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LAMORO DEVELOPMENT AGENCY Via Leopardi, 4 14100 Asti Italy Tel: +39 0141 532516 Fax: +39 0141 532228 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.lamoro.it/ LAMORO (Langhe Monferrato Roero) Development Agency was founded in 1995 from the initiative of more than 50 Public Authorities (Municipalities and 3 Chambers of Commerce) based in the rural areas of South Piedmont (North-West of Italy), with the challenge of fostering a sustainable economy based on exploitation of local resources, promotion of territorial identity and enhancement of human resources. Over the years, LAMORO has worked to help the territory grow by implementing and managing European, national and regional funds, paying special attention to sustainable and inclusive growth. LAMORO supports the synergy between local development policies and European legislation in the realization of transnational projects. This way, the territorial organizations can benefit from the added value that comes from sharing good practices and innovative methods with other Countries. In order to support local authorities LAMORO implements a development strategy based on the interaction of public and private partnerships. According to the Quadruple Helix approach, LAMORO involves stakeholders through networking and the identification of concrete answers to the rising needs in different sectors (green economy, energy efficiency, social needs, cultural and environmental heritage, equal opportunities, employment …) The main activities of Lamoro are referring to: Innovation and competitiveness - support the society within the innovation framework changing, including financial and human resources; - endorsement of local competitiveness in terms of research and innovation, information and communication technologies, entrepreneurship, competition, education and training. Fundamentals Rights and Social changes - equal opportunities, gender equality, labor policies; - employment and social empowering. Sustainability - sustainable development, to integrate economic development, the protection of social and environmental equilibrium and cultural innovation. Cultural Heritage rural development within the framework of a sustainable touristic policy and local cultural heritage (tangible/intangible); valorization and promotion through transnational exchanges of best practices. Energy and Environmental quality - environmental protection and enhancement, green economy promotion; - environmental issues linked to well-being and health. EU Projects list years 2014-2020 ERASMUS + - “Vulnerable young people accessing and sustaining vocational training and apprenticeships” – Years 2015/2018 EURORURAL TOURISM – Years 2015/2017 DAPHNE – IMPLEMENT “Specialized Support for Victims of Violence in Health Care Systems Across Europe” – Years 2014/2016 ELENA (European Local Energy Assistance) – “G.E.S.P. Green Efficiency in South Piedmont” – Year 2015 EU Projects list years 2007-2013 INTERREG Italia-Francia ALCOTRA “PICRIT Protection des infrastructures critiques transfrontalières” – Years 2012/2014 INTERREG Italia-Francia ALCOTRA “PIT – Itinerari del Patrimonio Vivente” – Years 2010/2012 INTERREG Italia-Francia ALCOTRA “MUSICHE DAL VIVO” – Years 2008/2009 CENTRAL EUROPE – “THETRIS THEmatic Transnational church Route development with the Involvement of local Society” – Years 2012/2014 CENTRAL EUROPE – “CCC Cultural Capital Counts” – Years 2011/2014 CENTRAL EUROPE – “CERREC Central Europe Repair & Re-use Centres and Networks” – Years 2011/2014 CENTRAL EUROPE – “EURUFU EUropean RUral FUtures new opportunities to secure the provision of public services in rural cities” – Years 2011/2013 CENTRAL EUROPE – “LISTEN TO THE VOICE OF VILLAGES” – Years 2009/2011 CENTRAL EUROPE – “Urbspace Urban Spaces – enhancing the attractiveness and quality of the urban environment” – Years 2008/2011 CENTRAL EUROPE – “RUBIRES Rural Biological Resources” – Years 2008/2011 CENTRAL EUROPE – “CROSSCULTURE Cross Marketing Strategies for Culture and Tourism for more Attractiveness and Competitiveness for Cities and Regions” – Years 2008/2011 CENTRAL EUROPE – “ACT4PPP” – Years 2008/2011 MED PROGRAMME – “HIDDEN – Hidden Innovation Initiatives for SMEs” – Years 2010/2013 MED PROGRAMME – “Easy Finance” – Years 2010/2012 ALPINE SPACE – “COMUNIS Inter-municipal Cooperation for Strategic Steering of SMEoriented Location Development in the Alpine Space” – Years 2009/2012 ALPINE SPACE – “CAPACities Competitiveness Actions and Policies for Alpine Cities” – Years 2008/2011 INTERREG IVC – “RSC Regions for Sustainable Change” – Years 2008/2011 LEONARDO DA VINCI – “CAAB – Competence assessment across borders” – Years 2007/2009 LEONARDO DA VINCI – “WINE” – Years 2007/2009 PROGRESS – “WIEQ Working in Employment Quality” – Years 2008/2009 PROGRESS – Gender Works – “Putting Women at the Heart of Europe” – Years 2007/2009 EU Projects list years 2000-2006 INTERREG IIIA ALCOTRA - “Tourisme de caractère” - Years 2005/2008 INTERREG IIIA ALCOTRA - “Common cross-border strategies for equal opportunities” Years 2003/2004 INTERREG IIIA ALCOTRA - “The man and the territory. The cooperative farm development” Years 2002/2004 INTERREG IIIB MEDOCC - “Protection system of environment and Mediterranean cultural heritage, threatened by the urban and economic pressure” - Years 2005-2007 INTERREG IIIB - “Gender Alp! Territorial development for men and women” -Years 2004/2007 INTERREG IIIB MEDOCC - "Rural Med Permanent table of discussion and network of centres for the development of rural areas " - Years 2003/2004 INTERREG III C - “INCASIS Development of estimate capacity of structural funds impact” – Years 2005/2007 INTERREG IIIC - “FinNetSME Network For Regional