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17 March 2008

The Municipality of Sofia and the GreenKeys Project invite you to the International Conference on Urban Green Spaces - A Key for Sustainable Cities which will take place on April 17-18, 2008 in Sofia, Bulgaria

The aim of the conference is to provide an opportunity for academics, researchers, practioners, policymakers, developers and young professionals from Europe and elsewhere to reflect critically on relevant aspects for the future of cities and urban green spaces.

Conference themes: development, management, strategies, policies and visions of/for urban green spaces

For more information please visit the website of the GreenKeys project: http://www.greenkeys.org/conference

08 January 2008

The final conference of the EMBRACE II project will take place in Athens in Titania Hotel on January 17, 2008. Central objective of the project is to promote the development of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME) located in disadvantageous areas, like rural, mountainous and under-developed regions. The competitiveness and transnational cooperation of SME should be in-creased by fostering their access to the information and knowledge society. At the event ex-periences and results of the EMBRACE II project will be presented.

Further information is available on the project websites at www.e-embrace.net and www.embrace-observatory.net

08 January 2008

The final international project conference of Smart Region will take place in Ptuj (Slovenia) from January 22-24, 2008. The project Smart Region aims at strengthening co-operation potentials between regional development units in the Central and East European Countries. The main objective of the project is to tackle regional imbalances within the CADSES by fostering and supporting cooperation potential between small- and medium-sized enterprises.

Further information is available on the project website at www.smart-region.net

 

07 January 2008

The CADSES project ADHOC has the central objective to develop and implement innovative approaches for a sustainable renewal of historical old towns. The project concentrates on urbanistic and integrative solutions to develop valuable inner-city districts under changed structural and demographic conditions. The focal point of the closing event on January 23-24, 2008 in Jelenia Góra will be on the presentation, discussion and reflection of the achievements of the individual project partners and the ADHOC project in general.

Further information is available on the project website at www.adhoc.jeleniagora.eu

19 December 2007

Enhygma partners invite you to the project closing conference on 24 January 2008 at the Scuola Grande San Giovanni Evangelista, S. Polo 2454 – 30125 Venice (ITALY).
ENHYGMA aims at improving the trans-national exchange of experiences, technologies and know-how in the field of integrated water management, with the overall objective of enhancing the technical content and reliability of land planning and environmental remedial measures available to the Public Administration.
The conference will present the project characteristics and results in the morning, while the afternoon session will have a more technical content.
The conference will be preceded by a workshop on 22 January 2008  in Ljubljana (Slovenia) at the M-HOTEL , Derceva Ulica 4 Ljubljana (SI). For more information please visit the ENHYGMA website: http://www.enhygma-cadses.eu

 

09 November 2007

The Regional Conference will take place in Ravenna, Italy on November 23, 2007.
The conference will present some results of BETTER Project about the possibility to create an agroenergetic chain, in Italy and in Europe.

The BETTER project aims at promoting renewable energies with a focus on biofuel chain integration in rural regions. It includes a new concept for a spatial development system, which integrates the production of alternative energy sources and the need for social and economic cohesion in rural areas.

The conference will also present technical and economic aspects of the production of biodiesel.

07 November 2007

Marche Region is partner of the RAIRDev project (Regional Airports' Interaction for Regional Development), aimed at strengthening the level of cooperation between Regional Airports' stakeholders and at enhancing the competitiveness of regional territories.
Through a flexible and coordinated framework based on regional airports' and local actors interaction, RAIRDev aims at encouraging the exchange of know-how and best practices between European countries and at realizing actions for the achievement of EU territorial cohesion.

In this context Marche Region is responsible for the “Institutional Development and Policy Issues” and the establishment of a network of European Regional Airports and stakeholders, named ERAN.

The event represents the first activity organized by the future ERAN and is a good occasion to confirm that cooperation for territorial development is possible.

Those who are interested to participate in the forum should submit the Registration Form until 15th of November to eran@regione.marche.it

For further information and details please visit the project's website www.regional-airports.eu

07 November 2007

The HYDROCARE project invites you to its final conference, which will be held on 21-23 November 2007 at the premises of APAT, in Via Curtatone 3 in Rome.

