INTERREG III B CADSES

Neighbourhood Programme 2000 - 2006

Projects in progress

Second edition

Central European, Adriatic, Danubian, South-Eastern European Space spatial development

urban and rural development

immigration

transport systems

information society

landscape

culture

environmental protection

risk and water management Preface to the 2nd edition

On the occasion of the Annual As a consequence of the great Programme Conference, hosted by interest raised by the 1st edition the City of Vienna on 25-26 April of the “Projects in progress” book 2005, we were glad to present the and in order to meet the high first edition of the CADSES project demand coming from a wide variety book with descriptions of the of actors, we are presenting now projects approved under the INTER- the 2nd edition of the CADSES REG III B CADSES Programme. project book.

The aim of this book is to show In addition to the projects of the 1st how the priorities of INTERREG are and 2nd call, on the pages 86-87 fulfilled by the approved projects, you will also find a list of the 3rd call and to provide reference materials projects which have been approved for those who wish to develop new at the end of April 2005. At this partnerships and project ideas in stage some have not started their the field of spatial development. activities yet, and some are still being contracted. For this reason, 72 projects have been approved we can now provide only the in the first and second call between essential data for each of these 2002 and 2003, and cover all new projects. priorities of the programme. For each project you will find a More information on a specific description of the activities and the project (from publications and results expected, together with a dissemination activities, to public list of the partners involved, the events and results and outputs) budget and the duration of the can be found on the project's activities. A small map will also Website, if indicated, or can be show the territorial extension of provided by the contact person. the partnership and its transnational dimension. If you wish to learn more about the programme, you can contact Project information was compiled the JTS or visit us on the Web by the Joint Technical Secretariat at www.cadses.net. from data available in the applica- tion form, in the signed subsidy We hope you enjoy reading it! contracts and on the basis of the information delivered by the Lead INTERREG III B CADSES Partners. We would like to thank Joint Technical Secretariat all representatives of the projects for providing us with very useful July 2005 and updated material.

1 Index

1 Preface

4 Interreg III B CADSES Neighbourhood Programme

5 CADSES Countries and regions

7 Priority 1: Promoting spatial development approaches and actions for social and economic cohesion

Measure 1.1: Supporting joint strategies and actions for implementation 8 ADRI.FISH 9 CONSPACE 10 ESTIA-SPOSE 11 GO Network 12 IdeQua 13 Includ 14 InServNet 15 PLANET CENSE 16 RDA-net CEDA 17 SEEDS 18 SIC! 19 TECPARKNET 20 WEFneT

Measure 1.2: Shaping urban development, promoting urban networks and co-operation 21 C.A.R.E. 22 CITYREGIO 23 DONAUHANSE 24 LHASA 25 PROSIDE 26 READY 27 RIMED 28 TECNOMAN perspectives 29 UTN II 30 VITAL CITIES

Measure 1.3: Shaping rural development 31 COHESION 32 GOVERNET 33 SIMOCA

Measure 1.4: Spatial impact of immigration 34 WEST

35 Priority 2: Efficient and sustainable transport systems and access to the information society

Measure 2.1: Developing efficient transport systems with regard to sustainable development 36 CITY PORTS 37 D4D 38 I-Log 39 IMONODE 40 TWIST

Measure 2.2: Improving access to knowledge and the information society 41 B-CROSS 42 EMBRACE 43 GILDANET 44 I2E-INFOTECH TO EXTEND 45 INDE 46 ISA-MAP 47 SEITCO 48 TRANs-IT

2 49 Priority 3: Promotion and management of landscape, natural and cultural heritage

Measure 3.1: Protecting and developing cultural heritage 50 ARCHEOSITES 51 Development of a sustainable tourism 52 EST 53 HERMES 54 ITER 55 ROME 56 ROMIT 57 Transromanica 58 VILLAS

Measure 3.2: Protecting and developing natural heritage 59 IPAM 60 SISTEMaPARC 61 TWReferenceNET 62 WETLANDS II

Measure 3.3: Protecting and developing landscape 63 LOTO 64 REKULA 65 REVITAMIN 66 SURE

67 Priority 4: Environment protection, resource management and risk prevention

Measure 4.1: Promoting environmental protection and resource management 68 CER2 69 DRAVA RIVER BASIN PROJECT 70 ISOTEIA 71 KATER II 72 SAWWTACA 73 SMS VOSLESS 74 TAQI

Measure 4.2: Promoting risk management and prevention of disasters 75 RISK AWARE 76 S.I.S.M.A.

Measure 4.3: Promoting integrated water management and prevention of floods 77 CADSEALAND 78 ELLA 79 ILUP 80 NETWET 2 81 ODERREGIO 82 SUMAD

83 Contact

84 Project Index in alphabetical order

86 Newly approved projects

88 Imprint

3 INTERREG III B CADSES Neighbourhood Programme

Out of the three strands (A,B,C) of In this lively framework CADSES is the Community Initiative INTERREG faced with new challenges: the III, CADSES belongs to the B strand, enlargement and the Neighbour- addressing trans-european coopera- hood. Poland, Slovenia, Hungary, tion on a transnational level, whe- Czech and Slovak Republics received reas the cornerstone of strands A a new status on 1st May 2004, and C are cross-border cooperation they are members of the European and transregional cooperation Union now. Simultaneously the respectively. INTERREG III B CADSES programme was transformed into a "Neighbour- Around 200 million people, more hood" programme (NP). This kind than 15 nationalities and more than of programme is based on the 10 languages make CADSES unique. existing INTERREG programmes From the coasts of the Baltic Sea, along the border. The NP is a step over the mountains of the Central forward to develop a new financial Europe and the Hungarian plains, instrument for future cooperation the Austrian and Slovenian alpine in INTERREG (2007-2013). landscapes, CADSES stretches down to western Italy and Greece, CADSES has partitioned out the mis- thus including the Balkan regions, sion of INTERREG into the following the Republic of Moldova and part four priorities and twelve measures: of Ukraine.

Priority 1 Priority 2 Priority 3 Priority 4 Promoting spatial deve- Efficient and sustainable Promotion and manage- Environment protection, lopment approaches and transport systems and ment of landscape, resource management actions for social and access to the informa- natural and cultural and risk prevention economic cohesion tion society heritage •••••••••••••••• •••••••••••••••• ••••••••••••••••

Measure 1.1 Measure 2.1 Measure 3.1 Measure 4.1 Supporting joint strate- Developing efficient Protecting and Promoting environ- gies and actions for transport systems with developing cultural mental protection and implementation regard to sustainable heritage resource management development •••••••••••••••• •••••••••••••••• ••••••••••••••••

Measure 1.2 Measure 2.2 Measure 3.2 Measure 4.2 Shaping urban Improving access Protecting and Promoting risk development, promoting to knowledge and developing natural management and urban networks and the information society heritage prevention of disasters co-operation •••••••••••••••• •••••••••••••••• ••••••••••••••••

Measure 1.3 Measure 3.3 Measure 4.3 Shaping rural Protecting and Promoting integrated development developing landscape water management and prevention of floods ••••••••••••••••

Measure 1.4 Spatial impact of immigration

4 CADSES Countries and regions

Baltic Russia Sea Lith. Nether- lands Belarus

Poland Belg. Germany Lux. Ukraine Czech Republic France Slovakia Mol- Austria dova Switzerl. Hungary

Slovenia Romania Croatia Bosnia- Herzegov.

Serbia- Italy Black Montenegro Sea Bulgaria Mace- donia Albania

Mediterranean Sea Greece Turkey

Tunis Tunisia EU Regions/Member States Non EU Member States 0 200 km CADSES Membership applied

The co-operation area includes regi- Member States: Albania, Bosnia and ons belonging to nine EU-Member Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, States: Austria, Czech Republic, Federation of Serbia and Montene- Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, gro, Former Yugoslav Republic of Poland, Slovak Republic and Macedonia, Republic of Moldova, Slovenia as well as to nine Non-EU- Romania and Ukraine.

Albania ...... The whole country Austria ...... The whole country Bosnia Herzegovina ...... The whole country Bulgaria ...... The whole country Croatia ...... The whole country Czech Republic ...... The whole country Serbia and Montenegro . . . The whole country Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia . . . The whole country Germany ...... Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Mecklenburg- ...... Vorpommern, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, ...... Berlin, Brandenburg, Thüringen (all NUTS-II) Greece ...... The whole country Hungary ...... The whole country Italy ...... Puglia, Molise, Abruzzi, Marche, Friuli-Vene- ...... zia Giulia, Veneto, Emilia-Romagna, Lombar- ...... dia, Trentino-Alto Adige, Umbria, Basilicata Poland ...... The whole country Republic of Moldova . . . . . The whole country Romania ...... The whole country Slovak Republic ...... The whole country Slovenia ...... The whole country Ukraine ...... Odesska oblast, Zakarpatska oblast, Lvivska ...... oblast, Volynska oblast, Ivano-Frankivska ...... oblast, Chernivetska oblast

5 6 Priority 1 Promoting spatial development approaches and actions for social and economic cohesion

The major aim of this priority is to Measure 1.1 further enhance cooperation and Supporting joint strategies and actions for implementation networking between key actors of This measure aims at intensifying transnational cooperation of actors defining spatial development spatial development policies on both policies at different levels in order to achieve a greater coherence among policies related to, e.g., sides of the external EU border as regional development, environment, transport, urban and rural development. well as between NMS, Accession Countries and Third Countries. Measure 1.2 The addressees come from spatial Shaping urban development, promoting urban networks and co-operation planning, regional economic policy This measure is oriented towards urban development and a more polycentric settlement pattern. and spatially relevant sectoral and It aims at strengthening urban economies, promoting urban restructuring, etc. functional policies. All relevant levels of administration, i.e. local, regional, Measure 1.3 national, and European level, should Shaping rural development be represented in actions supported This measure supports actions which aim at strengthening and restructuring rural areas, under this priority. which is of particular importance for significant parts of the EU territory within CADSES, as well as for Accession Countries. Synergies with Rural Development Programs (RPD) in the EU Four areas of intervention Member States and possible co-financing from the SAPARD instrument should be considered. are foreseen: Measure 1.4 Spatial impact of immigration This measure deals with spatial aspects of migration. Its aim is to develop joint spatial policy strategies for the countries of origin and destination.

7 ADRI.FISH Promotion of Sustainable Fishery in Northern Adriatic Sea

Project description Results & Effects The ADRI.FISH. project is promoted At this stage, the ADRI.FISH. project by the Veneto Region (Lead Partner) has achieved the following results: in cooperation with the following 3 Establishment of the Socio-Econo- partners: in Italy the Friuli Venezia mic Observatory of the Northern Giulia Region, the Emilia-Romagna Adriatic fishery located in Chiog- Region, and Federcoopesca; in gia (Italy) and employing a trans- Measure 1.1 Croatia the Istrian Region; and in national staff, Slovenia the Municipality of Izola. 3 Setting up of the database and statistic reports for the Socio- The ADRI.FISH. project aims at tack- Economic Observatory, ling the several problems affecting 3 A transnational feasibility study the fishing sector in the Northern for the identification of strategic Adriatic Sea, in particular with refe- areas suitable for structural inter- rence to structural, economical and ventions; focused on the technical legislative barriers which separate evaluation proposal of the right the fishing actors of the Italian and typology, dimension, cost of Balkan coasts, despite the geogra- logistic and commercial structures phical closeness and the common in the Northern Adriatic Sea, historical background of both sides. 3 Establishment of the 1st Fishers' Association in the Istrian Region (HR) and the 1st Fishers' Centre in Izola (SI), 3 Organisation of 2 days of on- Lead Partner the-job training and 3 sessions of Regione Veneto, stages for fishers and operators Via Torino 110, from Croatia and Slovenia, 30172 Mestre – Venezia, 3 The ADRI.FISH. web site at ITALY The ADRI.FISH. project intends to fill www.adrifish.org (available in Ita- in the lack of knowledge which con- lian, English, Croatian and Slove- Contact Person cerns the Adriatic fishing sector and nian), with a specific section for Dott. Mario Richieri, to help the process of qualification the Socio-Economic Observatory, Tel: +39/ 041/ 2795581, and improvement of the added 3 Six issues of the ADRI.FISH. Fax: +39/ 041/ 2795504, value of fishing products at trans- Newsletter (also available on the E-mail: [email protected] national level, in order to stimulate project Web site). the development of the fishing sec- Project Partners tor in the Northern Adriatic area. Duration 1 Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, Udine, Italy Start 04/2002 1 Emilia Romagna Region, Bologna, Italy Main project activities include: End 04/2005 1 Federcoopesca, Rome, Italy 3 Creation of a Socio-Economic 1 Region of Istria, Pula, Croatia Observatory for the Northern Budget 1 Municipality of Izola, Izola, Slovenia Adriatic fishery, Total Budget EUR 1,971,000 3 Implementation of a feasibility thereof ERDF EUR 857,048 study for the identification of strategic areas, 3 Starting activities to promote new fishery SME associations in the Balkan area, 3 Pilot activities for qualifying, promoting and marketing fishing products of the Northern Adriatic Sea that include creating an exclusive trademark and defining a unique marketing strategy, 3 Promotion of an efficient exchan- ge of know-how and experience by establishing a network among all partners, stages; on-the-job training for operators and employees of the public body involved and finally a dedicated Internet portal.

8 www.adrifish.org CONSPACE Common Strategy Network for Spatial Development and Implementation

Project description strategy will be used for political The region involved faces a pre- acceptance procedures by all part- accession situation and is geographi- ners. The strategy will include goals cally and functionally an interface and visions, an identification of to future EU enlargement. The regi- resources and stakeholders, a defini- on is characterised by highly diversi- tion of development chances with fied types of landscapes and physical special emphasis on innovation and structures with a vast natural and structural change, a time table for Measure 1.1 cultural heritage. The system of cen- actions and a set of strategic measu- tral places is without a dominating res of implementation. agglomeration. The net of the north/ south and east/ west TEN- Furthermore, CONSPACE achieved and TINA-corridors creates a strong that: impact on accessibility, economic 3 Administrative bodies exchange location development, economic information on regional strategies, exchange and future prosperity. 3 Public institutions lobby in their regions for integrated spatial There has been a tradition of development, exchanging information within the 3 Partnership links are developing, region as part of the ALPS-ADRIA- 3 CADSES region network has been TIC working community and the maintained and extended, previous period of INTERREG. 3 Common planning guidelines, However, the administrative structu- plans or land use plans have been res, planning systems, planning developed, Lead Partner philosophies and systems of basic 3 Strategies/ perspectives for CAD- Office of the Government of Carinthia, information needed for regional SES subregions have been crea- Wulfengasse 13, development issues are still quite ted, 9020 Klagenfurt, different. The resulting inconsisten- 3 Participating regions are aware of AUSTRIA cies have a negative impact on supply/ demand inconsistencies a more balanced development of and act against it, Contact Person the region. 3 A considerable number of part- DI Peter Fercher, ners have improved their legislati- Tel: +43/ 463/ 536 32002, Results & Effects ve setting for better cooperation; Fax: +43/ 463/ 536 32007, The partners will use a set of core are promoting compatibility of E-mail: [email protected] planning data and indicators based their databases and information on compatible systems of GIS (Geo- instruments; have made use of Project Partners graphic Information Systems). These project results in their urban deve- 1 Office of the State Government of Styria, Graz, databases will be used as a tool for lopment and restructuring plans. Austria analysing transnational regional 1 Veneto Region - Spatial Planning Department, development indicators, for identify- Venice, Italy ing mutual impact of the accession 1 Province of Gorizia, Spatial Planning Office, process on both sides and for activi- Gorizia, Italy ties in environmental protection. The 1 Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, existing development plans and pro- Trieste, Italy grams and their planning procedures 1 Ministry of Environment, Ljubljana, Slovenia and approaches are analysed and 1 Ministry of Environmental Protection and Physical documented; the useful elements for Planning, Zagreb, Croatia the development of a transnational 1 County of Primorje & Gorski Kotar, Rijeka, Croatia development strategy are identified Duration 1 Region of Istria, Institute for Physical Planning, with a specific focus on the polycen- Start 04/2003 Pula, Croatia tric structure of the region, its natu- End 03/2006 1 South-Transdanubian Regional Development Agency, ral and cultural heritage, and on the Kaposvár, Hungary interconnection of its regional trans- Budget port networks to the TEN and TINA Total Budget EUR 2,046,875 corridors. The “to-do-list” lists fol- thereof ERDF EUR 838,000 low-up activities at different admini- strative or legal levels to secure a sustainable framework for common future action and recommendations for policy actions. The draft of a transnational regional development

www.conspace.info 9 ESTIA-SPOSE European Space – Territorial Indicators and Actions for a Spatial Planning Observatory in South-Eastern Europe

Project description Results & Effects ESTIA-SPOSE builds upon the expe- The main objective is to enhance the rience of the ESTIA project and ability of the SE European countries intends to develop actions for a to collaborate on spatial develop- Spatial Planning Observatory in ment and planning issues at transna- South-Eastern Europe, based on tional level through enhancing their an integrated system of territorial individual and collective ability to Measure 1.1 indicators fully compatible with the collect, elaborate and analyse spatial approach of ESDP and ESPON. data, similar to the ESPON program. The ESTIA-SPOSE project is establis- This system will be tested in selected hing a network of institutions that areas aiming to promote both con- operates on a common spatial ceptual understanding and operatio- planning observatory platform using nal compatibility. a system of common indicators.

The project has three main compo- The planned activities are: nents: 3 The elaboration of a Territorial 3 The Territorial Indicators System Indicators System (TIS), adapted (TIS) is the conceptual and to the SE European Space, methodological component of 3 The pilot application of indicators ESTIA-SPOSE. Its construction is (PAI) focusing in NUTS III areas the most decisive factor for the including major cities and deve- establishment of a SPOSE. It will lopment corridors in NUTS II, be based on the overall frame- 3 The establishment of a more solid Lead Partner work and the incoming results structure of a Spatial Planning University Research Institute of Urban Environment and of the European Spatial Planning Observatory Platform (SPOP) Human Resources, (Panteion University), Observatory Network (ESPON). (Network of National Focal Aristotelous 14, 3 The Pilot Applications of Indica- Points), complimenting ESPON 17671 Athens, tors (PAI) in selected areas is the and including the area of Western GREECE empirical component of ESTIA- Balkans (FY, Y, BA, AL), SPOSE. The applicability of the 3 Documentation including reports Contact Person TIS will be tested. and a comprehensive database Mr. Panagiotis Getimis, 3 The Spatial Planning Observatory allowing for more cooperation, Tel: +30/ 210/ 9247450, Platform (SPOP) will establish a 3 Meetings and workshops promo- Fax: +30/ 210/ 9248781, more solid network of agencies ting the exchange of information E-mail: [email protected] of spatial planning and develop- and the necessary conceptual ment that will support the opera- understanding and joint agenda Project Partners tion and discuss all conceptual, for future cooperation, 1 BBR - Federal Office for Building and Regional methodological and practical 3 A final conference for scientists, Planning, Bonn, Germany aspects of SPOSE based on TIS officials and politicians from all 1 Regione Abruzzo, L'Aquila, Italy and PAI in ESTIA-SPOSE space. ESTIA space and neighbouring 1 Regione Emilia-Romagna, Bologna, Italy CADSES countries. 1 OIR - Österreichisches Institut für Raumplanung, Vienna, Austria Duration 1 Urban & Spatial Planning Design Studio, Tirana, Start 10/2003 Albania End 06/2006 1 Ministry of Physical Planning and Environment, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Budget 1 Institute of Geography under Bulgarian Academy of Total Budget EUR 1,000,000 Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria thereof ERDF EUR 480,000 1 Ministry of Environmental Protection and Physical Planning, Zagreb, Croatia 1 Institute of Architecture and Regional & Urban Plan- ning of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro 1 Lychnidos, Centre for Sustainable Values, Ohrid, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 1 Centre for Regional Studies, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Pécs, Hungary 1 National Institute for Research and Development in Urban and Spatial PlanningBucharest, Romania 1 University of Lubljana - Faculty for Civil Engineering and Geodesy, Ljubljana, Slovenia

10 GO Network Guarantee Organisations Network

Project description Results & Effects The project is aimed at providing an 3 The "SME Guarantee Facility”, overview of existing experiences operated by the European Invest- with credit guarantee in the East ment Fund (EIF), is expected to European countries, identifying the be extended to even the accessi- current policy issues of credit gua- on countries in the context of the rantee development in Eastern Euro- Multi-Annual Programme for Ent- pe and recommending how the erprise and Entrepreneurship Measure 1.1 government can address specific 2001-2005 (MAP). Considering actions in order to create a more MAP enlargement also to the enabling environment. accession countries, the present project, in accordance with the In this context, the project aims EIF, will work on the creation of to create a pilot project, intended a favourable environment so that as a form of technical assistance to the guarantee organisations can the creation of a specific guarantee enjoy these benefits. system or to the implementation of 3 Definition of a system architecture an already existing guarantee sche- for managing the information on me. This project will enable develop- the enterprises with which each ment of new opportunities of invest- partner works. ment in the CADSES countries 3 Creation of common standards thanks to innovative tools such as: and operative methodologies new financial services, innovative among different Credit Guarantee activities aimed at creating new schemes in order to foster coope- Lead Partner business opportunities, assistance ration among SMEs and promote Veneto Region, Handicraft Department, in introducing counter-guarantee their development and internatio- Corso del Popolo 14, instruments nalisation. 30170 Mestre - Venezia, (by the Euro- 3 To set up a pilot project as a ITALY pean Invest- repeatable demonstration project, ment Fund) intended to launch a process of Contact Person and promo- development and integrations Mr. Maurizio Morelli, ting the which allows the widening and Tel: +39/ 041/ 2795891, development strengthening of the network. Fax: +39/ 041/ 2795894, of national E-mail: [email protected] co-guarantee Duration instruments. Start 11/2003 Project Partners End 06/2006 1 Interconfidi Nordest, Padova, Italy GO Network actions are intended 1 Finest S.p.A., Pordenone, Italy to improve companies' access to Budget 1 Regione Umbria, Perugia, Italy financial and banking services and Total Budget EUR 2,235,200 1 Regione Lombardia, Milan, Italy the search for innovative financial thereof ERDF EUR 1,038,640 1 Regione Abruzzo, Pescara, Italy instruments to support SMEs. 1 A.N.E.N.T. S.A, – Development Agency of Prefecture of Trikala, Trikala, Greece 1 AWSG - Austria Wirtschaftservice Gesellschaft mbh, Vienna, Austria 1 Czech-Moravian Guarantee and Development Bank, Prague, Czech Republic 1 IDA - Istrian Development Agency, Pula, Croatia 1 Podlaskie Voivodship, Bialystok, Poland 1 National Association of Small and Medium Business, Sofia, Bulgaria

www.gonetwork.info 11 IdeQua Establishment of an Identity- and Quality Axis from the Baltic Sea to the Aegean Sea – Strengthening Regional Identity and Structures of Centres

Project description Results & Effects The project searches identity dona- 3 Carrying out of the Kick-off mee- ting elements in the regional deve- ting in Crete (January 2005), lopment of different states in the 3 Implementation of a quality CADSES area - from the Baltic Sea management system (ISO 9001) across the German Low Mountain in a selected hotel in the State range, the Danube, the Carpathian of Brandenburg; the certification Measure 1.1 Mountains, the Balkans, the Black by an external auditor is planned Sea, the Rhodopes Mountains to the for May 2005, Aegean Sea. These identity-donating 3 Preparation of an international elements shall help people become quality management workshop in aware of the attractiveness of their Romania at the end of April 2005, region, to conserve traditional ways 3 Start of SWOT analyses in the of life and production especially City of Cottbus and the Munici- under the conditions of approaching pality of Dahme-Spree-Wald, the European Union and to create 3 Development of a team for regio- individual regional cycles. The Ide- nal design, Qua project will test effective 3 Survey on identity donating models for supporting regional elements, initiatives. 3 Marketing campaign, especially for tourism and for traditional The included area –with the excepti- products and products of local on of Greece– is a tourist route, crafts, frequented during the "socialist" 3 Development of regional brands, Lead Partner times, which shall be revitalised and 3 Establishment of craftsmen asso- Investitions-Bank des Landes Brandenburg, Department given new attractiveness. Hence, ciations, Unit INTERREG/ ERDF, the quality and quantity of tourist 3 Increase of investment and jobs Steinstrasse 104-106, offerings have to be adapted to in tourism, 14480 Potsdam, these increased expectations. This 3 Events for specific target groups GERMANY includes both marketing and high- (rock concerts, ecumenical con- lighting existing potential attractions certs), Contact Person and their infrastructure basis. 3 Promotion and employment of Mr. Pertti Hermannek, An IT-based marketing matrix of women, Tel: +49/ 331/ 6601605, one region will be created as a 3 IT-based marketing matrix, Fax: +49/ 331/ 6601718, model to be adapted individually 3 Support of regional actors for E-mail: [email protected] and used by all project partners. identification, improvement and marketing of unique characteri- Project Partners For improving the basis of tourism, stics of their region, 1 International Building Exhibition IBA Fürst-Pückler- selected organisations shall imple- 3 Development of durable, transna- Country GmbH, Großräschen, Germany ment quality management systems, tional partnerships, 1 District Dahme-Spreewald, Lübben, Germany which will be certified. 3 Route maps, tour guides in 1 City Council of Cottbus, Cottbus, Germany different forms, describing tourist 1 Hanseatic City of Rostock, Rostock, Germany offerings, 1 Herdergesellschaft, Rostock, Germany 3 Package tours: Package deals 1 German Association for Housing, Urban and Spatial including room and board and Development, Berlin, Germany entertainment, 1 KEA Vocational Development Centre, Rethymnon, 3 Examples for event management, Greece trained IT-specialists and Quality 1 Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Xanthi, representatives. Xanthi, Greece 1 ADR Centru Regional Development Agency, Duration Alba Iulia, Romania Start 11/2003 1 Town Turnov, Turnov, Czech Republic End 12/2006 1 “Black Sea” Romanian Business Centre, Mangalia, Romania Budget 1 Rhodopes Tourist Association, Smolian, Bulgaria Total Budget EUR 2,049,750 1 Union of Bulgarian Black Sea Local Authorities, thereof ERDF EUR 999,000 Varna, Bulgaria 1 Hungarian Tourist Board, Frankfurt/ Main, Germany 1 Romantic Hotel “Alte Försterei”, Kloster Zinna, Germany 1 City of Keszthely, Keszthely, Hungary

12 INCLUD INdustrial CLUster Development

Project description Results & Effects According to the EU countries’ The expected general effect of experience, the cluster model of InCluD is both to introduce Europe- production organization is a strong an experience concerning industrial impulse to stimulate innovation cluster system in non-EU countries as well as the enhancement of and to increase the sensitiveness SMEs, as seen as a way to overcome of all the participating bodies, but in a limited time problems arising not only, in front of the concept of Measure 1.1 from the necessity of the Non-EU cluster organisation and to develop countries in the present transition behaviour schemes to support it in period to deal with the challenge CADSES and in particular in the of international competition and non-EU countries. A network of globalisation. relationship, regulations and coope- ration agreements constitute the heritage left by the project. Another effect of the project is the develop- ment of the international relations- hip among local SMEs in the field of product marketing as well as commercial and technological agree- ments. The pilot experience will indi- cate the most appropriate tools to supply and further develop this net- A second point, not less important, work. It will also provide an estimate Lead Partner is the social problem, given that the of the costs-benefits parameter Regione Lombardia, cluster organisation can help coope- for approaching the cluster problem Via Sassetti 32/2, ration and networking between by creating a cluster service. 20124 Milan, businesses, between businesses and The general result is the demonstra- ITALY institutions and between businesses tion of the possibility of increasing and universities and research cent- the competitiveness of SMEs and Contact Person res, facilitating the development of consequently the job opportunities Mr. Federico Lottersberger, the society, especially in these and, in general, economic growth. Tel: +39 / 026/ 7654558, transition countries where the lack Fax: +39 / 026/ 7656361, of networking is particularly felt. Duration E-mail: [email protected] Start 12/2002 End 12/2004 Project Partners 1 Regione Emilia Romagna, Bologna, Italy Budget 1 Comune di San Daniele del Friuli, San Daniele del Total Budget EUR 2,745,600 Friuli, Italy thereof ERDF EUR 1,200,000 1 Regione Abruzzo, Pescara, Italy 1 Regione Marche, Ancona, Italy 1 Land Niederösterreich, Sankt Pölten, Austria 1 Eco Plus – Niederösterreich Regionale Entwicklungs- agentur, Vienna, Austria 1 Marshall’s Office of the Podlaskie Voivodship, Bialystok, Poland 1 Central Hungary Regional Development Agency, Budapest, Hungary 1 Romanian Centre for Economic Policies, Bucharest, Romania 1 Foundation for Entrepreneurship Development, Sofia, Bulgaria 1 Association of Innovative Entrepreneurship, Prague, Czech Republic

www.includ.net 13 InServNet Interregional Innovative Services Sector Network of Excellence

Project description transnational, inter-sector coope- Service sector enterprises are in most ration potential of regional SMEs cases SMEs with a great potential to and to support sustainable act flexibly and innovatively and to spatial development at this level. be the backbone of the regional 3 Database of service sector SMEs innovation process. In many cases and their network activities. this potential remains unused in 3 Survey on interregional cooperati- Measure 1.1 terms of transformation into sustain- on potentials of service sector able development and economic SMEs. growth, creation of new products, 3 Analyses of political, economic new employment and internationali- and infrastructure processes and sation possibilities. tendencies at regional, national and transnational level. The project aims at strengthening 3 Increased cooperation between relationships between companies, the regions in general and increa- administrations, innovation and sed number of cooperation of development organisations and rese- small and medium-sized compa- arch institutions in the participating nies in the services sector. regions, and fostering spatial inte- 3 Cooperation model in different gration by establishing and intensify- fields like joint learning, project ing cooperation between these development and innovation actors. There is a special focus on processes. small and medium-sized enterprises 3 Common project web platform in the innovative services sector. with information on the project Lead Partner and a cooperation platform for Telepark Bärnbach Errichtungs- und Betriebs GmbH, InServNet addresses the shortfall in innovative services sector enter- Hauptplatz 1, the collaboration potential of service prises. 8572 Bärnbach, sector SMEs by aiming at the elabo- 3 Pilot test of the applicability of AUSTRIA ration of guidelines for regional the platform and the cooperation and interregional innovation and for models and creation of a hand- Contact Person the support of these innovation pro- book including three thematic Mr. Erhard Kohlbacher, cesses. The goal is to support the regional and transnational spatial Tel: +43/ 3142/ 6155016, establishment of transnational, orga- development concepts focussing Fax: +43/ 3142/ 6155033, nisational and technological links on the pilot studies, a concept E-mail: [email protected] between industries, SMEs, the regio- for transferring the project results nal innovation system, stakeholders to other regions and a concept Project Partners and regional/ national administrative for transnational cross-sector co- 1 City of Graz, Graz, Austria bodies. operation. 1 Mind Consult & Research GmbH, Graz, Austria 3 Training, information and dissemi- 1 Veneto Union of Chambers of Commerce, Results & Effects nation activities at regional and Venice, Italy Expected and partly achieved results interregional level. 1 City of Gera, Gera, Germany and effects of this project are: 1 Id – Society for Development of Innovative Services 3 To overcome current regional Duration Ltd., Jena, Germany imbalances between EU Member Start 11/2003 1 Small Business Development Centre, Ljubljana, and Non-Member states as well End 10/2006 Slovenia as imbalances between rural 1 ProEco d.o.o., Ljubljana, Slovenia and urban areas by fostering and Budget 1 Technology Park Zagreb d.o.o., Zagreb, Croatia supporting the cooperation Total Budget EUR 1,574,000 1 Integra Futura d.o.o., Rijeka, Croatia potential between SMEs and local thereof ERDF EUR 810,000 1 Kapos Komplex Kht., Pécs, Hungary administrations, regional stakehol- ders, technology and regional innovation centres. 3 To provide a standardised innova- tive cooperation tool which should be transferred to and used by other regions to enhance the

