INTERREG III B CADSES PROJECT BOOK - Infocooperare

INTERREG III B CADSESPROJECT BOOKADVANCING TRANSNATIONAL CO-OPERATION

Preface“Spatial development co-operation”, and more recently “territorial co-operation”, have become buzzwords forconcepts which foster European spatial integration and cohesion. From 2000 to 2006 the INTERREG III B CADSESProgramme has provided a platform to apply these principles which have also been proposed by the EuropeanSpatial Development Perspective (ESDP) for a balanced and sustainable development of Central and South-EasternEurope. The Programme enables and finances project collaborations on topics ranging from the improvementof transport systems and access to the information society to the revitalisation of derelict urban areas and floodprotection.The third edition of the CADSES Project Book compiles for the first time all 134 projects approved within the EUCommunity Initiative INTERREG III B for transnational co-operation in Central and South-Eastern Europe. Theprojects were selected by the CADSES Steering Committee in four calls for project proposals, which took placebetween 2002 and 2006. The last call was completed in 2006 and was carried out within the framework of theneighbourhood approach. This approach stands for better integration of EU Member States, candidate countriesand neighbouring countries by supporting transnational co-operation along the external borders of the enlargedEuropean Union.The aim of this book is to illustrate how the approved projects contribute to the achievements of the objectivesof CADSES. In many cases the projects have already achieved their final results. By illustrating them the CADSESProject Book should also serve as reference material for those who wish to develop new partnerships and projectideas in the field of territorial co-operation for the upcoming 2007-2013 programming period.The projects covered in this book are grouped according to the priorities and measures as they were agreed onby the partner states. Each project is presented in its working structure with a complete list of the participatingpartners, the financial structure and other details, such as project duration. A map indicates the location of the projectpartners. In addition to this information the book provides descriptions of project activities and the expectedresults, including those already achieved. The project website and contact person listed for each project enablereaders to deepen their knowledge of the individual projects.The project information was compiled by the Joint Technical Secretariat from data available in the applicationforms and reports and from information submitted by the Lead Partners and updated as of 1 August 2006.The JTS would like to thank all project partners who contributed texts, photos and illustrations to the CADSESProject Book.Further information on the projects and the CADSES Programme can be found on our website: www.cadses.net.We hope that all readers will enjoy the CADSES Project Book!INTERREG III B CADSESJoint Technical SecretariatOctober 2006For the reprint of the project book in September 2007 some additional illustrationsas well as corrections and updates were included. Further information and thematicarticles on the achievements of CADSES projects and can be found in the CADSESResults brochure. It can be ordered at the CADSES Joint Technical Secretariat.INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK1

IndexPreface ..............................................................................................................1INTERREG III B CADSES ..............................................................................6The CADSES Programme in Figures ........................................................9PRIORITY 1SPATIAL DEVELOPMENTPromoting spatial development approaches and actions for social and economic cohesionMeasure 1.1Supporting joint strategies and actions for implementationADRI.FISH ..........................................................................................................14Carpathian Project ..............................................................................................15CONSPACE ........................................................................................................16DONAUREGIONEN ............................................................................................17ED-C III ..............................................................................................................18EMBRACE II ........................................................................................................19ESTIA-SPOSE ......................................................................................................20GO Network .......................................................................................................21IdeQua ...............................................................................................................22INCLUD ..............................................................................................................23InServNet ...........................................................................................................24MATRIOSCA-AAP ..............................................................................................25PlanCoast ...........................................................................................................26PLANET CENSE ...................................................................................................27POLY.Dev. ..........................................................................................................28RDA-net CEDA ...................................................................................................29REDECON ..........................................................................................................30SEEDS .................................................................................................................31SIC! ....................................................................................................................32Smart Region ......................................................................................................33TECPARKNET .....................................................................................................34WEFneT ..............................................................................................................35Measure 1.2Shaping urban development, promoting urban networks and co-operationADHOC ..............................................................................................................36C.A.R.E. ..............................................................................................................37CITYREGIO ........................................................................................................38CITYREGIO II .....................................................................................................39CoUrbIT .............................................................................................................40DONAUHANSE ..................................................................................................41Hist.Urban ..........................................................................................................42LHASA ................................................................................................................43Mister .................................................................................................................44PROSIDE ............................................................................................................45RARE ..................................................................................................................46READY ...............................................................................................................47REPUS ................................................................................................................48RIMED ................................................................................................................49TECNOMAN perspective ....................................................................................50UTN II ................................................................................................................51VITAL CITIES ......................................................................................................522 INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

Measure 1.3Shaping rural developmentCOHESION ........................................................................................................53GOVERNET ........................................................................................................54IRENE .................................................................................................................55Parks&Economy ..................................................................................................56RURALTOUR ......................................................................................................57SHINING Mountains ...........................................................................................58SIMOCA .............................................................................................................59Measure 1.4Spatial impact of immigrationENI .....................................................................................................................60IMMENSITY .......................................................................................................61MIGRALINK .......................................................................................................62MIGRAVALUE ....................................................................................................63WEST .................................................................................................................64PRIORITY 2TRANSPORT & ITEfficient and sustainable transport systems and access to the information societyMeasure 2.1Developing efficient transport systems with regard to sustainable developmentA-B LANDBRIDGE ..............................................................................................68CITY PORTS .......................................................................................................69CORELOG ..........................................................................................................70D4D ...................................................................................................................71DANewBE Data ..................................................................................................72EU-CORe III .......................................................................................................73I-LOG .................................................................................................................74IMONODE .........................................................................................................75INTERIM .............................................................................................................76RAIRDev .............................................................................................................77REVITA ...............................................................................................................78TWIST ................................................................................................................79Measure 2.2Improving access to knowledge and the information societyAgrobiotech Xchange .........................................................................................80B-CROSS ............................................................................................................81ELISA ..................................................................................................................82EMBRACE ...........................................................................................................83GILDANET ..........................................................................................................84I2E-INFOTECH TO EXTEND ...............................................................................85INDE ...................................................................................................................86ISA-MAP ............................................................................................................87R.A.V.E. Space ....................................................................................................88SEITCO ...............................................................................................................89TELEACCESS .......................................................................................................90TELMI .................................................................................................................91TRANs-IT ............................................................................................................92INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK3

IndexPRIORITY 3NATURAL & CULTURAL HERITAGEPromotion and management of landscape, natural and cultural heritageMeasure 3.1Protecting and developing cultural heritageARCHEOSITES ....................................................................................................96CHIRON .............................................................................................................97Development of Sustainable Tourism ..................................................................98EST .....................................................................................................................99GreenKeys ........................................................................................................100HERITAGE ALIVE! .............................................................................................101HERITOUR .......................................................................................................102HERMES ...........................................................................................................103ITER ..................................................................................................................104ROME ..............................................................................................................105ROMIT .............................................................................................................106Transromanica ..................................................................................................107VILLAS .............................................................................................................108Measure 3.2Protecting and developing natural heritageGREEN BELT .....................................................................................................109IPAM ................................................................................................................110ITACA ...............................................................................................................111PANet 2010 ......................................................................................................112SISTEMaPARC ..................................................................................................113TWReferenceNET .............................................................................................114WETLANDS II ...................................................................................................115Measure 3.3Protecting and developing landscapeCULTURAL LANDSCAPE ..................................................................................116LOTO ...............................................................................................................117REKULA ............................................................................................................118REVITAMIN ......................................................................................................119SURE ................................................................................................................120TRANSLANDS ..................................................................................................1214 INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

PRIORITY 4ENVIRONMENTEnvironmental protection, resource management and risk preventionMeasure 4.1Promoting environmental protection and resource managementBETTER .............................................................................................................124C2ENET ............................................................................................................125CARBON-PRO .................................................................................................126CER2 ................................................................................................................127DRAVA RIVER BASIN PROJECT ........................................................................128ISOTEIA ............................................................................................................129KATER II ...........................................................................................................130MAGIC .............................................................................................................131SAWWTACA ....................................................................................................132SMS VOSLESS ..................................................................................................133TAQI .................................................................................................................134Measure 4.2Promoting risk management and prevention of disastersACCRETe ..........................................................................................................135MONITOR .......................................................................................................136Red Code .........................................................................................................137RIMADIMA ......................................................................................................138RISK AWARE ....................................................................................................139River Shield .......................................................................................................140S.I.S.M.A. .........................................................................................................141STRIM ..............................................................................................................142Measure 4.3Promoting integrated water management and prevention of floodsCADSEALAND ..................................................................................................143EDUCATE! ........................................................................................................144ELLA .................................................................................................................145ENHYGMA .......................................................................................................146FLOODMED .....................................................................................................147HYDROCARE ...................................................................................................148ILUP .................................................................................................................149MOSES .............................................................................................................150NETWET 2 ........................................................................................................151ODERREGIO ....................................................................................................152RainDROP ........................................................................................................153SUMAD ............................................................................................................154WAREMA .........................................................................................................155Project Index in alphabetical order ......................................................156Contact .........................................................................................................159Imprint ..........................................................................................................160INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK5

INTERREG III B CADSES –Advancement of TransnationalCo-operation in Central andSouth-Eastern EuropeOrigin of INTERREG III BThe CADSES Programme is part of the Community Initiative INTERREG which dates back to the late1980s. Co-operation across internal borders within the European Union has been receiving financialsupport from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) since 1989. With the establishment ofINTERREG, cross-border co-operation has become more closely tied to the idea of preparing border areasfor a Community without internal frontiers.By the mid-1990s EU Member States and the European Commission had identified more and moreissues that directly affected not only small border areas, yet had a palpable impact on larger territories,sometimes even located far apart from one another. Particularly the development of Trans-EuropeanTransport Corridors and flood prevention in large river catchments areas were outstanding fields in needof common action and intensified co-operation. In reaction to this, the European Commission proposedin 1996 to add strand ‘C’ to the existing INTERREG initiative and established in this manner a financialinstrument for co-operation in the field of spatial development. This was then continued in the thirdINTERREG funding period (III) under strand ‘B’, which introduced the transnational dimension as a newand wider perspective for co-operation, involving project partners located in distant regions reachingbeyond the dimension of contiguous border areas.The CADSES Co-operation AreaThe programme acronym CADSES stands for “Central, Adriatic, Danubian and South-Eastern EuropeanSpace” and among the INTERREG III B areas CADSES is the largest and the most complex. The programmearea comprehends regions of 19 sovereign states with a population of nearly 200 million people.Posing a challenge to the work of the Programme are the more than 15 nationalities and 10 languages, aspace which is bordered by four seas, the presence of great river basins, plains and mountains, “mature”industrial urban landscapes and different traditions regarding territorial development.AlbaniaAustriaBosnia and HerzegovinaBulgariaCroatiaCzech RepublicFormer YugoslavRepublic of MacedoniaGermanyBaden-Württemberg , Bavaria, Mecklenburg,Western Pomerania, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt,Berlin, Brandenburg, ThuringiaGreeceHungaryItalyPuglia, Molise, Abruzzo, Marche, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Veneto, Emilia-Romagna, Lombardia,Trentino-Alto Adige, Umbria, BasilicataMontenegroPolandRepublic of MoldovaRomaniaSerbiaSlovakiaSloveniaUkraineOdesska oblast, Zakarpatska oblast, Lvivskaoblast, Volynska oblast, Ivano-Frankivskaoblast, Chernivetska oblastTab. 1: Countries and Regions Participating in INTERREG III B CADSES6 INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member States0 200 kmFig. 1: CADSES Co-operation AreaObjectives of the CADSES ProgrammeIn particular, INTERREG III B CADSES is designed to achieve the following objectives which are reflectedin the four priorities of the Programme:i Promotion of spatial development approaches and actions for social and economic cohesioni Efficient and sustainable transport systems and access to the information societyi Promotion and management of landscape, natural and cultural heritagei Environmental protection, resource management and risk preventionThese priorities are subdivided into twelve measures (see Tab. 2):INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK7

PRIORITY 1 PRIORITY 2 PRIORITY 3 PRIORITY 4Promoting spatial development approachesand actions for social and economiccohesionEfficient and sustainable transportsystems and access to the informationsocietyPromotion and management of landscape,natural and cultural heritageEnvironmental protection, resource managementand risk preventionMeasure 1.1Measure 2.1Measure 3.1Measure 4.1Supporting joint strategies and actions forimplementationDeveloping efficient transport systemswith regard to sustainable developmentProtecting and developing culturalheritagePromoting environmental protection andresource managementMeasure 1.2Measure 2.2Measure 3.2Measure 4.2Shaping urban development, promotingurban networks and co-operationImproving access to knowledge and theinformation societyProtecting and developing naturalheritagePromoting risk management and preventionof disastersMeasure 1.3Measure 3.3Measure 4.3Shaping rural developmentProtecting and developing landscapePromoting integrated water managementand prevention of floodsMeasure 1.4Spatial impact of immigrationTab. 2: Priorities and Measures of CADSESProgramme ImplementationThe diversity of the programme space has been accompanied by the further development of the institutionalsetting of the countries involved – notably, EU enlargement – and the adjustment of theProgramme’s financial arrangements during the programming period through the introduction of theneighbourhood concept.With the EU enlargement in 2004 the number of financially benefiting countries increased to 9, whichcontributed significantly to intensifying transnational co-operation. After the transformation of CADSESinto a Neighbourhood Programme all countries could work on equal terms. “No funds available forNon-EU Member States” was no longer valid as CADSES managed to combine ERDF, TACIS, PHARE andCARDS funds in a joint framework. This made it possible to co-finance project partners from all partnerstates. The recently completed 4th call was the first to award grants from these four different funds.The ideas for co-operation have resulted in 134 approved projects, involving nearly 1,600 project partnersand several thousands of staff from research institutions, administrative authorities of all levels,and various other public bodies and private companies. The projects that stem from these new forms ofcollaboration have produced results that until just a few years ago would not have been possible withoutthe new forms of co-operation.8 INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

The CADSES Programme in FiguresDuring the 2000-2006 programming period an ERDF budget surpassing EUR 143 million andEUR 100 million of national co-financing were allocated to the 134 projects. After four calls nearly 1,600project partners are now involved in CADSES. The fact that the number of partners in the present fundingperiod is almost eight times higher than in the first funding period of 1997-1999 gives proof thatthe aim to generate and foster transnational co-operation during the two CADSES funding periods wassuccessful.Project Proposals Submitted and ApprovedIn addition the application figures mirror the growing popularity of the Programme. On average 34projects were approved for each call and the average rate of approval was 27.4%. However, the figuresdiffered significantly between the calls.As part of the first call 88 project proposals were handed in. In the fourth call the number reached 238.Whereas in the first call the quota of approval was 37.5%, in the fourth and final call project approvalwas 17%, although the total number of approved projects (41) was higher than in the previous threecalls (Fig. 2).Fig. 2: Project Proposals and Approved Projects250Approved Projects200Project Proposals1501005001st call2nd call3rd call4th callINTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK9

Projects Approved by PriorityThe greatest portion of projects is concentrated in the field of priority one, i.e. the “Promotion of SpatialDevelopment”. More than 50 projects are brought together under this category (38%). The remainingprojects are distributed relatively equally over the other three priorities “Transport Systems”, “Naturaland Cultural Heritage” and “Environmental Protection” (ranging from 19-24%).Fig. 3: Number of Projects per Priority60504051302025 2632104 30PRIORITY 1SPATIAL DEVELOPMENTPRIORITY 2TRANSPORT & ITPRIORITY 3NATURAL & CULTURALHERITAGEPRIORITY 4ENVIRONMENTProject Partners per CountryProject partners can be found in all countries participating in the CADSES Programme. Figure 4 showshow widely the partners are spread across the whole CADSES area. Although most partners are based inthe four states that were members of the EU when the Programme was launched in 2000 (Austria, Germany,Greece, Italy), the new EU Member States were encouraged to participate, in particular after theEU enlargement in 2004, when they could apply for ERDF funds. Among the new EU Member States,Hungary and Poland boast the highest numbers of participants.Although the majority of the partners in CADSES projects are from the enlarged EU, a growing numberof project partners come from neighbouring countries.10 INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

Fig. 4: Number of Project Partners per Country3503363002502001712151841501005023965498111610 298653359 66160ALBANIAAUSTRIABOSNIA-HERZEGOVINABULGARIACROATIACZECH REPUBLICFYROMGERMANYGREECEHUNGARYITALYMOLDAVAPOLANDROMANIASERBIA / MONTENEGROSLOVAKIASLOVENIAUKRAINETo a great degree the leadership of the transnational co-operation projects was assumed by Italian LeadPartners (54 of 134 projects), followed by Austria (23). In 21 projects there were Lead Partners fromGermany, likewise 21 from Greece.In the 3rd and 4th call projects from Lead Partners coming from new EU Member States were even approvedfor the first time in the INTERREG III B CADSES Programme: four projects with Polish and CzechLead Partners, three projects under Slovenian leadership and two projects with Hungarian and SlovakianLead Partners started working in 2005 and 2006 (Fig. 5).Fig. 5: Number of Lead Partners per Country60545040302023 21 21102 4 4 2 30AUSTRIAGERMANYGREECEITALYHUNGARYCZECH REPUBLICPOLANDSLOVAKIASLOVENIAINTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK11

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PRIORITY 1SPATIAL DEVELOPMENTPROMOTING SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT APPROACHES AND ACTIONSFOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC COHESIONThe major aim of this priority is to further enhance co-operation and networking between key actors of spatial developmentpolicies on both sides of the external EU border as well as between Member States, Accession Countries and Third Countries.The addressees come from spatial planning, regional economic policy and spatially relevant sectoral and functional policies.All relevant levels of administration, i.e. local, regional, national and European level, should be represented in actions supportedunder this priority.Four areas of intervention are foreseen:Measure 1.1Supporting joint strategies and actions for implementationThis measure aims at intensifying transnational co-operation of actors defining spatial development policies at different levels in order toachieve a greater coherence among policies related to, e.g., regional development, environment, transport, urban and rural development.Measure 1.2Shaping urban development, promoting urban networksand co-operationThis measure is oriented towards urban development and a more polycentric settlement pattern. It aims at strengthening urban economies,promoting urban restructuring, etc.Measure 1.3Shaping rural developmentThis measure supports actions which aim at strengthening and restructuring rural areas, which is of particular importance for significant partsof the EU territory within CADSES as well as for Accession Countries. Synergies with Rural Development Programs (RPD) in the EU MemberStates and possible co-financing from the SAPARD instrument should be considered.Measure 1.4Spatial impact of immigrationThis measure deals with spatial aspects of immigration. Its aim is to develop joint spatial policy strategies for the countries of origin anddestination.INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK13

ADRI.FISHPromotion of Sustainable Fishery in Northern Adriatic Seawww.adrifish.orgSPATIAL DEVELOPMENTProject DescriptionThe ADRI.FISH project tackled several problemsaffecting the fishing sector in the Northern AdriaticSea, in particular with reference to structural, economicand legislative barriers which separate theactors involved in fishing off the Italian and Balkancoasts. Despite their geographical closeness andtheir common historical background, these lines ofdivision continued to exist.ADRI.FISH creates strong links to support the fishery inthe Northern Adriatic SeaMEASURE 1.1The ADRI.FISH project intends to improve theknowledge concerning the Adriatic fishing sectorand to help in the process of qualification and improvementof the added value of fishing productsat a transnational level in order to stimulate thedevelopment of the fishing sector in the NorthernAdriatic area.created to support the work of the Observatory.Moreover, a transnational feasibility study for theidentification of strategic areas suitable for structuralinterventions was made, focused on the technicalevaluation of a proposal for the right typology,dimension, cost of logistics and commercial structuresin the Northern Adriatic Sea.The project was promoted by the Veneto Region(Lead Partner) in cooperation with partners fromthe Friuli Venezia Giulia region, the Emilia-Romagnaregion, and Federcoopesca in Italy as well asthe Istrian region in Croatia and the Municipalityof Izola in Slovenia.In addition to this, the first Fishers‘ Association inthe Istrian region and the first Fishers‘ Centre inIzola were established and transnational trainingmeasures for promoting and marketing fishingproducts were organised. A specific section for theSocio-Economic Observatory was included on theADRI.FISH website (available in Italian, English,Croatian and Slovenian) and a regular ADRI.FISHnewsletter was published.EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerRegione VenetoVia Torino 11030172 Mestre (VE)ITALYLead PartnerProject PartnerContact PersonDott. Mario RichieriTel +39 041 2795581Fax +39 041 2795504E-Mail mario.richieri@regione.veneto.it0 200 kmDurationStart ....................................................... 04/2002End ......................................................... 10/2005Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,971,000.00thereof ERDF ......................................857,048.00Project PartnersCroatiaRegion of Istria, PulaItalyFriuli Venezia Giulia Region, UdineEmilia Romagna Region, BolognaFedercoopesca, RomeSloveniaMunicipality of Izola, IzolaADRI.FISH promotes sustainable fisheryResults and EffectsThe most important result of the ADRI.FISH projectis the establishment of the Social-Economic Observatoryof Fisheries in the Northern Adriatic Sealocated in Chioggia (Italy). Today the Observatoryemploys a transnational staff and plays an importantrole in co-ordinating the fishing activities as ithas become the centre for surveying and analysingsocial and economic data related to the fisheriessector. The Observatory pays special attention toproduction, market trends, employment and consumption.A database and statistical reports were14INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

Carpathian ProjectProtection and Sustainable Development of the Carpathians in aTransnational Frameworkwww.carpathianproject.euProject DescriptionHistorically, mountain regions located in remoteborder areas were often marginalised. They separatecountries and peoples and face huge challengesregarding spatial development. However,mountain regions can also become powerful unifiersand a link between nations and peoples. Asexperiences, for example in the Alps, demonstrate,mountains have a considerable potential for developmentif the rich natural and cultural heritage isemployed appropriately and if this heritage is preservedfor the future.The Carpathians are located in one of the most dynamicregions in Europe with a huge potential fordevelopment. The central objective of the Carpathianproject is the integration of European spatialdevelopment policies and management of the fragilemountain ecosystems of the Carpathians in atransnational context. The project will analyse andconsolidate the information base, develop strategiesand policy instruments. It will also implementand test pilot activities in cooperation with localand regional stakeholders.The project builds on the existing structure of theCarpathian Convention, providing a transnationalframework for the application of EU policiesthroughout the Carpathian region. The project willmake a comprehensive assessment of the needs,strengths and weaknesses of the project region.Moreover, the Carpathian project will analysetypical constraints of mountainous regions in thecontext of economic transition and European integration.It will deliver strategies and best practicesfor further development, building on the region‘spotential while safeguarding its natural and culturalheritage.The valley of the river Becva in Huslenky, Javorniky(Czech Republic)Vallašské Museum (Czech Republic)Results and EffectsThe expected outcomes of the project include, butare not limited to:i Protection and acceleration of sustainable developmentin the Carpathian region,i Improvement of the information base throughthe collection and systematisation of the stillscattered information on the Carpathianregion, including environmental information.Databases, a GeoPortal and a Carpathian Atlaswill be created,i In-depth analysis of key socio-economic sectorsas well as the preparation of informal Strategici Environmental Assessments of those sectors willresult in a Carpathian Spatial Development Visionand a Carpathian Environment Outlook,i Development of policy instruments agreedupon by an intergovernmental platform,i Identification of strategic priorities for investmentand follow-up actions.DurationStart ....................................................... 09/2005End ......................................................... 08/2008Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................4,260,000.00thereof ERDF ...................................2,400,000.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerUNEP Vienna ISCCVienna International Centre, PO Box 5001400 ViennaAUSTRIAContact PersonMr. Harald EgererTel +43 1 260 60 4545Fax +43 1 260 60 74545E-Mail harald.egerer@unvienna.org0 200 kmProject PartnersAustria: WWF International Danube-Carpathian Programme,ViennaCzech Republic: Palacky University, OlomoucGermany: ISF Muenchen (Social Research Institute), MunichGreece: Prefecture Authority of Drama-Kavala-Xanthi, XanthiHungary: Centre for Regional Studies of the Hungarian Academyof Sciences, Pécs / CEEWEB Central and East EuropeanWorking Group for the Enhacement of Biodiversity, BudapestItaly: Retecamere S.Cons.r.l., Rome / EURAC Research-EuropeanAcademy, BolzanoPoland: RTI Polska Sp. z o.o., Warsaw / Marshal‘s Officeof Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Rzeszow / EnvironmentalInformation Centre UNEP/GRID, Warsaw / Institute of UrbanDevelopment, Krakow / Institute of Spatial and CadastralSystems Limited, GliwiceSPATIAL DEVELOPMENTMEASURE 1.1Romania: National Research / Development Institute forUrban & Spatial Planning URBANPROIECT, BucharestSlovakia: REC Slovakia, Bratislava / Academia IstropolitanaBratislava, BratislavaUkraine: International Charitable Foundation „Heifer ProjectInternational“, KyivINTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK15

CONSPACECommon Strategy Network for Spatial Developmentand Implementationwww.conspace.infoProject DescriptionSPATIAL DEVELOPMENTMEASURE 1.1The region involved in the CONSPACE projectfaced a pre-accession situation and it is geographicallyand functionally an interface also to futureEU enlargement. The region is characterisedby highly diversified types of landscapes with avast natural and cultural heritage. The system ofcentral places is without a dominating agglomeration.The linking of the north/south and east/west transport corridors (TEN and TINA corridors)creates a strong impact on accessibility, economiclocation development, economic exchange andfuture prosperity.There has been a tradition of exchanging informationwithin the region as part of the Alps-Adriaticworking community and the previous periodof INTERREG. However, the administrative structures,planning systems, planning philosophies andsystems of basic information needed for regionaldevelopment issues are still quite different. The resultinginconsistencies have a negative impact on amore balanced development of the region.Cities and regions involved in the CONSPACE projectResults and EffectsThe project partners used a set of core planningdata and indicators based on compatible systemsof GIS (Geographic Information Systems). Thesedatabases have been used as a tool for analysingtransnational regional development indicators, foridentifying the mutual impact of the accessionprocess on both sides and for activities in environmentalprotection. The existing development plansand programs and their planning procedures andapproaches have been analysed and documented;the useful elements for the development ofa transnational development strategy have beenidentified with a specific focus on the polycentricstructure of the region, its natural and cultural heritage,and on the interconnection of its regionalThe CONSPACE project team aims at a common strategynetwork for spatial developmenttransport networks to the TEN and TINA corridors.The list of tasks contains follow-up activities atdifferent administrative or legal levels to secure asustainable framework for common actions andrecommendations for policy actions in the future.The strategy will include goals and visions, anidentification of resources and stakeholders, a definitionof development opportunities with specialemphasis on innovation and structural change, atimetable for actions and a set of strategic measuresof implementation.Furthermore, CONSPACE achieved that:i Administrative bodies exchange information onregional strategies,i Public institutions lobby in their regions for anintegrated spatial development,i Partnership links are being established,i Common planning guidelines, plans or land useplans have been developed,i Strategies and perspectives for CADSES sub-regionshave been created,i Participating regions are aware of supply/demandinconsistencies and act against it,i A considerable number of partners have improvedtheir legislative setting for better cooperation,are promoting compatibility of theirdatabases and information instruments, andhave made use of project results in their urbandevelopment and restructuring plans.DurationStart ....................................................... 04/2003End ......................................................... 06/2006Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................2,046,875.00thereof ERDF ......................................838,000.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerOffice of the Government of CarinthiaWulfengasse 139020 KlagenfurtAUSTRIAContact PersonDI Peter FercherTel +43 463 536 32002Fax +43 463 536 32007E-Mail post.abt20@ktn.gv.at0 200 kmProject PartnersAustriaOffice of the State Government of Styria, GrazCroatiaMinistry of Environmental Protection and Physical Planning,ZagrebCounty of Primorje & Gorski Kotar County Institute for SustainableDevelopment and Spatial Planning, RijekaRegion of Istria, PulaHungarySouth-Transdanubian Regional Development Agency, KaposvárItalyVeneto Region, VeniceProvince of Gorizia, GoriziaAutonomous Region of Friuli - Venezia Giulia, TriesteSloveniaMinistry of Environment, Ljubljana16INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

DONAUREGIONENThe Spatial Development Concept of Interregional Cooperation inthe Danube SpaceProject DescriptionThe countries and regions located along the Danuberiver are in need of planning co-ordinationregarding spatial development. The insufficientavailability of information for planning is a severeconstraint regarding investments in the regions.This can be overcome by a development strategyinvolving various Danube countries. Already in theperiod from 1997 to 2002 a comprehensive strategyfor the Danube region was proposed, methodologicallydeveloped and experimentally verifiedby the spatial planning work group ARGE Donauländer.The project DONAUREGIONEN is the nextstep of the spatial planning working group to fosterthe development process of the Danube area.Problem identification for spatial development in thecross-border region of Slovakia and HungaryThe project should help to evaluate the social,economic, environmental, human and infrastructuraldevelopment potentials in the Danube area.The formulation of a development concept for theDanube area includes the identification of projectsfostering development, a typology of the regionsand the selection of centres for development. Toenforce the implementation of the project proposalsa set of instruments will be established.Results and EffectsThe expected outcomes of the project are:i The optimisation of territorial, socio-economicand environmental relations of territorial unitsalong the Danube river,i The creation of an information platform onwhich the public authorities in the Danube areamay rely when drafting regional plans and programmes,i The establishment of partnerships that provideconsultancy in spatial planning of the Danuberegion which will also serve as an instrumentthat allows the co-ordination of investment activitiesand provides information on locationsfor potential investors,i The creation of a territorial-planning basis supportingthe interregional co-ordination of thearrangement of the Danube area territory whichwill serve as a reference document that can beused to update and co-ordinate the regional developmentof the regions involved,i An updated and improved information andmeta-information system allowing for reporting/sharingof the activities planned by regions.DurationStart ....................................................... 04/2006End ......................................................... 06/2008Budget (EUR)Total Budget .......................................974,964.00thereof ERDF ......................................453,022.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject Partner0 200 kmLead PartnerMinistry of Construction and Regional Development of theSlovak RepublicPrievozská 2/B825 25 BratislavaSLOVAKIAContact PersonMr. Ing Tibor NemethTel +42 1 2 58317433Fax +42 1 2 58317577E-Mail nemeth@build.gov.skProject PartnersBulgariaNational Association of Municipalities in the Republic ofBulgaria, SofiaGermanyMinistry of Environment, Health and Consumer Protection ofBavaria, MunichHungaryScientific Association for Regional Development, TökölThe Self-Government of Pest County, BudapestRomaniaINCD URBANPROIECT, BucharestSlovakiaRegions Research Center, ModraThe Self-Government of Bratislava County, BratislavaThe Self-Government of Nitra County, NitraSerbiaRepublic Agency for Spatial Planning of the Republic ofSerbia, BelgradeSPATIAL DEVELOPMENTMEASURE 1.1DONAUREGIONEN works on an information platformfor the Danube spaceINTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK17

ED-C IIIEuropean Development Corridor III „Via Regia“www.edc-viaregia.euProject DescriptionResults and EffectsSPATIAL DEVELOPMENTMEASURE 1.1Over centuries the „Via Regia“ had been one ofthe most important trading routes in Europe, connectingthe East and West of the continent. Due tothe political situation after World War II, it almostcompletely lost this function. Some years ago,with the fall of the Iron Curtain, new opportunitiesemerged for a development axis contributingto European integration and improved relations toneighbouring non-EU Member States in the future.However, a rough analysis shows already that variousobstacles and barriers considerably impedethe process of European integration along the „ViaRegia“. This is particularly the case regarding therestricted accessibility of node cities and metropolitanareas which are characterised by a poor transportinfrastructure especially in border regions,and regarding missing links to other developmentcorridors and neighbouring countries.Objective of the ED-C III project is the elaborationof an integrated spatial development strategy forthe area along the Pan-European Transport CorridorIII, which is a part of the former „Via Regia“.The corridor connects important economic centresof the European Union like Berlin, Dresden, Wroclaw,Katowice, Krakow and Rzeszów and alsoprovides connections to Ukraine (Lviv, Kiev). It istherefore of high relevance for future economicdevelopment and further integration of the EuropeanUnion to strengthen the co-ordination ofspatial development in the corridor through projectpartnerships and intensified co-operation.The project will be implemented by a thoroughlycomposed consortium of project partners fromregions and cities along the „European DevelopmentCorridor III“ with key competencies in spatialdevelopment, including partners from neighbouringcountries and from Ukraine. The work ofthe partners will particularly focus on the Polish-Czech-German and the Polish-Slovak-Ukrainianborder areas.The planned results of the project are:i Integrated spatial development strategy for theEuropean Development Corridor III „Via Regia“based on development, agreement, assessmentof development scenarios and by using existingdevelopment strategies,i Strengthening of node cities and metropolitanareas through improvement of accessibility byco-operation and co-ordination of spatial development,i Further Development of connections to otherdevelopment corridors and neighbouring countries,i Strengthening of border regions projects asconnecting „interfaces“,i Analysis of conditions for regional developmentalong the „Via Regia“,i Rising awareness of the European DevelopmentCorridor III „Via Regia“,i Intensification of networks of decision-makers.DurationStart ....................................................... 10/2005End ......................................................... 03/2008Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,396,400.00thereof ERDF ......................................901,000.00Dresden - a city belonging to the European DevelopmentCorridor IIIEU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerSaxon State Ministry of the Interior, Div. 45Wilhelm-Buck-Str. 401097 DresdenGERMANYContact PersonMr. Jörg KellermannTel +49 351 564 3453Fax +49 351 564 3459E-Mail joerg.kellermann@smi.sachsen.de0 200 kmProject PartnersCzech RepublicÚstí Region, Usti nad LabemPardubice Region, PardubiceGermanyJoint Spatial Planning Department of Berlin and Brandenburg,PotsdamMinistry of Building, Construction and Traffic of Thuringia,ErfurtCity of Cottbus, CottbusSenate Department for Urban Development Berlin, BerlinCity of Dresden, DresdenPolandMarshal Office of the Dolnoslaskie Voivodship, WroclawPodkarpackie Voivodship, RzeszowMunicipality of Wroclaw, WroclawMunicipality of Opole, OpoleCity of Rzeszów, RzeszowKlodzko County Office, KlodzkoSlovakiaAgency for the Support of Regional Development Kosice,KosiceUkraineLviv Polytechnical National University, Lviv18INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

EMBRACE IIEmbracing Socioeconomic Development in Disadvantageous Areasthrough Information & Knowledge SocietyProject DescriptionDisparities between disadvantageous areas (likerural, mountainous or underdeveloped urban areas)and other more favoured regions can be eliminatedby facilitating access to the knowledge andinformation society for small and medium-sizedenterprises (SMEs) located in economically weakerareas.EMBRACE II aims to promote the developmentof SMEs located in such areas and increase theircompetitiveness and transnational cooperationthrough the following major actions:a. The enhancement of an existing successful networkcreated under its predecessor (the EMBRACEproject) with eight new local/regional nodes andnew added-value servicesb. The establishment of a Pilot Observatory thatwill identify and quantify the impacts of Informationand Communication Technologies on local/regional socio-economic development, with ninelocal/regional „antennas“. The concept of this virtualstructure is quite innovative, since it correlateslocal economic growth with the use of Informationand Communication Technologies (ICT) inorder to conclude on the tangible and intangiblebenefits brought by ICT at macro and micro levelfor SMEs.The ultimate goal is to increase the awareness ofSMEs and policy- and decision-makers of the socio-economicbenefits stemming from the InformationSociety and to offer specific ICT tools thatwill help SMEs better understand and utilise thosebenefits.The EMBRACE II team during the kick-off meetingResults and EffectsThe main results of EMBRACE II will be:i Expansion of the established EMBRACE networkto new areas and countries, particularly bycreating eight new nodes in EU Member States,Accession Countries and Non-EU MemberStates, as well as enhancement of the networkwith new online services,i Design, development and operation of the PilotObservatory that will identify and quantify theimpacts of ICT on local and regional socio-economicdevelopment for SMEs,i Establishment of cooperation among organisationsinvolved in the development and operationof the new nodes of the EMBRACE Network,as well as the Pilot Observatory,i Formulation of more focused policy proposalsand recommendations regarding the informationand knowledge society on the grounds ofthe data provided by the Pilot Observatory.DurationStart ....................................................... 06/2006End ......................................................... 01/2008Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................2,200,000.00thereof ERDF ...................................1,155,000.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerTREK Consulting S.A.Kifissias Ave. 125 - 12711524 AthensGREECEContact PersonMs Melina LazaropoulouTel +30 210 69 96 157Fax +30 210 69 95 450E-Mail melina@trek.grLead PartnerProject Partner0 200 kmProject PartnersAlbaniaChamber of Commerce and Industry of Tirana, TiranaInstitute for Contemporary Studies (ICS), TiranaBulgariaRegional Development Agency Plovdiv, PlovdivCzech RepublicRegional Development Agency of the Ústí Region PLC, Ustinad LabemGreecePrefectural Authority of Thessaloniki, ThessalonikiItalyCESTEC - Lombardia Center for the Technological andProductive Development of Handicraft and Small Enterprises,MilanSPATIAL DEVELOPMENTMEASURE 1.1MontenegroDirectorate for Development of Small- and Medium- SizedEnterprises, PodgoricaSerbiaRegional Chamber of Economy Nish, NishSlovakiaAgency for the Support of Regional Development Kosice,KosiceThe EMBRACE II kick-off meeting in AthensSloveniaRegional Development Centre Koper - Regional DevelopmentAgency South Primorska, KoperINTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK19

