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ECO-CARPATHIANS- Eco-Business Development in Border Carpathians as Chance for Better Economic Competitiveness

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

...ss-border cooperation between mountain area, in production and marketing of farm products, of traditional handicrafts and eco-tourism in order to develop a solide eco-economy through consolidation of small busineses; (b) to develop an eco-destination in cross border area (a common eco-tourism brochure will be produced) and to improve the knowledge about eco-tourism at EU standards, best practices ...
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Local/ Regional Economic Development Network as decisive leverage point for enhanced competitiveness in the Black Sea Basin regions (LRED)

Start date: Jun 30, 2013, End date: Jun 29, 2015,

The aim of the project is the building of local LRED main players entrepreneurial and administrative capacities to enhance social, information, trade and other links to local level, as well as between partner countries hence encouraging national governments to scale-up cooperation opportunities and synergize efforts towards better life in the Black Sea Basin. ...
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Development of Outdoor Adventure Tourism Network in Black Sea Region (DOOA)

Start date: Mar 14, 2014, End date: Mar 13, 2015,

The overall objective of the project is to contribute to the sustainable economical and social development in the Black Sea region, by valuating its natural, historical and cultural richness and strengthening the management capacity of the outdoor tourism. Achievements: ...
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Education in Citizenship has to be VIP

Start date: Aug 1, 2014, End date: Jan 31, 2015,

"Education in Citizenship has to be VIP" (ECtobeVIP) is a project coordinated by the Spanish organization Gandia Youth Council - Consell dels Joves de Gandia along with a total 26 organizations from 21 countries of both the European Union and outside. This project consists a mobility activity of youth workers for attending a training course on human rights as the main axis. A total of 36 young pe ...
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Venture Initiative in the Balkan Europe  (VIBE)

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

The VIBE project addresses the challenge of developing the innovation and entrepreneurship system across the SEE by enabling private investment into innovative entrepreneurial companies in partnership with smart public initiatives and investment. VIBE offers a transnational integrated approach by avoiding unnecessary duplication, mobilizing a critical mass of the regional investment, innovation ag ...
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Green Infrastructure Network (GreenInfraNet)

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

Biodiversity conservation policies have traditionally been developed and implemented within the nature conservation sector, and local and regional authorities are mainly responsible for implementing the policies and achieving their objectives. However, this presents the authorities with a range of challenges:– many other land uses are increasing in extent and intensity– much of the biodiversity ou ...
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ansnational network for SME support in the animal breeding and horticulture sector  (AGRO-START)

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

The South Est Europe (SEE) economic area is a SME-based economy in which the sectors of horticulture and animal breeding play a vital role regarding economic growth and employment opportunities. However, SMEs face severe common problems in sustainably keeping up their competitiveness in their national and on the European market. Project partners have decided to tackle the urgent need to improve bu ...
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Smarter Cluster Policies for South East Europe (ClusterPoliSEE)

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

ClusterPoliSEE main objective is to enhance the capacity of regional policy makers to confront, prevent and anticipate change, developing smart specialization strategies for cluster improvement, thus accelerating differentiation and structural change towards a knowledge-based economy in which there is a place for all SEE regions to position themselves. 25 members partnership covers 11 different SE ...
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Clusters meet culture: an opportunity for development  (CMC)

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

...ers joining manufacturing productions with artistic heritage and cultural production. At the end, the project aims at opening new sales channel across South East Europe, with the main purpose to help small business development. Starting from this assumption, and with the tools mentioned above, the specific objective of the project are: to dilute tourism streams currently concentrated on major citi ...
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South East Europe jointly developed common advanced virtual accessibility solutions to support public services  (SECOVIA)

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

1. Background & problem to be addressed Cloud-based, virtualised IT platforms & infrastructures offer a strong potential to deliver cost-effective, scalable digital public services and to unlock regional growth and competitiveness. EC promotes a common EU Cloud Strategy as a means to help governments and citizens to access and develop advanced online services. The South East Europe (SEE) area suff ...
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Creation of a common cross-border portal for e-business – e-Business Pages (E-Business Pages)