14 www.inservnet.net PLANET CENSE PLAnners NETwork for CENtral and South-Eastern Europe

Project description Results & Effects PLANET CENSE is a network of 3 Establishment of a network national spatial planning institutions of planners at different levels and experts established as a conse- (national, regional and city), quence of VISION PLANET aimed 3 Transferring important European at pursuing and developing further spatial planning issues within the the policy options laid down in EU also to the Non-Member sta- the VISION PLANET documents. tes and checking their applicability Measure 1.1 to specific requirements of the The network will foster spatial inte- regions of the CADSES countries gration and a cross-sector dialogue independent of their formal with: accession status, 3 European Spatial Planning Gate- 3 Strategic spatial development way (ESP GATEWAY): an expert document for CADSES which dialogue, research information reflects on the current political and knowledge exchange on the developments and research results application and further develop- at European level, serving as a ment of ESDP. potential basis for ESDP plus, 3 The Forum for Territorial Impact 3 Territorial Impact Analysis, Analysis (TIAn FORUM) offers an 3 2 pilot projects providing new opportunity to develop and test perspectives for special implicati- the application of the planning ons of topical and future infra- instrument TIAn at transnational structure investment projects as and cross-sector level. well as cities’ urban development Lead Partner 3 The PLANET CENSE CONFEREN- activities likely to support the Austrian Institute for Regional Studies CE will review on expert level the development of new “Global Eco- and Spatial Planning, progress made in transnational nomic Integration Zones” (accor- Franz-Josefs-Kai 27, 1010 Vienna, AUSTRIA spatial development so far and ding ESDP) in CADSES, one select politically viable and sound potentially backed by promoting Contact Person measures for implementation in north-south rail connections bet- Mr. Peter Schneidewind, international (political) processes, ween the Baltic and Adriatic Seas, Tel: +43/ 1/ 533874720, Fax: +43/ 1/ 533874766, building on the results of ESP 3 A PLANET CENSE conference E-mail: [email protected] Gateway and TIAn FORUM. should guarantee the link from experts and the project to the Project Partners political level to other initiatives 1City of Vienna, Vienna, Austria 1Government of Land and organisations. Styria, Graz, Austria 1ÖBB, Austrian Federal Railways, Vienna, Austria 1Federal Ministry for Transport, Building Duration and Housing, Berlin, Germany 1Planning Authority of Start 11/2003 Land Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Schwerin, Germany End 10/2006 1Regione Emilia-Romagna, Bologna, Italy 1Regione Marche, Ancona, Italy 1Ministry of the Environment, Budget Spatial Planning and Energy, Ljubljana, Slovenia 1Mini- Total Budget EUR 1,210,000 stry for Transport, Innovation and Technology, Vienna, thereof ERDF EUR 610,000 Austria 1Joint Planning Authority of Länder Berlin-Bran- denburg, Potsdam, Germany 1Panteion University Athe- ns, Athens, Greece 1Co-Plan, Centre for Habitat Deve- lopment, Tirana, Albania 1National Centre for Regional Development, Sofia, Bulgaria 1Federal Ministry of Spatial Planning and Environment, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herze- govina 1 Ministry of Regional Development, Prague, Czech Republic 1VATI, Hungarian Public Non-profit Company for Regional Development Town Planning, Budapest, Hungary 1RKK, Hungarian Academy of Scien- ces, Pécs, Hungary 1Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning, Zagreb, Croatia 1Government Centre for Stra- tegic Studies, Warsaw, Poland 1INCD – URBANPRO- IECT, Bucharest, Romania 1Ministry of Construction and Regional Development, Bratislava, Slovakia 1IAUS, Insti- tute of Architecture and Urban and Spatial Planning of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro 1University Belgrade, Institute of Spatial Planning, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro 1German Association for Housing, Urban and Spatial Development, Berlin, Germany

15 RDA-net CEDA2 Regional Development Agencies network in the Central European, Danubian and Adriatic area

Project description Results & Effects RDA-net CEDA2 is a network of The project will attempt to increase regional development agencies the skills and capacities of staff wor- (RDAs) with a full set of services king in regional development to fill and tools for fostering and impro- the enormous requirements of socio- ving the partners’ capabilities in economic disparities in CADSES. An practical cooperation vis-à-vis the important effect will be the impro- Measure 1.1 challenges of EU enlargement. ved skills for managing and imple- menting regional development pro- RDA-net CEDA2 aims to: jects, and for cross-border and 3 Generate innovative projects for transnational cooperation. The pro- regional development of CADSES ject will give access to a broader by using the synergies of the knowledge base of regional deve- network's experts, lopment policies to help remote 3 Increase the competencies and regions in avoiding migration and human resources for management the 'brain drain'. The project can and implementation of regional already rely on the CEDA network development projects, especially set up under INTERREG IIC. To con- in a transnational and cross-bor- solidate and expand this network, der context in connection with RDA-net CEDA2 will reach a "critical Community Initiatives and Struc- mass" in order to make the network tural Funds, strong enough to become a solid 3 Promote sharing and exchanging mover and shaker in regional deve- on regional development issues, lopment on the EU/ NAC interface. Lead Partner 3 Extend the network of regional Regione Abruzzo, Piazza Santa Giusta 1, development experts and multiply Duration 67100 L’Aquila, ITALY its synergy potential for CADSES Start 10/2002 in terms of cooperation opportu- End 09/2005 Contact Person nities and a broad territorial Ms. Giovanna Andreola, coverage, Budget Tel: +39/ 0862/ 36 4215, Fax: +39/ 0862/ 36 4207, 3 Become a "network of competen- Total Budget EUR 2,913,995 E-mail: [email protected] ce" providing national and regio- thereof ERDF EUR 1,300,000 nal governments with recommen- Project Partners dations, advice and support on 1SITECH, Terni, Italy 1Regione Umbria, Perugia, Italy spatial development issues and 1Svim, Ancona, Italy 1Markland GmbH, Falkensee, Ger- policies; establishment of a many 1Regione Emilia Romagna , Bologna, Italy 1Regio- "virtual resource centre" for ne Lombardia, Milan, Italy 1Regione Molise, Campobas- methods, approaches and projects so, Italy 1Cosecon S.p.A., Conselve, Italy 1Strat IS, of regional development in a Gorizia, Italy 1Eco Plus - the Regional Development transnational and cross-border Agency of Lower Austria Ltd., Vienna, Austria 1Wirt- context must be examined. schaftsservice Burgenland AG, Eisenstadt, Austria 1Amt der Tiroler Landesregierung, Innsbruck, Austria 1Central Hungary Regional Development Agency, Budapest, Hun- gary 1Norda-Regional Development Agency of North Hungary, Miskolc, Hungary 1The Marshall’s Office of Malopolskie Voivodship, Krakow, Poland 1Regional Development Agency in Kralovsky Chlmec, Kralovsky Chlmec, Slovakia 1Agency for Regional Development Zilina, Zilina, Slovakia 1Trencin Self Governmental Regi- on, Trencin, Slovakia 1Regional Advisory and Informati- on Centre Trencin, Trencin, Slovakia 1SPIS Regional Development Agency, Spisˇská Nová Ves, Slovakia 1Regional Development Agency Ipel' -Hron, Sˇahy, Slovakia 1BIC of Attika, Athens, Greece 1Regional Development Agency of North Moravia and Silesia, Ostrava, Czech Republic 1Central Transdanubian Regio- nal Development Agency, Székesfehérvár, Hungary 1Agency of Regional Development and Cross-Border Cooperation , Uzhgorod, Ukraine 1Regional Develop- ment Agency Galanta, Galanta, Slovakia 1Regional Development Agency Komárno, Komárno, Slovakia 1City Municipality of Kranj, Kranj, Slovenia 1South-East Regional Development Agency, Braila, Romania

16 www.rda-ceda.net SEEDS Sustainable and Effective Entrepreneuship’s Development Scheme

Project description Results & Effects The SEEDS partnership aims to build 3 Establishment (in 9 partner struc- and test a coherent framework for tures) of units to support sustain- planning and implementing joint able entrepreneurship and inter- sustainable SME internationalisation nationalisation in CADSES strategies and actions in CADSES, (I.E.S.C.s). Establishment of a which will enable the effective sup- virtual network of all 27 partners. port of relevant actions. Elaboration of an Integrated Pilot Measure 1.1 Strategic Plan for sustainable The SME internationalisation process SMEs collaboration in the target needs to be considered as a part areas and implementation by ren- of the general spatial development dering global support to 45 SMEs strategies and to serve the imple- of the 3 project’s pilot sectors mentation of the European Spatial to conclude and start-up viable Development Perspective (ESDP). transnational business cooperation This is essential for achieving (3 clusters, 6 other partnerships). sustainable, harmonised and balan- 3 Sensitisation, training and dissemi- ced development in Central and nation events (total of 36). South-Eastern Europe. 3 Mobilisation of important actors for implementation (total of 80). In general the project creates a 3 Elaboration of 1 exploitation and ground for effective SME internatio- follow-up scheme per participa- nalisation, in a way that will promo- ting territory. te balanced and harmonised spatial 3 The existing structures for suppor- Lead Partner development mainly by networking ting SME development in the EU European Community Business and Innovation and supporting of the SMEs. project territories will be enriched Centre of Attika, and able to facilitate and promote Stadiou Str. 7, SME internationalisation in CAD- 10562 Athens, SES. They will gain direct access GREECE to information on the accession countries through the I.E.S.-Net. Contact Person 3 The accession territories concer- Dr. Dimitris Karydis, ned will be granted improved Tel: +30/ 210/ 33142301, structures for supporting entre- Fax: +30/ 210/ 3314232, preneurship’s sustainable develop- E-mail: [email protected] ment and SME transnational coo- peration. Project Partners 3 The prospects for attracting 1Athens Chamber of Small and Medium Industries investments and the business (ACSMI), Athens, Greece 1ETAT, Athens, Greece 1ETA- opportunities will be increased KEI, Kallithea, Greece 1ELKE, Athens, Greece 1Associati- due to the improved structures on of Balkan Regions, Kavala, Greece 1ETBAbank , and to the capability for rational Athens, Greece 1DIPEK, Thessaloniki, Greece 1ITD relevant strategic planning; the DIMITRA, Larissa, Greece 1ELKEDE, Metamorphosi, business ventures established Greece 1Region of Eastern Macedonia - Thrace, Komoti- during implementation will act as ni, Greece 1Alba Chamber of Commerce, Industry and examples for potential investors Agriculture, Alba Iulia, Romania 1Bulgarian Chamber of and entrepreneurs. Commerce and Industry, Sofia, Bulgaria 1Open Society Club, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria 1ARC Fund, Sofia, Bulga- Duration ria 1Region of Puglia, Bari, Italy 1Tecnopolis CSATA, Start 11/2003 Valenzano, Italy 1Region of Veneto, Venice, Italy 1Pro- End 10/2006 vincia di Treviso, Fontane di Villorba, Italy 1IRECOOP, Padova, Italy 1BIC Frankfurt , Frankfurt (Oder), Ger- Budget many 1Frankfurt Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Total Budget EUR 2,379,000 Frankfurt (Oder), Germany 1Cluj Chamber of Commerce thereof ERDF EUR 1,465,000 and Industry, Cluj Napoca, Romania 1District Admini- stration of Veliko Tarnovo, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria 1Social Entrepreneurship Centre, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulga- ria 1Industrial Association Veliko Tarnovo, Veliko Tarno- vo, Bulgaria 1Fundatia Pentru Educatie Si Sanatate, Bucharest, Romania

17 SIC! Sustrain Implement Corridor

Project description Results & Effects The SIC! project has the following SIC! will result in a transnational main objectives: infrastructure investment master 3 Definition of standards for infra- plan railways (bankable paper), structure rehabilitation and con- roads and nodes (passenger and struction in order to serve the cargo), optimising the trade-offs regions' needs concerning sustain- between. Measure 1.1 able development in all functional Further results are: hierarchies (regions-centres, 3 Regional development benefits centres-centres, regions-regions). through improved regional acces- Input for TEN-T and TINA rede- sibility by enlargement, finition. 3 National transport master plans 3 Clarification of the region's and and transnational network requi- centre's needs concerning trans- rements (TEN, TINA), port infrastructure and services. 3 Budgetary restrictions by sug- Quantification of the gesting PPP schemes for functio- region’s/centre’s effects of impro- nally and/or regionally defined ved accessibility. parts of the railway infrastructure. 3 Clarification of the improvements in regional GDP, added value, Additionally, SIC! will: employment, demography due 3 Support regional development to the accelerated generation of a strategies based on scenarios for Central European North-South future infrastructure links and City Network (Rostock-Berlin- corresponding changes of acces- Lead Partner Dresden-Prague-Brno-Vienna/ sibility, State Government Burgenland, Stabstelle Europabüro Bratislava-Györ- Sopron/ Eisen- 3 Clarify different effects of deve- und Statistik, Europaplatz 1, 7001 Eisenstadt, AUSTRIA stadt-Budapest-Szombathely/ lopment scenarios for a north- Oberwart-Zagreb). south corridor in Central Europe, Contact Person 3 Clarify the effects of the changed Mr. Heinrich Wedral, Tel: +430/ 2682/ 6002826, accessibility situation on regional Fax: +430/ 2682/ 6002927, E-mail: development opportunities of EU [email protected] enlargement in Central Europe, 3 Clarify conditions for private Project Partners investment in transport infrastruc- 1 State Government Vienna, Chief Executive Office, ture required for a sustainable Vienna, Austria regional development. SIC! will 1 Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology, increase the transparency of Vienna, Austria ongoing corridor-related program- 1 State Government Lower Austria, St. Pölten, Austria mes and projects by introducing 1 State Government Upper Austria, Linz, Austria SIPP, a Meta-Database on rele- 1 State Government Carinthia, Klagenfurt, Austria 3 Input for TEN-T redefinition and vant projects in the area (spatial 1 Freistaat Sachsen, Staatsministerium des Inneren, TINA revision. planning, transnational transport Dresden, Germany 3 Bridging the financial gap bet- infrastructure and organisation). 1 Gemeinsame Landesplanung Berlin – Brandenburg, ween public budgets and infra- Potsdam, Germany structure funding necessity. Duration 1 Freistaat Thüringen, Staatskanzlei, Erfurt, Germany Start 01/2003 1 Ministry for Regional Development, Prague, Czech End 01/2006 Republic 1 Ministry of Transport and Communications, Prague, Budget Czech Republic Total Budget EUR 2,175,000 1 Vas County Road Management, Szombathely, thereof ERDF EUR 1,035,000 Hungary 1 Ministry of Environment, Bratislava, Slovakia 1 Marshall’s Office of the Wroclaw Province, Wroclaw, Poland 1 Ministry for Labour and Construction Mecklenburg - Vorpommern , Schwerin, Germany 1 County Institute for Sustainable Development, County of Primorje and Gorski Kotar, Rijeka, Croatia 1 Regione del Veneto – giunta regionale, Venice, Italy 1 Ministry of Transport, Building and Housing (BMVBW), Berlin, Germany

18 www.sustrain-ic.net TECPARKNET Science and TEChnology PARK cooperation in EU-Future Region

Project description Results & Effects TECPARKNET is rooted in the vision The general effect expected by this of the EU-Future Region – a political project is an upgraded level of initiative promoted by partners in economic and social integration in the neighbouring regions of 5 Euro- the cooperation area of neighbou- pean states (Austria, Italy, Croatia, ring Member states (A, I) and Non- Hungary and Slovenia). This Europe- Member states (HU, SLO, CRO) in an area offers a lot of interesting order to create a long-term network. Measure 1.1 and attractive potential in the fields More specifically the following effects will be expected from project implementation: 3 The integration of selected sectors and value added chains at trans- national level, 3 The use of growth potential by increasing markets and participati- on of SME, 3 The increase of regional and eco- nomic efficiency by using of com- of technology, business and science plementary advantages of the infrastructure for transnational coo- partners, peration, but there are significant 3 The extension of existing bilateral disparities between the regions in and trilateral relations between the territory, which reduces the partners at transnational level, Lead Partner potential of social and economic 3 Reduction of existing imbalances Innofinanz – Steiermärkische Forschungs- und integration as well as the growth between the partner regions, Entwicklungsförderungsges.m.b.H., potential of the partners, economic 3 Improvement of interactions bet- Nikolaiplatz 2, sectors, local institutions and parks; ween scientific institutions and 8020 Graz, mostly they are acting at regional industry, in particular SME, AUSTRIA level, but not integrated at transna- 3 Access to special high-level skills, tional level, unsatisfactory interac- know-how and experts in each Contact Person tions between research, university partner region for all actors invol- Mr. Peter Perkonigg, institutions and industry at transna- ved, thus to enhance competiti- Tel: +43/ 316/ 7095 0, tional level, low level of shared veness of the entire cooperation Fax: +43/ 316/ 7095 95, information, technology transfer and area, E-mail: [email protected] networking among the regional 3 Higher level of motivation, activa- actors are very common, thus a lot tion and integration of SMEs for Project Partners of synergetic potential is not used to cooperation projects on transna- 1 Wirtschaftsservice Burgenland AG WIBAG, Eisenstadt, the fullest by the partner regions. tional level, Austria 3 Creation of a sustainable network 1 Entwicklungsagentur Kärnten GmbH, Klagenfurt, and partnership of technology Austria parks in the cooperation area, 1 Consorzio per l` Area di Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologi- 3 Transfer of shared experiences ca di Trieste , Trieste, Italy and best practices to the partners 1 Regione Veneto, Mestre, Italy with special benefits for partners 1 Ministry of Economy, Ljubljana, Slovenia in Non-Member states. 1 West-Pannon Regional Development Agency, Sopron, Hungary 1 Technology Park Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia 1 Technology Innovation Centre Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia

Duration Start 05/2003 End 08/2005

Budget Total Budget EUR 1,250,000 thereof ERDF EUR 500,000

www.tec-park.net 19 WEFneT Women Engendering the Finance Network (WEFneT)

Project description Results & Effects The project is based on the Women Obtained outcomes so far: Resource Centres as an instrument 3 10 Resource Centres for Women of local development with a gender have been created, perspective. 3 The already existing Resource Centres have been implemented Their main objective is represented and enriched with new services, a Measure 1.1 by attaining local development Network of Resource Centres for through an increased participation Women in Central Europe, Adria- of women –both in quantity and in tic Europe, Danubian Europe and quality– in economic, political and South-Eastern Europe was crea- social life. ted, able to offer psychological, managerial and financial support, The Women Resource Centres are a information, consultancy and coordination service of the territorial technical assistance to women of actions and actors engaged in those the involved countries, issues; it also offers counselling 3 About 200 local administrators services and territorial sensitisation. were trained and assisted in order to develop new competencies WEFneT transnational cooperation with a gender approach, is particularly focused on: 3 About 20 Resource Centres Ope- 3 Enlargement of the Women rators were trained in order to Resource Centre Network in develop skills and abilities to set CADSES in order to intensify the up and manage the structures, Lead Partner cooperation between business 3 About 10 new enterprises started Regione Puglia, Councillorship for Professional Training, and social infrastructure for regio- up. Viale L. Corigliano 1, 70123 Bari, ITALY nal innovation, 3 Identification of a common model Duration Contact Person to favour the access to credit for Start 01/2004 Mr. Giovanni Copertino, Tel: +39/ 080/ 5343787, women entrepreneurs in coopera- End 12/2006 Fax: +39/ 080/ 5407616, tion in the regional government, E-mail: [email protected] financial institutions, public and Budget private organisations, Total Budget EUR 2,970,586 Project Partners 3 Set-up and managing of an e- thereof ERDF EUR 1,300,000 1 BIC Puglia Sprind Srl, Noci, Italy community in the territorial area 1 Consorzio ETIMOS – Choros Servizi, Padova, Italy involved in the project of women 1 Centro di Iniziativa Europea soc. coop. A r.l., entrepreneurs, women association Milan, Italy and all those structures that pro- 1 Università degli Studi di Bari – Equal Opportunities mote the women role in the local Commission, Bari, Italy development process. Also to 1 FORMAPADOVA piccola s.c.a.r.l., Padova, Italy train and assist about 200 local 1 Codess Sociale, Venezia Mestre, Italy administrators in developing new 1 Municipality of Taranto, Taranto, Italy competencies for local develop- 1 Province of Lecce, Lecce, Italy ment with a gender approach. 1 Municipality of Statte, Statte, Italy 1 Regione Veneto – Equal Opportunities Commission, Venice, Italy 1 Province of Taranto, Taranto, Italy 1 Municipality of Molfetta, Molfetta, Italy 1 Province of Venice, Venice, Italy 1 Municipality of Tricase, Tricase, Italy 1 LOWTECH GmbH, Berlin, Germany 1 Municipality of Skydra, Skydra, Greece 1 Independent Forum for the Albanian Women, Tirana, Albania 1 The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania and Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania 1 Association for Women Entrepreneurship Develop- ment, Bucharest, Romania 1 T.I.S.E. s.a., Warsaw, Poland

20 C.A.R.E. Accessible Cities of European Regions

Project description Results & Effects The project would like to underline A fundamental result since the Pro- that accessibility is a primary aspect ject CARE began is the analysis of for determining the whole plea- the demands which residents and santness of a city and an important tourists with special needs make of aspect for enhancing the quality of a host city. It is the most current life of all citizens, including the tem- and exhaustive European study ever porary residents like tourists, and is made, involving as it does 6,545 Measure 1.2 also an important factor for the pro- interviews with residents and tourists with special needs. Also a shared manual on how to correctly commu- nicate disability and accessibility has been produced. It can be of use to any operator dealing with the mat- ter, also in the shorter version. A lot of work has been devoted to create a unified image of the project in order to make CARE a brand of an idea with whom the tourist system as a whole can identify itself: motion and qualitative development a network of accessible services and of urban areas. The logic of city structures between cities in Europe accessibility is always related to using the same methodology to a complete fruition of a series of detect accessibility. Lead Partner structures by citizens and tourists, Regione Emilia-Romagna, but above all services devoted to Duration Viale Aldo Moro 64, persons with "special" needs. The Start 01/2004 40127 Bologna, project aims to create accessible End 12/2005 ITALY urban thematic routes (i.e. from the railroad to hotels and restaurants, Budget Contact Person to the tourist information centre, to Total Budget EUR 2,008,359 Dott. Raffaele Spiga, monuments or to exhibitions). thereof ERDF EUR 1,061,232 Tel: +39/ 051/ 283353, Fax: +39/ 051/ 283380, The project starts with redefining E-mail: [email protected] and adapting to a larger number of urban ambit using the Igv-vae Project Partners methodology, which at the moment 1 Municipality of Bologna, Bologna, Italy only applies to the buildings, and 1 Municipality of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy aims to point out all the other para- 1 Municipality of Forlì, Forlì, Italy meters that identify accessibility in 1 Lombardia Region, Milan, Italy the remaining part of the city terri- 1 Aias – Italian Association for Spastic Help, Milan, Italy tory. The project will focus on the 1 Umbria Region, Perugia, Italy creation of a common protocol of 1 Province of Ancona, Ancona, Italy communication for supporting an 1 Province of Pesaro-Urbino, Pesaro, Italy informative network made of local 1 Si può Association, Ferrara, Italy networks, data collection and imple- 1 Venice Card – City of Venice, Venice, Italy mentation of pilot actions. As under- 1 Bildungsinstitut PSCHERER GmbH/ Tourismusverband lined in ESDP, the emergence of Vogtland e.V., Lengenfeld, Germany urban networks can be advantage- 1 City of Gera, Gera, Germany ous for regional development becau- 1 Atempo Association, Graz, Austria se it improves the range of services 1 Thessaloniki Prefecture, Thessaloniki, Greece offered specifically, in the framework 1 Pentru Dezvoltare Regionala Nord-Est, Piatra-Neamt, in the field of accessibility and the Romania economic conditions of the region and thereby increasing its competiti- veness.

21 CITYREGIO Regional Economic Development through City-surrounding Cooperation

Project description Results & Effects CITYREGIO Expected outcomes of the project addresses the are following: problems arising 3 Improvement of regional competi- from the different tiveness through economic cluster paces and accents development and knowledge, of economic exploitation and strengthening of Measure 1.2 development bet- endogenous potentials (locations, ween centres and labour forces and human resour- their surrounding ces, branch competences), scienti- areas and the problems with their fically gained expertise on future impact on spatial development. location and spatial development factors and on the demands of CITYREGIO analyses the mutual a knowledge based economy, interdependence of centres and their 3 Preparation and development of surroundings. The project approa- currently missing tools for com- ches cities and the surrounding mon intraregional spatial develop- districts as a unity as far as regional ment actions (information system, economic development is concer- location pools, support of regional ned. Under this aspect traditional management by one-stop shop- administrative areas become ping, regionally coordinated steps obstacles. Issues of economic deve- for location development and lopment, spatial planning, location planning measures for invest- management, and development of ments), Lead Partner human resources and capacities are 3 Set-up of objective-oriented City of Leipzig, Department for Economics and Labour, not adequately addressed by local cooperation measures between Neues Rathaus, and regional authorities without administrations, firms, planning 04092 Leipzig, close cooperation. institutions of cities and surroun- GERMANY ding areas as well as between the CITYREGIO addresses this problem project regions, Contact Person in a transnational cooperation of 3 Added value for each region by Mr. Michael Schimansky, the regions of Linz (Austria), Plzen exchanging knowledge, experien- Tel: +49/ 341/ 1235810, (Czech Republic) and Leipzig (Ger- ces and regional information as Fax: +49/ 341/ 1235825, many), which are characterized by a step for further transnational E-mail: [email protected] a number of similar development cooperation. issues and by geographical proximity Project Partners in the central CADSES area. Duration 1 State Oberösterreich, Linz, Austria Start 01/2003 1 Regional Development Agency of Pilsen region, End 12/2005 Plzen, Czech Republic 1 District of Leipziger Land, Borna, Germany Budget 1 District of Muldentalkreis, Grimma, Germany Total Budget EUR 2,164,000 1 District of Delitzsch, Delitzsch, Germany thereof ERDF EUR 1,305,000 1 City of Linz, Linz, Austria 1 Regional Forum Linz-Land, Linz, Austria 1 EUREGIO Bayerischer Wald/ Böhmerwald - Regional Management, Freistadt, Austria 1 Technology and Marketing GmbH Oberösterreich, Linz, Austria 1 City of Plzen, Plzen, Czech Republic 1 Association of Municipalities of Plzen Region, Plzen, Czech Republic 1 Business and Innovation Centre Plzen, Plzen, Czech Republic 1 University of West Bohemia, Plzen, Czech Republic

22 www.cityregio.net DONAUHANSE Network of Danubian Cities for Economic Cooperation

Project description Results & Effects DONAUHANSE is a network of A new and sustainable network of cities connected by the River Danu- Danube cities (of a yet undefined be. The project's aim is to foster character): Donauhanse comprising the economic prosperity of its citi- approx. 25 municipalities from 12 zens by enhanced cooperation bet- countries of CADSES. ween administrations and the busin- 3 Intensified contacts between ess sectors of the participating cities, the city authorities competent Measure 1.2 by cooperative marketing activities for economic development, both on the level of the cities and tourism and international trans- the level of special economic sectors port (including ports). of common interest (eg, tourism, 3 An elaborated marketing strategy creative industries, transport and and a logo for River Danube trading) by supporting the urban tourism. economies of the participating cities. 3 Several studies on the cities’ economic potentials and strate- Focal points of the cooperation are: gies, including ports and urban 3 to strengthen the cities as hubs river bank development. of "the Stream of Wealth", 3 Joint presentation at Expo Real, 3 to enhance the contribution of trade fair for commercial real the Danube waterway to the estate, and at other exhibitions development of the cities, and fairs. 3 to amalgamate the river with 3 Integration of additional destina- urban development. This initial tions into the River Danube Lead Partner Donauhanse project aims primari- tourism. City of Vienna, Department for Economical and Technical ly to define and establish the con- 3 Extension of the River Danube Development, Ebendorferstrasse 2, 1082 Vienna, ceptual and organisational frame- bicycle path and relaunching AUSTRIA work and identify concrete areas bicycle tourism from Ulm to and projects of cooperation. Some Sulina on the Black Sea Contact Person of the envisaged results are the Mr. Josef Kramhöller, joint presentation at Expo Real, Duration Tel: +43/ 1/ 400086411, trade fair for commercial real Start 01/2003 Fax: +43/ 1/ 40009986411, estate, and the extension of the End 12/2006 E-mail: [email protected] Danube River bicycle path. Budget Project Partners Total Budget EUR 1,900,000 1 City of Vienna – Municipal Department for EU- thereof ERDF EUR 950,000 Strategy Economic Development Vienna, Austria 1 Austrian Federal Ministry for Economics and Labour, Vienna, Austria 1 Economic Region Danube Cities, Deggendorf, Germany 1 Danube Lower Austria Tourism Company, Spitz an der Donau, Austria 1 Danube Office Ulm, Ulm, Germany 1 City of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary 1 County Right City of Gyor, Gyor, Hungary 1 Visegrad Mayor Office , Visegrad, Hungary 1 Municipality of Rousse, Rousse, Bulgaria 1 The City Hall of Drobeta Turnu Severin, Drobeta Turnu Severin, Romania 1 Giurgiu City Hall, Giurgiu, Romania 1 Galatz City Hall, Galatz, Romania 1 Sulina Mayorality, Sulina, Romania 1 Odessa City Council, Odessa, Ukraine 1 City of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro 1 City Council Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro 1 Smederevo Municipality, Smederevo, Serbia and Montenegro 1 Municipal Assembly of Kladovo, Kladovo, Serbia and Montenegro

23 LHASA Large Housing Areas Stabilisation Action

Project description Results & Effects Throughout CADSES, large housing Since quality of living and housing is areas, often on the outskirts of a vital location factor, not only for major cities, are essential for the the housing business, the large hou- future quality of life in urban areas. sing estates take an important role In Eastern and Central Europe, pre- in the development of competitive fabricated housing slabs that house regional centres. In the new EU Measure 1.2 about 30 million inhabitants domi- member states shift and organisation nate. East German prefabricated of ownership, shortages of living housing areas show today problems space and physical decay of the buil- of increasing vacancy and fluctuati- dings are the main concerns today. on – through the dangers of social decline and indirectly leading to Examples from Berlin show that with urban sprawl. The problems in the appropriate reconstruction measures new Member states differ at pre- large housing estates can be redesi- sent, yet are similar in the long- gned to convenient living spaces term. Still, presenting the dominant and that there are solutions to the form of residence in many cities, question of ownership rights. ownership, shortages of living space and physical decay of the buildings The problems mentioned before will are the main concerns today. be discussed within the four major themes of the project: urban deve- Building on the experiences of the lopment, revitalisation, participation City of Venice and the East German and local economies. LHASA will Lead Partner cities of Berlin (district of Marzahn- address these categories of pro- Borough Marzahn-Hellersdorf of the City of Berlin, Hellersdorf) and Leipzig, which have blems. Mayor of the Borough, transformed much faster than their Alice-Salomon-Platz 3, counterparts in Central and Eastern Whereas the partners from the new 12591 Berlin, EU–Member States will benefit from GERMANY the transfer of experience and plan- ning expertise from the German and Contact Person Italian partners, which will prepare Mr. Dr. Uwe Klett, the investments necessary to ensure Tel: +49/ 30/ 902932001, the regional and social cohesion in Fax: +49/ 30/ 902932005, East and Central European Coun- E-mail: [email protected] tries, the partners from Italy and Germany will carry out innovative Project Partners pilot measures to hinder social 1 Real Estate and Project Management Ltd. Berlin segregation and deterioration of the (iprom), Berlin, Germany Europe, the project will provide solu- living environment. The findings of 1 City of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany tions for the further development of the latter will be presented to a 1 German Association for Housing, Urban and Spatial those areas in urban planning, hou- wider audience of interested actors Development, Berlin, Germany sing development, local economy in the CADSES region and beyond. 1 City of Venice, Venice, Italy and quality of life. LHASA aims to 1 Local Council of the 15th District of Budapest Capital, contribute to the stabilisation of Duration Budapest, Hungary large housing areas by integrated Start 04/2003 1 Residential Building Cooperative Praga of the City planning efforts (zoning plans), End 03/2006 of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland new initiatives for the reconstruction 1 Townhall Tychy, Tychy, Poland of the housing estate and possibili- Budget 1 Centre for Community Organizing, Banská Bystrica, ties to reuse vacant buildings, and Total Budget EUR 1,698,670 Slovakia through pilot measures to improve thereof ERDF EUR 1,000,000 1 City of Plzen, Plzen, Czech Republic employment and social inclusion.