Finance”–Years 2004/2007 INTERREG IIIC - “GRDP Greening Regional Development Programmes” - Years 2004/2007 INTERREG IIIC - “SRN Europe Sub-Regional Regeneration Network” - Years 2004/2007 DAPHNE II - “Rétablir le lien entre parents-adolescents (Re-establishing the relationship between parents and teenagers)” -Years 2005/2007 ARTICLE 6 ESF - “FAST Focusing Age Strategies in Policy Making” -Years 2006/2008 IC EQUAL I - “SOFIE Supporting Opportunities for Family-friendly Initiatives in Employment”– Years 2002/2005 IC EQUAL I- “BoB Best of Both” – Years 2002/2005 IC EQUAL II - “VAL.I Innovative Systems for Valorizing Human Resources” – Years 2005/2008 IC EQUAL II - “MESSage Models of Excellence in Senior Services”-Years 2005/2007 IC EQUAL II – GLAD Growth Looking at Diversity – Years 2007/2011 IC EQUAL II – SFIDE!!! Years 2004/2008 PHARE NETWORKING PROGRAMME - “Elderly Never Lonely” Project -Years 2006/2007 LEONARDO DA VINCI - “Talk It” - Years 2006/2007 SOCRATES, LEONARDO DA VINCI AND YOUTH Programmes -"A.S.S.E.T. Asylum Support Systems in European Territories" - Years 2003/2004 SOCRATES - GRUNDTVIG 2 – LEARNING – “POPPIE Promoting the involvement of Older People in Partnership learning Experiences” - Years 2004-2006 SOCRATES – GRUNDTVIG 2 – LEARNING - “OSWU Old Skills to Wider Use”– Years 2004/2006 SOCRATES – GRUNDTVIG 2 – LEARNING - “MOBYS-Promotion of learning motivation in socially disadvantaged groups by sports “– Years 2004/2006 AENEAS VP/2003/022 – “Maiores- Support to the active participation of elderly people in European society” - Years 2003/2004 EU PROJECTS YEARS 2007/2013 ERASMUS + – Vulnerable young people accessing and sustaining vocational training and apprenticeships – Years 2015/ 2018 This project is about promoting partnership working amongst public and private organisations to support the most vulnerable young people to succeed and build their own social and cultural capital. The aim of the project is to provide resources for current VET (Vocational Educational Training) providers and employers who are interested in implementing apprenticeships and other training placements for the most vulnerable young people in our society. Key objectives: - To explore the experiences of young people - To identify the needs of employers - To identify the needs of schools and VET trainers - To map good practice - To bring together practitioners - To provide a model of evidence based social support requirements - To share good practice beyond the immediate partnership Expected results: - Understanding of the contexts, needs and issues relating to supporting very vulnerable young people in obtaining and sustaining vocational education and training and placements - Knowledge - Network of organisations that work in the field around Europe - Recommendations related to the needs of different stakeholders, including European and national policy makers, VET providers and schools. Partners: - Birmingham City University (United Kingdom) – Project Leader - Amical Ltd (United Kingdom) - DIE BERATER (Austria) - LAMORO Development Agency (Italy) - Association of Varna Organizations for Drug Prevention (Bulgaria) - CPIP – Centrul Pentru Promovarea Invatarii Permanente – (Romania) - ANP – Administratia Nationala a Penitenciarelor – (Romania) - Avidity Training Limited (United Kingdom) EURORURAL TOURISM – Years 2015/2017 The aim of the project is to strengthen and support transnational tourism based on European cultural and industrial heritage, involving 8 different countries: France, Italy, Spain, Bulgaria, Greece, Croatia and United Kingdom of Great Britain (Scotland). The product fits with the new “tourism culture” that participates in the local economy, providing space for tourists’ personal initiative in direct contact with the local population. Eurorural Tourism offers an active, participatory and solidarity-based holiday in rural areas of Europe, promoting the cultural heritage and identity of these places. Main activities: - Discovery of the host area - Learning through a supervised training course geared to local know-how (restoration of dry-stone walls, gathering aromatic herbs, traditional cooking…) - Participation in a local development project Expected results: - To develop an innovative transnational touristic product (sustainable and participatory cultural tourism in rural areas) - To develop a touristic product minimizing tourism negative aspects (such as environmental decline and loose of identity) and maximizing the positive ones (traditional activities and new economic activities with respect to local heritage) - To value rural heritage of the areas concerned Partners: - Union Association pour la Participation et l’Action Régionale- Centre Méditerranéen de l’Environnement (France) – Project Leader - Syndicat Mixte d’Aménagement et d’Equipement du Mont Ventoux (France) - La Balaguère (France) - Eurolocal (Spain) - LAMORO Development Agency (Italy) - Odysseia-IN (Bulgaria) - Southern Uplands Partnership (United Kingdom of Great Britain - Scotland) - UDRUGA ZA OTOCNI RAZVOJ “BRAC” (Croatia) - Ol-kis (Greece) DAPHNE – IMPLEMENT Specialized Support for Victims of Violence in Health Care Systems Across Europe – Years 2014/2016 The main objective of the project is to provide capacity building in six European countries – Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Italy, France, Romania – in order to strengthen the support for victims of gender-based violence with a focus on intimate partner violence in emergency and obstetrical care settings, using a systems-based approach. Such an approach touches on numerous aspects of health services, from staff training and referral networks to advocacy measures for institutional change at the policy level. Main project outputs: - Environmental