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BioEconomy Regional Strategy Toolkit (BERST)

Start date: Dec 1, 2013, End date: Nov 30, 2015,

...sources for fossil fuels, (2) the response to climate warming by becoming as CO2 neutral as possible and (3) the industrial demand for new functionalities offered by biobased materials and chemicals. Regions can be encouraged to apply new development strategies. Regions can also be guided to find ways to support, encourage and enhance concrete actions towards the bioeconomy by current and potentia ...
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Improving conditions of bear-human coexistence in Kastoria Prefecture, Greece - Transfer of best practices (ARCTOS/KASTORIA)

Start date: Oct 1, 2010, End date: Jun 30, 2015,

Background The project is targeting a sub-population of the Dinara-Pindos population of the brown bear (Ursus arctos), the third largest in the EU. The sub-population was estimated in 2002 to include at least 19-54 individuals, making the project area of major importance for the conservation of large carnivore biodiversity over the whole of the European c ...
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Territories of Rivers Action Plans (TRAP)

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

... deals with the challenge of integrated management of rivers & river territories. Its purpose is to build on and transfer good practices that embed aquatic & cultural heritage landscape protection in regional, sustainable growth solutions. TRAP contributes to the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD), the European Landscape Convention (ELC) and the Europe 2020 strategy. The WFD est ...
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HISTorical assets and related landsCAPE (HISTCAPE)

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

...se communities and directly threatens the existence of much of Europe’s historic assets. This spiral of decline is at the heartof the problem that HISTCAPE has identified. The current lack of regional and local policies relating to small historic towns needs to be addressed and tools developed to help to understand the value of heritage and facilitate its protection. HISTCAPE focuses on providing ...
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European River Corridor Improvement Plans (ERCIP)

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

...ment Plans (RCIP’s) provide a model for a joint agency, responsible approach to address the complex and interdependent demands often found in concentrated form along river corridors. RCIP’s allow regional agencies with an interest in environmental protection to work in partnership with local authorities with their emphasis on the social and economic growth of their citizens, through a jointly deve ...
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Development of interregional financial assistance to SMEs and of non-grant instruments (DIFASS)

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

...ative SMEs.Thus, it becomes a field for stronger engagement of the public sector. However, public financial resources are limited and need to be used as effective as possible. The development of interregional financial assistance to SMEs and of non-grant instruments is therefore an important task.Regions participating in the DIFASS project have teamed up to exchange experiences on good practice es ...
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Developing Sustainable Regions through Responsible SMEs (DESUR)

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

... EU-27 are SMEs and that they employ two thirds of European workers (European Commission Oct. 2010), the inactivity of SMEs in adopting such practices is a barrier to the sustainable development in a region.The regions that make up the project want to develop policies to make it easier for SMEs to adopt sustainable practices in their day to day business. That is, foster eco-innovation in the SMEs ...
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Mediterranean Building Rethinking for Energy Efficiency Improvement (MARIE) (MARIE)

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

...onditions for Energy Efficiency (EE) improvement in the MED. Building Stock in the framework of EU policy objectives, overcoming barriers and creating sustainable development opportunities in the MED region. Pil Achievements: State of the art of project implementation s ...
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Mini-Programme for SME Innovation and Promotion of RTD (SMART+)

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

SMART+ origins from the INTERREG IIIC RFO "SMART" that initiated a network of regions striving for identification and transfer of innovative approaches of regional development in the context of economic restructuring processes and globalisation. SMART+ builds upon a joint strategy of the participating regions attaching the utmost relevance to SMEs as the key force for the transition of economy ba ...
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Action Plan for the Promotion of the Cross-border Area as a Competitive Touristic Destination (Tour-Act)