24 www.lhasa-online.net PROSIDE Promoting Sustainable Inner Urban Development

Project description Results & Effects Due to the political, social and eco- Overall objective of PROSIDE is to nomic structural changes of the 90s ensure that the plans of private in various European cities many for- investors are in line with municipal mer industrial or commercially-used needs for sustainable urban deve- areas were abandoned. The negative lopment within a short and adequa- impact of these areas on the quality te time frame while enhancing the of urban life reach far beyond the rehabilitation of industrial sites and Measure 1.2 site itself. The conversion process of areas with private funds. former commercially-used brown fields located in inner city districts shows that the projects of investors In Stuttgart as well as in Milan the are often at odds with the ideas of PROSIDE methodology of a test- municipal authorities on sustainable planning has already been imple- inner urban development. These mented. Planning teams established conflicting interests create a “step-by-step” developments for deadlock caused by the existing the PROSIDE areas, while keeping administrative tools. the activities of the surrounding areas in mind. Experts in the other PROSIDE improves urban develop- working groups analysed the envi- ment and ensures that natural areas ronmental situations, the demands are preserved, and run-down areas and wishes of private investors, and restored. Quality of life and environ- the administrative structure within mental quality in inner cities will be the municipalities involved in a revi- Lead Partner clearly enhanced by private inve- talisation process. All these findings UW Umweltwirtschaft GmbH, stors. PROSIDE communication tools were brought together and complied Friolzheimer Str. 3, are a contribution to the CADSES in one recommendation per partner 70499 Stuttgart, information society, providing a city. These recommendations, which GERMANY database for private investors and were handed over to the municipal promoting communication between and political stakeholders in Stutt- Contact Person all municipal departments as well as gart and Milan, pave the way to a Dr. Thomas Ertel, a better involvement of European sustainable development in these Tel: +49/ 711/ 98978123, society and the relevant socio-eco- areas. Fax: +49/ 711/ 98978100, nomic units early in the develop- E-mail: [email protected] ment process. Project Partners The planning tools bring together 1 Municipality of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany the objectives of implementing a 1 Budapest Urban Planning Ltd., Budapest, Hungary more balanced social and economic 1 Universität Karlsruhe, Institut für Städtebau und development of inner urban areas, Landesplanung, Karlsruhe, Germany and reducing environmental dama- 1 KWI Consultants & Engineers, Vienna, Austria ge. Furthermore the PROSIDE 1 Ziviltechniker GmbH, Vienna, Austria approach reduces the timeframe 1 Municipality of Milan, Milan, Italy for future investor-driven planning 1 Municipality of Lodz , Lodz, Poland activities and will increase the suc- 1 Municipality of Ploiesti, Ploiesti, Romania cess rate of privately funded rehabi- Duration litation projects. It is a supplemental Start 03/2003 measure for strengthening the End 03/2006 market economy in the MOE coun- tries and will contribute to impro- Budget ving the financial situation of muni- Total Budget EUR 2,139,000 cipalities in general. thereof ERDF EUR 920,500

The cooperation of different cities with various spatial conditions in CADSES will improve the horizontal exchange of experiences in spatial and environmental planning. Additionally the cooperation of university institutions with public administration bodies and private companies enhances the direct information flow and know-how transfer between basic research and practical application. www.proside.info 25 READY Rehabilitation and Development in Mining Regions

Project description Results & Effects Large-scale environmental impact Following results will be expected and urban development problems from project implementation: are a barrier to structural change 3 Founding an international net- throughout the mining regions of work of mining cities with 50 to CADSES. In many cases a mono- 100 members in the beginning, structure economy, the prevalence development of a concept for a Measure 1.2 of paternalistic structures, the nega- Central and Eastern European tive image and the persistence of Network of Mining Cities and environmental damages with a Regions (NMCR), remaining element of risk require 3 Recommendations for policies and an integrated approach. actions of the European Union to strengthen the position of mining READY aims to strengthen the com- cities (interim reports, newsletters, petitive ability of mining cities and brochures, final report, etc.), mining regions in Central and 3 Scientific reports about strategies, Eastern Europe by improving their general framework, positive and ecological, social and economic negative factors of local and situation. It addresses major plan- regional development, results ning and development issues with of local and regional actions; special consideration to the situation 2 conference proceedings, print- in Austria, Bulgaria, the Czech Repu- outs from the 6 meetings of the blic, Germany, Italy, Romania and steering group, Slovakia. 3 7 development concepts for Lead Partner mining cities and regions on the City of Oelsnitz/ Erzgebirge, Mayor's office, Rathausplatz The three main basis of existing concepts, 1, 09376 Oelsnitz/ Erzgebirge, GERMANY objectives suppor- 3 20 feasibility studies for key pro- ting this aim are: jects (partners with development Contact Person providing incenti- concepts and desire to implement Mr. Hans-Ludwig Richter, Tel: +49/ 37298/ 3811, ves for structural them), marketing concepts, Fax: +49/ 37298/ 3833, E-mail: [email protected] changes in former 3 7 other measures preparing for mining cities and investment actions, Project Partners regions by accom- 3 12 small-scale investments in the 1 Institute of Ecological and Regional Development plishing new development perspec- run-up to bigger investments (IOER), Dresden, Germany tives, initiation of a new quality of (e.g., establishing the office of the 1 City of Gräfenhainichen, Gräfenhainichen, Germany transnational mutual cooperation by international network, info point, 1 City of Johanngeorgenstadt, Johanngeorgenstadt, establishing a high-performance net- tourist trail through an old mining Germany work and increasing the political area). 1 City of Lugau, Lugau, Germany attention for disadvantaged mining 1 City of Meuselwitz, Meuselwitz, Germany cities and regions by coordinated Duration 1 Municipality of Schlema, Schlema, Germany actions. Start 12/2003 1 City of Schöneck, Schöneck/ V., Germany End 11/2006 1 County of Wittenberg, Lutherstadt Wittenberg, READY includes four types of activi- Germany ties: local activities in the participa- Budget 1 City of Zwickau, Zwickau, Germany ting cities, intensive international Total Budget EUR 2,204,152 1 Saxon State Ministry of Interior, Dresden, Germany networking, founding an European thereof ERDF EUR 1,500,000 1 EURO NOVA Industrial and Commercial Centre, network of mining cities and support Arnoldstein, Austria for local implementation of strate- 1 Municipality of Arnoldstein, Arnoldstein, Austria gies and measures. 1 Municipality of Bad Bleiberg, Bad Bleiberg, Austria 1 University of Graz, Institute for Geography and Spatial Research, Graz, Austria 1 Regional Council, Department for Industry, Public Transport and Economy, Bolzano, Italy 1 City of Chodov, Chodov, Czech Republic 1 City of Horní Slavkov, Horní Slavkov , Czech Republic 1 City of Baia Sprie, Baia Sprie, Romania 1 Horna Nitra Region, Prievidza, Slovakia 1 Velky Krtis Region, Velky Krtís, Slovakia 1 City of Ziar nad Hronom, Ziar nad Hronom, Slovakia 1 Municipality of Razlog, Eleshnitza, Bulgaria 1 City of Tvardica, Tvardica, Bulgaria

26 RIMED Regional Integration and Metropolitan Development of South Eastern Europe

Project description Results & Effects This project attempts to deal with This project is expected, first of all, three serious and interacting pro- to improve cooperation and esta- blems of South Eastern Europe: blish networks of interaction among increasing spatial inequality, serious major cities in South Eastern Europe. geographical and economic frag- In that sense it contributes to the mentation and unbalanced or even general goals of the EU and the anarchic growth leading to further international community to promote Measure 1.2 concentration of activities. The latter stability, integration and cooperation may lead to congestion, pollution, in the region. In addition, the project environmental degradation and soci- is expected to contribute to a balan- al segregation, which threaten to ced and polycentric spatial develop- undermine the prospects of large ment in the wider context of South cities for sustainable development. Eastern European space by suppor- ting selected cities with a joint stra- tegy of metropolitan development, which has a strong preference for regional cohesion and spread effects to metropolitan hinterlands. Other important effects include the impro- vement of local governance through network-based transfers of know- how and experience. Lead Partner Duration University of Thessaly, This project proposes a strategy of Start 01/2003 Argonafton & Filellinon Str., development for South Eastern End 06/2005 38221 Volos, Europe which will be based on GREECE transnational networks of cooperati- Budget on and will promote polycentric Total Budget EUR 1,162,000 Contact Person urban development with strong thereof ERDF EUR 549,000 Prof. K.I. Gourgoulianis, spread effects to the hinterlands of Tel: +302/ 4210/ 74528, the large cities. The project is based Fax: +302/ 4210/ 36707, on a network of cooperation among E-mail: [email protected] four important cities in the region – Sofia, Skopje, Tirana and Thessaloni- Project Partners ki– and involves administrative func- 1 Democritus University of Thrace, Komotini, Greece tions and scientific institutions from 1 Thessaloniki Organisation, Thessaloniki, Greece all of them. 1 Cyril and Methodius University, Faculty of Economics, Skopje, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 1 University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geo- desy, Department of Urban Planning, Sofia, Bulgaria 1 City of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria 1 Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Economics, Sofia, Bulgaria 1 City of Skopje, Skopje, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 1 Institute of Economics, Skopje, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 1 University of Tirana, Faculty of Economics, Tirana, Albania 1 Prefecture of Tirana, Tirana, Albania 1 Institute of Labour, Tirana, Albania

27 TECNOMAN perspectives TEN and Corridor Nodes Position Management Network - perspectives

Project description Results & Effects Changes of urban economic structu- As the project is still running until at res within and outside the EU cau- least 12/2005 at transnational level, sed by globalisation, the networked no final results as regards content economy and the development of are available. The final results (hand- digital spaces result in a new book, synthesis, policy recommen- demand for business sites. Hence, dations) cannot be finalised before Measure 1.2 an increasing inconsistency between the regional contributions are com- demand and supply for historical pleted. Nevertheless, transnational urban centres, expanded urban fac- activities took place (workshops, tories and existing industrial sites in presentations), and process docu- functional urban agglomeration regi- mentation and PR materials are ons exists. TEN and TINA generate available. new transport and telecommunicati- on accessibilities in node regions. At regional level each project part- ner is working on contributions that are situated within one of three specific thematic foci that deal with topics of future-oriented business location development (1: dealing with existing structures; 2: develop- ment of new business locations; 3: integrated spatial and develop- ment strategies for functional agglo- Lead Partner merations). Office of the State Government of Styria, Department 16 A, State Planning and Regional Development, The project wishes to contribute to Stempfergasse 7, 8011 Graz, AUSTRIA a more efficient use of time and public money in the field of integra- Contact Person They influence prosperity perspec- ted spatial and development con- Dipl.-Ing Rainer Opl, Tel: +43/ 316/ 877 3702, tives and the related functional cepts in node regions in CADSES. Fax: +43/ 316/ 877 3711, E-mail: [email protected] balance of smaller and bigger This especially applies to the field (agglomeration) regions within the of future- and demand-oriented Project Partners European system. The increasing business location development. 1 Municipality of the City of Vienna, Vienna, Austria capital mobility caused structural Network partners make efficient 1 Office of the State Government of Upper Austria – changes in the European urban eco- use of the impact of trans-European Dept. State Planning, Linz, Austria nomy. At the same time it forces infrastructure systems. 1 Upper Austrian Technology and Marketing Associati- cities and agglomeration regions As of yet Vienna, Upper Austria/ on, Linz, Austria to compete for mobile capital and TMG have finished their regional 1 Municipality of the City of Graz , Graz, Austria thereby assigningpublic planning contributions. The other partners 1 Office of the State Government of Carinthia, Klagen- institutions a number of new broker- are still completing them. furt, Austria like functions in non-transparent 1 Prefecture of Thessaloniki, Planning Department, markets. Future concepts for agglo- Duration Thessaloniki, Greece meration regions will be determined Start 01/2003 1 Economic Region Chemnitz-Zwickau, District Office by these trends. End 12/2005 of Chemnitz County, Glauchau, Germany 1 Prefecture of Halkidiki, Planning Department, Budget Polygyros, Greece Total Budget EUR 3,703,570 1 Prefecture of Pieria, Planning Department, Katerini, thereof ERDF EUR 2,037,500 Greece 1 South Great Plain Regional Development Agency, Szeged, Hungary 1 Municipality of Plzen, Plzen, Czech Republic 1 Regional Bureau of Spatial Planning in Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland 1 Region V West Development Agency, Romania, Timisoara, Romania 1 Municipality of Ostrava, Dept. for Economic Development, Ostrava, Czech Republic 1 Chamber of Economy of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro 1 South Bohemian Region, Ceské Budejovice, Czech Republic

28 www.tecnoman.net UTN II Urban Technology Network II

Project description Results & Effects The UTN II project is the direct fol- The close cooperation of political low-up of UTN Urban Technology and administrative decision-making Network under INTERREG IIc. UTN bodies and experts on the various included four formal partner cities urban technologies of the cities par- and more than 30 interested cities. ticipating in the UTN II network on Interest and need for continuation concrete pilot cooperation projects of cooperation in the field of urban and in the long-run on investment Measure 1.2 technologies and urban develop- projects in urban infrastructure will ment have recently been stressed by create a corporate understanding of various proposals for pilot projects the effects of upgrading infrastruc- presented to the project manage- ture and urban services for all insti- ment of UTN. tutions involved.

The network infrastructure allows The dissemination of common for a focus on setting up a clear quality standards within the pilot and transparent selection, decision- cooperations projects as well as making and implementation process induced by know-how exchange of pilot cooperation projects that and transfer in the transnational can use the existing network to workshops and exchange program- increase the development of funda- mes should lead to a more balanced ble projects. situation within the CADSES area in middle term. The international framework for Lead Partner cooperation among cities on develo- The preparation of cooperation Municipality of the City of Vienna, Municipal Depart- ping projects to improve urban projects within the network and ment 27 EU Funding, Schlesingerplatz 2, 1082 Vienna, infrastructure is stressed by Habitat furthermore the approval and imple- AUSTRIA III, where cities are committed to mentation of these projects will have international cooperation networks positive effects on urban economic Contact Person in order to exchange suitable development. Local companies will Mr. Walther Stoeckl, technologies. be contracted in implementing or Tel: +43/ 1/ 4000 82582, upgrading urban services. The pro- Fax: +43/ 1/ 4000 99 82589, Furthermore, the UTN II project ject UTN II should strengthen the E-mail: [email protected] focuses on: urban economy and infrastructure 3 Supporting cities in the preparati- as a result for the social system. Project Partners on of pilot cooperation projects 1 Municipality of the City of Vienna, , Vienna, Austria for funding or for the search for Duration 1 Municipality of the City of Vienna, Dept. 31 – private/ public investors to Start 11/2002 Water Supply, Vienna, Austria enhance investment in urban End 04/2006 1 Vienna Business Agency, Vienna, Austria services and infrastructure to esta- 1 Municipality of the City of Venice, Venice, Italy blish a more balanced standard Budget 1 VESTA Venezia Servizi Territoriali Ambientali, Venice, of living in CADSES cities, Total Budget EUR 5,000,000 Italy 3 Providing training to upgrade the thereof ERDF EUR 2,825,000 1 Insula S.p.A., Venice, Italy technical and organisational 1 City of Leipzig, Office for Urban Renewal, Leipzig , know-how in provision and Germany management of urban services 1 University of Leipzig, Bau- und Wirtschaftsingenieur- in CADSES, wesen, Leipzig, Germany 3 Providing technical assistance to 1 Organisation of Thessaloniki – For the Master Plan link cities with the need to upgra- and Environmental Protection, Thessaloniki, Greece de their urban services to cities 1 Municipality of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece ready to transfer their technical 1 Municipality of Xanthi, Xanthi, Greece and management experience, 1 Municipality of Panorama, Thessaloniki, Greece 3 Providing easy access to informa- 1 EAPAX SA., Xanthi, Xanthi, Greece tion to all network partners. 1 Bucharest City Hall, General Directorate of Environmental Protection and Eco-Civic Education, Bucharest, Romania 1 Galati County Council, Galati, Romania 1 Lviv City Council Executive Committee, Lviv, Ukraine

www.utn.at 29 VITAL CITIES Consolidation of Polycentric Urban Systems through the Promotion of the Settlement of Retail Trade Businesses in Inner Urban Areas

Project description Results & Effects The project aims to strengthen poly- Obtained results so far: centric urban systems and to contri- 3 Surveys of consumer behaviour bute to regional development in conducted at the local level in CADSES. The VITAL CITIES project selected towns in several coun- focuses on promoting settlement of tries as well as the analyses of the retail trade in city centres. A trans- results, Measure 1.2 national project team with 22 part- 3 Carrying out of the international ners from 7 countries has been retail trade forum in Vienna assembled for VITAL CITIES under (Austria) with more than 300 par- the Lead Partnership of the Investiti- ticipants in February 2005, ons-Bank des Landes Brandenburg, 3 Implementation of the case in which the main stakeholders are studies in the Lombardy region represented and will jointly work on (started with a local retail trade solutions applicable at local level. forum in Brescia in December The implementation of the project 2004), in Bavaria (start of the will be supported by the law firm "Fitness Programme" in Bamberg Nörr Stiefenhofer Lutz. and Budapest).

To establish cooperation structures, strengthen the control potential of local government authorities and improve the basis for investment decision-making for inner urban Lead Partner areas, VITAL CITIES has gathered a Investitions-Bank des Landes Brandenburg, transnational project team who will Dep. Public Clients, Unit INTERREG/ ERDF, implement the following activities: Steinstraße 104-106, 3 Carrying out of analyses, studies 14480 Potsdam, and surveys at local level. The The basis for the project are at least GERMANY results will be integrated in a 4 detailed analyses, e.g., of the legal comparative study at transnatio- framework conditions, local consu- Contact Person nal level, mer behaviour as well as regional Mr. Pertti Hermannek, 3 Carrying out of "retail trade approaches in at least 6 project sites. Tel: +49/ 331/ 6601605, forums" at local level, where local The results will be subject to a trans- Fax: +49/ 331/ 6601718, conditions will be analysed and national comparative analysis. E-mail: [email protected] solution identified by a transnatio- Together with the results of at least nal team, 6 retail trade forums carried out on Project Partners 3 Pooling and exchange of experi- local level (see description in the 1German Association for Housing, Urban and Spatial ences illustrated by concrete case activities plan), all these information Development, Berlin, Germany 1Joint Spatial Planning studies reflecting different approa- is integrated in a guidebook on Department Berlin Brandenburg, Potsdam, Germany ches and aspects. improvement of inner city retail 1Bavarian Ministry for State Development and Environ- trade with a special regard to the mental Affairs, Munich, Germany 1Saxon State Ministry The activities will lead to the deve- candidate countries. of Interior, Dresden, Germany 1City of Potsdam, Pots- lopment of CURTIS: "Comprehensi- dam, Germany 1Association of Interests City Centre ve urban retail trade improvement Duration registered Association Frankfurt, Frankfurt (Oder), strategy" which will be evaluated in Start 02/2003 Germany 1City of Görlitz, Görlitz, Germany 1Federal the running case studies. A guideline End 02/2006 Association Medium and Large-scale Retail Enterprises, report with an evaluation of the Berlin, Germany 1Institute for Town Center Develop- current situation of the planning Budget ment, Berlin, Germany 1ECE Project Management Ltd., processes will be compiled, making Total Budget EUR 2,204,497 Berlin Branch Office, Berlin, Germany 1Lombardy Regi- suggestions for improvements. thereof ERDF EUR 1,097,998 on, Milan, Italy 1City of Vienna, Vienna, Austria 1Studio Metropolitana Urban Research Centre, Budapest, Hun- gary 1City of Budapest, District Authority, Budapest, Hungary 1City of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary 1Chamber of Commerce Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania 1URBANPRO- IECT National Institute for Research and Development in Urban and Regional Planning, Bucharest , Romania 1City of Poznan, Poznan, Poland 1University of Zielona Góra, Zielona Góra, Poland 1ECE Project Management Ltd. Poland, Wroclaw, Poland 1Association of Consumer Research Prague, Prague , Czech Republic

30 www.vital-cities.net COHESION Integrated Concepts Enhancing Cohesion of European Space

Project description Results & Effects The exposure of European rural An approach to a new policy on areas to the international market development of European rural areas beside the EU enlargement is is being realized upon transfer of expected to threaten the cohesion know-how and exchange of experi- of the European space in general. ence among project partners (PPs). Structural measures with a territorial A thematic network on modern approach have to compensate the policies for the development of rural Measure 1.3 difficulties emerging from the new areas has been established and situation. In this changing environ- PPs experience with the specific ment, local competitiveness beco- approach by applying pilot projects mes a key issue. Integrated planning in proper areas. and focus of local efforts on a specific economic objective, in which Cohesion in figures: local areas provide a comparative 3 More than 40 meetings (approx. advantage, help overcoming resour- 450 participants) realized: a) with ce shortages and increasing efficien- local authorities, b) of PPs at cy of activities. national and transnational level, c) information and awareness rai- sing seminars, 3 Two posters, 30 press and five TV releases, seven flyers (16,000 copies - 7,000 distributed), one CD-ROM prepared, Lead Partner 3 Three guides conducted & five PINDOS Strategic Planning Centre, Asklipiou Str. 3, at final stage, 19 studies in final 42100 Trikala, GREECE The project will contribute to deve- phase & 25 on-going, seven loping a common territorial develop- management tools prepared, Contact Person ment planning approach upon the 3 One training seminar (20 trainees) Mr. Athanasios Zacharopoulos, experience of 14 organisations from & one forum (80 participants) Tel: +30/ 2431/ 077911, seven different countries of CADSES. organized, Fax: +30/ 2431/ 077913, Information on prevailing situation 3 One exhibition (1000 visitors), E-mail: [email protected] in participating countries will be 3 One Web portal devised and one exchanged, a homogenisation pro- Web site for marketing of local Project Partners cedure of partners during the project businesses under preparation. 1 ACHAIA S.A. - Developing Company of Local duration is expected to take place. A Authorities, Kalavrita, Greece large transnational network is expec- 1 AgroPOLE Ltd – Rural and Regional Development ted to be built up. Innovation, Technology Quality Management, Athens, Greece A common consciousness in 1 PELOPONNISOS – Centre for Strategic Development, CADSES will be developed and Tripoli, Greece approaches to enhancing develop- 1 KEOSOE - Central Union of Vine and Wine Producing ment at local level, and promotion Cooperative Organisations of Greece, Athens, Greece of social and economic cohesion 1 T.E.D.K. (Union of Local Authorities) of Achaia County, at the level of the entire network Patras, Greece will be carried out. Experience and 1 Verein zur Förderung des Steirischen Vulkanlandes know-how will be transferred to Duration (SVL), Kornberg, Austria partners, while E.U. policies will con- Start 01/2003 1 b&s – Management Consulting and Training for the stitute the basis for applying activi- End 12/2005 Rural Area, Leipzig, Germany ties. Cohesion promoting procedures 1 ENAIP - Fondazione Enaip Don Magnani, Regione will be practically implemented. Budget Emilia, Italy Even if the project focuses on a Total Budget EUR 3,506,941 1 Institute of Sociology, Department “Sociology of specific product, experience will thereof ERDF EUR 2,266,528 Organisations and Politics”, Sofia, Bulgaria be transferable to other products 1 NGO Anti – Poverty Information Center (APIC), and sectors. Sofia, Bulgaria 1 ASISTA s.r.o., Most, Czech Republic Partners will become familiar with 1 District Economic Chamber of Most (DECM), the particular methodology, a broa- Most, Czech Republic der transfer to other organisations 1 INCD – URBANPROIECT, Bucharest, Romania and areas will contribute to enhan- cing local competitiveness of partici- pating areas and preventing negati- ve effects of the E.U. enlargement.

www.cohesion.gr 31 GOVERNET Governance Models for Sustainable Integrated Rural Development and Multifunctional Agriculture; Networking and Dissemination on the Web

Project description Results & Effects The main Foreseen outcomes of the GOVER- objective of NET project include: the project is 3 A valuation framework ex-ante to promote and ex-post of the spatial, envi- sustainable ronmental, socio-economic and development institutional impact in various rur- Measure 1.3 of rural areas al areas; quantification in physical within the and monetary terms of the abo- context of a ve-mentioned indicators for signi- strong inte- ficant cases of the study areas, gration with other activities underta- 3 Governance models for the ken by small and medium enterpri- sustainable development of each ses (SMEs) located in rural areas, typology of rural area considered thus promoting a diversified econo- (mountainous, piedmont areas, mic structure and socially stable river valleys, peri-urban and peri- development. industrial areas), including inte- grated strategies focused on the The project aims to give concrete multifunctionality of agriculture, applicability through its models of 3 Dissemination and promotion of the following concepts: models at national and transnatio- 3 Sustainability, both as reduction of nal levels through conferences (1 negative impact on the environ- for each area), press (1 multilin- ment and health, and preservation gual publication in 500 copies), Lead Partner of natural and human resources, films (DVD in four languages, Veneto Region, 3 Integration with other activities, 400 copies), multimedia support Department for Agroindustrial and SMEs Policies, particularly those related to the (1000 copies of a CD-R), Via Torino 110, artisan processing of products, 3 Transnational networking among 30172 Mestre - Venezia, their commercialisation as well as the interested parties in the consi- ITALY social and tourist activities, dered areas, reference areas and 3 Multifunctionality of agriculture new actors/ stakeholders. Contact Person as regards the actual possibilities Mr. Paolo Rosso, of intervention in rural areas and Tel: +39/ 41/ 2795546, on the social context, also in Fax: +39/ 41/ 2795575, terms of employment. E-mail: [email protected]

GOVERNET intends to identify ope- Project Partners rational governance models for rural 1 Venice Province, Mestre, Italy development in specific case study 1 CONTAGRAF – University of Padua , Legnaro, Italy areas, covering various typologies 1 Mountainous district of Pordenonese, Barcis, Italy of CADSES, such as mountainous 1 Institute of Digital Technology Systems and Agro- areas, piedmont areas, lowland areas Duration Informatics - I.D.T.S.A.I., Larissa , Greece along river valleys, peri-urban/ peri- Start 01/2004 1 Technological Education Institute of Kavala (TEIK), industrial areas and coastlands. For End 12/2006 Drama, Greece each case study area seminars for 1 Regional Development Agency Nova Gorica, the starting up of the governance Budget Sempeter pri Gorici, Slovenia system, dissemination on the Web Total Budget EUR 2,652,780 1 Ministry of Agriculture and Agrofood Industry of (internet) of the models and an thereof ERDF EUR 1,562,022 Moldova, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova informational interactive system; vocational training and updating courses (two weeks in two modu- les); twinning areas; territorial mar- keting studies will be initiated.