scan and situational analysis in the six participating countries - Implementation and evaluation of a train-the-trainer seminar for violence prevention advocates and health advocates in each of the six participating countries - Coaching and supervision of trainers in performing capacity building seminars to health care providers - Report on legal frameworks in place at national level in the EU for provision of support to victims of gender-based violence in the health care setting - EU dissemination of project deliverables Partners: - AÖF – Association of Austrian Women’s Shelters Network (Austria) – Project Leader - BGRF – Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation – (Bulgaria) - BBU – Babes-Bolyai University Departement of Environmental and Occupational Health – (Romania) - GESINE Network (Germany) - LAMORO Development Agency (Italy) - PSYTEL (France) ELENA (European Local Energy Assistance) – G.E.S.P. Green Efficiency in South Piedmont – Years 2015 ELENA (European Local Energy Assistance) is part of the European Investment Bank’s broader effort to support the EU’s climate and energy policy objectives. This joint EIBEuropean commission initiative helps local and regional authorities to prepare energy efficiency or renewable energy projects. ELENA funds can be used for structuring programmes, business plans and additionally needed energy audits, preparing tendering procedures and contracts and paying for project implementation units. The aim is to generate bankable investment projects that can attract outside finance, for example from local banks or other financial institutions, such as the EIB. These projects can also be implemented by energy service companies (ESCOs), which are service providers that guarantee future savings made on energy bills and can fund projects upfront that are refinanced through the savings achieved. The project “GESP – Green Efficiency in South Piedmont” has been implemented through the creation, at the regional level, of a network of 10 main cities in order to promote measures to improve efficiency of the public buildings. The cities involved are: Alba, Alessandria, Asti, Bra, Carmagnola, Casale Monferrato, Fossano, Novi Ligure, Saluzzo and Savigliano. LAMORO is carrying out the coordination of this network of municipalities, collecting data mapping the needs in terms of energy efficiency and turning them into concrete development opportunities. LAMORO has developed the following experiences: - Experience in supporting municipalities to enhance the efficiency of public services; Focus on capacity-building; Focus on skills and methodologies to identify local needs; Implementation of energy efficiency and renewable energy strategies with public bodies; Development of environmental issues linked to well-being and health; Experience in project cycle management. EU PROJECTS YEARS 2007/2013 PICRIT – Years 2012/2014 The PICRIT project, co-funded by the ALCOTRA 2007-2013 Programme, aims at finding effective measures to cope with natural hazards to which cross-border areas of Italy and France are constantly exposed, enhancing the effectiveness of well-established systems of civil protection and management of national emergencies. The territory, due to the conformation of the area characterized by approximately 73% of hilly and mountainous areas, is exposed to a range of natural hazards (landslides, flooding, avalanches, earthquakes and forest fires). PICRIT intends to build systems and procedures for the coordination of cross-border initiatives in the field of risk prevention, civil protection and emergency management, paying particular attention to the safety of the European Critical Infrastructure (ECI) of the study area. Key objectives: - Strengthening the cooperation on civil protection, risk prevention of natural disasters, emergency management and rescue services themes. - Improving the effectiveness of means for the prevention of natural and technological hazards - Creation of a database of cross-border Critical Infrastructure - Strengthening command and control centers, with the aim of proposing joint simulations - Improving the safety of cross border area, including the assessment of impacts of catastrophic events that may affect the functionality of critical infrastructures and the consequences on other infrastructures and on the area (“domino effects”) - Investigating, disseminating and making the knowledge on risk prevention and emergency management accessible, while strengthening the information to the involved operators and the population, with specific focus on cross border alpine areas - Involving civil protection groups of the provinces of Cuneo and Turin and of the Département des Alpes de Haute-Provence, consolidating relations and developing a trans-national cooperation for efficient crisis management on the territory Partners: - LAMORO Local Development Agency (Italy) – Project Leader - SDIS 04 – Service Départemental d’Incendie et de Secours des Alpes de Haute-Provence – (France) - SiTI – Higher Institute on Territorial Systems for Innovation – (Italy) PIT – Itinerari del Patrimonio Vivente – Years 2010/2012 The “New Territory to Discover” Integrated Plan aims to promote a sustainable tourism strategy based on economic exploitation of the high quality natural and cultural heritage, shared by the French and Italian border territories. Within this context, the specific project “Routes of Living Heritage” aims to foster the discovery of the most beautiful villages in the areas covered by the project (i.e the Alps of Haute-Provence on the French side and the border areas of the Province of Cuneo, the Stura Valley and Roero region), creating a network and developing a coordinated program of local promotion and cultural