The aim of the conference is to provide a forum for presenting the main results of the project as well as launching future initiatives. A wide range of subjects entailing a critical analysis of water as a resource and as a sorucen of risks will be covered in a series of sessions chaired by international experts. Stakeholders, policy-makers at local, national, and EU level, academics, researchers, practioners, developers, professionals and press agents are invited to attend to this event.

Conference themes: Water Policies, EU initiatives on Water, Hydrological Cycle, Extremes, Hydro-Meteorological Data.

For more information please visit the HYDROCARE website: http://www.hydrocare-cadses.net

18 October 2007

Within the  ENI (Experiment in Newcomer Integration ) project, the Marche Regional Authority, in collaboration with the Municipality of Porto Recanti,organises the following cultural activity:
Friday 19th  and Saturday 20th October , 09.00 p.m, at “Teatro dei Salesiani”, in Porto Recanati, will be held the theatral Performance  of the “Communities Theatre” titled “Alone Together” by Marco Di Stefano and Tania Khabarova.
 

 

18 October 2007

The 3rd workshop of the project INTERIM takes place on 7 November in Novi Sad, Serbia. The project partners from Austria, Germany, Romania, Croatia and Serbia will present their research results about new liner concepts and value added services supporting the intermodal transport in the CADSES region. Analysed future potentials of intermodal transport and new developed possible liner routes will be shown. Furthermore terminals and their current services have been analysed and ideas of new strategies and services will be presented. The participants will have the possibility to discuss the provided inputs afterwards.

Further information about the project and the workshop agenda (with registration form) can be obtained from the project’s website: www.interim-online.eu.

 

17 October 2007

The CADSES Project Carbon Pro invites to the transnational Conference on Local Strategies for Land Use Management according to Kyoto Protocol to be held in Ljubljana on 19 October 2007.

More information can be found on http://www.carbonpro.org/ljubljana.asp

 

08 October 2007

The Final Conference of the Project ACCRETe will take part on the 9th of November 2007 in Greece.

The aim of the Final Conference is to present the results of the Project :
- To make farmers and citizens sensitive to the issue: to encourage more awareness among people and operators of the sector so that attitudes may be changed. First presentation of the Code of Attitudes for farmers: it summarizes risks for agriculture that are due to climate change. It will also promote attitudes, which should help reduce human-induced impacts on the climate;
- To encourage regional policies contributing to sustainable agriculture: presentation and signature of Transnational Declaration of Intents. During the Final Conference, all partners will undersign the Declaration proving they are determined to follow up research, cooperation, support of sustainable agriculture and activities in the issues.
- First presentation of the video spot that will be broadcasted on local and national TVs of partner Countries. Main objective of the video spot is to inform citizens about risks climate change may cause.

05 October 2007

Living Labs: Logistics for Business Competitiveness

Bologna, 22 October 2007

The conference is targeted to manufacturing companies, transport and logistics operators, public
administrations and research & training bodies and it presents practical tools for logistics optimisation
tested in different laboratories in Emilia-Romagna and in Europe, with the direct involvement of
companies.

The conference wants to bring together companies' needs and public policies in transport and logistics by
facing the priority issues of logistics cooperation in production SMEs and of the strengthening of the
logistics supply.

A specific conference session targets training in transport and logistics, as cornerstone for logistics
development. Jobs in transport and logistics, companies’ training needs and new pilot training courses are
presented and discussed.

 

14 September 2007

In the framework of the CADSES Project ENI (Experiment in Newcomer Integration) Marche Regional Authority in collaboration with the “Ambito Sociale XX” and the Municipality of Porto Sant’Elpidio organizes following cultural activities:

Friday 28th September, 09.30 p.m: Performance of the “Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio” at “Teatro delle Api” in Porto Sant’Elpidio

Saturday 29th September, 09.00 a.m– 12.30 p.m: Meeting of the “Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio” with the students of the local high schools and a Projection of the documentary by Agostino Ferrente on the birth of the Orchestra, followed by a debate with the students will be held at “Teatro delle Api” in Porto Sant’Elpidio
 

 

06 September 2007

The 3rd workshop of the INTERIM project will be held on 13 September within the framework of the LINDI conference http://www.bmf.hu/conferences/Lindi2007/index.html at the University of Applied Sciences Wildau, Germany.