Start date: Apr 30, 2012, End date: Oct 30, 2013,

...oject will elaborate the implementation of a Value Chain Analysis for the cross-border area, where opportunities and threats of any possible intervention will be identified and the empowerment of the regional key actors as far as development and management of tourism in the cross-border area are concerned. In order to achieve the project's objectives, the following activities have been planned: - ...
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Innovative Space Satellite Monitoring of the Environmental Natural Resources of the Cross–border Area Greece – Albania (SSMNatuRe)

Start date: Mar 31, 2012, End date: Sep 29, 2013,

...covered with climate change impacts and adaptation- Extensive use of tools for climate change impacts and adaptation data management and modeling- Contribution to the development of existing local, regional, national and European networks for global change impact and adaptation- Strong Dissemination of knowledge and results to the local administrators and stakeholders- Derivation of critical impa ...
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Improve regional policies for bio-energy and territorial development (BIO-EN-AREA)

Start date: Dec 31, 2009, End date: Jun 29, 2013,

...ited the Member States to adopt national BAPs. OBJECTIVES- The BIO-EN-AREA project is a mini-programme aimed at exchanging and transferring experiences in order to increase the capacities of EU regions to favour and optimize the use of bio-energy. The whole project's activities are dedicated to this objective, focusing on the elaboration of Regional BAPs. PARTNERSHIP- The partnership is a mix ...
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Sustainable Hydro Assessment and Groundwater Recharge Projects (SHARP)

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

...ocuses on the exchange of innovative technologies to protect groundwater resources for future generations by considering the climate change and the different geological and geographical conditions of regions involved. Partners will exchange practical know-how and also determine know-how demands concerning SHARPs key contents: general groundwater management tools,artificial groundwater recharge tec ...
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Developing Innovation and Research Environment in five European Regions in the field of Sustainable Use of Biomass Resources (BIOCLUS)

Start date: Dec 1, 2009, End date: Nov 30, 2012,

The BIOCLUS objective is to boost the regional competitiveness and growth in five European cluster regions: Wielkopolska (Poland), Slovakia, Western Macedonia (Greece), Navarre (Spain) and Central Finland. The project promotes collaboration and integration and supports the sustainable development of research related communities by • Promoting expertise competence at the cluster and consortium leve ...
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Demonstration of Conservation Actions for Ursus artcos* and habitat type 9530* in Northern Pindos N.P., Grevena Prefecture, Greece (PINDOS/GREVENA)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Jun 30, 2012,

... The brown bear (Ursus arctos) sub-population in the Natura 2000 network site in the Pindos National Park in Greece (minimum size estimated between 40-50 individuals) is important at a regional level and makes up 3.5% of the national brown bear population. The main threats to the species include mortality as a result of human activities, habitat loss and uncontrolled visitor numbers ...
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Transnational integrated management of water resources in agriculture for the EUropean WATER emergency control (EU.WATER)

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

...tivity. Ownership & capacity to achieve the expected results is ensured by the profile and legitimation of PPs and by the role assigned to stakeholders: combination of governance actors (at national, regional and provincial scale) + high-professional technical institutions (as agro-environmental research centres & universities) + permanent network of technicians, association and farmers (called up ...
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Coordination of regional policies for the forest with the help of a new governance instrument : the "model forest" (FORET MODELE)

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

...her in a common vision for the sustainable development of a landscape in which forests represent a critical feature ». The objective of the FORÊT MODÈLE MED project is to set up a coordination of regional policies through the joint definition of a "Mediterranean model" of model forest and its concrete implementation : the creation of the first model forest in each region (the second in Castilla y ...
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Responsible Industries of the Mediterranean (RIMED)

Start date: Mar 31, 2009, End date: Sep 29, 2011,

...nd exchange of products that are produced in Mediterranean countries. But in the latest decades the tourism and services sectors have grown to be much stronger than these traditional sectors. In some regions these traditional sectors have even disappeared or have become residual activities. This problem has been increased for the each more competitive and globalised world. RIMED project intend to ...
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Integrated Multiple Level Wetlands Monitoring System Using Innovative Technologies (WETMUST)