ESTIA-SPOSEEuropean Space - Territorial Indicators and Actions for a SpatialPlanning Observatory in Southeast Europewww.uehr.panteion.gr/estia-sposeSPATIAL DEVELOPMENTMEASURE 1.1Project DescriptionESTIA-SPOSE builds upon the experience of theESTIA project and intends to develop actions fora Spatial Planning Observatory in South-EasternEurope (SPOSE), based on an integrated systemof territorial indicators fully compatible with theapproach of the European Spatial DevelopmentPerspective and the European Spatial PlanningObservatory Network (ESPON).This system will be tested in selected areas aimingto promote both, conceptual understanding andoperational compatibility.The project has three main components:i The Territorial Indicators System is the conceptualand methodological component of ES-TIA-SPOSE. Its construction is the most decisivefactor for the establishment of a SPOSE. It willbe based on the overall framework and the incomingresults of the ESPON.i The pilot applications of indicators in selectedareas is the empirical component of ESTIA-SPOSE. The applicability of the territorial indicatorsystem will be tested.i The Spatial Planning Observatory Platform willestablish a more solid network of agencies ofspatial planning and development that will supportthe operation and discuss all conceptual,methodological and practical aspects of SPOSEbased on Territorial Indicator System and pilotaplication of indicators in ESTIA-SPOSE space.i The pilot application of indicators focusing inNUTS III areas including major cities and developmentcorridors in NUTS II,i The establishment of a more solid structure ofa Spatial Planning Observatory Platform (Networkof National Focal Points), complementingESPON and including the Western Balkan area,i Documentation including reports and a comprehensivedatabase allowing for more cooperation,i Meetings and workshops promoting the exchangeof information and the necessary conceptualunderstanding and joint agenda forfuture cooperation,i A final conference for scientists, officials andpoliticians from all ESTIA space and neighbouringCADSES countries.DurationStart ....................................................... 10/2003End ......................................................... 12/2006Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,035,000.00thereof ERDF ......................................513,750.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerUniversity Research Institute of Urban Env. and HumanResourcesAristotelous 1417 671 AthensGREECEContact PersonMr. Panagiotis GetimisTel +30 210 9247450Fax +30 210 9248781E-Mail pget@uehr.panteion.gr0 200 kmProject PartnersAlbania: Urban & Spatial Planning Design Studio, TiranaAustria: OIR - Austrian Institute for Regional Studies andSpatial Planning, ViennaResults and EffectsThe main objective of ESTIA-SPOSE is to enhancethe ability of the South-Eastern European countriesto collaborate in spatial development andplanning issues at transnational level through enhancingtheir individual and collective ability tocollect, elaborate and analyse spatial data, similarto the ESPON program. The ESTIA-SPOSE projectis establishing a network of institutions that operateson a common spatial planning observatoryplatform using a system of common indicators.Spatial structure of ESTIA-SPOSE space includingurban poles, European transport corridors and naturalheritage sitesBosnia and Herzegovina: Federal Ministry of Physical Planningand Environment, SarajevoBulgaria: Institute of Geography under Bulgarian Academy ofSciences, SofiaCroatia: Ministry of Environmental Protection and PhysicalPlanning, ZagrebFormer Yugoslav Rep. of Macedonia: Lychnidos, Center forSustainable Values, OhridGermany: BBR - Federal Office for Building and RegionalPlanning, BonnHungary: Hungarian Academy of Sciences, PécsItaly: Regione Abruzzo, L‘Aquila / Regione Emilia-Romagna,BolognaRomania: National Institute for Research and Development inUrban and Spatial Planning - URBANPROIECT, BucharestThe planned activities are:i The elaboration of a territorial indicators system,Serbia: Institute of Architecture and Regional & Urban Planningof Serbia, BelgradeSlovenia: University of Lubljana, Ljubljanaadapted to the South-Eastern European Space,20INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

GO NetworkGuarantee Organizations Networkwww.gonetwork.infoProject DescriptionGO Network aims at providing an overview ofexisting experiences with credit guarantee organisationsin East European countries. It identifiesthe current policy issues of credit guarantee developmentin Eastern Europe and recommends howgovernments can address specific actions in orderto improve the environment particularly for smalland medium-sized enterprises.In this context, the project aims at setting up a pilotproject, intended as a form of technical assistancefor the creation of a specific guarantee system orfor the implementation of an already existing guaranteescheme. This project will enable the developmentof new opportunities for investment inthe CADSES countries thanks to innovative toolssuch as new financial services, innovative activitiesthat are aimed at creating new business opportunities,assistance in introducing counter-guaranteeinstruments (by the European Investment Fund)and promotion of the development of national coguaranteeinstruments. GO Network actions areintended to improve companies‘ access to financialand banking services and the search for innovativefinancial instruments to support SMEs.Results and Effectsi Definition of a system architecture for storingand managing the information of the enterprisesassisted by each technical partner, whichmeans the creation of a technological platformas a common language in the credit organisationtools which collects SMEs information in thesame way as in the Europe,i Creation of common standards and operativemethodologies among different credit guaranteeschemes in order to foster cooperationamong SMEs and promote their developmentand internationalisation,i To set up a pilot project as a repeatable demonstrationproject, intended to launch a processof development and integration which allowsfor the widening and strengthening of thenetwork.DurationStart ....................................................... 11/2003End ......................................................... 11/2006Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................2,235,200.00thereof ERDF ...................................1,122,425.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerVeneto RegionHandicraft DepartmentCorso del Popolo 1430170 Mestre (VE)ITALYLead PartnerProject PartnerContact PersonMr. Maurizio MorelliTel +39 041 2795891Fax +39 041 2795894E-Mail Artigianato@regione.veneto.it0 200 kmSPATIAL DEVELOPMENTMEASURE 1.1Go Network achieved the following results:i The „SME Guarantee Facility“, operated by theEuropean Investment Fund (EIF), has been extendedeven to the accession countries in thecontext of the Multi-Annual Programme forEnterprise and Entrepreneurship 2001-2005(MAP). Considering MAP enlargement also tothe accession countries, the present project, inaccordance with the EIF, will work on the creationof a favourable environment so that the guaranteeorganizations can enjoy these benefits,GO Network works on financial instruments for smallandmedium-sized companiesProject PartnersAustriaAWSG - Austrian Investment Agency & Promotional Bank,ViennaBulgariaNational Association of Small and Medium Business, SofiaCroatiaIDA - Istrian Development Agency, PulaCzech RepublicCzech-Moravian Guarantee and Development Bank, PragueGreeceANENT SA – Development Agency of Prefecture of Trikala,TrikalaItalyInterconfidi Nordest, PadovaFinest S.p.A., PordenoneRegione Umbria, PerugiaRegione Lombardia, MilanRegione Abruzzo, PescaraPolandMarshal’s Office of the Podlaskie Voivodshiop, BialystokINTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK21

IdeQuaEstablishment of an Identity- and Quality Axis from the Baltic Seato the Aegean Sea - Strengthening Regional Identity and Structuresof Centreswww.idequa.netSPATIAL DEVELOPMENTMEASURE 1.1Project DescriptionThe IdeQua project searches for characteristicfeatures in regional development which shapethe identity of different regions of CADSES - fromthe Baltic Sea across the German Low Mountainrange, the Danube, the Carpathian Mountains,the Balkans, the Black Sea, the Rhodopes Mountainsto the Aegean Sea. The elaboration of theseidentity-donating elements should help people tobecome aware of the attractiveness of their region.The project should help to preserve traditionalways of life and production especially under theconditions of approaching the European Unionand should foster the creation of individual regionalcycles. The IdeQua project will test effectivemodels for supporting regional initiatives.i Development of a team for regional design,i Survey on identity-donating elements,i Marketing campaign, especially for tourism andfor traditional products and products of localcrafts,i Development of regional brands,i Establishment of craftsmen associations,i Increase of investment and jobs in tourism,particularly an increase in employment for women,i Events for specific target groups (concerts),i Support of regional actors for identification, improvementand marketing of unique characteristicsof their region,i Route maps, tour guides in different forms, describingtourist offerings,i Package tours: Package deals, including room,board and entertainment,i Examples for event management, trained ITspecialistsand QM representatives.EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject Partner0 200 kmInternational Conference „Regional Identity - Tourism -Marketing“, May 2006The project area - with the exception of Greece -is a touristic route, frequented during the „socialist“times, which shall be revitalised and givennew attractiveness. Hence, the quality and quantityof tourist offerings have to be adapted to increasedexpectations and modern standards. Thisincludes both marketing and highlighting existingpotential attractions and their infrastructure basis.An IT-based marketing matrix will be created forone region as a model to be adapted individuallyand used by all project partners. For improving thebasis of tourism, selected organisations shall implementquality management systems, which willthen be certified.Results and EffectsThe project aimed at and has already partly achievedthe following results:i SWOT analyses in the City of Cottbus and theMunicipality of Dahme-Spree-Wald have beencarried out,DurationStart ....................................................... 11/2003End ......................................................... 10/2007Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,381,750.00thereof ERDF ......................................999,000.00Interim presentation of the project results: HungarianFestival at the IBA-Terraces, Großräschen (Germany)Lead PartnerInvestitionsBank des Landes BrandenburgDepartment Unit INTERREG/ERDFSteinstrasse 104-10614480 PotsdamGERMANYContact PersonMr. Pertti HermannekTel +49 331 6601605Fax +49 331 6601718E-Mail pertti.hermannek@ilb.deProject PartnersBulgariaRhodopes Tourist Association, SmolyanUnion of Bulgarian Black Sea Local Authorities, VarnaCzech RepublicTown Turnov, TurnovGermanyInternational Building Exhibition IBA Fürst-Pückler-CountryGmbH, GroßräschenDistrict Dahme-Spreewald, LübbenCity Council of Cottbus, CottbusHanseatic City of Rostock, RostockHerder Association Mecklenburg/West Pomerania, RostockGerman Association for Housing, Urban and Spatial Development,BerlinRomantic Hotel “Alte Försterei”, Kloster ZinnaGreeceKEA Vocational Development Centre, RethymnonChamber of Commerce and Industry of Xanthi, XanthiHungaryHungarian Tourism Board, BudapestCity of Keszthely, KeszthelyRomaniaADR Centru Regional Development Agency, Alba Iulia“Black Sea” Romanian Business Center, Mangalia22INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

INCLUDIndustrial Cluster Developmentwww.includ.netProject DescriptionClusters, that means groups of companies or scientificinstitutions within the same line of businessor research, can contribute to the economic developmentof regions. According to experiencesmade in EU countries the cluster model of productionorganization can be a strong impulse tostimulate innovation as it contributes to raising theperformance of small- and medium-sized enterprises(SMEs). For Non-EU Member States, establishingproduction clusters is regarded as one wayto cope with the new challenges of internationalcompetition and globalisation within the presenttransition period.Moreover, social problems can be mitigated bysetting up production clusters, given that the organisationof the clusters also stimulates cooperationand networking between businesses, betweenbusinesses and public institutions and betweenbusinesses and universities or research institutions.These networks then facilitate also social development,particularly in transition countries.Results and EffectsThe general effect of INCLUD is to share and forwardthe experience concerning industrial clustersystems made in EU Member States to Non-EUMember States and to increase the sensitivenessof all participating bodies for the concept of clusterdevelopment. Moreover, behaviour schemes havebeen developed to support cluster organisationin CADSES - particularly in the Non-EU MemberMembers of the INCLUD project teamINCLUD promotes the development of industrialclustersStates. A network of relationships, regulations andcooperation agreements is one central achievementof the project. Another effect of the projectis the development of international relationshipsamong local SMEs in the field of product marketingas well as commercial and technological agreements.The pilot experience indicates the mostappropriate tools to supply and further developthis network. It also provides an estimation of thecost-benefit parameters for approaching the clusterproblem by creating a cluster service.The general result is the demonstration that increasingthe networking and competitiveness ofSMEs by cluster formation results in job opportunitiesand economic growth.DurationStart ....................................................... 12/2002End ......................................................... 12/2004Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................2,745,600.00thereof ERDF ...................................1,200,000.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerRegione LombardiaVia Taramelli 2020124 MilanITALYLead PartnerProject PartnerContact PersonMr. Federico LottersbergerTel +39 02 6 7654558Fax +39 02 6 7656361E-Mail Federico_lottersberger@regione.lombardia.it0 200 kmProject PartnersAustriaLand Niederoesterreich, St. PöltenEco Plus – Niederoesterreich Regionale Entwicklungsagentur,ViennaBulgariaFoundation for Entrepreneurship Development, SofiaCzech RepublicAssociation of Innovative Entrepreneurship, PragueHungaryCentral Hungary Regional Development Agency, BudapestSPATIAL DEVELOPMENTMEASURE 1.1ItalyRegione Emilia Romagna, BolognaComune di San Daniele del Friuli, San Daniele del FriuliRegione Abruzzo, PescaraRegione Marche, AnconaPolandMarshal’s Office of the Podlaskie Voivodship, BialystokRomaniaRomanian Centre for Economic policies, BucharestINTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK23

InServNetInterregional Innovative Services Sector Network of Excellencewww.inservnet.netSPATIAL DEVELOPMENTMEASURE 1.1Project DescriptionCompanies belonging to the service sector are oftensmall- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)characterised by flexibility and a huge innovationpotential. They can be the backbone of regionalinnovation processes. In many cases this potentialremains unutilised. A possible transformationtowards sustainable development and economicgrowth, creation of new products, new employmentand internationalisation strategies is notpursued.The InServNet project aims at strengthening relationshipsbetween companies, administrations,innovation and development organisations andresearch institutions in the participating regions. Itfosters spatial integration by establishing and intensifyingthe cooperation between these actors.There is a special focus on small- and mediumsizedenterprises in the innovative services sector.InServNet addresses the shortfall in the collaborationpotential of SMEs in the services sector byaiming at the elaboration of guidelines for regionaland interregional innovation and for the support ofthese innovation processes. The goal is to supportthe establishment of transnational, organisationaland technological links between industries, SMEs,the regional innovation system, stakeholders andregional as well as national administrative bodies.Results and EffectsThe long-term effect of the project is to overcomecurrent regional imbalances between EU Memberand Non-EU Member States as well as imbalancesbetween rural and urban areas by fostering andsupporting the cooperation potential betweenSMEs and local administrations, regional stakeholders,technology and regional innovation centres.Other expected results and effects of this project,some of which have already been achieved, are:i Development of a standardised innovativecooperation tool which should be transferredto and used by other regions to enhance thetransnational, inter-sector cooperation potentialof regional SMEs and to support sustainablespatial development at this level,i Database of service sector SMEs and their networkactivities,i Survey on interregional cooperation potentialsof service sector SMEs,i Analyses of political, economic and infrastructureprocesses and tendencies at regional, nationaland transnational level,i Increased cooperation between the regions ingeneral and increased number of cooperationof small- and medium-sized companies in theservices sector,i Co-operation model in different fields such asjoint learning, project development and innovationprocesses,i Common project web platform with informationon the project and a cooperation platformfor innovative services sector enterprises,i Pilot test of the applicability of the platformand the cooperation models and creation of ahandbook including three thematic regionaland transnational spatial development conceptsfocussing on the pilot studies, a concept fortransferring the project results to other regionsand a concept for transnational, cross-sectorcooperation,i Training, information and dissemination activitiesat regional and interregional level.InServNet supports the establishment of links betweenindustries, administrative bodies, and the regionalinnovation systemDurationStart ....................................................... 11/2003End ......................................................... 04/2007Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,734,000.00thereof ERDF ......................................975,000.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerTelepark Bärnbach Errichtungs- u. Betriebs GmbHHauptplatz 18572 BärnbachAUSTRIAContact PersonMr. Erhard KohlbacherTel +43 31426155016Fax +43 3142 6155033E-Mail Telepark@baernbach.at0 200 kmProject PartnersAustriaCity of Graz, GrazMIND Consult & Research GmbH, GrazCroatiaTechnology Park Zagreb d.o.o., ZagrebIntegra Futura d.o.o., RijekaGermanyCity of Gera, GeraId – Society for Development of Innovative Services Ltd., JenaHungaryKapos Komplex Kht., PécsItalyVeneto Union of Chambers of Commerce, VeniceSloveniaPublic Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Enterpreneurshipand Foreign Investments, LjubljanaProEco d.o.o., Ljubljana24INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

MATRIOSCA-AAPMAnagement Tools and Relations for Interregional Organisation toStrengthening Co-operation In AAPwww.matriosca.netProject DescriptionRegions on the fringes of long established, newor forthcoming EU Member States, in particular,are in need of transnational collaborations and development.The co-operation area of the MATRI-OSCA-AAP project, the „Adria-Alpe-Pannonia“(AAP) space, comprises old and new EU MemberStates as well as candidate countries. It is characterisedby strong regional and cultural diversity.Meeting of the thematic working groups, March 2006,Brdo (Slovenia)The MATRIOSCA-AAP project concentrates onterritories located at the interface of these countriesand involves regions from Austria, Italy,Hungary, and Slovenia as well as the candidatecountry Croatia. In recent years the amount of cooperationon the project level in the AAP regionhas increased considerably and many new, but yetfragmented contacts have been established. Theaim of the project is to promote an integrated andco-ordinated development of the AAP region byovercoming the problem of the numerous, but unorganisedcontacts on political, administrative andexpert level. The project should also help to intensifycollaboration efforts regarding developmentmatters in the AAP co-operation area. Also otheradministrations of the region, like the VarazdinCounty (Croatia) and the Autonomous Provinceof Vojvodina (Serbia) contribute to the successfulproject implementation.Results and EffectsMATRIOSCA-AAP targets an institutional settingwhich includes different political and administrativelevels and which acknowledges present requirementsand future opportunities of the region.This structure should enable stable relationshipsand a clear definition of the connection of the projectarea to the Alps-Adriatic community and theEUREGIOS. The partners involved should activelycollaborate to set up a sound baseline analysis,joint strategies and a series of co-operation projects.Networks and contacts already establishedor outputs produced by other transnational activitieswill be considered for the new co-operationstructure, notably the ongoing INTERREG III B/Cprojects in which partners from the co-operationarea participate.Further main effects and results of this project willbe:i Complementary advantages offered by collaborationwhich helps to avoid duplications andoverlaps in planning and development mattersfor the regions involved,i Intensified collaboration between old and newEU Member States,i Improved understanding of the present situationand future trends in key areas of spatialdevelopment (e.g. functional relationships betweensectors/sub-regions),i Establishment of networks at administrative andexpert level in areas of key relevance for spatialdevelopment,i Compilation of a compendium of baseline data.DurationStart ....................................................... 06/2005End ......................................................... 12/2007Budget (EUR)Total Budget .......................................854,000.00thereof ERDF ......................................488,000.00Kick-off-meeting of the MATRIOSCA managementboard, July 2005, Castle of Seggau (Austria)EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject Partner0 200 kmLead PartnerOffice of the State Government of StyriaFA1E - Dept. for European Affairs and External RelationsNikolaiplatz 38020 GrazAUSTRIAContact PersonMs Maria Elßer-EibelTel +43 316 877-5518Fax +43 316 877-3629E-Mail fa1e@stmk.gv.atProject PartnersAustriaOffice of the State Government Carinthia, KlagenfurtOffice of the State Government Burgenland, EisenstadtCroatiaKoprivnica – Krizevci County, KoprivnicaRegion of Istria, PulaHungaryZala County Non-Profit Development Company, NagypáliGeneral Assembly of Baranya County, PécsSelf-Government of Gyor – Moson – Sopron County, GyorSomogy County Government, KaposvárGeneral Assembly of Vas County, SzombathelyGeneral Assembly of Tolna County, SzekszárdItalyAutonomous Region Friuli Venezia Giulia, TriesteVeneto Region, VeniceSloveniaNational Agency for Regional Development, LjubljanaSPATIAL DEVELOPMENTMEASURE 1.1INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK25

PlanCoastSpatial Planning in Coastal Zoneswww.plancoast.euProject DescriptionResults and EffectsSPATIAL DEVELOPMENTMEASURE 1.1Coastal areas, especially those in the Baltic, Adriaticand Black Sea region, face a severe pressure fordevelopment. Within the next few years, tourism,transport, aquaculture and energy use will increasein these regions. Particularly in enclosed seas orcoastal zones close to big urban agglomerations,conflicts with environmental protection occur asthe environment is more vulnerable than on theopen sea or on less densely populated coasts. AnIntegrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) canhelp to provide instruments to protect the environmentalquality without endangering economicdevelopment.The PlanCoast project intends to promote the implementationof ICZM measures in coastal zonesof the Baltic, Adriatic and Black Sea by enhancingthe role of spatial planning within coastal zonemanagement. In pilot projects the land as well asthe seaside will be considered when developingand implementing new fields of spatial planningin maritime areas (sea-use planning) throughoutthe EU‘s coastal zones in a coherent manner whilecomplying to international standards and facilitatinginternational exchange and comparison ofinformation. At the same time local and regionalneeds should be reflected.Foreseen results of the project are, among others,the preparation and passing of proposals for CoastalZone Plans and Sea-Use Plans on the basis ofICZM principles with involvement of all relevantstakeholders. GIS databases will be introducedwhich allow international comparisons to facilitatethe spatial planning processes in coastal zones andmaritime areas. National laws and procedures willbe prepared, and existing laws concerning spatialplanning in maritime areas will be improved. Amajor concern of the project is to raise the awareness,know-how and capacities for implementingICZM among local, regional and national targetgroups. The conclusions of the project will also includerecommendations for common principles forSea-Use Planning within and beyond the EU.DurationStart ....................................................... 04/2006End ......................................................... 04/2008Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,979,020.00thereof ERDF ......................................595,000.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject Partner0 200 kmLead PartnerMinistry of Labour, Building and Regional DevelopmentMecklenburg-Vorpommern, Spatial Planning DepartmentSchloßstr. 6-819061 SchwerinGERMANYContact PersonDr. Bernhard HeinrichsTel +49 385 588 3081Fax +49 385 588 3082E-Mail bernhard.heinrichs@am.mv-regierung.deProject PartnersAlbania: Environmental Centre for Administration and Technology,TiranaBosnia-Herzegovina: Herzegovina-Neretva Canton Ministryof Physical Plan and Protection, MostarBulgaria: Regional Governors Office Varna, VarnaBlack Sea NGO Network, VarnaCroatia: UNEP-MAP Priority Action Programme, SplitOne objective of PlanCoast are proposals for coastalzone plans and sea-use plansGermany: Federal Ministry of Transport, Building andHousing, SchwerinItaly: Emilia Romagna Region, BolognaMunicipality of Ancona, AnconaMontenegro: Coastal Zone Management Agency, BudvaPoland: Maritime Office in Gdynia, GdyniaSelf-Government of Pomorskie Voivodeship, GdanskRomania: National Institute for Marine Research and DevelopmentGrigore Antipa, ConstantzaNational Institue for Research and Development Urbanproiect,BucharestSlovenia: Regional Development Centre, KoperUkraine: Ukrainian Scientific Center for Ecology of the Sea(UkrSCES), Odessa26INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

PLANET CENSEPLAnners NETwork for CENtral and South East Europewww.planet-cense.netProject DescriptionPLANET CENSE is a network of national spatialplanning institutions and experts established asa consequence of the VISION PLANET project. Itaims at pursuing and developing further the policyoptions laid down in the VISION PLANET projectdocuments. A cross sector dialogue is initiated with:i The European Spatial Planning Gateway (ESPGATEWAY): an expert dialogue, research informationand knowledge exchange on the applicationand further development of ESDP,i The Forum for Territorial Impact Analysis (TIAnFORUM): It offers an opportunity to developand test the application of the planning instrumentTIAn at transnational and cross-sectorlevel,i The Planet Cense Conference: The conferencewill review on expert level the progress madein transnational spatial development so far andselect politically viable and sound measures forimplementation in international (political) processes,building on the results of the ESP Gatewayand TIAn FORUM.accession status,i Strategic spatial development document forCADSES which reflects on the current politicaldevelopments and research results at Europeanlevel, serving as a potential basis for ESDP plus,i Territorial Impact Analysis,i 2 pilot projects providing new perspectivesfor special implications of topical and futureinfrastructure investment projects as well asurban development activities of cities likely tosupport the development of new „Global EconomicIntegration Zones“ (according ESDP) inCADSES, one potentially backed by promotingnorth/south rail connections between the Balticand Adriatic Sea,i A Planet Cense Conference should guaranteethe link between experts and the project to thepolitical level and to other initiatives and organisations.DurationStart ....................................................... 11/2003End ......................................................... 02/2007EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject Partner0 200 kmLead PartnerAustrian Institute for Regional Studies and Spatial PlanningFranz-Josefs-Kai 271010 ViennaAUSTRIASPATIAL DEVELOPMENTMEASURE 1.1Results and EffectsPlanned and achieved results of PLANET CENSE are:i Establishment of a network of planners at differentlevels (national, regional and city),i Transferring important European spatial planningissues within the EU also to the Non-EUMember States and checking their applicabilityto specific requirements of the regions of theCADSES countries independent of their formalBudget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,352,000.00thereof ERDF ......................................711,500.00Contact PersonMr. Peter SchneidewindTel +43 1 533874720Fax +43 1 533874766E-Mail Schneidewind@oir.atProject PartnersAlbania: Co-Plan, Center for Habitat Development, Tirana;Austria: City of Vienna, Vienna / Government of Land Styria,Graz / ÖBB, Austrian Federal Railways, Vienna / Ministryfor Transport, Innovation and Technology, Vienna; Bosniaand Herzegovina: Federal Ministry of Physical Planning andEnvironment, Sarajevo; Bulgaria: National Centre for RegionalDevelopment, Sofia; Croatia: Ministry of Environment andSpatial Planning, Zagreb; Czech Republic: Ministry of RegionalDevelopment, Prague; Germany: Federal Ministry forTransport, Building and Housing, Berlin / Planning Authorityof Land Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Schwerin / Joint SpatialPlanning Department of Berlin and Brandenburg, Potsdam /German Association for Housing, Urban and Spatial Development,Berlin; Greece: Panteion University, Athens; Hungary:VATI, Hungarian Public Nonprofit Company for RegionalDevelopment and Town Planning, Budapest / RKK, HungarianAcademy of Sciences, Pécs; Italy: Regione Emilia-Romagna,Bologna / Regione Marche, Ancona; Poland: Institute of UrbanDevelopment, Cracow; Romania: INCD – URBANPROI-ECT, Bucharest; Serbia: IAUS, Institute of Architecture, Urbanand Spatial Planning of Serbia, Belgrade / University Belgrade,Belgrade; Slovakia: Ministry of Build-up and Regional Development,Bratislava; Slovenia: Ministry of the Environment,Spatial Planning and Energy, LjubljanaINTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK27

POLY.DEV.Common Best Practices in Spatial Planning for the Promotion ofSustainable POLYcentric DEVelopmentwww.polydev.orgSPATIAL DEVELOPMENTMEASURE 1.1Project DescriptionRegional spatial planning policies and tools forspatial development play an important role whenapplying sustainable development principles asthey are outlined in the European Spatial DevelopmentPerspective (ESDP), by the European SpatialPlanning Observation Network (ESPON) or by theEuropean Conference of Ministers Responsiblefor Regional Planning (CEMAT). These principlescombine economic, environmental and social objectives.It is necessary to verify how the principlesmay be applied to spatial planning and how to assesscurrent planning tools, especially in polycentricdevelopment, with regard to sustainability.POLY.DEV deals with the demand for increasingknowledge and for developing a common strategytowards principles of sustainable polycentricdevelopment in order to avoid extreme polarisationaround few centres and marginalisation ofperipheral areas. Moreover, natural and culturalheritage should be managed in a balanced waythrough participative decision-making processes.The regions involved in POLY.DEV want to promotesustainable spatial polycentric developmentas a tool for balancing development with environmentand cultural heritage preservation. The projectpartners of POLY.DEV come from Central andSouth-Eastern Europe. Partnership members areregional, provincial and local administrative bodies,development agencies and universities. Thepartnership equally involves scientific and administrativebodies, consultants and operative units.Results and EffectsThe POLY.DEV project is intended to make regionaland local communities aware of gaps in spatialplanning concerning principles outlined by ESDP,ESPON and CEMAT and to increase the skills andcapacities of regional and local institutions in chargeof land planning and governance to developsustainable strategies. Moreover, it will assess differentways of influencing social and economicissues by spatial planning. POLY.DEV experimentsand validates the application of forecasting patternsand strategies for sustainable polycentricspatial planning.DurationStart ....................................................... 06/2005End ......................................................... 11/2007Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,490,870.00thereof ERDF ......................................879,654.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerVeneto Region - Segreteria all‘ambiente e territorioDir. Pianificazione Territoriale e ParchiPalazzo Linetti - Calle Priuli - Cannaregio 9930121 Marghera (VE)ITALYContact PersonMs Tiziana QuagliaTel +39 041 2792086Fax +39 041 2792096E-Mail tiziana.quaglia@regione.veneto.it0 200 kmProject PartnersBulgariaMunicipality of Sofia, SofiaGreeceDevelopment Company of Magnesia (ANEM), VolosPrefecture of Fthiotida, LamiaItalyMarche Region, AnconaProvince of Gorizia, GoriziaInner city of BratislavaSlovakiaSlovak University of Technology, BratislavaRegional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe(R.E.C.) - Slovakia, BratislavaSloveniaRegional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe(R.E.C.) - Slovenia, LjubljanaDevelopment Agency of Northern Primorska Region, IdrijaRegional Development Centre Koper, Koper28INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

RDA-net CEDA2Regional Development Agencies Network in the Central European,Danubian and Adriatic Areawww.ceda2.netProject DescriptionResults and EffectsRDA-net CEDA² is a network of regional developmentagencies (RDAs) with a complete set ofservices and tools for fostering and improving thepartners‘ capabilities in practical cooperation vis-àvisthe challenges of EU enlargement.RDA-net CEDA² aims to:i Generate innovative projects for regional developmentof CADSES by using the synergies ofthe network‘s experts,i Increase the competencies and human resourcesfor management and implementation ofregional development projects, especially in atransnational and cross-border context in connectionwith Community Initiatives and StructuralFunds,i Promote sharing and exchanging informationThe project has increased the skills and capacitiesof staff working in regional development to copewith the enormous requirements of the socio-economicdisparities in CADSES. Important effectsare the improved skills for managing and implementingregional development projects, and forcross-border and transnational co-operation. Theproject gives access to a broader knowledge baseof regional development policies to help remoteregions to avoid migration and the „brain drain“.The project can already rely on the CEDA networkset up under INTERREG IIC. To consolidate andexpand this network, RDA-net CEDA² will reacha „critical mass“ in order to make the networkstrong enough to become a stable factor in regionaldevelopment on the EU/NAC interface.www.ceda2.netSPATIAL DEVELOPMENTMEASURE 1.1on regional development issues,i Extend the network of regional developmentDurationEU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject Partner0 200 kmexperts and multiply its synergy potential forCADSES in terms of co-operation opportunitiesand a broad territorial coverage,i Become a „network of competence“ providingnational and regional governments with recommendations,advice and support on spatialdevelopment issues and policies; establishmentof a „virtual resource centre“ for methods, approachesand projects of regional developmentin a transnational and cross-border contextmust be examined.Start ....................................................... 10/2002End ......................................................... 02/2006Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................3,015,395.00thereof ERDF ...................................1,477,750.00Lead PartnerRegione AbruzzoPiazza Santa Giusta 167100 L’AquilaITALYContact PersonMs Giovanna AndreolaTel +39 0862 36 4215Fax +39 0862 36 4207E-Mail polintaq@regione.abruzzo.itProject PartnersAustria: Eco Plus - The Regional Development Agency ofLower Austria Ltd., Vienna / Wirtschaftsservice BurgenlandAG, Eisenstadt / Zentrum für Beschäftigung und Bildung,Innsbruck; Czech Republic: Regional Development Agency ofNorth Moravia and Silesia, Ostrava; Germany: Bark Consulting& Immobilien, Falkensee; Greece: BIC of Attika, Athens;Hungary: Central Hungary Regional Development Agency,Budapest / Norda-Regional Development Agency of NorthHungary, Miskolc / Central Transdanubian Regional DevelopmentAgency, Székesfehérvár; Italy: SITECH, Terni / RegioneUmbria, Perugia / Svim, Ancona / Regione Emilia Romagna,Bologna / Regione Lombardia, Milan / Regione Molise, Campobasso/ Cosecon S.p.A., Conselve / Strat IS, Gorizia;Poland: The Marshal Office of Malopolskie Voivodship,Krakow; Romania: South-East Regional Development Agency,Braila; Slovakia: Regional Development Agency in KralovskyChlmec, Kralovsky Chlmec / Agency for Regional DevelopmentZilina, Zilina / Trencin Self Governmental Region,Trencin / Regional Advisory and Information Centre Trencin,Trencin / SPIS Regional Development Agency, Spišská NováVes / Regional Development Agency Ipel‘ - Hron, Sahy /Regional Development Agency Galanta, Galanta / RegionalDevelopment Agency Komarno, Komárno; Slovenia: CityMunicipality of Kranj, Kranj; Ukraine: Agency of RegionalDevelopment and Cross-Border Co-operation “Transcarpa-INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK29

REDECONRegional Development Along Corridors and Nodeswww.redeconproject.netSPATIAL DEVELOPMENTProject DescriptionCurrently the border regions of Austria, Italy,Slovenia, Hungary and Croatia are experiencingchanges regarding their economic and spatial development.A cross-border strategic informationsystem for regional planning purposes is necessaryto harmonise and adjust regional developmentstrategies and to overcome deficits in data provisionand to intensify cooperation.After this, the involved public administrations willbe able to make use of an advanced computer-basedtool for spatial planning. As the tool is appliedtransnationally, it strengthens the co-operationand integration within the European region in thefield of spatial planning. REDECON is expected toprovide a strong transfer of know-how concerningstrategic planning from old EU Member States toNew Members and to new incomers of the EU.MEASURE 1.1REDECON will develop and implement an innovativetool database and geographic informationsystem for regional planning to support publicauthorities and private firms. At the centre of thistool is a grid-based database with a GIS interface.It merges socio-economic, environmental and spatialdata with accessibility data. On the one hand,this tool will enable public planning departmentsto analyse and simulate different kinds of policymeasures and their regional impacts. On the otherhand, the tool should help private companies tofind optimal locations for their businesses.Results and EffectsDurationStart ....................................................... 09/2005End ......................................................... 02/2008Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,818,000.00thereof ERDF ...................................1,054,000.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject Partner0 200 kmLead PartnerRegional Union Chambers of Commerce of Veneto Region -EIC IT 378Via delle Industrie 19/D Edificio Lybra30175 Marghera (VE)ITALYThe REDECON project will provide an in-depthanalysis of the spatial structure of the involved regionaleconomic systems. This will enable a transnationaland regional ranking of locations accordingto a suitable set of quality indicators to beobtained. Using the grid-based database will alsodeliver detailed information on whether locationsare suited for the development of industrial andcommercial areas, and thus will support futuredecisions concerning land use. Pilot actions willshow results of concrete applications of the toolin three different thematic areas: advanced servicelocalisation, freight flows management and publictransport rationalisation. These topics highlightproblems and solutions which are likely to be facedin the implementation phase of the tool.Contact PersonMrs Roberta LazzariTel +39 0410999411Fax +39 041 0999401E-Mail lazzari@eurosportelloveneto.itProject PartnersAustriaFederal Government of Carinthia, KlagenfurtCarinthian Development Agency, KlagenfurtNiederösterreich Regional Government Administration, St.PöltenCroatiaIstrian Development Agency Ltd., PulaHungaryGeneral Assembly of County Vas, SzombathelyItalyVeneto Region, VeniceEmilia-Romagna Region, BolognaCentro Regionale per la Cooperazione Artigiana - C.R.A.C.A,MargheraSloveniaMinistry of Transport of the Republic of Slovenia, LjubljanaUniversity of Maribor, MariborPrometni Institut Ljubljana d.o.o., Ljubljana30INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

SEEDSSustainable and Effective Entrepreneurship’s Development Schemewww.seedsproject.netProject DescriptionThe SEEDS partnership aims to build and test a coherentframework for planning and implementingjoint sustainable internationalisation strategies andactions for small- and medium-sized enterprises(SMEs) in CADSES, which will enable the effectivesupport of relevant actions.The SME internationalisation process needs to beconsidered as a part of the general spatial developmentstrategies to serve the implementationof the European Spatial Development Perspective(ESDP). This is essential for achieving sustainable,harmonised and balanced development in Centraland South-Eastern Europe.In general the project creates a basis for effectiveSME internationalisation, in a way that will promotebalanced and harmonised spatial developmentmainly by networking and supporting of theSMEs.Results and EffectsSEEDS achieved among others the following results:i Establishment (in 9 partner structures) of unitsto support sustainable entrepreneurship and internationalisationin CADSES (I.E.S.C.s),i Establishment of a virtual network of all 27partners,i Elaboration of an Integrated Pilot Strategic Planfor sustainable SME collaboration in the targetareas and implementation by rendering globalsupport to 45 SMEs of the 3 projects‘ pilot sectorsto conclude and start-up viable transnationalbusiness cooperation (3 clusters, 6 otherpartnerships).i Sensitisation, training and dissemination events,i Mobilisation of important actors for implementation,i Elaboration of 1 exploitation and follow-upscheme per participating territory,i The existing structures for supporting SME developmentin the EU project territories will beenriched and able to facilitate and promoteSME internationalisation in CADSES,i The accession territories concerned will begranted improved structures for supportingentrepreneurship’s sustainable developmentand SME transnational cooperation,i The prospects for attracting investments andthe business opportunities will be increased dueto the improved structures and to the capabilityfor rational relevant strategic planning; thebusiness ventures established during implementationwill act as examples for potential investorsand entrepreneurs.DurationStart ....................................................... 11/2003End ......................................................... 04/2007Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................2,379,000.00thereof ERDF ...................................1,465,000.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject Partner0 200 kmLead PartnerEuropean Community Business and Innovation Centre ofAttikaStadiou str. 710562 AthensGREECEContact PersonDr. Dimitris KarydisTel +30 210 33142301Fax +30 210 3314232E-Mail administration@bicofattika.grProject PartnersBulgaria: Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Sofia /Open Society Club, Veliko Tarnovo / ARC Fund, SofiaDistrict Administration of Veliko Tarnovo, Veliko Tarnovo /Social Entrepreneurship Centre, Veliko Tarnovo / IndustrialAssociation Veliko Tarnovo, Veliko TarnovoGermany: BIC Frankfurt, Frankfurt (Oder) / Frankfurt Chamberof Commerce and Industry, Frankfurt (Oder)Greece: Athens Chamber of Small and Medium Industries(ACSMI), Athens / ETAT, Athens / ETAKEI, Kallithea / ELKE,Athens / Association of Balkan Regions, Kavala / ETBAbank,Athens / DIPEK, Thessaloniki / ITD DIMITRA, Larissa / ELKE-DE, Metamorphosi / Region of Eastern Macedonia - Thrace,KomotiniSPATIAL DEVELOPMENTMEASURE 1.1Italy: Region of Puglia, Bari / Tecnopolis CSATA, Valenzano /Region of Veneto, Venice / Provincia di Treviso, Fontane diVillorba / IRECOOP, PadovaRomania: Alba Chamber of Commerce, Industry andAgriculture, Alba Iulia / Cluj Chamber of Commerce andIndustry, Cluj-Napoca / Fundatia Pentru Educatie Si Sanatate,BucharestINTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK31