Start date: Mar 13, 2013, End date: Sep 13, 2014,

1. Creation of a database; 2. Translation into 3 languages; 3. Creation of a dynamic web portal; 4.Creation of an online market for offers; 5. Giving online business consultations; 6. Database of profiles and ideas of NGOs and public organizations; 7. Popularizing the portal; 8. Multiplying the project
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Boosting innovation through new cluster concepts in support of emerging issues and cross-sectoral themes (CluStrat)

Start date: Sep 30, 2011, End date: Aug 31, 2014,

Clusters are part of the new economic environment, but often miss the dynamism which is needed for innovation. New cluster concepts which upgrade clusters & cluster policies are needed. Central European governments need to increase the effectiveness of their policies in this area to secure further development and competitiveness. The policy frameworks on cluster and innovation policy need to be up ...
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Innovation and Business Cooperation

Start date: Jul 8, 2011, End date: Jul 7, 2014,

The Project is stimulating the regional cooperation by promoting the accumulated practices to the EU-Russia policy level turning the growing process from bottom up. Objectives of the project are based on Triple Helix approach combining the efforts of business-university-government cooperation to the systematic and regular practices. The project is utilising the existing cooperation, which were sta ...
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Virtual Market for Agri-Food and Construction, modern instrument for supporting joint business development in Romanian-Bulgarian cross border area (AGRICONS)

Start date: Mar 27, 2013, End date: Jun 26, 2014,

Supporting economic development of Romanian-Bulgarian cross border area, through valorization of existing competitive advantages in the agri-food and construction. To create modern instruments for joint businesses and trade in cross border area. To increase agrifood and construction businesses competitiveness, through training and marketing
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InterNet – Internationalization and Networking of SMEs and business support structures in the cross border area

Start date: May 23, 2012, End date: May 23, 2014,

The objective of the project is to increase the competitiveness of SMEs by integrating them into cross border business network and internationalization of their activities. Achievements: Established and formalized Business Support Network; Identification and facilitatio ...
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Inovative Cross-Border RES Region (IROVE)

Start date: Apr 30, 2011, End date: Mar 30, 2013,

Objectives of the project include improvement of business cooperation and trading between enterprises, particularly SMEs from the area covered by the project, dealing in the field of technology development, and products/services related to renewable energy sources (RES), and improvement of cooperation between enterprises and R&D institutions developing technological solutions for RES. Therefore, w ...
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Integrated systems of monitoring and controlling wastewater, the quality and security of textile products commercialized in Romania and Bulgaria (ENVICONTEH)

Start date: Sep 2, 2011, End date: Mar 1, 2013,

1. Establishing a joined short, medium and long-term strategy specific to the cross-border area in the field of environmental protection, natural resources efficient valorization and for the promotion of some modern technologies that should assure a sustainable development of the area. 2. Development of common systems for monitoring and control for environmental protection. 3.Development of common ...
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Ecologic Cross-Border Operations For A Business Integrated Zone (ECO - BIZ)

Start date: Jul 27, 2011, End date: Jan 26, 2013,

Creation, development and implementation of the instruments being used for social economical development analyse and for the socio economical elaboration of GIS regional maps
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Innovation for Welfare (I4W)

Start date: Sep 30, 2008, End date: Sep 29, 2012,

The objective of Innovation4Welfare (I4W) is to improve, through interregional cooperation, the effectiveness of regional development policies that stimulate technology-driven innovation in the field of health and safety (welfare). In this way I4W directly addresses EU policy objectives in two areas: it stimulates innovation with the aim of improving economic competitiveness as defined in the Lisb ...
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Doing business in the EU

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

Project activities concerning the above issues are as follows: 1.Analyses of training needs and requirements in the field of EU and other international business standards and rules (in order to better understand SMEs requirements); 2.Training programme development (prepared by project team in cooperation with team of external experts of corresponding academic title and suitable professional experi ...
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A shelter business environment - the shortest way to cross-border development (SBE )