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

...n system with suitable algorithms for data fusion and processing, and a web interface which will enable information sharing, collaboration and coordination between managing authorities from different regions and countries. The partnership group leader is the Region of Central Macedonia, a body with three Ramsar wetlands under its supervision. The School of Agronomy of the Aristotle University of T ...
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Sport and Health as INnovative INitiatives for the Growth of Mountains (SHINING Mountains)

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

Healthcare and wellness have recently become dynamic sectors of the tourism economy and are characterised by high expansion rates. Particularly mountain regions are well suited as potential destinations for healthcare and wellness tourism. The SHINING Mountains project involves partners from mountain regions located in Italy, Bulgaria, Hungary, Greece and Slovakia who want to extend or introduce h ...
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Development and utilization of vulnerability maps for the monitoring and management of groundwater resources in the Archimed area (WATER MAP)

Start date: May 31, 2006, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

...ivities arise, trying to resolve water supply and environmental protection. In order to resolve such conflicts in a reliable manner, optimizing the use of the resources and the potential of a certain region, spatial development strategies are indispensable. To develop optimal spatial development strategies, authorities need scientifically reliable information. For groundwater resources, this infor ...
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From external to internal: managing the transformation of borders and preparing for the new neighbourhood (EX-INT)

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

Problems addressed• Regional and institutional disparities in capacity and knowledge on cross border cooperation• Differences and obstacles posed by dissimilar legislative and administrative frameworks and planning approaches• Inadequate coordination across the border and complexities imposed by Enlargement and AccessionObjectives• Know How dissemination from EU internal and/or former external bo ...
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Coordinating and Programming Cross-border and Trans-national Partnerships in Mediterranean and South-East Europe Areas through Stakeholder and Benchmarking Analysis (COMPART (Comparing Partnerships))

Start date: Jun 14, 2004, End date: Dec 30, 2006,

Problems addressed• Scarse coordination and programming of transnational and cross-border partnerships of EU regions with partners in the South Mediterranean shore and South-East Europe (neighbouring partners) and with external EU policies (MEDA, CARDS and future Neighbourhood instrument) Objectives• Identification of procedures to enhance the Regions’ role in the Interreg strategic programming (t ...
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Interregional co-operation for exchange of experiences and knowledge concerning Public – Private Partnerships (PPP) (INTERCO-PPP)

Start date: Jun 30, 2004, End date: Jun 29, 2006,

...ack of awareness among public sector officials, insufficient project development, or limited implementation and management skills. Objectives The overall objective of the operation INTERCO-PPP ("Interregional co-operation for exchange of experiences and knowledge concerning Public – Private Partnerships") is to provide local authorities with the capacity to assess, design and implement PPPs in the ...
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Efficient IRrigation MAnagement tools for agricultural cultivations and urban landscapes (IRMA)

Start date: Jun 3, 2013,

The general objective of IRMA is to develop, apply and promote efficient irrigation management tools and techniques. The following objectives of IRMA are inter-connected:• Development of networking - expertise transfer mechanisms;• Survey regarding the local irrigation practice;• Establishment, application and evaluation of auditing procedures for irrigation systems;• Development, application and ...
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AN INTEGRATED APPROACH FOR PROMOTING CROSS-BORDER BUSINESS AND DEVELOPMENT (INACT)

...des of the border. The project aims at developing tools and synergies in order to facilitate and enhance cross-border partnerships among institutional policy, economic and social actors in the border regions of Albania and Greece that will activate and coordinate local resources in a long-term and bottom-up cooperation strategy. More specifically, the proposed project aims at building upon the exi ...
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Cross Border Infrastructural Project (C.B.I.P)

The proposed project, for the cross border area between Greece and Albania, aims at: • Improvement of the infrastructure at the cross border stations of Krystallopigi and Corfu through the promotion of new and renewable energy sources.• Promoting energy efficiency and the use of new and renewable energy sources in the building sector, in existing buildings either public or private.• ICT interventi ...
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Developing cross-border joint fire-protection plan FIRESHIELD (FIRESHIELD)