32 SIMOCA Setting up and Implementation of sustainable and multifunctional rural development Model based on Organic and Competitive Agriculture

Project description 3 Number 1 of planned infrastruc- The main problem this project is ture investments induced by the dealing with is the lack of a sustain- programme, able rural development strategy 3 Increase of agricultural employm- that integrates socio-economic, ent and economic base, agricultural, cultural and environ- 3 Diversification based on organic mental aspects. farming development, 3 Reduction of migration from Measure 1.3 This raises additional problems, rural to urban areas, such as: 3 Promotion of environmental- 3 Weak competitiveness and envi- friendly agriculture (organic agri- ronmental-friendliness of agricul- culture), ture (priority sector), 3 Decrease in natural disasters, 3 Depopulation and sub-urbaniza- 3 Promotion of the economic base tion problems, diversification (organic farms),- 3 Environmental degradation, Increase in tourist flow, 3 Loss of cultural heritage, 3 Building up a common transnatio- 3 Poor diversification of economic nal knowledge base and commu- activities, nication networking system, 3 Infrastructure weakness, 3 Improvement of public or private 3 Lack of know-how, service, 3 Institutional weakness and 3 Increase of competitive organic weakness in international relati- farms, onships. 3 Creation of new jobs, Lead Partner 3 Increase in the number of farms/ C.I.H.E.A.M. - Mediterranean Agronomic The new Community policy (EC surface for organic farming and Institute of Bari, Reg. 1257/97) promotes production subsequent increase in income Via Ceglie 9, methods compatible with the increa- and farm employment, 70010 Valenzano (BA), sing needs of protection and impro- 3 Working out a sustainable trans- ITALY vement of the environment, of national rural development stra- natural resources, of the soil and tegy based on increasing multi- Contact Person genetic diversity, as well as with the functional and organic farming, Dr. Maurizio Raeli, need to safeguarding natural space 3 Increase of competitive farms and Tel: +39/ 80/ 4606284, and landscape for sustainable agri- diversification of related economic Fax: +39/ 80/ 4606206, cultural development. activities, E-mail: [email protected] 3 Elaboration and demonstration of Consumers increasingly demand best-practice models in multifunc- Project Partners organic agricultural products. This tional and organic agriculture in 1 Regione Puglia, Bari, Italy creates a new market for agricultural selected areas, reduced environ- 1 SVIM (SVIluppo Marche), Ancona, Italy products. mental pollution (soil, water, air, 1 Regione Marche, Ancona, Italy food) and increased biodiversity, 1 Agenzia Regionale Servizi di Sviluppo Agricolo Different studies prove that organic 3 Elaboration of a study on infra- Abruzzo (ARSSA), Avezzano, Italy farming requires more labour and structure needs, 1 Università degli studi di Bari, Bari, Italy triggers off processes of diversifica- 3 Creation of two networks: one for 1 C.I.H.E.A.M. - Mediterranean Agronomic Institute tion of economic activities (tourism, administration institutions and of Chania (MAICH), Chania, Greece services, processing of agricultural another for scientific institutions, 1 Eko Liburnia, Rijeka, Croatia products, etc.) that are integrated 3 Awareness raising and dissemina- 1 Warsaw Agriculture University, Warsaw, Poland and enhanced by the image of tion plan to favour the increase in 1 Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia being "natural" inherent to the sensitivity of local population. organic farming concept. Duration Results & Effects Start 01/2003 Planned results of the SIMOCA End 12/2005 project are following: 3 Transnational strategy of sustaina- Budget ble and multifunctional rural Total Budget EUR 1,864,500 development, thereof ERDF EUR 1,000,000 - Planned increase of employment in rural areas, 3 Analysis of infrastructure needs in sensitive rural areas,

www.simoca.org 33 WEST Women East Smuggling Trafficking

Project description 3 To implement observation tools Illegal immigration in recent years is for the trafficking phenomenon, increasingly becoming a concern due flows and migratory mobility of to the reduction in legal entries as a trafficking victims, result of individual decisions and 3 To measure the social impact of gives more power for criminal orga- this phenomenon on the commu- nisations. Now that organised crime nities concerned with the depar- Measure 1.4 has entered this field, illegal immi- tures and arrivals, gration is more and more linked to 3 To organise training courses for exploiting the workforce, trafficking the social actors directly involved in human beings and the incitement in this action, to slavery. 3 To implement good practice pro- totype models for actions to be Illegal immigration is not only in taken helping trafficking victims violation of the laws which regulate (actions on the street, social pro- entry into the country, it is also tection, professional training, accompanied by a constant and honourable repatriation), much more serious violation of 3 To create tools (data communica- human rights, because the people tion network, database, manuals are reduced to goods and often of good practice, informational blackmailed for the rest of their tools such as CD-ROMs, videos, lives. Still more serious is trafficking web site) for social workers invol- of illegal immigrants, mainly women ved in fighting the trafficking of and minors, for the purpose of women and minors, Lead Partner sexual exploitation. Forced prosti- 3 To create good network practice Regione Emilia-Romagna, tution, in particular, is a rapidly (programme agreements, coope- Viale Aldo Moro 21, increasing factor in Europe, in Italy ration agreements, protocols of 40127 Bologna, and in the Adriatic-Danube corridor. understanding between local ITALY bodies/ AUSL, local health Results & Effects units/police forces/third sector; Contact Person Expected results are: temporary enterprise associations Mr. Gianluca Borghi, 3 To develop spatial impact policies between firms/managing bodies Tel: +39/ 051/ 6397156/57, within the migratory areas in the of social protection programmes), Fax: +39/ 051/ 6397501, “Adriatic” corridor (as regards the 3 To implement forms of diffusion E-mail: [email protected] spatial setting in the areas and and transfer (conferences, semi- territories, life in the local commu- nars, workshops). Project Partners nities, public safety in urban areas 1 Trento Province, Trento, Italy and establishing the process of Duration 1 Lombardy Region, Milan, Italy integration between the different Start 01/2003 1 Caritas/ Udine - Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, cultures), End 06/2005 Udine, Italy 3 To reinforce national, regional and 1 Veneto Region, Venice, Italy local policies fighting the traf- Budget 1 Marche Region, Ancona, Italy ficking of women and minors for Total Budget EUR 2,870,794 1 Perugia Municipality - Umbria Region, Perugia, Italy sexual exploitation by the coun- thereof ERDF EUR 1,435,397 1 On The Road Association - Abruzzo Region, tries involved in this project, Martinsicuro, Italy 3 To offer the European Commissi- 1 Mountain Unlimited, Vienna, Austria on and the Council of Europe actions of positive contrast, social protection, social involvement in trafficking for the construction of an innovative policy to fight the trafficking of human beings, 3 To obtain significant knowledge both in quality and quantity on the existence of the trafficking phenomenon of victims for sexual exploitation, 3 To uncover the routes (points of departure and arrival) used in trafficking and attempt to set up action capable of “managing” this emergency level,

34 Priority 2 Efficient and sustainable transport systems and access to the information society Measure 2.

The expansion and improvement Measure 2.1 of infrastructure, which links the Developing efficient transport systems with regard to sustainable eastern with the western parts of development CADSES as well as internal connec- This measure deals with the development and implementation of transnational projects tions, constitute one of the largest focusing upon improvement of accessibility as priority task of economic and social policy challenges for all CADSES countries. The challenge is to meet the rapidly Measure 2.2 growing demand in the growing Improving access to knowledge and the information society market economies and correspon- The major objective for this measure is the development and implementation of transnational dingly provide an appropriate infra- projects focusing upon improvement of the access to knowledge and the information society, structure, which enables a balanced on promotion of the use of state-of-the-art technologies as competitive advantage in CADSES development at the different spatial countries and on modernisation and improvement of administrative processes. levels, and to introduce new finan- cing and management methods.

As elsewhere, telecommunication is one of the most dynamic economic sectors in CADSES countries. Central and South Eastern European coun- tries have the advantage of being late starters in applying the most up-to-date technologies in their telecommunication systems. As in most countries within the EU, "teledensity" in the CADSES area is still lower outside the urban centres. It is important that governments address this territorial aspect of the development of infrastructures and of the transition to the "Information Society". The CADSES Neighbour- hood Programme contributes to this aim by raising awareness and by supporting local, regional and natio- nal actors in making use of these opportunities. Training measures and small-scale investments as well as modernisation of administrative processes are all playing an impor- tant role in this respect.

Two areas of intervention are foreseen:

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CITY PORTS CITY PORTS - a City Net Following a Coordinated Approach to Develop Feasible and Sustainable City Logistics Solutions PORTS

Project description Results & Effects Traffic problems are spreading: The main aims of the CITY PORTS Freight transport and distribution project are reorganisation and pro- are strongly influencing and increa- cess reengineering in city logistical sing congestion, pollution and noise solutions for medium and small- within the cities, thus reducing the sized urban systems by empowering quality of life; the phenomenon is “the last miles' nodes” of EU infra- wide-spread and, generally spea- structure and information networks king, quite common in urban areas in a coherent, efficient and sustaina- all around CADSES. ble way in order to have the follo- wing general effects: Especially on very short distances, 3 Urban traffic reduction through the competition between transport a better and more rational use of modes, models and technologies the freight transport networks is distorted,as transport users and (efficient distribution routes, hig- Measure 2.1 operators are faced with prices that her level of saturation of vehicles, do not reflect the full social and fleet management optimisation), environmental cost of transport. 3 Reduction of traffic congestion (planning systems and interventi- ons on access policy), 3 Environmental pollution reduction (air, noise, soil and cultural herita- ge) by decreasing the number of transport vehicles, the adoption of Lead Partner low impact vehicles and transport Regione Emilia Romagna, Viale A. Moro 38, vehicles using alternative fuels. 40127 Bologna, ITALY

Duration Contact Person Start 07/2001 Mr. Rino Rosini, Tel: +39/ 051/ 283831, End 12/2004 Fax: +39/ 051/ 283541, E-mail: [email protected] Budget Total Budget EUR 4,774,334 Project Partners Therefore, allowing city logistics to thereof ERDF EUR 2,393,500 1 State Government of Vienna, Vienna, Austria provide the best economic, social 1 Centre for Research and Technology – Hellas/ and environmental performances, Hellenic Institute of Transport, Thessaloniki, Greece public administrations must define 1 SCS Azioninnova Spa, Bologna, Italy and follow adequate processes for 1 IC Consulenten Ziviltechniker GmbH, Vienna, Austria problem investigation, solution 1 Transeuropean Consulting Unit of Thessaloniki S.A. design and their implementation. (TRUTH), Thessaloniki, Greece This policy processes shall consider 1 Comune di Udine, Udine, Italy several topics at once as regards 1 Comune di Ravenna, Ravenna, Italy supply chain management, urban 1 Comune di Ancona, Ancona, Italy zoning, traffic management, transit 1 Comune di Taranto, Taranto, Italy points, low emission vehicles, etc. 1 Brescia Mobilità – Società Metropolitana di Mobilità, Brescia, Italy 1 Comune di Vicenza, Vicenza, Italy 1 Infomobility S.p.A., Parma, Italy 1 IT.CITY S.p.A., Parma, Italy 1 Comune di Parma, Parma, Italy 1 Prefecture of Kavala, Kavala, Greece 1 Region of Attika, Athens, Greece 1 City Courier Service Speditions GmbH, Vienna, Austria 1 LOB Logistik und Organisationsberatungs GmbH, Vienna, Austria 1 Forschungsgesellschaft Mobilität – Austrian Mobility Research, Graz, Austria 1 The Agency for Regional Development of Ljubljana Urban Region, Ljubljana, Slovenia

36 D4D Data warehouse for Danube waterway

Project description Results & Effects According to the demands of the The project will guarantee not only European Ministers of Transport the quick and high-quality imple- River Information Services, European mentation of European and world- recommendations shall be put into wide standards, but also the inter- place along main waterways by the national compatibility of these end of 2005. These implementations activities. The development of navi- are based on the provision of digital gation maps and the installation navigation charts and highly accura- of IALA beacons will improve the te positioning systems. In addition, quality of the Danube waterway the exchange of waterway-related for transport and navigation to a geographic data between national significant degree. In addition, these waterway authorities along the River two outputs serve as a basis for the Danube deals with various formats. installation of a River Information Services, which are considered a A close cooperation between all major inducement for inland naviga- Measure 2.1 countries is needed and a close tion (see White Paper on Transport relationship with relevant platforms Policies). such as the Danube Commission must be guaranteed in order to pro- The Inland ECDIS maps will, in vide equal and compatible systems. particular, enable the improvement Therefore, the "GIS Forum Danube" of the safety of inland navigation, is considered the perfect platform as the position of the vessel can for such a project. Seven states are be displayed on the map. Together Lead Partner currently members of the GIS Forum with the highly accurate GPS/ IALA via donau - Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH and a close relationship to the signal, the skipper can always see für Telematik und Donauschifffahrt, remaining states has been set up. where the vessel is located on the Donau City Straße 1, So far only German and Austrian waterway, even when sight is limited 1220 Vienna, partners are funded within CADSES, in foggy conditions, night, blinding AUSTRIA but applications for other countries sunlight, etc. are planned. Contact Person The data warehouse will facilitate Mag. Manfred Seitz, the cooperation between the invol- Tel: +43/ 1/ 595 48 96 0, ved countries extensively. The most Fax: +43/ 1/ 595 48 96 19, important advantage of such a net- E-mail: [email protected] work will be the uncomplicated and efficient management of waterways Project Partners and its infrastructure along the bor- 1 Austrian Waterway Directorate, Vienna, Austria derline sections of the River Danube. 1 Waterways and Shipping Directorate South, In addition, various applications Würzburg, Germany will be possible after the installation of the transnational network (e.g., transnational calamity abatement, integration of touristy data for a transnational tourism information system and standardised mapping of areas with environmental and ecological value).

Duration Start 05/2001 End 02/2006

Budget Total Budget EUR 1,877,100 thereof ERDF EUR 938,550

www.d4d.info 37 I-Log Industrial Logistics and Intermodal Transport for SMEs’ Development

Project description Results & Effects The project aims at providing local The project will contribute to ratio- SME systems with innovative instru- nalise logistics and transportation ments for sustaining their compe- within local SMEs systems and to titiveness and reducing traffic con- integrate ICT solutions in transport gestion. In particular I-Log is based services providing local administrati- on six fundamental goals: ons and enterprises with instruments 3 Defining and implementing a set to evaluate and set up industrial of logistic services with reference policies. The creation of logistic to the existing infrastructures – models fitting the examined local Regional Logistic Service Pattern– productive systems and based on in order to rationalise logistics the existing infrastructure and plat- and transport within local produc- forms, will allow SMEs cost reduc- tive systems and to integrate ICT tions by reducing delays, errors and solutions in transport and logistic paper documents, providing imme- Measure 2.1 services, diate access to information and 3 Fine-tuning and testing the pro- faster goods and information fluxes. posed solutions on the participa- Moreover the project will help remo- ting local SME systems pinpoin- te regions in catching up and there- ting organisation and by avoiding economic and territorial management models for transport distance with EU countries, enhan- services and local platforms, cing socio-economic and cultural 3 Promoting and diffusing logistic cohesion and broadening of a logi- culture in local SME systems stics culture. Finally the project pro- Lead Partner creating relation and information motes innovative measures (set of Marche Region – Transport Department, Via Tiziano 44, networks, services for transport rationalisation 60121 Ancona, ITALY 3 Exchanging best practices and and roads congestion reduction), experiences, diffusing the aware- which will mean a reduction of envi- Contact Person ness of the logistic leverage ronmental impact and an improve- Mr. Paolo Pasquini, Tel: +39/ 071/ 806 3443, importance for gaining SMEs’ ment of life quality. Fax: +39/ 071/ 806 3013, long-term competitiveness, E-mail: [email protected] 3 Improving industrial relations Duration among the participating countries Start 01/2003 Project Partners in CADSES, End 12/2005 1 Veneto Region – Infrastructure and Mobility 3 Becoming a "network of compe- Department, Venice, Italy tence" which can provide SMEs Budget 1 Emilia Romagna Region, Bologna, Italy advice and support on innovative Total Budget EUR 4,300,386 1 Umbria Region, Perugia, Italy logistic services implementation thereof ERDF EUR 1,800,000 1 Abruzzo Region, Pescara, Italy and development; to this end, 1 Retedis S.r.l., Manzano, Italy a "virtual logistic observatory" 1 Istria Region – Department of Economy, Pula, Croatia will be examined. 1 IDA (Istrian Development Agency) Ltd, Pula, Croatia 1 Varazdin County, Varazdin, Croatia 1 Fraunhofer Gesellschaft e.V. (ATL) - Neuernberg, Nürnberg, Germany 1 For the South Great Plain Region of Hungary Organising Public Association, Szeged, Hungary 1 Dutireg – Regional and Economic Development Service Kht., Szeged, Hungary 1 Central Transdanubian Regional Development Agency Plc., Székesfehérvár, Hungary 1 Italian Chamber of Commerce for Hungary, Budapest, Hungary 1 Debreceni Universitas Kht., Debrecen, Hungary 1 Mid-Pannon Regional Developing Plc., Székesfehérvár, Hungary 1 Adetim – Economic Development Agency of Timis County, Timisoara, Romania 1 Cdimm – Maramures Foundation, Baia Mare, Romania 1 Transport Research Institute – Incertrans S.A., Bucharest, Romania 1 Kärnten Technologie GmbH, Klagenfurt, Austria 1 Infratec S.A., Halandri, Greece 1 Thesprotia Prefecture, Igoumenitsa, Greece 1 Thesprotia Chamber of Commerce, Igoumenitsa, Greece 38 www.i-log.org IMONODE Efficient Integration of Cargo Transport Modes & Nodes in CADSES area

Project description Results & Effects IMONODE is a transnational project Obtained results so far: in part financed by the European 3 Assessment of intermodal trans- Regional Development Fund (ERDF) port demand at regional level: under the INTERREG III B/ CADSES The GIS based socio-economic programme. evaluation model of the regions of the study area (NUTS II & III) The project contributes to the deve- provides results concerning cate- lopment of efficient intermodal gorisation and ranking of the regi- transport systems in South Eastern ons according to various socio- Europe as regards sustainable deve- economic criteria, their potential lopment. More specifically the for intermodal transport develop- IMONODE project aims at studying ment, and future transport the options and suggesting solutions demand forecast at regional level. and actions that will enhance the 3 Intermodal network assessment: greater use of, and the accessibility The IMONODE reference net- Measure 2.1 to the trans-European Corridors V work for the base year and 2015 and X for freight transport with includes major intermodal and priority on rail. modal terminals of the project study area and is associated to a DB inventory comprising informa- tion for terminals infrastructure and quality of operations. The role of the terminals in intermodal Lead Partner transport chains operations has Hellenic Institute of Transport – H.I.T., been assessed and bottlenecks Charilaou-Thermi 6th km, alleviation proposal have been 57001 Thessaloniki, identified along Corridors X,V GREECE and the Adriatic Ionian Corridor. 3 Future scenarios for developing Contact Person intermodality in SE Europe: Prof. G. A. Giannopoulos, The first results include a list of Tel: +30/ 2310/ 498263, terminals with high potential for Fax: +30/ 2310/ 498269, In this context IMONODE focuses development and a priority index E-mail: [email protected] its work on: for each terminal. 3 Assessing available infrastructure 3 Demonstrators: Four demonstra- Project Partners and services at major terminals of tors have been performed in the 1 Hellenic Railways Organisation, Athens, Greece the project area, context of the project which 1 PROODOS S.A., Kallithea, Greece 3 Identifying problems and bott- consolidated business cases for 1 Chamber of Commerce Ravenna, Ravenna, Italy lenecks in terminals operation specific terminals development, 1 Chamber of Commerce Taranto, Taranto, Italy along the intermodal or bimodal assessed the economic feasibility 1 Chamber of Commerce Forli Cesena, Forlì, Italy transport chains in CADSES and for each terminal and examined 1 Region of Emilia Romagna, Bologna, Italy along TEN Corridors, alternative Private Public Partners- 1 Region of Veneto, Venice, Italy 3 Proposing solutions for terminal hip schemes for the terminals 1 Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, Trieste, Italy operation enhancement and infrastructure development and 1 Agroter S.a.s., Montale Rangone, Italy development, operation. 1 IC Consulenten, Vienna, Austria 3 Prioritising the existing and selec- 1 Federal Government of Carinthia, Klagenfurt, Austria ting new nodal points with poten- Duration 1 Ministry of Transport Innovation and Technology, tial for further development in the Start 12/2002 Vienna, Austria future to achieve increased inter- End 06/2005 1 Ministry of the Environment, Spatial Planning and modality and seamless operation, Energy, Ljubljana, Slovenia 3 Performing case studies for suc- Budget 1 Ministry of Economy, Ljubljana, Slovenia cessful terminal development Total Budget EUR 4,891,500 1 Transport Logistic Cluster – TLG, Koper, Slovenia by checking alternative types of thereof ERDF EUR 2,517,500 1 Municipality of Celje, Celje, Slovenia involvement of private and/or 1 County of Primorje & Gorski Kotar, Rijeka, Croatia public sector, and specifying requirements in technology implementation and logistics service operations.

www.hit.certh.gr 39 TWIST Transport With a Social Target

Project description Results & Effects The TWIST project foresees the During the implementation of establishment of a system of trans- TWIST activities, five pilot projects port that facilitates the access and will be carried out. Their objectives connection from disadvantaged have the following main results: zones to those more developed, 3 Identification of transport systems offering an opportunity of commer- responding to the real needs of cial exchanges, employment and the territory concerned, social assistance. 3 Identification of organisational and managerial solutions for the The main objective of the TWIST management of flexible public project is to share a transnational transport answering the mobility strategy for the territory develop- needs of weak areas, ment, which suggests a method 3 Identification of main services for improving and optimising the generating demand of “called Measure 2.1 management of transport system transport”, by responding to the needs and 3 Identification of access modalities comparing regional differences. to the services generating The first activity will be the creation demand of “called transport”, of a system that analyses the 3 Identification of a solution for the demand of public transport in the flexible management of mobility, interested areas. for the improvement of access to services missing in the inner There will be an areas, such as sanitary structures, Lead Partner exchange of administrative centres, schools, Regione Abruzzo, Transport and Mobility Department, know-how centres for social assistance, as Viale Bovio 425, among the part- well as commercial systems, e.g., 65124 Pescara, ners as regards cultural/ entertainment centres. ITALY the documents, procedures, laws Duration Contact Person and experience Start 01/2004 Arch. Aldo Leonzio, from similar End 12/2006 Tel: +39/ 085/ 7672055, transport systems. Consequently it Fax: +39/ 085/ 7672099, will produce the planning of the Budget E-mail: [email protected] systems which will be implemented Total Budget EUR 1,909,376 in the involved areas. At the conclu- thereof ERDF EUR 1,100,000 Project Partners sion of the project, the data collec- 1 Region Marche, Ancona, Italy ted will be included with an analysis 1 Region Molise, Campobasso, Italy in the guidelines produced by the 1 Oberhavel Besitz- und Verwaltungsgesellschaft project and transferred to the autho- OHBV mbH, Germendorf, Germany rities. This aims to provide suggesti- 1 Region Puglia, Modugno (Bari), Italy ons and support for future political 1 Technologiezentrum Verkehrstechnik GmbH strategies. Hennigsdorf, Hennigsdorf, Germany 1 Technostart Unternehmens- und Technologieberatung An envisaged result of TWIST GmbH, Berlin, Germany activities is the transferability of the 1 Province Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece set-up models in every region with 1 Dopravní podnik mesta Ceské Budejovice, a.s., analogous characteristics. Ceské Budejovice, Czech Republic 1 Transdanubian Research Institute, Pécs, Hungary

40 B-CROSS Business CoopeRation One-Stop Shop

Project description Results & Effects B-CROSS project aims to develop The creation of the business coope- a business cooperation network ration network will be promoted as among chambers of commerce and the business one-stop shop for the industry in CADSES and other areas involved. Offering valuable INTERREG III B cooperation areas, information it soon will be recogni- which will use a Business Cooperati- sed as a business tool for SMEs as on One-Stop Shop (B-CROSS) to something that it includes and will support and enforce business coope- gather to offer market opportunities ration among SMEs in the countries and attract foreign investors. involved. The cooperation network and the available telematics services and content based services will support SMEs especially in rural areas to pro- mote effectively their products and Measure 2.2 using the business offer and demand matching B-CROSS platform to find business cooperations and to attract foreign business partners. Through the development of this network and the use of ICT modern platform B-CROSS takes advantage of the and services, SMEs, especially in rur- existing experience and special al areas, will develop their business Lead Partner know-how on ICT technology, ICT activities and business range, affec- Chambers of Commerce, services offered by chambers and ting directly the economic and social Development Company of Central Macedonia, business cooperation available in development in their areas and raise Kentrikis Str. 3, the partnership. awareness for IT applications. 59100 Veria, GREECE B-CROSS includes mechanisms for Through the involvement of the connecting to different chamber ICT chambers of commerce and SMEs’ Contact Person systems where the existing business staff in e-business methods and in Mr. Ousoultzoglou Prodomos, digital content is available. Other e-training and e-meeting activities, Tel: +30/ 310/ 426 784, special services that will be develo- equal opportunities will be promoted Fax: +30/ 310/ 422 319, ped will include services for the pre- especially in rural areas. The resul- E-mail: [email protected] sentation of the regional characteri- tant economic and social develop- stics and offered opportunities, user ment will contribute to the spatial Project Partners friendly tools to help SMEs create development. The B-CROSS net- 1 Union of Hellenic Chambers of Commerce, small product and company profiles, work and platform may be expan- Athens, Greece integrated transnational business ded to cover a wider territory and 1 Wirtschaftskammer Steiermark (Styrian Economic catalogues and yellow pages, syn- can easily be expanded to include Chamber), Graz, Austria chronous and asynchronous collabo- Eastern European Non-Member 1 Veneto Union of Chambers of Commerce, Venice, ration tools, and training services, states. Italy among others. 1 Chamber of Commerce of Campobasso, Campobasso, Italy B-CROSS works as the tool to pro- 1 Knowledge S.A., Patras, Greece mote market opportunities, and 1 Systema Informatics S.A., Athens, Greece match supply and demand for pro- 1 Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, ducts and services to support SMEs Sofia, Bulgaria towards business cooperation. 1 Ministry for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises & Cooperatives, Bucharest, Romania The CCI network to be developed will include experts from other chambers or related business efforts, so B-CROSS will be easily expanded Duration with the entrance of new regions Start 01/2003 and new applications. The large End 12/2004 investment after the end of the pro- ject will be analysed in a business Budget plan published by the B-CROSS CCI Total Budget EUR 1,845,666 network. thereof ERDF EUR 1,041,750

www.bcross.gr 41 EMBRACE Improving the Access of SMEs from Rural Regions to the Knowledge and Information Society

Project description Results & Effects The project EMBRACE aims to Obtained outcomes so far: design, develop and implement 3 Existing situation analyses in five specific spatial development policies, regions in Greece, Italy, Austria, initiatives and actions for the benefit Hungary and Bulgaria with the of SMEs located in rural and unde- aim to identify problems and veloped urban areas. Their access restrictions faced by SMEs in rural to knowledge and the information and underdeveloped urban areas society should be increased. as regards their access to the information and knowledge EMBRACE intends to establish a society; a synthetic diagnosis of pilot virtual network, available both the findings, online and offline, where SMEs can 3 Study on 31 national, EU and have access to a wide range of international good practices dea- business services and tools, such as ling with the provision of business Measure 2.2 consulting and training in key topics, support services to SMEs in rural matchmaking for accessing investor and underdeveloped urban areas funds, e-commerce, etc. with the aim to improve their access to the information society; The goal is to overcome existing benchmarking of the project part- barriers that these SMEs face by ners, providing assistance and value- 3 Development of policy documents added advisory, e-commerce and and actions plans per region (in information services, which can progress), Lead Partner boost their efficiency and competiti- 3 Development of the project Web Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Thessaloniki, veness and lead to the development site (www.e-embrace.net) availa- Tsimiski Str. 29, of transnational cooperation and ble in six languages (GR-IT-DE- 54624 Thessaloniki, globalisation of activities. HU-BG-EN), as well as the project GREECE cooperation intranet, 3 Design of the Pilot Virtual Net- Contact Person work (functionally and technical- Mr. Dimitrios Bakatselos, ly); beginning of the software Tel: +30/ 2310/ 275 341, development (in progress), Fax: +30/ 2310/ 370 114, 3 Development of a system of indi- E-mail: [email protected] cators for monitoring the progress of the project implementation Project Partners and evaluating its performance; 1 Serres Chamber of Commerce and Industry, utilisation in project progress & Serres, Greece evaluation meetings, 1 TREK Consulting SA, Athens, Greece 3 Preparation of a dissemination 1 ASTER Scienza Tecnologia Impresa, Bologna, Italy plan (in progress), 1 DANUBE European Training, Research and Technology, 3 Design and production of the Vienna, Austria project brochure in 6 languages 1 RIZ Holding Lower Austria Ltd., Wiener Neustadt, (GR-IT-DE-HU-BG-EN) (in pro- Austria gress), 1 Hungary National Business and Innovation Centre 3 Three project meetings organised INNOSTART, Budapest, Hungary so far. 1 Theodore Puskas Foundation - Institute of International Technology (NETI) , Budapest, Hungary Duration 1 Budapest Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Start 01/2004 Budapest, Hungary End 12/2005 1 Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Borsod- Abaúj-Zemplén County, Miskolc, Hungary Budget 1 Bulgarian Association of Regional Development Total Budget EUR 1,750,000 thereof Agencies and Business Centres, Sofia, Bulgaria ERDF EUR 1,125,000 1 Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Stara Zagora, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria

42 www.e-embrace.net GILDANET Global Integrated transport Logistics DAta NETwork GILDAnet

Project description Results & Effects The transport sector in the CADSES Achieved and expected outcomes area has witnessed the recent of this project are: development of ICT solutions cate- 3 To improve the overall efficiency ring to various actors in the field of the international transport of transport. system, 3 To target the main factors limiting Although built using the state-of- the efficiency of modal exchange the-art technology, the available IT operations, and hindering the systems and services attempting to development of combined trans- support planning, operational and port, controlling activities within the con- 3 To implement the created ICT text of intermodal transport chains systems in order to support all the do not seem to be able to support flows and the exchange of infor- the demanding requirements of mation and documents related to transnational intermodal transport the intermodal and transnational Measure 2.2 chains, nor are they providing transport chains, attractive business propositions for 3 To assert GILDANET as the main the IT services suppliers and (poten- portal for CADSES logistic opera- tial) users because they are greatly tors, restricted in scope and reach. 3 To develop value-adding func- tions in order to improve the benefits offered by the system, 3 To internationalise GILDANET, Lead Partner integrating the output of the dif- Regione Emilia Romagna, ferent national and international Viale A. Moro 38, projects, 40127 Bologna, 3 To reach a large number of users ITALY and develop payable services in order to render the initiative Contact Person financially sustainable, Mr. Rino Rosini, 3 To gain institutional credit with Tel: +39/ 051/ 283831, international public and private Fax: +39/ 051/ 284144, subjects who manage comple- E-mail: [email protected] mentary platforms, 3 To promote investments and Project Partners concrete national and regional 1 Hellenic Institute of Transport, Thessaloniki, Greece planning policies for competitive 1 Austriapro, Vienna, Austria transport systems. 1 Teleporto Adriatico , Venice, Italy 1 Interporto Bologna, Bologna, Italy Duration 1 Transport Research & Development Int., Start 10/2002 Thessaloniki, Greece End 06/2005 1 Paradigma, Vienna, Austria 1 Port Authority of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece Budget 1 Port Authority of Heraklion, Heraklion, Greece Total Budget EUR 4,363,150 1 Port Authority of Patras, Patras, Greece thereof ERDF EUR 2,400,000 1 Port Authority of Igoumenitsa, Igoumenitsa, Greece 1 Port Authority of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis, Greece 1 Port Authority of Koper, Koper, Slovenia

www.via-donau.org 43 I2E-INFOTECH TO EXTEND Information Technologies to Extend Regional Development

Project description 3 Dissemination of ICT know-how The project promotes the Informati- and enhancement of skills by on Society (IS) implementation by training managers and staff of the fostering the direct involvement of public administrations and enter- the regional/ local institutions to prises, favour the ICT services diffusion 3 Enhancement of regional/ local particularly in less advanced areas as planning capability in ICT by well as in SMEs which are slower producing an action plan model than the large enterprises in adop- and a handbook on resources and ting the ICT innovative models (geo- organisation design for IS imple- graphical and dimensional division). mentation, 3 Identification of and support to The project develops three main at least 15 B2B cooperation cases activities by: among groups of SMEs and 3 offering structured inputs to the sustaining organisations encom- Measure 2.2 regional/ local administrations in passing several CADSES countries, order to prepare their actions 3 Production of at least ten feasible plans, processes and organisation projects, eligible for financing, for the IS implementation, rooted in public-private transna- 3 supporting the transnational tional cooperation and based cooperation of SMEs driven by on innovative ideas for ICT usage the e-business model adoption, in fields of common interest such 3 preparing innovative projects as G2B and B2G, based on public-private coopera- 3 Creation of an Information and Lead Partner tion in a transnational dimension Assistance Centre in order to help Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, Regional Department for and suitable to attract invest- local administrations and SMEs Industry, Via Trento 2, 34132 Trieste, ITALY ments and create new employm- operating in the seven participa- ent particularly in underdeveloped ting countries for ICT services uti- Contact Person areas. lisation as well as for achieving Dott. Daniela Belli, Tel: +39/ 040/ 3772453, Fax: +39/ information on market entry and 040/ 3772463, E-mail: [email protected] Results & Effects cooperation opportunities. Main effects and results of this Project Partners project will be: Duration 1 Region Umbria, Perugia, Italy 3 To enhance the role of the regio- Start 01/2004 1 Consorzio per l’AREA di Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnolo- nal and local administrations in End 12/2005 gica di Trieste, Trieste, Italy the implementation of the infor- 1 Sviluppo Italia Friuli Venezia Giulia SpA (SI FVG), mation society by planning their Budget Trieste, Italy actions, designing organisation Total Budget EUR 1,768,800 1 TI LAB – Telecom Italia Lab S.p.A. – Future Centre structures and deploying syste- thereof ERDF EUR 811,700 (TILabs), Milan, Italy matic procedures, 1 Land Steiermark, Graz, Austria 3 To support the economic deve- 1 WIBAG – Wirtschaftsservice Burgenland AG, lopment and coherence of CAD- Eisenstadt, Austria SES by promoting the SMEs trans- 1 University of Patras, Patras, Greece national cooperation through 1 T.E.D.K. – Local Union of Municipalities Achaia the creation of new virtual com- County, Patras, Greece munities of enterprises located 1 ANCE – Athens Network of Collaborating Experts, in different CADSES countries, Athens, Greece geographical areas and 1 CEI Central European Initiative, Trieste, Italy by enhancing the competition 1 TPL – Tehnoloski Park of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia capabilities of the SMEs, 1 South Transdanubian Region – Regional Development 3 To enlarge the cooperation Agency, Kaposvár, Hungary between the public and private 1 Bay Zoltan Foundation for Applied Research, sectors by jointly developing Miskolctapolca, Hungary innovative 1 MPI - Mihailo Pupin Institute, Belgrade, projects suitable to attract invest- Serbia and Montenegro ments, to create new valued jobs 1 BICRO d.o.o., Zagreb, Croatia particularly in underdeveloped areas, to stimulate the awareness of ICT advantages and to improve the managerial and technical skills,