heritage conservation. Main objectives: - To improve the accessibility of cultural tourism in the cross-border area - To promote access to information, dissemination and transfer of methodologies and best practice on the restoration of cultural heritage - To strengthen the identity of local communities through the knowledge of the common cultural heritage on the territory - To stimulate the recovery of traditional economic activities and, at the same time, to create employment opportunities, particularly for young people, within the restoration of cultural heritage sector Partners: The project involves 12 municipalities of the French Department of Alpes de Haute-Provence, belonging to the Syndicat Mixte des Villages et Cités de Caractère, 6 Italian municipalities of Roero Valley and the Community of Stura Valley: - LAMORO Local Development Agency (Italy) – Project leader - Comunità Montana Valle Stura - Commune d’Annot - Commune de Castellane - Commune des Colmars les Alpes - Commune de Cruis - Commune de Dauphin - Commune de Entrevaux - Coomune de Lurs - Commune de Mane - Commune de Moustiers - Commune de Riez - Commune de Seyne les Alpes - Commune de Simiane la Rotonde - Comune di Baldissero d’Alba - Comune di Castagnito - Comune di Magliano Alfieri - Comune di Montaldo Roero - Comune di Monteu Roero - Comune di Santo Stefano Roero Musiche dal Vivo – Years 2008/2009 The objective of the project Musiche dal Vivo is to achieve a common practice of cultural exchange and artistic ability, giving hospitality to European artists across borders in order to create a series of shows co-produced and designed to operate in Italy and France. Beyond immediate results, Musiche dal Vivo will help creating a wide, open and alive cultural and artistic community within the transborders territory, facilitating the optimum conditions for meeting and production among the musicians. Main objectives: - Learning to cooperate in technical and administrative assistance - Generating French/Italian productions - Creating dynamic movements of population, by suggesting a cross-access to events (the French public in Italy and Italian in France) - Implementing training activities of high level on the artistic, administrative and technical background - Increasing shows exchanges and, in particular, the concerts of improvised music jazz Partners: - LAMORO Development Agency (Italy) – Project Leader - “Le Cadran” Theatre (France) - Associazione Musicale Arsis (France) - Jazz Club Torino (Italy) CENTRAL EUROPE - THETRIS THEmatic Transnational church Route development with the Involvement of local Society – Years 2012/2014 The THETRIS project is implemented through the Central Europe Programme and co-financed by the ERDF. The overall objective of the THETRIS project is the preservation and the sustainable exploitation of cultural heritage based on churches in the regions of eleven project partners, through the implementation of specific management strategies. The specific objectives of the project are the increasing of the competitiveness of the different regions by the capitalization of cultural heritage, the development of long-term strategies for the preservation and the sustainable exploitation of churches, and the reinforcement of awareness for the preservation of tangible and intangible cultural heritage. During the implementation of the project, ideas, suggestions and recommendations to manage heritage sites and heritage have been characterized and shared, with the aim to generate income for local communities and create stronger regional identities. Eleven regional church routes and a transnational church route, have been identified in order to raise awareness on the importance of preserving cultural heritage and to manage cultural sites by making them accessible to different target groups. Additionally, the project sustainability is been constantly pursued through the commitment and involvement of decision makers and local stakeholders. Partners: - Association of Municipalities in the Upper-Tisza Area - Bohemian Switzerland, Public Benefit Corporation - The Centre for Technology Structure Development – ZTS GmbH - Regional Development Agency of the Presov Self-Governing Region - The Province of Turin (Italy) - LAMORO Development Agency (Italy) - Diözese Graz-Seckau (Diocese Graz-Seckau, private institution) - Association of Communes and Cities of Małopolska Region - Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Research Centre Nova Gorica - Business Support Centre Ltd, Kranj - Province of Padova (Italy) CENTRAL EUROPE – CCC Cultural Capital Counts – Years 2011/2014 The project Cultural Capital Counts – CCC - aims to identify, valorise and capitalise the region’s cultural resources, particularly the Intangible Cultural Resources (such as traditions, people potentials, skills, capabilities, practical know-how, expertise & knowledge, active social networks), in order to strengthen the regional identity, enhance the quality of life and increase the attractiveness and competitiveness of the participating regions. Therefore, the project will link the cultural heritage to processes of the regional economy - beyond tourism and build capacities for an innovative capitalisation of cultural resources, fostering entrepreneurship, investments and innovation, thus supporting the development of enterprises and job-opportunities. Expected results: - Development and implementation of a new strategy for sustainable regional development based on Intangible Cultural Resources to increase the competitiveness and attractiveness of the regions for inhabitants, investors and visitors - Improvement of awareness of the cultural identity by the citizens of the regions - Development of new products, services and methods