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The project in brief In the Mediterranean area, a large share of energy is consumed by households and in buildings. In addition to the dependence on fossil fuel, oil and natural gas, the primary energy demand is growing at a regular pace. Increasing the share of solar energy sources in the overall energy mix is a crucial goal for the Mediterranean area, as the exploitation of a sustainable renewab ...
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Food as a means of dialogue in Mediterranean Contexts (SLOWMED)

Start date: Dec 31, 2013, End date: Dec 30, 2015,

Project in brief The Mediterranean Diet has recently been included by the UNESCO in its Intangible Cultural Heritage List while the Council of Europe acknowledges the diet key role in promoting tolerance and diversity. At the same time the Food and Agriculture Organization, due to the continuing development of individualistic societies, considers this diet decayed into a moribund state. Against gr ...
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Energetic Recovery of Waste (VEDER)

Start date: Feb 19, 2013, End date: Aug 18, 2015,

Development of a sustainable energy sector in perspective of a sustainable use of energy resources, through the implementation of a system for electricity and heat production from biomass, municipal, agricultural and industrial waste. Expect ...
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Culture and sustainable active tourism (CULTURAS)

Start date: Jul 11, 2013, End date: Jul 10, 2015,

Implementation of a specific model of cross-border cooperation to identify and adopt common criteria for tourism development in the field of maritime and terrestrial archaeological heritage, in order to intercept and capture segments of archaeological tourism related to diving and cycling. ...
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Marine Biotechnology Vector of innovation and quality (BIOVECQ)

Start date: Feb 5, 2013, End date: Jul 4, 2015,

Integration and harmonization of biotechnological tools aimed at the sustainable socio-economic development of the Tunisian and Sicilian fishery-food sector, focusing on the collaboration between research / technology centers in Sicily and Tunisia and their integration with the productive and public systems, setting up a "strategy of scientific collaboration." ...
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Autoimmunity: Computer Aided Diagnosis (A.I.D.A)

Start date: Oct 31, 2012, End date: Apr 29, 2015,

Italo-Tunisian cooperation for research and innovation in the health sector through the application of ICT aimed at the diagnosis of Auto-Immune diseases. Expected Results: Improvement of organisational processes and decision- ...
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Fishing is one the strategic sectors in the Mediterranean area in terms of economic growth and employment. However several issues may hamper its development on the long run such as low profitability and competitiveness, impact of catch limits on marginal areas characterized by poor job opportunities and lack of an appropriate common strategy at Mediterranean level for small fishing communities. In ...
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The aim of MEDIWAT is to provide innovative and sustainable technical, operational and managerial solutions for tackling problems caused by water resources -quality worsening and -shortage in Med insular context. The main deliverables will be: 1) a web database and advisory platform through which realizing and maintaining an inter-islands network of expertises and cooperation 2) two strategic mas ...
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RURALAND: RURAL DEVELOPMENT PLAYERS (RURALAND)

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

Ruraland is the result of a high level of understanding between a series of European regions which have a long-standing tradition in cooperation between each other and with other territories. Ruraland was set up after various meetings with different entities sharing the wish to promote innovative and competitive regional rural development policies. The partnership is made up by 10 regional authori ...
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Innovative Residential Housing for the Mediterranean (IRH-Med)

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

The Innovative Residential Housing for the Mediterranean (IRH-Med) initiative seeks to improve the competitiveness of innovative models for RH that respond to common environmental challenges while promoting a Mediterranean identity Through the initiative, transnational exchange is supported and complemented with concrete tools, namely the Med Label Principles & Guidelines, for related public auth ...
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Project aims at improving and address territorial governance of Med rural areas towards sustainability through an innovative integrated planning model (PM) comprising: integrated social, economic, environmental analysis assessment of institutional framework and review of success governance modes establishment of communities participation process definition of 4 strategic pilot plan patterns and ...
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The Short Sea Shipping between the Mediterranean countries has been considered a valid solution in relation to the intentions of the EU. But until the moment, and in a prominent way, for this type of transport we have been using the RO-RO maritime traffic type, which consists in loading the trucks on the vessels, also tractors or only platforms. To carry out these operations, we have ad hoc port t ...
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MPROVING PRODUCTIVE CLUSTERS ACCESSIBILITY TO GLOBAL MARKET (BACKGROUNDS)