44 INDE INformation DEvelopment

Project description The third work package contains The aim of the Information Deve- actions related to the diffusion of lopment project, INDE, is to assist e-networks in order to develop com- the candidate countries belonging to petition, e.g., with www.interegio- the CADSES area in developing net.net. instruments for the transnational The fourth work package aims to cooperation and in finding out solu- promote the courses offered by the tions for the problems related to the project partner 6, IAL, that organises enlargement process. traineeships and workshops and that supports the participants with Cooperation is the key factor for the special technical assistance. development of the CADSES area The final work package contains and helps to balance economic and actions related to the diffusion of social disadvantages related to the the information on the enlargement enlargement process by creating process. new job opportunities. Measure 2.2 Results & Effects The main strategic objectives of the One of the expected tangible results project are to identify the require- at the end of the project period is ments and the conditions to spread to have a complete analysis of the productive clusters and local systems macro-economic situation in the of SMEs in the involved geographi- CADSES area with a specific descrip- cal area, to strengthen the sustaina- tion of the situation of each partner ble development and to cooperate country. This analysis will provide Lead Partner between intermediary institutions, information on the infrastructure Veneto Union of the Chambers of Commerce, to create SMEs assistance centres and show trends of the international D. EU Policies, (Euro Info Centre IT378), through Public Private Partnership productive integration as well as of Via delle Industrie 19/D - Edificio Lybra, with a strong territorial and/ or the initiatives in economic cooperati- 30175 Marghera - Mestre, sectoral scope providing basic and on between local productive systems ITALY specialised services to business, to of the EU and the regions of the develop methods of territorial and CADSES area. On the Web site Contact Person sectoral marketing for promoting called “cavirc.net” e-meetings and Mrs. Roberta Lazzari, access to knowledge and exchange video conferences will facilitate the Tel: +39/ 041/ 0999416, of products to be supplied to the data exchange among the SMEs. Fax: +39/ 041/ 0999303, information society. E-mail: [email protected] The activities of the project are Duration divided into five work packages: Start 09/2003 Project Partners End 11/2005 1 Venice International University, Venice, Italy 1 Special Agency of Chamber of Commerce of Treviso, Budget Lancenigo di Villorba, Italy Total Budget EUR 1,850,858 1 Province of Vicenza, Vicenza, Italy thereof ERDF EUR 813,750 1 Service and Documentation Centre for International Economic Cooperation, Gorizia, Italy 1 IAL of Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, Pordenone, Italy 1 Province of Trento, Trento, Italy 1 Mind Consult & Research GmbH, Graz, Austria 1 Centre of Euro-Mediterranean Regions for the Environment, Athens, Greece The first work package contains 1 Small Business Development Centre - EIC Ljubliana, all the actions concerning the Ljubljana, Slovenia macro-economic analysis of the 1 Croatian Chamber of Economy -EIC Zagreb, CADSES area. Zagreb, Croatia The second work package aims to 1 Republic Development Bureau, Belgrade, establish a technological infrastruc- Serbia and Montenegro ture in order to improve the collabo- ration and the integration between different regions. One of the main actions for this work package is the creation of the www.cavirc.net platform.

www.cavirc.net 45 ISA-MAP Harmonisation of Regional Data Resources for cross-border Planning

Project description Results & Effects Common harmonised and broadly 3 Significant enhancement and accessible cartography and data regional/ transnational implemen- resources are lacking in the service tation of spatial development sector of public administration. policy using modern ICT techno- Such common resources shall be logy; significant improvement of elaborated and implemented in the the corresponding service facilities framework of ISA Map. They repre- provided by public administrati- sent the basis for the preparation ons, of the cross-border planning and 3 Improved application of modern information instruments (e.g., traffic communication facilities, also to planning). support the production of infor- mation to promote identity; better The type of efficient and citizen- support for the regions through friendly access to modern informati- direct access (IT applications) to Measure 2.2 on and telecommunication facilities important information offered to be established by ISA Map as after comprehensive processing well as the services based on such and, partially, transnational har- facilities represent an important monisation, prerequisite for economic and social 3 Improvement of regional develop- development. ment through enhanced use of modern ICT for improving public Common and harmonised basic services (also for remote areas resources must be made available and underdeveloped regions), Lead Partner to the actors of spatial development 3 Improving the awareness of ICT Office of the Government of Carinthia, policy to allow an exchange of applications, also in the field of Wulfengasse 13, 9020 Klagenfurt, AUSTRIA know-how and experience so as to spatial development policy, by ensure efficient and sustainable providing extensive support to Contact Person implementation. The ISA Map pro- users on all levels, DI Peter Fercher, ject will focus on the following main 3 Improvement of compatibility and Tel: +43/ 463/ 536 32002, objectives: integration of existing planning Fax: +43/ 463/ 536 32007, 3 Better utilisation of modern com- data resources and information E-mail: [email protected] munication facilities to improve instruments, the access to knowledge and the 3 Creation of common internet- Project Partners information society for the purpo- based data resources (Geodata 1 Regione Autonoma Friuli-Venezia-Giulia, Trieste, Italy ses of integrated spatial develop- Server), 1 Ministry of the Environment, Ljubljana, Slovenia ment, especially in rural regions 3 Harmonisation of educational and or other disadvantaged regions, spatial policies with a view to 3 Supporting regional and spatial improving further development development policy through and networks between educatio- modern information and commu- nal and research facilities and nication technology and corre- institutions involved in the trans- sponding service facilities provi- fer of know-how and technology, ded by public administrations on a 3 Enhancement of transnational local, regional and national level, cooperation on the administrative 3 Raising the awareness of ICT level (networking between autho- applications also in the field of rities) through preparation of spatial development policy, common spatial information and 3 Harmonisation of educational and cross-border cooperation between spatial policies with a view to different institutions. improving further development and networks between educatio- Duration nal and research facilities and Start 04/2003 institutions involved in the trans- End 03/2006 fer of know-how and technology. Budget Total Budget EUR 1,812,880 thereof ERDF EUR 681,440

46 www.isamap.info SEITCO South-Eastern European Information Telecommunication Cohesion Initiative

Project description Results & Effects The INA Academy has already INA Academy has already been been established as the South established as the South Eastern Eastern European Telecommunicati- European Telecommunications ons Academy (SETA), which includes Academy (SETA) with the aim to representatives from various public provide the institutional framework and private institutions from the for the coming together of all SE ICT sector. countries on an equal basis to furt- her discuss all relevant ICT issues (convergence to EU, usage of new/ existing IC technologies such as spectrum management, etc.) and to receive specialised support servi- ces in the form of studies, training seminars, working groups, round tables, etc. Measure 2.2

Through this project, training acti- vities have taken place in ICT hot issues as Spectrum Management, Universal Service, Tariff Regulation, Through the existing institutional 3G technologies, electronic Security structure this project aims to promo- and ICT Benchmarking. SEITCO te support services and training to has also contributed to the Stability Lead Partner the regulatory institutions in the Pact eSEEurope Initiative work in INA Academy, involved South Eastern European developing the information society ICT Org. Support for Southeastern Europe Department, partners in order to establish a uni- in SE Europe and is preparing specia- 9th km Thessaloniki – Thermi, fied and coherent method of acting, lised reports for all the countries of PO 60080, thinking and policymaking on infor- the region. Currently a Web site is 57001 Thessaloniki, mation and communication techno- under construction and is expected GREECE logies in the region and thus esta- to be online by May 2005. blish concrete benefits for telecom Contact Person operators, customers and govern- Duration Dr. Pantelis Angelidis, ment regulators. Start 11/2003 Tel: +30/ 2310/ 489386, End 11/2005 Fax: +30/ 2310/ 489387, E-mail: [email protected] Budget Total Budget EUR 285,000 Project Partners thereof ERDF EUR 160,000 1 Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy 1 Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), Tirana, Albania 1 Communications Regulation Commission (CRC), Sofia, Bulgaria 1 ICT Forum of Serbia and Montenegro, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro

47 TRANs-IT Transfer Regional Activities in Networks for Business Development and Wellness-Tourism supported by Information Technologies

Project description Results & Effects A better access to modern informa- Obtained outcomes so far: tion and communication technology 3 Preparation of baseline analysis and services is a prerequisite for for Technology Parks (TP) and an integrated development of the Business Sites (BS), smaller rural dominated regions of 3 Elaboration of Regional Business Burgenlandkreis (DE), Burgenland Survey (RBS) completed, (AT), Hajdu-Bihar (HU) and South 3 Draft guidelines on quality mana- Moravia (CZ), and to link into the gement of TP and BS completed, global economy. In the framework 3 Internet presentation of the finis- of the established trans-European hed project (www.transit-eu.net), network of partner regions with 3 Issuing of project newsletter similar profiles, the TRANs-IT project twice a year (two editions so far), will contribute to this objective by 3 Joint internet platform to ensure raising awareness for IT applications communication between all pro- Measure 2.2 and by supporting local and regional ject partners, actors in making use of these oppor- 3 At least one new innovative tunities. wellness product in combination with offers for learning supported TRANs-IT is joining the participating by ICT (event learning, etc.) regions in solving the problems per partner region, through a transfer of knowledge, 3 Elaborated guidelines on quality, changing the experiences and appli- seal of quality for new wellness cation of methodologies and its offers in all partner regions, Lead Partner implementations, i.e., pilot projects. 3 Feasibility study for hotels as Burgenlandkreis, The two specific objectives are: a regional centre of wellness in Schönburger Straße 41, 1) implementation of an innovative, a trans-European context (one 06618 Naumburg, Web-based development and per region). GERMANY commercialisation of Technology Parks and Business Sites for innova- Duration Contact Person tive new locations for businesses Start 01/2004 Mr. Thomas Böhm, and 2) newly developed wellness End 06/2006 Tel: +49/ 3445/ 730, offers should be promoted more Fax: +49/ 3445/ 731199, efficiently through a common inter- Budget E-mail: [email protected] net platform. Total Budget EUR 1,371,832 thereof ERDF EUR 860,124 Project Partners 1 Institute for Structural Policy and Economic Development, Halle , Germany 1 ZSG Zeitzer Standortgesellschaft mbH, Tröglitz, Germany 1 Kurbetriebsgesellschaft Bad Kösen, Bad Kösen, Germany 1 DANUBE – European Training, Research & Technology, Vienna, Austria 1 Eurovision LTD, Brno, Czech Republic 1 Business and Innovation Centre – BIC Burgenland GmbH, Eisenstadt, Austria 1 Euro-Region House Public Benefit company, Debrecen, Hungary 1 Debrecen Regional and Innovation Industrial Park Ltd., Debrecen, Hungary 1 Thermal and Medicinal Bath Company Ltd. Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary 1 Burgenland , Eisenstadt, Austria 1 Ministry for Building and Transport of Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg, Germany

48 www.transit-eu.net Priority 3 Promotion and management of landscape, natural and cultural heritage Measure 3.

This priority is especially oriented Measure 3.1 towards the valorisation of spatial Protecting and developing cultural heritage values, both natural and cultural. This measure aims at the development and implementation of transnational projects focusing According to the ESDP principles, upon cultural heritage as a regional development asset and at developing mechanisms and economic growth and social cohe- tools, which improve the effectiveness of cultural heritage protection policy against every kind sion are based on the promotion of risk through the adoption of common methodologies. and the responsible management of spatial heritages here. Local Measure 3.2 authorities as well as sectoral com- Protecting and developing natural heritage petences are involved in this priority. The major objective for this measure is development and implementation of transnational With respect to this aim, coordina- projects focusing upon natural heritage as a regional development asset. ted transnational interventions aimed at creating "cultural (tourist) Measure 3.3 routes" and other activities is sup- Protecting and developing landscape ported. Common management This measure deals with development and implementation of transnational projects aimed methods to improve the level of at integrated landscape issues in spatial planning policies and territorial actions. knowledge on cultural heritage conditions, protection level and risk exposure will be developed.

Cultural and natural heritage of importance to the whole area should be identified and networking and marketing of natural and cultu- ral landscapes is promoted. The programme aims also at a better integration of cultural and natural heritage protection and enhance- ment issues into relevant sectoral policies.

Three areas of intervention are foreseen:

49 ARCHEOSITES spAtial integRated enhanCement of arcHaEOlogical SITES

Project description Results & Effects Considering the richness of CADSES The expected outcomes are: archaeological heritage, in the 3 Improvement of methodologies ARCHEOSITES project cultural for archaeological resources pro- resources are considered a key ele- tection and enhancement through ment for territorial development and the elaboration and dissemination a crucial factor for the elaboration of of one study, three manuals (on common spatial development strate- management, conservation and gies. The main objective is to pro- accessibility subjects), mote the introduction and diffusion 3 Development and reinforcement of an integrated approach within the of specialised networks in the field policies for cultural heritage enhan- of archaeological resources mana- cement of CADSES space, and asso- gement (one transnational net- ciate the enhancement of the archa- work) and wider dissemination eological resources with the of best practices and experiences improvement of the connections (through four thematic works- among resources and territory and hops), among them and local economy. 3 Experimentation on the field of new archaeological approaches This means both the development of focused on archaeological site extensive partnerships among actors management and development and a more effective integration of via actions concerning relevant cultural development programmes archaeological areas (pilot projec- Measure 3.1 within regional and local develop- ts: three in Italy, one in Germany Lead Partner ment strategies and programmes. and others in Bosnia and Yugosla- Molise Region, Environmental Heritage Unit, Moreover, a wider understanding via), Servizio Beni Ambientali, of the large potential of cultural 3 Enhancement and development of Viale Elena, resources is necessary. Finally, a bet- skilled human resources (through 86100 Campobasso, ter qualification of human resources training activities for 30 people ITALY can be envisaged to acquire the and study tours for 24 people), skills and know-how necessary to 3 Increased awareness of specialists Contact Person manage integrated plans and pro- and large public about potential Mr. Francesco Manfredi Selvaggi, grammes for the comprehensive cultural and economic value of Tel: +39/ 0874/ 429076, management of archaeological archaeological resources through Fax: +39/ 0874/ 429234, resources. Both training activities the development of communicati- E-mail: [email protected] and exchange of experiences need on and information activities, one therefore to be considered a funda- Web site, one brochure, the Project Partners mental part for the outcome of ARCHEOSITES newsletter, four 1 Marche Region, Ancona, Italy the project. info days, one conference and 1 Umbria Region, Perugia, Italy one exhibition. 1 Federculture, Roma, Italy 1 State Service for Heritage Management in Branden- Duration burg and Archaeological State Museum, Wünsdorf, Start 01/2003 Germany End 12/2005 1 Commission to Preserve National Monuments, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Budget 1 Regional Institute for the Protection of Cultural Total Budget EUR 1,380,794 Heritage, Kotor, Serbia and Montenegro thereof ERDF EUR 700,000 1 Urbanproiect, Bucharest, Romania 1 Claustra Alpium Iuliarum - CAI, Velike lasˇce, Slovenia

50 Development of a sustainable tourism Development of a sustainable tourism

Project description Results & Effects Italy, Greece, Poland, Hungary and The expected results of the project Romania have common problems are: from within like high depopulation 3 Creation of lasting jobs in the and unemployment but at the same field of tourism and in all related time they are rich in natural, archi- sectors (agriculture, restoration, tectural and cultural patrimony that agritourism, handicrafts, etc.), is not exploited to its full potential. 3 Definition of a new model for Moreover, the lack of some infra- socio-economic development, structures (as regards the rest of the 3 Halt or at least reduction of the countries involved), the lack of a depopulation in the mountain well organised promotion campaign centres with a consequent reduc- for the areas and, above all, the lack tion of the problems related to of young people risk to accelerate urbanisation, the "death" of local traditions and 3 Growth of the awareness of production of traditional products the necessity to preserve the and food, as well as the weathering environment by campaigns of of architectural monuments with a sensitisation in schools to the loss of those peculiar identities younger generation, which represent the richness of 3 Search for environmentalist tou- Europe in construction. rists by a constant dissemination of information concerning the involved areas with a website in addition to the traditional com- Lead Partner Measure 3.1 munication channels, Regione Abruzzo, 3 Organisation of an interactive Piazza S. Silvestro – Pal. Branconi, Web site capable of involving 67100 L’Aquila, other interested institutions and ITALY local authorities in the whole CADSES area; this site will also Contact Person be used for contacting experts Ms. Anna Tozzi, to solve problems in the fields Tel: +39/ 0862/ 0364270, Most of the targets of the project related to the project and “users” Fax: +39/ 0862/ 0364247, activities are villages located within of any type as tourists who E-mail: [email protected] or close to regional or national require a specific programme, parks, so that spatial planning and 3 Creation of dissemination and Project Partners sustainable regional development promotional material concerning 1 Region of Central Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece are limited to all the challenges this project (leaflets, brochures, 1 Union of Local Authorities of Kilkis Prefecture, connected with natural and cultural posters and CD-ROMs), Kilkis, Greece heritage, land use regulations, soci- 3 Particular attention will be paid 1 University of Szeged Colge of Agriculture, al-cultural-economic dimensions. to sending information to emi- Hodmezovasarhely, Hungary grants belonging to the Italian 1 Swietokrzyskie Centre of the Fundation in Support The only way to reverse such a and Greek communities in all of Local Democray, Kielce, Poland trend is to create jobs in those areas, different places of the world 1 Asociatia Femeilor Din Romania, Bucharest, Romania and tourism represents an enormous who spent their holidays in their source of wealth that unfortunately home countries and who can has not been exploited adequately. transmit traditions to the new Target areas (in Italy, Greece, generations, which will otherwise Hungary, Romania and Poland) be totally lost. have been chosen in such a way to represent a good example for the Duration European value and relevant pro- Start 01/2003 blems for the whole continent. End 12/2005

Budget Total Budget EUR 3,545,000 thereof ERDF EUR 2,000,000

51 EST European Places of the Spirit

Project description Results & Effects The project’s main objective is the The expected outcomes of the creation of a European network project are: of areas and regions that are rich 3 Eight studies at cultural and in spiritual and cultural traditions tourism level, and heritage. 3 Four marketing researches and four SWOT analyses, one best The network will link together areas practice study, in Umbria (Italy), a region known as 3 Definition of a common planning the ‘land of Saints’ for its stunning approach for the management religious heritage, Marche (Italy), of the areas and definition of a whose concentration of ‘sacred pla- common marketing strategy ces’ is one of the highest in the document, country and where there is one of 3 Organisation of 20 local work- the richest Romanic religious herita- shops and events to involve ge in Europe; North-East Region partnerships in the areas, (Romania), a region famous for the 3 Involvement and transfer of the painted monasteries of Bucovina model of management to a broad dating back to the XV-XVI century partnership of local institutions and Thessalia (Greece), where in the and operators, XIV century the famous Meteorisa 3 Creation of a database with monastery (monasteries built on all the necessary information summits) was built and developed. about the areas identified as Measure 3.1 Places of the Spirit, Lead Partner The project will develop activities in 3 Development of a complex Region of Umbria, Direction for Cultural Activities, order to achieve two main aims: software application supporting Via Mario Angeloni 61, 3 Awareness-raising among local the IT link and the website of 06128 Perugia, populations about their own the project, ITALY cultural heritage seen as a corner- 3 Diffusion of 800 copies of stone of regional and national the information on CD-ROM in Contact Person identity through dissemination of four languages, Mr. Ciro Becchetti, information, 3 Diffusion of 5500 copies of Tel: +39/ 075/ 5045190, 3 Attraction of qualified tourist flo- the final colour publication in Fax: +39/ 075/ 5045110, ws to the regions involved four languages, E-mail: [email protected] through the creation of ‘packages’ 3 Organisation of four transnational focused on the spiritual and meetings among partners, Project Partners cultural aspects of these areas of 3 Organisation of a presentation 1 Sviluppumbria - Development Company of the Europe and linked together seminar in each partner country, Region of Umbria, Perugia, Italy through a thematic network called including a final event, followed 1 Mountain Community of Valnerina, Norcia, Italy ‘European Places of the Spirit’. by publication of the abstracts, 1 Municipality of Spoleto, Spoleto, Italy 3 Definition of a common identity 1 Region of Marche, Ancona, Italy The network, supported by IT logo. 1 Development Company of Magnesia, Volos, Greece instruments, will be able to offer 1 Prefecture of Magnesia, Volos, Greece tourists looking for a spiritual desti- Duration 1 Prefecture of Trikala, Trikala, Greece nation all the necessary information, Start 01/2004 1 Regional Development Agency of the North-East, along with the links to the partner End 01/2006 Piatra Neamt, Romania countries that could offer a similar travelling experience. Budget Total Budget EUR 1,484,155 thereof ERDF EUR 842,777

52 HERMES Heritage and New Media for Sustainable Regional Development

Project description Results & Effects The intention of the HERMES pro- In August 2004, the first HERMES ject is to promote and support summer course brought together sustainable regional development by young experts from the participating innovative interactions of cultural regions working on “Cultural heritage and the new electronic heritage and regional development”. media. In particular, the project aims The next summer school (August to upgrade regional identity by 2005) on “Heritage and New improving the perception of heritage media” is currently being prepared. with the help of new media tools In November 2004, the HERMES and to maintain historical sites by Heritage Internet Radio (HRN) new uses. All HERMES activities are started with first testing broadcasts based on a completely new (www.heritageradio.net), with con- approach of interaction between tributions from the following radio urban, cultural and media spaces. stations: Radio Kraków, Bulgarian National Radio, Croatian Radio, Hungarian Radio, Slovak Radio and Radio LOTTE in Weimar.

Supported by HERMES, in Weimar/ DE a new media concept for the Wieland Museum Ossmanstedt is currently being developed. On 25 June 2005, this museum will be Lead Partner Measure 3.1 opened (www.swkk.de). A virtual Foundation Weimar Classic and Art Collections museum of the Argonauts and a (Stiftung Weimarer Klassik und Kunstsammlungen), new city museum is under construc- Burgplatz 4, The following main activities will tion in Volos/ GR. 99423 Weimar, GERMANY be carried out: 3 Transnational feasibility studies In March 2005, the only European Contact Person and pilot projects as a basis for heritage film festival presented 15 Mr. Hellmut Seeman, media promotion and tourist use selected films from all over Europe in Tel: +49/ 3643/ 5450, of common European Heritage Toblach/ IT, as part of the HERMES Fax: +49/ 3643/ 202174, Roots (Ancient Greece, Byzantine project (www.heritagefestival.it). E-mail: [email protected] culture, Romanesque/ Gothic, The scientific framework, coordina- Classical Period, Industrial Herita- ted by the Bauhaus University Project Partners ge, Deformation of European Weimar/ DE (www.uni- 1 Foundation for Promotion of Technology and Cultures by Fascism and Totalita- weimar.de/urbanistik), has started Innovation Thuringia STIFT, Erfurt, Germany rianism, Modern/ Bauhaus), an international network of specia- 1 German Association for Housing, Urban and Spatial 3 Promoting the attractiveness of lists on “Culture, heritage and regio- Development, e.V., Berlin, Germany cultural heritage sites by electronic nal development”. In June 2005, 1 Municipal Enterprise for Urban Studies, Construction forms of presentation and com- the first of four international sympo- and Development of Volos, Volos, Greece munication, sia will be held in Ossmannstedt/ 1 Cultural Centre Grandhotel Dobbiaco, Dobbiaco, Italy 3 Building up a CADSES heritage DE. Following the accession of the 1 Regional Planning Association of Middle Thuringia, internet radio programme, deve- new EU Member states, HERMES Weimar, Germany loping new tools for internet live successfully applied for a project 1 Malopolska Culture Institute MIK, Krakow, Poland streaming as well as presenting extension for the Polish partners. 1 Ethnographic Museum Krakow, Krakow, Poland CADSES heritage media bridges 1 Radio Krakow, Krakow, Poland (virtual cultural routes), 1 National Centre of Regional Development, Sofia, 3 Providing CADSES-wide open Bulgaria educational and qualification 1 National Museum Boyana Church, Sofia, Bulgaria offers for young experts and 1 Bulgarian National Radio, Sofia, Bulgaria multipliers. 1 Hungarian Radio, Budapest, Hungary 1 Croatian Radio, Zagreb, Croatia 1 Slovakian Radio, Bratislava, Slovakia Duration 1 Municipality of Dobbiaco, Dobbiaco, Italy Start 09/2003 End 08/2006

Budget Total Budget EUR 1,947,450 thereof ERDF EUR 1,137,500

www.swkk.de/hermes 53 ITER Itinerari Termali

Project description Results & Effects Italy, Austria, This project has achieved the Hungary, following results and effects: Romania, 3 Web site www.iter-cadses.it, Bulgaria and 3 Comparative analysis of catalo- Greece share guing methods, a common 3 Development of a specific entry cultural heri- for spas, tage: historic 3 Development of a custom-made spas. Starting project data base to be used in the Ancient Greek and Roman for data collection on extranet times, these facilities were often linking all European partners, built in areas where "the waters" 3 Data collection and entry, (hot springs or thermal pools) were 3 Photo gallery, thought to have healing properties. 3 Project-coordinated image hand- Throughout history spa towns beca- book (logo, format, colours, me extremely important both from layout, etc for the project presen- an artistic and cultural point of view tations and materials), and are part of the cultural heritage. 3 Project GIS (geographical infor- Nevertheless, very little has been mation system) to localize all the done to protect what can be consi- spas on an e-map for access on dered one of the most remarkable the internet, cultural ensembles bringing together 3 Dissemination (articles, brochures, Measure 3.1 buildings, interiors and parks or, in seminars and workshops), Lead Partner other words, an extraordinary com- 3 Comparative analysis of European Regione Emilia-Romagna, bination of archaeology, architectu- legislation on spas, Istituto Beni Artistici Culturali e Naturali, re, craft and landscape. Furthermo- 3 Virtual exhibition on the history of Via Galliera 21, re, the health-oriented mass spas in Europe (DVD and video). 40121 Bologna, exploitation has not been equally Before the end of the project ITALY accompanied by a policy for identifi- (June 2005), an analysis of the cation, knowledge, and protection economic relevance of spas and Contact Person of the concerned historic buildings, case studies will be conducted. Mr. Alessandro Zucchini, conservation areas and other aspects Tel: +39/ 051/ 217411, of the historic environment. Fax: +39/ 051/ 232599, E-mail: [email protected]

Project Partners 1 Austrian Heritage Commission, Vienna, Austria 1 Regione Veneto – Direzione Cultura, Venice, Italy 1 Hungarian Science and Technology Foundation, Budapest, Hungary 1 Region of Eastern Macedonia & Thrace, Komotini, Greece Duration 1 Regione Autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia, Trieste, Italy Start 01/2003 1 Amitié srl, Bologna, Italy End 06/2005 1 National Institute for Research and Development, Bucharest, Romania Budget 1 Association of Rhodope Municipalities, Smolyan, Total Budget EUR 1,219,675 Bulgaria thereof ERDF EUR 600,000

54 www.iter-cadses.it ROME Roman, Ancient Greek and Amber Routes, innovative Methodologies and Measures connecting Europe

Project description Results & Effects The project aims to make the most Obtained outcomes so far: of the ancient Roman roads in the 3 1st transnational technical CADSES cooperation space. The meeting in Perugia (Italy), most important aspect of the project 24 May 2004, is the use of advanced technologies 3 2nd transnational technical that allows lands which are far from meeting in Ancona (Italy),18-19 one another but united by common October 2004, action and strategies to be connec- 3 Logo of the project planning, ted to one another. It will make all sharing with the partners and levels of society more aware of the application, value of ancient Roman roads, deve- 3 Initial formulation of project loping them from merely physical website and registration, links between the regions to the 3 Planning and application of the connecting threads of a shared Euro- intranet for the project partners: pean identity and using them as a http://hermes.westgate.gr/ way of demonstrating the value of rome-intranet, transnational cooperation. Study 3 Organisation and implementation and application of innovative tech- of the Roman Festival open to nologies to create three-dimensional the public on 4-6 June 2004, views of our most important histori- completed brochures and posters, cal and archaeological elements is 3 Publication of the catalogue applied both to providing informa- “Die Gemmen von Carnuntum”, tion to the general public, because 3 Special programme and publicati- Lead Partner Measure 3.1 of its effectiveness and clarity, and on for children with “Julius Regione Umbria, to ensuring the proper planning Carnuntinus”, the mascot of the Servizio 7, Sez. I, and management of transformation Archaeological Park Carnuntum Direzione Politiche Territoriali Ambiente ed Infrastrutture, work carried out by government and training seminar for tourism Via Mario Angeloni 61, authorities, which in turn provides staff, 06124 Perugia, the best tools for operating with due 3 Recognition of the existing carto- ITALY care in protecting the archaeological graphies in the champion area of heritage, both within the city and in Via Flaminia in the Marche region, Contact Person the countryside. Other important 3 Dissemination actions of “The Arch. Laura Lombardi, points are: Parliament Magazine”. Tel: +39/ 075/ 5045942, 3 Making the most of Roman roads Fax: +39/ 075/ 5045567, as routes for transporting and E-mail: [email protected] exchanging goods, which means that the Amber Road route is par- Project Partners ticularly important to the project, 1 Marche Region, Ancona, Italy 3 Detailed study of the method for 1 Puglia Region, Bari, Italy setting up a foundation to make 1 Tecnopolis CSATA s.c.r.l., Valenzano, Italy the most of ancient Roman roads, 1 National Library of Albania, Tirana, Albania which could create an extraordi- 1 Region of East Macedonia and Thracia, Komotini, nary network of partners as big as Greece the territory that was once cover- 1 Municipality of Patras, Patras, Greece ed by the Roman roads and still 1 Computer Technology Institut (Telematics Centre exists today, also including part- Department), Patras, Greece ners in other similar projects rela- Duration 1 Austrian Federal Ministry for Economics and Labour, ted to other cooperation spaces, Start 01/2004 Vienna, Austria 3 e-learning modules, End 12/2006 1 ECO PLUS – Regional Development Agency of 3 Methods for setting up and orga- Lower Austria GmbH, Vienna, Austria nising theme parks. Budget 1 NÖ Kulturwirtschaft GmbH, St. Pölten, Austria Total Budget EUR 2,079,000 1 Office of the State Government of Burgenland thereof ERDF EUR 1,186,750 Eisenstadt, Austria 1 Office of the State Government of Styria, Graz, Austria 1 Municipality of Senica, Senica, Slovakia 1 City of Szombathely, Szombathely, Hungary

