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CESBA ALPINE SPACE – SUSTAINABLE TERRITORIES (CESBA Alps)

Start date: Dec 16, 2015, End date: Dec 15, 2018,

Description (EN): Currently available sustainability assessment tools cover buildings and small urban areas, with no support for the territorial scale, typical in the rural, low density Alpine regions. The project aims to facilitate the development, exchange, and implementation of innovative policies and plans at territorial level based on common assessment tools. By developing a tr ...
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Integrated territorial strategies for Services of General Interest (INTESI)

Start date: Dec 16, 2015, End date: Dec 15, 2018,

Description (EN): Services of general interest (SGI) are in the competence of authorities at different levels. Up to now, authorities and the service providers tend to have a strictly sectorial approach to SGI which leads to isolated solutions, neither taking benefit of potential synergies nor optimizing the expense of public money. Therefore there is a need for a better horizontal ...
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Transnational Holistic Ecosystem 4 Better Energy Efficiency through Social innovation (THE4BEES)

Start date: Dec 16, 2015, End date: Dec 15, 2018,

Description (EN): THE4BEES builds on the hypothesis: Energy is consumed by people rather than by buildings. Although most of the strategies to achieve energy efficiency in buildings focus on technical mitigation measures, to reach the ambitious goals on Low Carbon set by EU and Alpine Strategy, both structural and soft approaches shall be considered in a complementary way across the ...
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Networking Alpine Health for Continuity of Care (NATHCARE)

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

Demographic change is a global trend which particularly affects the Alps. A rising number of elderly brings to a significant growth of patients with chronic co-morbidities and age-related conditions. Changing society calls for political actions able to answer to new needs coming from an ageing society to ensure its wellbeing. NATHCARE aims to design, consolidate and validate an healthcare local co ...
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Rural-Urban inclusive governance strategies an tools for the sustainable development of deeply transforming Alpine territories. (RURBANCE)

Start date: Jun 30, 2012, End date: Jun 29, 2015,

The main problem to be faced through the project is the poor efficiency and effectiveness of the policies to offset the relation among urban and rural areas and their development model. Such an inefficiency is due to the complexity to merge in an organic whole a lot of sectorial policies which have been carried out to tackle the critical situation in terms of loss of competitiveness, landscape deg ...
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AlpStore: Strategies to use a variety of mobile and stationary storages to allow for extended accessibility and the integration of renewable energies (AlpStore)

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

Sun, water and biomass are a natural capital of the Alpine Space. It is a must to use them for the production of energy. Besides intelligent grids, storage systems will be key enablers for a future mostly renewable energy supply.Electric vehicles (EV) will be integral elements of the future energy system. Their batteries can be charged with excessive power from intermittent energy sources and elec ...
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Spatial Planning and Health Systems: enhancing territorial governance in Alpine Space (SPHERA)

Start date: Aug 31, 2013, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

An effective territorial governance can positively address an inclusive growth under different dimensions. Those targeted by the SPHERA cluster project are health and spatial planning as areas where interventions such as accessibility to services of general interest, demographic change, social cohesion and quality of life are driver towards the progress of an inclusive growth. The current Alpine S ...
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Cultural Routes Entrepreneurship and Technologies Enhancement (e-CREATE)

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

The idea of the e-CREATE project was born among European regions who are partly members of the Transromanica and CrossCulTour transnational project network. Together, the partners have identified shortcomings in public policies that on the one hand use significant resources to promote cultural, natural and historic tourism routes but fail on the other hand to enhance the competitiveness of SME to ...
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CCAlps. Creative companies in Alpine Space (CCAlps)

Start date: Sep 30, 2011, End date: Jul 29, 2014,

... Achievements: It has been written the first minutes of the kick off meeting of October 20th and Lombardy Region has required to activate Lotus Quickr, which is a technical instrument to exchange messages and documents through a dedicated forum, awaiting the networking platform will be ready for ...
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European model for Public Transport Authority as a key factor leading to transport sustainability. (EPTA)

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

The EU has established policy goals to achieve a more sustainable transport system.The complexity of meeting the mobility needs of all its citizens requires a clearer vision and an effective and coordinated governance approach. It is important for policy makers and local governments to coordinate competences among different stakeholders at different levels within a clear and proper policy framewor ...
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TOWARD CARBON NEUTRAL ALPS - MAKE BEST PRACTICE MINIMUM STANDARD (ALPSTAR)

Start date: Jun 30, 2011, End date: Mar 30, 2014,

The project addresses the need expressed by international community for transnational, well-directed and cross-cutting action to effectively manage climate change in the Alps. It aims to encourage preparation and implementation of cross-sectoral strategies and action plans and of proven good practice measures toward carbon neutrality on regional and local level. It contributes to the implementatio ...
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motion of residual forestry biomass in the Mediterranean basin (PROFORBIOMED)

Start date: Feb 28, 2011, End date: Feb 27, 2014,

PROFORBIOMED promotes renewable energies in rural areas by developing an integrated strategy for the use of forest biomass as a renewable energy source, improving forest management systems, recovering forest biomass potential and developing new opportunit Achievements: ...
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European Clusters and Regions for Eco-Innovation Network Plus (ECREIN+)

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

In 2006, 6 European regions (Rhone-Alpes, Andalusia, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Ile de France, Lombardy, and Malopolska) decided to work together to propose innovative financial instruments to support eco-innovation and SMEs at the regional level. The ECREIN network (European Clusters and Regions for Eco-investments Network) was created with the support of the DG ENV G3 Unit within the European Environme ...
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ECO DESIGN FOR THE ENHANCEMENT OF CENTRAL EUROPE PAPER BASED PRODUCTS RECYCLING LOOP (ECOPAPERLOOP)