SIC!SUSTRAIN Implement Corridorwww.sustrain-ic.netSPATIAL DEVELOPMENTMEASURE 1.1Project DescriptionWith the 2004 enlargement the EU area has increasedby about 75 million people. A GDP of only23-68% of the EU average and long transportroutes do not only increase the imbalance betweenEurope‘s economic core area - London, Paris, Milan,Munich („Blue Banana“) and Hamburg andperiphery, the regional development and growthopportunities of the new EU countries are also onthe decline. However, the enlargement providesthe opportunity to develop the polycentric regionsalong the former „Iron Curtain“.second European economic core area,i Specification of required, high-ranking transportinfrastructures to utilise this developmentpotential,i Development of a sustainable, transnational,inter-modal infrastructure programme to contributeto the re-positioning of study area („NewBanana“),i Identification of adequate forms of financingand creation of an infrastructure investmentmodel in a PPP (Public Private Partnership) framework,i Support of necessary transregional cooperationtargeting the implementation of the infrastructureprogramme on a transnational political level.Results and EffectsNew „Banana“ - potential second European economiccore areaSIC! will develop and implement common strategiesfor the territorial cohesion of Europe byoffering concrete measures in land use planning,transport planning and economic policy. Metropolisesand large centres are the driving forces ofeconomic prosperity. The quality of accessibilitybetween the metropolitan and major central regionsis therefore a vital factor. A developed transportinfrastructure and demand-oriented transportservices are preconditions to initiate the developmentin this area. The SIC! study area is generallyaligned to the pan-European transport corridor IV(Berlin-Prague-Vienna-Bratislava and Budapest)and basically reflects the potential second Europeaneconomic core area („New Banana“). It formsthe central European integration zone and comprisesan area of approx. 350,000 km² (populationof about 48 million). The extended study areawith a size of approx. 600,000 km² (population ofabout 102 million) is also object of investigation.The SIC! project has the following main objectives:i Evaluation of regional development opportunitiesand potentials in the SIC! area,i Identification of appropriateness for creating aSIC! has produced a master plan of transnationalinfrastructure investment for railways, roadsand nodes (passenger and cargo), optimising thetrade-offs between the means of transport. SIC!increases the transparency of ongoing corridorrelatedprogrammes and projects by introducingSIPP, a meta-database on relevant projects in thearea (spatial planning, transnational transport infrastructureand organisation).Further results are:i Regional development benefits through improvedregional accessibility by enlargement,i National transport master plans and transnationalnetwork requirements (TEN, TINA),i Budget restrictions by proposing public privatepartnerships schemes for functionally and/or regionallydefined parts of the railway infrastructure,i Support of regional development strategies basedon scenarios for future infrastructure linksand corresponding changes of accessibility,i Clarification of different effects of developmentscenarios for a north/south corridor in CentralEurope.DurationStart ....................................................... 01/2003End ......................................................... 07/2006Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................2,175,000.00thereof ERDF ...................................1,035,000.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerState Government BurgenlandStabstelle Europabüro und StatistikEuropaplatz 107001 EisenstadtAUSTRIAContact PersonMr. Heinrich WedralTel +43 2682 6002826Fax +43 2682 6002927E-Mail heinrich.wedral@bgld.gv.atLead PartnerProject Partner0 200 kmProject PartnersAustriaState Government Vienna, ViennaMinistry of Transport, Innovation and Technology, ViennaState Government Lower Austria, St. PöltenState Government Upper Austria, LinzState Government Carinthia, KlagenfurtCroatiaCounty Institute for Sustainable Development, RijekaCzech RepublicMinistry for Regional Development, PragueMinistry of Transport and Communications of the CzechRepublic, PragueGermanySaxon State Ministry of the Interior, DresdenGemeinsame Landesplanung Berlin – Brandenburg, PotsdamFree State of Thuringia, ErfurtMinistry for Labour and Construction Mecklenburg - Vorpommern,SchwerinMinistry of Transport, Building and Housing (BMVBW), BerlinHungaryVas County Road Management, SzombathelyItalyRegione del Veneto, VenicePolandMarshal Office of the Wroclaw Province, WroclawSlovakiaMinistry of Environment, Bratislava32INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

Smart Regionsm@rt regionwww.smartregion.netProject DescriptionThe Sm@rt Region project aims at strengtheningco-operation potentials between regional developmentunits and their work environment in theregions involved in the project. The intensified cooperationshould foster spatial integration. Thiswill be achieved by applying a Knowledge andInformation Manager (KIM) model which will bedeveloped after an intensive analysis and surveyof the participating regions. The main tasks andduties of the KIM model are to provide a comprehensiveoverview of development processes ondifferent levels (regional, national, interregional biandmulti-lateral) and to address potential areasof regional development in an integrative manner.The KIM model will be anchored in the participatingregions and transferred to an enlarged networkof project partner organisations, thus contributingto overcoming regional disparities betweencandidate states and EU Member States as well asother countries.Smart Region links regional development units to fosterspatial integrationThe main objective of the project is to tackle regionalimbalances within the CADSES area as wellas imbalances between rural and urban areas byfostering and supporting the co-operation potentialbetween small- and medium-sized enterprises(SMEs) and local administrations as well as otherstakeholders. The project should support regionaleconomies by setting up methods for interregionalsector and transsector co-operation between economic,scientific, administrative and technologicalresources. Moreover, the promotion of innovation,education, training, research and development is afurther objective.Project Meeting of Smart RegionResults and EffectsSm@rt Region will provide a new, standardised cooperationtool based on the introduction of a KIMmodel to enhance the transnational, inter-sectoralco-operation potential of regional SMEs to supportsustainable spatial development at this level. Thetool can be transferred and used by other regions,too. Further expected results are as follows:i Survey on the status quo of thematic regionalnetworking in order to check interregional cooperationpotentials for assigning Knowledgeand Information Managers,i Pilot applications in four European regions tostandardise a concept of the installation of aKnowledge and Information Mangers, includingtraining and a manual,i Increased co-operation between the regions ingeneral, and an increased amount of co-operationsespecially of SMEs in the service sector,also providing new jobs,i Co-operation in different fields, such as jointcross-cultural learning, interregional project developmentand innovation processes on regionaldevelopment,i Common project website which provides astandardised and tested concept for installing aKnowledge and Information Manager.DurationStart ....................................................... 10/2005End ......................................................... 03/2008Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,050,000.00thereof ERDF ......................................660,000.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerScientific Research Centre Bistra PtujSlovenski trg 62250 PtujSLOVENIAContact PersonDr. Bojan PahorTel +386 2 748 02 50Fax +386 2 748 02 60E-Mail bojan@bistra.si0 200 kmProject PartnersAustriaMind Consult & Research Ltd, GrazGovernment of Styria, GrazCroatiaThe City of Osijek, OsijekCroatian Chamber of Economy - County Chamber Varaždin,VarazdinGermanyReFIT r.s., JenaWirtschaftsverband Gera – Ronneburg 2007 e.V., GeraHungaryEntrepreneurs Centre of Somogy County Public Foundation,KaposvárEnterprise Development Foundation of Tolna County, SzekszárdItalyEuro Info Centre IT 378 Veneto, MargheraSerbiaCentre for Strategic Economic Studies “Vojvodina-CESS”,Novi SadSlovakiaRegional Advisory and Information Centre Presov (RAICPresov), PresovRegional State Department in Presov, PresovSPATIAL DEVELOPMENTMEASURE 1.1SloveniaGEA College of Entrepreneurship, PiranINTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK33

TECPARKNETScience and TEChnology PARK Cooperation in EU-Future Regionwww.tec-park.netSPATIAL DEVELOPMENTProject DescriptionTECPARKNET is a network consisting of regionsin Austria, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia and Hungary.The expected effects of the establishment of thenetwork address the transnational approach, equalopportunities, environmental issues, employmentand economic sectors and spatial development.The aim is to achieve improved competitivenessand a better economic situation for the regionsinvolved.i The increase of regional and economic efficiencyby using complementary advantages of thepartners,i The extension of existing bilateral and trilateralrelations between partners at transnationallevel,i Reduction of existing imbalances between thepartner regions,MEASURE 1.1In order to achieve this, co-operation efforts combiningeconomic, scientific and technology resources,comparative strengths and infrastructure havebeen established. They focus on innovative smallandmedium-sized companies, clusters and alsoaim at promoting new businesses. The exchangeof knowledge, competent partners and specialisedinfrastructure will facilitate integration of the regionaleconomies on a higher level.TECPARKNET upgraded the level of economic and socialcohesion in the project regionsEU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject Partner0 200 kmThe companies are at different stage in terms ofeconomic and technology infrastructure but stillthere is a lot of potential for co-operation.The TECPARKNET project team promoted partnershipsof technology parks in the cooperation areaResults and EffectsThe general effect expected from TECPARKNET isan upgraded level of economic and social integrationin the regions involved in order to create along-term network. More specifically the followingeffects have been achieved by the project implementation:i The integration of selected sectors and valueadded chains at transnational level,i The use of growth potential by increasing marketsand participation of SMEs,i Improvement of interactions between scientificinstitutions and industry, in particular SMEs,i Access to special high-level skills, know-howand experts in each partner region for all actorsinvolved, thus to enhance competitiveness ofthe entire cooperation area,i Higher level of motivation, activation and integrationof SMEs for cooperation projects attransnational level,i Creation of a sustainable network and partnershipof technology parks in the cooperationarea,i Transfer of shared experiences and best practicesto the partners with special benefits forpartners in Non-EU Member States.DurationStart ....................................................... 05/2003End ......................................................... 12/2005Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,250,000.00thereof ERDF ......................................500,000.00Lead PartnerInnofinanz – Steiermärkische Forschungs- und Entwicklungsförderungsges.m.H.Nikolaiplatz 28020 GrazAUSTRIAContact PersonMr. Peter PerkoniggTel +43 316 7095 0Fax +43 316 7095 95E-Mail peter.perkonigg@sfg.atProject PartnersAustriaWirtschaftsservice Burgenland AG WIBAG, EisenstadtEntwicklungsagentur Kärnten GmbH, KlagenfurtCroatiaTechnology Park Zagreb, ZagrebTechnology Innovation Centre Rijeka, RijekaHungaryWest-Pannon Regional Development Agency, SopronItalyAREA Science Park, TriesteRegione Veneto, MestreSloveniaRepublic of Slovenia, Ministry of Economy, Ljubljana34INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

WEFneTWomen Engendering the Finance Networkwww.wefnet.euProject DescriptionResults and EffectsThe WEFneT project is based on Women‘s ResourceCentres as an instrument for local developmentwith a gender perspective. The main objective ofthe project is to achieve local development throughan increased participation of women in economic,political and social life - both in quantity and inquality. The Women‘s Resource Centres are a coordinationservice of territorial actions and actorsengaged in improving women‘s skills and accessto financial means to set up their own businesses.They also offer counselling services and territorialsensitisation.WEFneT transnational cooperation is particularlyfocused on:i Enlargement of the Women‘s Resource CentreNetwork in the CADSES area in order to intensifythe co-operation between business and socialinfrastructure for regional innovation,i Identification of a common model to favouraccess to loans for female entrepreneurs inco-operation with the regional governments,financial institutions, public and private organisations,i Set-up and management of an e-community inthe territorial area involved in the project for femaleentrepreneurs, women‘s associations andall those structures that promote the woman‘srole in the local development process. Also totrain and assist about 200 local administratorsin developing new competencies for local developmentwith a gender approach.Obtained outcomes so far:i 10 Women‘s Resource Centres have been established,i The existing Resource Centres were enhancedwith new services. A network of Women‘s ResourceCentres in the CADSES area was created.It is capable of offering psychological, managerialand financial support, information, consultancyand technical assistance to women of theinvolved countries,i About 200 local administrators were trained andassisted in order to develop new competencieswith a gender approach,i About 20 Resource Centres Operators weretrained in order to develop skills and abilities toset up and manage the structures,i About 10 new enterprises were started up.DurationStart ....................................................... 01/2004End ......................................................... 06/2007Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................2,854,472.66thereof ERDF ...................................1,275,365.82EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerRegione Puglia, Councillorship for Professional TrainingViale L. Corigliano 170123 BariITALYContact PersonDr. Mario de DonatisTel +39 080 5343787Fax +39 080 5407616E-Mail l.fiore.eures@regione.puglia.itProject PartnersAlbaniaIndependent Forum for the Albanian Women, TiranaGermanyLOWTECH gGmbH, BerlinGreeceMunicipality of Skydra, Skydra0 200 kmSPATIAL DEVELOPMENTMEASURE 1.1WEFneT eases the set-up of enterprises by womenItalyBIC Puglia Sprind Srl, NociConsorzio ETIMOS – Choros Servizi, PadovaCentro di Iniziativa Europea soc. coop. A r.l., MilanUniversità degli Studi di Bari – Equal Opportunities Commission,BariFormapadova piccola s.c.a.r.l., PadovaCodess Sociale, VeniceMunicipality of Taranto, TarantoProvince of Lecce, LecceMunicipality of Statte, StatteProvince of Taranto, TarantoMunicipality of Molfetta, MolfettaMunicipality of Tricase, TricasePolandT.I.S.E. s.a., WarsawRomaniaThe Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania andBucharest, BucharestAssociation for Women Entrepreneurship Development,BucharestINTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK35

ADHOCAdapted Development of Historical Old Towns in Centraland Eastern Europewww.adhoc.jeleniagora.euSPATIAL DEVELOPMENTProject DescriptionChanging conditions, such as the lack of publicfunding and an ageing population, challenge thedevelopment of historical old towns. These difficulteconomic and social transitions require newapproaches regarding the involvement of privateinvestors in the implementation of revitalisationmeasures. In addition, conflicts between peopleaiming at preservation and others promoting modernisationof inner-city areas have to be solved.The project aims at the following concrete results:i Initiation of exemplary strategic dialogue processesin ten historical Old Towns of old andnew EU Member States as well as non-EU-Member State with the relevant public and privatestakeholders,i Identification of innovative project approachesfor specific problem areas by bundling requirementsof monument preservation and sustainableutilisation of inner-city areas,i Elaboration of ten feasibility studies and realiza-MEASURE 1.2Main aim of the ADHOC project is the developmentand implementation of innovative approachesfor a sustainable renewal of historical oldtowns with numerous listed buildings. The projectconcentrates on urbanistic and integrative solutionsto develop valuable inner-city districts underchanged structural and demographic conditions.Project partners are small and medium-sized citieswith large-scale historical old towns under monumentpreservation, political and professional aswell as research institutions active in the field ofurban and regional development.The project shall provide transferable methods fora sustainable development of historical old townsunder monument preservation in the CADSESarea. The co-operation of science and practical solutionsshould help to overcome existing conflictsbetween monument preservation and strategicurban renewal and to enable joint actions of thedifferent stakeholders in order to guarantee sustainablemaintenance and utilisation of the culturalheritage.Results and EffectsIn the ADHOC project dialogue processes for typicalproblem constellations in selected historicaldistricts will be initiated, involving administrations,owners, investors, monument preservationists andother stakeholders to overcome existing conflictsand to enable common strategic actions. By settingup public-private co-operations, long-term investmentsfor the adaptation of historical Old Townsto social, demographic and economic changes willbe achieved.tion concepts to prepare the implementation ofstrategic projects,i Implementation of five exemplary investmentpilot projects demonstrating good examplesand encouraging further investments,i Documentation and publication of transferableresults on a virtual information platform (.eudomain) including a manual with exemplarysolutions for typical challenges of an adapteddevelopment for historical Old Towns in theCADSES area,i Elaboration and dissemination of transferablemethods for sustainable development of historicalOld Towns under monument preservationin the CADSES area.Historical city centre of Jelenia GoraDurationStart ....................................................... 04/2006End ......................................................... 02/2008Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,494,643.00thereof ERDF ......................................935,550.25EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerCity of Jelenia GóraPlac Ratuszowy 5858-500 Jelenia GóraPOLANDContact PersonMr. Bartosz LipinskiTel +48 75 7546118Fax +48 75 7546159E-Mail lipinski_um@jeleniagora.plLead PartnerProject Partner0 200 kmProject PartnersAustriaCity of St. Pölten, St. PöltenCroatiaCity of Varaždin, VaraždinGermanyCity of Bamberg, BambergCity of Bautzen, BautzenCity of Ravensburg, RavensburgCity of Zittau, ZittauGerman Association for Housing, Urban and Spatial Development,BerlinSaxon State Ministry of the Interior, Div. 45, DresdenPolandCity of Plocł, PłockPolish-German Research Association ADHOC EEIG / EWIV,Jelenia GóraSlovakiaCity of Trnava, TrnavaSloveniaCity of Ptuj, Ptuj36INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

C.A.R.E.Accessible Cities of European Regionswww.interreg-care.orgProject DescriptionAccessibility is a primary aspect contributing tothe quality of life in urban areas for citizens andtemporary residents, such as tourists. It is also animportant factor in the promotion and developmentof urban areas. The logic of city accessibilityinvolves a broad range of services and structuresfor citizens and tourists, but above all services devotedto persons with special needs.One objective of C.A.R.E.: improving access to servicesfor everyoneSPATIAL DEVELOPMENTResults and EffectsThe C.A.R.E. project defined accessible urban touristroutes describing the accessibility features ofthe venues: the 13 routes have been published inthe tourist guides „Travelling in Europe: a guideto welcoming and accessible cities“. All partnersused the same CARE methodology to survey andcommunicate accessibility to a tourist service (i.e. ahotel, museum, restaurant, tourist attraction, etc.)with the aim of offering only objective informationas regards the characteristics of accessibility topeople with special needs (i.e. measures instead ofsymbols or evaluations). CARE thus created a networkof cities that recognise accessibility as a centralelement in the quality of life, share the sametools and philosophy and work toward attractingnew members.MEASURE 1.2Project group meeting - A fundamental result of theproject work is the analysis of demands of people withspecial needsThe C.A.R.E. project (Accessible Cities of EuropeanRegions) aimed at improving the accessibility of citiesfor everyone. In particular, the purpose of theproject was to develop a network of accessible servicesand facilities in European cities by adopting astandardised accessibility rating method. The projecthelped to create „friendly cities“ by buildingspecialised service networks.A fundamental result of C.A.R.E. is the analysis ofthe demands which residents and tourists with specialneeds make on a city. It is the most current andexhaustive European study of this kind ever made,including 6,545 interviews with residents and touristswith special needs. Also a shared manual onhow to correctly communicate disability and accessibilityhas been produced. It can be of use toany operator dealing with matters of accessibility.A lot of work has been devoted to create a unifiedimage of the project in order to make C.A.R.E. abrand: identifying a network of tourist cities in Europesharing the principles and commitment listedin the Charter of the Hospitable City and using thesame methodology to describe accessibility.DurationStart ....................................................... 01/2004End ......................................................... 03/2006Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................2,008,359.90thereof ERDF ...................................1,061,232.20EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerRegione Emilia-RomagnaDir. Gen. Production ActivitiesViale Aldo Moro 4440127 BolognaITALYLead PartnerProject PartnerContact PersonMs Mauro MingozziTel +39 051 283989Fax +39 051 283380E-Mail mumingozzi@Regione.Emilia-Romagna.it0 200 kmProject PartnersAustriaAtempo Association, GrazGermanyBildungsinstitut Pscherer gGmbH / Tourismusverband Vogtlande.V., LengenfeldCity of Gera, GeraGreecePrefectural Authority of Thessaloniki County, ThessalonikiItalyMunicipality of Bologna, BolognaMunicipality of Ferrara, FerraraMunicipality of Forlì, ForlìLombardia Region, MilanAias – Italian Association for Spastic Help, MilanUmbria Region, PerugiaProvince of Ancona, AnconaProvince of Pesaro-Urbino, PesaroSiPuò – Association for Projects and Services for People withSpecial Needs, FerraraVenice Card, VeniceRomaniaNorth – East Regional Development Agency, Piatra-NeamtINTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK37

CITYREGIORegional Economic Development through City-SurroundingCo-operationwww.cityregio.netSPATIAL DEVELOPMENTMEASURE 1.2Project DescriptionCITYREGIO addresses the problems arising fromdifferent paces and accents of economic developmentbetween centres and their surroundingareas and the problems of their impact on spatialdevelopment. The project analyses the mutual interdependenceof centres and their surroundings.It approaches cities and the surrounding districts asa unity as far as regional economic developmentis concerned.From this perspective traditional administrativeareas become obstacles. Issues of economic development,spatial planning, location management,and development of human resources and capacitiescannot be adequately addressed by local andregional authorities without close co-operation.CITYREGIO addresses this problem in transnationalcooperation with the regions of Linz (Austria),Plzen (Czech Republic) and Leipzig (Germany),which are characterised by a number of similar developmentissues and by geographical proximity inthe central CADSES area.Results and EffectsThe CITYREGIO project has achieved the followingresults:i Improvement of regional competitivenessi Preparation and development of currentlymissing tools for common intraregional spatialdevelopment actions (information system, locationpools, support of regional managementby one-stop shopping, regionally co-ordinatedsteps for location development and planningmeasures for investments),i Set-up of objective-oriented co-operation measuresbetween administrations, firms, planninginstitutions of cities and surrounding areas aswell as between the project regions,i Added value for each region by exchangingknowledge, experiences and regional informationas a step for further transnational co-operation.DurationStart ....................................................... 01/2003End ......................................................... 06/2006Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................2,164,000.00thereof ERDF ...................................1,305,000.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerCity of LeipzigDepartment for Economics and LabourNeues Rathaus04092 LeipzigGERMANYContact PersonMr. Michael SchimanskyTel +49 341 1235810Fax +49 341 1235825E-Mail info@cityregio.net0 200 kmthrough economic cluster development andknowledge, exploitation and strengthening ofendogenous potentials (locations, labour forces,human resources, branch competencies), scientificallygained expertise on future location andspatial development factors and on the demandsof a knowledge based economy,Inner City of LeipzigProject PartnersAustriaState Oberösterreich, LinzCity of Linz, LinzRegional Forum Linz-Land, LinzEUREGIO Bayerischer Wald/Böhmerwald - Regional ManagementMühlviertel, FreistadtTechnology and Marketing GmbH Oberösterreich, LinzCzech RepublicRegional Development Agency of Plzen Region, PlzenCity of Plzen, PlzenAssociation of Municipalities of Plzen Region, PlzenBusiness and Innovation Centre Plzen, PlzenUniversity of West Bohemia, PlzenGermanyDistrict of Leipziger Land, BornaDistrict of Muldentalkreis, GrimmaDistrict of Delitzsch, Delitzsch38INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

CITYREGIO IIRegional Economic Development through Cooperation withinCity-Regionswww.cityregio.netProject DescriptionWhereas many West European conurbations arealready efficient promoters of regional economicdevelopment for their surroundings, such„lighthouse functions“ of city regions still have tobe established in the CADSES area.CITYREGIO II bundles six second-order cities andtheir respective regional partners or national regionaldevelopment authorities - depending on thenational distribution of competencies. The citiesinvolved in the project are surrounded by peripheralregions which largely depend on the economicsuccess of the urban centre.(e.g. regional location information system, feasibilitystudies for strategic investments, clusteringof SMEs) that allows the involved city-regions toquickly move towards the realisation of concertedeconomic (cluster) promotion activities, humanresource management and location developmentinitiatives.SPATIAL DEVELOPMENTMEASURE 1.2Coherent spatial development following the Lisbonand Gothenburg targets as well as the recentBeaupuy Report drafted by the European Parliamentor the draft strategic guidelines for EuropeanCohesion Policy depends on the capacities of cityregions in their role as centres of growth and regionalleadership. However, second-order cities inthe CADSES region rely on co-operation with theirsurroundings to bundle their diverse approaches ofeconomic development.City Hall of the City of PlzenCITYREGIO II increases the capacities of selectedcity-regions and spurs their economic developmentbuilding on a profound knowledge base elaboratedthrough the previous CITYREGIO projectKick-off conference in LeipzigResults and EffectsCITYREGION II aims at strengthening the capacitiesof the urban centre and its surroundings forefficient collaboration through an exploitation ofCITYREGIO results by practical implementation inthe partner city-regions.The overall objective of the project is to strengthenthe economic capacity and competitiveness asregional drivers of growth for the entire regionthrough effective city-region co-operation.DurationStart ....................................................... 04/2006End ......................................................... 03/2008Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,603,747.00thereof ERDF ......................................999,658.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject Partner0 200 kmLead PartnerUrban Planning and Development Institute of the City ofPlzenSkroupova 530584 PlzenCZECH REPUBLICContact PersonMr. Milan SvobodaTel +420 37 8035000Fax +420 37 8035002E-Mail svoboda@mmp.plzen-city.czProject PartnersBulgariaMunicipality of Varna, VarnaCzech RepublicRegional Development Agency for the Plzen Region, PlzenGermanyCity of Leipzig, LeipzigDistrict of Muldentalkreis, GrimmaDistrict of Delitzsch, DelitzschDistrict of Leipziger Land, BornaAufbauwerk Region Leipzig GmbH, LeipzigHungarySouth-Transdanubian Area and Economic Development PublicUtility Company, PécsMunicipality of Pécs, PécsMunicipality of Kaposvár city, KaposvárMunicipality of Szekszárd, SzekszárdItalyCity of Bologna, BolognaPolandGdansk Entrepreneurship Foundation, GdanskCity of Gdansk, GdanskINTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK39

CoUrbITCOmplex URBan Investment Toolswww.courbit.euProject DescriptionResults and EffectsSPATIAL DEVELOPMENTMEASURE 1.2Owing to the globalisation of markets some economicand social functions of cities have changedor have even become obsolete in European citiesand metropolitan areas. The focus of CoUrbiT iscentred on complex urban projects to be developedin order to reuse areas in which economicand productive functions have ceased. The aim isto develop new urban regeneration management(URM) methods and tools to revitalise these areas.After designing an appropriate managerial model,CoUrbIT will test the model by applying it to pilotareas which are selected from among the projectareas. The CoUrbIT managerial model for regenerationprojects should become also a reference forother CADSES public administrations concerningthe management of complex urban investments. Itwill assure efficiency, effectiveness, speed of administrativeprocedure and coherence to EU legislativeframework, which are the necessary conditionsto be attractive to investors and those with privatecapital. It will then be possible to apply the modelthroughout the CADSES space by e-learningtechnologies.CoUrbIT will enable the definition of a model ofurban regeneration management, compatiblewith the European Spatial Development Perspective(ESDP). This model should help to manageregeneration projects. New functions of the revitalisedareas will substitute obsolete ones and willattract more investments and gain competitiveadvantages. The application of the model shouldassure both flexibility of public administration actionsconcerning the specificities of the areas, aswell as reliable administrative procedures and timeframes.The expected outcome of CoUrbiT is, amongothers, the development of a benchmarking networkfor urban regeneration procedures and modelsused by partner countries up to now. A highlevel of homogeneity and strong co-ordination ofthe activities done by each partner is the aim. Theproject creates an efficient and effective modelof urban regeneration that is compatible with EUdirectives. This regeneration model is applied toselected pilot areas and will be adapted to theirspecific requirements and patterns. It will be revisedon the basis of monitoring results.Dissemination actions of the project’s results includeinternational workshops, a website and a toolboxof models (feasibility studies, public-privateagreements, business plans) which allows publicadministrations, investors, stockholders and stakeholdersto get to know and understand the CoUrbITmodel. The public administrations partners ofCoUrbiT will be trained to apply the model to pilotareas. It will then be possible to transfer the modelto other regions of CADSES via e-learning technologies.DurationStart ....................................................... 06/2005End ......................................................... 06/2008Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,934,300.00thereof ERDF ...................................1,203,125.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerUniversità Commerciale Luigi BocconiPublic AdministrationVia Sarfatti 2520136 MilanITALYContact PersonProf. Remo Dalla LongaTel +39 02 58362591Fax +39 02 58362593E-Mail remo.dallalonga@unibocconi.it0 200 kmProject PartnersGermanyMunicipality of Leipzig, LeipzigMunicipality of Stuttgart, StuttgartHungaryMunicipality of Budapest, BudapestItalyProvince of Treviso, Fontane di VillorbaProvince of Pordenone, PordenonePolandIRM – Institute of Urban Development Krakow, KrakowAGH University of Krakow, Krakow40INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

DONAUHANSENetwork of Danubian Cities for Economic Cooperationwww.donauhanse.netProject DescriptionDONAUHANSE is a network of cities connectedby the Danube river. The project‘s aim is to fosterthe economic prosperity of the citizens by enhancedco-operation between administrations and thebusiness sectors of the participating cities, by cooperativemarketing activities both at the level ofthe cities and the level of special economic sectorsof common interest (e.g. tourism, creative industries,transport and trading) and by supporting theurban economies of the participating cities.Freight transport on the Danube river (Source: TINAVienna - Transport Strategies GmbH)Focal points of the cooperation are:i To strengthen the cities as hubs of „the Streamof Wealth“,i To enhance the contribution of the Danube waterwayto the development of the cities,i To amalgamate the river with urban development,i This initial DONAUHANSE project aims primarilyat defining and establishing the conceptualand organisational framework and identifyingconcrete areas and projects of co-operation,i Some of the envisaged results are the joint presentationat Expo Real, a trade fair for commercialreal estate, and the extension of the Danuberiver bicycle path.Results and EffectsThe main result will be a new and sustainable networkof Danube cities.Further results will be, among others:i Intensified contact among the city authoritiesresponsible for economic development, tourismand international transport (including ports),i An elaborated marketing strategy and a logofor Danube river tourism,i Several studies on the cities’ economic potentialsand strategies, including ports and urbanriver bank development,i Joint presentation at Expo Real, a trade fair forcommercial real estate, and at other exhibitionsand fairs,i Integration of additional destinations into theDanube river tourism,i Extension of the Danube river bicycle path andre-launching bicycle tourism from Ulm to Sulinaon the Black Sea.DurationStart ....................................................... 01/2003End ......................................................... 12/2006Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,900,000.00thereof ERDF ......................................950,000.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerCity of ViennaDepartment for Economical and Techn. Dev.Ebendorferstrasse 21082 ViennaAUSTRIAContact PersonMr. Josef KramhöllerTel +43 1 4000 86411Fax +43 1 4000 9986411E-Mail jag@meu.magwien.gv.at0 200 kmProject PartnersAustria: City of Vienna – Municipal Dept. for EU-StrategyEconomic Development, Vienna; Austrian Federal Ministryfor Economics and Labour, Vienna; Danube Lower AustriaTourism Company, Spitz an der DonauBulgaria: Municipality of Rousse, RousseGermany: Economic Region Danube Cities, Deggendorf;Danube Office Ulm, UlmHungary: City of Budapest, Budapest; County Right City ofGyor, Gyor; Visegrad City Mayor‘s Office, VisegradRomania: The City Hall of Drobeta Turnu Severin, DrobetaTurnu Severin; Giurgiu City Hall, Giurgiu; Galatz City Hall,Galatz; Sulina Mayorality, SulinaSerbia: City of Belgrade, Belgrade; City Council Novi Sad,Novi Sad; Smederevo Municipality, Smederevo; MunicipalAssembly of Kladovo, KladovoUkraine: Odessa City Council, OdessaSPATIAL DEVELOPMENTMEASURE 1.2(Source: TINA Vienna - Transport Strategies GmbH)INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK41

Hist.UrbanIntegrated Revitalization of Historical Towns to Promotea Polycentric and Sustainable Developmentwww.histurban.netProject DescriptionResults and EffectsSPATIAL DEVELOPMENTMEASURE 1.2Most project partners participating in the Hist.Urban project are from small and medium-sizedtowns outside metropolitan areas. The main assetsof these towns are historical town centres belongingto the European-built cultural heritage (7 citiesare even UNESCO World Heritage sites). Dueto social and economic transformations and structuralchanges the cities have to make considerableefforts to maintain or regain their urban functionsand to be able to act as drivers for their region.The project actors jointly develop and test integratedand practice-orientated revitalisation approaches.These will be linked with transnationalactivities, such as conferences, summer academies,workshops, a baseline study and a good-practicemanual. Partners will exchange know-how, createnetworks and work together on different thematicfocal points concerning the revitalisation of historicalcities.Hist.Urban strives to develop coherent and sustainablestrategies and approaches for CADSES in thefield of integrated revitalisation of historical towns.All experiences and results will be summarised ina transnational manual on integrated revitalisationapproaches for decision-makers from localto European level. The project will contribute tostrengthening the urban functions, economies andqualities and promote sustainable urban renewaland a polycentric urban settlement structure in theCADSES region. Another effect of Hist.Urban willbe the improvement of the capacity of local andregional professionals and decision-makers concerningrevitalisation measures in historical towns.EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject Partner0 200 kmLead PartnerGerman Association for Housing, Urban and Spatial Development(DV e.V.)Georgenstr. 2110117 BerlinGERMANYOld building structure reflected in the new one(Source: IRS)The main objective of the project is to strengthensmall and medium-sized historical towns outsidemetropolitan areas by using the established culturalheritage as a development factor for sustainableurban development. In particular the businesslocation „city“ with its urban functions should bestrengthened to support a polycentric settlementstructure in the CADSES area. The project partnersare composed of 19 public and private institutionsas well as research institutions from nine countriesin Central and Eastern Europe. A central objectiveof the project is also to raise awareness for the valueof the established cultural heritage as a developmentfactor and element of cultural identity.DurationStart ....................................................... 02/2006End ......................................................... 08/2008Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................2,172,618.84thereof ERDF ......................................931,022.50Contact PersonMr. Christian HuttenloherTel +49 30 2061 3250Fax +49 30 2061 3251E-Mail c.huttenloher@deutscher-verband.orgProject PartnersAustria: Salzburg Research Ltd., Salzburg / Municipality ofGraz, GrazCzech Republic: Urban Planning and Development Institutionof City of Plzen, PlzenGermany: Municipality of Wismar, Wismar / Municipality ofRegensburg, Regensburg / Municipality of Kaufbeuren, Kaufbeuren/ Institute for Regional Development and StructuralPlanning (IRS), ErknerGreece: Xanthi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, XanthiHungary: Centre for Regional Studies, Hungarian Academy ofSciences, PécsItaly: Svim – Sviluppo Marche S.p.A, Ancona / Municipality ofTeramo, Teramo / Municipality of Faenza, Faenza / Municipalityof Verona, VeronaPoland: Municipality of Sanok, Sanok / Municipality of Sopot,SopotRepublic of Moldova: Plai Resurse, ChisinauRomania: Municipality of Arad, Arad / Municipality of Oradea,Oradea42INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

LHASALarge Housing Areas Stabilisation ActionProject DescriptionSince quality of life and housing is a not only forthe housing business a vital location factor, largehousing estates assume an important role in thedevelopment of competitive regional centres.Throughout CADSES, large housing areas - oftenlocated at the periphery of major cities - are essentialfor the future of life in urban areas. In Easternand Central Europe, houses made of prefabricatedslabs are dominant and provide housing to about30 million inhabitants. While Western Europe hasalready seen social segregation taking place in itslarge suburban housing areas, today East Germanprefabricated housing areas show problems of increasingvacancy and fluctuation.In the new EU Member States shift and organisationof ownership, shortages of living space andphysical decay of the buildings are the main concernstoday. Examples from the Berlin district ofMarzahn-Hellersdorf show that with appropriatereconstruction measures large housing estates canbe redesigned to convenient living spaces. It alsoillustrates that there are solutions to the questionof ownership rights.Results and EffectsThe problems mentioned before are discussed withinthe four major themes of the project: urbandevelopment, revitalisation, participation and localeconomies. LHASA addresses these problem categories.Building on the experiences of the City ofVenice as well as the East German cities of Marzahn-Hellersdorf(Berlin) and Leipzig, which haveexperienced a much faster transition process thantheir counterparts in Central and Eastern Europe,the project will provide solutions for further developmentof those areas in the context of urbanplanning, housing development, local economyand quality of life.LHASA aims at contributing to the stabilisation oflarge housing areas by integrated planning efforts(zoning plans), new initiatives for the reconstructionof the housing estates and possibilities toreuse vacant buildings. Moreover, pilot measuresshould improve the employment situation andshould foster social inclusion.Whereas the partners from the new EU MemberStates will benefit from the transfer of experienceand planning expertise from the German and Italianpartners, who will prepare the investments necessaryto ensure the regional and social cohesionin East and Central European Countries, the partnersfrom Italy and Germany will carry out innovativepilot measures to hinder social segregationand deterioration of the living environment. Thefindings of the latter will be presented to a wideraudience of interested actors in the CADSES regionand beyond.DurationStart ....................................................... 04/2003End ......................................................... 09/2006Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,801,220.00thereof ERDF ...................................1,122,512.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject Partner0 200 kmLead PartnerBorough Marzahn-Hellersdorf of the City of BerlinLeitstelle für Wirtschaftsförderung und EU-AngelegenheitenJenaer Str. 11, Room A 10712627 BerlinGERMANYContact PersonMr. Dr. Uwe KlettTel +49 30 902934142Fax +49 30 902934145E-Mail ansgar.tesch@ba-mh.verwalt-berlin.deProject PartnersCzech RepublicCity of Plzen, PlzenGermanyReal Estate and Project Management Ltd. Berlin (iprom),BerlinCity of Leipzig, LeipzigGerman Association for Housing, Urban and Spatial Development,BerlinSPATIAL DEVELOPMENTMEASURE 1.2LHASA aims at improving the quality of life in largehousing areasHungaryLocal Council of the XVth District of Budapest Capital,BudapestItalyCity of Venice, VenicePolandResidential Building Cooperative Praga of the City of Warsaw,WarsawTownhall Tychy, TychySlovakiaCentre for Community Organizing, Banská BystricaINTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK43