Start date: May 31, 2009, End date: Mar 29, 2012,

BACKGROUNDS aims at developing a governance model involving ports and port infrastructures within the Mediterranean basin and targeting a better integration of existing poles with their own territories and the relevant productive clusters. This would lead to an appreciation of local peculiarities within the general framework of the global market. ...
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Mediterranean Living Lab for Territorial Innovation (MedLab)

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

The Living Lab model for in situ co-design of innovative ICT services is proving increasingly successful in promoting the knowledge economy by speeding up the pace and quality of research and technology development;* yet despite its significant potential, there is to date no clear link with Mediterranean regional policies. MedLabs objective is to apply the Living Lab approach from the demand side ...
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Common Land for sustainable management (COMMONS)

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

COMMONS project faces the challenge of territorial management in marginal lands in the framework of a continuous concentration of former rural population towards urban or peri-urban areas. Important natural areas risk environment depletion because of changing in the utilization patterns and abandoning of traditional practices. Some of these areas correspond to ancient common lands once managed for ...
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Heritage per se cannot render a place to a tourist destination. While uncontrolled development results in quality downgrading at some places, other places are unknown. Once heritage values are restored and sustainably managed, the historic environment may serve as an agent for tourism. The project HERODOT aims to research and promote tailor-made heritage strategies for the regions involved, improv ...
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ROtect Our Heritage from Fire (PROOHF)

Start date: Apr 30, 2007, End date: Jul 30, 2008,

Cultural Heritage Monuments (Monasteries, Museums, etc) in European Countries have a large number of invaluable treasures, artifacts, holy icons, very old & attract many visitors and pilgrims from around the world. Local population in celebrations gathers in big numbers. Also, categories as elderly, kids, handicapped, participate, or living around them. Often monuments are located in isolated area ...
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Many areas of the Mediterranean, particularly islands and coastal zones suffer from droughts and water shortages which cause heavy impacts on economies, societies and the environment at local or regional scales. The project PRODIM aims at formulating a methodological framework to confront drought and water shortage through systematic application of principles of proactive planning. Specifically, t ...
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The general objective of T-Cheese Med is to promote the new information and communication technology in order to reinforce the division dairy through the creation of a network. Its specifics Objectives are: 1. To contribute to the reduction of handicap related to geographically isolated regions, such as mountain areas where milk / quality cheese producers operate; 2. To develop an operative system ...
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Trans Euro Mediterranean Cultural Heritage NETwork (TECH NET)

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

The project TECH NETs main objective is the implementation of a model of sustainable local development in maritime villages of the Mediterranean Basin. These villages n represent a culture, an economy and a civilization connected with the environment. They are at risk of cultural, social and environmental degradation. It is necessary to have: • a connection between public and private bodies; • a s ...
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COOPERATION TO UPGRADE TOURISM AND REGIONAL PRODUCTS (COTOUR)

Start date: Jun 30, 2004, End date: Jun 29, 2007,

COTOUR is seeking to inject some strategic thinking into European regions’ promotion of tourism. All of the regions involved in the operation are quite capable of making plans to promote tourism, but they rarely consider it as an integrated tool for regional development. And as they have limited knowledge of projects carried out by other European regions, they lack successful examples of how touri ...
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Problems addressed• Decentralised cooperation in the Mediterranean area, despite of its historical importance and the enormous extent of its geographical, cultural and economical relevance, is made difficult by lack of appropriate rules, facilities and, as a consequence, is neglected by the first-line actors.• The integrating effort is focusing interests and resources towards the eastern borders o ...
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