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

Paper is a natural biopolymer obtained from a renewable resource (wood). It is renewable, recyclable and, at the end of its life cycle, biodegradable. Paper recycling increases the material lifespan and is a key strategy that contributes to savings of primary raw material, reduction of energy and chemicals consumption, reduction of the impact on fresh water and improvement of waste management stra ...
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Alpine Hospitals Networking for Improved Access to Telemedicine Services (ALIAS)

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

ALIAS project addresses medical services and information inadequacy to ensure Health Care (HC) provisions in Alpine Space (AS) where telemedicine services are not widely exploited and linguistic barriers represent an obstacle. AS touristic vocation during some periods of the year makes its HC structures “periodically” inadequate to face a widened request of services supply. On the other hand, a ma ...
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Transalpine Transport Architects (TRANSITECTS)

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

In TRANSITECTS public institutions design common transnational intermodal solutions for freight transport in the Alpine Space. In the partnership different interests (economy, environment and transport) are integrated which is of crucial importance for a sustainable solution. Main aim of the project is to make the rail network more attractive and hence to foster its accessibility and functionality ...
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Tex-EASTile: sustainable innovation for textile in South East Europe (Tex-EAStile)

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

Tex-EASTtile aims to spread and boost knowledge and application of environmental certification to products and processes in home textile and work wear within SEE area. Assuming that eco-design labels are synonym of high technical products and improved company culture, the project wants to contribute to the reinforcement of the competitive positioning of textile enterprises within the SEE area. Thi ...
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AYS.MED.URBAN: High quality of landscape as a key of sustainability and competitiveness of mediterranean urban areas (PAYS.MED.URBAN)

Start date: Mar 31, 2009, End date: Oct 30, 2011,

PAYS.MED.URBAN understands high quality of landscape as a key factor of sustainability and competitiveness of urban areas. High quality of landscape is not only important for the identity, the ecological health and the quality of life of urban areas but also is a key factor of the attractiveness and distinctiveness of these areas. For this reason, it is an territorial capital and soft locational f ...
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INNOCITÉ - HOW TO IMPROVE COMPETITIVENESS OF SMALL-MEDIUM CITIES UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALPINE GREAT URBAN CENTRES. (INNOCITÉ)

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

In the Alpine Space, metropolisation has given birth to changes in the urban system and in the urban-rural relationships: the dichotomy between small settlements of alpine towns/villages/hamlets which are influenced by important Metropolitan Growth Areas (e.g. Lyon, Milan, Munich, Vienna, Trieste and other big towns) can be solved through the challenging role played by high-potential small and med ...
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Competitiveness Actions and Policies for Alpine Cities (CAPACities)

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

Alpine Space is characterised by medium and small towns.They represent the territorial capital of AS for richness in natural resources, landscape quality and historical importance but they are also a weakness for economic development due to their isolation, depopulation and difficulty in connections and facilities supply.The project CAPACities aims at promoting the potential of little alpine towns ...
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Next Business Generation (NBG)

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

The NBG partners aim to collectively develop solutions to safeguard business successions. This is achieved through the exchange of information and sharing of experience gathered on the promotion of business successions, identifying good practice examples, developing appropriate support and setting up an effective network to disseminate this information. ...
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Voies Navigables d'Europe - Inland Waterways of Europe (VNE)

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

The partners involved in VNE are developing canals, rivers and lakes for tourism and recreation, promoting their value as heritage sites, but also taking account of the many different ways in which they are still used. In the process, VNE is seeking to bring together work that has already been carried out in similar areas by other INTERREG programmes and to promote the results to a wider European ...
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European Chemical Regions Network (ECRN)

Start date: Dec 31, 2003, End date: Nov 29, 2007,

The operation “European Chemical Regions Network” (ECRN) is centered around concerted actions for European regions with dominant chemical industries. In Europe, the chemical industry (especially the petrochemical industry) is clustered in just a few regions. In these regions, the chemical sector often represents the major economic force exhibiting strong impacts on most other economic sectors. Due ...
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Interregional Cooperation for a trans-European Electronic Health Cards Strategy (INCO-HEALTH)

Start date: Aug 31, 2004, End date: Feb 27, 2007,

Digital technologies are becoming more important in regional health policies and services. They improve the quality, efficiency and accessibility of services and are key in the reform of health systems across Europe. The operation Inco-Health - Interregional Cooperation for a Trans-European Electronic Health Cards Strategy focuses on e-health strategies and services and the corresponding re-organi ...
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REGional standardised Interfaces for a better integration of regional SMEs in the European Economy (REGINS)

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

Since competitiveness in most industries is now determined on a global scale, companies need to continuously develop their products and production processes to stay ahead of the game. However, innovation and development processes are becoming more and more complex, calling for resources and competences often beyond the reach of an individual company, especially if that company is small. Cooperatio ...
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Consolidation of Polycentric Urban Systems through the Promotion of the Settlement of Retail Trade Businesses in Inner Urban Areas (VITAL CITIES)

Start date: Jan 31, 2003, End date: Jun 29, 2006,

The development of new retail locations in green fields far away from urban centres promotes rapid urban sprawl and leads to traffic congestion and environmental problems and contradicts sustainable regional development. The settlement of retail enterprises in city centres can lead to a healthier development structure. The project VITAL CITIES aimed to strengthen polycentric urban systems and to c ...
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Women East Smuggling Trafficking (WEST)

Start date: Dec 31, 2002, End date: Jul 30, 2005,

The WEST project (an acronym for Women East Smuggling Trafficking) dealt with the problem of trafficking and smuggling for the sexual exploitation of women and children coming from Eastern Europe. Trafficking, nowadays the largest part of the clandestine immigration flow from the Balkans towards the EU, is characterised by an ever increasing presence of criminal organisations profiting on the expl ...
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