The theme of the workshop "Needs and instruments for spatial planning / regional development in the field of intermodal goods transport” is to present the project results achieved so far.
This workshop is organised as an official project event and offers additionally a possibility to exchange project ideas and experiences with another CADSES project AB Landbridge (http://www.ablandbridge.eu/site/index.php).

Further information about the project as well as the agenda and registration form of the workshop are available at the project`s website http://www.interim-online.eu.

 

08 August 2007

Common best practices in spatial planning for the promotion of sustainable POLYcentric DEVelopment

The POLY.DEV. project “Common best practices for the promotion of the sustainable POLYcentric DEVelopment” organises its final Discussion Forum at the Committee of the Region in Bruxelles (Belgium) on Tuesday 4th of September 2007.

The Discussion Forum represents the most important event of the project to mainstream POLY.DEV. achievements at EU level towards the most relevant European institutions and programmes dealing with territorial planning: ESDP and ESPON. The event is intended as an opportunity to share experiences, lesson learned and problems with EU representatives and experts, also focusing on the new European Territorial Agenda.
General objective of POLY.DEV. project consists on strengthening at transnational level the governance capacities of local and regional istitutions in the issues related to spatial and territorial planning, leading to a common and integrated polycentric spatial development perspective of members and new members States of CADSES area. The project aims at:
- contributing to a better comprehension of European Community and national policies for this sector;
- clearing how decisions about the territory, at different level and in different issues, may be coordinated;
- setting up a scientific network among various fields of spatial planning development  

More information can be found on the official POLY.DEV. website (www.polydev.org)  

28 June 2007

The HERITAGE ALIVE! project invites you to explore the use of new media technologies to mediate the stories and history of World Heritage sites in selected European regions.

HERITAGE ALIVE! aims to strengthen the capacity of European cultural heritage sites to become dynamic centres of regional development and attract tourism while at the same time preserve their unique heritage. For the past year, nine institutions from seven European countries have worked together on new forms of digital mediation to bring the richness
of world heritage sites “alive” for all. The project takes advantage of emerging mobile technology the concept of learning quests, and novel digital storytelling techniques to encourage young and old, residents and visitors to engage in an active dialogue with their cultural surroundings. The results of the work are six pilot actions trialled in six different European regional settings.

Download the short project flyer at the project website http://www.heritagealive.eu

15 June 2007

The public workshop in Constantza "New liner concepts in the intermodal market" can not be held in June like it was planned. The workshop had to be postponed because of technical problems. A new date will be published on the CADSES homepage and on the project homepage www.interim-online.eu soon.

14 June 2007

The CHIRON Project “Cultural Heritage promotion for Identity of Regions: Observatory and Networking for Cultural Tourism” organises its 2nd Transnational Workshop in Zilina, Slovakia on Friday 15th of June 2007.

The Workshop will be hosted by the Self-Government of Zilina and the Museum of Povaske (CHIRON partner) and will focus on the Promotion of Cultural Tourism through Place Marketing Strategies. External speakers from other EU Projects are invited to speak on the subject.

The Project INTERREG IIIB CADSES CHIRON aims to develop the cultural tourism potential of several regions and cities in the CADSES area based on common approach, methodology and pilot actions on protection and preservation of cultural heritage, promotion and marketing of the cultural assets of the areas, demonstration projects, publicity and dissemination activities. The CHIRON Partnership consists of 10 partners from 7 European countries (Greece, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, Germany, Bulgaria, Ukraine).

More information can be found on the official CHIRON Website (www.chiron-project.net).

04 June 2007

RAIRDev Project is announcing its first Transnational Workshop entitled ‘‘Regional Airports’ Assets and Impacts’’ along with a Business Forum which will take place on 18th June 2007 in Zilina, Slovakia.

The event is going to be hosted by the Slovak Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Zilina Regional Chamber and is open to all regional authorities, stakeholders, experts and enterprises related to regional airports in the Central and South East Europe. During the Workshop the project partners will present the first outcomes of the project’s implementation, which concern the assets and impacts of the case study regional airports participating in RAIRDev Project in Greece, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, Italy, Germany, Serbia and Ukraine.

