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Towards Smart Zero CO2 Cities across Europe (SmartEnCity)

Start date: Feb 1, 2016, End date: Jul 31, 2021,

SmartEnCity’s main Objective is to develop a highly adaptable and replicable systemic approach towards urban transformation into sustainable, smart and resource-efficient urban environments in Europe through the integrated planning and implementation of measures aimed at improving energy efficiency in main consuming sectors in cities, while increasing their supply of renewable energy, and demonstr ...
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Integrated Macro-Financial Modelling for Robust Policy Design (MACFINROBODS)

Start date: May 1, 2014, End date: Apr 30, 2017,

"During the global financial crisis and ensuing Great Recession, economists at policy-making institutions had little choice but to augment macroeconomic models with ad-hoc assumptions and adjustments in order to provide analysis and advice for policy makers. Our consortium’s proposal aims to move policy-focused macroeconomic modelling beyond this approach to the endogenous modelling of the dynamic ...
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Transitioning towards Urban Resilience and Sustainability (TURAS)

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

The “TURaS” project aims to bring together urban communities, researchers, local authorities and SMEs to research, develop, demonstrate and disseminate transition strategies and scenarios to enable European cities and their rural interfaces to build vitally-needed resilience in the face of significant sustainability challenges. To ensure maximum impact, the TURaS project has developed an innovati ...
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Health Talks - Return to Nature

Start date: Aug 4, 2014, End date: Sep 9, 2015,

Large part of the project consists of outdoor activities and though the activities, active participation will be ensured. The activities will be performed in the district of Edirne. As the concept of nature includes more than forests and woods, the participants will be introduced to the rivers and the green areas in the district and be given a broader idea of nature. Motivation accomplished on en ...
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REVENT (PREVENT)

Start date: Jan 31, 2013, End date: Apr 29, 2015,

In its strategy 2020, the European Union recognises early school leaving (ESL) as a major challenge with an aim to reduce it below 10%. Education researchers and practitioners consider crucial the role of parents in the prevention of ESL. Through a range of policies, local authorities can play a key role to better involve parents. The PREVENT project proposes to share experience related to the inv ...
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"COMPLEX CHALLENGES, INNOVATIVE CITIES" (CCIC)

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

...vents, 9other events attended,16 interregional events,40 good practices identified,13 pilot projects designedRESULTS:13 good practices successfully transferred,60 staff members with increased capacity,13 local/regional policies improved,13 RIPs to be considered by MAs for next Programming Period ...
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Deploying the added value of water in local and regional development (Aqua-add)

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

...ration of six real estate owners in an area of re-development by introducing the same river as a (economical) binding element) - added value (what is the added value of re-opening this river in the city centre). Besides, the working groups on these three themes had a first session as well, to define the scope of their work. The first meeting on the Decision Support Tool was held, by presenting p ...
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Regional Policy Improvement for Financially Sustainable Creative Incubator Units (InCompass)

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

...local, regional, national and EU policy could have significant impact in the bid to help creative industries start-ups beat the recession, and to flourish against the odds, thereby increasing the capacity across the EU to create more spaces for experiment, innovation and entrepreneurship in the creative industries. And to enable them to continue provide a driver for sustainable growth and job crea ...
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Regions for Recycling (R4R)

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

R4R (Regions for Recycling) aims at promoting regional contributions to the European Recycling Society, by allowing local and regional authorities to make consistent comparisons thanks to a common method and exchange of transferable good practices related to local instruments in order to improve recycling performances.The European Waste Policy aims at preventing waste generation and optimising the ...
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Energy Vision 2020 for South East European Cities  (EnVision'2020)

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

...lative link between energy use and economic growth indicates that energy use in this region is likely to increase at above average rates. Envision2020 is based on the assumption that the energy elasticity (the ratio of the change in energy consumption to the change in GDP) of target cities can be modified based on forward looking approaches, in particular by undertaking foresight activities focusi ...
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Transnational cooperation for the improvement of buildings energy performance and efficiency  (TRACE)

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

...tion of the EPBDOne (1) core training for trainers was organised by the KDZ partner for the preparation and guidance of local administration executives in each country, in order to increase their capacity regarding building efficiency policies and practices. Educational material was produced including evaluation forms etc. Five (5) local trainings were successfully completed in Piraeus, Gabrovo, M ...
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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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My Modular, Intelligent, Low cost, Do it yourself, nearly zero energy House for our Eco Green Village  (MILD HOME)

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

The project aims at defining, designing and boosting the building the first MILD HOMEs (zero emission, in passive house style, reliable, recyclable and low cost) conceived to be located in an Eco Green Village (energetically self sustainable, zero emission, with eco waste management and low water footprint) in order to make it evident in the SEE area that low environmental footprint villages are f ...
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Enabling Actions for Social Enterprises in South East Europe  (EASE & SEE)

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

...e business plans and business clustering models in order to identify markets where all these actors may be the beneficiaries of win-win situations. The partnership is made up of 3 public authorities (City of Venice, Veneto Region, City of Sofia), 1 Regional Developent agencies (RDA of Northern Primorska regional development agency Ltd. Nova Gorica), 1 not for profit organization active in business ...
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Sustainable Urban Mobility (SUM PROJECT)

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

...sed by:Municipality of Vigo,Regional Management Agency of Energy,Region of Murcia,Regional Agency for Energy and Environment in the Algarve,Municipality of Messina, Municipality of Reggio Emilia,Riga City Council,City of KatowiceMunicipality of Vratsa,Sofia Municipality,Regional Energy Agency of Pazardjik,Amiens City council,The Skåne Association of Local Authorities,Energy Agency for Southeast Sw ...
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Design led Innovations for Active Ageing (DAA)