based on cultural resources - Establishment of a CCC net, a network of regions where capitalising their cultural resources with ongoing exchange of information, ideas and experience, in order to foster the sustainable utilisation of cultural heritage and to contribute to the internal integration of Central Europe. Main activities: - Assessment of the regional Intangible Cultural Resources in the participating regions - Realization of a manual on identifying Intangible Cultural Resources - Preparation of training materials for supporting the capacity building on Intangible Cultural Resources - Development of a Cultural Resources Strategy for Sustainable Regional Development. Partners: - Association for the Advancement of Steirisches Vulkanland (Austria) - Culture park Iron Road-Oetscherland (Austria) - Verona Innovazione Azienda speciale della Camera di Commercio di Verona (Italy) - Development centre Litija (Slovenia) - Local Tourist Organization Bovec (Slovenia) - Multipurpose Association of the Small Region of Vasi Hegyhát (Hungary) - Sub-Carpathian Chamber of Commerce (Poland) - B&S consulting and training for the rural area (Germany) - Brandenburg University of Technology (Germany) - LAMORO Development Agency (Italy). CENTRAL EUROPE – CERREC Central Europe Repair & Re-use Centres and Networks – Years 2011/2014 CERREC aims at implementing repair and re-use networks and centres adapted to the specific conditions of the participating Central Europe States. The project will also contribute to a quicker, more efficient and harmonised implementation of Waste Framework Directive (WFD) re-use requirements, strengthening eco-efficient and sustainable production and consumption processes. Expected results: - Foster sustainability and waste prevention through the prolongation of product life cycles - Implementation of WFD re-use requirements - Minimisation of emissions, waste and use of natural resources - Creation of new jobs generating an added value on local and regional level through qualified repair and refurbishment - Narrow social gaps by providing affordable second hand goods to people with low income. The following activities will be delivered: - Modular tools and concepts for regional re-use and repair networks and centres adaptable for different regional structures and needs (tool box) - National re-use action plans and transnational re-use policy statement of stakeholders quality standards - Accreditation system for repair and re-use networks and centres based on the WFD - Transnational re-use and repair exchange platform for re-use products and services, reusable wastes and relevant expertise. Partners: - Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management (Austria) - City of Prague (Czech Republic) - ELECTRO-COORD Magyarorszag Nonprofit Ltd. (Hungary) - Verein RepaNet (Austria) - Deutsche Umwelthilfe e.V. - Niederlassung Berlin (Germany) - Ministry of Environment Slovak Republic (Slovak Republic) - Slovak Environmental Agency (Slovak Republic) - Recycling Fund (Slovak Republic) - Association of cities and towns Slovak Republic (Slovak Republic) - LAMORO Development Agency (Italy) CENTRAL EUROPE – EURUFU EUropean RUral FUtures New opportunities to secure the provision of public services in rural cities – Years 2011/2013 EURUFU aims at finding innovative solutions for structural problems caused by demographic change in rural areas and to ensure sustainable development in all target regions in the following sectors: social and health care, education, local economy, job opportunities and mobility. The project will also develop a model for rural regions that aggregates regional bestpractices approaches for rural development and that will be transferred into transnational reliable strategies and a joint action plan. Expected results: - Enhancement of building capacities in innovative rural development strategies - Implementation of strategic actions for generating income and qualified employment opportunities - Improvement of competitiveness and attractiveness of rural regions - Development of equal opportunities for education, work and quality of life in rural areas. Main activities: - Assessment of current situation and future of demographic change - Realization of a benchmarking tool for differentiated assessment of regional standards as a mean of decision support concerning regional measures - Organization of pilot actions for testing the feasibility and transferability of specific approaches, which will be used for the strategy and action plan - Elaboration of a joint transnational strategy for providing future investments and encouraging innovation in rural areas; thus counteracting the negative impacts of demographic change Partners: - Thuringian Ministry for Building, Regional Development and Infrastructure (Germany) - University of Applied Sciences Erfurt (Germany) - Ústí Region (Czech Republic) - Salzburg Institute for Regional Planning and Housing (Austria) - VÁTI Hungarian Public Nonprofit Limited Liability Company for Regional Development and Town -Planning (Hungary) - Ister-Granum European Grouping for Territorial Cooperation (Hungary) - Development Agency Sora d.o.o. (Slovenia) - Biotechnical Centre Naklo (Slovenia) - EU Regional Management Upper Styria West (Austria) - Municipality of Brzeg Dolny (Poland) - LAMORO Development Agency (Italy). CENTRAL EUROPE - LISTEN TO THE VOICE OF VILLAGES – Years 2009/2011 The project aims at increasing the competitiveness and the attractiveness of rural marginal territories, holding unexpressed tourist potential, through the settlement and the implementation of new territorial governance tools and drawing up of new pilot projects inside sustainable tourism sector. Expected results: - Enhanced competitiveness and