55 ROMIT ROMan ITineraries

Project description Results & Effects The travelling public’s growing Some of the project’s results are: interest in archaeology is a typical 3 Achievement of a common deve- example of what is called "motiva- lopment model for archaeological tion tourism", a set of new market sites, easily replicated and based segments opposed to "generic on transnational juridical and tourism". economic studies and surveys, 3 Development of a common Euro- The main challenge of the ROMIT pean catalogue entry based on project is to find new ways of a transnational and multilingual preservation and management of inventory, selection and aggrega- Roman archaeological complexes, tion of information and documen- integrating them in the local deve- tation on amphitheatres, arenas, lopment policies. buildings, roads, walls, etc. of Roman origins, also including The aim is to protect the heritage in those lesser known or completely an area embracing cities of Roman unknown ones, origin situated in Emilia-Romagna 3 Design of a cultural route of the (I), Bavaria (D) and Western Greece Roman archaeological sites via a (GR), and also to create employm- website in charge of managing ent and regional development and marketing the cultural route, through an intelligent enhancement 3 Development of a Web site to of the cultural resources, with promote and manage a dedicated Measure 3.1 special benefits for the institutions, cultural route graphically based Lead Partner local actors and populations of the on the Tabula Peutingeriana, Province of Rimini, Secretary of President, involved territories. 3 Design of a European observatory Corso d’Augusto 231, on travellers interested in historic 47900 Rimini, The ROMIT project covers two and cultural heritage, ITALY major action lines: a thorough rese- 3 Development of training materials arch action aimed at comparing for public officers concerned with Contact Person the management systems of the urban/land development, cultural Ms. Anna Rita Biondi, involved sites, identifying their heritage managers and operators Tel: +39/ 0541/ 716833, weaknesses, successes and potentia- and staff of tourism promotion Fax: +39/ 0541/ 716831, lities, and drafting and testing agencies. E-mail: [email protected] transnational public/ public and public/ private cooperative models Duration Project Partners for the development planning of Start 01/2004 1 City of Rimini, Rimini, Italy archaeological sites, which facilitate End 12/2005 1 Institute of Cultural and Natural Heritage of the their integration into the regional Emilia-Romagna Region, Bologna, Italy and local policies. Budget 1 Europa Inform Consulting srl, Rimini, Italy Total Budget EUR 905,000 1 Patras Municipal Enterprise for Local Development thereof ERDF EUR 492,500 “ADEP”, Patras, Greece 1 Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg - FIM-NeuesLernen, Erlangen, Germany 1 ZEUS Consulting S.A., Patras, Greece 1 Technical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria 1 Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Austria

56 Transromanica Transnational Network and Itineraries of the Romanesque

Project description Results & Effects TRANSROMANICA is based on the In spring 2004 all five partner regi- idea to promote the integration pro- ons followed a common defined sel- cess of greater Europe through our ection process and chose their five common cultural and historical highlight candidates, a major part in roots: Romanesque heritage. Long the transnational marketing project. ago, between 950 and 1250, for the They are each accompanied by up first time in Europe, regions and to 20 neighbouring associated sites. countries of distinct cultural identi- The 25 highlight sites and their ties were already developing a com- representatives met one another at mon style in arts and architecture. the first TRANSROMANICA meeting Using this cultural and historical in Klagenfurt on 28-29 June 2004. basis TRANSROMANICA has for- At all 25 highlights TRANSROMANI- med a network of five partner regi- CA have conducted a visitor survey ons. By this Saxony-Anhalt, Thurin- on motives, expectations and activi- gia, Carinthia, the Province of ties of the typical Romanesque tou- Modena and Slovenia are willing to rist (summer/ autumn 2004). Data merge their Romanesque potential processing and analysis have been for a more sustainable development conducted by Slovenian project part- and marketing at transnational level. ners. Tour operators will be intervie- As an initial step, TRANSROMANI- wed until the end of April 2005. CA (2004-2005) aims to create TRANSROMANICA is available at transnational products and build up www.transromanica.com with more human capital (visitor surveys, information, downloads and contac- Lead Partner Measure 3.1 SWOT & marketing strategy, guide ts as of May 2005. Ministry for Building and Traffic of Saxony-Anhalt, training, product development) Strategic planning began in autumn Turmschanzenstraße 30, 39114 Magdeburg, GERMANY for further tourist development. 2004, the SWOT analysis is already completed and the marketing plan Contact Person is in progress. Mr. Frank Thäger, Tel: +49/ 391/ 5673501, Fax: +49/ TRANSROMANICA convention in 391/ 5677529, E-mail: [email protected] Magdeburg will last three days (1-3 September 2005) and deal Project Partners with best practice in maintenance, 1 Ministry of Economy and Labour of Federal Land management, development and Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg, Germany marketing of cultural heritage, 1 dwif-Consulting GmbH, German Economic Institute mainly focusing on the Romanesque for Tourism Research, Magdeburg, Germany and medieval period. 1 Ministry for Economy, Labour and Infrastructure of Federal Land Thuringia, Erfurt, Germany Duration 1 Registered Charitable Society “New Monastery The 2nd part of the project (2005- Start 11/2003 Ichtershausen”, Ichtershausen, Germany 2006) will be devoted to promoting End 10/2006 1 Department of Ancient History and Antiquites, the TRANSROMANICA route and University of Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, Austria itineraries by means of flyers and Budget 1 Province of Modena, Modena, Italy construction of an e-commerce Total Budget EUR 1,809,848 1 Thuringia Tourism GmbH, Erfurt, Germany platform. Two events will serve as thereof ERDF EUR 1,123,894 1 Chamber of Commerce Carinthia, Klagenfurt, Austria communication and marketing 1 Industriestiftungsinstitut eBusiness, Klagenfurt, Austria platform: The TRANSROMANICA 1 State Marketing of Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg, convention (September 2005) Germany and TRANSROMANICA tourism 1 Tourism Association of East Bavaria e.V., Regensburg, exchange (autumn 2006). Germany 1 Bavaria Tourism Marketing GmbH, Munich, Germany 1 “Open Churches“ Project Coordination Body of the Evangelic Church of Saxony, Magdeburg , Germany 1 Carinthia Marketing GmbH, Velden, Austria 1 Paradies Coach Tours GmbH (Paradies Gesellschafts- reisen, Paul Springer), Klagenfurt, Austria 1 International Tourist Institute at National Tourist Association of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia

www.transromanica.com 57 VILLAS Stately homes and castles: compatible use, valorisation and creative management

Project description Results & Effects Cultural heritage, preserved and Obtained and expected outcomes managed in an appropriate way, are: can play a decisive role in spatial 3 Increase of knowledge on the development. This is the focus of cultural heritage according to the VILLAS project proposal. a transnational idea applied to a vast area, Its main aims consist of improving 3 Exchange of information and and revitalising the aesthetic and methodology between the part- economic aspects of architectural ners themselves and potential heritage by creating an evaluation investors and consequent profes- model and defining a compatible sional growth of the staff involved re-use strategy tool according to the in the conservation and valorisati- planning criteria and spatial policies on of the cultural heritage (scien- of the CADSES area. tific networking), 3 Availability of innovative instru- ments for carrying out planning In the long term, the project is events, expected to have a positive effect 3 Availability of more information in on regional communities and order to sustain decisions inherent economies through the increase of to intervention strategies in the knowledge, cultural tourism, invest- cultural heritage sector, ment possibilities, etc. and the 3 Communication with potential Measure 3.1 amelioration of juridical instruments public and private investors in Lead Partner at national and European level in cultural heritage in order to create Veneto Region, Culture Office (Direzione Cultura), a broader sense. new PPP, Palazzo Sceriman, 3 Cooperation with public and pri- Cannaregio 168, The possibilities of intercultural vate potential investors to define 30121 Venice, dialogue and the multidisciplinary objectives and methods for the ITALY approach of the topic will, on the re-use of the cultural heritage, one hand, achieve the relevant 3 Availability of operative projects Contact Person sustainable development require- that in fact represent the basis Mr. Angelo Tabaro, ments, and, on the other hand, for future investments, Tel: +39/ 041/ 2792689, contribute to the support and stabi- 3 Sharing (through seminars, Fax: +39/ 041/ 2792685, lity of the area. conventions, Web publications) E-mail: [email protected] with the community the objec- tives of the heritage valorisation. Project Partners 1 IRVV - Regional Institute of Villas of the Veneto, Duration Venice, Italy Start 01/2004 1 Province of Campobasso, Campobasso, Italy End 12/2006 1 University of Ferrara - Department of Architecture, Ferrara, Italy Budget 1 University of Trieste – Department of Civil Enginee- Total Budget EUR 2,516,016 ring, Trieste, Italy thereof ERDF EUR 1,270,893 1 IBACN - Institute of Cultural Heritage of the Emilia Romagna Region, Bologna, Italy 1 Municipality of Corfu, Corfu, Greece 1 Office of the Government of Carinthia – Department 20 – Spatial Planning, Klagenfurt, Austria 1 Umbria Region , Perugia, Italy 1 University of Zagreb - Faculty of Architecture, Zagreb, Croatia 1 Fund for Regional Development of Republic of Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia 1 County of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia 1 County of Krapina-Zagorje, Zupan, Croatia 1 County of Varazdin, Varazdin, Croatia 1 County of Pozega-Slavonia, Pozega, Croatia 1 County of Koprivnika-Krizevci, Koprivnica, Croatia

58 IPAM Integrative Protected Area Management in the Alps-Adriatic-Region

Project description Results & Effects The protection of areas and sites The planned outcomes of this is one of the most important instru- project are: ments of modern, anticipating 3 Integration of protected area strategies in nature conservation management into regional eco- and planning for sustainable spatial nomy and rural development on development. Therefore, an enor- a strategic and technical level by mous increase of the number providing a focused impulse pro- and acreage as well as the number moting faster development of of categories of sites has been tools and technologies in the field registered. The management of of protected area management, these sites has become a 3 Improving the quality of protected challenge for conservation and other area management in the whole sectors, mainly regional planning, CADSES area through exemplary since protected area management pilot actions and extensive trans- is related to three dimensions, i.e., national transfer of expertise, the spatial, socio-cultural and eco- technologies and results, nomic dimension. 3 Raising public awareness of the complex tasks of protected area Therefore, the planning and mana- management and the far-reaching ging of protected areas was con- possibilities offered by new tech- fronted with very different legal, nologies and tools, administrative and technical realities. 3 Providing a strong impulse and Besides, the interfaces between effort to link protected area Lead Partner Measure 3.2 regional, national and transnational management with the tasks, Office of the Government of Carinthia, requirements and solutions must instruments and tools of spatial Dept. 20 - Spatial Planning, be stringently developed. planning to avoid conflicts by Wulfengasse 13, anticipating and integrating diffe- 9020 Klagenfurt, Within the enlargement process rent interests, AUSTRIA of the EU, different administrative 3 Strong support to implement the and planning systems should antici- European standards (directives!), Contact Person patorily be harmonised in a smooth policies (European Spatial Deve- DI Peter Fercher, process. lopment Perspective), procedures Tel: +43/ 463/ 536 32002, and technologies in countries Fax: +43/ 463/ 536 32007, that are not yet members of the E-mail: [email protected] CADSES area. Project Partners Duration 1 Office of the Federal State Government of Styria, Start 04/2003 Graz, Austria End 03/2006 1 Regional Directorate of Parks of Autonomous Region Friuli Venezia Giulia, Udine, Italy Budget 1 Regional Park of Colli Euganei, Veneto Este, Italy Total Budget EUR 2,370,000 1 Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, thereof ERDF EUR 1,105,000 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic 1 Department for Spatial Planning in Medimurje County, Cakovec, Croatia 1 Ministry of the Environment, Spatial Planning and Energy, Ljubljana, Slovenia

www.ipam.info 59 SISTEMaPARC Spatial Information Systems for Transnational Environmental Management of Protected Areas and Regions in CADSES

Project description Results & Effects The project aims at fostering Main targets and foreseen results regional to transnational levels of are: management and development 3 Foster the coordinated transnatio- of cross-border national parks by nal development of cross-border improving or establishing cross- protected regions by improving border and transnational networks or establishing spatial database of spatial information systems. networks and spatial information The synthesis of management of systems, and initiate the transna- protected areas and regions, espe- tional exchange of experiences cially national parks, by SIS has and know-how, to be strengthened. 3 Support transnational strategies of monitoring, planning and mana- gement of cross-border protected areas and respective regions through integration and applicati- on of spatial information systems with special regard to European initiatives on protecting natural heritage and transnational plan- ning strategies, 3 Increase the awareness of the values of conservation and deve- Measure 3.2 Continuous support of national park lopment of natural heritage by Lead Partner authorities and other regional actors providing clear information, University of Dresden, Dep. of Geosciences, Chair of R. with special regard to landscape 3 Prepare and facilitate the imple- Sensing, (Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sen- management, tourism marketing, mentation of transnational strate- sing), Mommsenstrasse 13, 01062 Dresden, GERMANY visitor guidance, etc. will be provi- gies for the adequate develop- ded. Transnational exchange of ment of tourism infrastructure, Contact Person experiences and know-how among of coordinated measures for Prof. Dr. E. Csaplovics, Tel: +49/ 351/ 46333680, Fax: cross-border national park regions in cross-border nature conservation +49/ 351/ 46337266, E-mail: [email protected] Central Europe has been initiated. and of information systems for den.de By monitoring and analysing the the public, changes of land use patterns since 3 Develop indicators for changes in Project Partners the late 18th century, indicators for land use and land cover by moni- 1Institute of Ecological and Regional Development, the impact of political and socio- toring and correlating the dyna- Dresden, Germany 1National Park Administration Sächsi- economic changes during history will mics of changes with the impact sche Schweiz, Bad Schandau, Germany 1Saxon Ministry be developed. Geospatial informati- of political and socio-economic of Interior Affairs, Dresden, Germany 1National Park on pools and an inter-European changes in CADSES since the late Information Centre Sächsische Schweiz, Bad Schandau, exchange of communication for 18th century. Germany 1University of Technology Vienna, Institute of the documentation, management Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Vienna, Austria and development of cross-border 1Government of Burgenland - Biological Research Centre national parks will be established. Neusiedler See, Illmitz, Austria 1Polytecnico di Milan, DIIAR – Section of Survey and Mapping, Milan, Italy 1Office for Regional Planning Oberes Elbtal/ Osterzge- birge, Radebeul, Germany 1National Park Administration Neusiedler See – Seewinkel, Apetlon, Apetlon, Austria 1Department of Geoinformatics, University of Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic 1National Park Administration Ceské Svycarsko, Krásná Lípa, Czech Republic 1Admini- Duration stration of Protected Landscape Area Labské pískovce, Start 01/2004 Decín, Czech Republic 1National Park Administration End 12/2006 Krkonose, Vrchlabí, Czech Republic 1National Park Administration Karkonosze, Jelenia Gora, Poland 1Uni- Budget versity of Sopron, Department of Surveying and Remote Total Budget EUR 1,207,703 Sensing , Sopron, Hungary 1Ferto-Hanság National Park thereof ERDF EUR 715,500 Administration Sarród, Hungary 1Geodetic Institute of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia 1Slovenian Academy of Sciences and of Arts; Center for Spatial Studies, Ljublja- na, Slovenia

60 www.tu-dresden.de/sistemaparc TWReferenceNET Management and sustainable development of protected transitional waters

Project description Results & Effects The project is designed to improve The expected outcomes of this and reinforce conservation of natural project are: heritage in protected transitional 3 Creation of an e-Centre as project ecosystems and to enlarge their infrastructure, networking ecosy- sustainable fruition. The strategic stems, reducing knowledge frag- objectives are: mentation and improving conser- 3 To ameliorate conservation of vation, translating conservation natural heritage health in protec- into sustainable development ted transitional waters of the strategies and new jobs opportu- CADSES area, by deepening kno- nities, ensuring the project’s wledge, producing technological sustainability, innovation, reinforcing regulation 3 Quantification of external pressu- and overcoming fragmentation res on the protected transitional of expertise and competencies, waters, including Ramsar and 3 To reinforce territorial integration Natura 2000 sites, producing on environmental policy in the GIS maps at regional, national CADSES area, and eco-regional level (approx. 3 To translate effort on conservation 24 maps), into sustainable development 3 Development of new and inno- strategies, creation of new jobs vative descriptors (six, listed in opportunities and improvement activity section) for effective of quality of life. monitoring and conservation of TW ecological status, in particular Lead Partner Measure 3.2 The project will create activities in at Ramsar and Nature 2000 sites, University of Lecce, Centro Ecotekne, 73100 Lecce, the following areas: environmental, 3 Proposal of new Natura 2000 ITALY socio-economic and networking- sites, communication. 3 Reinforcing of legal and institutio- Contact Person nal protection on transitional Prof Alberto Basset, Tel: +39/ 0832/ 320722, The environmental project area will aquatic ecosystems through the Fax: +39/ 0832/ 320722, E-mail: [email protected] promote studies and pilot actions on elaboration of an handbook of transitional protected areas focusing regulation, Project Partners on Ramsarand Natura 2000 sites. 3 Creation of spin-off enterprises 1 Regione Puglia, Modugno, Italy The socio-economic field will realise in biological agriculture, environ- 1 Provincia di Lecce, Lecce, Italy feasibility studies of sustainable mental education and tourist 1 Consorzio di Gestione di Torre Guaceto, Carovigno, economic development promote enterprises. Italy pilot action of spin-offs in tourist 1 University of Bologna, Ravenna, Italy enterprises, and reinforce regulation 1 University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy and contribute to European environ- 1 ARPA Emilia Romagna – Struttura Oceanografica mental normative integration of Daphne, Cesenatico, Italy CADSES countries. 1 MareAmico, Lecce, Italy 1 NCMR – Institute of Oceanography, Anavyssos, The networking-communication area Greece is based on the creation of an e- 1 University of Athens, Athens, Greece Centre which will constitute a func- 1 University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece tional networking among protected Duration 1 University of Aegean, Mytlini, Greece transitional Ramsar and Natura 2000 Start 01/2004 1 National Agricultural Research Foundation, areas by bridging knowledge, exper- End 12/2006 Kavala, Greece tise and competencies of project 1 Institute of Marine Biology of Crete, Heraklion, Greece partners, administrations, NGOs and Budget 1 Development Agency for Amvrakikos Gulf S.A., enterprises. Total Budget EUR 2,336,500 Preveza, Greece thereof ERDF EUR 1,200,000 1 Nomos & Physis, Athens, Greece 1 Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Albania, Tirana, Albania 1 Institute of Oceanology of Varna - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Varna, Bulgaria 1 Galati University, Galati, Romania 1 NetProject s.r.l., Lecce, Italy 1 Association EKOFORUM, ONG, Sofia, Bulgaria

www.twreferencenet.com 61 WETLANDS II Integrated Management of wetlands

Project description 3 Increase of public information Wetlands (lakes, lagoons, deltas, about wetlands management rivers and river plains, coastal areas, and development, etc.) are the most sensitive and 3 Increase of protection projects, important ecosystems–because leverage of investments for where water and land meet we find sustainable development, the cradle of thousands of different 3 Enforcement of EU and national forms of life–and contemporarily, policies on environmental pollu- from the socio-political and manage- tion, rial point of view, they are the most 3 Improvement of nature conser- controversial and problematic natu- vation, ral spaces to be safeguarded and 3 Enforcement of EU and national developed. In Europe, since the end policies regarding wetlands pro- of the 19th century the extension of tection and management, wetlands has been reduced by more 3 Increase of ecotourism activities, than 50%. Land owners, farmers, 3 More transfer of results, to be hunters, water and forest manage- used by other partners for future ment bodies, local communities activities. fearing flooding, among others, take stakes in wetland areas, which A second general effect of the who- are normally against their safeguar- le project will be the improvement ding and natural development, of capacities and know-how of but instead try to limit, reduce, con- the employees and external collabo- Measure 3.2 trol, embank, exploit and transform rators of the involved Wetlands Lead Partner them to meet their interests. Management Bodies and of the Veneto Regional Park These stakeholders have to be get work organisation itself of these Administraion Delta del Po, "on the boat" (or better, the Ark) bodies, developing the skills of Via Marconi 6, for a balanced and sustainable employees and collaborators from 45012 Ariano nel Polesine (RO), development and a possible coexi- 'normal' agricultural technicians, ITALY stence of man and wetlands. biologists, architects or engineers to become step-by-step "Wetlands Contact Person Results & Effects Managers" who pay attention to Director A Stefano Danieli, The following results will be different aspects of an integrated Tel: +39/ 04/ 26372202, expected from the project imple- management approach. Fax: +39/ 04/ 26373035, mentation: E-mail: [email protected] 3 Improvement of tools for spatial planning and development in Project Partners wetland areas, 1 Regione Puglia - Assessorato all'Ambiente - 3 Increase of awareness and accep- Ufficio Parchi e Riserve, Modugno, Italy tance (from stakeholders) towards 1 Biosphärenreservat "Flusslandschaft Mittlere Elbe", wetlands conservation and deve- Dessau, Germany lopment, 1 Parco regionale del Delta del Po dell’Emilia-Romagna, 3 Improvement of know-how Comacchio, Italy of management bodies, Duration 1 Association for Nature Protection of the Stobrawa 3 Increase of economic opportuni- Start 02/2003 Landscape Park "BIOS", Opole, Poland ties, End 12/2005 1 TEULEDA - Local Economic Development Agency 3 Increase and improvement of of Shkodra, Shkodra, Albania tools for wetland management Budget bodies, Total Budget EUR 1,893,000 3 Definition of more efficient envi- thereof ERDF EUR 1,000,000 ronmental monitoring methods, 3 Improvement of indicators for development, certification and control, 3 Increase of awareness and accep- tance (from stakeholders, resident population and "wetland users") towards wetlands conservation and development,

62 www.wetlandsmanagement.org LOTO Landscape opportunities for territorial organization

Project description Results & Effects As emphasised by the ESDP and the The expected results of LOTO European Landscape Convention, project are: the different landscape characterisa- 3 To achieve a common language tion of the territories is a resource and an agreed method on lands- to safeguard. Given that the terri- cape planning that allow the tory is constantly developing, trans- comparison of results and effects formations of the landscape cannot of local and regional policies, be avoided, but it is important for 3 To introduce landscape upgrading them to be guided with awareness. themes in the local, regional and On the other hand, whoever designs national spatial planning, or plans the territory does not easily 3 To determine and test a initial have access to tools that can be list of landscape indicators that used to resolve the problem. can also contribute to this theme for the infrastructure and as a The project result for the social system, intends to provide 3 To contribute to a methodological tools that govern integration of various EU conven- the evolution of tions and directives such as Euro- the landscape pean Landscape Convention, through the kno- Flora-Fauna-Habitat directives wledge of the and others, dynamics of 3 To start an efficient network transformation, among public institutions, rese- Lead Partner Measure 3.3 intending the landscape itself as a arch institution and universities Regione Lombardia, reference framework for any project on landscape studies, policies and Direzione Generale Territorio ed Urbanistica, of an accurate and territorial scale best practices with particular Via Sassetti 32/2, aimed at directing the territorial attention to management tools, 20124 Milan, planning/design tools in a comple- 3 To enhance spatial and landscape ITALY mentary manner. So, the project planning and management docu- proposes identifying a method of ments and tools, Contact Person interpreting the landscape that could 3 To start innovative actions and Ms. Anna Rossi, be a shared operative reference to to raise local awareness regarding Tel: +39/ 02/ 67656836, guide and verify the territorial trans- landscape upgrading, Fax: +39/ 02/ 67655259, formation choices. 3 To develop landscape knowledge E-mail: [email protected] status at the different levels. Project Partners 1 Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities, Rome, Italy 1 Regione Umbria, Perugia, Italy 1 Regione Marche, Ancona, Italy 1 Regione Emilia Romagna, Bologna, Italy 1 Regione Veneto, Venice, Italy 1 Regione Istria, Pula, Croatia 1 Ministry of Environmental and Spatial Planning and Energy, Ljubljana, Slovenia 1 Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany Duration Start 05/2002 End 10/2005

Budget Total Budget EUR 1,821,900 thereof ERDF EUR 800,000

www.loto-project.org 63 REKULA Restructuring Cultural Landscapes

Project description Results & Effects Landscapes have been altered and REKULA has already provided disturbed within a short time incentives for reshaping cultural through industrial processes such landscapes which have been as mining. Natural and cultural heri- severely altered and disturbed by tages as well as regional identities industrial processes such as mining have often been neglected by within a short time. changing economic structures. A committee of European experts has been established and is meeting four times a year to evaluate the outcomes of REKULA and to deve- lop landscaping criteria.

Different international workshops, Measure 3.3 conferences, excursions and project REKULA, the Restructuring of Cultu- meetings have taken place during ral Landscapes, aims at establishing the last two years. Insights gained in integrated and coordinated measu- pilot projects in the fields of energy res for a renewed appreciation of and water will help establish the altered cultural landscapes. A com- necessary set of tools for application mittee of experts was established in throughout Europe. They are inten- order to develop landscaping criteria ded as a set of rules for the preser- and take on the tasks of evaluation. vation of the balance of natural Lead Partner The expert commission acts as a resources as well as practical tools Internationale Bauausstellung Fürst-Pückler-Land, group of consultants for the EU via for managing the entire process. Seestrasse 84-86, the REKULA project and transmits The results of REKULA will be 01983 Großräschen, the dialogue to the European level summarised and published in a GERMANY as an international discourse on the handbook by the end of 2005. treatment of altered landscapes. Contact Person Prof. Rolf Kuhn, Pilot projects are intended to help Tel: +49/ 35753/ 37019, establish the necessary set of tools Fax: +49/ 35753/ 37012, for application throughout Europe. E-mail: [email protected] They are intended as a set of rules for the production–that is, the pre- Project Partners servation–of the balance of natural 1 Regione del Veneto, Venice, Italy resources as well as practical tools 1 Fondazione Benetton Studi Ricerche, Treviso, Italy for managing the entire process. 1 Politechnika Slaska w Gliwicach (Silesian University of Technology) , Gliwice, Poland The results of REKULA will be Duration 1 City and Community of Zabrze, Zabrze, Poland summarised and published in a Start 01/2003 1 Consorzio di Bonifica Pedemontano Brentella di management handbook. This book End 12/2005 Pederobba, Montebelluna, Italy will present a set of tools for lands- 1 Consorzio di Bonifica Destra Piave, Treviso, Italy cape management including various Budget 1 Consorzio di Bonifica Pedemontano Sinistra Piave, interest groups and will contain Total Budget EUR 3,435,100 Codogne, Italy necessary steps for similar restruc- thereof ERDF EUR 2,300,075 1 Kamenz District, Kamenz, Germany turing processes. 1 Lausitz University of Applied Sciences (FHL), Cottbus, Germany 1 Regional Planning Office Lausitz-Spreewald, Cottbus, Germany 1 Regional Planning Office Bautzen, Bautzen, Germany 1 LMBV Lausitzer und Mitteldeutsche Bergbau- Verwaltungsgesellschaft, Senftenberg, Germany

64 www.rekula.net REVITAMIN Revitalisation of former brown coal mining areas/ Development of a transnational computer-aided multicriteria decision aid for mining regions

Project description Results & Effects REVITAMIN, the revitalisation of The expected outcomes of the mining regions, is aimed at upgra- project are: ding and developing post-mining 3 Detailed catalogue of criteria for landscapes at transnational level. the systematic collection and description of the economic, soci- The partners in this project intend to al and infrastructural characteri- identify innovative, cost-efficient, stics, and endogenous potentials sustainable and transferable scenari- of mining regions (methodical os of landscape revitalisation resul- manual), ting in a transnational strategy for 3 Development of input and eva- the revitalisation of mining areas luation modules, in line with European principles of 3 Coordinated textual and structural spatial development without neglec- creation of individual topic-related ting national regional diversity. databases as annexes to the computer-aided decision aid, 3 Overview of formal and informal instruments of regional planning in the individual partner countries at various planning levels, 3 Detailed regional analyses of the mining regions with reference to the catalogue of criteria; initial collection of fundamental current Lead Partner Measure 3.3 strategies for regional develop- District Administration of Weissenfels Rural District, ment in the mining regions Dep. of Economic Development, Am Stadtpark 6, The project team will develop a relating to regional and textual 06667 Weissenfels, GERMANY transnational computer-aided, stipulations, multi-criteria decision aid for mining 3 Selection of cases in the mining Contact Person regions as a suitable and efficient regions involved to demonstrate Mr. Ruediger Erben, Tel: +49/ 3443/ 372200, Fax: +49/ tool to implement strategic revitali- innovative ways and methods 3443/ 372251, E-mail: [email protected] sation plans. of landscape protection and revi- talisation efforts, Project Partners Finally, an information and coopera- 3 Definition of the investigation 1 Burgenlandkreis Rural District, Naumburg, Germany tion network for mining regions area for planning study. 1Institute of Structural Policies & Economic Develop- for the exchange of information and ment, Halle, Germany 1Saxon Academy of Sciences, transfer of know-how and a plat- Duration Leipzig, Germany 1ECOVAST – European Council for the form for business activities beyond Start 01/2004 Village and the Small Town, Weissenfels, Germany the scope of this project will be End 12/2005 1Centre of Geoscientific Competence at Freiberg, Frei- set up. berg , Germany 1Central German Park of the Environ- Budget ment and Industrial Culture, Zeitz, Germany 1Mining Total Budget EUR 1,472,298 Development and Training Company, Theissen, Germany thereof ERDF EUR 900,000 1Halle-Dessau Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Halle, Germany 1Mind Consult & Research, Graz, Aus- tria 1Bärnbach Telepark, Bärnbach, Austria 1Euro-Region of the Ore Mountains, Most, Czech Republic 1Most Municipality, Most, Czech Republic 1Most Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Most, Czech Republic 1Regio- nal Association for the Revitalisation of Horna Nitra, Prievidza , Slovakia 1Regional Association for the Revita- lisation of Velky Krtisˇ, Velky Krtisˇ, Slovakia 1Municipality of Velenye, Velenye, Slovenia 1Regional Planning Agen- cy of Savinjska Salesˇka Region, Mozirje, Slovenia 1Mini- stry for Building and Transport of Saxony-Anhalt, Mag- deburg, Germany 1Saxon State Ministry of the Interior, Dresden, Germany 1Saxon State Ministry for Economic Affairs and Labour, Dresden, Germany 1Saxon State Agency of Environment and Geology, Freiberg , Germany 1Central German Brown Coal Company, Theissen, Germany 1Lusatian and Central German Brown Coal Administration Company, Berlin, Germany

www.revitamin.net 65 SURE Successful Restoration and Rehabilitation Accompanying Infrastructural Interventions

Project description Results & Effects The objective of the project is to put The first year for SURE (2004) bro- basic strategies into practise that ught the following achievements: guarantee ecological and sustainable 3 During the Kick-off Meeting in restoration or rehabilitation under March a detailed schedule and extreme site conditions. a common catalogue of the methodology to be used through- Sustainable reha- out the whole project was drafted bilitation and and during the following months restoration of ski worked out in detail. slopes, road 3 An open workshop including embankments a conference was held in October and opencast in Italy. mining areas 3 A bibliography on the three should lead to an appealing landsca- main objectives of the project pe with satisfying ecological value, was compiled. especially enhancing quality of life 3 The main achievement was the for people living in the concerned selection of pilot areas and the regions. Pilot projects will reveal best set-up of nine trial sites at diffe- practise methods of rehabilitation rent locations in the Alps and Low and restoration. Research conducted Tatra, the lowlands of southern in the pilot area will focus on indica- Austria and northern Italy, and in tors that allow the expected increase mining areas of the Czech Repu- Measure 3.3 of ecological value to be measured blic (the Ostrava region) and Lead Partner through ecological sound rehabilita- eastern part of Germany (the Agricultural Research and Education Centre tion measurements. Leipzig region). Another two trial Raumberg - Gumpenstein, sites will be set up during spring Vegetation Management in Alpine Regions, With the help of constant monito- 2005 in the mountain region of Raumberg 38, ring of economic and ecological Friuli (Italy) and northern Greece. 8952 Irdning, parameters, the data gained from AUSTRIA the pilot projects will convince local decision-makers to put the improved Contact Person know-how into practice. Mr. Bernhard Krautzer, Tel: +43/ 3682/ 22451, To ensure that territorial operators Fax: +43/ 3682/ 2461488, and technicians of land rehabilitation E-mail: [email protected] receive up-to-date information, training activities will be organised Project Partners according to the three main objec- 1 SAASD Provincia di Pordenone, Pordenone, Italy tives: Duration 1 National Agricultural Research Foundation, Inst. for 3 Restoration of endangered and Start 01/2004 Soil Mapping and Classification, Larissa, Greece destroyed high altitude slopes End 12/2006 1 Hochschule Anhalt (University of Applied Science), in mountainous regions Köthen, Germany 3 Rehabilitation of degraded Budget 1 KSB - Kärntner Saatbau, Klagenfurt, Austria embankments and slopes caused Total Budget EUR 1,307,287 1 Mibrag GmbH, Theißen, Germany by improvements in infrastructure thereof ERDF EUR 740,443 1 OSEVA PRO Ltd., Grassland Research Station Roznov measurements – Zubri, Zubri, Czech Republic 3 Restoration of areas devastated 1 GMARI Banska Bystrica – Grassland and Mountain by coal and other ores excavation Agriculture Research Insitute, Banska Bystrica, Slovakia

66 www.sureproject.net Priority 4 Environment protection, resource management and risk prevention Measure 4.