MISTERMilitary and Industrial SiTEs Reusewww.mister-cadses.orgSPATIAL DEVELOPMENTMEASURE 1.2Project DescriptionFor some years already many European cities areconcerned with the reuse and revitalisation ofbrownfields. Brownfields are areas which wereformerly used as locations for industrial or militarypurposes and which are now abandoned. Revitalisingthese areas instead of developing andconsuming urban green or undeveloped land canimprove urban space and can limit the land use ininner-city regions as it helps to avoid extensive urbanexpansion projects. Consequently brownfieldrevitalisation contributes to sustainable forms ofland use.MISTER aims at designing and testing a new setof integrated actions which embraces the restructuringand renewal of towns by reusing derelictland. The project targets a more transparent andresponsible involvement of the private sector. Inparticular private investors should become moreinvolved in reuse plans.The partner regions from five different countries(Italy, Germany, the Czech Republic, Hungary andSlovakia) share the need for an appropriate reuseof existing buildings in decommissioned industrialand military areas. This need affects local decision-makers,urban and building planners, thoseresponsible in the building industry and citizens ingeneral.Specific results of the project will be:i A transnational survey to identify, documentand exchange best practices in Europe concerningbrownfield reuse and the involvement ofprivate investors,i Feasibility studies to define the functional reuseof brownfields,i A transnational juridical-administrative-financialstudy to address a new model of public-privatepartnership,i A transnational study to introduce bio-architectureinto the envisaged plans,i Establishment of a network of cities involved inbrownfield reuse.DurationStart ....................................................... 06/2006End ......................................................... 06/2008Budget (EUR)Total Budget .......................................980,000.00thereof ERDF ......................................625,000.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProvince of FerraraEuropean ProjectsCastello Estense44100 FerraraITALYLead PartnerProject PartnerContact PersonMrs. Monia BarcaTel +39 0532 299297Fax +39 0532 299231E-Mail monia.barca@provincia.fe.itProject Partners0 200 kmResults and EffectsLong-term objectives of the project are tostrengthen urban economies, infrastructures andsocial systems by setting up new tertiary functions,such as university campuses, services forsmall- and medium-sized enterprises and culturalservices by reusing the existing stock of buildings.New public-private co-operative models will beintroduced to promote urban restructuring. Otheraims are the transfer of knowledge on urban reuseto private investors as well as the involvement ofprivate investors in the revitalisation projects. Theunderlying goal is to conceive and develop an integratedand sustainable transnational model ofurban growth.Central objective of the project MISTER is to promotethe reuse of derelict areasCzech RepublicMunicipality of Velka Hledsebe, Velka HledsebeGOLFER s.r.o., Karlovy VaryGermanyFIM - NeuesLernen, ErlangenHungaryProperty Management and Development Holding, BudapestItalyMunicipality of Rimini, RiminiSlovakiaKošice Self-Governing Region, Kosice44INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

PROSIDEPROmoting Sustainable Inner urban DEvelopmentwww.proside.infoProject DescriptionDue to the political, social and economic structuralchanges of the 90s in various European cities manyformer industrial or commercially-used areas wereabandoned. The negative impact of these areas onthe quality of urban life reaches far beyond thesite itself. The conversion process of former commercially-usedbrownfields located in inner-citydistricts shows that projects of investors are oftenat odds with the ideas of municipal authorities onsustainable inner urban development. These conflictinginterests create a deadlock caused by theexisting administrative tools.PROSIDE works on the improvement of inner urbanareas that were used industrially in the pastPROSIDE improves urban development andensures that natural areas are preserved andrun-down areas restored. Quality of life and environmentalquality in inner cities will be clearlyenhanced by private investors. The project‘scommunication tools are a contribution to theCADSES information society, providing a databasefor private investors and promoting communicationamong all municipal departments as well asa better involvement of European society and therelevant socio-economic units early in the developmentprocess.The planning tools bring together the objectivesof implementing a more balanced social and economicdevelopment of inner urban areas, and reducingenvironmental damage. Furthermore thePROSIDE approach reduces the time frame forfuture investor-driven planning activities and increasesthe success rate of privately funded rehabilitationprojects. The co-operation of different citieswith various spatial conditions in the CADSESarea improves the horizontal exchange of experiencesin spatial and environmental planning. Theco-operation of university institutions with publicadministration bodies and private companies enhancesthe direct information flow and know-howtransfer between basic research and practical applications.Results and EffectsOverall objective of PROSIDE was to ensure thatthe plans of private investors are in line with municipalneeds for sustainable urban development withina short and adequate time frame while enhancingthe rehabilitation of industrial sites and areaswith private funds. In Stuttgart, Milan and Budapestthe PROSIDE methodology of a test planninghas been implemented. Planning teams establishedstep-by-step developments for the PROSIDEareas, while keeping the activities of the surroundingareas in mind. Experts in the other workinggroups analysed the environmental situations, thedemands and wishes of private investors, and theadministrative structures within the municipalitiesinvolved in a revitalisation process.All these findings were brought together and compiledin one recommendation per partner city. Theywere then handed over to the respective municipaland political stakeholders. In the final projectphase these recommendations at local level weretransformed into tools which are now applicablein the whole of the CADSES area. The tools andrecommendations are available as downloads fromthe homepage.DurationStart ....................................................... 03/2003End ......................................................... 06/2006Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................2,139,000.00thereof ERDF ...................................1,130,500.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerUW Umweltwirtschaft GmbHFriolzheimer Str. 370499 StuttgartGERMANYContact PersonDr. Thomas ErtelTel +49 711 93150 481Fax +49 711 93150 485E-Mail thomas@sv-ertel.deLead PartnerProject PartnerProject PartnersAustriaKWI Management Consultants GmbH, ViennaZiviltechniker GmbH, ViennaGermanyMunicipality of Stuttgart, StuttgartUniversity of Karlsruhe, KarlsruheHungaryBudapest Urban Planning Ltd., BudapestItalyMunicipality of Milan, MilanPolandMunicipality of Lodz, LodzRomaniaMunicipality of Ploiesti, Ploiesti0 200 kmSPATIAL DEVELOPMENTMEASURE 1.2INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK45

RARERailroad Areas REclaimwww.rareproject.comSPATIAL DEVELOPMENTMEASURE 1.2Project DescriptionRailway stations and areas in urban centres arecommon features and organic parts of most largeEuropean cities. They play a significant role regardingfunctional and interaction patterns in urbanareas. However in the last decades, various taskswhich were previously performed by railway stationshave been transferred to the urban periphery- for example, many new logistics centres werebuilt outside the core cities. Large railroad areasand installations, which are often of immense architecturaland commercial value, have lost theirformer functions. At the same time the demandfor free development space in inner urban areasis rising. Particularly in the CADSES countries thistrend is currently underway while in Western Europesimilar tendencies were already encounteredearlier.Ljubljana Parmova StationThe RARE partnership consists of a mix of publicand private partners: railway companies, ownersof real estate in railway areas, consultants, researchinstitutions and municipal authorities. In the planningprocesses private investors, stakeholders aswell as citizens will be involved.Results and EffectsEU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject Partner0 200 kmAthens StationThe approach of RARE is twofold: first, the operatingenvironment (legislation, entrepreneurship,contracting and concessions) is analysed. Afterthis, concrete pre-feasibility studies will be developed.One objective is the development of anintegrated approach to manage the railroad areasand the sustainable development of the adjacentcity districts through co-operation and exchangeof experiences.Expected outputs and results of RARE are:i Analysis of the operating environment (includingstakeholder analysis, benchmarking andcapacity development concepts),i Organisational assessment to compare partnerswho have already gathered some experience,such as the City of Karlsruhe, and others whohave just started their activities, e.g. GAIAOSEin Greece,i Improved transnational communication andtransfer of experiences,i Pre-feasibility studies as a first step for investmentsin some stations,i Attraction of investors and private capital forurban planning projects, private-public partnerships,i Composition of a short guide for project developmentin former railway areas.DurationStart ....................................................... 07/2005End ......................................................... 06/2007Budget (EUR)Total Budget .......................................889,000.00thereof ERDF ......................................544,500.00Lead PartnerEuroconsultants SAInternational ProjectsA. Tritis 2157 001 ThessalonikiGREECEContact PersonMr. Angelos SanopoulosTel +30 2310 804081Fax +30 2310 804100E-Mail a.sanopoulos@euroconsultants.com.grProject PartnersCzech RepublicThema Consulting S.R.O., PragueGermanyCity of Karlsruhe, KarlsruheGreeceHellenic Railways Real Estate Organisation GAIAOSE SA,AthensHellenic Railways Organisation OSE SA, AthensRomaniaNational Railways Company ‚‘CFR‘‘ S.A., BucharestSloveniaUrban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia, Ljubljana46INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

READYRehabilitation and Development in Mining Regionswww.ready-network.deProject DescriptionLarge-scale environmental problems and difficultiesin urban development are a barrier to structuralchange throughout the mining regions ofCADSES. In many cases a monostructured economy,the prevalence of paternalistic structures,a negative image and the persistence of environmentaldamage with remaining risk elements requirean integrated approach to rehabilitate anddevelop mining regions. The structural change inmining regions is a difficult task and many small ormid-sized cities, particularly in peripheral regions,are not able to cope with it alone.READY promotes the development of mining regionsin CADSESREADY aims at strengthening the competitive abilityof mining cities and mining regions in Centraland Eastern Europe by improving their ecological,social and economic situation. The project addressesmajor planning and development issues withspecial consideration of the situation in Austria,Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Romaniaand Slovakia. In the 18 mining cities andregions participating in the project, the mining industryis in decline or mining and manufacturingof mining products have already been ceased.The main objectives of the project are to provideincentives for structural changes in former miningcities and regions by accomplishing new developmentperspectives and the initiation of a new qualityof transnational co-operation by establishing ahigh-performance network. Co-ordinated actionsshould increase political awareness of disadvantagedmining cities and regions. READY includesfour types of activities: local activities in the participatingcities, intensive international networking,the founding of a European network of miningcities and support for local implementation of strategiesand measures.Results and EffectsThe following results are expected from projectimplementation:i Founding of an international network of miningcities with 50 to 100 members in the beginning,development of a concept for a Central andEastern European Network of Mining Cities andRegions (MINEC),i Recommendations for policies and actions ofthe European Union to strengthen the positionof mining cities (interim reports, newsletters,brochures, final report, etc.),i Scientific reports about strategies, general framework,positive and negative factors of localand regional development, and results of localand regional actions,i 7 development concepts for mining cities andregions on the basis of existing concepts,i 20 feasibility studies for key projects (partnerswith development concepts and the desire toimplement them), marketing concepts,i 7 other measures preparing for investment actions,i 12 small-scale investments in the run-up tobigger investments (e.g. establishing the internationalnetwork office, info points, tourist trailthrough an old mining area).DurationStart ....................................................... 12/2003End ......................................................... 02/2007Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................2,196,152.00thereof ERDF ...................................1,500,000.00Open cast mining, ChodovEU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerCity of Oelsnitz/Erzgeb.Mayor‘s OfficeRathausplatz 109376 Oelsnitz/ErzgebirgeGERMANYContact PersonMr. Hans-Ludwig RichterTel +49 37298 3811Fax +49 37298 3833E-Mail info@oelsnitz-erzgeb.deLead PartnerProject Partner0 200 kmProject PartnersAustriaEURO NOVA Industrial and Commercial Centre, ArnoldsteinMunicipality of Arnoldstein, ArnoldsteinMunicipality of Bad Bleiberg, Bad BleibergUniversity of Graz, GrazCzech RepublicCity of Chodov, ChodovCity of Horni Slavkov, Horní SlavkovGermanyLeibniz Institute of Ecological and Regional Development(IOER), DresdenCity of Graefenhainichen, GräfenhainichenCity of Johanngeorgenstadt, JohanngeorgenstadtCity of Lugau, LugauCity of Hartenstein, HartensteinMunicipality of Bad Schlema, SchlemaCity of Schöneck, Schöneck/ V.County of Wittenberg, Lutherstadt WittenbergCity of Zwickau, ZwickauSaxon State Ministry of Interior, Div. 45, DresdenItalyAutonomous Province of Bolzano - Alto Aldige, BolzanoRomaniaCity of Baia Sprie, Baia SprieSlovakiaHorna Nitra Region, PrievidzaVelky Krtis Region, Velký KrtíšCity of Ziar nad Hronom, Žiar nad HronomSPATIAL DEVELOPMENTMEASURE 1.2INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK47

REPUSStrategy for a Regional Polycentric Urban System in Central-EasternEurope Economic Integrating Zonewww.repus.itProject DescriptionSPATIAL DEVELOPMENTREPUS focuses on new EU Member States andaddresses the challenge of a more balanced andsustainable urban development. The EuropeanSpatial Development Perspective (ESDP) pointsout that urban polycentric systems are essentialfor a balanced and sustainable economic developmentof Europe.The main aim of the project is to build a Regio-The city of Budapest belongs to the project regionnal Polycentric Urban System (REPUS) in Central-MEASURE 1.2Eastern Europe that contributes to an emergingPotential Economic Integrating Zone (PEIZ). Thissystem will be based on small and medium-sizedcities. The project plans to identify the potentialsof regional urban systems including their functionalroles and the urban hierarchies within thecontext of the whole European space. The mostdynamic small and medium-sized cities could playan important role as potential regional capitals fordeveloping new functional areas of integration.The linking of urban centres and rural areas willbe intensified by strengthening the role of smalltowns. The effectiveness of urban policy should beimproved by the project so that the institutionalcapacity can be enhanced within the ongoing decentralisationprocess.Results and EffectsAmong other things REPUS has accomplished andintends to achieve the following results:i Identification of appropriately selected indicatorsfor conducting the empirical urban spatialanalysis,i Elaboration of a detailed analysis of the spatial,functional, economic and social links thatdevelop among small and medium-sized citiesincluding cross-border areas in Central-EasternEurope,i Elaboration of a SWOT analysis as a result ofthe empirical analysis for each country and forthe whole Eastern European area to identify thePotential Economic Integrating Zone,i Identification of „best practices“ as the resultof the pilot cases achieved in each country andmeasurement of the obstacles and difficulties,i Elaboration of a strategy for setting up a RegionalPolycentric Urban System,i Launching a network of small and mediumsizedcities in order to favour the exchange ofstrategic policy visions and improve their policymakingcapability and co-operation.DurationStart ....................................................... 06/2005End ......................................................... 09/2007Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,427,640.00thereof ERDF ......................................886,605.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerEmilia-Romagna RegionGeneral Directorate of Territorial PlanningVia dei Mille 2140121 BolognaITALYContact PersonArch. Manuela CapelliTel +39 051 6396997Fax +39 051 6396959E-Mail mcapelli@regione.emilia-romagna.it0 200 kmProject PartnersAustriaOIR Austrian Institute for Regional Studies and Spatial Planning,ViennaCzech RepublicCzech Technical University, PragueHungaryVÁTI Hungarian Public Nonprofit Company for RegionalDevelopment and Town Planning, BudapestPolandInstitute of Urban Development, KrakowSloveniaMinistry of the Environment and Spatial Planning, Ljubljana48INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

RIMEDRegional Integration and Metropolitan Developmentof South Eastern Europewww.seed-center.org/rimedProject DescriptionThe RIMED project deals with three serious and interactingproblems of South-Eastern Europe: increasingspatial inequality, serious geographical andeconomic fragmentation and unbalanced or evenanarchic growth of metropolitan areas leading to afurther concentration of activities. The latter maylead to traffic congestion, pollution, environmentaldegradation and social segregation, which threatento undermine the prospects of large cities forsustainable development.Results and EffectsThis project managed to improve co-operationand to establish networks of interaction amongmajor cities in South-Eastern Europe. In that senseit contributed to the general goals of the EU andinternational community in promoting stability, integrationand co-operation in the region. In addition,the project contributed to a balanced and polycentricspatial development in the wider contextof South-Eastern European space by supportingselected cities with a joint strategy of metropolitandevelopment, which has a strong preference forregional cohesion and spread effects to metropolitanhinterlands. Other important effects includethe improvement of local governance through anetwork-based transfer of know-how and experience.SPATIAL DEVELOPMENTMEASURE 1.2DurationEU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject Partner0 200 kmRIMED workshop in TiranaRIMED proposes a development strategy forSouth-Eastern Europe which is based on transnationalnetworks of co-operation and whichpromotes polycentric urban development withwidespread effects to the hinterlands of the largecities. The project is based on a network of cooperationamong four important cities in the region,Sofia, Skopje, Tirana and Thessaloniki, andinvolves the administrative as well as scientific institutionsfrom these cities.Start ....................................................... 01/2003End ......................................................... 10/2005Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,162,000.00thereof ERDF ......................................549,000.00Project workshop in SkopjeLead PartnerUniversity of Thessaly (SEED Center)Department of Planning and Regional DevelopmentPedion Areos38334 VolosGREECEContact PersonDr. Ageliki AnagnostouTel +30 24210 74485Fax +30 24210 74385E-Mail aganag@prd.uth.grProject PartnersAlbaniaUniversity of Tirana, TiranaPrefecture of Tirana, TiranaInstitute of Labour, TiranaBulgariaUniversity of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy,SofiaCity of Sofia, SofiaBulgarian Academy of Science, SofiaFormer Yugoslav Rep. of MacedoniaCyril and Methodius University, SkopjeCity of Skopje, SkopjeInstitute of Economics, SkopjeGreeceDemocritus University of Thrace, KomotiniThessaloniki Organisation, ThessalonikiINTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK49

TECNOMAN perspectivesTEN and Corridor Nodes Position Management Network –perspectiveswww.tecnoman.netSPATIAL DEVELOPMENTMEASURE 1.2Project DescriptionThe subject of TECNOMAN perspectives was toelaborate strategies for the development of demand-and future-oriented business location developmentin the TEN and TINA node regions, whichreact to the networked economy and facilitate theoptimal economic positioning of each region in atransnational, functionally-defined cluster of citiesand agglomeration regions. The project planned tocontribute to a more efficient use of public fundsin the field of integrated spatial and developmentconcepts in node regions in the CADSES area. Thisespecially applies to the field of demand- and future-orientedbusiness location development.perspectives. In addition a handbook with additionaldetailed information on this topic (part C)has been elaborated. It identified key elementsfor business location development (part A), whichwere derived from regional and/or focus level.Furthermore, the synthesis formulated policy optionsand recommendations at regional as well asEuropean level (part B).Due to this approach the project partners ofTECNOMAN perspectives elaborated results atregional, focus and transnational level, which hadand (hopefully) will have an influence on businesslocation development strategies at all levels.Due to an ongoing communication process all resultswere discussed among the project partnersand thus influenced regional projects as well asfocus and transnational results. So both the partnernetwork and the transnational approach hada great impact on the results of TECNOMAN perspectives.Final conference of TECNOMAN perspectives, June 2006Results and EffectsAt regional level project partners elaborated contributionsthat were assigned to one of threespecific thematic foci that dealt with topics offuture-oriented business location development(focus 1: dealing with existing structures; focus 2:development of new business locations; focus 3:integrated spatial and development strategies forfunctional agglomerations).At focus level the results of the regional contributionswere synthesised to three focus reports whichagain provided input for the transnational synthesis.This transnational deliverable consisted of threeparts and was one core result of TECNOMANFor example, the Viennese project ZEWISTA wasa fundamental input to the city development planof Vienna. The results of the Styrian project REST-BUL were an input for regional development programmes.And the results of DELOTRAX from theChemnitz-Zwickau economic region were integratedin the Federal Transport Network Plan.DurationStart ....................................................... 01/2003End ......................................................... 08/2006Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................3,453,570.00thereof ERDF ...................................2,037,500.00Part of the project region around ZwickauEU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject Partner0 200 kmLead PartnerOffice of the State Government of Styria, Department 16 A,State Planning and Regional DevelopmentStempfergasse 78011 GrazAUSTRIAContact PersonDipl.-Ing Rainer OplTel +43 316 877 3702Fax +43 316 877 3711E-Mail rainer.opl@stmk.gv.atProject PartnersAustriaMunicipality of the City of Vienna, ViennaOffice of the State Government of Upper Austria, LinzUpper Austrian Technology and Marketing Association(TMG), LinzMunicipality of the City of Graz, GrazOffice of the State Government of Carinthia, KlagenfurtCzech RepublicMunicipality of Plzen, PlzenMunicipality of Ostrava, OstravaSouth Bohemian Region, Ceske BudejoviceGermanyEconomic Region Chemnitz-Zwickau, GlauchauGreecePrefecture of Thessaloniki, ThessalonikiPrefecture of Halkidiki, PolygrosPrefecture of Pieria, KateriniHungarySouth Great Plain Regional Development Agency, SzegedPolandRegional Bureau of Spatial Planning in Wroclaw, WroclawRomaniaRegion V West Development Agency, TimisoaraSerbiaChamber of Economy of Belgrade, Belgrade50INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

UTN IIUrban Technology Network IIwww.utn.at/Project DescriptionResults and EffectsUTN II is a direct follow-up project of the UTNUrban Technology Network under INTERREG IIC.UTN included four formal partner cities and morethan 30 interested cities. Interest and need forcontinuation of co-operation in the field of urbantechnologies and urban development have recentlybeen stressed by various proposals for pilot projectspresented to the project management of UTN.The network infrastructure enables a focus to beplaced on setting up a clear and transparent selection,decision-making and the implementationprocess of pilot co-operation projects that can usethe existing network to increase the developmentof fundable projects. The international frameworkfor co-operation among cities on developing projectsto improve urban infrastructure is stressedby Habitat III, where cities are committed to internationalnetworks of co-operation in order toexchange suitable technologies.Furthermore, the UTN II project focuses on:i Supporting cities in the preparation of pilot cooperationprojects for funding or for the searchfor private/public investors to enhance investmentin urban services and infrastructure toestablish a more balanced standard of living inCADSES cities,i Providing training to upgrade the technicaland organisational know-how in provision andmanagement of urban services in the CADSESarea,i Providing technical assistance to link cities inneed of upgrading their urban services to citiesready to transfer their technical and managementexperiences,i Providing easy access to information for all networkpartners.The close co-operation of political and administrativedecision-making bodies and experts onthe various urban technologies of the cities participatingin the UTN II network on concrete pilotco-operation projects and in the long-run, oninvestment projects in urban infrastructure createsa corporate understanding of the effects ofupgrading infrastructure and urban services for allinstitutions involved.The dissemination of common quality standardswithin the pilot co-operations projects as well asinduced by know-how exchange and transfer inthe transnational workshops and exchange programmesshould lead to a more balanced situationwithin the CADSES area in the mid-term.The preparation of co-operation projects withinthe network and further the approval and implementationof these projects will have positiveeffects on urban economic development. Localcompanies have been contracted in implementingor upgrading urban services. The UTN II projectshould strengthen the urban economy and infrastructurefor the social system as a result.DurationStart ....................................................... 11/2002End ......................................................... 10/2006Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................5,000,000.00thereof ERDF ...................................2,825,000.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerMunicipality of the City of ViennaMunicipal Department 27 EU FundingSchlesingerplatz 21082 ViennaAUSTRIAContact PersonMr. Günter ReissertTel +43 1 4000 27010Fax +43 1 4000 99 27010 or 7215E-Mail rei@meu.magwien.gv.at0 200 kmProject PartnersAustriaVienna Business Agency, ViennaGermanyCity of Leipzig, LeipzigUniversity of Leipzig, LeipzigGreeceOrganization of Thessaloniki – For the Master Plan and EnvironmentalProtection, ThessalonikiMunicipality of Thessaloniki, ThessalonikiMunicipality of Xanthi, XanthiMunicipality of Panorama, ThessalonikiEAPAX SA., XanthiSPATIAL DEVELOPMENTMEASURE 1.2ItalyMunicipality of the City of Venice, VeniceVESTA Venezia Servizi Territoriali Ambientali, VeniceInsula S.p.A., VeniceRomaniaBucharest City Hall, BucharestGalati County Council, GelatyUTN II stresses the importance of improving urbantechnologies and infrastructureUkraineLviv City Council Executive Committee, LvivINTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK51

VITAL CITIESConsolidation of Polycentric Urban Systems through the Promotionof the Settlement of Retail Trade Businesses in Inner Urban Areaswww.vital-cities.netResults and EffectsSPATIAL DEVELOPMENTMEASURE 1.2Project meeting of VITAL CITIESProject DescriptionThe development of new retail locations in greenfields far away from urban centres promotes rapidurban sprawl and leads to traffic congestion andenvironmental problems and contradicts sustainableregional development. The settlement of retailenterprises in city centres can lead to a healthierdevelopment structure.The project VITAL CITIES aimed to strengthen polycentricurban systems and to contribute to regionaldevelopment in CADSES. The VITAL CITIESproject focused on promoting settlement of retailtrade in city centres. A transnational project teamwith 22 partners from 7 countries was assembledfor VITAL CITIES under the Lead Partnership ofthe InvestitionsBank des Landes Brandenburg, inwhich the main stakeholders were representedand jointly worked on solutions applicable at locallevel. The implementation of the project was supportedby the law firm Nörr Stiefenhofer Lutz.To establish cooperation structures, to strengthenthe control potential of local government authoritiesand to improve the basis for investment decision-makingfor inner urban areas, VITAL CITIESgathered a project team, who implemented thefollowing activities:i Carrying out of analyses, studies and surveys atlocal level,i Carrying out of „Retail Trade Forums“ at locallevel with high potential speakers, where localconditions were analysed and solutions identifiedby a transnational team,i Pooling and exchange of experiences illustratedby concrete case studies reflecting different approachesand aspects – e.g. retail trade in crossborder regions.VITAL CITIES achieved the following results:i A comparison of seven legal systems in Poland,Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia Austria, Romaniaand Germany. In this legal investigationthe instruments to achieve a sustainable developmentwere demonstrated,i Surveys of consumer behaviour conducted atthe local level in selected towns in several countriesas well as the analyses of the results,i Informal strategies to strengthen cities in Europewere evaluated,i Elaboration of CURTIS (Comprehensive UrbanRetail Trade Improvement Strategy), includingthe results of all activities in the project,i Signing of the European Charter „Network ofVITAL CITIES“ at the Final Conference in Berlinon 12th of May 2006 by representatives frompolitics and business. The Charter is a commitmentexpressing the conviction that state regulationsalone do not at all adequately cater formodern demands.VITAL CITIES keeps inner cities in motionDurationStart ....................................................... 02/2003End ......................................................... 06/2006Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................2,204,497.63thereof ERDF ...................................1,097,997.63EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerInvestitionsBank des Landes BrandenburgDep. Public Clients, Unit INTERREG/ERDFSteinstraße 104-10614480 PotsdamGERMANYContact PersonMr. Pertti HermannekTel +49 331 6601605Fax +49 331 6601718E-Mail Pertti.hermannek@ilb.de0 200 kmProject PartnersAustria: City of Vienna, ViennaCzech Republic: Association of Consumer Research Prague,PragueGermany: German Association for Housing, Urban and SpatialDevelopment, Berlin / Joint Spatial Planning DepartmentBerlin Brandenburg (GL BB), Potsdam / Bavarian Ministryof Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology,Munich / Saxon State Ministry of the Interior, Div. 45,Dresden / City of Potsdam, Potsdam / Association of InterestsCity Centre registered Association Frankfurt (Oder) (IGIS),Frankfurt (Oder) / City of Görlitz, Görlitz / Federal AssociationMedium and Large-scale Retail Enterprises (BAG), Berlin /Institute for Town Center Development (DSSW), Berlin /ECE Project Management Ltd., BerlinHungary: Studio Metropolitana Urban Research Centre of theCity of Budapest, Budapest / City of Budapest, Budapest /City of Pecs, PécsItaly: Lombardy Region, MilanPoland: City of Poznan, Poznan / University of Zielona Góra,Zielona Góra / ECE Project Management Ltd.C397, WroclawRomania: Chamber of Commerce Timisoara, Timisoara /URBANPROIECT - National Institute for Research and Developmentin Urban and Regional Planning, Bucharest52INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

COHESIONIntegrated Concepts Enhancing Cohesion of European Spacewww.cohesion.grProject DescriptionThe exposure of European rural areas to the internationalmarket alongside the imminent EU enlargementis expected to threaten the cohesion ofthe European space in general. Structural measureswith a territorial approach have to compensatethe difficulties emerging from the new situation.In this changing environment, local competitivenessbecomes a key issue. Integrated planning andfocus of local efforts on a specific economic objective,in which local areas provide a comparativeadvantage, can help to overcome resource shortagesand to increase the efficiency of activities.The project has contributed to developing a commonterritorial development planning approachbased on the experience of 14 organisations fromseven different CADSES countries. For this a largetransnational network has been established.The COHESION project has contributed to thedevelopment of a common consciousness in theCADSES area and set up approaches to enhancedevelopment at local level and promotion of socialand economic cohesion at the level of the entirenetwork. Experience and know-how were exchangedwhile EU policies constituted the basis forapplying the activities. Cohesion-promoting procedureswere implemented in practical ways. Evenif the project focused on one specific product, theexperiences were transferable to other productsand sectors.Partners became familiar with the particular methodology,and a broader transfer to other organisationsand areas contributed to enhancing the localcompetitiveness of participating areas and preventedthe negative effects from EU enlargement.COHESION fosters the development of rural areasCOHESION also promotes the development of tourismResults and EffectsThe COHESION project implemented a new policyconcerning the development of European ruralareas based on the transfer of know-how and exchangeof experiences among the project partners(PPs). A thematic network on modern policies forthe development of rural areas was establishedand PPs gained experience with the specific approachby implementing pilot projects in appropriateareas. A methodological guide on a newapproach for development planning in rural areaswas compiled.COHESION communication in figures:i More than 40 meetings (approx. 450 participants)took place: a) with local authorities, b)with PPs at national and transnational level, c)informational and awareness raising seminars,i Two posters, 30 press releases and five TV appearances,seven flyers (16,000 copies - 7,000distributed), one CD-ROM prepared,i Eight guides and 44 studies conducted, sevenmanagement tools prepared,i Twelve training seminars (289 trainees) and twoforums (160 participants) organised,i Two exhibitions (more than 1,000 visitors).DurationStart ....................................................... 01/2003End ......................................................... 03/2006Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................3,506,941.50thereof ERDF ...................................2,297,629.46EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerPINDOS Strategic Planning CentreAsklipiou Str. 342100 TrikalaGREECEContact PersonMr. Athanasios ZacharopoulosTel +30 2431 077911Fax +30 2431 077913E-Mail pindos@kar.forthnet.grLead PartnerProject Partner0 200 kmProject PartnersAustriaVerein zur Förderung des Steirischen Vulkanlandes (SVL),KornbergBulgariaInstitute of Sociology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, SofiaNGO Anti – Poverty Information Center (APIC), SofiaCzech RepublicASISTA s.r.o., MostDistrict Economic Chamber of Most (DECM), MostGermanyb&s – Management Consulting and Training for the RuralArea, LeipzigGreeceACHAIA S.A. - Developing Company of Local Authorities,KalavritaAgroPOLE Ltd – Rural and Regional Development Innovation,Technology Quality Management, AthensPELOPONNISOS – Centre for Strategic Development, TripolisKEOSOE - Central Union of Vine and Wine Producing CooperativeOrganisations of Greece, AthensT.E.D.K. (Union of Local Authorities) of Achaia County, PatrasItalyENAIP - Fondazione Enaip Don Magnani, Reggio EmiliaRomaniaINCD – URBANPROIECT National Research and DevelopmentInstitute on Urban and Spatial Planning, BucharestSPATIAL DEVELOPMENTMEASURE 1.3INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK53

GOVERNETGovernance Models for Sustainable Integrated Rural Developmentand Multifunctional Agriculture; Networking and Dissemination onthe WebSPATIAL DEVELOPMENTMEASURE 1.3Project DescriptionThe general problem of research, which isaddressed by the project, is the difficulty for agricultureto develop in some regions of the projectarea. GOVERNET plans to identify operational governancemodels for rural development in specificareas, such as mountainous areas, piedmont areas,lowland areas along river valleys, peri-urban/periindustrialareas and coastlands. The main objectiveof the GOVERNET project is to promote the sustainabledevelopment of rural areas within the contextof a strong integration of activities of smallandmedium-sized enterprises (SMEs) located inrural areas, thus fostering a diversified economicstructure and socially stable development.GOVERNET project meetingThe project aims at giving concrete applicabilitythrough its models of the concepts of sustainability,integration and multifunctionality:i Sustainability, both as a reduction of the negativeimpact on the environment and health, andpreservation of natural and human resources,i Integration with other activities, particularlythose related to the making of artisan products,their commercialisation as well as social andtourist activities,i Multifunctionality of agriculture as regards theactual possibilities of intervention in rural areasand within the social context, also in terms ofemployment.GOVERNET promotes sustainable developmentin rural areasi Governance models for the sustainable developmentof each typology of rural areas considered(mountainous, piedmont areas, rivervalleys, peri-urban and peri-industrial areas),including integrated strategies focused on themultifunctionality of agriculture,i Transnational approach also involving scientificaspects: the strong interaction of the partnersconcerned, guidelines, knowledge and experiencesfor scientific research in applications forrural development,i Transnational networking among the interestedparties in the considered areas, reference areasand new actors/stakeholders. It representsa starting point to analyse and elaborate newprojects, even in different fields,i For each case study area, seminars for startingup governance system will be initiated. Moreover,the project‘s activities include the disseminationof the models on the Internet, an informationalinteractive system, vocational trainingand updating courses as well as territorial marketingstudies,i Twinning activities between Italian and Greekpartners and between Moldavian and Slovenianpartners have started. The activities foresee theexchange of knowledge, trips and visits to theother country, meetings and discussions on theactivities concerning local development. Thisleads to a cultural approximation between thepopulations.EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerVeneto RegionDepartment Agroindustrial ProductionsVia Torino 11030172 Mestre (VE)ITALYContact PersonDott. Andrea ComacchioTel +39 041 2795546Fax +39 041 2795575E-Mail Pamercato@regione.veneto.it0 200 kmProject PartnersGreeceInstitute of Soil Classification and Mapping (I.S.C.M.), LarissaTechnological Education Institute of Kavala (TEIK), DramaItalyVenice Province, MestreUniversity of Padua, LegnaroMountainous district of Pordenonese, BarcisRepublic of MoldovaMinistry of Agriculture and Agrofood Industry of Moldova,ChisinauSloveniaRegional Development Agency Nova Gorica, Sempeter PriGoriciResults and EffectsForeseen results of the GOVERNET project include:i An evaluation framework of the spatial, environmental,socio-economic and institutionalimpact in various rural areas; quantification inphysical and financial terms of indicators for significantcases of the study areas,DurationStart ....................................................... 01/2004End ......................................................... 04/2007Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................2,652,780.00thereof ERDF ...................................1,562,022.5054INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

IRENEInnovative Rural Development Strategy Based on Localand Trans-National Economical NetworksProject DescriptionDue to their weak entrepreneurial structure, ruralregions are economically vulnerable and are oftenunable to profit from the opportunities offered byEuropean rural development policies. For theseregions diversification of the rural economy canplay an important role in overcoming structuralproblems. When implementing these diversificationstrategies, many public administrations facedifficulties in their region due to structural, entrepreneurialand cultural limitations of enterpriseslocated in rural regions and with poor socio-economicrelationships.The main objective of the IRENE project is the promotionof structural change and the restructuringof employment by facilitating the diversification ofthe rural economy in the project regions. This processwill be based on the setting up of local andtransnational Multifunctional Economic Networks(MEN). The networks stand for the integration ofrural enterprises belonging to different economicsectors of an otherwise homogeneous rural area.They should help to overcome structural difficultiesthat enterprises face in the process of diversification.The main opportunity for most regions is topromote typical products, which are produced in asustainable and environmentally friendly way, andquality products through a new local and transnationaltrade and production network.i Implementation of transnational MultifunctionalEconomic Networks (MEN) in the selectedareas and development of networks of rural settlementsincluding public administrations,i Promotion of the diversification of the economicbase: set-up and implementation of a businessorganisation model,i Strengthening partnerships and relationshipsbetween rural areas and regional urban centres,i Training of service personnel,i Other intended effects are: the reduction ofmigration from rural to urban areas, the improvementof rural sustainable development aswell as new services and activities in agriculture,tourism and crafts.EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject Partner0 200 kmLead PartnerC.I.H.E.A.M.-Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of BariDep. AdministrationVia Ceglie 970010 Valenzano (BA)ITALYContact PersonDr. Maurizio RaeliTel +39 080 4606311Fax +39 080 4606206E-Mail raeli@iamb.itProject PartnersSPATIAL DEVELOPMENTMEASURE 1.3The IRENE project involves regional and municipalinstitutions and enterprises from rural areas inItaly, Greece and Poland. The approach developedwithin the project should be easy to adapt andshould be transferable to other CADSES areas thatare facing similar problems.AlbaniaAlbania -Ministry of Agriculture and Food, TiranaBosnia and HerzegovinaUniversity of Banjaluka, BanjalukaCroatiaCroatian Agriculture Extension Institute, ZagrebGreeceC.I.H.E.A.M.-Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania,ChaniaResults and EffectsThe IRENE project aims for the following results:i A study of the economic feasibility of the IRENEmodel and adjustment and validation of themodel,i Pilot actions, implementing rural structuralchange and employment increase in rural areasdepending heavily on traditional agriculture,IRENE aims at innovative rural development strategiesDurationStart ....................................................... 04/2005End ......................................................... 03/2008Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,878,250.00thereof ERDF ...................................1,037,875.00ItalyPuglia Region, BariSviluppo Marche S.P.A., AnconaMarche Region - Agro Industry, Forestry and Rural AreasService, AnconaAbruzzo Regione - Extension Service - ARSSA, AvezzanoUniversity of Bari, BariMontenegroUniversity of Montenegro, PodgoricaPolandWarsaw Agricultural University, WarsawINTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK55