attractiveness of marginal rural villages with unexploited natural, cultural, traditional heritage through new sustainable tourist structures - Defined new territorial governance model regarding these territories, aiming at linking within a specific network all the subjects involved in the development of the territories, according to an integrated approach - Built up transnational network about “Vital Villages” to help these areas in beating their geographical marginality. Main project outputs: - Drafting a new governance model regarding these territories - Testing this pattern throughout pilot projects - Establishing the “Vital Villages” Association to develop and promote at transnational level the tourist territorial products. Partners: - Provincia autonoma di Trento (PAT) - Autonomous Province of Trento (Italy) - University of Trento - Dept. of Computer of Managemente Sciences- eTourism Research group (Italy) - Development centre Litija (Slovenia) - Bohemian Switzerland, public benefit organization (Czech Republic) - Marshal's Office of Opolskie Voivodeship (Poland) - Regional Authority of Ustecky region (Czech Republic) - LAMORO Development Agency (Italy CENTRAL EUROPE - UrbSpace Urban Spaces – enhancing the attractiveness and quality of the urban environment – Years 2008/2011 The project addresses the issue of the improvement of environmental quality in smaller urban centers and support the sustainable polycentric urban development, which is characteristic of the region. It takes into consideration all aspects of urban open space and its improvement in terms of design quality, accessibility and functionality. Expected results: - Joint strategy, tools and guidelines for sustainable design of urban spaces along with accessibility plan for urban spaces - Renewed urban spaces - Exchange platform on knowledge and expertise on urban open space. Main project outputs: - State of art analyses and benchmarking - Definition of criteria and principles for public space design - Development of joint strategies and tools for sustainable urban spaces - Development and realization of pilot actions in urban spaces - Dissemination of results Partners: - Regional Environmental Center, Country office Slovakia (REC Slovakia) - Ekopolis Foundation (Slovakia) - The Czech Environmental Partnership Foundation (Czech Republic) - Statutory city of Brno, City district Brno - Nový Lískovec (Czech Republic) - Municipality of Sopot (Poland) - Municipality of Brzeg Dolny (Poland) - Municipality of Nagykallo (Hungary) - Vienna University of Technology, Department of Urban Design and Landscape Architecture (Austria) - ORA - Subregional development agency Karst – Brkini (Slovenia) - University of Applied Sciences (Germany) - League for the Environment Lombardy (Italy) - RiSSC – Research Centre on Security and Crime (Italy) - LAMORO Development Agency (Italy) CENTRAL EUROPE - RUBIRES Rural Biological Resources – Years 2008 2011 The project aims at a wider development and implementation of renewable energies and renewable primary products as well as the improvement of its efficiency, the creation of regional value by the development of rural areas in a sustainable way and the exchange of technological and scientific know-how. Expected results: - Planning instruments and managing tools to support a sustainable growth of rural economy - Implementation of the method to manage regional added value partnerships and chains - Development of regional projects to use renewable resources, to increase energy efficiency and to optimize the energy production - Creating consistency of the regional and transnational networks to steady the exchange of experience and knowledge - Improving access to knowledge and dissemination among the public of the importance of renewable energy Main project outputs: - Regional analysis and development of strategy for implementation of material flow management - Strategy plan use management - Development of new regional plans. Partners: - Regional Planning Authority Altmark (Germany) - Regional Planning Authority Havelland-Fläming (Germany) - District administration Burgenlandkreis (Germany) - ISW Institute for Structural Policy and Economic Development (Germany) - Warmia and Mazury University in Olsztyn, DEPARTMENT of AGROTECHNOLOGY and CROP MANAGEMENT (Poland) - EU-Regional Management Eaststyria (Austria) - Eszterházy Károly College (Hungary) - Euro-Région House Public Benefit Company (Hungary) - Regional development agency of Savinjska – šaleška region, ltd (Slovenia) - LAMORO Development Agency (Italy) CENTRAL EUROPE – CROSSCULTURE Cross Marketing Strategies for Culture and Tourism for more Attractiveness and Competitiveness for Cities and Regions – Years 2008/2011 The project aims at preserving cultural sites, landscapes, resources starting from Romanesque integrating other periods and cultural aspects, fostering their sustainable use. The Capitalization phase focuses on cultural tourism use for generating an economic base. Expected results: - Creation and evaluation of analysis, concepts, success factors and workshops with PP - Organization of cultural festivals, transnational promotional brochures, online portal for costumers to download audio guide-contents, sales manual and business newsletters will ensure wide dissemination - Knowledge transfer and jobs for unemployed youth, volunteering of inhabitants in cultural sites and further education of tourist guides. Main project outputs: - Creation of a project-oriented brochure on results, a final mobile exhibition and various newsletters about steps taken - Market analysis, involvement of best practice partners, cultural historic expertise and strategy building process - Planning and implementation of the project through