The aim of this priority is to set Measure 4.1 up a common understanding of Promoting environmental protection and resource management the importance of natural resources This measure aims at the development and implementation of transnational projects such as water and to set up com- focusing upon functionally integrated environmental protection and resource mana- mon parameters, indicators and gement. rules for protection and prevention. It is addressed to spatial planning as Measure 4.2 well as water management authori- Promoting risk management and prevention of disasters ties or civil protection and subjects The major objective for this measure is the development and implementation of able to provide a common approach transnational projects focusing upon prevention of natural and man made disasters to technical rules. and upon risk management.

Three areas of intervention are Measure 4.3 foreseen: Promoting integrated water management and prevention of floods The measure deals with the development and implementation of transnational projects focusing on integrated water management and the prevention of floods such as improved sustainable best practices for land use and for agricultural and forestry management in flood risk areas, designation of threatened and sensitive flood areas, integration of infrastructures in an active development of passive barriers, deve- lopment of retention areas, development of solutions and feasibility studies for discharging rainwater, planning dikes moved further back, development and further enhancement of common strategies for monitoring, warning and protection systems.

67 CER2 Central European Regions Cluster for Energy from Renewables.NETwork

Project description Results & Effects CER2 is a valuable activity to boost The following results will be regional development and to increa- expected: se local economic growth and 3 Strengthen cooperation between regional employment by promoting partners: seven meetings, three environmentally-friendly energy cluster network board meetings, technologies and the rational use three cooperation exchange con- of energy. The project supports the ferences (200-250 participants), regional resource management and 3 Three cooperation exchange reduction of CO2, because its activi- platforms (education, quality, ties assist the implementation and energy concept experts), use of renewable energy equipment 3 Final project report and detailed and the rational use of energy. business plan for ongoing cluster networking, The goal of this project is to develop 3 Database with necessary informa- and implement a "Central European tion of inner and outer circle Regions Cluster for Energy from countries and project homepages Renewables" NETwork using: available, 3 Regional energy clusters and 3 Six education concepts developed, energy concepts and support adapted, translated and imple- of "Renewable and Rational Use mented for the inner circle coun- of Energy" start-ups, tries, 3 Standardised "Education Sche- 3 Quality schemes for production, mes" for building service systems, buildings, education Lead Partner engineers, architects, planners, and marketing supported, adap- Österreichisches Forschungs- u. Prüfzentrum Arsenal installers and energy advisers in ted or introduced, GmbH, Business Area Renewable Energy, (Object 210) the fields of "Renewable Energy 3 Three regional cluster concepts Faradaygasse 3, 1030 Vienna, AUSTRIA Sources" (RES) and "Rational developed and implemented, Use of Energy" (RUE), 3 Opening events performed, Contact Person 3 A “Quality Assurance Support 3 Energy proponent committees DI Anton Plimon, Tel: +43/ 50/ 5506371, Fax: +43/ 50/ Programme” to guarantee high established and energy concepts 5506590, E-mail: [email protected] Measure 4.1 quality of new RES and RUE supported and/ or developed technologies in production, plan- (AT 13, AT 113, DE 11A, PL 03, Project Partners ning and installation. PL 09; CZ 031, CZ 072; SK 04; 1 European Centre for Renewable Energy, HU 02; SI 00A), Güssing, Austria 3 34 education courses (six in PL, 1 Association for Business Development, Schwäbisch CZ, SK, HU SI, three in AT, one Hall, Germany in DE), 1 CERE - Centre of Excellence for Renewable Energy, 3 Five regional RES and RUE com- Energy Efficiency Environment, Vienna, Austria pany start-ups support program- 1 17&4 Consulting Ltd., Vienna, Austria mes conducted (PL, CZ, SK, HU, 1 Municipality of the City of Vienna, Vienna, Austria SI), 1 The College of Management and Public 3 11 newsletters published, Administration, Zamosc, Poland 3 Homepages implemented, works- 1 CALLA – Association for Environmental Conservation, hops for informing important Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic regional and national institutions, 1 Czech Union for Nature Conservation - Basic Org. organisations, decision-makers Veronica, Brno, Czech Republic and the public on the project 1 European Technological Centre, Joint-stock Company content, Presˇov, Presˇov, Slovakia 3 Publication of articles in important 1 Central Transdanubian Regional Development Agency newspapers and professional plc., Székesfehérvár, Hungary magazines, 1 Federation of Technical and Scientific Societes, Fejer 3 Actively participated in connected County Organisation, Székesfehérvár, Hungary conferences, seminars, etc. 1 Széchenyi István University, Gyor, Hungary 1 Energy Restructuring Agency (ApE), Ljubljana, Slovenia Duration Start 11/2003 End 10/2006

Budget Total Budget EUR 2,423,622 thereof ERDF EUR 1,183,050

68 Drava River Basin Project (DRBP) Environmental infrastructure measures in the River Drava Basin

Project description Results & Effects On the environmental sector, pro- The expected results of the project blems are often transnational with are the following: the cause lying in one country and 3 Transnational methodical the effects in the bordering one. approach for development and implementation of an environ- The characteristics of regions along mental infrastructure with special borders are similar to less developed focus on Eastern European coun- regions in other countries. The lack tries. Integration of relevant envi- of financial means makes it very ronmental fields (water, waste difficult to improve the infrastructure water and waste management) in the regions, although from the within one regional master plan, point of view of EU standards, they 3 Prioritisation methodology for are necessary and being requested, selection of prior project imple- especially projects concerning waste mentations, and waste water management, 3 Establishment of a cooperation which require considerable amounts framework (regional self-govern- of money, technological know-how ment), feasibility study, economic and complex organisational and framework and implementation legal structures to be effective. structure (ready to tender) for one waste management pilot The Drava River project for the Drava region in Basin Project northwestern Croatia, will develop 3 Integration of waste management Lead Partner a methodology in northwestern Croatia into the ARGE DRBP (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Drava River to enable the Croatian ISAP strategy, Basin Project), authorities in 3 Selection and ongoing preparation Walther-von-der-Vogelweide-Platz 4, less developed of two waste water pilot projects 9020 Klagenfurt, regions to based on the regional master AUSTRIA approach these plan, infrastructure projects in a way such 3 Enhancement of the environ- Contact Person that a long-term sustainable, econo- mental situation in the Drava Dr. Adolf Rausch, Measure 4.1 mically and socially-viable solution River Basin and along the Drava Tel: +43/ 463/ 3261242, can be found taking into considera- flow and in the regions on and Fax: +43/ 463/ 3261245, tion the EU-wide environmental and along the River Danube, into E-mail: [email protected] technological standards and using which the Drava flows, modern organisational and financial 3 An increase in the quality of life Project Partners models. (positive effect for the population 1 Quantum GmbH, Klagenfurt, Austria and tourism), 1 Joanneum Research, Graz, Austria 3 Enhancement of the infrastructure 1 iC Consulenten, Vienna, Austria of the region, 1 Ministry of Public Works, Reconstruction and 3 Optimisation of the administration Construction, Zagreb, Croatia structures, 1 South Transdanubian Regional Development Agency, 3 Raising public awareness on the Pécs, Hungary environmental issue. 1 Ministry of Environment and Water Management, Pécs, Hungary Duration 1 General Assembly of Baranya County, Pécs, Hungary Start 01/2003 End 12/2005

Budget Total Budget EUR 2,283,834 thereof ERDF EUR 750,000

www.drava-river-basin.net 69 ISOTEIA Integrated System for the promotion of Territorial/ Environmental Impact Assessment in the framework of spatial planning

Project description Results & Effects The aim of the project is the esta- 3 One thematic network comprising blishment of an integrated system research and technological institu- designed to promote the best means tions as well as local and regional to assess Territorial and Environ- authorities and organisations, mental Impacts (TEIA) within the 3 Integration of methodologies and framework of resource management tools for TEIA using the Spatial and regional planning in the CAD- Decision Support Systems (SDSS) SES region for environmental protec- in national and transnational stu- tion. During the project run-time, dy areas, eight TEIA case studies are planned, 3 Eight case studies (two transnatio- which are based on alternative nal) based on the application of scenarios generated by the Spatial SDS on different environmental Decision Support Systems (SDSS) in fields, national and transnational study 3 Ten researchers among the project areas in different environmental partners trained in Geographical fields such as surface water manage- Information Systems and Remote ment, ecosystem protection, forest Sensing (GIS-RS) tools and appli- management, integrated irrigation cations, management, water supply optimi- 3 13 researchers and 12 invited sation and precision farming. professionals trained (in two sepa- rate courses) on best practices in TEIA using SDS, 3 One multi-task digital service Lead Partner offering all the necessary docu- CIHEAM - Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania, mentation and sources of updated Department of Environmental Management, information to planners, stakehol- PO Box 85, ders and professionals for TEIA Makedonias str. 1, and SDSS applications as well as 73100 Chania, a forum for consultancy, GREECE 3 Course curricula related to GIS/ Measure 4.1 RS, SDSS and TEIA. Contact Person They will serve as examples and Mr. Alkinoos Nikolaidis, as feedback to further improve the Duration Tel: +30/ 282/ 1035000, methodology and tools. The main Start 01/2004 Fax: +30/ 282/ 1035001, expected result of the project is End 12/2006 E-mail: [email protected] the promotion of effective and sustainable management of natural Project Partners resources in CADSES. Budget 1 Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department Total Budget EUR 1,194,136 of Forestry and Natural Environment, Thessaloniki, thereof ERDF EUR 799,891 Greece 1 Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Agriculture, Thessaloniki, Greece 1 Organisation for the Development of Western Crete, Chania, Greece 1 Municipality of Kolymvari, Crete, Chania, Greece 1 Municipality of Archanes, Crete, Irakleio, Greece 1 University of Trieste, Department of Biology, Trieste, Italy 1 CIHEAM - Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari, Valenzano, Italy 1 Regional Government of Friuli Venezia Giulia, Trieste, Italy 1 Hydro-Engineering Institute of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 Technical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria 1 Institute of Informatics and Applied Mathematics, Tirana, Albania 1 Technical University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

70 KATER II KArst waTER research programme

Project description Results & Effects In many countries belonging to Publications: CADSES, karstic areas are important Karst Phenomena in Veneto Region, and acutely essential for public Hydrogeological Map of Sette water supply. These areas are at Comuni Plateau (Regione del Vene- the same time highly sensitive and to, Giunta Regionale, Italian and valuable natural environments. Englisch); CELICO F., MUSILLI I., Conversely, exploitation pressure VARCAMONTI M., NACLERIO G. on these areas is increasing, such as (2005) - Microbial groundwater in the fields of tourism, settlements, pollution in Italian carbonate aqui- transport infrastructure, forestry fers, Giornale di Geologia, 1, 215- and pasture management. 219; Köck R.; Hochbichler E.: Effects of pasture abandonment on subalpi- The project aims at safeguarding ne plant species diversity, JOURNAL water supply and the required, OF VEGETATION SCIENCE. largely natural conditions of the catchment areas. The conflicts bet- Public relations activities: ween often incompatible land use 3 KATER II and the first transnatio- activities by necessity lead to effects nal university excursion, Septem- of high relevance for regional plan- ber 2004: 38 students participa- ning. To facilitate and optimise the ted in an excursion through all decision-making process relating partners' pilot areas for nine days, to the problems of land use/ water 3 “Weeks in the Country (Ecocamp management/ environmental pro- Hochschwab)”: 50 pupils in two Lead Partner tection, it would useful to develop classes experienced a week in the Municipality of the City of Vienna, and implement a decision support catchment areas of the Viennese MA31 Waterworks, system. This work is based on the water supply and learned by Grabnergasse 4-6, scientific and methodological consi- doing in the field about the goals 1060 Vienna, derations derived from the results of KATER II. AUSTRIA of the KATER project. The collection of data documenting the natural Reports from subcontractors: Contact Person environment calls for the well-consi- Reports and Maps on structural Dipl.-Ing. Hans Sailer, Measure 4.1 dered design of both data collection geology, karstmorphology and Tel: +43/ 1/599590, and measuring station set-up. mountain pasture. Fax: +0043/ 1/599 59 7231, Optimising the data collection pro- E-mail: [email protected] cess is a key output of the project. Duration This will be determined for the karst Start 01/2003 Project Partners aquifers situated in the project terri- End 12/2006 1 Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Culture, tories and will be transferable to Vienna, Austria other areas. The development of Budget 1 Regional Government of Lower Austria; BD1 the decision support system will be Total Budget EUR 3,246,400 General Construction , Sankt Pölten, Austria based on a software developed for thereof ERDF EUR 1,376,701 1 Regional Government of Styria; 19A Water the KATER project (metadata and Management and Hydrography, Graz, Austria presentation tools) and will be hand- 1 IRGO - Institute of Mining, Geotechnology and led by individual project partners. Environment, Ljubljana, Slovenia The relevant activities derived from 1 Institute of Geology; Hydrogeology and Engineering the project therefore do not merely Geology, Zagreb, Croatia address the public at large, but also, 1 Regional Government of Veneto; Geology and Water and in particular, the competent Cycle, Venice, Italy policymakers, scientists, regional 1 Regional Government of Molise, Campobasso, Italy planners, water supply companies and administrators (conferences), students and university teachers (excursions), and schoolchildren and their teachers ("weeks in the country").

www.kater.at 71 SAWWTACA Sewerage And Waste Water Treatment in the Adriatic Coastal Area: development of an adequate tool on project development

Project description Results & Effects The main objective of the SAW- The following outcomes are WTACA project is the improvement expected: and harmonisation of policies and 3 Creation of a transnational coope- actions aimed at upgrading sewera- ration network on sewerage and ge networks and waste water treat- waste water treatment in order to ment in urban settlements around improve jointly the surface water the Adriatic Sea. The project will, quality of the Adriatic sea by in the first place, create a durable improving sewerage systems and network of local authorities and waste water treatment facilities. experts. The network aims at a 3 Improvement of management continuous upgrading of the overall skills and technological know-how awareness and know-how on safe- within agencies in the Adriatic guarding Adriatic surface water by area dealing with sewerage and improving sewerage systems and waste water issues. Dissemination waste water treatment, being a of information on how to cope platform for exchange of experien- effectively with the growing ces and transfer of knowledge on demand on waste water infra- innovative technologies and mana- structures in line with European gement tools. legislation. 3 Identification of common, trans- Secondly, an innovative tool will be national standards, methods and developed, elaborated as a set of technologies for sewerage and guidelines, which should enable waste water treatment planning, Lead Partner local authorities to identify which which meet the specific require- Municipality of Rimini, infrastructure investments are nee- ments of Adriatic seaside resorts Settore Lavori Pubblici, (Public Works Sector), ded, how to implement them, (one database, one master plan, Piazza Cavour 27, which restrictions and standards one manual). The results will be 47900 Rimini, follow from national and Communi- published in paper and online, ITALY ty legislation, and which technolo- and presented at a conference. gies are most suitable to use. Dissemination will furthermore Contact Person Measure 4.1 be enhanced using appropriate Mr. Massimo Totti, In order to establish the specific occasions and forums, in which Tel: +39/ 0541/ 704336, needs of the Adriatic area, a to present the results. Fax: +39/ 0541/ 704338, thorough analysis of the state of the 3 Increased awareness among E-mail: [email protected] art on sewerage and wastewater administrators, planners and treatment in Adriatic coastal regions scholars in the entire Adriatic area Project Partners will be carried out. Said analysis will on the importance of a joint 1 Joanneum Research, Graz, Austria be confronted with local experiences development of adequate waste 1 Preveza Municipality, Preveza, Greece and expertise available within the water policies and the use of 1 Province of Rimini, Rimini, Italy partnership, resulting in a Master innovative technologies in the 1 Croatian Waters, Zagreb, Croatia Plan for the Adriatic area, which region. 1 Ljubljana University, Ljubljana, Slovenia will serve as a reference to policy 1 Rijeka Municipality, Rijeka, Croatia development in the Adriatic area. Duration With this background information, Start 12/2003 the final guidelines on project deve- End 12/2006 lopment in sewerage and waste water treatment in the Adriatic area will be elaborated. Budget Total Budget EUR 908,850 thereof ERDF EUR 496,750

72 SMS VOSLESS Implementation of Solvent Management Systems as transnational approach to reducing VOC’s pollution

Project description Results & Effects With the implementation of the Planned and partly achieved results Solvent directive (Directive of the project are: 1999/13/EC), which aims at redu- 3 To implement the Solvent Mana- cing the direct and indirect effects gement Plan (SMP) in 45 firms of volatile organic compounds emis- and seven industrial sectors, sions in the environment, a call for 3 To establish a set of suitable indi- action exists for implementation in cators to verify and quantify the the industrial sectors. There is also performance of the Solvent a need of developing the implemen- Management Plan. The set of tation of Environmental Manage- indicators will allow some compa- ment Systems in some industrial risons to the results achieved European sites through the Solvent both in different countries and in Management Plan. different companies in the same industrial sector, The companies that will be selected 3 To implement and diffuse a speci- for the project will be small and fic software to quantify the emis- medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) sions values, which can set a significant example 3 To organise management training to extend the achieved results to sessions in order to form several other companies in the same indu- internal operators to perform spe- strial sector when the project ends. cific and very practical actions The industrial sectors/ processes such as using and checking VOC under investigation are: the coating abatement systems, using specific Lead Partner of several kind of surfaces, surface painting systems and checking Province of Forli’-Cesena, degreasing, shoe production, their performances, etc., P. le Morgagni 9, car repair work, dry cleaning and 3 To provide the public administra- 47100 Forlì, production of coating products. tion with operative procedures to ITALY optimise the monitoring activities, 3 To promote the diffusion of the Contact Person The project aims at achieving: SMP in Romania and Slovenia. Mr. Vladimiro Alberti, 3 The development to an operatio- Tel: +39/ 0543/ 714111, Measure 4.1 nal degree of the Solvent Mana- Duration Fax: +39/ 0543/ 714234, gement Plan (SMP), Start 01/2004 E-mail: [email protected] 3 The implementation of such plan End 12/2006 inside some industrial European Project Partners sites, Budget 1 University of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany 3 The constitution of a network Total Budget EUR 1,087,966 1 IHD Dresden, Dresden, Germany gathering some stakeholders like thereof ERDF EUR 530,000 1 ENEA, Rome, Italy entrepreneurs associations and 1 ERVET, Bologna, Italy local authorities. 1 University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia 1 University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

www.provincia.forli-cesena.it 73 TAQI Transnational Air Quality Improvement: A Management Tool for Regional Planning

Project description Results & Effects The TAQI project aims at creating a The idea of TAQI was born when homogenous, regionalised, transna- it became clear that monosectoral tional, up-to-date emission data strategies at national level seem information base for long-term plan- to be insufficient for solutions in ning decisions, such as EIA or SEA, the complex field of air pollution by linking environmental data with and environmental planning. spatial information. Emission inven- tories for all SNAP categories (traffic The project creates a homogenous, and non-mobile sources) and emissi- regionalised, transnational, up-to- on forecasts will contribute to the date emission data information base aim of monitoring smaller, but more for long-term planning decisions, dispersed pollution sources. such as EIA (Environmental Impact An advanced transnational network Assessment) or SEA (Strategic Envi- cooperation to exchange knowledge ronmental Assessment), by linking and a common elaboration of strate- environmental data with spatial gies to improve the data and envi- information. Emission inventories ronmental situation will contribute for all SNAP categories (mobile to the planning of measures and sources like traffic and non-mobile finding best practice methods regar- sources) and emission forecasts ding the lasting reduction of air will contribute to the aim of monito- pollutants in accordance with the ring smaller, but more dispersed demands of the EU environmental pollution sources. policy (air quality management). Lead Partner The project has initiated so far an Austrian Environmental Expert Group (AEEG), At multilateral cross-sector works- international internet information Gymnasiumstraße 42/5, hops, the transnational coordination platform (www.air-ce.info), provi- 1180 Vienna, of measures according to EU/ NEC ding the public with access to up- AUSTRIA directive will be discussed as well as to-date pollution data and environ- the ozone directive, the joint hand- mental information in several langu- Contact Person ling of the benzene problem, the ages. To not be confronted with Dipl. Ing. Richard Schönstein, Measure 4.1 long range transport of particulate heterogeneous data between the Tel: +43/ 1/ 4783400, matters and transnational exchange different countries of the project, Fax: +43/ 1/ 4786391, of experiences regarding the intercalibration exercises were E-mail: [email protected] "coming to terms" with the Kyoto done in Prague and some field targets including emission trading. experiments organised in Vienna. Project Partners Also training courses and seminars 1 Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (CHMI) , will contribute to a transnational Prague, Czech Republic know-how exchange and transfer 1 State Government of Lower Austria; Department in the field of regional planning and of Environmental Affairs, St. Pölten, Austria air quality. 1 Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute (SHMI), Bratislava , Slovakia The issues within the scope of 1 State Government of Vienna, Vienna, Austria spatial development to be covered 1 Institute for Environmental Management, Budapest, by this project are social and econo- Hungary mic issues, transport, environment, 1 State Government of Burgenland, Eisenstadt, Austria sustainability and information Duration 1 Municipality of Forli; Social Welfare Policies – society matters including matters Start 07/2003 Health Unit, Forli, Italy related to social integration. End 07/2006 1 Bavarian Environmental Protection Agency – Depart- ment Air Quality Control, Augsburg, Germany The project will initiate the recon- Budget struction and enlargement of an Total Budget EUR 1,525,375 international internet information thereof ERDF EUR 691,610 platform providing the public with access to up-to date emission data and environmental information in several languages.

74 www.air-ce.info RISK AWARE RISK - Advanced Weather forecasting system to Advice on Risk Events and management

Project description Results & Effects Meteorological hazards, especially The planned results of the project flooding, cause the loss of lives and are: the destruction building and infra- 3 Database including meteo- structure. This demands an impro- geo-hydro data vement in forecasts and timely 3 Data broadcasting system warnings of such hazards in order 3 Data visualisation system to protect lives and property. 3 Scientific publications and report The project general objectives are 3 Methodologies to improve the prevention of geohydrological description of weather conditions natural disasters at regional, national at different time ranges up to and transnational level caused by two days in advance meteorological situations and the 3 Methodologies to relate weather design and implementation of conditions to ground effects regional, national and transnational 3 Software tools to integrate the programmes for geo-hydrological different component of the hazards assessment and risk mana- system in a unique framework gement. 3 Regional and national meetings to exchange information with The projects main activities will local, regional, national authori- focus on the: ties, institutions and end users 3 Definition of methodologies, 3 Transnational workshop/ interna- models and data set, tional conference 3 Definition of common guidelines 3 Project Web site Lead Partner for risk prevention and manage- 3 Guidelines documents ARPA-ER, Hydrometeorological Service (ARPA SIM), ment, 3 Pilot actions Viale Silvani 6, 3 Design and development of 3 Civil protection plans 40122 Bologna, data communication system and ITALY archiving system, Duration 3 Implementation of the operational Start 01/2004 Contact Person prototypes over selected target End 12/2006 Dr. Pier Paolo Alberoni, areas, Tel: +39/ 051/ 6497511, Measure 4.2 3 Deployment of facility to end Budget Fax: +39/ 051/ 6497501, user. Total Budget EUR 2,600,000 E-mail: [email protected] thereof ERDF EUR 1,300,000 The goal of RISK AWARE is to enlar- Project Partners ge the spectrum and quality of 1 University of L'Aquila CETEMPS, L'Aquila, Italy meteorological information up to 1 Regione Marche - Civil protection and Local Security, the short range (0-24 hours) in Ancona, Italy order to support users in hydrology, 1 ARPA Friuli Venezia Giulia OSMER, Palmanova, Italy geology, civil protection and related 1 Regione Emilia-Romagna Servizio geologico, sismico areas whose actions are e dei suoli, Bologna, Italy dependent on timely information 1 Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche ISAC, Rome, Italy about severe meteorological events 1 Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Perugia, Italy evolving on short time scales and 1 Dipartimento di Protezione Civile, Rome, Italy local hydrogeological conditions. 1 Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Wessling, Germany 1 Joanneum Research GmbH - Institute of Applied Systems Technology, Graz, Austria 1 University Vienna, Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics, Vienna, Austria 1 Institute of Meteorology and Water Management, Warsaw, Poland 1 Meteorological and Hydrological Service, Zagreb, Croatia

75 S.I.S.M.A System Integrated for Security Management Activities to safeguard and protect historic centres from risks. “Citizen as the first rescuer”

Project description Results & Effects A context of particular vulnerability Foreseen results of the project are: due to seismic activity in the territo- 3 Creation of a data processing ries of the CADSES area (Italy, Gree- system together with the exchan- ce, the Balkan Countries, Slovenia, ge of information among partners Slovakia) and its rich architectural and open to other European sub- and cultural heritage, including jects to promote and enhance an several historic centres where rele- exchange of data and experien- vant activities for the quality of ces, and their dissemination to urban systems are being carried out, institutional bodies as well as uni- are the reasons why the Project versities and research institutes, “S.I.S.M.A.–Integrated System for under an apposite permanent prevention of risks and protection observatory which will continue of historic architectural pattern” has to operate after the project ends, been submitted. 3 Report references of synthesising shared methodologies to critically The purpose analyse the vulnerability degree of is to start the “historic centre system” and a scientific its components as regards dama- comparison ges from natural disasters, as well on approa- as a definition of the criteria for ches and an disaster scenario outline, methodologies developed, and in 3 Report synthesising guidelines the course of its application, prepa- for the definition of land manage- Lead Partner red to confront and prevent the ment policy, regulations and Umbria Region, Dept. of Territorial Policy, destructive action of natural events projects aiming to reduce risks as Environment and Infrastructure, from the viewpoint of promoting well as to safeguard historic and Piazza Partigiani 1, and developing preventative coordi- cultural sites, 06100 Perugia, nate actions outlined at transnatio- 3 Report outlining behaviours for ITALY nal level. better population training on the “citizen as first rescuer” role wit- Contact Person Measure 4.2 The final target of the project, that is hin risk management actions as Ing. Luciano Tortoioli, to protect and safeguard human life carried out in emergency plans, Tel: +39/ 075/ 5042627, and cultural heritage, will be accom- 3 Dissemination of risk prevention- Fax: +39/ 075/ 5042629, plished with the development of based methodologies through E-mail: [email protected] methodologies of integrated actions staff training and education. of prevention. Aspects related to Project Partners urban planning and building regula- 1 Emilia Romagna Region, Bologna, Italy tions will be implemented as tools 1 Marche Region, Ancona, Italy of precautionary measures to be 1 Abruzzo Region, L'Aquila, Italy used both as a general rule and a 1 Prefecture of Athens, Athens, Greece direct incisive proposal for program- 1 Region of Peloponnese, Tripolis, Greece med interventions on the existing 1 Municipality of Homeroupolis/ Chios, Vrondados, building pattern. Greece 1 Environmental Agency of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia As regards conservation of “historic Duration 1 Geological Survey of Slovakia, Kosice, Slovakia centre system” and its components, Start 01/2003 1 Civil Protection Department, Rome, Italy elements will be analysed for redu- End 12/2006 cing its vulnerability. Knowledge of these elements will find immediate Budget as well as efficient application when Total Budget EUR 1,939,650 risk management actions are organi- thereof ERDF EUR 1,000,000 sed. As a consequence, information and awareness of citizens on the degree of vulnerability of their own urban system will allow them to act as “first rescuers”, so becoming important for their own security as well as that of the cultural heritage in the historic centre.

76 CADSEALAND Land-sea Interaction: Coastal State and Evolution in CADSES

Project description Results & Effects The complex ensemble of natural 3 Developing international stan- marine, terrestrial, atmospheric pro- dards for the definition of a cesses that determine the "state" of “state of the coast” useful for coastal areas isthe result of a statisti- territorial planning and manage- cal balance which is subject to both ment, engineering, insurance, natural and anthropogenic changes. etc., the processes (both on land It is of vital importance for the pre- and at sea) that determine the servation and management of coa- coastal state through the land- stal areas to be able to detect these sea interaction and the processes trends or their signs in the coastal (both natural and human) that state as well as to identify the natu- determine the evolution (dyna- re and origin of the detected trends. mics) of the coastal state. It is necessary to be able to succes- 3 Developing efficient monitoring sfully address management interven- systems for the state of the coast tions (including preservation and and its evolution, and efficient defence ones) in full respect of eco- techniques for the protection of nomic and social interests that are, endangered coastal areas and the almost invariably, linked in such cir- reconstruction of damaged ones. cumstances. Given this complexity 3 Developing and diffusing an inte- of coastal dynamics, trends in a sta- grated culture of land-sea interac- tistical process have to be detected. tion in coastal areas for their pre- servation and management as well as for planning of the future Lead Partner development of the CADSES area, CINFAI: Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale together with guidelines to be per la Fisica, UNICAM, adopted by public institutions for Via Viviano Venanzi 15, the protection of the coast. 62032 Camerino (MC), ITALY Duration The project was developed simulta- Start 01/2004 Contact Person neously along two lines: End 12/2006 Mr. Carmelo Grasso, Measure 4.3 3 A "horizontal" integration line Tel: +39/ 073/ 7402523, along actions will be developed Budget Fax: +39/ 073/ 7402853, aimed at stimulating public insti- Total Budget EUR 2,529,996 E-mail: [email protected] tutions to define and develop thereof ERDF EUR 1,399,998 guidelines for coastal manage- Project Partners ment based on a land-sea integra- 1 National Agency for Environment and Technical ted view of coastal areas; a parti- Services APAT, Rome, Italy cular effort will be devoted to 1 Marche Region – Dep. for Territory and Environment, fulfilling the recommendations of Ancona, Italy the European Parliament and 1 Emilia Romagna - Regional Agency for Environmental Council concerning the implemen- Protection, Bologna, Italy tation of Integrated Coastal Zone 1 Geological, Seismic, and Soil Survey of the Emilia Management in Europe Romagna Region GSSS, Bologna, Italy (2002/413/EC), and 1 National Technical University of Athens, 3 A "vertical" intervention line Dept. of Civil Engineering, Athens, Greece along actions will be developed 1 National Technical University of Athens, Athens, on specific coastal areas aimed Greece from the start at maintaining a 1 Romanian National Institute of Hydrology RNIH, connection with concrete territori- Bucharest, Romania al problems. 1 Management Authority of Lake Pamvotis, Ioannina, Greece The results expected are essentially: 1 Municipal Enterprise for Water Supply and Sewage guidelines for coast protection and of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece management based on an integra- 1 Municipality of Evrostini, Derveni, Greece ted land-sea culture of coastal areas, an overall view of coastal areas in southern Europe and specific experi- ences in the Italian and Greek basins.

