INTERREG II /

Friuli-Venezia Giulia and

Examples of projects A pilot centre for the wine industry A pilot centre was created with the support of the first Interreg programme to strengthen co-operation, and pro- vide know-how among wine-growing enterprises in this cross-border region. With Interreg II, the centre launched an experimental sampling of a variety of vines from the Italian-Slovenian border region and the Danube basin. The main objective of the project is to create a list of the genetic inheritance of the varieties of vine in the area with Eligible areas the aim of improving and particularly protecting vines. Italy: – Venezia Giulia region (Provinces This project is part of the co-operative activities of the of , and ) and Veneto ERSA Pilot Centre (Ente Regionale per lo Sviluppo (Province of Venezia) dell’Agricoltura, Regional Office for the Development of Financing Agriculture) and its Slovenian equivalent in (Kmetisko Veterinarski Zavod). Total cost: 31.350 million euro EU contribution: 15.580 million euro “Read all about it!” Areas of intervention Cross border co-operation is more a complex concept than Improving the region, local resources is commonly thought. Nevertheless, more and more co- and environmental protection 45.26% operative areas exist, and can often be very interesting. Inter-institutional co-operation Communication is the key to their continuing success. In and improvement of communication networks 32.93% recognition of this fact, the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region Inter-company co-operation 19.59% decided to place a twice-monthly page in five regional Technical assistance 2.23% newspapers, one of which includes Primorski , a newspaper representing the Slovenian minority in Italy. This information space describes the projects currently underway and outlines the benefits derived from cross- border co-operation. This page is also used to carry out opinion surveys. Texts are translated into German for the attention of the Austrian media. The total print run for the five newspapers comes to some 120 000 copies. The pages have been put together in three collections and negotiations are under way with the RAI regional office with a view to producing radio or television programmes on these issues.

Management of maritime traffic Having developed a control system for maritime transport in the Italian-Slovenian zone of the Northern Adriatic, the management of maritime traffic urgently called for Contact improvement. To accomplish this, The International Ing. Claudio Gramaccioni Maritime Agency of Trieste has joined together with a Ministero dei Lavori Pubblici Slovenian body to develop ship traffic management using DICOTER the support of the PHARE –cross border co-operation pro- Via Nomentana, 2 grammes. In a first step this study will plan a pilot traffic I - 00161 ROMA Tel: +39 06 44 12 51 01 management project. Simultaneously, support services Fax: +39 06 44 12 33 00 will be put in place to insure safe navigation within the E-mail: [email protected] ports and to observe the state of the marine environment. In a second stage, a broad range of coastal services will be improved in an integrated manner across both sides of 29 the border.