festivals, brochures, etc. - Accomplishment of student exchanges. Partners: - Ministry of Regional Development and Transport of Federal Land Saxony-Anhalt (Germany) - TRANSROMANICA - The Romanesque Routes of European Heritage (Germany) - Tourism Association of Saxony Anhalt (Germany) - German Economic Institute for Tourism at Munich University (Germany) - Thuringia Tourism Ltd (Germany) - Institute of History at the Alpen-Adria-University of Klagenfurt (Austria) - Province of Modena Department of the Chairman (Italy) - International Tourism Institute (Slovenia) - LAMORO Development Agency (Italy). CENTRAL EUROPE – ACT4PPP – Years 2008/2011 The project aims at promoting and further developing Public Private Partnerships (PPP) as strategic tool for enhancing private involvement in territorial development. Expected results: - Demonstration of how PPP models can be best used as solution strategy for providing public tasks and territorial restructuring/regeneration - Improvement of capacities, know-how and expertise, structures, procedures and framework conditions for implementing PPP - Development of private investments in public interest. Main project outputs: - Implementation of concrete pilot actions on different relevant themes of PPP - Creation of Transnational Pilot Project Teams (TPPTs) as main transnational working structure for targeted analysis, discussion, exchange and capitalization of pilot activities - Implementation of panel and dissemination activities to address general topics relevant for all partners Partners: - Federal Association of the State and Urban Development Companies (Germany) - German Association for Housing, Urban and Spatial Development (Germany) - State Development Corporation Thuringia (Germany) - Marco Polo System g.e.i.e. (Italy) - Municipality of Sopot (Poland) - Hanseatic City of Rostock (Germany) - Institute for Economic Research (Slovenia) - Business and Innovation Centre Bratislava (Slovakia) - Graz University of Technology (Austria) - City of Graz (Austria) - EGS development company (Germany) - WohnStadt Projekt- und Consulting Ltd. (Germany) - City of Poznan, Municipal Housing Stock Directorate (Poland) - City of Ostrava (Czech Republic) - RPG RE Management (Czech Republic) - Town Hall of Bedzin (Poland) - LAMORO Development Agency (Italy) MED PROGRAMME - HIDDEN Hidden Innovation Initiatives for SMEs - Years 2010/2013 The project aims at ensuring synergies and creating a transnational public-private network providing a joint strategy on addressing the Hidden Innovation concept in innovation development policies. Expected Results: - To stimulate the exchange of information, data and experiences by engaging key actors and stakeholders - Mapping and assessments of common requirements, opportunities and drawbacks that SMEs face in participant regions covering traditional value added sectors (Tourism, Agrofood and Handcrafts) - Development of on-line practical tools and frameworks to provide modular solutions for tackling “soft” innovation challenges faced by SMEs Main activities: - The establishment of a Transnational Cooperation Network stimulating the exchange of information among stakeholders, public and private bodies - The development of a study that will define the concept of Hidden Innovation (HI) linking it to specific needs of SMEs operating in traditional sectors of economic activity in MED area (Tourism, Agrofood, Handcrafts) - The realization of a portfolio of Tools, Models and Methodologies Partners: - Decentralized Administration of Epirus- Western Macedonia (Greece) - Business Innovation Center of Epirus (Greece) - LAMORO Development Agency (Italy) - Parco Tecnologico Padano Foundation (Italy) - Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Marseille Province (France) - NERSANT- Enterprises’ Association of the Santarém Region (Portugal) - Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Navigation of Castellon (Spain) - Interdepartmental Research Centre L.U.P.T.- Territorial Town Planning LaboratoryUniversity of Naples “Federico II” (Italy) MED PROGRAMME - Easy Finance - Years 2010/2012 The project aims at reinforcing innovative assistance services for enterprises in order to increase their access to financing through a transnational system of intensive use of innovation and knowledge technologies. In the pursuit of creating new innovative enterprises and of injecting capital in growth enterprises, the project will create new methodologies and will propose a shared space of resources between business development and innovation centers in the Mediterranean. Expected results: - Creation of a network among public institutions to support innovative initiatives for internationalization and promote a brand and standard system - Development of an homogeneous method to create innovative enterprises - ICT actions of cooperation between enterprisers and investors - Elaboration of EASY FINANCE directories gathering public and private services Main activities: - Creation of 8 EASY FINANCE Platforms - Access to financing training for 600 enterprisers - Analysis of entrepreneurial projects - Publication of practical cases - Elaboration of an Access to Financing Guide for SMEs Partners: - Local Development Agency of Alicante (Spain) - Andalusian Institute of Technology (Spain) - Business Innovation Centre La Fucina (Italy) - Patras Science Park (Greece) - UIP University development center and University incubator of Primorska (Slovenia) - LAMORO Development Agency (Italy) - French Riviera Chamber of Commerce (France) ALPINE SPACE – COMUNIS Inter-municipal Cooperation for Strategic Steering of SME-oriented Location Development in the Alpine Space – Years 2009-2012 COMUNIS aims at developing cooperative strategies for inter-municipal Commercial