77 ELLA ELbe – LAbe flood management measures by transnational spatial planning

Project description Results & Effects The ELLA project is the transnational A joint declaration on cooperation cooperation of nearly all regional and information exchange was spatial planning authorities in the signed by all involved national and Elbe basin. regional ministries at the kick-off event in Berlin on 29 April 2004. This partnership of national and A working group held meetings regional partners is responsible for on the transnational strategy for spatial planning, water management flood management of spatial plan- andagriculture. Flood prevention ning and set up a database and GIS and common management approa- data. Preparatory work for flood ches have to be improved. hazard overview and maps has begun. Some pilot projects have delivered concrete results such as in Stendal or Saxony.

An important outcome so far is the growing mutual understanding of all partners from Germany, the Czech Republic, Poland, Austria and Hungary. It takes time but it is beco- ming a good basis for future project success. The lead partner, the Saxon The promotion of integrated water State Ministry of the Interior, Lead Partner management includes: together with the project coordina- Saxon State Ministry of the Interior, Ref. 65, Wilhelm- 3 Transnational development and tors, visits all project partners for Buck-Strasse 4, 01097 Dresden, GERMANY regional implementation of a intensive discussions on the project. common spatial planning strategy, Contact Person 3 Evaluation and improvement Duration Dr. Edgar Trawnicek, Tel: +49/ 351/ 5643656, of spatial planning settings, Start 07/2003 Fax: +49/ 351/ 5643659, E-mail: Fachplanung- instruments and policies, End 06/2006 [email protected] Measure 4.3 3 Improvements of several regional and local land-use plans in flood- Budget Project Partners prone areas. Total Budget EUR 2,560,000 1German Federal Ministry for Transport, Building and thereof ERDF EUR 1,300,000 Housing, Berlin, Germany 1Ministry for Building and Flood prevention requires the Transport of Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg, Germany following measures: 1District Stendal, Stendal, Germany 1Saxon State Mini- 3 Risk analysis and mapping, basic stry of Environment and Agriculture, Dresden, Germany implementation steps for retenti- 1Saxon State Agency for Environment and Geology, on measures, impact analysis, Dresden, Germany 1Joint Spatial Planning Department 3 Retaining measures for rainwater Berlin-Brandenburg, Potsdam, Germany 1German in the fields of regional planning, Federal Institute for Hydrology, Koblenz, Germany agriculture, forestry, etc., 1German Association for Housing, Urban and Spatial 3 Solutions for downstream/ upstre- Development, Berlin, Germany 1German Federal Mini- am burden balancing to expedite stry of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture, implementation of measures, Bonn, Germany 1Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture 3 Risk maps, agreement on retenti- and Forestry, Environment and Water Management, on measures, land use options, Vienna, Austria 1Ministry for Regional Development of 3 Production of transnational strate- the Czech Republic, Prague , Czech Republic 1Ústí Regi- gic planning maps, on, Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic 1South Bohemian 3 Improved regional plans, regional Region, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic 1Region of strategies, etc. following transna- Plzen, Plzen, Czech Republic 1Hradec Králové Region, tional needs, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic 1Central Bohemia Regi- 3 An efficient transregional network on, Prague, Czech Republic 1Region Liberec, Liberec, of authorities regarding spatial Czech Republic 1Pardubice Region, Pardubice, Czech planning and flood management, Republic 1Ministry of Environment of the Czech Repu- 3 A transnational strategy for bur- blic, Prague , Czech Republic 1Wroclaw Regional Deve- den sharing incentives. lopment Agency, Wroclaw, Poland 1Middle-Tisza District Environment and Water Authority, Szolnok, Hungary 1Elbe River Basin Authority, Hradec Kralove , Czech Republic

78 www.ella-interreg.org ILUP Integrated Land Use Planning and River Basin Management

Project description Results & Effects The risk potential in river basins has Based on an intensive exchange increased greatly due to the enor- of experiences among the partners, mous usage pressure. Viewing the the analysis and collation of the demographic concentration in river necessary information has been basins and potential climate chan- launched in the pilot regions. ges, safety in valleys is only possible First results are: harmonised survey if preventative water management concepts, analogue and digital data and other disciplines cooperate. sets from the different fields. In selected river basins, exemplary new methods are being tested, stra- As regards the preparation of con- tegies developed and pilot projects cepts for the model rivers, an initial implemented. Due to space limitati- master plan for the integration of ons, infrastructure planning, land water management into the regional use and the protection of resources, development is now in discussion. an integrated approach is required Sectoral valuation models for inter- and multifunctional strategies must pretation of data (land valuation be developed. model, forestry, risk management, agriculture, etc) were elaborated on. An interim report on the examinati- on of impacts of changes in land use and land cover on natural hazard potentials was presented. Lead Partner As regards the networking concept Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, for river basin management, an Environment and Water Economics, agreement on common proceeding (BMLFUW) Forest Division, with other fields was reached with Stubenring 1, 1010 Vienna, AUSTRIA the draft of a common management A solution for problems of foothill plan. Several contributions to the Contact Person and hill countries regarding integra- implementation of coordinated pilot DI Hubert Siegel, ted management of water resources, measures via the individual sectors Tel: +43/ 1/ 71 100 7204, Measure 4.3 risk and landscape management have been effected. Fax: +43/ 1/ 71 100 7399, can only be solved in an interdiscipli- E-mail: [email protected] nary way if they shall have sustaina- Duration ble results. ILUP pursues the basic Start 01/2002 Project Partners concept of a holistic, network-orien- End 12/2006 1 Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, the ted landscape assessment from the Environment and Water Resources, Water Division, problem solving approach to the Budget Vienna, Austria implementation of measures. Total Budget EUR 7,068,000 1 Forest Engineering Service in Torrent and Avalanche thereof ERDF EUR 2,476,000 Control, Vienna, Austria 1 Federal Institute of Agricultural Economics, Vienna, Austria 1 Austrian Federal Office and Research Centre for Forests, Vienna, Austria 1 District Agriculture Authority Lower Austria, Baden, Austria 1 Provincial Forestry Department Lower Austria, St.Pölten, Austria 1 Bavarian Ministry of Regional Development and the Environment, Munich, Germany 1 Hellenic Ministry of Agriculture, Greece, Athens, Greece 1 Ekotoxa Opava, Opava, Czech Republic 1 North-Trans-Danubian Water Authority, Hungary, Gyor, Hungary 1 Office of the Government of Upper Austria, Department of Spatial Planning , Linz, Austria 1 Office of the Government of Carinthia, Dept. 20, Regional Planning, Klagenfurt, Austria

www.ilup.org 79 NETWET 2 Networking Perspectives of Transnational Cooperation and Participatory Planning for Integrated Water Resources Management through the promotion of new forms of Spatial Governance

Project description Results & Effects NetWet 2 focuses on various impor- The realistic determination of water tant problems in the field of water resources management and flood (salinity of groundwater aquifers, risks at local/ regional level and the ecological balance of sensitive capacity to link them with the grea- aquatic ecosystems, drinking water, ter framework of CADSES, as well environmental impact of organic as the connection with a continuous agricultural practices on waters, pro- globalisation, form the main element tection of flood risk areas, protection of NetWet2. Only under this frame- of drought areas in relation to flood work can an integrated planning development, protection of areas and approach be achieved and ratio- with high environmental hydraulic nal decisions for future sustainable risk, economic value of humid areas spatial development be made. water) and aims at the promotion The strong focus of NetWet 2 on of bottom-up participatory spatial integrated spatial development planning and new forms of spatial approaches through the involvement governance at transnational level of a significant number of local and for the integrated management of regional actors (bottom-up partici- water resources. pation) guarantees the immediaten- ess of the project’s spatial impacts. The project's principal objective is For example: the development of transnational 3 Improvement of knowledge for cooperation for water management the comprehension and confron- through: tation of flood phenomenon Lead Partner 3 The promotion of water manage- mainly in agricultural sensitive Centre of Euro-Mediterranean Regions for the Environ- ment integrated methods, areas and elaboration of sustaina- ment (KEPEMEP-MEDREGIO), Thrassyvoulou 13 - 15, 3 The development of new conditi- ble best practices for the protec- 10555 Athens, GREECE ons of bottom-up participatory tion of flood risk areas, spatial planning, and new forms 3 Improvement of knowledge of Contact Person of spatial governance at transna- the economic value of the water Dr. Christina Daoussi, Tel: +301/ 210 3352 202, Fax: tional level for the integrated of humid areas in relation with +30/ 2103239 120, E-mail: [email protected] Measure 4.3 management of water resources. their ecological functions, 3 Improvement of practices for Project Partners the sustainable management of 1Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Rome, Italy water resources in coastal areas 1University of Udine, Udine, Italy 1Region of Lombar- (e.g., salinity, drinking water, dia, General Direction of Water Sources & Public Utilities, water demand and water quality Milan, Italy 1Technical University of Crete, Chania, of aquatic ecosystems, environ- Greece 1Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of mental impact of agricultural and Agriculture, Thessaloniki, Greece 1University of Thessaly, tourist activities), Department of Planning and Regional Development, 3 Promotion of transnational co- Volos, Greece 1Regional Development Fund of Thessaly operation for the designation of Region, Larissa, Greece 1Union of Local Authorities of common spatial strategies for Achaia, Patras, Greece 1Union of Local Authorities of water resources management Etoloakarnania, Messolongi, Greece 1Union of Local (“spatial governance”), Authorities of Ilia, Pyrgos, Greece 1Union of Local 3 Enhancement of enlargement Authorities of Kefalonia & Ithaki, Argostoli, Greece policies through the elaboration 1Union of Local Authorities of Kerkyra, Kerkyra, Greece of common strategies of spatial 1Union of Local Authorities of Korinthia, Korinthos, planning for water resources. Greece 1Union of Local Authorities of Lefkada, Lefkada, Greece 1Union of Local Authorities of Messina, Kalama- Duration ta, Greece 1Union of Local Authorities of Preveza, Start 01/2003 Preveza, Greece 1Union of Local Authorities of Thespro- End 12/2005 tia, Igoumenitsa, Greece 1Union of Local Authorities of Zakynthos, Zakynthos, Greece 1Institute of Geography – Budget Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria 1Institute Total Budget EUR 2,716,600 of Geography of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, thereof ERDF EUR 1,813,450 Romania 1University of Oradea, Faculty of Environ- mental Protection, Oradea, Romania

80 www.medregio.org ODERREGIO Transnational Action Program Spatial Planning for Preventive Flood Protection in the Oder Catchment Area

Project description Results & Effects The target of ODERREGIO is the OderRegio is the continuation of an production of an action programme INTERREG II C project, which was of spatial planning for preventive concluded in 2001 and provided a flood protection between the coun- transnational conception of flood tries Czech Republic, Poland and protection. So far, activities in the Germany for the complete Oder follow-up project have been focused river catchment area. This action on information management and programme contains concrete feasi- preparation of reliable information ble actions agreed on by the project on possible dangers and damages partners. They include the preparati- caused by flooding. Therefore, on for the enlargement of retention intensive negotiations for provision areas by spatial planning (e.g., buil- of data were necessary. A highlight ding of polders, retention areas of the project was the first regional and dike relocations), the protection conference titled “Integration of of areas endangered by flooding as Spatial Planning Policy in the Oder well as sensitising actors involved. Catchment Area” on 24-25 June This will provide an important con- 2004 in Wroclaw (PL) with more tribution to the reduction of flood than 140 participants. The conferen- risk. The successful principle of an ce started a process of communicati- active cooperation and involvement on and exchange with the flood- of main actors from all three coun- affected inhabitants and tries in the project will be continued decision-makers at regional and and extended. Representatives of all local level, which will be intensified Lead Partner regional spatial planning authorities in future. Gemeinsame Landesplanungsabteilung and water management authorities Berlin-Brandenburg (Joint State Planning Department), in the Oder river region will be Lindenstraße 34 A, involved. They will be augmented 14467 Potsdam, by representatives from the fields GERMANY of municipal politics, nature conser- vation as well as agriculture and Contact Person forestry. Mr. Klaus Ermer, Measure 4.3 Tel: +49/ 331/ 866 76 70, In particular the ODERREGIO Fax: +49/ 331/ 866 76 28, project will concentrate on the follo- E-mail: [email protected] wing: 3 An exemplary approach for Duration Project Partners cross-border spatial planning and Start 12/2002 1 Federal Ministry for Transport, Construction and preventive flood protection at End 12/2006 Housing, Berlin, Germany regional level, 1 Saxon State Ministry of the Interior, Department 3 An increased intermunicipal coo- Budget Spatial Planning, Dresden, Germany peration (network of municipali- Total Budget EUR 2,997,000 1 Plenipotentiary for the “Programme for the ODRA ties) for preventive flood protec- thereof ERDF EUR 1,600,000 2006", Wroclaw, Poland tion, 1 Ministry for Infrastructure, Department of Housing 3 A concept for comprehensive and Physical Planning, Warsaw, Poland regional and structural develop- 1 Ministry for Regional Development Czech Republic, ment in the Oder river region Prague, Czech Republic as regards the requirements of flood protection, 3 The planning of prerequisites for the realisation of concrete measu- res in the field of flood prevention and an active information mana- gement for a better understan- ding of flood hazards and protec- tion measures.

www.oderregio.org 81 SUMAD Sustainable use and management of alluvial plains in diked river areas

Project description Results & Effects Water management agencies have The present project will–for the first cleared alluvial plains and increased time ever–present coordinated the water flow rate in riparian implementation procedures, tackle woods as preventive measures in trans-border river catchment areas flood protection. However, the clea- as well as develop joint manage- ring activities (e.g., tree clearing) are ment plans. Furthermore, it will increasingly becoming a contradic- produce: tion to nature protection goals and 3 Catalogue of relevant measuring existing regulations (NATURA 2000 parameters, and the respective national protec- 3 Development of perspectives for tion regulations). The need for different types of alluvial plains, integrated strategies is increasing. 3 Management of EU funding and cooperation with EU institutions, The actual use of the alluvial plains 3 Information system for the is often intensive farming and does calculation of the stream flow not comply with eco-logical require- taking into account plant cover, ments to the natural dynamic of sedimentation, river flow rivers. Through the development obstacles, summer dikes, etc., of integrated strategies for solving 3 Agro-economic management the problem taking into considerati- and steering instruments for on economic risk prevention, the sustainable use of alluvial plains economic interests of the land users in diked river areas, as well as ecological requirementsof 3 Testing of implementation strate- Lead Partner natural river dynamics and European gies for an optimised use of Bavarian State Ministry of the Environment, nature protection aspects, a basis alluvial plain areas in the respec- Public Health and Consumer Protection, for an equilibrium of the different tive parts of the rivers taking into Rosenkavalierplatz 2, requirements will be established. account national legal require- 81925 Munich, The selection of appropriate extensi- ments, GERMANY ve agricultural forms of land use 3 Involvement of research institutes ensures low economicdisadvantages in the project implementation, Contact Person Measure 4.3 in case of flood disasters. Additional- 3 New land use of an alluvial plain Mr. Martin Grambow, ly, it guarantees a minimum of implemented information material Tel: +49/ 89/ 9214 0, negative impacts for the ecological- and sign reporting on compliance Fax: +49/ 89/ 9214 2266, balance of the river and ensures a of land use with NATURA 2000 E-mail: [email protected] minimum level of natural river dyna- and the improved river flow mic. A transnational form of alluvial management, Project Partners plain management on the basis of 3 Integrated improvement of reten- 1 Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, common data for calculation of river tion capacity carried out in one Environment and Water Management, Vienna, Austria flow allows a favourable connection defined area, 1 Middle-Tisza District Environment and Water between nature protection measures 3 Model plans for beaver manage- Authority, Szolnok, Hungary and a constant channel discharge ment and protection measures cross-section of the river bed. for dike and beaver in compliance In addition, the implementation and with NATURA 2000, dissemination of the measures con- 3 Connection between river and tributes to an increase of attrac- backwater re-established, tiveness of the (cultural) landscape 3 Concrete measures to ensure and thus the tourism potential of water quality on the basis of the area. data monitoring.

Duration Start 10/2002 End 12/2005

Budget Total Budget EUR 2,769,000 thereof ERDF EUR 1,284,500

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CADSES Contacts Points: Joint Technical Secretariat Austria Hungary An der Kreuzkirche 6 Austrian Conference on Spatial National Agency for Regional D-01067 Dresden Planning Development Hungary Germany Hohenstaufengasse 3 Gellérthegy utca 30/32 Phone: +49-351-4881021 A-1010 Vienna HU-1016 Budapest Fax:+49-351-4881025 [email protected] Bosnia Herzegovina Italy www.cadses.net Federal Ministry for Physical Ministry for Infrastructures and Planning and Environment Transports Managing Authority (MA) M.Tita 9a INTERREG Division and Paying Authority (PA) BIH-71000 Sarajevo Via Nomentana, 2 Ministry for Infrastructures I-00161Rome and Transports Bulgaria INTERREG Division-Section Ministry of Regional Development Former Yugoslav Republic CADSES MA and Public Works of Macedonia Via Nomentana, 2 17-19 Kiril i Metodi Str. Ministry of Environment and I-00161 Rome BG -1202 Sofia Physical Planning Italy Drezdenska 52 Croatia MK - 1000 Skopje Transnational Contact Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Points: European Integration Poland Athens Petreticev trg 2 Ministry of Economy, Labour Ministry of National Economy, HR-10000 Zagreb and Social Policy Special Service for CIP INTERREG Division of Regional Development Mitropoleos st. 3 Czech Republic in Katowice GR-10557 Athens Ministry for Regional Development Mickiewicza 15 Department of Territorial Planning PL-40951 Katowice Vienna and Building Proceedings City of Vienna Staromestske nam. 6 Slovak Republic Schlesingerplatz 2 CZ-11015 Prague 1 Ministry of Environment of SR A-1080 Vienna Namestie Ludovita Stura 1 Germany SK-81235 Bratislava Leibnitz - Institut für ökologische Raumentwicklung e.V., Dresden Slovenia Weberplatz 1 Ministry of the Environment D-01217 Dresden Spatial Planning and Energy Dunajska 21 Greece SI-1000 Ljubljana Ministry of Economy and Finance Hellenic Managing Authority of C.I.P. INTERREG Mitropoleos st. 3 GR-10557 Athens

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www.cadses.net 83 Project Index in alphabetical order

8 ADRI.FISH. Promotion of Sustainable Fishery in Northern Adriatic Sea 50 ARCHEOSITES spAtial integRated enhanCement of arcHaEOlogical SITES 41 B-CROSS Business CoopeRation One-Stop Shop 77 CADSEALAND Land-sea Interaction: Coastal State and Evolution in CADSES 21 C.A.R.E. Accessible Cities of European Regions 68 CER2 Central European Regions Cluster for Energy from Renewables.NETwork 36 CITY PORTS a City Net Following a Coordinated Approach to Develop Feasible and Sustainable City Logistics Solutions 22 CITYREGIO Regional Economic Development through City-surrounding Cooperation 31 COHESION Integrated Concepts Enhancing Cohesion of European Space 9 CONSPACE Common Strategy Network for Spatial Development and Implementation 37 D4D Data warehouse for Danube waterway 51 Development of a Sustainable Tourism Development of a Sustainable Tourism 23 DONAUHANSE Network of Danubian Cities for Economic Cooperation 69 DRAVA RIVER BASIN PROJECT Environmental Infrastructure Measures in the River Drava Basin 78 ELLA ELbe – LAbe flood management measures by transnational spatial planning 42 EMBRACE Improving the Access of SMEs from Rural Regions to the Knowledge and Information Society 52 EST European Places of the Spirit 10 ESTIA-SPOSE European Space - Territorial Indicators and Actions for a Spatial Planning Observatory in South-Eastern Europe 43 GILDANET Global Integrated transport Logistics DAta NETwork 11 GO Network Guarantee Organisations Network 32 GOVERNET Governance Models for Sustainable Integrated Rural Development and Multifunctional Agriculture; Networking and Dissemination on the Web 53 HERMES Heritage and New Media for Sustainable Regional Development 44 I2E-INFOTECH TO EXTEND INFOrmation TECHnologies to EXTEND Regional Development 12 IdeQua Establishment of an Identity- and Quality Axis from the Baltic Sea to the Aegean Sea - Strengthening Regional Identity and Structures of Centres 38 I-Log Industrial Logistics and Intermodal Transport for SMEs’ Development 79 ILUP Integrated Land Use Planning and River Basin Management 39 IMONODE Efficient Integration of Cargo Transport Modes & Nodes in CADSES area 13 INCLUD INdustrial CLUster Development 45 INDE INformation DEvelopment 14 InServNet Interregional Innovative Services Sector Network of Excellence 59 IPAM Integrative Protected Area Management in the Alps-Adriatic-Region 46 ISA –MAP Harmonisation of Regional Data Resources for cross-border Planning 70 ISOTEIA Integrated System for the promotion Of Territorial/ Environmental Impact Assessment in the framework of spatial planning 54 ITER Itinerari Termali 71 KATER II KArst waTER research programme 24 LHASA Large Housing Areas Stabilisation Action 63 LOTO Landscape Opportunities for Territorial Organisation 80 NETWET 2 Networking Perspectives of Transnational Cooperation and Participatory Planning for Integrated Water Resources Management through the Promotion of new forms of Spatial Governance

84 81 ODERREGIO Transnational Action Program, Spatial Planning for Preventive Flood Protection in the Oder Catchment Area 15 PLANET CENSE PLAnners NETwork for CENtral and South-Eastern Europe 25 PROSIDE Promoting Sustainable Inner Urban Development 16 RDA-net CEDA2 Regional Development Agencies network in the Central European, Danubian and Adriatic area 26 READY Rehabilitation and Development in Mining Regions 64 REKULA Restructuring Cultural Landscapes 65 REVITAMIN Revitalisation of former brown coal mining areas/ Development of a transnational computer-aided multicriteria decision aid for mining regions 27 RIMED Regional Integration and Metropolitan Development of South Eastern Europe 75 RISK AWARE Advanced Weather forecasting system to Advice on Risk Events and management 55 ROME Roman, Ancient Greek and Amber Routes, innovative Methodologies and Measures connecting Europe 56 ROMIT ROMan ITineraries 72 SAWWTACA Sewerage And Waste Water Treatment in the Adriatic Coastal Area: development of an adequate tool on project development 17 SEEDS Sustainable and Effective Entrepreneuship’s Development Scheme 47 SEITCO South-Eastern European Information Telecommunication Cohesion Initiative 18 SIC! Sustrain Implement Corridor 33 SIMOCA Setting up and Implementation of sustainable and multifunctional rural development Model based on Organic and Competitive Agriculture 76 S.I.S.M.A. System Integrated for Security Management Activities to safeguard and protect historic centres from risks. “Citizen as the first rescuer” 60 SISTEMaPARC Spatial Information Systems for Transnational Environmental Management of Protected Areas and Regions in CADSES 73 SMS VOSLESS Implementation of Solvent Management Systems as transnational approach to reducing VOC’s pollution 82 SUMAD Sustainable use and management of alluvial plains in diked river areas 66 SURE Successful Restoration and Rehabilitation Accompanying Infrastructural Interventions 74 TAQI Transnational Air Quality Improvement: A Management Tool for Regional Planning 28 TECNOMAN perspectives TEN and Corridor Nodes Position Management Network - perspectives 19 TECPARKNET Science and TEChnology PARK cooperation in EU-Future Region 48 TRANs-IT Transfer Regional Activities in Networks for Business Development and Wellness-Tourism supported by Information Technologies 57 TransRomanica Transnational Network and Itineraries of the Romanesque 40 TWIST Transport With a Social Target 61 TWReferenceNET Management and sustainable development of protected transitional waters 29 UTN II Urban Technology Network II 58 VILLAS Stately homes and castles: compatible use, valorisation and creative management 30 VITAL CITIES Consolidation of Polycentric Urban Systems through the Promotion of the Settlement of Retail Trade Businesses in Inner Urban Areas 20 WEFneT Women Engendering the Finance Network (WEFneT) 34 WEST Women East Smuggling Trafficking 62 WETLANDS II Integrated Management of Wetlands

85 Newly approved projects List of additional projects approved in April 2005

Priority 1 – Promoting spa- Measure 1.2 – Shaping urban Contact Person tial development approaches development, promoting urban Maurizio Raeli and actions for social and networks and co-operation Tel: +39/ 080/ 460 6311 economic cohesion E-mail: [email protected] 3 CoUrbIT Measure 1.1 – Supporting Central Europe Environmental Net joint strategies for spatial Measure 1.4 – Spatial impact of development and actions Lead Partner immigration for implementation Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Via Sarfatti 25 3 ENI 3 MATRIOSCA-AAP 20136 Milan, ITALY Experiment in Newcomer Integration MAnagement Tools and Relations for Interregional Organisation Contact Person Lead Partner to Strengthening Co-operation Remo Dalla Longa Marche Region in AAP Tel: +39/ 02/ 58362591 Via Gentile da Fabriano 9 E-mail: remo.dallalonga 60125 Ancona, ITALY Lead Partner @unibocconi.it Office of the State Government Contact Person of Styria, Nikolaiplatz 3 3 RARE Marina Maurizi 8020 Graz, AUSTRIA Railroad Areas Reclaim-RARE Tel: +39/ 071/ 806 3432 E-mail: marina.maurizi Contact Person Lead Partner @regione.marche.it Maria Elßer-Eibel Euroconsultants SA GAIAOSE SA Tel: +43/ 316/ 8775518 A. Tritis 21 3 MIGRALINK E-mail: [email protected] 57001 Thessaloniki, GREECE Integration of migrants in the enlarged Europe and policies for 3 POLY.DEV. Contact Person the return of productive intellect Common best practices Angelos Sanopoulos in spatial planning for the Tel: +30/ 231/ 0804081 Lead Partner promotion of sustainable E-mail: a.sanopoulos Veneto Union of the Chamber POLYcentric DEVelopment @euroconsultants.com.gr of Commerce, Via delle Industrie 19 D 30175 Venezia Marghera, ITALY Lead Partner 3 REPUS Veneto Region - Segreteria Strategy for a Regional Polycentric Contact Person Regionale al Territorio Urban System in Central-Eastern Gian Angelo Bellati Via Longhena 28 Europe Economic Integrating Zone Tel: +39/ 041/ 0999311 30175 Marghera (VE), ITALY E-mail: [email protected] Lead Partner Contact Person Emilia-Romagna Region Tiziana Quaglia Via dei Mille 21 Priority 2 – Efficient and Tel: +39/ 041/ 2795182 40121 Bologna, ITALY sustainable transport systems E-mail: tiziana.quaglia and access to the information @regione.veneto.it Contact Person society Manuela Capelli 3 Smart Region Tel: + 39/ 051/ 6396997 Measure 2.1 – Developing efficient sm@rt region E-mail: mcapelli@regione. transport systems with regard to emilia-romagna.it sustainable development Lead Partner Scientific Research Centre Bistra 3 CORELOG Ptuj, Slovenski trg 6 Measure 1.3 – Shaping rural COORDINATED REGIONAL 2250 Ptuj, SLOVENIA development LOGISTICS

Contact Person 3 IRENE Lead Partner Bojan Pahor Innovative Rural Development Emilia-Romagna Region Tel: +386/ 2/ 748 0250 Strategy Based On Local Viale Aldo Moro 38 E-mail: [email protected] And Trans-National Economical 40127 Bologna, ITALY Networks Contact Person Lead Partner Rino Rosini C.I.H.E.A.M.-Mediterranean Tel: +39/ 051/ 283831 Agronomic Institute of Bari E-mail: rrosini@regione. Ceglie 9 emilia-romagna.it 70010 Valenzano BA, ITALY

86 3 DANewBE Data Contact Person Measure 4.2 – Promoting risk Digitally Advanced New Cross- Ines Pochert management and prevention Border Exchange of Waterway Data Tel: +49/ 351/ 488 7140 of disasters E-mail: gruenflaechenamt Lead Partner @dresden.de 3 ACCRETe via donau - Österreichische Agriculture and Climate Changes: Wasserstraßen-GmbH 3 HERITOUR how to Reduce human Effects and Donau City Straße 1 Cultural thematic route develop- Threats 1220 Vienna, AUSTRIA ment in rural areas Lead Partner Contact Person Lead Partner Province of Parma, P.le della Pace 1 Dieter Hintenaus New Atlantis Multipurpose Small 43100 Parma, ITALY Tel: +43/ 1/ 595489644 Regional Partnership of Local E-mail: dieter.hintenaus Governments, Szabadság tér 12 Contact Person @via-donau.org 8400 Ajka, HUNGARY Franco Ghiretti Tel: 39/ 052/ 121 0768 Contact Person E-mail: [email protected] Measure 2.2 – Improving access Béla Schwartz to knowledge and the information Tel: +36/ 88/ 521101 3 Red Code society E-mail: [email protected] Regional Disaster Common Defence

3 ELISA Lead Partner E-Learning for Improving access Priority 4 – Environment Basilicata Region to Information Society for SMEs protection, resource manage- Corso Garibaldi 39 in the SEE Area ment and risk prevention 85100 Potenza, ITALY

Lead Partner Measure 4.1 – Promoting Contact Person Greek Research & Technology environmental protection and Gerardo Calvello Network, Av. Mesogeion 56 resource management Tel: +39/ 0971/ 668523 11527 Athens, GREECE E-mail: gerardo.calvello@regione. 3 C2ENET basilicata.it Contact Person Central Europe Environmental Net Ilias Hatzakis Tel: +30/ 210/ 747 4268 Lead Partner Measure 4.3 – Promoting integrated E-mail: [email protected] Town of Vsetín water management and prevention Svárov 1080 of floods 3 R.A.V.E. Space 75501 Vsetín, CZECH REPUBLIC Raising Awareness of Values of 3 HYDROCARE Space through the Process of Contact Person Hydrological cycle of the CADSES Education Milan Pu˚cˇek regions Tel: +420/ 571/ 491501 Lead Partner E-mail: [email protected] Lead Partner Ministry of the Environment and National Consortium of Universities Spatial Planning, Dunajska cesta 48, 3 MAGIC for the Physics of Atmospheres and 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia Management of Groundwater at Hydrospheres Industrially Contaminated Areas Via Viviano Venanzi 15 Contact Person 62032 Camerino, ITALY Tomazˇ Miklavcˇicˇ Lead Partner Tel: +386/ 1/ 4787008 Central Mining Institute (GIG) Contact Person E-mail: [email protected] Plac Gwarków 1 Valerio Lucarini 40-166 Katowice, POLAND Tel: +39/ 0488/ 813 969 E-mail: [email protected] Priority 3 – Promotion and Contact Person management of landscape, Grzegorz Gzyl 3 RainDROP natural and cultural heritage Tel: +48/ 32/ 2592317 Development of stoRmwater E-mail: [email protected] Operational Practices Guideline Measure 3.1 – Protecting and developing cultural heritage Lead Partner City of Karviná, Frysˇtátská 72/1 3 GreenKeys 73324 Karviná-Frysˇtát, Urban Green as a Key for CZECH REPUBLIC Sustainable Cities Contact Person Lead Partner Zbyneˇ k Gajdacz City of Dresden - Green Tel: +420/ 596/ 387111 Department, Postfach 12 00 20 E-mail: [email protected] 01001 Dresden, GERMANY

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INTERREG III B CADSES Neighbourhood Programme - Project Book

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