Parks&EconomyDeveloping Initiatives Exploiting the Potential of Natural Heritagefor Regional Spatial Developmentwww.parks-economy.euProject DescriptionResults and EffectsSPATIAL DEVELOPMENTMEASURE 1.3Many rural regions of the CADSES area are laggingbehind in their economic development whiletheir landscapes and habitats are considered naturalheritages. The conservation of these landscapesand their day-to-day management is oftentoo expensive to be done on the pure merits ofenvironmental protection alone. Yet, these naturalassets bear a great potential for the developmentof the regional economy.The original idea of the Parks&Economy projectwas to help sensible park areas to overcome theirweaknesses in regional economic development.The aim of the project is the foundation and developmentof national parks and nature and landscapeparks in rural Europe. By setting up integratedDevelopment and Marketing Plans, actions will beoutlined to spur economic development while atthe same time promoting environmental protectionmeasures. The natural heritage will be usedas a driving force for marketing regional productsand for shaping regional and citizens‘ identities.Parks&Economy brings together public authoritiesresponsible for the management of nature andnational parks, local NGO partners and scientificinstitutions as well as a national ministry. The projecttargets actors within the eight involved parkareas, such as park authorities and environmentalorganisations, as well as other stakeholders, suchas business representatives, NGOs involved in culturaltopics and local residents. Particularly smallandmedium-sized enterprises which are active inthe field of sustainable tourism or which producetypical regional products will benefit from theproject. Moreover, Parks&Economy should be ademonstration project for other regions within theCADSES space which could also apply the project‘sapproach and tools.The establishment of nature parks should help toprotect sensible eco-systems while offering bettermarketing tools for the promotion of sustainabletourism and environmentally-friendly products.Along with the co-operation of stakeholders theproject should help to foster regional identities.Expected results are, among others:i Establishment of a nature park in each projectarea,i Development of a corporate management foreach park to enable the registration of an officialtrademark for marketing purposes,i A shared corporate strategy developed by thestakeholders (administration, businesses, communities)to foster the region’s identity,i Development of a framework to carry outSWOT analyses in the parks,i Parks&Economy guidelines to draft Developmentand Marketing Plans,i Establishment of a Parks&Economy standard forthe creation of regional product labelling trademarksto help promote the regions’ typical productsand services in the park areas.DurationStart ....................................................... 04/2006End ......................................................... 03/2008Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,433,965.00thereof ERDF ......................................800,257.50EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProvince of TeramoEuropean DevelopmentVia Giannina Milli 264100 TeramoITALYContact PersonMr. Antonio D‘AnastasioTel +39 0861 3315 75Fax +39 0861 3315 51E-Mail info@lmcomunicazione.itLead PartnerProject Partner0 200 kmProject PartnersAustriaFederal Institute of Agricultural Economics, ViennaBosnia and HerzegovinaFederal Ministry of Physical Planning and Environment,SarajevoBulgariaAdministration of Nature Park “Vratchansky Balkan”, VratzaGermanyDistrict of Muldentalkreis, GrimmaDenkmalschmiede Höfgen gGmbH, Grimma-KaditzschFörderverein für Handwerk und Denkmalpflege SchlossTrebsen e. V., TrebsenGreeceMunicipality of Lidoriki, LidorikiHungaryScientific Association for Regional Development, TökölInnovation Center of Agriculture, DebrecenSpatial and Economic Development Association for TiszaMicro-region, ÚjlorincfalvaPARKS&ECONOMY is establishing nature parks in theproject regionItalyProvince of Rimini, RiminiMunicipality of Mel, MelSlovakiaRegional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe(R.E.C.), Bratislava56INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

RURALTOURTourism Promotion for Sustainable Growth of Agriculture in theCADSES areawww.ruraltour.orgProject DescriptionResults and EffectsTwo of the most important reasons why rural areasare missing the tourism-related revenues otherregions achieve are the lack of promotion of ruralareas’ environmental and cultural resources andthe scarcity of qualified tourist accommodationinfrastructures. A strategy to overcome such difficultiesis to become aware of and link all potentialsand resources of the respective regions, andto market and offer tourist services in a clear andcomprehensive way.The RURALTOUR project promotes sustainableforms of rural tourism and increases existing revenueopportunities for rural areas by developing arural tourism marketing strategy.The project partners will implement this strategy inthe participating regions in Italy, Poland, Austria,Hungary and Croatia. In addition, a recognisableinternational network and brand will be developedto designate certified sustainable rural tourism initiativesin the project areas. Finally, tourism resourcesand initiatives of the participating areas willbe promoted via the Internet and also by usinge-learning technologies.Foreseen results of the project are among othersto foster the local economic activities in the tourismsector. By offering new, and specifically ruraltourism destinations the number of tourists shouldincrease. Moreover, a general improvement ofthe skills and capacities of tourism operators isplanned by offering a continuing education programme.A sustainable tourism marketing planand a companion’s handbook will be developed toprovide the project partners with details regardingthe implementation of the marketing plan. TheRURALTOUR project will develop a branding strategy,compile marketing and branding guidelinesand establish a network providing each memberwith marketing materials such as brochures andmaps.DurationStart ....................................................... 04/2006End ......................................................... 12/2007Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,287,638.00thereof ERDF ......................................705,447.25EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerVeneto RegionDepartment for the Promotion of Agricultural ProductsVia Torino 11030174 Mestre (VE)ITALYContact PersonMr. Dott. Stefano SistoTel +39 041 2795565Fax +39 041 2795575E-Mail stefano.sisto@regione.veneto.it0 200 kmSPATIAL DEVELOPMENTMEASURE 1.3Project PartnersAustriaLand Kaernten, KlagenfurtCroatiaAZRRI-Agency for Rural Development of Istria Ltd., PazinHungaryMICRO-Regional Development Association of Szecseny Area,SzecsenyItalyEmilia Romagna Region, BolognaPolandMalopolska Agency for Regional Development S.A., KrakowRURALTOUR promotes tourism and agricultureINTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK57

SHINING MountainsSport and Health as INnovative INitiatives for the Growthof Mountainswww.shiningmountains.euSPATIAL DEVELOPMENTMEASURE 1.3Project DescriptionHealthcare and wellness have recently becomedynamic sectors of the tourism economy and arecharacterised by high expansion rates. Particularlymountain regions are well suited as potential destinationsfor healthcare and wellness tourism.One objective of the SHINING Mountains project is tosupport healthcare and wellness servicesThe SHINING Mountains project involves partnersfrom mountain regions located in Italy, Bulgaria,Hungary, Greece and Slovakia who want to extendor introduce healthcare and wellness servicesto their tourism economy. The aim of the project isto stimulate the indigenous potentials of mountainregions to strengthen the business environmentand to promote a diversified development strategy.Starting from a theoretical approach and an EUbenchmarking network, the project will introducespecific managerial tools for the strategic planningand management of healthcare and wellness inmountain regions. Afterwards, it will concentrateon operative tools which will enable concretehealth and wellness activities in the project regionsto be implemented. The tools are applied to pilotareas, which are former partners of a CADSEStransnational circuit of „high quality wellness andhealth destinations“. The application of this modelto destinations in different mountain regions ofthe CADSES area will enable the model to be generalisedas a reference experience for the wholeof the EU.reallocate and strengthen their economic activitiesand their current supply in healthcare and wellness.Much attention will be paid to the developmentof managerial competencies of public and privateactors through a specific training programme, andto the enlargement of its range of action to thewhole of the CADSES area. Training activities tostrengthen the skills of public and private organisationswill be arranged and strategic, managerialand operational tools will be developed and implementedin the pilot areas.The expected results and effects of SHININGMountains are the following:i Strengthening and development of a healthcareand wellness sector in mountain regionsto foster dynamic economic development andgrowth,i Promotion of new activities and services for visitorsand inhabitants,i Setting up and promotion of a circuit of healthcareand wellness high-quality destinations,i EU integration and transfer of know-how regardingthe issue of mountain economic developmentthrough the dissemination of a commonmanagerial model,i Strengthening skills and competencies of localpublic and private actors.Kick-off meeting of SHINING MountainsDurationStart ....................................................... 04/2006End ......................................................... 03/2008EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject Partner0 200 kmLead PartnerÉszak-magyarországi Regionális Fejlesztési Ügynökség Kht.(NORDA), Planning, Programming and InnovationCsabai kapu 37H-3529 MiskolcHUNGARYContact PersonMs. Katalin VasarhelyiTel +36 46 563 301Fax +36 46 561 389E-Mail vasarhelyi.katalin@nordu.huProject PartnersBulgariaNo Frontiers 21 Century, KyustendilGreeceRegion of Western Macedonia, KozaniEAP Development Agency of Pelion, PortariaItalyComunità Montana Appennino Reggiano, Castelnuovo MontiComunità Montana Montefeltro, CarpegnaSlovakiaAgency for the Support of Regional Development Kosice,KosiceResults and EffectsSHINING Mountains will define joint managerialand operative tools to help territories involved toBudget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,186,500.00thereof ERDF ......................................703,625.0058INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

SIMOCASetting up and Implementation of sustainable and multifunctionalrural development Model based on Organic and CompetitiveAgriculturewww.simoca.orgProject DescriptionResults and EffectsConsumers are increasingly demanding organicagricultural products. This creates a new marketfor agricultural products which are produced in anenvironmentally-friendly way. Also the Communitypolicy (EC Reg. 1257/97) promotes productionmethods compatible with the increasing needs ofprotection and improvement of the environment,natural resources, the soil and genetic diversity, aswell as with the need to safeguard natural spacesand landscapes for sustainable agricultural development.Different studies prove that organicfarming requires more labour input and triggersprocesses of diversification for economic activities(such as tourism, services, processing of agriculturalproducts, etc.) that are enhanced by theimage of being „natural“ which is inherent to theorganic farming concept.The main problem SIMOCA has addressed, whichcan also be considered a new approach, is the lackof a sustainable rural development strategy thatcan integrate socio-economic, agricultural, culturaland environmental aspects.Through the creation of a harmonic and beneficialtransnational co-operation the SIMOCA projecthas attained important results:i Building up of a common transnational knowledgebase and communication networking system,i Implementation of a sustainable transnationalrural development strategy based on increasingmultifunctional and organic farming,i Creation of six competence centres in organicagriculture and sustainable rural development,i Creation of a Polycentric Documentation Centre,i Elaboration and demonstration of best practicemodels in multifunctional and organic agriculturein selected areas reduced environmentalpollution (soil, water, air, food) and increasedbiodiversity,i Elaboration of a study on infrastructure and socio-economicneeds in sensitive rural areas,i Creation of two networks: one for administrativeinstitutions and another for scientific institutions.EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject Partner0 200 kmLead PartnerC.I.H.E.A.M.-Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of BariVia Ceglie 970010 Valenzano (BA)ITALYSPATIAL DEVELOPMENTMEASURE 1.3The project has not only tackled all these aspects,but it has also confronted several additional problems,such as:i Weak competitiveness and environmentalfriendlinessof agriculture,i Depopulation and sub-urbanisation problems,i Loss of cultural heritage,i Poor diversification of economic activities andweakness in international relationships,i Shortcomings in infrastructures.DurationStart ....................................................... 01/2003End ......................................................... 03/2006Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................2,228,900.00thereof ERDF ...................................1,233,062.50Contact PersonDr. Maurizio RaeliTel +39 080 4606284Fax +39 080 4606206E-Mail raeli@iamb.itProject PartnersCroatiaEKO Liburnia, RijekaGreeceC.I.H.E.A.M. - Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania,ChaniaItalyRegione Puglia, BariSVIM (Sviluppo Marche), AnconaRegione Marche, AnconaAgenzia Regionale Servizi di Sviluppo Agricolo Abruzzo(ARSSA), AvezzanoUniversità Degli Studi di Bari, BariPolandWarsaw Agriculture University, WarsawSlovakiaSlovak Academy of Sciences, BratislavaSIMOCA explores models for rural development basedon organic and competitive agricultureINTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK59

ENIExperiment in Newcomer IntegrationSPATIAL DEVELOPMENTMEASURE 1.4Project DescriptionNewcomers to countries, for example immigrantsor refugees, are often regarded as a burden to thesocial systems of the host communities. However,many of the newcomers have a great human potentialwhich could be of mutual benefit to themand the communities if appropriate integrationmeasures are implemented.The ENI project aims at fostering the successful integrationof refugees and immigrants at communitylevel. The initiative focuses on facilitating andenhancing the quality of relationships betweenrefugees and immigrants and the organisationsof the host community. By working directly withthese organisations, which are as diverse as refugeemutual assistance associations, city planningdepartments and business associations, the ENIproject plans to change long-established practicesand to utilise the human potential of refugees andimmigrants. The main needs of the newcomers areto overcome the lack of training activities, languagecourses and access to health services. Theseare considered as keys for successful integration,guaranteeing positive social and economic effectsfor the integrating community.The project partners come from Italy, Poland andHungary. Assistance to local groups and associationsof refugees and migration, especially in newEU Member States, are one of the main aspects ofthe project activities.Four principles and assumptions underlie theproject‘s approach to integration:1. Immigrants and refugees should be actively involvedin decision-making processes,2. Integration is regarded as a two-way processthat implicates and benefits both newcomers aswell as members of the host community,3. Local coalitions can foster effective and meaningfulcollaboration in order to tackle the numerouschallenges and opportunities associatedwith socio-economic, cultural and demographicchange,4. Resources should be devoted to integration-focusedinterventions, as well as to coalition buildingand training opportunities which lead to systemicchanges.Results and EffectsMain results and effects of the project will be:i Setting up of local coalitions, such as local stakeholdercommittees also including immigrants,i Development of a method for measuring segregationand presence of newcomers in localcommunities,i Improved allocation of resources devoted tointegration-focused interventions, communitybuilding and training opportunities,i Promotion of integration policies that acknowledgediversity as factor of development andnot as a problem of social security,i Report and research of focus groups,i Didactical programme for teachers dealing withearly education for children of newcomers,i Manual to assist newcomer entrepreneurs,i Service centres and a catalogue to help newcomersstart their own activities.DurationStart ....................................................... 10/2005End ......................................................... 10/2007Budget (EUR)Total Budget .......................................865,745.84thereof ERDF ......................................438,532.58EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerMarche RegionCommunity Policies and International RelationsVia Gentile da Fabriano 960125 AnconaITALYContact PersonMs Marina MauriziTel +39 071 806 3432Fax +39 071 806 3002E-Mail marina.maurizi@regione.marche.it0 200 kmProject PartnersAlbaniaInstitute of Social Policy, TiranaBosnia-HerzegovinaLINK, MostarFormer Yugoslav Rep. of MacedoniaFoundation for Support of Enterprises, OhridHungaryFoundation for Development of Democratic Rights, BudapestItalyCOSPE,CNA Federazione Regionale Abruzzo, PescaraPolandFoundation of Public Affairs, WarsawSerbiaAlmamos Agency Novi Sad, Novi SadRegional Economic Development Agency for Sumadija andPomoravlje Ltd., Kragujevac60INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

IMMENSITYImmigrant‘s Entrepreneurship for Socio-Economic Cohesion andImprovement of Living StandardsProject DescriptionThe need for socio-economic inclusion of immigrantsand minorities and the reduction of migrationwaves are challenges widely recognisedthroughout the EU. In the IMMENSITY projecthost countries and the immigrants‘ countries oforigin are involved, because both have to facethe consequences connected with immigration.One problem is that, compared to the rest of thepopulation, the share of self-employment amongeconomic immigrants is very low due to a lack inadequate skills. For example in Greece 25% of thepeople registered in the Social Insurance Instituteare economic immigrants, repatriates and refugees.Of them, less than 0.5% are entrepreneurs.This signifies a crucial imbalance with impact onthe whole local, regional and national economy.Similar figures can be found in other regions participatingin the project.Among others, the project aims for the followingresults:i Gathering of empirical knowledge of the targetgroups’ profile (skills, entrepreneurial capacityand social needs in five regions),i Development of the immigrants’ and repatriates’entrepreneurship and self-employmentpotentials through pilot structures providingonline/offline services, e.g. information, consulting,training and business mentoring in thehost countries,i Promotion of bilateral trade between countriesof origin and host regions as a way to improvethe quality of life in the countries of origin,i The carefully planned return of some immigrantsto their countries of origin and the re-establishmentof businesses in their homelands.DurationEU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject Partner0 200 kmSPATIAL DEVELOPMENTMEASURE 1.4IMMENSITY aims at overcoming this imbalanceby stimulating entrepreneurship with immigrants.One characteristic feature of the IMMENSITYproject is the social and economic inclusion of legaleconomic immigrants and repatriates in hostcountries, with a specific focus on women. Thisshould be achieved by stimulating their entrepreneurshipand self-employment potential as well asby improving the standard of living in the countriesof origin through the promotion and supportof bilateral trade.Start ....................................................... 05/2006End ......................................................... 02/2008Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,850,000.00thereof ERDF ......................................975,000.00Lead PartnerRegion of Central MacedoniaPlanning and Development DirectorateRoussidou Str. 1154008 ThessalonikiGREECEContact PersonMr. Panagiotis GeorgopoulosTel +30 2310 409159Fax +30 2310 409371E-Mail panos@rcm.grProject PartnersAlbaniaMinistry of Labour, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities,TiranaResults and EffectsIMMENSITY’s main activities include the formulationof strategic and operational plans, the establishmentof new pilot structures (Immigrant Entrepreneurs’Reception Offices) and strengtheningof links to the countries of origins of the immigrants.Among others, one long-term objective ofIMMENSITY is to support immigrants in re-establishingbusinesses in their home countries. This willbe achieved primarily by the establishment of „ImmigrantEntrepreneurs’ Reception Offices“ whichwill foster the beneficiaries’ entrepreneurship andself-employment initiatives and will build upontheir cultural affinity and established contacts tothe countries of origin.BulgariaMinistry of Labour and Social Policy, SofiaGermanyInternational Migration Organization (IOM) - German Mission,BerlinGreeceOpen Europe Society - NGO, AthensItalyRegione Marche, AnconaPolandRegional Development Agency Bielsko - Biala, Bielsko-BialaSlovakiaAgency for the Support of Region Development, KosiceSloveniaRegional Development Agency of Notranjsko-Kraška Region,PivkaINTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK61

MIGRALINKIntegration of Migrants in the Enlarged Europe and Policies for theReturn of Productive Intellectwww.migralink.orgSPATIAL DEVELOPMENTMEASURE 1.4Project DescriptionImmigration is a complex issue in the transitionprocess of the old EU of the 15 to the eastward enlargementof the EU for both, the new EU borderareas of today and for those regions that recentlyhave or will become EU border areas. Within theCADSES area, immigration flows have to be managedby many regions and countries such as Venetoor Austria and recently also by the newly accededcountries. Parts of Poland, Slovakia and Hungaryare now new border regions of the EU and faceimmigration-related problems while Romania andSerbia have experienced growing outflows of citizenstowards EU Member States in recent years.The phenomenon means organisational and socialchallenges that have to be dealt with by better instrumentsand policies.Project management meeting, Bratislava (Slovakia),June 2006Results and EffectsOn the basis of the study results, MIGRALINK willdefine a comprehensive set of support services forimmigrants, identify responsible service providers,highlight concrete opportunities in countries oforigin and provide immigrants with reliable informationand support for the development and setupof entrepreneurial initiatives.Among others, the project aims for the followingresults:i Definition of innovative strategies for the governanceof economic immigration,i Transfer of good practices among partner countriesand capacity building of officers to improveimmigration services in the new EU MemberStates,i Definition of innovative strategies and servicesto support immigrants in starting entrepreneurialinitiatives in their own countries,i Establishment of public-private networks toimprove the governance of immigration flowsbetween partner countries,i Economic development and increased levels ofsecurity and social cohesion in partner countries.EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerVeneto Union of the Chamber of Commerce − EICUnioncamereVia delle Industrie 19 D30175 Marghera (VE)ITALYContact PersonMr. Gian Angelo BellatiTel +39 0410 999 311Fax +39 0410 999 303E-Mail uvcamcom@ven.camcom.it0 200 kmMIGRALINK’s main goals are to strengthen transnationalco-operation in the governance of immigrationflows in and between the seven countriesparticipating in the project (Italy, Austria, Hungary,Slovakia, Poland, Romania, and Serbia and Montenegro)and to provide immigrants with concretereturn opportunities, offering appropriate trainingand entrepreneurship support, and hence contributingalso to the economic and social developmentof poorer regions in the new EU MemberStates. A transnational network of public andprivate organisations concerned with immigrationissues will be established and serve as a platformfor exchanging information. It will also define potentialreturn strategies for immigrants who thencontribute to the development of their countriesof origin. Moreover, a benchmark of strategies andservices to foster the social inclusion of immigrantsis planned.Round table on circular migration, CIVITAS Padua Fair(Italy), May 2006DurationStart ....................................................... 03/2005End ......................................................... 12/2007Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,049,718.00thereof ERDF ......................................569,881.50Project PartnersAustriaStyrian Economic Chamber, GrazHungaryHYDEA Consulting Ltd, BudapestItalyRegional Agency for Employment Veneto Region, VeniceChamber of Commerce, Industry, Crafts and Agriculture ofVenice, VenicePolandCatholic University of Lublin, LublinRomaniaChamber of Commerce and Industry, BrasovSerbiaMinistry of Labour, BelgradeSlovakiaItalian-Slovak Chamber of Commerce, Bratislava62INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

MIGRAVALUESteering Economic and Social Cohesion in the CADSES Space:Valuing Migration as a Development ToolProject DescriptionAlthough immigration is frequently consideredas a factor contributing to development, it oftenlacks appropriate support services. Immigrant‘shome investments rely on individual inventivenessor informal networks, while national socialsystems fail to deal with cross-border movements.Poland, Slovakia and Hungary are the new EUborder countries and Romania, the former Yugoslavcountries and Albania have high immigrationrates. Immigration flows to Greece and Italy areincreasing and becoming a major challenge. Suitabletools have to be introduced to cope with thissituation.The MIGRAVALUE project aims at launching amodel for the active management of immigrationas a key tool for the integrated economic andsocial development of host countries and countriesof origin. It involves partners from the EU aswell as EU neighbouring countries, representing abroad network of public and private stakeholders,including businesses and immigrants. It shall enhancethe spatial cohesion of the involved regionsby pointing out the financial and human capital ofimmigrants. Two main objectives of the project areto further the scope of the ongoing MIGRALINKproject which is focused on productive returns.MIGRAVALUE will activate sustainable systems tochannel migrants‘ remittances to foster local developmentin their countries of origin. Moreover, thesocial dimension of development by establishingco-operative and transnational welfare programswill be addressed. The activities of the projectreflect this integrated, yet twofold approach oneconomic and social perspectives and also provideanalyses and a modelling component.Results and EffectsThe long-term objectives of the project are to developspatial development visions associated withmigratory movements and with regional developmentstrategies as well as to support investmentsin the immigrants‘ country of origin by mobilisingresources to finance entrepreneurial initiatives,thus limiting negative brain-drain effects. Furthermore,transnational actions for social inclusion intarget regions will be promoted.Migrants, a resource for the enlarged EuropeOther main results of MIGRAVALUE will be:i A model for appropriate management of immigrants’remittances,i Improved services for productive returns to themutual benefits of host and source regions,i Creation of a transnational guarantee fund touphold enterprise creation patterns,i Improved capacity of authorities in new EUMember States and EU neighbouring countriesto design and implement social protection measures,which will also ease the social integrationof returnees,i A transnational welfare model that includes bilateralwelfare agreements for persons who resideand work in both countries and guidelines toallocate bilateral funds and immigrant savingsfor social care and education schemes.DurationStart ....................................................... 09/2006End ......................................................... 06/2008Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................2,000,000.00thereof ERDF ......................................889,400.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerVeneto LavoroSpecial Project DepartmentVia Ca’ Marcello 6730172 VeneziaITALYLead PartnerProject PartnerContact PersonMr. Tiziano BaroneTel +39 0412 919311Fax +39 0412 919312E-Mail tiziano.barone@venetolavoro.it0 200 kmProject PartnersAlbania“Hope for the Future” Association, TiranaBulgariaRegional Development Agency with Business Support Centrefor Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises, PlovdivGreeceUniversity of Thessaly, VolosHungaryHydea Consulting Ltd., BudapestItalyEmilia Romagna Region, BolognaUnion of Veneto Chambers of Commerce, VeniceDepartment for Regional Affairs of Italian Presidency Council,RomeObiettivo Lavoro S.P.A., VenicePolandCatholic University of Lublin, LublinMinistry of Labour and Social Policy of Poland, WarsawRomaniaObiettivo Lavoro Romania s.r.l., BucharestSlovakiaItalian-Slovak Chamber of Commerce, BratislavaObiettivo Lavoro Slovakia, s.r.o., BratislavaSPATIAL DEVELOPMENTMEASURE 1.4INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK63

WESTWomen East Smuggling Traffickinghttp:/www.regione.emilia-romagna.it/westSPATIAL DEVELOPMENTMEASURE 1.4Project DescriptionThe WEST project (an acronym for Women EastSmuggling Trafficking) dealt with the problem oftrafficking and smuggling for the sexual exploitationof women and children coming from EasternEurope. Trafficking, nowadays the largest part ofthe clandestine immigration flow from the Balkanstowards the EU, is characterised by an ever increasingpresence of criminal organisations profiting onthe exploitation of manpower, trafficking of humanbeings and induction of slavery and forced prostitution.This is a phenomenon that not only violatesnational laws which control entry to a country, itis also a perpetual and serious violation of humanrights: people are reduced to a commodity and areoften blackmailed for the rest of their life.The WEST project has organised over 20 campaignsand produced various publications, amongthem three research papers (Hidden prostitution,Life stories, The trafficking flows and routes of EasternEurope), two manuals (Manual of the usualprocedures, Information guide for workers) and avolume of proceedings (Proceeding of the in-depthconference, Bologna, 26-27 November 2004). It ispossible to download this material as well as thedocumentation of the activities conducted by thepartnership from the project website.DurationStart ....................................................... 01/2003End ......................................................... 07/2005The project involved the Emilia-Romagna region,the General Health and Social Policies Direction,as project leader. Partners of the project have beenthe regions of Lombardia, Veneto and Marche, theAutonomous Province of Trento, the Municipalityof Perugia, the Caritas of Udine, the association„On the Road“ of Martinsicuro (Teramo), the Austrianassociation „Mountain Unlimited“ and theAlbanian Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs.Results and EffectsThe general objective of WEST has been to analysethe impact of the phenomenon of clandestineimmigration on the local communities of theEuropean countries, by women and young peoplecoming from East Europe and victims of traffickingwho were sexually exploited. At the same time theproject aimed at activating structural intervention,research intervention, pilot projects, informationalcampaigns (for the clients, citizens, opinions leaders,etc.) and training measures (social and safetyworkers) with the goal of implementing social integrationpolicies.Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................2,870,794.00thereof ERDF ...................................1,435,397.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerRegione Emilia-RomagnaViale Aldo Moro 2140127 BolognaITALYLead PartnerProject PartnerContact PersonMs Anna Maria DapportoTel +39 051 6397156 /7 /8Fax +39 051 6397051E-Mail west@regione.emilia-romagna.it0 200 kmProject PartnersAlbaniaMinistria e Punes dhe CeshtjitheshneAustriaMountain Unlimited, ViennaItalyTrento Province, TrentoLombardy Region, MilanCaritas/Udine- Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, UdineVeneto Region, VeniceMarche Region, AnconaPerugia Municipality- Umbria Region, PerugiaOn The Road Association- Abruzzo Region, Martinsicuro64INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

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PRIORITY 2TRANSPORT & ITEFFICIENT AND SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT SYSTEMS AND ACCESS TOTHE INFORMATION SOCIETYThe expansion and improvement of infrastructure, which links the Eastern to the Western parts of CADSES as well as internalconnections, constitute one of the largest challenges for all CADSES countries. The challenge is to meet the rapidly growingdemand in the growing market economies and correspondingly provide an appropriate infrastructure which enables a balanceddevelopment at the different spatial levels, and to introduce new financing and management methods.As elsewhere, telecommunication is one of the most dynamic economic sectors in the CADSES countries. Central and South-Eastern European countries have the advantage of being late starters in implementing the most up-to-date technologies intheir telecommunication systems. As in most countries within the EU, „teledensity“ in the CADSES area is still lower outsideurban centres. It is important that governments address this territorial aspect of the development of infrastructures and of thetransition to „Information Society“. The CADSES Neighbourhood Programme contributes to this aim by raising awarenessand by supporting local, regional and national actors in making use of these opportunities. Training measures and small-scaleinvestments as well as modernisation of administrative processes are all playing an important role in this respect.Two areas of intervention are foreseen:Measure 2.1Developing efficient transport systems with regard tosustainable developmentThis measure aims at developing and implementing transnational projects focussing on cultural heritage as a regional development asset andat developing mechanisms and tools which improve the effectiveness of cultural heritage protection policy against every kind of risk throughthe adoption of common methodologies.Measure 2.2Protecting and developing natural heritageThe major objectives of this measure are development and implementation of transnational projects focussing on natural heritage as aregional development asset.INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK67

A-B LANDBRIDGEAdriatic - Baltic Landbridgewww.ablandbridge.euProject DescriptionBesides east/west connections and transport corridors,the enlarged EU also needs an improvementin the transport routes connecting the Mediterraneanand Baltic countries.The Adriatic-Baltic land bridge project will conducta pre-feasibility analysis and develop a deploymentroadmap for north/south intermodalTRANSPORT & ITMEASURE 2.1transport connections which link Europe and theMediterranean countries with global markets. Themulti-sector partnership, consisting of actors fromregional administrations, ports, ministries of transport,transnational associations, operators, andother multi-sector specialists from six participatingcountries (Italy, Slovenia, Austria, Germany, CzechRepublic, Poland) will conduct a bottom-up assessmentof the land bridge corridors and an identificationof potential market opportunities.Results and EffectsBy means of improving transport infrastructurebetween the Adriatic and Baltic Seas, the projectaims to improve service levels for freight transportusers, including regional and national industries,businesses and global forwarders. The expectedmodal shift towards rail, inland waterways andshipping will benefit the environment and particularlypopulations now negatively affected by roadfreight traffic and lack of access to transport andmarkets.A-B Landbridge links the Adriatic with the Baltic SeaThe results of this analysis will provide regions,ports and operators with the opportunity to adjustthe production of innovative transport services andcreate an attraction of flows and growth of thelocal economies. Moreover, the project should articulateand consolidate a transnational spatial andtransport development vision. It should facilitatethe integration of national and regional transportsystems into the pan-European networks. Finally,the Adriatic-Baltic Landbridge should lead to thedevelopment of strategic plans for public-privatepartnerships along the landbridge routes.DurationStart ....................................................... 06/2006End ......................................................... 04/2008Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................2,489,998.32thereof ERDF ...................................1,540,638.23EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerVeneto RegionRegional Transport Planning Unit /Logistic UnitPalazzo Linetti, Calle Priuli - Cannaregio 9930121 VeniceITALYContact PersonMr. Luigi CrimiTel +39 041 279 2324Fax +39 041 279 2022E-Mail landbridge@regione.veneto.it0 200 kmProject PartnersAustria: Austrian Transport Ministry, Vienna / Telepark BärnbachErrichtungs- u. Betriebs GmbH, BärnbachCzech Republic: South Bohemia Region SBH, Ceske Budejovice/ City Plan Ltd., Prague / Czech Railways (Ceské Dráhy,a.s.), Prague / The Central Bohemia Region CBR, PragueGermany: Baltic Energy Forum E V., Mallentin / EPV-GIV EuroprojectTraffic -Society for Engineering Services Ltd, Erfurt /Rostock Port - Hafen Entwicklungsgesellschaft Rostock mbH,Rostock / German Association for Housing, Urban and SpatialDevelopment, BerlinItaly: AMRIE, Mestre / Central European Initiative CEI-ExecutiveSecretariat, Trieste / Centre for Transport System Studies-CSST S.p.A., Venice / Venice Port Authority, VeniceSlovenia: University of Ljubljana, PortorozPoland: Ministry of Infrastructure of the Republic of Poland,Warsaw / Amber Road Cities Association (ARCA), Gdynia /The Port of Gdynia Authority S.A., Gdynia / MaritimeInstitute, Gdansk / Self-Government of the Pomorskie Region(Voivodeship), Gdansk / Szczecin and Swinoujscie SeaportsPort Authority, Szczecin / West Pomerian Region, SzczecinŁasztownia (Poland)68INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

CITY PORTSCITY PORTS - A City Net Following a Coordinated Approach toDevelop Feasible and Sustainable City Logistics Solutionswww.cityports.netProject DescriptionTraffic-related problems are spreading: Freighttransport and distribution are strongly influencingand increasing traffic congestion, pollution andnoise within cities, thus reducing the quality oflife. The phenomenon is wide-spread and has becomecommon in urban areas all around CADSES.Especially for very short distances, the competitionbetween different modes of transport, models andtechnologies is distorted as transport users andoperators face prices that do not reflect the fullsocial and environmental costs of transport.Therefore, to allow city logistics to provide the besteconomic, social and environmental performances,public administrations must define and follow adequateprocesses for problem investigation, solutiondesign and their implementation. These policyprocesses shall consider several topics at once asregards supply chain management, urban zoning,traffic management, transit points and low emissionvehicles.The main aims of the CITY PORTS project werethe reorganisation and process re-engineeringin city logistical solutions for small and mediumsizedurban systems by empowering „the last miles‘nodes“ of EU infrastructure and informationnetworks in a coherent, efficient and sustainableway.Results and EffectsThe project was aimed at urban traffic reductionthrough a better and more rational use of freighttransport networks (efficient distribution routes,higher level of saturation of vehicles, fleet managementoptimisation). Traffic congestion andenvironmental pollution were reduced by theplanning systems, interventions on access policyand by decreasing the number of transport vehiclesor the adoption of low impact vehicles andtransport vehicles using alternative fuels.The following cities were involved in the CITYPORTS project as pilot contexts for local, but coordinatedactions:i The cities of Brescia, Parma, Vicenza and Vienna(featuring two pilot actions with distinctCITY PORTS develops city logistics solutionsconcepts): The cities of this group had alreadydefined the focus of their proposed implementationsat the beginning of the projects (frompreviously acquired know-how); they followedslightly different approaches in terms of analysisof demand and supply, nevertheless they contributed- in parallel - to the definition of theCITY PORTS common methodology and theyprovided experimental information and a sort of„anticipated feedback“ to the rest of the projectpartners,i The cities of Graz, Kavala, Taranto and Udine,which developed their local activities makinguse of the methodology and the tools as elaboratedwithin the CITY PORTS project,i Besides the cities mentioned here which wereformally involved in the project, many other citiesin the Emilia-Romagna region adopted theCITY PORTS approach and methodology in theframework of a regional policy (funding) initiativewhich constituted a type of parallel followupeffect of this CADSES project.DurationStart ....................................................... 07/2001End ......................................................... 07/2005Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................4,774,334.00thereof ERDF ...................................2,393,500.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerRegione Emilia RomagnaViale Aldo Moro 3840127 BolognaITALYLead PartnerProject PartnerContact PersonMr. Rino RosiniTel +39 051 283831Fax +39 051 284144E-Mail rrosini@regione.emilia-romagna.it0 200 kmProject PartnersAustriaState Government of Vienna, ViennaIC Consulenten Ziviltechniker GmbH, ViennaCity Courier Service Speditions GmbH, ViennaLOB Logistik und Organisationsberatungs GmbH, ViennaAustrian Mobility Research, GrazGreeceCentre for Research and Technology – Hellenic Institute ofTransport, ThessalonikiTranseuropean Consultants for Transport, Development andTechnology (TREDIT) S.A., ThessalonikiPrefecture of Kavala, KavalaRegion of Attika, AthensItalySCS Azioninnova Spa, BolognaComune di Udine, UdineComune di Ravenna, RavennaComune di Ancona, AnconaComune di Taranto, TarantoBrescia Mobilità – Società Metropolitana di Mobilità, BresciaComune di Vicenza, VicenzaInfomobility S.p.A., ParmaIT.CITY S.p.A., ParmaComune di Parma, ParmaSloveniaThe Agency for Regional Development of Ljubljana UrbanRegion, LjubljanaTRANSPORT & ITMEASURE 2.1INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK69