Start date: Mar 29, 2012,

The primary goal of the project is to develop a joint cross border fire protection plan and to reinforce the capacity of the regional fire departments. A joint fire protection plan will enable fire departments in both regions to act more efficiently on two levels: fire protection and fire extinguishing. The plan will be signed by the regional authorities and will focus on technical requirements an ...
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Developing Alternative Tourism Aspects (TOURISM DATA)

Start date: Jun 11, 2012,

...he quality of tourist destinations is strongly influenced by their natural and cultural environment and their integration into the local community. The project Tourism Data promotes the cross- border region as an ideal destination for alternative tourism and specifically sport tourism, agrotourism and ecotourism.Especially, it focuses on the following main activities;Current situation and SWOT ana ...
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Women In Network for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (WIN - WIN)

Start date: Apr 19, 2012,

The WIN-WIN project focuses on promoting the active involvement of women in regional development and growth through increasing their participation in employment and entrepreneurship.The project aims to improve the skills and enhance the potential of women in selected areas (Florina, Pella, Bitola, Resen, Krusevo and Demir Hisar) and will actively enable business creation or development. A key outc ...
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Interactive Farmers Support System for Efficient Water Use Management (RULAND)

Start date: Apr 9, 2012,

Most of the water in agriculture in the cross-border region is wasted due to low irrigation efficiency, bad irrigation scheduling and other reasons. The main objective of the project is to develop a cross- border interactive farmers support system to help farmers improve their water use efficiency, as well as their yields and economical benefits. More specifically, the project will result in: 1. D ...
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Smart Interregional Cooperation Strategy for Innovation capacities in the Energy Sector on the MED area (SMARTinMED)

...shares, by supporting their capacities to keep high rate of innovation and better profiting from networking and cooperation across the Mediterranean. By a preliminary mapping and analysis exercise on regional renewable energies and energy efficiency markets and the involvement of the relevant stakeholders (esp. SMEs), project partners will be able to identify high potential activities, the most pr ...
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Trade without Borders for the Companies of Greece - The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Interregional Area (TRAWBOR)

The project seeks to strengthen export capacity of both countries entrepreneurs in the transnational market by utilizing best practices and exchange of know-how.The TRAWBOR project includes the collection of export-related information, elaborating it into a comprehensive manual. It also envisages the development of educational material about export strategies and the subsequent provision of e-lect ...
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Niki Border Station

The present project includes the following: the building complex of the Customs Station, which consists of the following:1. the metal roof, which covers a surface of 3,600.00 m22. the ground floor building with the office facilities for Customs and the police, approximately 700.00 m23. the four lanes for entry and exit of vehicles4. the two weighing bridges5. the four inspection offices (2 belongi ...
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TAV - Transfer and Adaptation of training Vouchers

...had experiences in terms of support to the individual demand for training (besides the Autonomous Province of Trento, EUROMASC, ILC and UB), while other partners (especially the Region of Western Macedonia) defined and tested intervention systems basing on the experiences already made (completed with the information provided by the partners).Therefore, the project was first of all an exchange aimi ...
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Greece / Albania Energy Tourism (G.AL.E.T.)

...the development of new innovative markets,• Multidimensional contribution to the European and national targets of Greece and Albania (2020) as well as the preparation of strategic intra-regional development plans for green tourism in view of the new programme period (2014 – 2020), • Investigation of mature ready to implement projects of green tourism,• Attraction of private sector investments in t ...
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Greek-Albanian cross border cooperation in Biomass Exploitation (GABE)

...ania. Actions aim to diffuse information and enhance publicity concerning the project, develop sustainable policies for bioenergy production, test rural areas to assess the bio-energy capacity of the region and finally create the base for a blooming bio-energy market. The project’s objectives are: - Strengthening the development towards a sustainable, competitive and territorially integrated Greek ...
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