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

...he Design led Innovations for Active Ageing project consists of a network of cities that drastically need to find economic and innovative yet sustainable solutions for senior care. Each participating city brings forth a best practice in the field of senior care and a need for a change of policy in that area. The project’s starting point is a shared European challenge: Demographic ageing is identif ...
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South-East European TSO Challenges (SEETSOC)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2012,

...layers in the energy field to utilize innovative service arrangements to improve their efficiency and enhance their services to customers; • Develop and implement methods and techniques for capacity calculation and allocation. • Establish corrective procedures to ensure security of power transmission and grid connections. • Ensuring the successful interfacing of new and old methods and tools for t ...
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DEVELOPMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT AND USE OF FORESTS

Start date: Aug 21, 2011, End date: Aug 21, 2012,

Through this project partnership will be used as an efficient instrument to single out common problems related to forestal resources management and use. The project forsees four events - two in Bulgary and two in Serbia. First two events have the aim to acquire knowledges about forests use and management processes. Partners will be informed about laws and activities carried out by their partners c ...
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Municipal PROperty Management In South-Eastern Cities (PROMISE)

Start date: Feb 28, 2009, End date: Feb 27, 2012,

Municipal real estate is one of the most underutilized local resources in many cities, especially in the SEES countries. The object of the PROMISE transnational cooperation project is the development of integrative tools and methods and the implementation of a comprehensive system for the efficient municipal property management. The projects outputs and results will support cities in developing to ...
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TRansferring Actions iN Sustainable mobility For European Regions (PIMMS TRANSFER)

Start date: Oct 31, 2008, End date: Oct 30, 2011,

BACKGROUND Mobility Management uses soft measures (e.g. information or coordination of existing user services), which enhance the effectiveness of hard measures of traffic planning to improve sustainable mobility. It faces resistance from key decision makers and remains a minority policy field that is established in very few European regions. PIMMS (INTERREG IIIC) developed a transfer methodolog ...
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Cohesion Network (CO-NET)

Start date: Nov 20, 2008, End date: Jul 18, 2011,

Approaches to strengthening social cohesion in neighbourhoods (area-based and integrated approaches to neighbourhood development; new governance structures for the integration of socio-cultural, educational and economic dimensions, etc.) Achievements: Documents/reports ...
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Openness and Competitive advantage of diversity (Open Cities)

Start date: Dec 23, 2008, End date: Jul 18, 2011,

Opening cities to build-up, attract and retain human capital (identifying factors of "openness" and their impact on city attractiveness; increasing and promoting city openness to attract international migrants, etc.) Achievements: Documents/reports:Integration and Inclu ...
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Urban Green as a Key for Sustainable Cities (GreenKeys)

Start date: Apr 30, 2005, End date: Apr 29, 2008,

...the course of the project, feasibility studies will be carried out to prepare for pilot project implementation, resulting in newly created or improved green spaces of high quality. Moreover, each city will formulate its "Urban Green Strategy" which will be discussed with the local stakeholders. This strategy includes a collective action plan aimed at policy and institutional reforms for boosting t ...
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Regional Integration and Metropolitan Development of South Eastern Europe (RIMED)

Start date: Dec 31, 2002, End date: Oct 29, 2005,

The RIMED project deals with three serious and interacting problems of South-Eastern Europe: increasing spatial inequality, serious geographical and economic fragmentation and unbalanced or even anarchic growth of metropolitan areas leading to a further concentration of activities. The latter may lead to traffic congestion, pollution, environmental degradation and social segregation, which threate ...
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Training course "Acting through Games"

Start date: Jan 1, 2013,

As youth leaders we often use games and activities as informal teaching methods. The activities give the youth a chance to have fun, work together, learn about themselves and improve a variety of skills. But are our activities having the desired affects? Debriefing is a method of questioning participants after an activity in order to facilitate the ‘experience’ becoming ‘learning’. Without debrief ...
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Time to work on advisors and coaches on VET

Objectives: CWC had developed two innovative methodologies and tools, for teaching and Learning Advisor (TLA) and Learning Coach (LC). Whilst the TLAs have the pedagogical approaches and the LCs bring the subject specific knowledge. The TLA and LC products are focused on each trainer’s performance and their return on investment to each VET organizations, VET promoters had been able to use a very e ...
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EUROPLAT European Network for Psychology Learning & Teaching

Start date: Oct 1, 2009,

... economy.The EUROPLAT network will provide a unique forum to improve the quality of education within the psychological sciences across the EU, promote knowledge exchange and innovation, and build capacity for research and scholarship around psychology education in Europe. Through these network activities EUROPLAT will take into consideration the Erasmus priorities for higher education including cu ...
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Partnership for the Education and Research about Responsible Living

Start date: Oct 1, 2009,

...ong learning. It will contribute to improved collaboration between young designers who are focusing on sustainable production and consumption. PERL will stimulate civic participation; build capacity for future researchers within the highly relevant field of lifestyles and sustainability; and stimulate increased understanding of global issues such as climate change, resource usage and finance manag ...
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Training in Marketing and Application of Internet for Promotion of Tourism Resources

A programme that's off the beaten track : Training modules and a curriculum are being developed which will supply staff in the tourism sector in small and remote communities with the necessary IT, marketing and communications skills to effectively promote their regions. This project started in 2003 and lasted 18 months.
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