CORELOGCOordinated REgional LOGisticswww.corelog.euProject DescriptionResults and EffectsTRANSPORT & ITMEASURE 2.1The co-operation of logistics in the regions is astrategic resource for reducing the environmentalimpact of transport and a chance to improve economicdevelopment.The central objective of CORELOG is to defineand test policies to improve transport systemsand to foster economic development. The projectaddresses the definition and operative testing ofregional logistics policies and actions to be co-ordinatedbetween institutional actors responsible forpolicymaking, financing and investment decisions,and actors related to the transport market, suchas manufacturing companies, logistics providers,transport operators, whose supply-chain strategiesand decisions strongly affect the spatial patternand the modal split of freight transport.The main CORELOG objectives are:i Understanding of the „key driving forces“ underlyingchanges in supply-chain managementstrategies of companies in the CADSES area andtheir territorial impact on freight flows in the regions;the role and the actions of the differentinstitutional levels (national, regional, local) inthe development of transport, industrial andspatial development policies,i Promoting logistics cooperation and integrationof operators and companies in local SMEsystems with an approach that considers transportdecisions and the related territorial impactas the final result of companies’ industrial anddistribution strategies at European level,i Knowledge sharing on best logistics practicesamong manufacturers, transport operators andregional authorities,i Developing operative organisational, informationand communication technological (ICT)and logistics solutions which are economicallysustainable in the long term, as they involveprivate operators co-operating at regional andtransnational level in logistics management.The project aims at transnational strategic guidelinesfor regional policymaking and implementationof sustainable freight transport through public-privateco-ordination and related checklistsfor policymaking in transport and logistics, consideringactors and needs, impacts and benefits onterritories, and critical success factors and partners’experiences.The project should establish lasting partnershipswithin regions, between institutional actors andprivate sector representatives for sharing and monitoringthe policies‘ impact on freight transport.Moreover, pilot solutions dealing with organisational,market and technology interventions will beimplemented and feasibility studies for multiplying/full-scaleimplementation of pilot projects willbe conducted. Also the knowledge of operatorsand manufacturers’ own innovative and sustainablelogistics practices will be enhanced.DurationStart ....................................................... 09/2005End ......................................................... 11/2007Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,486,600.00thereof ERDF ......................................957,450.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerEmilia-Romagna RegionTransport Planning and LogisticsViale Aldo Moro 3840127 BolognaITALYLead PartnerProject PartnerContact PersonMr. Rino RosiniTel +39 051 283831Fax +39 051 283541E-Mail rrosini@regione.emilia-romagna.itProject PartnersAustriaAustrian Mobility Research FGM, GrazGovernment of Styria, GrazGreeceHeraklion Port Authority S.A., HeraklionAristotle University of Thessaloniki, ThessalonikiHungarySzéchenyi István University, GyorItalyPricewaterhouse Coopers Advisory Srl, MilanPolandInstitute of Logistics and Warehousing (ILIM), PoznanSloveniaUniversity of Maribor, Maribor0 200 km70INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

D4DData Warehouse for Danube Waterwaywww.d4d.infoProject DescriptionAccording to the demands of the European Ministersof Transport, recommendations for RiverInformation Services were expected to be put intoplace along main waterways by the end of 2005.These implementations were based on the provisionof digital navigation charts and highly accuratepositioning systems. In addition, the exchange ofwaterway-related geographic data among nationalwaterway authorities along the Danube river iscapable of handling various formats.IALA network coverageA close cooperation between all countries wasneeded and a close relationship with relevant platformssuch as the Danube Commission had to beguaranteed in order to provide equal and compatiblesystems. Therefore, the „GIS Forum Danube“was considered the perfect platform for sucha project. Seven countries are currently membersof the GIS Forum and a close relationship to theremaining countries has been set up.The inland ECDIS maps, in particular, enable thesafety of inland navigation to be improved, asthe position of the vessel can be displayed on themap. Together with the highly accurate GPS/IALAsignal, the captain can always see where the vesselis located on the waterway, even when sightis limited due to foggy conditions, night, blindingsunlight, etc.The data warehouse facilitates cooperation betweenthe involved countries extensively. The mostimportant advantage of such a network is the uncomplicatedand efficient management of waterwaysand their infrastructure along the borderlinesections of the Danube. In addition, various applicationsare possible after the installation of thetransnational network (e.g., transnational calamityabatement, integration of tourist data for a transnationaltourism information system and standardisedmapping of areas with environmental andecological value).DurationStart ....................................................... 05/2001End ......................................................... 02/2006Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,877,100.00thereof ERDF ......................................938,550.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead Partnervia donauÖsterreichische Wasserstrassen-Gesellschaft mbHDivision Finances and NavigationDonau City Straße 11220 ViennaAUSTRIAContact PersonDI Markus SchedlbauerTel +43 504 321 1702Fax +43 504 321 1050E-Mail markus.schedlbauer@via-donau.org0 200 kmProject PartnersAustriavia donau - Österreichische Wasserstrassen-Gesellschaft mbH,Div. Waterway Management, ViennaGermanyWaterways and Shipping Directorate South, WürzburgTRANSPORT & ITMEASURE 2.1Results and EffectsThe project guaranteed not only the quick andhigh-quality implementation of European andworldwide standards, but also the internationalcompatibility of these activities. The developmentof navigation maps and the installation of IALAbeacons significantly improved the quality of theDanube waterway for transport and navigation. Inaddition, these two outputs served as a basis forthe installation of the River Information Services,which are considered a major inducement for inlandnavigation (see White Paper on TransportPolicies).Screenshot from the GIS softwareINTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK71

DANewBE DataDigitally Advanced New cross-Border Exchange of Waterway Datawww.gis-forum.orgTRANSPORT & ITProject DescriptionThe gradual accession of Slovakia and Hungary tothe European Union will intensify the transport ofgoods significantly. To establish inland navigationon the Danube as an effective alternative to transportby road and rail, modern IT-based services areneeded. Various projects, such as the INTERREGIII B project D4D are dealing with such implementationson the Upper Danube in Austria and Germany.DANewBE Data shall transfer and furtherdevelop those experiences to the other Danubecountries. The project sets up close co-operationbetween waterway administrations along theDanube waterway, including those from relevantnew EU Member States. DANewBe Data aims atproviding interoperable navigation support servicesfor inland waterways.Partners shall commonly define quality standardsfor services and feasibility studies for implementinginternationally standardised systems. Thefinal goal is to provide internationally compatiblehigh-quality services to support the inland waterwaytransport sector and prepare the final implementationof modern IT-based systems accordingto European directives.GPS-based positioning systems have already beeninstalled in Austria and Germany. In order to providecurrent information on the reliability and accuracyof those signals, transnational monitoringsystems will be installed in a test phase. At thesame time a feasibility study for the installation ofa compatible beacon in Hungary will be workedout. These signals can then be used by captains todisplay the position of their vessels on electroniccharts. Such charts will be worked out in close cooperationof the involved authorities.EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject Partner0 200 kmMEASURE 2.1DANewBE Data Web PortalResults and EffectsFeasibility studies and pilot operations shall ensuresound and high-quality compilation of data, accuratepositioning signals, efficient exchange of georelateddata and preparation of electronic charts.The involvement of similar administrations fromnon-EU Danube countries will ensure that theproject also meets their requirements and preparesan extension of project results towards the BlackSea. DANewBE Data will enable authorities to fulfiltheir obligation as service providers preparing thebasis for IT-based information systems along theDanube as the European Transport Corridor VII.Austria and Germany are currently finalising theirexchange of geo-related data and the networkshall be extended to Slovakia and Hungary. Thiswill ensure an even longer stretch of compatiblecharts and an intensive exchange of data amongfour countries. Finally, the most effective meansto distribute the charts to captains will be definedand tested. To ensure a high quality of data consistency,common standards for measurements willbe worked out, tested and transferred to nationalwork flows.DurationStart ....................................................... 01/2005End ......................................................... 12/2007Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................2,091,000.00thereof ERDF ...................................1,433,375.00Lead Partnervia donau - Österreichische Wasserstraßen-Gesellschaft m.b.H.Donau City Straße 11220 ViennaAUSTRIAContact PersonDI Markus SchedlbauerTel +43 504 321 1702Fax +43 504 321 1050E-Mail markus.schedlbauer@via-donau.orgProject PartnersBulgariaExecutive Agency “Exploration and Maintenance of theDanube River”, RousseCroatiaCRUP d.o.o. – Inland Navigation Development Centre Ltd.,ZagrebRudjer Boskovic Institute, ZagrebGermanyWaterway and Shipping Directorate South Germany, WürzburgHungaryVITUKI - Environmental Protection and Waterway ManagementResearch Institute, BudapestNational Association of Radio Distress-Signalling and Infocommunications(RSOE), BudapestRomaniaRiver Administration of the Lower Danube, GalatiSerbiaPLOVPUT – Government Agency for Maintenance and Developmentof Inland Waterways, BelgradeSlovakiaSlovak Water Management Enterprise, Banská ŠtiavnicaUkraineOdessa National Maritime Academy, OdessaState Enterprise “Delta-Pilot”, Mykolaiv72INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

EU-CORe IIIHarmonisation of Economic and InfrastructureDevelopment in the Pan-European Transport Corridor IIIProject DescriptionThe Pan-European Corridor III, the axis connectingEastern and Western Europe, plays a crucial rolein the successful realisation of the single Europeanmarket and a future-oriented positioning of Europeanregions in the global economy. Actors alongthe corridor have learnt that development of thetransport infrastructure system is not only a costfactor, but those resources should be used effectivelyand that current decisions influence futurestructural and economic development. It also hasan impact on neighbouring regions.The project will give practical support to the implementationof a transnational strategy at localand regional level. Special attention will be paid toregions which intersect with other transport corridors.An information and qualification networkof relevant actors which enables all actors to planand build a transport infrastructure according tothe needs of economic development and ESDP, aswell as to fulfil sustainability and the criteria of efficiencywill be initialised.DurationThe project partners want to use out their locationon the east/west axis across Europe to achieve acompetitive advantage. The project partnershipreflects the complete chain of regions within CorridorIII, traversing from Germany through Polandto Ukraine. These regions represent the EU at nationalas well as regional and local level. All projectpartners are involved in development, planning ofregional economies and transport infrastructure,and the preparation and planning of investments.Results and EffectsThe EU-CORe III project should contribute to integratingand co-ordinating development of Pan-European Corridor III to become one of the mostcompetitive and future-oriented transport corridorsin the European economic space. The mainobjective of the project is to improve and developthe transport infrastructure along Corridor III bytransnational co-ordination and harmonisation ofeconomic development, improved transport policiesand planning activities under consideration ofEuropean development aspects.Start ....................................................... 03/2006End ......................................................... 02/2008Budget (EUR)Total Budget .......................................827,283.00thereof ERDF ......................................620,462.25EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerGornoslaska Agencja Przeksztalcen Przedsiebiorstw SAAstrow 1040-045 KatowicePOLANDContact PersonMr. Boguslaw HoleksaTel +48 32 251 64 21Fax +48 32 251 58 31E-Mail b.holeksa@gapp.pl0 200 kmProject PartnersGermanySaxon State Ministry of Economic Affairs and Labour, DresdenISUP Engineering Office for System Consultancy and Planning,DresdenPolandRegional Development Agency Legnica, LegnicaMalopolska Agency for Regional Development s.a., KrakowRegional Development Agency Bielsko-Biala, Bielsko-BialaRzeszow Regional Development Agency, RzeszowNational Association of Regional Development Agencies(NARDA), WarsawTRANSPORT & ITMEASURE 2.1UkraineMinistry of Transport and Communication of Ukraine, KievAssociation of Economic Development of Ivano-Frankivsk,Ivano-FrankivskINTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK73

I-LogIndustrial Logistics and Intermodal Transport for SMEs’Developmentwww.i-log.orgProject DescriptionResults and EffectsTRANSPORT & ITMEASURE 2.1The project aims at providing local SME systemswith innovative instruments for maintaining theircompetitiveness and reducing traffic congestion.In particular I-Log is based on six fundamentalgoals:i Defining and implementing a set of logistics serviceswith reference to the existing infrastructures- Regional Logistics Service Pattern - in orderto rationalise logistics and transport withinlocal productive systems and to integrate informationand communication technology (ICT)solutions in transport and logistics services,i Fine-tuning and testing the proposed solutionson the participating local SME systems pinpointingorganisation and management models fortransport services and local platforms,i Promoting and diffusing a logistics culture inlocal SME systems creating relationships andinformation networks,i Exchanging best practices and experiences, diffusingthe awareness of the logistics leverageimportance for gaining long-term competitivenessfor SMEs,i Improving industrial relations among the participatingcountries in CADSES,i Becoming a „network of competence“ whichcan provide SMEs with advice and support onimplementation and development of innovativelogistics services; and to this end, a „virtual logisticsobservatory“ will be examined.The project contributed to rationalising logisticsand transport within local SME systems and tointegrating ICT solutions in transport services providinglocal administrations and enterprises withinstruments to evaluate and set up industrial policies.The creation of logistics models fitting theexamined local productive systems and based onthe existing infrastructure and platforms, enabledSMEs to experience cost reductions by reducingdelays, errors and paper documents, providingimmediate access to information and faster goodsand information fluxes. Moreover, the project helpedremote regions in catching up, thereby avoidingeconomic and territorial distance from EUMember States and enhancing socio-economicand cultural cohesion and broadening a logisticsculture.During the project the following results and outcomeshave been achieved:i Assessment analysis for each Local ProductiveSystem,i 19 Pilot actions developed,i 21 working groups that started their activitiesduring the analysis and pilot phase,i The I-Log Methodology developed by the I-LOG Technical Scientific Committee and TechnicalSupervisors,i The LOGISTICS GUIDE presenting the developedmodel and project experiences,i National meetings and seminars to monitor theimplementation phase of the pilot activities,i 1 web portal to enable a fast and unique flowof information among the partners and all otheractors in the involved areas,i Dissemination material (gadget and brochure)and a DVD with the pilot project images andFinal Conference.EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerMarche RegionTransport DepartmentVia Tiziano 4460121 AnconaITALYLead PartnerProject PartnerContact PersonMr. Paolo PasquiniTel +39 071 806 3443Fax +39 071 806 3013E-Mail paolo.pasquini@regione.marche.it0 200 kmProject PartnersAustria: Kärnten Technologie GesmbH, KlagenfurtCroatia: Istria Region, Pula / IDA (Istrian Development Agency)Ltd., Pula / Varazdin County, VarazdinGermany: Fraunhofer Gesellschaft E.V. (ATL), NurembergGreece: Infratec S.A., Halandri / Thesprotia Prefecture, Igoumenitsa/ Thesprotia Chamber of Commerce, IgoumenitsaHungary: For the South Great Plain Region of HungaryOrganising Public Association, Szeged / Dutireg – Regionaland Economic Development Service Kht., Szeged / CentralTransdanubian Regional Development Agency Plc., Székesfehérvár/ Italian Chamber of Commerce for Hungary, Budapest /Debreceni Universitas Kht., Debrecen / Mid-Pannon RegionalDeveloping Plc., SzékesfehérvárDurationStart ....................................................... 01/2003End ......................................................... 06/2006Budget (EUR)Italy: Veneto Region, Venice / Emilia Romagna Region, Bologna/ Umbria Region, Perugia / Abruzzo Region, Pescara /Satel Group S.r.l., PordenoneRomania: Adetim – Economic Development Agency ofTimis County, Timisoara / Cdimm – Maramures Foundation,Baia Mare / Transport Research Institute – Incertrans S.A.,BucharestI-LOG project presentationTotal Budget ....................................4,300,386.25thereof ERDF ...................................1,800,000.0074INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

IMONODEEfficient Integration of Cargo Transport Modes & Nodesin CADSES areawww.hit.certh.gr/imonode/Project DescriptionResults and EffectsThe IMONODE project contributes to the developmentof efficient intermodal transport systemsin South-Eastern Europe as regards sustainable development.More specifically the IMONODE projectaimed at studying the options and recommendingsolutions and actions that would enhance thegreater use of, and the accessibility to the trans-European Corridors V and X for freight transportwith priority on rail transport.Imonode has achieved the following results:i Assessment of intermodal transport demandat regional level: The GIS-based socio-economicevaluation model of the study area regions(NUTS II & III) provides results concerning categorisationand ranking of the regions accordingto various socio-economic criteria, their potentialfor intermodal transport development andfuture transport demand forecast at regionallevel,i Recognition and assessment of the modal andintermodal freight terminals in the CADSESThe IMONODE Intermodal Corridors in the CADSESareaIn this context IMONODE focused its work on:i Assessing available infrastructure and servicesat major terminals of the project area,i Identifying problems and bottlenecks in terminaloperations along the intermodal transportchains in CADSES and along TEN Corridors,i Proposing solutions for terminal operation enhancementand development,i Prioritising the existing and selecting new nodalpoints with potential for further developmentin the future to achieve increased intermodalityand seamless operation,i Performing case studies for successful terminaldevelopment by checking alternative types ofinvolvement of private and/or public sector, andspecifying requirements in technology implementationand logistics service operations.area. The role of the terminals in intermodaltransport chains operations has been assessedand bottleneck alleviation proposals have beenidentified along Corridors X and V as well as theAdriatic-Ionian Corridor,i Identification of the main intermodal corridorsto be developed according to the current demandand supply characteristics of the CADSESarea, the trends in the supply chain set-ups andlogistics industry,i Consolidation of the three intermodal freighttransport potential scenarios based on demand,existing and planned infrastructure and terminals,intermodal chain set-ups, logistics trendsand IMONODE Intermodal Corridors,i Demonstrators: Four demonstrators which consolidatedbusiness cases for specific terminals‘development, assessed the economic feasibilityfor each terminal and examined alternative private-publicpartnership schemes for the terminals‘infrastructure development and operationhave been performed as part of the project,i IMONODE has produced five publicationscompiling all project results and has sent themto interested parties in the CADSES area. Thesepublications are also available online fromwww.imonode.gr.DurationStart ....................................................... 12/2002End ......................................................... 10/2005Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................4,891,500.00thereof ERDF ...................................2,770,148.75EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerHellenic Institute of Transport – H.I.T.Charilaou-Thermi 6th km57001 ThessalonikiGREECEContact PersonProf. G. A. GiannopoulosTel +30 2310 498263Fax +30 2310 498269E-Mail Hit@certh.gr0 200 kmProject PartnersAustriaIC Consulenten, ViennaGovernment of Carinthia, KlagenfurtBMVIT/Ministry of Transport Innovation and Technology,ViennaCroatiaCounty of Primorje & Gorski Kotar Country Institute forSustainable Development and Spatial Planning, RijekaGreeceHellenic Railways Organisation, AthensPROODOS S.A., KallitheaItalyCCIAA Ravenna, RavennaCCIAA Taranto, TarantoCCIAA Forli Cesena, ForlìRegion of Emilia Romagna, BolognaRegion of Veneto, VeniceRegion of Friuli Venezia Giulia, TriesteAgroter S.a.s., Montale RangoneSloveniaMinistry of the Environment, Spatial Planning and Energy,LjubljanaMinistry of Economy, LjubljanaTransport Logistic Cluster – TLG, KoperMunicipality of Celje, CeljeTRANSPORT & ITMEASURE 2.1Methodology for the evaluation of alternative IMONO-DE scenarios and recommendationsINTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK75

INTERIMINtegration in the intermodal goods Transport of non EU states:Rail, Inland / coastal waterway Modeswww.tfh-wildau.de/interimProject DescriptionAfter the Trans-European transport Networks(TEN) process which also involved EU CandidateStates with the objective to deliver a EuropeanInfrastructure plan, further activities in the fieldof intermodal goods transport rarely head in thisdirection. However, the interconnection betweenCandidate States and Central Europe is still notsufficient, particularly as these regions are essentialin connecting the Central European Countries tothe Far and Middle East.The following results and effects are expected:i Analyses of the supply and demand side of intermodalservices,i Definition of missing services, links, recommendations,i Development of new intermodal concepts andIT instruments to support further integration(intermodal integration platform, intermodal informationplatform for administrations),i Benchmarking and the elaboration of a multimodalaction plan,i Know-how transfer,Partners from former INTERREG projects suchi Improvement of administrative, economic andTRANSPORT & ITMEASURE 2.1as ECO4LOG (INTERREG III C East) realized thehigh demand for extending the existing intermodalgoods networks in Central Europe towards theaccession countries of Romania and Bulgaria aswell as to other countries. These countries formthe gate to the Black Sea region and Greece, alsoin the sense of spatial development.The further integration of countries sharing borderswith the EU is a central challenge for CADSES.Especially, sustainable transport relations are neededin the CADSES area to promote the furtherintegration of a single European market. Interoperabilityin terms of goods is the backbone of thisissue.Results and EffectsThe INTERIM project demonstrates with selectedintermodal transport chains (rail, inland waterwayand harbour-hinterland) how this integration processcan be implemented with respect to intermodalmarket and spatial development. Experiencesand conclusions from the common work can begeneralised and used for implementation in othercountries and other integration fields.transport structures related to spatial planningand development,i Integration of intermodal transport issues intospatial planning and regional development concepts,i Joint use of IT-based planning and informationtools which might later be adapted to othercountries.DurationStart ....................................................... 05/2006End ......................................................... 04/2008Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,265,000.00thereof ERDF ......................................640,000.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerUniversity of Applied Sciences WildauTransport LogisticsBahnhofstr. 115745 WildauGERMANYContact PersonMr. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Herbert SonntagTel +49 3375 508 924Fax +49 3375 508 911E-Mail hsonntag@igw.tfh-wildau.de0 200 kmProject PartnersAustriavia donau - Österreichische Wasserstraßen-Gesellschaft mbH,ViennaEHG Ennshafen Ges.m.b.H., EnnsWiener Lokalbahnen AG, ViennaBulgariaTechnical University, VarnaCroatiaPolytechnic in Rijeka, RijekaGermanyFV Development Corporation Southwest-Saxony, GlauchauGSG Knape Gleissanierung GmbH, KirchheimINTERIM‘s main objective: improving intermodaltransportRomania“Ovidius” University of Constantza, ConstantzaSerbiaUniversity of Novi Sad, Novi Sad76INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

RAIRDevRegional Airports Interaction for Regional Developmentwww.regional-airports.euProject DescriptionResults and EffectsThe RAIRDev project focuses on the strengtheningof integrated and sustainable regional developmentbased on the creation of a flexible air transportsystem provided by a network of cooperationbetween eight regional airports:1. ‘‘Central Greece’’ Nea Aghialos Airport (Volos,Magnesia, Greece)2. Szombathely-Savaria International Airport(Szeleste, Hungary)3. Zilina Airport (Zilina, Slovakia)4. Slupsk Redzikowo Airport (Slupsk, Poland)5. Falconara Airport (Ancona, Italy)6. Karlsruhe/Baden Airport (Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden,Germany)7. Ponikve Airport (Uzice, Serbia)8. Ivano-Frankivsk Airport (Ivano-Frankivsk,Ukraine)The main job of the network, which holds the addedvalue at transnational level, is the co-operationin more than one field in order to better exploiteach area‘s advantages and the regional airports’installations, to exchange knowledge and experience,to communicate and work together on creatingan integrated European territory.More specifically, the most significant impact ofthe RAIRDev project which is expected is:i A study of new flight connections,i Greater access to global corridors and networks,i Attraction of new business companies,i Enhancement of tourism,i Creation of a multimodal transport system byconnecting the regional airports in the networkto other local transport systems,i Establishment of an eligible collaboration fra-EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject Partner0 200 kmTRANSPORT & ITRAIRDev kick-off meeting: technical visit to NeaAghialos - Central Greece AirportThe basis of RAIRDev for the achievement of economic,social and territorial cohesion in CADSESarea is the maintenance, improvement and promotionof regional airports through common marketingmethods and strategic planning. By providingnew airport connections to isolated areas economicdevelopment and competitiveness should be reinforced.The evaluation of priorities should improvethe exploitation of airports and the confrontationof existing problems. The project should lead tothe planning of common policies and the collaborationof private and public sector stakeholders atlocal, regional, national and transnational level.mework between local, national and transnationalstakeholders from all sectors and eachpartner region,i Creation of employment opportunities,i Contribution to the creation of a less centralisedtransport system in Europe,i Contribution to sustainable regional development,socio-economic and territorial cohesionin the CADSES area,i Transfer of knowledge between EU MemberStates, both old and new, accession countriesand border regions in neighbouring countries,i Establishment of the ERAN (European RegionalAirports Network).DurationStart ....................................................... 05/2006End ......................................................... 07/2008Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,864,180.00thereof ERDF ...................................1,101,150.00Lead PartnerDieuropaiki SymvouleutikiKoumoundourou 6138221 VolosGREECEContact PersonMr. Emmanouel VougioukasTel +30 24210 76274Fax +30 24210 76274E-Mail volos@euro-trans.netProject PartnersGermanySteinbeis Transfer Centre Applied System Analysis (STASA),StuttgartHungaryRegiofokusz NGO, SzombathelyItalyMarche Region, AnconaPolandCity Hall of Slupsk, SlupskSerbiaUzice Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry, UziceSlovakiaORBIS Tour, ZilinaUkraineCarpathian Tourist Board, Ivano-FrankivskMEASURE 2.1INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK77

REVITADevelopment of Small and Medium Size Railway Stations intoMultipurpose Local Service Centerswww.revita-project.comProject DescriptionSince 1990 countries in Central and Eastern Europehave been encountering a decrease in the numberof passengers using public transport. On the onehand, much rail transport has been substituted byusing cars, but on the other hand the lack of carefor the railway infrastructure and train stations hasalso contributed to a decrease in the number ofpeople travelling by train.Railway station of Bohinjska BistricaThe project partners of REVITA realised the need toTRANSPORT & ITMEASURE 2.1stop the decline of the regional railway infrastructure.In projects previously completed, they observedthat railway station development can have apositive effect on local and regional development.Railway stations are often a part of the local culturaland architectural heritage and still can playan important role as mobility and tourist centres.However, most small and medium-sized railwaystations in the project regions are in need of revitalisationto enable them to regain this status andto play a vital role in the daily life of the respectivecommunity.Corridor X and the pilot project areaThe REVITA project aims at developing strategiesfor the conversion of railway stations into multipurposelocal service centres. The economic roleof railway stations should be strengthened andthe use of sustainable modes of transport shouldbe encouraged. The target groups of the projectare the citizens and visitors of the five regions involved.The project partners come from similarlystructured regions and include all relevant actorsinvolved in railway station development. The localcommunities in the regions are, from an economicpoint of view, less developed than large citiesand face various social and economic problems.By transnational collaboration the project will helpto develop new employment opportunities andwill contribute to raising the attractiveness of railtransport. Moreover, the revitalisation of theseregional centres contributes to a more balancedregional development and helps to reduce roadrelatedexternal costs.Results and EffectsThe REVITA project is developing a model for therevitalisation of small and medium-sized railwaystations with the help of local and private investors.A ready-to-go concept for the revitalisationprocess in order to make railway stations attractivelandmarks of cities should be established. Thisconcept study will then be employed in the actualrevitalisation process of the train stations. Moreover,feasibility studies for railway station managersand investors will be conducted and the awarenessof potential investors concerning investment possibilitiesshould be increased. The development ofstations into local service centres will also providenew employment opportunities in the project regions.DurationStart ....................................................... 05/2006End ......................................................... 06/2008Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,017,340.00thereof ERDF ......................................703,605.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerMinistry of Transport of the Republic of SloveniaDirectorate for Transport PolicyLangusova 41000 LjubljanaSLOVENIAContact PersonMr. Sergej IskraTel +386 1 478 8310Fax +386 1 478 8141E-Mail sergej.iskra@gov.si0 200 kmProject PartnersBulgariaThe National Association of Small and Medium-sized Business,SofiaGermanyPublic Transport Service Agency of the Federal State of Saxony-Anhalt,MagdeburgGreeceCenter for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH), ThermiThessalonikiPolandWest Pomeranian Business School, SzczecinPolish State Railways, SzczecinSloveniaPublic Agency for Rail Transport of the Republic of Slovenia,Maribor78INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

TWISTTransport with a Social Targetwww.twistproject.orgProject DescriptionResults and EffectsThe regions participating in the TWIST project arecharacterised by a lack of service and infrastructuralbalance in rural and mountain areas. Thegrowing isolation of these populations, mostlyolder people, is the cause and the effect of theprogressive abandonment of these territories. Asa consequence, the resources assigned to the localtransport services have been reduced, forcingthe local populations to use their own means oftransport and causing more traffic and road-relatedaccidents as well as higher levels of exhaustemissions.The TWIST project aims at reducing the social andeconomic gap between mountain/rural areas andurban areas through the local implementation ofdifferent patterns of DRT (Demand ResponsiveTransport). The introduction of on-demand busservices in the territories is expected to facilitateaccess in disadvantaged and remote areas to moredeveloped areas, offering opportunities of commercialexchanges, job search and social/healthassistance.Starting from the supply and demand survey ofthe public transport in the territories of the pilotprojects, the TWIST project will implement theexperimentation of different on-demand bus services.A model to organise and evaluate these serviceswill be elaborated and transferred to otherregions with similar characteristics.The project‘s results will produce short- and longtermeffects by conducting experimental actionsthrough the pilot projects. Expected results are:i Identification of management and organisationalpatterns to promote a flexible and innovativesystem of transport capable of satisfyingthe hinterland‘s need for mobility,i Transfer of the results to the decision-makers,i Pilot project’s methodologies and results used toplan a model of on-demand bus services,i Measurement of the incidence of DemandResponsive Transport systems as concerns thequality of life for the people living in remoteareas,i Implementation of an info system concerningthe transport service and its different components,i Creation of an interactive communications networkbetween users and suppliers,i Development of good practices and methodologiesto be transferred as project results,i Creation of a network of evaluators among thepartnership capable of analysing and evaluatingthe policies adopted or adoptable by the decision-makers(regional bodies).EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerRegione AbruzzoTransport and Mobility DepartmentViale Bovio N° 42565124 PescaraITALYContact PersonArch. Aldo LeonzioTel +39 085 7672055Fax +39 085 7672099E-Mail serv.piantrasporti@regione.abruzzo.it0 200 kmProject PartnersCzech RepublicDopravní podnik mesta Ceské Budejovice, a.s., Ceske BudejoviceTRANSPORT & ITMEASURE 2.1The project will develop methodologies to determinethe best technical and economic solutionsfor Demand Responsive Transport, and will helpto harmonise the local transport services to safety,qualitative and quantitative European standards.The final output will be a sort of vademecum ofbest practices and methodologies to be transferredat regional and local level to the authoritiesin charge of planning and managing the transportsystem.The main goal of TWIST is the improvement of transportfacilities in rural and mountainous regionsDurationStart ....................................................... 01/2004End ......................................................... 06/2007Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................2,059,376.00thereof ERDF ...................................1,219,062.50GermanyOberhavel Besitz- und Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH, GermendorfTechnologiezentrum Verkehrstechnik GmbH, HennigsdorfTechnostart Unternehmens- und Technologieberatung GmbH,BerlinGreeceKTEL SA, IoanninaHungaryTransdanubian Research Institute, Centre for Regional Studiesof the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, PécsItalyRegion Marche, AnconaRegion Molise, CampobassoRegion Puglia, ModugnoINTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK79

Agrobiotech XchangeVirtual Exchange for Technology Transfer in theAgrobiotechnologies and Agro-food Sectorswww.agrobiotechxchange.euProject DescriptionThe agrofood sector is facing new strategic challengesregarding its competitiveness, which is connectedwith food safety, quality and traceability.So far the sector is dominated by small- and medium-sizedenterprises which are not accustomed tocollaborating with research institutions. Moreover,scientists are more committed to developing internationalco-operation projects than to addressingthe needs of local producers. Often the link betweenresearch poles and producers is lacking.The areas involved in the project have a strongpredisposition for agricultural development andcattle breeding and are characterised by a highpresence of the food processing industry. Here theAgrobiotech Xchange project intends to set up astable network of co-operation for the technologytransfer in agribusiness, starting from a consolidatedcore of competences set in the Lombardyregion which will then be transferred to EasternEurope and Danubian countries.The Agrobiotech Xchange project aims at suppor-Results and EffectsTRANSPORT & ITMEASURE 2.2ting regional development and industry competitivenessin agriculture and agribusiness throughenhancing the collaboration between researchand industry. Agrobiotech Xchange intends toset up a virtual exchange market place for technologytransfer, access to science and technologyresources, infrastructure and facilities, support tonew and innovative companies involved in agrobiotechnologiesand agro-food within the CADSESarea.The Agrobiotech Xchange platform should fosterand contribute to the promotion of joint projectsand partnerships between participating clustersand their stakeholders, particularly SMEs, research,financing, public authorities and agencies. Thisshould promote synergies and a shared technologicalinfrastructure.Expected outcomes of the project include a sustainablevirtual exchange marketplace for technologytransfer in the agro-biotechnologies andagro-food sectors to enhance competitiveness.To achieve this aim, a web platform which relieson a strong scientific and technology basis to supplycompanies with the knowledge and access tothe participants’ technological infrastructures willbe established. The commercialisation of researchshould be supported by licensing and the establishmentof start-ups and spin-offs.Other expected concrete results of the projectare:i Technology surveys in the areas involved and adatabase of stakeholders in each region,i Identification of synergies between participantsand participants’ networks,i Assessment of the regional demand for technologytransfer (reports and seminars),i Assessment of the opportunities for extendingthe market,i Business and financial plan, as well as a policyblueprint to ensure the sustainability of AgrobiotechXchange,i A platform to develop and test the services.EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerFinlombarda SpaPiazza Belgioioso 220121 MilanITALYLead PartnerProject PartnerContact PersonMrs. Paola GabaldiTel +39 02 76044361Fax +39 02 780819E-Mail paola.gabaldi@finlombarda.it0 200 kmProject PartnersBulgariaPlovdiv Chamber of Commerce and Industry, PlovdivHungaryAgricultural Public Company of Csongrád County, SzegedItalyFondazione Parco Tecnologico Padano, LodiUniversità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, PiacenzaConfindustria Veneto SIAV Spa, VeniceRomaniaTimisoara Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture,TimisoaraSlovakiaSlovak Chamber of Commerce and Industry, KosiceDurationStart ....................................................... 03/2006End ......................................................... 04/2008Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,637,100.00thereof ERDF ......................................726,575.00Agrobiotech aims at technology transfer in the agrofoodsector80INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

B-CROSSBusiness Cooperation One-Stop Shopwww.bcross.grProject DescriptionResults and EffectsThe B-CROSS project developed a business cooperationnetwork which is based on a BusinessCo-operation One-Stop Shop (B-CROSS) to supportand govern business co-operation amongSMEs in the countries involved and links chambersof commerce and industry in the CADSES andother INTERREG III B co-operation areas.The project took advantage of the existing experienceand special know-how on ICT technology,ICT services offered by the chambers of commerceand the business co-operation available in thepartnership.B-CROSS project presentationB-CROSS includes mechanisms for connecting thedifferent chamber ICT systems where the existingbusiness digital content is available. Other specialservices that were developed included services forthe presentation of regional characteristics and offeredopportunities and user-friendly tools to helpSMEs create small product and company profiles,integrated transnational business catalogues andyellow pages, synchronous and asynchronous collaborationtools, and training services.B-CROSS worked as the tool to promote marketopportunities, and match supply and demand forproducts and services to support SMEs with advancingbusiness co-operation.The CCI network that was developed includedexperts from other chambers of commerce or relatedbusiness efforts, so B-CROSS could be easilyexpanded with the entrance of new regions andnew applications. At the close of the project, thelarge investment was analysed in a business planpublished by the B-CROSS CCI network.The creation of a business co-operation networkwas promoted as the business one-stop shop forthe areas involved. Offering valuable informationit soon became established as a business tool forSMEs for offering market opportunities and attractingforeign investors.The co-operation network and the available telematicsservices and content-based services supportedSMEs especially in rural areas in effectivelypromoting their products and using the businessofferings and demand-matching B-CROSS platformto form business partnerships and attractforeign business partners.Through the development of this network and theuse of a modern ICT platform and services, SMEs,especially in rural areas, can develop their businessactivities and business range, directly affecting theeconomic and social development in their regionsand raise awareness of IT applications. Throughthe involvement of the chambers of commerceand SME staff in e-business methods and in e-trainingand e-meeting activities, equal opportunitieswere promoted especially in rural areas. The resultanteconomic and social development contributesto the spatial development.The B-CROSS network and platform may be expandedto cover a wider territory and can easily beexpanded to include Eastern European countrieswhich are not EU Member States.DurationStart ....................................................... 01/2003End ......................................................... 06/2005Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,845,666.00thereof ERDF ...................................1,041,750.00Members of the B-CROSS project teamEU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerChambers of CommerceDevelopment Company of Central MacedoniaKentrikis Str. 359100 VeriaGREECEContact PersonMr. Ousoultzoglou ProdromosTel +30 310 426 784Fax +30 310 422 319E-Mail ekemthes@otenet.gr0 200 kmProject PartnersAustriaStyrian Economic Chamber, GrazBulgariaBulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, SofiaGreeceUnion of Hellenic Chambers of Commerce, AthensKnowledge S.A., PatrasSystema Informatics S.A., AthensItalyVeneto Union of Chambers of Commerce, VeniceChamber of Commerce of Campobasso, CampobassoRomaniaMinistry for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises and Cooperatives,BucharestTRANSPORT & ITMEASURE 2.2INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK81