Afterwards a Business Forum will take place during which enterprises’ representatives will be able to exchange views and experience on the issues of the best exploitation of the regional airports in their area in order to promote economic development and competitiveness.

The Workshop and Bussiness Forum Programme will be available on the official RAIRDev project website (www.regional-airports.eu).

30 May 2007

The TWIST (Transport WIth a Social Target) project, is organizing its International Closing Seminar in Pescara, Italy on May 30 - June 1, 2007. The project was aimed to reduce the social and economic gap between mountain/rural areas and urban areas through the local implementation of different patterns of DRT (Demand Responsive Transport). The Closing Seminar will be a good occasion for each partner to present and exchange the results of their local experience and to discuss about the best practices and methodologies to be transferred at regional and local level.
Its partnership consists of Abruzzo Region – Lead Partner (IT), Marche Region (IT), Molise Region (IT) Puglia Region (IT), Province of Ioannina (GR), Dopravni podnik mesta C. Budejovice (CZ), Transdanubian Research Institute (HU), TECHNOSTART GmbH - Berlin (DE) and O.H.B.V. mbH - Brandenburg (DE).
For more information please visit www.twistproject.org

25 May 2007

The ROME project Final Conference will take in Perugia on June 15-16, 2007.

The ROME project aims at linking important historical, cultural and trade routes of the Romans along the ancient roads with today’s life by promoting tourism and a sustainable cultural development. The project area involves regions from Central and Eastern Europe and is also connected to the project “European Amber Road”. The most important aspect of the project is the use of advanced multimedia and e-learning technologies that allows regions which are located far from one another but united in their cultural heritage to perform common actions and joint efforts to promote their cultural heritage.

Fo more infomation please visit the project's website www.rome-interreg.net .

22 May 2007
The IMMENSITY project’s main idea is the social and economic inclusion of legal economic immigrants & repatriates in destination countries via stimulation of their entrepreneurship / self-employment and improvement of living standards in the origin countries by promoting & supporting bilateral trade.  
The Central Conference to be held on the 1st of June in Ancona, Italy, aims to present the Strategic & Operational Plans and raise a public consultation with local, regional and European stakeholders so as to raise awareness, stimulate interest and collect feedback on the work done so far and promote synergies for the Pilot Structures to be developed in the next steps of the project.
 
The invitation and agenda of the Central Conference are available for download here. Further information on the project, its activities, the partnership, etc. can also be found at the project’s website, available at: www.e-immensity.net.

03 May 2007

The Central European Initiative organises the Spatial Development Forum “Planning Infrastructure for Regional Development” in the framework of the A-B Landbridge Project (www.ablandbridge.eu), co-financed under the INTERREG IIIB CADSES Neighbourhood Programme.
The Forum will take place in Vienna (Austria) on 22 May 2007 and focuses on the integration between spatial and transport planning as a way to enhance regional development and trans-national cohesion.

For more information please visit the website www.ceinet.org
 

16 April 2007

The forthcoming 3rd Transnational Meeting of the CADSES Parks&Economy Project will take place on the 3rd and 4th May 2007 in Erateini, Fokida (Greece).

The aim of the project is the foundation and development of national parks and nature and landscape parks in rural Europe.
Parks&Economy brings together public authorities responsible for the management of nature and national parks, local NGO partners and scientific institutions as well as a national ministry. The project targets actors within the eight involved park areas, such as park authorities and environmental organisations, as well as other stakeholders, such as business representatives, NGOs involved in cultural topics and local residents.

In the download file you will find agenda, registration form & useful information regarding your accommodation and travel.

05 April 2007

On 20 April 2007 the Sächsische Landesstiftung Umwelt and the TU Dresden present the release of the TV Film "Landscape and Memory" which covers life and the economic and political development in the Saxon-Bohemian National Park Region since the 1920s.

The presentation will take place at the address: Blockhaus am Goldenen Reiter, Festsaal Neustädter Markt 19, 01097 Dresden at 17:00. The film and the following discussion will be in German.

