start date: Oct 31, 2010, End date: Aug 31, 2013,

Services of general interest traditionally comprehend electronic communications, postal services, electricity, gas, water and transport. Policymakers more recent documents tend to be more comprehensive and also look at labour market services, education, health care, child care, social care, culture or (social) housing. Socio-economic policies much focus on ensuring the provision of services of gen ...
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Integrated Urban Development of Vital Historic Towns as Regional Centres in South East Europe (ViTo)

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

...rated revitalisation approach. Small and medium sized historical towns have to make use of their excellent preconditions due to the attractive townscape and the mixed functions to become or sustain a centre for the whole region. They are stabilisers of the settlement structures in SEE, centres of public and private services and places of regional identity. Thus, they are key elements of the implem ...
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Identifying and exchanging best practices in developing Regional Integrated Strategies in Europe (RISE)

Start date: Aug 31, 2010, End date: Apr 30, 2012,

Regional approaches to strategic planning across Europe are changing and Regional Integrated Strategies (RIS) are emerging as a way for regions to focus on cohesion and integrated sustainable development. Although RIS are emerging all across the EU, there is no single model of RIS. Instead they consist of a combination of several core thematic and spatial topics, which vary depending on the region ...
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Climate Change: Impacts, Costs and Adaptation in the Baltic Sea Region (BaltCICA)

Start date: Dec 31, 2008, End date: Jan 23, 2012,

Climate change was recognized not only in terms of mitigation but also because of the need of adaptation as a major challenge that cannot be solved solely by single actors and territorial restricted actions, but asks for a coordination and support at a higher level. This is highlighted by the EU Green Paper on Adaptation to Climate Change, but also by other documents such as the EC Thematic Strate ...
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Success for Convergence Regions' Economies (SURE)

Start date: Feb 28, 2009, End date: May 31, 2010,

It is commonly accepted that convergence regions within the EU do not only suffer from far below average GDP per capita, but are also forced to grow faster than other regions and to ensure that this growth is consistent. In order to tackle this reality, many EU-funded projects aim at stimulating these regions development and helping to strengthen the regional capacity in the fields of physical and ...
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ion and sustainable development of the Carpathians in a transnational framework (Carpathian Projec)

Start date: Aug 31, 2005, End date: Aug 30, 2008,

Historically, mountain regions located in remote border areas were often marginalised. They separate countries and peoples and face huge challenges regarding spatial development. However, mountain regions can also become powerful unifiers and a link between nations and peoples. As experiences, for example in the Alps, demonstrate, mountains have a considerable potential for development if the rich ...
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Integrated revitalization of historical towns to promote a polycentric and sustainable development (Hist.Urban)

Start date: Jan 31, 2006, End date: Aug 30, 2008,

Most project partners participating in the Hist.Urban project are from small and medium-sized towns outside metropolitan areas. The main assets of these towns are historical town centres belonging to the European-built cultural heritage (7 cities are even UNESCO World Heritage sites). Due to social and economic transformations and structural changes the cities have to make considerable efforts to ...
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Regional Cooperation in Waste Management (RECO)

Start date: Jan 12, 2005, End date: Jan 11, 2008,

RECO is a waste management and spatial planning project in cooperation between partners from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Germany, Poland, Finland, Sweden, Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. Its Central Objective is to support the development of efficient Institutions for management of municipal waste in the BSR in order to minimize negative environmental effects, lower life cycle costs for waste managem ...
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Developing Policies & Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change in the Baltic Sea Region (ASTRA)

Start date: Jun 5, 2005, End date: Jan 4, 2008,

Focusing on the Baltic Sea Region (BSR), the project "Developing Policies & Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change in the Baltic Sea Region" (ASTRA) assesses regional impacts of the ongoing global change in climate. Its aim is to develop adequate climate change adaptation strategies and policies, together with relevant stakeholders, such as planners and decision makers.The ASTRA project uses clim ...
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moting Spatial Development by Creating COMon MINdscapes (COMMIN)

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

Transnational and cross-border co-operation have a growing need (e.g. EU-enlargement) for a precise understanding of the partner’s concepts and the planning systems they are embedded in. The improvement of solving similar problems in different BSR countries and on transnational activities can best be achieved by exchange of experiences and ideas, mutual training and further education as well as pr ...
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Enlargement of the EU and its polycentric spatial structure (Enlargement & Polycentrism)

Start date: Feb 12, 2003, End date: May 13, 2007,

The project focuses mainly on future implications of enlargement on EU territorial development from both the perspectives of the Member States and their regions as well as from the perspectives of candidate countries and their regions. Particular attention is paid to border regions in the EU Member States and EU candidate countries. The provision of policy options for extending a polycentric devel ...
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Heritage and New Media for Sustainable Regional Development (HERMES)

Start date: Aug 31, 2003, End date: Apr 29, 2007,

The intention of the HERMES project is to promote and to support sustainable regional development by innovative interactions of cultural heritage and the new electronic media. In particular, the project aims to upgrade regional identity by improving the perception of heritage with the help of new media tools and to maintain historical sites by new uses. All HERMES activities are based on a complet ...
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Integrated tools for European spatial development (Spatial tools)

Start date: Sep 5, 2002, End date: Feb 25, 2007,

The project comprises: Support to the co-ordination on technical and scientific level of the ESPON 2006 Programme and the projects under measure 1 and 2, including data collection, development of a GIS facility and map-making, thematic coordination preparing for the cross thematic exploitation of integrated results based on all projects prepared under the programme.The work has addressed five leve ...
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LAnners NETwork for CENtral and South East Europe (PLANET CENSE)

Start date: Oct 31, 2003, End date: Feb 17, 2007,

PLANET CENSE is a network of national spatial planning institutions and experts established as a consequence of the VISION PLANET project. It aims at pursuing and developing further the policy options laid down in the VISION PLANET project documents. The network will foster spatial integration and a cross-sector dialogue with: - The European Spatial Planning Gateway (ESP GATEWAY): an expert dialog ...
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Territorial dimension of the Lisbon/Gothenburg Process (Lisbon strategy)

Start date: Jul 22, 2004, End date: Feb 12, 2007,

Studying the territorial dimension of the Lisbon/Gothenburg Agenda comprises a multitude of very complex and broad processes and contexts. It will neither be feasible to conduct an analysis of the impact of the Lisbon/Gothenburg strategy nor to embrace all factors of competitiveness.The main scope of the study is to develop a number of basic analytical elements that can introduce territorial cohes ...
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Spatial scenarios in relation to the ESDP and EU Cohesion Policy (Scenarios)

Start date: Apr 27, 2004, End date: Feb 12, 2007,

The main objective of the project is to develop spatial scenarios which should on the one hand be prospective, capable of prognostics with reference to a laissez-faire scenario on themes of the ESPON and policy orientations of the ESDP.On the other hand the scenarios should as well be proactive testing alternative objectives and provide insight for recommendations on policy adjustments/changes in ...
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European Space - Territorial Indicators and Actions for a Spatial Planning Observatory in Southeast Europe (ESTIA-SPOSE)

Start date: Sep 30, 2003, End date: Dec 30, 2006,

ESTIA-SPOSE builds upon the experience accumulated by its predecessor ESTIA project and intends to develop Actions for a Spatial Planning Observatory in Southeast Europe, based on an integrated system of territorial indicators fully compatible with the approach of ESDP and ESPON. This system of indicators will be tested in a series of pilot applications in selected sectors and areas with the aim t ...
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