ELISAE-Learning for Improving Access to Information Society for SMEs inthe SEE Areawww.elisa-project.netProject DescriptionParticipation in and access to the knowledge andinformation society is a basic precondition for futuredevelopment of remote and rural areas. In manySouth-Eastern European countries the level of informationand communication technologies (ICT)in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) isvery low. The competitiveness of South-EasternEuropean countries heavily depends on the productiveutilisation of information and communicationtechnologies (ICT) and the improvement ofrelated human skills.The project establishes easy-to-use e-learning-platformsi Raising awareness of the benefits of using ICTTRANSPORT & ITMEASURE 2.2The project aims at improving access to the knowledgeand information society of these SMEsthrough close co-operation of academic and businesscommunities at transnational level, by transferringknow-how from EU best-practice trainingand by developing national training strategies.Emphasis is given to SMEs from rural and peripheralareas in Albania, the Former Yugoslav Republicof Macedonia, Bulgaria and Serbia as beneficiarycountries. The project targets SMEs in the beneficiarycountries, particularly management and personnel,ICT companies, researchers of Universitiesand National Research and Education networks aswell as policymakers in the field of ICT.in SMEs,i Customisation of a multilingual, highly-interactiveand easy-to-use e-learning-platform meetingthe needs of SMEs,i Creation of customisable multilingual trainingmaterial for improving ICT skills within SMEs,i Pilot implementation of ICT training actions,i Design of SME ICT training strategies for thebeneficiary countries,i Dissemination of the know-how gained by policymakersand interested organisations,i Raising policymakers‘ awareness of the importanceof access to the knowledge and informationsociety for SMEs,i Acceleration of ICT access of SMEs from the beneficiarycountries,i Improvement of business performance via theadoption of e-business practices,i Adoption of e-learning as a training practice,i Improvement of transnational business collaboration,i Establishment of links between academic andbusiness networks at transnational level.EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerGreek Research & Technology NetworkProject ManagementAv. Mesogeion 5611527 AthensGREECEContact PersonMr. Ilias HatzakisTel +30 2107 474268Fax +30 2107 474490E-Mail hatzakis@grnet.grProject PartnersAlbaniaAcademy of Sciences of Albania (INIMA), TiranaSME Agency, TiranaAustriaDANUBE, ViennaBulgariaInformation Society Technologies Foundation, SofiaState Agency for ICT (SAITC), Sofia0 200 kmELISA helps to improve access to information technologiesResults and EffectsThe overall objective of improving access to theknowledge and information society will be achievedby the following actions and planned results:DurationStart ....................................................... 10/2005End ......................................................... 12/2007Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,252,223.28thereof ERDF ......................................677,100.00Former Yugoslav Rep. of MacedoniaUniversity St. Cyril and Methodius, Macedonian Academicand Research Network (MARnet), SkopjeMacedonian Association for Information Technology (MASIT),SkopjeGermanyFree University of Berlin, BerlinGreeceSYSTEMA, AthensSerbiaAssociation for Computing, Informatics, Telecommunications,Automation and Management (JURIT ), BelgradeSloveniaUniversity of Maribor, Maribor82INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

EMBRACEImproving the Access of SMEs from Rural Regions to theKnowledge and Information Societywww.e-embrace.netProject Descriptioni Policy documents and action plans for eachThe EMBRACE project aimed at designing, developingand implementing specific spatial developmentpolicies, initiatives and actions for the benefitof SMEs located in rural and undeveloped urbanareas. Their access to the knowledge and informationsociety should be increased.participating region aiming to overcome theproblems identified and improve the access ofSMEs to information society tools.i Furthermore the project carried out the followingcommunication activities:i The EMBRACE Portal acting as an online businesssupport centre (one-stop shop) with fourregional nodes: Central Macedonia; Emilia Romagna;Lower Austria, Vienna and Burgenland,the Central Hungarian region,i Dissemination plan aiming to set the guidelinesfor information on the project through severalProject presentation in ViennaThe project has established a pilot virtual network,available both online and offline, where SMEs canhave access to a wide range of business servicesand tools, such as consulting and training in keytopics, matchmaking for accessing investor funds,e-commerce, etc.The goal was to overcome existing barriers thatthese SMEs face by providing assistance and value-addedconsulting, e-commerce and informationservices which can boost their efficiency andcompetitiveness and lead to the development oftransnational co-operation and a globalisation ofactivities.means,i Multilingual project brochures, info packs andCD-ROMs exhibiting the EMBRACE Portal anddistributed at major project and programmeevents,i Workshops, seminars and conferences in orderto build up co-operation with local/regional actors,familiarise the end users with the EMBRA-CE Portal and its use, and raise the awareness oflocal, regional, national and EU stakeholders,i System of indicators for monitoring the progressof project implementation and evaluating its performance;ongoing, ex ante and ex post evaluationof the project’s performance and impact,i Follow-up strategy aiming to maintain and expandthe project’s results,i Intelligent tools for project management (privatewebsite, templates, dynamic scheduling, etc.).EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerChamber of Commerce and Industry of ThessalonikiTsimiski Str. 2954624 ThessalonikiGREECEContact PersonMr. Dimitrios BakatselosTel +30 2310 275 341Fax +30 2310 370 114E-Mail root@ebeth.gr0 200 kmProject PartnersAustriaDANUBE European Training, Research and Technology,ViennaRIZ Holding Lower Austria Ltd., Wiener NeustadtTRANSPORT & ITMEASURE 2.2Results and EffectsThe EMBRACE project has achieved the followingresults:i Existing situation analyses in five regions inGreece, Italy, Austria, Hungary and Bulgaria,highlighting problems and restrictions faced bySMEs in rural and underdeveloped urban areasas regards their access to the knowledge andinformation society, and a synthetic diagnosis ofthe findings,i Study on 31 national, EU and internationalgood practices dealing with providing businesssupport services to SMEs in rural and underdevelopedurban areas with the aim of improvingtheir access to the information society; identificationof benchmarks through these cases andbenchmarking of the project partners,The EMBRACE project team worked on better access forcompanies to the information societyDurationStart ....................................................... 01/2004End ......................................................... 02/2006Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,729,634.46thereof ERDF ...................................1,114,817.22BulgariaBulgarian Association of Regional Development Agencies andBusiness Centres (BARDA), SofiaChamber of Commerce and Industry of Stara Zagora, StaraZagoraGreeceSerres Chamber of Commerce and Industry, SerresTREK Consulting S.A., AthensHungaryNational Business and Innovation Centre INNOSTART,BudapestTheodore Puskas Foundation - Institute of International Technology(NETI), BudapestBudapest Chamber of Commerce and Industry, BudapestChamber of Commerce and Industry for Borsod-Abaúj-ZemplénCounty, MiskolcItalyASTER - The Science Technology and Enterprise Consortium,BolognaINTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK83

GILDANETGlobal Integrated transport Logistics DAta NETworkwww.gildanet.netProject Descriptioni To implement the created ICT systems in orderThe transport sector in the CADSES area has witnessedthe recent development of ICT solutionscatering to various actors in the field of transport.to support all the flows and the exchange of informationand documents related to intermodaland transnational transport chains,i To assert GILDANET as the main portal forTRANSPORT & ITMEASURE 2.2Although built using state-of-the-art technology,the available IT systems and services attempting tosupport planning, operational and controlling activitieswithin the context of intermodal transportchains do not seem to be able to support the demandingrequirements of transnational intermodaltransport chains. Nor are they providing attractivebusiness propositions for the IT service suppliersand (potential) users because they are greatly restrictedin scope and reach.The GILDANET project proposed to transform theexisting infrastructures into a working system basedon reference architecture for the logistics atEuropean level in full compliance with the user’sneeds and the emerging standards for masteringthe business processes, using advanced Informationand Communication Technological (ICT) solutions.To meet these objectives, a variety of actorswere considered, together with a targeted set oftest cases (pilot actions focused on real, specificand demanding logistics chains).Results and EffectsGILDANET achieved the following results:i To improve the overall efficiency of the internationaltransport system,i To target the main factors limiting the efficiencyof modal exchange operations, and hinderingthe development of combined transport,CADSES logistics operators,i To develop value-adding functions in order toimprove the benefits offered by the system,i To internationalise GILDANET, integrating theoutput of the different national and internationalprojects,i To reach a large number of users and developpayable services in order to render the initiativefinancially sustainable,i To gain institutional standing with internationalpublic and private subjects who manage complementaryplatforms,i To promote investments and concrete nationaland regional planning policies for competitivetransport systems.DurationStart ....................................................... 10/2002End ......................................................... 12/2005Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................4,363,150.00thereof ERDF ...................................2,400,000.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerRegione Emilia RomagnaViale Aldo Moro 3840127 BolognaITALYLead PartnerProject PartnerContact PersonMr. Rino RosiniTel +39 051 283831Fax +39 051 284144E-Mail rrosini@regione.emilia-romagna.it0 200 kmProject PartnersAustriaAustriapro, ViennaParadigma Unternehmensberatung GmbH, ViennaGreeceHellenic Institute of Transport, ThessalonikiTranseuropean Consultants for Transport, Develop. and Technology(TREDIT) S.A., ThessalonikiPort of Thessaloniki, ThessalonikiPort of Heraklion, HeraklionPort of Patras, PatrasPort of Igoumenitsa, IgoumenitsaPort of Alexandroupolis, AlexandroupolisItalyTeleporto Adriatico, VeniceInterporto Bologna, BolognaSloveniaPort of Koper, Koper84INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

I2E-INFOTECH TO EXTENDINFOrmation TECHnologies to EXTEND Regional Development(Please note that the project has been withdrawn)www.bice.at/content_engl/i2e.htmProject Descriptioni Dissemination of ICT know-how and enhance-The project promotes the implementation of theinformation society by fostering the direct involvementof the regional/local institutions to favourdiffusion of ICT services particularly in less advancedareas as well as in SMEs which are slower thanlarge enterprises to adopt ICT-innovative models(geographical and dimensional division).The three main activities of the project were:i Offering structured inputs to the regional/localadministrations in order to prepare their actionplans, processes and organisation for IS implementation,i Supporting the transnational co-operation ofSMEs driven by the adoption of the e-businessmodel,i Preparing innovative projects based on publicprivateco-operation in a transnational dimensionand suitable to attract investments andcreate new employment particularly in underdevelopedareas.Results and EffectsMain effects and results of the project are:i To enhance the role of the regional and localadministrations in the implementation of theinformation society by planning their actions,designing organisation structures and deployingsystematic procedures,i To support the economic development and coherenceof CADSES by promoting the transnationalco-operation of the SMEs through the creationof new virtual communities of enterpriseslocated in different CADSES countries and geographicalareas by enhancing the competitioncapabilities of the SMEs,i To enlarge the co-operation between the publicand private sectors by jointly developinginnovative projects for attracting investments,creating new valued jobs particularly in underdevelopedareas, stimulating the awareness ofICT advantages and improving managerial andtechnical skills,ment of skills by training managers and staff ofpublic administrations and enterprises,i Enhancement of the regional/local planningcapability in ICT by producing an action planmodel and a handbook on resources and organisationdesign for IS implementation,i Identification of and support to at least 15 B2Bco-operation cases among groups of SMEs andsupporting organisations encompassing severalCADSES countries,i Production of at least ten feasible projects, eligiblefor financing, rooted in public-private transnationalco-operation and based on innovativeideas for ICT usage in fields of common interestsuch as G2B and B2G,i Creation of an Information and AssistanceCentre in order to help local administrationsand SMEs operating in the seven participatingcountries with ICT services utilisation and withreceiving information on market entry and cooperationopportunities.DurationStart ....................................................... 01/2004End ......................................................... 12/2005Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,768,800.00thereof ERDF ......................................811,700.00I2E-INFOTECH fosters access of less advanced areas andSMEs to information technologiesEU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerFriuli Venezia Giulia RegionRegional Department for IndustryVia Trento 234132 TriesteITALYContact PersonDott. Daniela BelliTel +39 040 3772453Fax +39 040 3772463E-Mail industria@regione.fvg.itLead PartnerProject Partner0 200 kmProject PartnersCroatiaBICRO, ZagrebAustriaLand Steiermark, GrazWIBAG – Wirtschaftsservice Burgenland AG, EisenstadtGreeceUniversity of Patras, PatrasTedkna – Local Union of Municipalities Achaia County, PatrasANCE – Athens Network of Collaborating Experts, AthensHungarySouth Transdanubian Region – Regional Development Agency,KaposvárBay Zoltan Foundation for Applied Research, MiskolctapolcaItalyRegion Umbria, PerugiaConsorzio per l’AREA di Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica diTrieste, TriesteSviluppo Italia Friuli Venezia Giulia SpA (SI FVG), TriesteTI LAB – Telecom Italia Lab S.p.A. – Future Centre, MilanCEI - Central European Initiative, TriesteTRANSPORT & ITMEASURE 2.2SerbiaMPI - Mihailo Pupin Institute, BelgradeSloveniaTPL – Tehnoloski Park of Ljubljana, LjubljanaINTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK85

INDEINformation DEvelopmentwww.inde-network.orgProject Descriptioni The third work package contained actions re-The aim of the Information Development project(INDE) was to assist the candidate countries belongingto the CADSES area in developing instrumentsfor transnational co-operation and in findingout solutions for the problems related to theenlargement process.lated to the diffusion of e-networks in order todevelop competition, e.g. with www.interegionet.net,i The fourth work package aimed at promotingthe courses offered by the project partner 6,IAL, that organised traineeships and workshopsand supported the participants with specialtechnical assistance,i The final work package contained actions relatedto the dissemination of the information onthe enlargement process.TRANSPORT & ITMEASURE 2.2INDE partnership event in Vicenza, February 2006Co-operation is the key factor for the developmentof the CADSES area and helps to balanceeconomic and social disadvantages related to theenlargement process by creating new job opportunities.The main strategic objectives of the project were toidentify the requirements and conditions to spreadproductive clusters and local systems of SMEs inthe involved geographical area, to strengthen sustainabledevelopment, to co-operate between intermediaryinstitutions, to create SMEs assistancecentres through public-private partnerships with astrong territorial and/or sectoral scope providingbasic and specialised services to business, and todevelop methods of territorial and sectoral marketingfor promoting access to knowledge andexchange of products to be supplied to the informationsociety.The activities of the project were divided into fivework packages:i The first work package contained all the actionsconcerning the macro-economic analysis of theCADSES area,i The second work package aimed at establishinga technological infrastructure in order to improvethe collaboration and integration betweendifferent regions. One of the main actions ofthis work package was the creation of the www.cavirc.net platform,Results and EffectsOne of the tangible results at the end of the projectperiod will be a complete analysis of the macro-economicsituation in the CADSES area with aspecific description of the situation of each partnercountry. This analysis will provide informationon the infrastructure and show trends in theinternational productive integration as well as theinitiatives in economic co-operation between localproductive systems of the EU and the regions ofthe CADSES area. On the project website e-meetingsand video conferences will facilitate the dataexchange among the SMEs.INDE Final Conference, Island of San Servolo, June 2006DurationStart ....................................................... 09/2003End ......................................................... 06/2006Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,850,858.00thereof ERDF ......................................813,750.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerVeneto Union of the Chambers of CommerceDepartment EU PoliciesVia delle Industrie 19/D - Edificio Lybra30175 Venezia - MargheraITALYContact PersonMrs. Roberta LazzariTel +39 041 0999416Fax +39 041 0999303E-Mail europa@eurosportelloveneto.it0 200 kmProject PartnersAustriaMind Consult & Research, GrazCroatiaCroatian Chamber of Economy, ZagrebGreeceCenter of Euro-Mediterranean Regions for the Environment(KEPEMEP-MedRegio), AthensItalyVenice International University, VeniceSpecial Agency of Chamber of Commerce of Treviso, Lancenigodi VillorbaProvince of Vicenza, VicenzaService and Documentation Centre for International EconomicCooperation, GoriziaIAL of Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, PordenoneProvince of Trento, TrentoSerbiaRepublic Development Bureau, BelgradeSloveniaPublic Agency for Enterpreneurship and Foreign Investments,Ljubljana86INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

ISA -MAPHarmonisation of Regional Data Resources for cross-borderPlanningwww.isamap.infoProject Descriptioni Improved application of modern communica-Common harmonised and broadly accessible cartographyand data resources are lacking in the servicesector of public administration. Such commonresources have been elaborated and implementedin the framework of ISA-Map. They representthe basis for the preparation of the cross-borderplanning and information instruments (e.g. trafficplanning).The type of efficient and citizen-friendly accessto modern information and telecommunicationfacilities to be established by ISA-Map as well asthe services based on such facilities represent animportant prerequisite for economic and social development.Common and harmonised basic resources must bemade available to the actors of spatial developmentpolicy to allow an exchange of know-howand experience so as to ensure efficient and sustainableimplementation. The ISA-Map projectfocused on the following main objectives:i Better utilisation of modern communication facilitiesto improve access to the knowledge andinformation society for the purposes of integratedspatial development, especially in rural regionsor other disadvantaged regions,i Supporting regional and spatial developmentpolicy through modern information and communicationtechnology and corresponding servicefacilities provided by public administrationsat local, regional and national level,i Raising the awareness of ICT applications, alsoin the field of spatial development policy,i Harmonisation of educational and spatial policieswith a view to improving further developmentand networks between educational andresearch facilities and institutions involved in thetransfer of know-how and technology.tion facilities, also to support the production ofinformation to promote identity; better supportfor the regions through direct access (IT applications)to important information offered aftercomprehensive processing and, partially, transnationalharmonisation,i Improvement of regional development throughenhanced use of modern ICT for improving publicservices (also for remote areas and underdevelopedregions),i Improving the awareness of ICT applications,also in the field of spatial development policy,by providing extensive support to users on alllevels,i Improvement of compatibility and integrationof existing planning data resources and informationinstruments,i Creation of common web-based data resources(Geodata server),i Harmonisation of educational and spatial policieswith a view to improving further developmentand networks between educational andresearch facilities and institutions involved in thetransfer of know-how and technology,i Enhancement of transnational co-operation atthe administrative level (networking betweenauthorities) through preparation of commonspatial information and cross-border co-operationwith different institutions.DurationStart ....................................................... 04/2003End ......................................................... 09/2006Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,812,880.00thereof ERDF ......................................681,440.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerOffice of the Government of CarinthiaWulfengasse 139020 KlagenfurtAUSTRIAContact PersonDI Peter FercherTel +43 463 536 32002Fax +43 463 536 32007E-Mail post.abt20@ktn.gv.atProject PartnersItalyRegione Autonoma Friuli-Venezia Giulia, TriesteSloveniaMinistry of the Environment, Ljubljana0 200 kmTRANSPORT & ITMEASURE 2.2Results and EffectsISA-MAP achieved the following results:i Significant enhancement and regional/transnationalimplementation of spatial developmentpolicy using modern ICT technology; significantimprovement of the corresponding service facilitiesprovided by public administrations,INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK87

R.A.V.E. SpaceRaising Awareness of Values of Space through the Process ofEducationwww.rave-space.orgProject DescriptionThe topics of spatial planning and sustainable spatialdevelopment are only seldom considered in thecurricula of primary and secondary schools. Oneconsequence is a lack of knowledge of the generalpublic about spatial planning and the value ofspace. Citizens only rarely assume an active rolein discussions concerning spatial issues. However,spatial planning should be based on both expertdecisions as well as on public initiatives.The R.A.V.E. Space project deals with the problemof how topics of spatial relevance can be includedTRANSPORT & ITin the education process at primary and secondaryschools. It searches for new ways of education inthe field of spatial development and planning andsustainable land use as a contribution to raise awarenessand knowledge concerning the importanceof space. The project area comprehends nine partnersfrom five countries.Poster of the R.A.V.E. Space projectEU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject Partner0 200 kmMEASURE 2.2Results and EffectsOne component of the efforts by R.A.V.E. Space isthe analysis of the school curricula of the countriesinvolved in the project. The curricula are examinedand existing spatial-related contents are identified.The school subject most suited for teaching spatialtopics will be chosen (not necessarily the same inall countries) in order to implement the measures.Through the educational process pupils should developan understanding of the meaning of humanbeings as a transformer of space and the environment.They should learn about the importance ofspace in balancing development and protectionof land and national resources. Pupils should gainknowledge to enable them in the future to participatein decisions and discussions concerningspatial planning and development as responsiblecitizens.Planned, and already achieved, results of the projectare:i Training activities for teachers and pupilsi Preparation and distribution of teaching tools,such as books, videotapes and teacher handbooksin schools,i Transnational and national brochures and postersfor raising awareness,i Methodology for analysing spatial-related topicsin recent curricula in different school systems,i Educational strategies for teaching spatial planningtopics and the value of space in schools,i Development of a methodology enabling thestep-by-step integration of concepts of sustainablespatial development into the regular educationalprocess (curricula) of schools at Europeanlevel,i Preparation of a test summer camp for teachers ofgeography, social sciences and similar subjects.DurationStart ....................................................... 03/2005End ......................................................... 12/2007Budget (EUR)Lead PartnerMinistry of the Environment and Spatial PlanningSpatial Planning DirectorateDunajska cesta 211000 LjubljanaSLOVIAContact PersonMs Polona Demsar MitrovicTel +386 1 4787023Fax +386 1 4787010E-Mail polona.demsar-mitrovic@gov.siProject PartnersGreeceRegion of Ionian Islands, CorfuItalyCentral European Initiative, TriesteUniversity of Trieste, TriesteMontenegroBureau of Education of the Republic of Montenegro, PodgoricaPolandInnowacja Foundation, WarsawSloveniaUniversity of Ljubljana, LjubljanaScientific research centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciencesand Arts, LjubljanaLjubljana Urban Institute LUZ d.o.o., Ljubljanathrough co-operation with educational institutions,Total Budget ....................................1,743,000.00thereof ERDF ...................................1,171,000.0088INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

SEITCOSouth-Eastern European Information TelecommunicationCohesion InitiativeProject DescriptionResults and EffectsThe INA Academy has already been established asthe South Eastern European TelecommunicationsAcademy (SETA), which includes representativesfrom various public and private institutions in theICT sector.The INA Academy provided the institutional frameworkfor the coming together of all South-EasternEuropean countries on an equal basis to furtherdiscuss all relevant ICT issues (convergence toEU, usage of new/existing IC technologies such asspectrum management, etc.) and to receive specialisedsupport services in the form of studies, trainingseminars, working groups, round tables, etc.Through this project, training activities have takenplace in ICT hot issues as Spectrum Management,Universal Service, Tariff Regulation, 3G technolo-Presentation at the INA AcademyThrough the existing institutional structure thisproject promoted support services and training tothe regulatory institutions in the involved South-Eastern European partners in order to establish aunified and coherent method of acting, thinkingand policymaking on information and communicationtechnologies in the region and thus establishconcrete benefits for telecom operators, customersand government regulators.gies, electronic Security and ICT Benchmarking.SEITCO has also contributed to the Stability PacteSEEurope Initiative work in developing the informationsociety in South-Eastern Europe and ispreparing specialised reports for all the countriesof the region.DurationStart ....................................................... 11/2003End ......................................................... 10/2005Budget (EUR)Total Budget .......................................285,000.00thereof ERDF ......................................160,000.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerINA AcademyICT Org. Support for Southeastern Europe Department9th km Thessaloniki - Thermi PO 6008057001 ThessalonikiGREECEContact PersonDr. Pantelis AngelidisTel +30 2310 489386Fax +30 2310 489387E-Mail seta@inatelecom.org0 200 kmTRANSPORT & ITMEASURE 2.2Project PartnersAlbaniaTelecommunications Regulatory Authority, TiranaBulgariaCommunications Regulation Commission, SofiaItalyPolitecnico di Milano, MilanSerbiaICT Forum of Serbia and Montenegro, Novi BeogradSEITCO‘s objective: improvement of the offer of servicesand training in the field of telecommunicationINTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK89

TELEACCESSCreation of Telecenters to Support Learning, Entrepreneurship andAccess to IS in Isolated Areaswww.teleaccess.orgProject DescriptionResults and EffectsTRANSPORT & ITMore than 14 million households in remote areasof Europe have difficulties in accessing informationand communication technologies (ICTs). Particularlyin rural regions tele-density is low comparedto urban centres. Despite many programmes focusingon this issue, the so-called digital divide isever increasing. Until now transfer rates tend to belower in rural areas which limits the introduction ofadvanced services, like e-Health and e-Learning, aswell as organisational development. The provisionof broadband connections through telecentres inremote areas can help to solve this problem.The implementation of the project is based on theanalysis of user needs, costs and benefits of technologicaloptions, compatibility with national strategies,and on identified best practices. The TELE-ACCESS project should enable project partners toformulate a detailed plan of how the participatingregions could overcome their problems regardingaccess to the information society. It aims at developingthe competitiveness of the regions andimproving integration of new EU Member States.The expected main results of TELEACCESS are:i Demonstration how remote rural communitiesin the participating regions can tackle the digitaldivide through advanced broadband telecommunications,i Evaluation of the current situation of the telecentres,i Evaluation of the needs for each participatingEU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject Partner0 200 kmMEASURE 2.2TELEACCESS kick-off meeting at RACTI premisesProject partners of TELEACCESS come from regionswith shared past experiences concerning ICTand spatial development issues. Aim of the projectis to foster the digital culture among rural citizensto enable remote areas the access to the informationsociety. For this, existing local establishmentsare converted into pilot telecentres. These shouldfunction as a hub to provide the local labour forceand citizens of all ages with faster access to theInternet. Target groups and beneficiaries of theproject are all citizens of the participating regionsas well as regional and local authorities, includingmunicipalities, prefectures and other local institutions,such as schools and libraries.territory,i Creation of a customised methodology andscenarios for the pilot establishment of telecentres,i Development of IT services tailored to the needsof local users,i Creation of a permanent network for the projectpartners.DurationStart ....................................................... 01/2006End ......................................................... 06/2008Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,424,500.00thereof ERDF ......................................777,750.00Lead PartnerResearch Academic Computer Technology InstituteTelematics CenterN.Kazantzaki Str., Patras University26 500 PatrasGREECEContact PersonAssociate Professor John GarofalakisTel +30 2610 960430Fax +30 2610 960477E-Mail garofala@cti.grProject PartnersBulgariaRecreation and Development Union, HaskovoCroatiaCentral State Administrative Office for E-Croatia, ZagrebGermanyTechnical University Dresden, DresdenGreeceMunicipality Council of Alonissos, PatitiriMunicipality Ofdymi, Kato AchaiaEllinogermaniki Agogi, ChalandriItalyDepartment for Regional Affairs of Italian Presidency Council,RomeRegion of Umbria, PerugiaSviluppo Marche, AnconaPolandProgress and Business Foundation, Krakow90INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

TELMITransnational European Labour Market Integrationthrough Information Technologieswww.telmieurope.orgProject DescriptionRecognition of the freedom of movement forworkers and employees within the EU also entailsthat the foundations for better mobility of EU andnon-EU citizens have to be laid, especially after EUenlargement. Some recent surveys point out howa lack of appropriate information can cause an unevendistribution of immigrants among EU countries.Here Public Employment Services (PES) haveto work together with other actors responsible forterritorial development to improve the quality oftheir services and to guarantee an optimised distributionof the labour force. New information technologiescould play a decisive role in this process.The TELMI project aims at tackling the problems ofterritorial disparities among old and new EU MemberStates, focusing on the labour market. It aimsat setting up PES which should provide job-matchingmeasures with new information and communicationtechnologies (ICT). The project originatesfrom the critical needs that the regions arefacing highlighted by the participating institutionsled by the Lombardy region. PES are particularlyimportant for regions where the social implicationson sustainability, workforce mobility and equal opportunitiesplay a strategic role. The TELMI projectis based on the activities carried out by the LeadPartner, which implemented the PES Model Borsa-LavoroLombardia. The project is intended to buildup similar systems in the partner regions. In addition,an extension to a broader network of usercategories is planned.Results and EffectsThe main activities and results of the project are labourmarket analyses, benchmarking of job-matchingbest practices, networking of actors, transferof the adapted BorsaLavoro model to the projectcountries, training of operators, interoperabilitybetween local system and a web portal. The jobseekers will be provided with job-matching servicesin their region, which is connected to an interregionalsearch tool.The project fosters the use of ICTs providing efficientservices and gives people living far from urbancentres the opportunity to access the most recentlabour market information.TELMI will improve the networking of employmentagencies in partner regions. A new modelof integrated services targeted to each territoryaccording to its specific aspects will be defined. Byorganising training activities the competences oflocal actors should be enhanced. Moreover, TEL-MI promotes the harmonisation of labour and trainingsystems, leading to EU and non-EU MemberStates’ integration in the CADSES area.DurationStart ....................................................... 04/2006End ......................................................... 08/2008Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,359,960.00thereof ERDF ......................................707,500.00One objective of TELMI is to improve publicemployment servicesEU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerRegional Employment AgencyVia Cardano 1020124 MilanITALYLead PartnerProject PartnerContact PersonDr. Massimo GiupponiTel +39 02 66743245Fax +39 02 66984652E-Mail massimo.giupponi@agenzialavorolombardia.it0 200 kmProject PartnersBulgariaAssociation of Small and Medium Business Region Sofia, SofiaNational Association of Small and Medium-Sized Business,SofiaHungaryBudapest Chamber of Commerce and Industry, BudapestItalian Chamber of Commerce of Hungary, BudapestItalyTXT E-solutions, MilanInnet srl, Reggio EmiliaPolandUniversity College of Technology and Business, WarsawRomaniaAgency for Community Development, BucharestTRANSPORT & ITMEASURE 2.2INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK91

TRANs-ITTransfer Regional Activities in Networks for Business Developmentand Wellness-Tourism supported by Information Technologieswww.transit-eu.netProject DescriptionResults and EffectsTRANSPORT & ITMEASURE 2.2Better access to modern information and communicationtechnology and services is a prerequisitefor an integrated development of the smaller,rural-dominated regions of Burgenlandkreis (DE),Burgenland (AT), Hajdu-Bihar (HU) and SouthMoravia (CZ), and for linking into the global economy.In the framework of the established trans-European network of partner regions with similarprofiles, the TRANs-IT project contributed to thisobjective by raising awareness of IT applicationsand by supporting local and regional actors in makinguse of these opportunities.TRANs-IT joined the participating regions in solvingthe problems through a transfer of knowledge,changing the experiences and applicationof methodologies and its implementations, i.e.pilot projects.The two specific objectives were:1) implementation of an innovative, web-baseddevelopment and commercialisation of TechnologyParks and Business Sites for innovative newlocations for businesses, and2) the more efficient promotion of newly developedwellness offers through a common Internetplatform.Obtained outcomes were:i Preparation of a baseline analysis for TechnologyParks (TP) and Business Sites (BS),i Elaboration of a Regional Business Survey (RBS),i Draft guidelines on quality management of TPand BS,i Internet presentation of the finished project(www.transit-eu.net),i Issuance of a project newsletter twice a year,i Joint Internet platform to ensure communicationamong all project partners,i At least one new innovative wellness product incombination with offers for learning supportedby ICT (event learning, etc.) per partner region,i Elaborated guidelines on quality, seal of qualityfor new wellness offers in all partner regions,i Feasibility study for hotels as a regional centreof wellness in a trans-European context (oneper region).EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerBurgenlandkreisSchönburger Straße 4106618 NaumburgGERMANYContact PersonMr. Thomas BöhmTel +49 3445 730Fax +49 3445 731199E-Mail wirtschaftsamt@blk.deProject PartnersLead PartnerProject Partner0 200 kmTRANs-IT links information technologies and wellnesstourismDurationStart ....................................................... 01/2004End ......................................................... 06/2006Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,406,883.00thereof ERDF ......................................890,124.00AustriaDANUBE – European Training, Research & Technology, ViennaBusiness and Innovation Centre – BIC Burgenland GmbH,EisenstadtBurgenland, EisenstadtCzech RepublicEurovision LTD, BrnoGermanyInstitute for Structural Policy and Economic Development,HalleZSG Zeitzer Standortgesellschaft mbH, TröglitzKurbetriebsgesellschaft Bad Kösen, Bad KösenMinistry for Building and Transport of Saxony-Anhalt, MagdeburgHungaryEuro-Region House Public Benefit Company, DebrecenDebrecen Regional and Innovation Industrial Park Ltd.,DebrecenThermal and Medicinal Bath Company Ltd., Debrecen92INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

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PRIORITY 3NATURAL & CULTURAL HERITAGEPROMOTION AND MANAGEMENT OF LANDSCAPE,NATURAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGEThis priority is especially oriented towards the valorisation of spatial values, both natural and cultural. According to theESDP principles, economic growth and social cohesion are based on the promotion and responsible management of spatialheritages here. Local authorities as well as sectoral competences are involved in this priority. With respect to this aim, co-ordinatedtransnational interventions aimed at creating „cultural (tourist) routes“ and other activities are supported. Commonmanagement methods to improve the level of knowledge on cultural heritage conditions, protection levels and risk exposurewill be developed.Cultural and natural heritage of importance to the whole area should be identified, and networking and marketing of naturaland cultural landscapes to be promoted. The programme aims also at a better integration of cultural and natural heritageprotection and enhancement issues into relevant sectoral policies.Three areas of intervention are foreseen:Measure 3.1Protecting and developing cultural heritageThis measure aims at developing and implementing transnational projects focussing on cultural heritage as a regional development asset andat developing mechanisms and tools which improve the effectiveness of cultural heritage protection policy against every kind of risk throughthe adoption of common methodologies.Measure 3.2Protecting and developing natural heritageThe major objectives of this measure are development and implementation of transnational projects focussing on natural heritage as aregional development asset.Measure 3.3Protecting and developing landscapeThis measure deals with development and implementation of transnational projects aimed at integrated landscape issues in spatial planningpolicies and territorial actions.INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK95

ARCHEOSITESspAtial integRated enhanCement of arcHaEOlogical SITESwww.archeosites.infoProject Descriptioni Experimentation on the field of new archaeolo-CADSES is rich in its archaeological heritage. In theARCHEOSITES project cultural resources are considereda key element for territorial developmentand a crucial factor for the elaboration of commonspatial development strategies. The main objectiveis to promote the introduction and diffusion of anintegrated approach within the policies for culturalheritage enhancement of CADSES. It correlates theenhancement of the archaeological resources withthe improvement of the connections between resourcesand territory and between the sites andthe local economy. This means both the developmentof extensive partnerships of the actors and amore effective integration of cultural developmentprogrammes within regional and local developmentstrategies and programmes. Moreover, a widerunderstanding of the large potential of culturalresources is necessary.gical approaches focused on archaeological sitemanagement and development via actions concerningrelevant archaeological areas (pilot projects:three in Italy, one in Germany and othersin Bosnia and Yugoslavia),i Enhancement and development of skilled humanresources (through training activities andstudy tours),i Increased awareness of specialists and the generalpublic about the potential cultural andeconomic value of archaeological resourcesthrough the development of communicationand information activities, such as a website,brochures, the ARCHEOSITES newsletter, infodays, conferences and exhibitions.EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject Partner0 200 kmNATURAL & CULTURAL HERITAGEMEASURE 3.1Finally, a better qualification of human resourcescan be envisaged to acquire the skills and knowhownecessary to manage integrated plans andprogrammes for the comprehensive managementof archaeological resources. Training activities andexchange of experiences therefore need to beconsidered fundamental for the outcome of theproject.Results and EffectsThe results that Archeosites aimed at were:i Improvement of methodologies for archaeologicalresources protection and enhancementthrough the elaboration and dissemination ofone study and three manuals (on the subjects ofmanagement, conservation and accessibility),i Development and reinforcement of specialisednetworks in the field of archaeological resourcesmanagement (one transnational network) andwider dissemination of best practices and experiences(through four thematic workshops),ARCHEOSITES promotes the archeological heritage ofthe CADSES regionDurationStart ....................................................... 01/2003End ......................................................... 06/2006Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,380,794.00thereof ERDF ......................................700,000.00Lead PartnerMolise Region, Environmental Heritage UnitServizio Beni AmbientaliViale Elena86100 CampobassoITALYContact PersonMr. Francesco Manfredi SelvaggiTel +39 0874 429076Fax +39 0874 429234E-Mail archeosites@regione.molise.itProject PartnersBosnia and HerzegovinaCommission to Preserve National Monuments, SarajevoGermanyState Service for Heritage Management in Brandenburg andArchaeological State Museum, WünsdorfItalyMarche Region, AnconaUmbria Region, PerugiaFederculture, RomeMontenegroRegional Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage,KotorRomaniaURBANPROIECT, BucharestSloveniaClaustra Alpium Iuliarum - CAI, Velike lašce96INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

CHIRONCultural Heritage promotion for Identity of Regions:Observatory and Networking for Cultural Tourismwww.chiron-project.netProject Descriptioni Attraction of more tourists to the areas and ex-Recently cultural tourism has become a promisingeconomic factor and a growing sector of the tourismindustry. Destinations with a cultural tourismpotential might profit from enhancing the tourisminfrastructure in various ways: Cultural tourismcontributes to shaping regional identities, itstrengthens local economies and it has a positiveinfluence on employment opportunities.tension of the tourism period,i Creation of employment opportunities in thefield of cultural tourism,i Improvement to the product „tourism“ bycombining traditional and alternative forms oftourism,i Identification and assessment of cultural heritageassets,i Preservation, protection and restoration of cul-All partner regions of the CHIRON project fromGreece, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, Germany, Bulgariaand Ukraine have a rich cultural heritage anda cultural tourism potential which need further development,promotion and marketing. Moreover,the institutions and infrastructure of the projectareas need enhancement to facilitate cultural tourism.Here in particular transnational co-operationand networking which mobilises, links and co-ordinatesrelevant stakeholders would be helpful.Results and EffectsBy protecting and preserving cultural heritage assetsand improving tourism services more visitorswould be attracted to the areas. In addition, thetourism period should be extended. Based on acommon transnational approach the cultural tourismpotential of the regional and urban areas involvedin the project should be developed and pilotdemonstrations on protection and preservationof cultural heritage will be implemented.The project’s main general aims and effects are:i Protection and preservation of cultural heritageassets,Meeting of the CHIRON project in Volos, June 2006tural heritage,i Development and implementation of promotionand location marketing strategies,i Preparation of a strategic spatial plan for the developmentand promotion of cultural tourism,i Establishment and operation of visitor informationcentres,i Signing of cultural heritage assets and attractions,i Exchange of experience and networking, developmentand application of common methodologies,i Participation in tourism exhibitions,i Press and media events; involvement of stakeholders,i Dissemination, publicity and legacy in the formof a permanent network and observatory.DurationStart ....................................................... 03/2006End ......................................................... 08/2008Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,480,760.00thereof ERDF ......................................960,570.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerSocial and Cultural Council of Prefecture of MagnesiaAntonopoulou 18138221 VolosGREECEContact PersonMr. Director Dimitrios ApostolouTel +30 242 1071950-1Fax +30 242 1071950-1E-Mail ekpol@hol.gr0 200 kmProject PartnersBulgariaBulgarian Association of Tourism Development Funds, SofiaGermanyDKM-Consulting GmbH, SassnitzGreeceMunicipal Enterprise for Projects, Planning and Developmentof Municipality of Agria, AgriaHungaryLocal Government of Szentgotthard, SzentgotthardSelf-Governing Association Regional Development, SzentgotthardPolandBielsko-Biala Regional Development Agency, Bielsko-BialaBielsko-Biala “Tourism, Enterprise and Local DevelopmentCentre”, Bielsko-BialaNATURAL & CULTURAL HERITAGEMEASURE 3.1SlovakiaMuseum of Povaske, ZilinaUkraineCarpathian Tourist Board, Ivano-FrankivskINTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK97

