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Restart Entrepreneurship

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

...T providers continue to offer a uniform service, the content of which has remained largely unchanged for a decade or more. We believe that if small enterprises are to continue as a key driver of European growth and the goals of the Europe 2020 strategy are to be fulfilled, it is essential to retain and retrain existing entrepreneurs with the skills needed for future success, and to promote at ...
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Developing Educational Tools for Healthy & Creative Food Regions

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

...ely-related challenges. Firstly, chronic EU obesity figures (OECD) show that more than half (52%) of the adult population in the EU is overweight or obese. Secondly, food poverty is on the rise in Europe. 2013 statistics show that 116 million Europeans are now at risk of poverty or social exclusion and 40 million are suffering from severe material deprivation. It is acknowledged that the cheap ...
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Local food as engine for local business (LOCFOOD)

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

..., mapping of existing policies and internal and external factors influencing the sector, and a good practice guide for policy improvement that will be disseminated to regional policymakers throughout Europe.The expected results of the project are: 12 improved regional policies and strategies, and 39 staff members with improved capacities (knowledge/skills/expertise) resulting from the exchange of ...
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Regional policy instruments and approaches for improving access to finance and speeding up investments in sustainable energy. (Regions4GreenGrowth (R4GG))

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

...tes and EU regions have defined ambitious energy strategies, setting firm targets for an increased share of renewable energy sources, more energy efficiency and less carbon emissions in order to make Europes energy supply sustainable and future proof.An important obstacle for wide-spread introduction of renewable energy production capacity and energy efficiency measures is the fact that actors (pu ...
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Making full value of good ideas by leveraging intellectual assets for financing SMEs in SEE  (EVLIA)

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

Innovation is a key driver of Europe's competitiveness and growth. However, young and innovative SMEs face bottlenecks when trying to grow. They are disadvantaged when it comes to attracting external financing if they cannot find equity since they do not usually have the track-record or collateral often required by financial intermediaries and banks. In today?s competitive markets, the use and pro ...
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Mitigating Spatial Relevant Risks in European Regions and Towns (MiSRaR)

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

...ster in Enschede, the Netherlands in 2001. These events damaged the homes of countless people, the businesses of many entrepreneurs and had a devastating impact on natural beauty. A growing number of European local and regional authorities start to design and implement strategies to minimize the impact of such extreme events. These strategies are called Spatial Mitigation strategies and are the fi ...
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IMPLEMENTING MODI (IMMODI)

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

...vices and opportunities.The project will provide the appropriate institutional and political framework for demonstrating, discussing and agreeing ways of new services' implementation. It will support European policy developments related to e-government and e-health services in mountainous regions and, finally, it will help regionaland local policies in the development of new services by defining c ...
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South-East European Co-operation of Innovation and Finance Agencies (SEE-IFA Network)

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

...e Fund (WP5), establishment of Innovation & Finance Agencies (WP6) to capacity building and training (WP7). The project has a duration of 34 months, unites 11 partners from 10 countries in South East Europe in a joint effort to improve innovation and technology support to MSME. Achiev ...
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MORE4NRG

Start date: Aug 31, 2008, End date: Sep 29, 2011,

To reduce the effects of climate change and prepare for the decline of the oil-age, European regions play a key role in promoting, developing and implementing renewable energy sources (RES) combined with energy efficiency strategies. Many EU regions are taking action in this field, defining specific objectives and action plans to improve the use of RES and energy efficiency in their area. More tha ...
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SDI-EDU for regional and urban planning

...e spatial data into Web environment and to use Web services for building network of distributed Geoportals. Using new methods of digital cartography enables to go beyond linguistic frontiers. The European INSPIRE Directive adopted in March 2006 defines the standards for future European SDI. With implementation of INSPIRE initiative, there will be strong need for capacity building and transfer of ...
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