The movie shows eight exemplary lifestories of contempory witnesses of the cross border region.
The film was produced within the framework of the CADSES project SISTEMaPARC. SISTEMaPARC develops spatial information systems for transnational environmental management of protected areas. It involves 20 partners from 7 countries.

13 March 2007
Due to the recent and repeated destructive action of natural  events which affected the territory of the Area Cadses provoking victims and damages to the cultural and historical heritage, some Italian regions (Umbria, Emilia Romagna, Marche, Abruzzo, and the Italian National Civil Protection) together with other foreign partners as Greece, Slovene and Slovakia, have been started since 2003 a certain number of studies and researches to develop methodologies to safeguard the cultural heritage as well as the population at transnational level through the following actions:
-definition of a methodological integrated system in order to evaluate the degree of the vulnerability of the “historical centre system” and its components, so to plan actions and interventions to prevent as well as to reduce the risk of natural disasters by the local bodies.
-information and training of the citizens aimed at acting the “citizen as first rescuer”, to increase the awareness in the E.U. countries in front of the disasters for their own security as well as that of the cultural heritage with the main purpose to  cooperate with the Risk Management structure.
-widespread dissemination within CADSES space, of the methodologies and actions developed through the project to enhance a culture of risk prevention.   

09 March 2007

 18-19 April, Palic (Serbia)

The first dissemination seminar of the ELISA project will take place, as a workshop under the umbrella of the 7th International Conference on electronic commerce  and electronic business (e-TRGOVINA) in Palic, Serbia, on April 18th and 19th, 2007. The seminar’s target will be to inform Serbian SMEs on the ELISA results and to promote the use of e-business practices, focusing on Customer Relationship Management methods and solutions.
 
Please contact the Project Manager Mr Ilias Hatzakis (hatzakis@grnet.gr) for further information.

 

02 March 2007
EU-CORe III Project is organising international conference “Harmonisation of economic development in the Pan-European Transport Corridor III" on March 29th 2007 in Katowice, Poland. (Lead Partner – Gornoslaska Agencja Przeksztalcen Przedsiebiorstw SA, Katowice)
Subject of the conference: “International cooperation within Pan-European Transport Corridor III”
This conference is one of the most important parts of the Project and it is the starting point of the strategy building phase and the regional foresight processes.
All relevant actors, engaged in transport infrastructure and economic / regional development actors are invited to the conference, so it will be focused on the main features and challenges for the strategy of the Corridor III.
The aim of the conference is to present the policy framework of EU (transport policy, ESDP, TENs, sustainability, balanced use of regional resources, interoperability of transport system, economic effectiveness of future oriented transport systems at the background of the Lisbon/Gothenburg development process).
It will be the occasion to present the twin-project EDC III.

23 February 2007
The growing transport volume between Central Europe and the new EU member states Bulgaria and Romania and also Croatia and Serbia require improvements of the intermodal transport system. The project partners in INTERIM work on improvements for the cohesion of intermodal networks, actors and approaches in the CADSES area.
The second workshop of the project INTERIM takes place on 30th of March in Enns, Austria. The issue of the workshop will be the presentation of results of the “Analysis of demand side in the intermodal market” carried out in the project. Target groups of the workshop are market actors as well as representatives of transport and spatial authorities. Experts from Austria, Germany, Romania, Croatia and Serbia will present their research results and discuss implication to the economy and spatial planning. Further information about the project and the workshop agenda (with registration form) can be obtained from the project’s website: www.interim-online.eu.

22 February 2007
The next meeting of Project Partners will take place on 27-28 March 2007 in Rzeszów (PL) and will deal with the results of the Regional analysis and preparation of the elaboration of development scenarios. Invitations to this meeting will be sent out until beginning of March.
The Partner meeting will be followed by a strategy conference within the twin-project EU-CORe III, which is scheduled to take place on 29 March 2007 in Katowice (PL). For more information: www.edc-viaregia.eu

22 January 2007
BETTER project is aimed at promoting biofuels chain development within an integrated approach, touching rural, energy and environmental aspects into a spatial perspective.
The second transnational conference of the project will take place in Poland (Rzeszow), on the 26th of January, after the project meeting.
During the conference, the partners will present results of analysis and studies, which give a perspective on biofuel development at each regional level, and offer some hypothesis on biofuel promotion based on a spatial development concept.
 