Start date: Sep 21, 2010, End date: Mar 20, 2012,

Economic sustainable development of Montana – Vidin - Dolj cross border regions, using regional opportunities. Specific objective: To improve the economical development of the cross-border regions – Montana, Vidin and Dolj through support for the growth of the sector of small and medium sized enterprises
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IMPLEMENTING WORLD-CLASS CLUSTERS IN CENTRAL EUROPE (C-PLUS)

Start date: Feb 28, 2010, End date: Feb 27, 2012,

The setting up of a common European research and innovation space can be succesful only with precisely defined innovation and supportive policies and programmes, as well as interventions that tackle among others also the SME support and cluster cooperation support. In parallel, a step must be done that enables the implementation of tools, the application of policies and the introduction of innovat ...
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Biomass Mobilisation (BioMob)

Start date: Dec 1, 2009, End date: Nov 30, 2011,

The overall concept of BioMob is the development of research-driven clusters for biomass-mobilisation. The project, built on the outputs of a previous Altener-funded project, has a strong business focus and its ultimate goal is to see knowledge-based enterprises grow and thrive in the biomass sectors. This will support the sustainable use of biomass and the meeting of regions' renewable energ ...
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Transnational Network for the Promotion of the Water-Ground Multimodal Transport (WATERMODE)

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

The programme area is crossed by relevant freight traffic flows, originated and directed in- and outside it. This traffic is mainly supported by road infrastructures, that were not planned for these flows. This involves a negative impact on the territorial competitiveness and environment, due to air pollution, noise and reduced mobility. The project objective is to promote the coordination between ...
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INTRODUCING INNOVATION INSIDE SMEs (I3SME)

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

In micro and small medium enterprises innovation application and R&D expenditures are noticeable low, in particular in regions with a high concentration of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). In todays working process these enterprises are overall dependent on quick solutions and support for their businesses. RTD and innovation application is no longer a simple mechanism applicable at local ...
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Female Entrepreneurs´Meetings in the Baltic Sea Region (FEM)

Start date: Aug 14, 2004, End date: Aug 13, 2008,

...actors in regional and entrepreneurial development: national, regional and local public authorities, associations, public corporations, foundation, public university etc. Within the sub-themes also smaller multi- and bilateral networks were created.Organisations and authorities involved have gained knowledge of gender in development processes, learnt more about women in business/labour market and ...
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Steering Economic and Social Cohesion in the CADSES Space: Valuing Migration as a Development Tool (MIGRAVALUE)

Start date: Aug 31, 2006, End date: Jun 29, 2008,

Although immigration is frequently considered as a factor contributing to development, it often lacks appropriate support services. Immigrant's home investments rely on individual inventiveness or informal networks, while national social systems fail to deal with cross-border movements. Poland, Slovakia and Hungary are the new EU border countries and Romania, the former Yugoslav countries and Alba ...
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Baltic Business Development Network (BBDN)

Start date: Jan 2, 2005, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

The development of the Baltic Sea Region (BSR) as a whole is characterized by large economic and social differences, cultural barriers, different languages and different business structures. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have problems to benefit from the advantages of the enlarged market due to their lack of knowledge and skills about business structures outside their home markets.In o ...
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Network of European Automotive Competence (NEAC)

Start date: Jan 31, 2005, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

The project intends to provide a platform to help automotive regions understand the competences and excellence of their own supply base within the context of the EU. By creating joint approaches and instruments, NEAC wants to improve regional and European competitivity of the automotive supply industry. ...
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Integrate to Innovate in the northern periphery - i2i (I2I)

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

Networking has become a buzz word in business and management, and evidence is abundant that good networking promotes increased business-to-business activity, as well as opportunities for creative thinking and problem solving. This is particularly important in the Northern Periphery region given the climatic, geographic, environmental and social composition. i2i aims to connect networks of people t ...
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Development of specific regional policies through the analysis of early-stage financing opportunities for innovative start-ups and spin-offs (SEED-REG)