Location Development (CLD) in mountain areas. By raising awareness of the advantages of and enhancing intra-territorial cooperation, COMUNIS wants to overcome individualistic attempts of problem solution on the level of single municipalities. To this end, COMUNIS is developing guidelines for devising and applying inter-municipal CLDstrategies adapted to the challenges, conditions and potentials of the pilot regions in particular and mountain regions in general. The project will result in a transnational knowledge management and establish sustainable structures for managing CLD in selected COMUNIS pilot regions. In order to support municipalities and regions to go through this process and to position themselves as a sustainable commercial location, COMUNIS provides guidelines on CLD. The guidelines are structured along the above-mentioned steps of the development process. They will present various approaches and possible activities, supported by practical examples. In Alpine regions, adjacent municipalities strongly compete for economic development. Although this is not an Alps-specific problem, the Alpine topography creates framework conditions different than those prevailing in the lowland. Steep landscape and mountains, increased probability of natural hazards, etc., limit the land available for development. This requires a considerate joint approach to commercial and industrial land development. In times of decreasing municipal budgets, outmigration of young and educated people (brain drain), and repercussions of overall economic development not stopping at municipal borders, inter-municipal cooperation for commercial development suggests itself as problem solution. Partners: - University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland, Institute of Tourism, Switzerland - Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie de Lyon, France - Association Suisse pour le Service aux Régions et Communes, Switzerland - Bosch & Partner GmbH, Germany - BSC Poslovno podporni center, d.o.o., Kranj, Slovenia - Canton du Valais Service du développement économique, Switzerland - European Academy Bolzano, Institute for Regional Development and Location Management - Ministero dell’Ambiente e della Tutela del Territorio e del Mare, Italy - Regionalentwicklung Vorarlberg, Austria - LAMORO Development Agency, Italy - Stadt Sonthofen, Germany ALPINE SPACE - CAPACities Competitiveness Actions and Policies for Alpine Cities - Years 2008/2011 The project CAPACities aims at promoting the potential of little alpine towns through an integrated and transnational approach by innovative urban policies and actions, and by creating alliances with the neighboring MEGAs and stronger territories. The project aspires to promote a new approach to territorial governance sharing a view capable to integrate different issues (multifunctional urban uses, environment and culture, tourism) in spatial development strategies. The project aims to create operative tools and specific gender policies (women, youth and aged people) to promote innovative urban activities, pursuing the Lisbon strategy applied at local territorial level. Main project outputs: - Application of the project methodology and operative tools in pilot areas - Creation of guidelines/handbooks/projects for an innovative sustainable local development applied in the pilot areas - Creation of a web site and operative GIS and DSS - Communication, publicity and results dissemination - Creation of an integrated plan for development and protection of heritage and environment (Ventoux-Comtat). Partners: - Lombardy Region - General Ditectorate Territory and Urban Planning (Italy) - DI Herbert LISKE Chartered Engineering Consultant for Urbanism and Reg. Planning (Austria) - AMGI Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (Slovenia) - National Tourist Association (Slovenia) - Town Planning Institute of Grenoble (France) - CAUE Regional Technical College of Council of Architecture, Urban Planning, Environment (France) - LAMORO Development Agency (Italy) - RAVDA Autonomus Region Valle d'Aosta Department of territory, environment and water resources (Italy) - Piedmont Region Directorate of Strategic Planning, Territorial Policy, Construction Regional Spatial Planning Office (Italy) INTERREG IVC - RSC Regions for Sustainable Change – Years 2008/2011 The project aims at increasing the potential of regional development programmes to stimulate mitigation and adaptation to climate change in order to deliver sustainable socio-economic growth. Expected results: - Capacity building to mitigate and adapt to climate change, move towards low carbon economies by partners and monitor regional development programmes through SEA - Transfer of experiences in stimulating climate change mitigation and adaptation and low carbon economy using SEA/SA. Main project outputs: - Creation of working groups - Exchange of experiences dedicated to the identification and analysis of good practices - Experimental transfer of experiences in stimulating climate change mitigation and adaptation and low carbon economy. Partners: - The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (Hungary) - Cornwall County Council (England) - Debrecen University (Hungary) - Regional management Burgenland Ltd. (Austria) - General Directorate of Environmental Quality, Ministry of Tourism, Environment and Territorial Politics La Rioja. Spain (Spain) - Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works (Bulgaria) - Marche Region - Environment and Landscape Department (Italy) - Liguria Region - Environment Department (Italy) - Malta Environment and Planning Authority (MEPA) (Malta) - Community Energy Plus (England) - Commune of Wroclaw (Poland) - LAMORO Development Agency (Italy).