 

15 December 2006

The KATER II project developed a Decision Support System (DSS) which addresses and analyses the impacts of five different forms of land-use on water in karstic regions: tourism, settlements, transport infrastructure, forestry and pasture.
Extensive material on DSS dealing with land-use in karstic regions was presented at the Conference "All About Karst & Water" of the KATER II Project in Vienna.
The KATER II project focuses on the conflict between safeguarding water supply and land-use activities in karstic regions. Often these areas are essential for public water supply and comprise highly sensitive environments.
The KATER II project involves project partners and regions from Austria, Croatia, Italy and Slovenia. Besides documents on the KATER website, a video-presentation and extensive publication material are available.

For more information please visit www.kater.at
For further information material contact: admin@kater.at

08 December 2006

The ELLA - Project "Elbe-Labe Preventive Flood Management Measures by Transnational Spatial Planning" displayed at its final conference the project results achieved in three years of project work after the devastating flood event on the river Elbe in 2002. More than 200 participants, many from science and politics, attendend the conference which was held in the Sächsischer Landtag in Dresden from 4. - 6. December 2006.

The objectives of the ELLA project are joint action programmes and transnational cooperations in spatial planning and preventive flood protection in the catchment area of the river Elbe.

One result of the ELLA project is the "Elbe Atlas" which contains maps depicting the flood hazard and damage potential in the river Elbe basin. Among others, the maps in the atlas might serve as a valuable source for future spatial planning maps in the catchment area of Elbe and Labe.

More information on the ELLA project can be found on the ELLA website: www.ella-interreg.org.
CD-ROMs with the Elbe Atlas and further information material on the project can be ordered at:

Andreas Kühl
Sächsisches Staatsministerium des Innern
Wilhelm-Buck-Str.4

D-01095 Dresden
Germany

email: andreas.kuehl@smi.sachsen.de

29 November 2006

After three years of intensive transnational cooperation the ELLA project comes to an end.

ELLA stands for „Elbe-Labe preventive flood protection measures by transnational spatial planning“. 23 authorities from Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, Austria and Hungary cooperate to develop a joint action program for spatial planning in the Elbe River basin. The approaches are implemented in nine pilot projects.

The ELLA final conference closes formally the current project phase. The results will be presented in a high-ranking political and scientific framework. A huge political forum will be held to discuss the future of the ELLA network. Additionally parts of the ELLA moving exhibition will be on display. 

27 November 2006

The risk potential in river basins has increased strongly due to the enormous use pressure. In view of the demographic concentration in river basins and potential climate changes, safety in valleys is only possible if protective water management and other disciplines cooperate. In selected river basins, exemplary new methods are being tested, strategies developed and pilot projects implemented. Due to space limitations, infrastructure planning, land use and the protection of resources require an integrated approach, and multifunctional strategies must be developed. The problems of foothill and hill countries regarding integrated management of water resources, risk and landscape management can be solved sustainably only in an interdisciplinary way. ILUP pursues the basic concept of a holistic, network-oriented landscape assessment from the problem solving approach to the implementation of measures.

The Final meeting of the project will take place on December 5-7, 2006 in Waidhofen/Ybbs, Austria.

23 November 2006

Cultural heritage, preserved and managed in an appropriate way, can play a decisive role in spatial development. This is the focus of the VILLAS’ project proposal. Its’ main aims consist of improving and revitalising the aesthetic and economic aspects of architectural heritage by creating an evaluation model and defining a compatible re-use strategy tool, according to the planning criteria and spatial policies of the CADSES area. In the long term, the project is expected to have a positive effect on the regional communities and economies through: the increase of knowledge, cultural tourism, investment possibilities, etc. and the amelioration of juridical instruments at a national and European level.

VILLAS project is pleased to announce the Final Conference in Venice on 4-5 December 2006.