Start date: May 31, 2005, End date: May 30, 2007,

...d development of healthy and successful innovative SMEs play a catalyst role in the growth of the economy through innovation and employment. Unfortunately, however, enterprises, especially innovative small and medium sized enterprises fail to grow or even form due to lack of capital. The SEED-REG project was initiated with the aim of examining possible actions for the bridging of the gap between e ...
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Connecting Waves

Start date: Aug 31, 2003, End date: Aug 30, 2006,

The project improves knowledge base for co-operation and introduces co-operation between coastal municipalities and organizations located east of the capitals of Finland and Estonia, on the opposite shores of the Gulf of Finland. Project aims at networking local authorities, key-persons and other actors in the field in order to help sketch the future development, and to remove obstacles of develop ...
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INformation DEvelopment (INDE)

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

The aim of the Information Development project (INDE) was to assist the candidate countries belonging to the CADSES area in developing instruments for transnational co-operation and in finding out solutions for the problems related to the enlargement process. Co-operation is the key factor for the development of the CADSES area and helps to balance economic and social disadvantages related to the ...
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ALPINETWORK (ANT)

Start date: Apr 30, 2003, End date: Apr 29, 2006,

Information and communication technology (ICT) creates opportunities for rural areas to overcome their economic disadvantages. ANT coaches innovative IT pilot projects and implements transnational (tn) and intraregional networking, know-how transfer and education of "local innovators". The project activities are experimented with in pilot telecentres. A socio-economic analysis will be conducted pr ...
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Seagull-DevERB (Seagull )

Start date: Aug 19, 2002, End date: Nov 18, 2005,

The structure and living conditions differ considerably between the member regions of Euroregion Baltic (ERB), which are Kronoberg, Kalmar and Blekinge Counties in Sweden, the Regional Municipality of Bornholm in Denmark, The Kurzeme Planning Region in Latvia, Klaipeda County in Lithuania, Kaliningrad Region of The Russian Federation, and the Pomeranian and Warmia-Masurian Regions in Poland.The cr ...
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IT sector co-operation between Southern Finland and Estonia Phase II

Start date: Sep 1, 2003, End date: Jul 30, 2004,

Project continues the contacts established in IT incubator co-operation Phase I and carries out a training programme ICT Partnership Finland/Estonia which includes training sessions for the firms from the both countries. Project develops international abilities and subcontracting contacts of firms across the Gulf, and establishes the incubator co-operation between Helsinki and Tallinn. Target area ...
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IT sector co-operation between Southern Finland and Est

Start date: Apr 30, 2002, End date: Apr 29, 2004,

Phase I of the project (1.5.2002 - 31.8.2003) established contacts between the Helsinki and Tallinn incubators, arranged excursions and training sessions. The aim is to establish an IT business incubator in Tallinn and subcontracting contacts between the Tallinn and Helsinki NBC incubators.
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EUBBSI – European Business to Business Sales Institute

...sultation Selling”, “Global Sales”, “IT enabled Selling” and an accreditation system. The project has two specific target groups: the first targets for the project are SME’s and small enterprises operating in B2B (selling to other companies); the second target group are European management schools, as there is no programme focusing specifically on the needs of SME’s in B2B with a European dimensio ...
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Business Advice and Guidance training for women Entrepreneurs

BADGE aimed to transfer and adapt an innovative support programme - Diversity in Business Workshops - developed in the UK, and that enabled female start-ups experiencing double-disadvantage to gain valuable soft skills and competences to assist them in starting up their own business. The purpose of the transfer was to strengthen the position of women entrepreneurs in the face of a difficult econom ...
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ENTREDU – State-of-the-art Survey of Enterprise Education, Analysis and Classification of Results in www-Database

How Europe is educating its entrepreneurs : European countries have different entrepreneurial cultures and these differences are reflected in their VET programmes. The aim of ENTREDU is to tackle this patchwork of cultures to bring a clear and up-to-date view of the situation to all developers of enterprise education and entrepreneurial studies at the vocational level. What ENTREDU can provide is ...
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