20 November 2006
The GOVERNET project, approved under the 2th Call for Proposals of the INTERREG IIIB CADSES Programme, is organizing its Final Meeting in Venice, Italy on Tuesday 28th of November, 2006.
Its aim is the promotion of decision-making models and procedures for the governance of rural areas bearing in mind the principles of sustainable development to integrate all the economic activities performed in the involved area (agriculture,industry, tourism, services), especially highlighting agriculture as the generator of quality goods and services.
Its partnership consists of: Lead partner: Veneto Region. University of Padua, Province of Venice, Mountainous Community of Western Friuli, National Agricultural Research Foundation – N.AG.RE.F. (Greece), Technological Education Institute of Kavala – TEI (Greece), Regional Development Agency of Nova Gorica (Slovenia), Ministry of Agriculture and Agrofood Industry (Moldova).
  

16 November 2006

Sustainable transport relations in this region are essential to connect these markets with the Single European Market. Interoperability of goods transport systems is a backbone to provide intermodal services.
Partners from Germany and Austria, who are involved in the intermodal market and network development, meet with experts from Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia and Serbia in the INTERIM project.
The project’s focus is to improve the cohesion of intermodal networks, actors and approaches by using spatial development instruments.
The project partners will elaborate a model with IT-tools on how such a process can be integrated in national spatial development plans. The project will also demonstrate with selected intermodal transport chains (rail, inland waterway and harbour-hinterland) how such integration can be implemented with respect to intermodal markets and spatial development.
At the workshop in Rijeka, Croatia first results of the supply and demand analyses of inter-modal goods transport systems will be presented and discussed by experts from the fields of traffic and transport, logistics and spatial planning.
Further information and the workshop agenda can be obtained from the project’s website: www.interim-online.eu 

14 November 2006

The project is focused on polycentric urban development in Central-Eastern Europe stressing in particular the role of Small and Medium Cities (SMC) and the urban-rural relations. The main target is to assess the  potential for a more diffused urban type development that can contribute to strength the economic growth of this areas at large, counterbalancing the increasing urban and economic polarisation that is taken place since the 1990s with transition.  Beyond the central role of the capital cities and the main urban poles,  does exist a potential for the strengthening of the SMC and improve the rural areas accessibility and service provision. The economic, social and spatial implications will be analysed both from the empirical as well as policy point of views looking the aspects of integration and co-operation among the urban areas, in the territorial contiguity as well as at trans-national level.

More information can be obtained from the agenda.

13 November 2006
The meeting agenda will include:
- Guided tour with english speaking guides, to the archeological site of Carsulae in San Gemini (Terni) and the connected archeological museum with local findings.
- Steering Committee on the meeting outcome from all partners involved, reguarding the web site portal and all the other tasks that will be discussed during the event.
- Water exhibit concerning the Casesar's Waters output provided from Regione Umbria, presented by local artist Antonio Venti
- Showcase of pilot projects and implementation of new multimedia technologies and new communications methods, such as Antonio Venti's "post station" project and a "light cube" installation.
 
Please visit the project website: www.rome-interreg.net

07 November 2006
The project final conference will focus on the concept of “Integrated Risk Management”. RISK AWARE has clearly demonstrated that a concrete and effective answer to hydrogeological risk needs to integrate different competences. This concept will be discussed and further enlarged to other risks.
The registration is web based, so if you wish to participate in the conference please register at the web site http://www.smr.arpa.emr.it/riskaware

01 November 2006

The project SISTEMaPARC is organising the International Symposium on Geoinformatics in European Nature Protection Regions. The event is focused on the demand to link geo-spatial data analysis and nature protection. It will take place from 13th to 14th November 2006 in Dresden (Germany). Especially representatives of national park authorities, national park information centres, regional planning authorities, research institutions both on university and non-university level are invited to present and to discuss the tasks and challenges of developing and implementing spatial information systems to interconnect nature protected regions as well as to support the management of green corridors and green belts in Europe. For further information and registration, please visit the website http://www.natureprotection-gis.de

01 November 2006
The problem of coast protecting (in particular from coastal erosion) is dramatic in several coastal areas of Mediterranean and, specifically, in the regions considered in the project: according to international documents, the percentage of protected coast is less than 20% (including some zeros!) in such regions. The problem of defending the coast, in particular from erosion, is felt everywhere in the Italian, Greek and Rumanian areas considered in the project. That is why CADSEALAND project, approved in the 2nd call of the INTERREG IIIB Programme CADSES, brought together three nations (Italy, Greece and Romania) to collaborate through national and regional institutions on the development of integrated view of land-sea action, emphasizing coastal preservation and protection.
The results and outputs of the project will be presented on the Finale Conference, which will be held in Italy, Portonovo (Ancona) on 9 and 10 November 2006 in the presence of political and scientific forum. 
For more information please visit www.cadsealand.net

30 October 2006
Protected areas like national parks are both highly vulnerable as well as extremely important in terms of preservation of natural and cultural heritage. But, in many cases they are also affected by economically driven planning and management strategies. Appropriate measures which consider the variety of impact patterns on the landscape even with contrary demands such as agriculture, extension of the transport network and – last but not least – nature protection, have to be developed. The use of geo-spatial data is an important backbone for the sustainable development of these regions. There is thus an urgent need to integrate and to maintain spatial information systems - especially for (cross-border) protected regions.
The project SISTEMaPARC aims to foster sustainable regional development of national park regions by improving or establishing geo-spatial information pools and exchange of communication concerning homogenised documentation and management.
A recently opened exhibition at the Information Centre "Nationalparkhaus Sächsische Schweiz" in Bad Schandau (Germany), exemplarily presents some main activities and achieved results with special focus on the National Park Region of Saxon-Bohemian Switzerland. Posters cover a wide range of topics: They inform about land use and land use changes during the last 200 years, highlight the impacts of land use changes on the flora, present a homogeneous geo-spatial data base which was derived from Airborne Laser Scanner data and illustrate the established web-based platform for communication and data exchange.
The exhibition is open to the public and can be visited during the opening hours of the Information Centre until mid of November 2006.

06 October 2006
How can Central and South-East Europe (CenSE) improve its economic competitiveness, its integration into the European Union and its internal territorial cohesion? How can especially cities and regions foster their economic functions and performance, their accessibility as well as their general attractiveness as places to live and invest? 
 
These are the main questions the project PlaNet CenSE has worked on since November 2003. Now, the project is delighted to share its results with you during the final conference.  
More detailed information can be found in the attached pre-announcement as well as on the project website: www.planet-cense.net.

20 September 2006

The Final Conference of the project UTN II will take place on 22 September 2006 in Vienna city hall. The central objective of the project: support cities in the preparation of pilot co-operation projects for funding/search for private/public investors to enhance investment in urban services and infrastructure in order to establish a more balanced standard of living in the CADSES cities. UTN II included 4 formal partner cities and more than 30 interested cities. For more information please visit the project website www.utn.at.

10 August 2006

"Heritage and Media in Europe - Contributing towards Integration and Regional Development"
The project HERMES (‘Heritage and New Media for Sustainable Regional Development’) is a joint initiative of 16 institutions from eight countries co-operating under the leadership of the Classic Foundation Weimar. The project, which is part-financed by the European Union as part of the Community Initiative Interreg III B during 2004-2006, searches for innovative ways of revaluating and preserving cultural heritage by employing new media technologies. The overall aim is to make full use of the potential of cultural heritage as a factor for sustainable regional development.
At the final conference of HERMES, the main activities and outcomes of the project will be presented and synthesised. Participants in the event will be all HERMES partners, experts from relevant academic and practical fields, as well as representatives of political institutions at various levels.

More information are available on: www.swkk.de/hermes

10 August 2006

The aims of DONAUHANSE are to establish a network of cities which provides sound solutions to similar problems with the greatest possible benefit for all participating cities and regions along the Danube.
The DONAUHANSE project, which is financed by the European Commission under the INTERREG IIIB CADSES programme, builds on this concept by promoting large-scale cooperation among the people living in this region.
The purpose of this conference will be a retrospect as well as a final presentation of the activities and results within the project DONAUHANSE. The goal of this presentation is to point out the value of the project DONAUHANSE for the cities and regions along the Danube river. In addition to this presentations we would like to discuss the vision of a new DONAUHANSE project.

More information can be obtained from the invitation and agenda.