Development of a Sustainable TourismDevelopment of a Sustainable Tourismwww.sustourism.netProject DescriptionResults and EffectsThe regions involved in the project, which are Italy,Greece, Poland, Hungary and Romania, face thesame problems of the depopulation trend and highunemployment rates. However, the villages of theparticipating regions are also characterised by arich natural, architectural and cultural heritagewhich has so far not been exploited to its fullestpotential.The underlying reasons include the lack of infrastructure,a lack of well-organised promotioncampaigns for the areas and, above all, the lackof young people involved in local traditions and inthe production of typical regional products.The project has created jobs, particularly for youngpeople, in the field of sustainable tourism and inrelated sectors like agriculture, restoration, or regionalhandicrafts. The establishment of new jobshas helped lessen the depopulation trend. Amongothers, the new professional profile of a „TourismManager“ was developed and education schemeswere introduced. Moreover, in the involved regionsawareness of preserving the environment andcultural heritage has been raised by campaigns inschools. Feasibility studies for investments havebeen conducted and small-scale investments,mostly restoration measures of historic buildings,have been made.Particular attention has been paid to sending informationto immigrants belonging to the ItalianNATURAL & CULTURAL HERITAGEMEASURE 3.1Barrea Lake, Abruzzo (Italy)Another problem is the dilapidation of architecturalmonuments meaning a loss of typical regionalfeatures, which are a basic constituent of the varietyof European culture.One way to reverse such trends is to create jobs inthe tourism sector of the areas concerned. Tourismrepresents an enormous source of wealth that hasas yet not been exploited adequately. The projecttargets villages located within or close to regionalor national parks. Target areas have been chosento also represent a suitable sample of other Europeanregions with similar problems so that theproject results can be applied to them too. Thetransnational approach of the project provides theopportunity to profit from experiences gained inthe otherwise separated territories participating inthe project.and Greek communities abroad who spend theirholidays in their home countries and who cantransfer their traditions to the new generations,which would otherwise be totally lost.An interactive website has been set up and is capableof including other interested institutions andlocal authorities in the whole CADSES area.DurationStart ....................................................... 01/2003End ......................................................... 06/2006Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................3,545,000.00thereof ERDF ...................................2,022,500.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerRegione AbruzzoServizio Attivitá InternazionaliPiazza S. Silvestro – Pal. Branconi67100 L’AquilaITALYLead PartnerProject PartnerContact PersonDr. Ritta GaldiTel +39 0862 364257Fax +39 0862 364218E-Mail rita.galdi@regione.abruzzo.it0 200 kmProject PartnersGreeceRegion of Central Macedonia, ThessalonikiUnion of Local Authorities of Kilkis Prefecture, KilkisHungaryUniversity of Szeged, HodmezovasarhelyPolandSwietokrzyskie Centre of the Foundation in Support of LocalDemocracy, KielceRomaniaAsociatia Femeilor din Romania, BucharestMorricana Waterfall on Monti della Laga (Italy)98INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

ESTEuropean Places of the Spiritwww.sviluppumbria.it/html/mainprog.htmProject Descriptioni Definition of a common planning approach forThe project’s main objective is the creation of aEuropean network of areas and regions that arerich in spiritual and cultural traditions and heritage.The network will link areas in Umbria (Italy), a regionknown as the „Land of Saints“ for its stunningreligious heritage, Marche (Italy), whose concentrationof „sacred places“ is one of the highestin the country and where there is one of the richestRomanic religious heritage in Europe, the North-Eastern region (Romania), a region famous for thepainted monasteries of Bucovina dating back tothe XV-XVI century and Thessalia (Greece), wherein the XIV century the famous meteorisa monastiria(„hanging monasteries“) were built.The project develops activities to achieve two mainobjectives.First of all, a cornerstone of regional and nationalidentity is awareness-raising among the localpopulations about their own cultural heritage.Through informational activities this aim should beachieved.Secondly, qualified tourist flows should be attractedto the regions involved through the creationof „packages“ focused on the spiritual and culturalaspects of these areas of Europe. The regionsare linked by a thematic network called „EuropeanPlaces of the Spirit“. The network, supported by ITinstruments, will be able to offer tourists lookingfor a spiritual destination with all information necessary,along with the links to the partner countriesthat could offer similar travel experiences.Results and EffectsThe expected results of the project are:i Eight studies at cultural and tourism level,i Four marketing research studies and four SWOTanalyses, one best practice study,the management of the areas and definition ofa common marketing strategy document,i Organisation of 20 local workshops and eventsto involve partnerships in the areas,i Involvement and transfer of the model of managementto a broad partnership of local institutionsand operators,i Creation of a database with all the necessaryinformation on the areas identified as „Placesof the Spirit“,i Development of a complex software applicationsupporting the IT link and the website of theproject,i Distribution of 800 copies of the information onCD-ROM in four languages,i Distribution of 5,500 copies of the final colourpublication in four languages,i Organisation of four transnational meetings ofpartners,i Organisation of a presentation seminar in eachpartner country, including a final event, followedby the publication of the abstracts,i Definition of a common identity logo.Perugia in Umbria, one of the regions participating inthe EST projectDurationStart ....................................................... 01/2004End ......................................................... 07/2006Budget (EUR)EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerRegion of UmbriaDirection for Cultural ActivitiesVia Mario Angeloni 8106128 PerugiaITALYLead PartnerProject PartnerContact PersonMr. Ciro BecchettiTel +39 075 045190Fax +39 075 5045110E-Mail cbecchetti@regione.umbria.it0 200 kmProject PartnersGreeceDevelopment Company of Magnesia, VolosPrefecture of Magnesia, VolosPrefecture of Trikala, TrikalaItalySviluppumbria- Development Company of the Region ofUmbria, PerugiaMountain Community of Valnerina, NorciaMunicipality of Spoleto, SpoletoRegion of Marche, AnconaRomaniaNorth-East Regional Development Agency, Piatra-NeamtNATURAL & CULTURAL HERITAGEMEASURE 3.1Total Budget ....................................1,484,155.63thereof ERDF ......................................842,777.39INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK99

GreenKeysUrban Green as a Key for Sustainable Citieswww.greenkeys-project.netProject DescriptionResults and EffectsNATURAL & CULTURAL HERITAGEMEASURE 3.1The problem of abandoned and devalued urbanareas is common among many European cities.The environmental, economic and social declinewhich these areas often experience requires rapidreconsideration and improvements. Urban greencan be one key factor for improving the quality oflife in cities as it has important functions, rangingfrom the ecological aspect of a better town climateto the social dimension of creating public space forlocal communities.An underused open space in Giulianova (Italy) is beingimproved to sustain the development of Giulianova‘sUrban Green StrategyGreenKeys focuses on the improvement of urbangreen spaces as a step to achieve more sustainablecities. The project arose from the results andnetwork of the research project URGE (www.urgeproject.ufz.de).The main objectives of GreenKeysare:i to develop together with the cities their „UrbanGreen Strategy“ setting out a collective visionfor improving green spaces which meet communityneeds andi to provide incentives for structural changes incities by offering possibilities for improvinggreen spaces.Together with local stakeholders the partner citieswill develop a strategic approach for pilot projectsto create new green areas or improve existing onesalong the lines of better accessibility, social andrecreational value and ecological efficiency. Involvinglocal actors should also increase the politicalattention paid to the benefits of green spaces inthe urban environment.GreenKeys will support the implementation andevaluation of pilot projects in order to develop a„Pool of Green Strategies“ (instruments, methods,concepts and good examples) based on partners‘experiences and applicable for all European citiesas a support for green space development andmanagement. Synergies will emerge through thetransfer of knowledge and experiences.In the course of the project, feasibility studies willbe carried out to prepare for pilot project implementation,resulting in newly created or improvedgreen spaces of high quality. Moreover, each citywill formulate its „Urban Green Strategy“ whichwill be discussed with the local stakeholders. Thisstrategy includes a collective action plan aimedat policy and institutional reforms for boostingthe relevance of urban green space and which iscoupled to a general urban development strategy.A manual covering problem approaches andplanning processes will be published and widelydistributed. Recommendations for a Europeangreen policy in order to develop community strategies,instruments and standards for the balanceddevelopment of urban spaces will be formulated,discussed and submitted.The GreenKeys website contains all important informationon the current stages of the project. Itoffers various possibilities for interactive collaborationwith the project: an electronic glossary ensuresthe consistent use of technical terms; an e-library offers various texts on green space planningand related subjects; a collection of good practicesand a calendar with congresses, exhibitions andworkshops support the sharing of knowledge andexperiences.DurationStart ....................................................... 05/2005End ......................................................... 04/2008Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................2,388,881.48thereof ERDF ...................................1,663,796.23EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerCity of DresdenUrban Green & Waste Management OfficeComeniusstraße 10101309 DresdenGERMANYContact PersonMr. Detlef ThielTel +49 351 4887140Fax +49 351 4887103E-Mail gruenflaechenamt@dresden.de0 200 kmProject PartnersBulgaria: Union of Parks & Landscape Specialists in Bulgaria(UPLSB), Sofia / Municipality of Kotel, Kotel / Municipality ofSofia, SofiaGermany: Leibniz Institute of Ecological and Regional Development(IOER), Dresden / Municipality of Leipzig, Leipzig /Centre of Environmental Research (UFZ), Leipzig / GermanAssociation for Housing Urban and Spatial Development,BerlinGreece: Municipality of Halandri, Halandri / Municipality ofVolos, Volos / Municipality of Xanthi, Xanthi / University ofThessaly, VolosHungary: Józsefváros Rehabilitation and Urban DevelopmentCo., Budapest / Geographical Research Institute (GRI HAS),BudapestItaly: Municipality of Giulianova, Giulianova / Technical Universityof Marche, AnconaPoland: Municipality of Bydgoszcz, Bydgoszcz / Municipalityof Sanok, SanokSlovenia: Municipality of Nova Gorica, Nova Gorica / UrbanPlanning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia (UPIRS),Ljubljana100INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

HERITAGE ALIVE!Leveraging the Value of World Heritage Sites in the Regions for theBenefit of Allwww.heritagealive.euProject DescriptionWorld Heritage Sites are important promoters ofregional development, both economically, as theyattract tourism, and socially, as cornerstones ofregional identity. However, it is often difficult forsites with a World Heritage status to convey theabstract and complex concept of World Heritageto their local communities or to visitors and tourists.This can often be traced back to a lack of novelapproaches to unlock the wealth of knowledgeencased in cultural heritage resources.Most approaches to convey the stories of WorldHeritage sites have utilised new media and technologiesin a static top-down fashion. This leaveslittle room for active community participation.In contrast to these conventional methods HE-RITAGE ALIVE! seeks to engage citizens and visitorsactively in a cultural dialogue to increasetheir awareness and understanding of the sharedheritage and regional identity. The bottom-up approachinvolves all actors, including stakeholdersfrom the tourism sector, regional development andspatial planning agencies, local communities andlocal industries (such as handcrafts) as well as educationaland youth organisations.of partners from EU Member States and Non-EUMember States to better utilise the regions’ WorldHeritage status to stimulate economic prosperity,to strengthen social cohesion and to promote regionalidentity.Results and EffectsThe planned results of the project are, amongstothers:i Establishment „Good Practice Guidelines“ forWorld Heritage Sites and tourism providers,i Development of policy recommendations andfuture scenarios for regional development andspatial planning,i Maximise the transfer of results with demonstrationsat target group specific events andconducting a feasibility study for future investments,i Virtual Tourist Guide to unlock both the regionalheritage and the economy for tourists,i Learning Quests to raise the cultural awarenessof the local population, and in particular theyoung, in an adventure-like environment,i Establishment of a network by bringing togetherdiverse groups of regional sectors - tourism,cultural heritage, education, youth organisations,regional and spatial planning and ICTindustries,i Strengthening cultural awareness and regionalidentity through the active involvement of thelocal community and visitors,i Utilisation of the potential of new media andtechnologies,i Promotion of regional economies by developingapplications that stimulate cultural tourism andintegrate local industries and handcrafts.EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerSalzburg Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbHInformation Society ResearchJakob-Haringer-Strasse 5/III5020 SalzburgAUSTRIAContact PersonMr. John PereiraTel +43 662 2288 247Fax +43 662 2288 222E-Mail john.pereira@salzburgresearch.at0 200 kmProject PartnersAustriaDepartment for the Preservation of the Historical City Salzburg,SalzburgBulgariaCentre for Economic and Social Analyses and Strategies,KardjaliMunicipality of Kardjali, KardjaliGreeceRegion of Ionian Islands, CorfuNATURAL & CULTURAL HERITAGEMEASURE 3.1World heritage site of Urbino (Italy)HERITAGE ALIVE! comprises a network of WorldHeritage sites in urban environments in theCADSES area; in some of these sites, city districtshave World Heritage status, and in other sitesonly certain monuments. The project also includessites which have applied for World Heritage status(Corfu/Ionian Islands, Perperikon/Kardjali). HERI-TAGE ALIVE! will establish a transregional networkDurationStart ....................................................... 04/2006End ......................................................... 03/2008Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,057,091.00thereof ERDF ......................................508,667.50HungaryMunicipality of Hollóko, HollókoItalyMunicipality of Urbino, UrbinoPolandAdministrative District of Gorlice, GorliceRomaniaMioritics Association, ConstantzaINTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK101

HERITOURCultural Thematic Route Development in Rural Areaswww.heritour.comProject DescriptionParticularly rural areas which are not yet characterisedby famous cultural attractions remainuntouched by flows of tourist. Nevertheless theseareas also preserve the cultural heritage of regionsand frequently have a great potential for tourismdevelopment.HERITOUR‘s main objective is the protection, thematicorganisation and promotion of local culturalheritage in remote, rural, mountainous and borderareas. For this reason, the project intends to establishregional and transnational cultural routes.Promoting tourism should stimulate the economyand create new employment opportunities.The project partners of HERITOUR come from sixcountries and include institutions involved in tradeand tourism as well as research and governmentalinstitutions.Taking into consideration the rural nature of thetarget areas and that the routes are mainly set upin villages the cultural routes will be linked to atown of each region in order to attract tourists arrivingthere and encourage them to visit the vicinityand the rural areas.At the end of 2007 the project results will be ondisplay in the Hungarian National Museum.The implementation of marketing tools will besuggested by a transnational marketing strategy.After project finalisation the thematic routes willbe offered to tourists through common marketingtools. The long-term effects of the project shouldbe the strengthening of regional identities andknowledge regarding regional culture, transnationalco-operation of participating regions and newemployment opportunities in tourism to reducethe migration away from rural areas.EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject Partner0 200 kmNATURAL & CULTURAL HERITAGEMEASURE 3.1Results and EffectsAs a result of the project the local cultural heritageof the participating regions will be assessed anda methodology, feasibility studies and marketingstrategies concerning thematic cultural routes willbe developed. As the attractions of the target regionshave a rather local dimension, several thematicroutes (approx. 4-5, for example: religious, industrial,handcrafts, etc.) will be developed in eachregion. The routes focus on the involved partner’ssimilarities in a broader sense in order to also createtransnational thematic routes.DurationStart ....................................................... 07/2005End ......................................................... 12/2007Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................2,205,600.00thereof ERDF ...................................1,546,700.00Lead PartnerNew Atlantis Multipurpose Small-Regional Partnership ofLocal GovernmentsSzabadság tér 128400 AjkaHUNGARYContact PersonMs Tamara LencsésTel +36 30 445 1474Fax +36-88 200-710E-Mail lencses.tamara@heritour.comProject PartnersCzech RepublicMEPCO s.r.o., PragueGreeceEgnatia Epirus Foundation, IoanninaChamber of Commerce and Industry Serres, SerresRegional Company of Social and Tourism Development ofAithikon Municipality, Elati, Municipality of AithikonHungaryGödöllö and Vicinity Regional Tourism Association, GödölloJászság Multipurpose Small-Regional Partnership of LocalGovernments, JászberényHungarian National Museum, BudapestVeszprém Archbishopric, VeszprémItalyAgency for Euromediterran Cultural Heritage, LecceMinister for Regional Affairs of Italian Council Presidency,RomeRomaniaSapientia University, Miercurea-CiucLocal Government of Torockó, TorockóSlovakiaFoundation Mojmiír in Mojmirovce, Mojmirovce102INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

HERMESHeritage and New Media for Sustainable Regional Developmentwww.swkk.de/hermes/Project DescriptionThe HERMES project aims at promoting and supportingsustainable regional development by innovativeinteraction between cultural heritage andthe new electronic media. In particular, the projectintends to upgrade regional identity by improvingthe perception of heritage with the help ofnew media tools and to maintain historical sitesthrough new uses. All HERMES activities are basedon a completely new approach of interactionamong urban, cultural and media spaces.The following main activities will be carried out:i Transnational feasibility studies and pilot projectsas a basis for media promotion and tourismuse of common European Heritage Roots (AncientGreece, Byzantine culture, Romanesque/Gothic, Classical Period, Industrial Heritage, Deformationof European Cultures by Fascism andTotalitarianism, Modern/Bauhaus),i Promoting the attractiveness of cultural heritagesites by electronic means of presentationand communication,i Building up a CADSES heritage Internet radioprogramme, developing new tools for Internetlive streaming as well as presenting CADSES heritagemedia bridges (virtual cultural routes),i Providing CADSES-wide open educational andqualification offers for young experts and multipliers.Results and EffectsIn August 2004, the first HERMES summer coursebrought together young experts from the participatingregions working on „Cultural heritage andregional development“. The next summer schoolin August 2005 covered the topic „Heritage andNew Media“. In November 2004, the HERMESHeritage Internet Radio (HRN) started with itsfirst test broadcasts (www.heritageradio.net), withcontributions from the following radio stations:Radio Kraków, Bulgarian National Radio, CroatianRadio, Hungarian Radio, Slovak Radio and RadioLOTTE in Weimar.Supported by HERMES, in Weimar, Germany, anew media concept for the Wieland Museum Ossmanstedtwas developed. This museum opened itsdoors to the public on 25 June 2005.A virtual museum of the Argonauts and a new citymuseum is under construction in Volos, Greece.In March 2005, the only European heritage filmfestival presented 15 selected films from all overEurope in Toblach, Italy, as part of the HERMESproject (www.heritagefestival.it).The scientific framework, co-ordinated by theBauhaus University Weimar (www.uni-weimar.de/urbanistik), has started an international networkof specialists on „Culture, heritage and regionaldevelopment“. In June 2005, the first of four internationalsymposia were held in Ossmannstedt,Germany. Following the accession of the new EUMember States, HERMES successfully applied for aproject extension for the Polish partners.DurationStart ....................................................... 09/2003End ......................................................... 04/2007Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................2,214,274.84thereof ERDF ...................................1,345,118.63EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerFoundation Weimar Classic and Art CollectionsBurgplatz 499423 WeimarGERMANYContact PersonMr. Hellmut SeemanTel +49 3643 545127Fax +49 3643 545129E-Mail Interreg@swkk.de0 200 kmProject PartnersCroatiaCroatian Radio, ZagrebBulgariaNational Centre of Regional Development, SofiaNational Museum Boyana Church, SofiaBulgarian National Radio, SofiaGermanyFoundation for Promotion of Technology and InnovationThuringia STIFT, ErfurtGerman Association for Housing, Urban and Spatial Development,e.V., BerlinRegional Planning Association of Middle Thuringia, WeimarNATURAL & CULTURAL HERITAGEMEASURE 3.1HERMES links the promotion of cultural heritage withnew mediaGreeceMunicipal Enterprise for Urban Studies, Construction andDevelopment of Volos (DEMEKAV), VolosHungaryHungarian Radio, BudapestItalyCultural Centre Grandhotel Dobbiaco, DobbiacoMunicipality of Dobbiaco, DobbiacoPolandMalopolska Culture Institute MIK, KrakowEthnographic Museum Krakow, KrakowRadio Krakow, KrakowSlovakiaSlovakian Radio, BratislavaINTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK103

ITERItinerari Termaliwww.iter-cadses.it/Project DescriptionItaly, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Greeceshare a common cultural heritage: historic spas.Starting in the Ancient Greek and Roman times,these facilities were often built in areas where„the waters“ (hot springs or thermal pools) werethought to have healing properties. Throughouthistory spa towns became extremely importantboth from an artistic and cultural point of viewand are part of the cultural heritage. Nevertheless,very little has been done to protect what can beconsidered one of the most remarkable culturalensembles bringing together buildings, interiorsand parks or, in other words, an extraordinarycombination of archaeology, architecture, craftand landscape.Historical spas are of enormous architectural andcultural valueResults and EffectsThis project has achieved the following results andeffects:i Comparative analysis of cataloguing methodsand European legislation on spas,i Development of a specific entry for spas,i Development of a custom-made project data-NATURAL & CULTURAL HERITAGEMEASURE 3.1The main objective of ITER is the protectionof historical spasFurthermore, the health-oriented mass exploitationhas not been equally accompanied by a policyfor identification, knowledge, and protection ofthe concerned historic buildings, conservation areasand other aspects of the historic environment.base to be used for data collection on an extranetlinking all European partners,i Data collection and entry,i Photo gallery,i Project-coordinated image handbook (logo,format, colours, layout, etc. for project presentationsand materials),i GIS project (geographical information system)to localise all the spas on an e-map for accessover the Internet,i Dissemination (articles, brochures, seminars andworkshops),i Virtual exhibition on the history of spas in Europe(DVD and video),i Before the end of the project (June 2005), ananalysis of the economic relevance of spas andcase studies was conducted.DurationStart ....................................................... 01/2003End ......................................................... 06/2005Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,219,675.00thereof ERDF ......................................600,000.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerRegione Emilia-RomagnaIstituto Beni Artistici Culturali e NaturaliVia Galliera 2140121 BolognaITALYContact PersonMr. Alessandro ZucchiniTel +39 051 217411Fax +39 051 232599E-Mail alzucchini@regione.emilia-romagna.it0 200 kmProject PartnersAustriaAustrian Heritage Commission, ViennaBulgariaAssociation of Rhodope Municipalities, SmolyanGreeceRegion of Eastern Macedonia & Thrace, KomotiniHungaryHungarian Science and Technology Foundation, BudapestItalyRegione Veneto, VeniceRegione Autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia, TriesteAmitié srl, BolognaRomaniaNational Institute for Research and Development in Urbanand Regional Planning, Bucharest104INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

ROMERoman, Ancient Greek and Amber Routes, InnovativeMethodologies and Measures connecting Europewww.rome-interreg.netProject DescriptionResults and EffectsHistoric trade routes are important and visible artefactssignifying the connection of different countriesand civilisations. The routes can also act asa gateway to understand the common Europeanhistory.The ROME project aims at linking important historical,cultural and trade routes of the Romansalong the ancient roads with today’s life by promotingtourism and a sustainable cultural development.The project area involves regions fromCentral and Eastern Europe and is also connectedto the project „European Amber Road“.The most important aspect of the project is the useof advanced multimedia and e-learning technologiesthat allows regions which are located far fromone another but united in their cultural heritage toperform common actions and joint efforts to promotetheir cultural heritage.The project intends to make all levels of societymore aware of the value of ancient Roman roadsby developing them from merely physical linksbetween the regions to connecting threads of ashared European identity. They will be used asa sample that should demonstrate the value oftransnational co-operation. The study and applicationof innovative technologies to create 3D viewsof the most important historical and archaeologicalelements will be used to provide information tothe general public and to ensure proper planningand management of transformation work carriedout by government authorities.After identifying the old routes and collectingsuitable archaeological and territorial heritage fordevelopment, services for education and tourismwere improved. Particularly the intellectual andphysical access, e.g. for school classes or handicappedpeople, was enhanced.Moreover, various publications covering the culturalheritage of the project regions were created,such as the catalogue „Die Gemmen von Carnuntum“and a programme and publication especiallyfor children with „Julius Carnuntinus“, the mascotof the Archaeological Park Carnuntum, as the mainprotagonist. Within the project training seminarsfor tourism staff were organised and e-learningmodules were introduced. Methods for setting upand organising theme parks will be elaborated andthe creation of a foundation for the enhancementof old Roman routes is planned.DurationStart ....................................................... 01/2004End ......................................................... 06/2007Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................2,079,000.00thereof ERDF ...................................1,186,750.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject Partner0 200 kmLead PartnerRegione UmbriaDirezione Politiche Territoriali Ambiente ed InfrastruttureVia Mario Angeloni 6106124 PerugiaITALYContact PersonArch. Laura LombardiTel +39 075 5045942Fax +39 075 5045567E-Mail lauralombardi@regione.umbria.itProject PartnersAlbaniaNational Library of Albania, TiranaAustriaAustrian Federal Ministry for Economics and Labour, ViennaECO PLUS – Regional Development Agency of Lower AustriaGmbH, ViennaNÖ Kulturwirtschaft GmbH, St. PöltenOffice of the State Government of Burgenland, EisenstadtOffice of the State Government of Styria, GrazNATURAL & CULTURAL HERITAGEMEASURE 3.1GreeceRegion of East Macedonia and Thracia, KomotiniMunicipality of Patras, PatrasComputer Technology Institut, PatrasHungaryCity of Szombathely, SzombathelyItalyMarche Region, AnconaPuglia Region, BariTecnopolis CSATA s.c.r.l., ValenzanoSlovakiaMunicipality of Senica, SenicaINTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK105

ROMITRoman Itinerarieswww.romit.orgProject Descriptioni Development of a common European catalogueNATURAL & CULTURAL HERITAGEMEASURE 3.1The travelling public‘s growing interest in archaeologyis a typical example of what is often referredto as „motivation tourism“, a set of new marketsegments opposed to „generic tourism“.The main challenge of the ROMIT project is tofind new ways of preservation and managementfor Roman archaeological complexes to integratethem into local development policies. The aim is toprotect the heritage in an area embracing cities ofRoman origin situated in Emilia-Romagna, Bavariaand Western Greece, and also to create employmentand foster regional development through anintelligent enhancement of the cultural resources,with special benefits for the institutions, local actorsand populations of the involved territories.The ROMIT project covers two major lines of action:a thorough research action aimed at comparingthe management systems of the involvedsites, identifying their weaknesses, successes andpotentials, and drafting and testing transnationalpublic/public and public/private co-operation modelsfor the development planning of archaeologicalsites which facilitate their integration into theregional and local policies.Results and EffectsSome of the project’s results are:i Achievement of a common development modelfor archaeological sites, easily replicated andbased on transnational juridical and economicstudies and surveys,entry based on a transnational and multilingualinventory, selection and aggregation of informationand documentation on amphitheatres,arenas, buildings, roads, walls, etc. of Romanorigins, also including the lesser known or completelyunknown ones,i Design of a cultural route of the Roman archaeologicalsites via a website in charge of managingand marketing the cultural route,i Development of a website to promote and managea dedicated cultural route graphically basedon the Tabula Peutingeriana,i Design of a European observatory of travellersinterested in historic and cultural heritage,i Development of training materials for public officialsconcerned with urban/land development,cultural heritage managers, operators and thestaffs of tourism promotion agencies.DurationStart ....................................................... 01/2004End ......................................................... 06/2006Budget (EUR)Total Budget .......................................905,000.00thereof ERDF ......................................492,500.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerProvince of Rimini, Secretary of PresidentCorso d’Augusto 23147900 RiminiITALYContact PersonIng. Enzo FinocchiaroTel +39 0541 716307Fax +39 0541 59678E-Mail e.finocchiaro@provincia.rimini.it0 200 kmProject PartnersAustriaÖsterreichische Nationalbibliothek, ViennaBulgariaTechnical University of Sofia, SofiaGermanyUniversitaet Erlangen-Nuernberg, ErlangenGreecePatras Municipal Enterprise for Local Development, PatrasZEUS Consulting S.A., PatrasItalyMunicipality of Rimini, RiminiInstitute of Cultural and Natural Heritage of the Emilia-RomagnaRegion, BolognaEuropa Inform Consulting srl, Rimini106INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

TransromanicaTransnational Network and Itineraries of the Romanesquewww.transromanica.comProject DescriptionTRANSROMANICA is based on the idea of promotingthe integration process of a greater Europethrough our common cultural and historicalroots: Romanesque heritage. Long ago, between950 and 1250, for the first time in Europe, regionsand countries of distinct cultural identitieswere already developing a common style in artsand architecture. Using this cultural and historicalbasis TRANSROMANICA has formed a network offive partner regions. Through this Saxony-Anhalt,Thuringia, Carinthia, the Province of Modena andSlovenia are willing to merge their Romanesquepotential for a more sustainable development andmarketing at transnational level.Numerous pilot projects also play an importantrole in the visibility of the project in the differentregions. By the end of 2006 for example, a GPSguided system will be available in the Province ofModena informing visitors and guiding them fromone Romanesque site to another.Results and EffectsIn spring 2004, all five partner regions followeda commonly defined selection process and chosetheir five highlight candidates, a major componentin the transnational marketing project. They areeach accompanied by up to 20 neighbouring associatedsites.In a first step, TRANSROMANICA (2004-2005)aims at creating regional as well as cross-borderitineraries dedicated to the Romanesque art in Europeand building up a cultural tourism networkfor further sustainable tourist development.The 2nd part of the project (2005-2006) has beendevoted to promoting the TRANSROMANICA itinerariesby means of different promotional material(flyers, postcards, posters, etc.), a website anda press conference. The TRANSROMANICA congressdealing with best practice in maintenance,management, development and marketing of culturalheritage attracted to Magdeburg, Germany,more than 170 cultural tourism experts and representativesof sites from 11 European countries.Merseburg Cathedral, cryptThe next event „TRANSROMANICA Tourism Exchange“was held in September 2006 in Modena.It was the occasion for presenting TRANSROMA-NICA to specialised tour operators.The 25 highlighted sites and their representativesconvened at the first TRANSROMANICA meetingin Klagenfurt, Germany, in June 2004. At all 25highlighted sites TRANSROMANICA has conducteda visitor survey on motives, expectationsand activities of the typical Romanesque tourist(summer/autumn 2004). Data processing and analysisas well as interviews of tour operators havebeen conducted by Slovenian project partners.Strategic planning began in autumn 2004 and wascompleted with the edition of the TRANSROMA-NICA marketing plan. TRANSROMANICA is nowavailable on the Internet in four languages withmore information, downloads and contacts.The network of the Romanesque Routes of EuropeanHeritage applied within the Council ofEurope’s Cultural Routes Programme for recognitionas „European Cultural Route“ together withcurrent project partners as well as further countriesand regions from Western Europe and from widerCADSES area. An official decision concerning thegranting of this label will be published by the endof October 2006.DurationStart ....................................................... 11/2003End ......................................................... 10/2006Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................2,048,805.00thereof ERDF ...................................1,329,849.25EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerMinistry for Building and Traffic of Saxony-AnhaltTurmschanzenstr. 3039114 MagdeburgGERMANYContact PersonMr. Frank ThägerTel +49 391 5673501Fax +49 391 5677529E-Mail Thaeger@mbv.lsa-net.de0 200 kmProject PartnersAustriaUniversity of Klagenfurt, KlagenfurtChamber of Commerce Carinthia, KlagenfurtIndustriestiftungsinstitut eBusiness, KlagenfurtCarinthia Marketing GmbH, VeldenParadies Coach Tours GmbH, KlagenfurtGermanyMinistry of Economy and Labour of Federal Land Saxony-Anhalt,Magdeburgdwif-Consulting GmbH, German Economic Institute for TourismResearch, MagdeburgMinistry for Economy, Labour and Infrastructure of FederalLand Thuringia, ErfurtRegistered Charitable Society “New Monastery Ichtershausen”,IchtershausenThuringia Tourism GmbH, ErfurtState Marketing of Saxony-Anhalt, MagdeburgTourism Association of East Bavaria e.V., RegensburgBavaria Tourism Marketing GmbH, Munich„Open Churches“ Project Coordination Body of the EvangelicChurch of Saxony, MagdeburgItalyProvince of Modena, ModenaSloveniaInternational Tourist Institute at National Tourist Associationof Slovenia, LjubljanaNATURAL & CULTURAL HERITAGEMEASURE 3.1INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK107

VILLASVillas, Stately Homes and Castles: Compatible Use, Valorisationand Creative Managementwww.villas-eu.orgProject Descriptioni Availability of innovative instruments for car-Cultural heritage, preserved and managed in anappropriate way, can play a decisive role in spatialdevelopment. This is the focus of the VILLASproject.The project‘s main aims consist in improving andrevitalising the aesthetic and economic aspects ofarchitectural heritage by creating an evaluationmodel and defining a compatible, reusable strategytool according to the planning criteria andspatial policies of the CADSES area.rying out territorial and landscaped planning,such as evaluation tools, to assess the sustainabilityof re-use projects and the Villas Web GIScontaining relevant information and data relatedto villas, castles and manor houses,i Availability of more information in order to sustaindecisions inherent to intervention strategiesin the cultural heritage sector,i Co-operation with public and private potentialinvestors to define objectives and methods forthe re-use of the cultural heritage,i Availability of operative projects that, in fact, representthe basis for future investments,i Sharing (through seminars, conventions, Webpublications) with the community the objectivesof the heritage improvement actions,i Sharing an enhancement plan containing strategiesand measures to increase the value ofEuropean Cultural Heritage.EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject Partner0 200 kmNATURAL & CULTURAL HERITAGEMEASURE 3.1VILLAS conferenceIn the long term, the project is expected to have apositive effect on regional communities and economiesthrough the increase of knowledge, culturaltourism, investment possibilities, etc. and in abroader sense the amelioration of juridical instrumentsat national and European level.The possibilities of intercultural dialogue and themultidisciplinary approach of the topic will, on theone hand, achieve the relevant sustainable developmentrequirements, and, on the other hand,contribute to the support and stability of the area.DurationStart ....................................................... 01/2004End ......................................................... 06/2007Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................2,516,016.00thereof ERDF ...................................1,270,893.00Lead PartnerVeneto RegionCulture DepartmentPalazzo Sceriman, Cannaregio 16830121 VeniceITALYContact PersonMr. Angelo TabaroTel +39 041 2792689Fax +39 041 2792685E-Mail segr.cultura@regione.veneto.itProject PartnersAustriaOffice of the Government of Carinthia, KlagenfurtCroatiaUniversity of Zagreb, ZagrebFund for Regional Development of Republic of Croatia,ZagrebCounty of Zagreb, ZagrebCounty of Krapina-Zagorje, ZupanCounty of Varasdin, VarazdinCounty of Pozega-Slavonia, PozegaCounty of Koprivnika - Krizevci, KoprivnicaResults and EffectsObtained and expected outcomes are:i Increase of knowledge on the cultural heritageaccording to a transnational idea applied to avast area,i Exchange of information and methodologyamong the partners themselves and potentialinvestors, and consequent professional growthof the staff involved in the conservation andenhancement of the cultural heritage (scientificnetworking),VILLAS workshop in VeniceGreeceMunicipality of Corfu, CorfuItalyIRVV - Regional Institute of Villas of the Veneto Region,VeniceProvince of Campobasso, CampobassoUniversity of Ferrara, FerraraUniversity of Trieste, TriesteIBACN - Institute of Cultural Heritage of the Emilia RomagnaRegion, BolognaUmbria Region, Perugia108INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

GREEN BELTProtection and Valorisation of the Longest Habitat Systemin EuropeProject DescriptionBorders separate, nature unites: Along the former„Iron Curtain“, the longest European system ofhabitats has been preserved due to decades of inaccessibility.However, the location within borderareas did not only help to protect nature, but alsolimited the economic development of the adjacentregions.The vision of the GREEN BELT project is a pan-EuropeanGreen Belt network from the Arctic to theBlack Sea which is intended to become a model forother transnational networks in the field of protectionof the natural heritage as a cornerstone of regional,national and European identity. By aimingat the long-term protection of this unique naturalheritage, GREEN BELT will contribute to the implementationof NATURA 2000 and EU spatial policiessuch as the European Spatial DevelopmentProtocol (ESDP).Results and EffectsThe main result of the project will be a sustainabletransnational Green Belt network working towardsthe protection and valorisation of the longest habitatsystem in Europe. Within the framework ofMap of the European green belt in CADSESGREEN BELT aims at transforming the former „deathbelt“ into a green „life line“ by focusing on theuse of the natural potential of the project regionto foster a sustainable economic development ofthe area. GREEN BELT will implement pilot studieswith solution-oriented approaches in the fields oftraffic, tourism, regional marketing and education.The project also aims at improving the communicationamong the peoples once separated and atraising the awareness that nature protection canbe compatible with sustainable regional development.the project feasibility studies on „Gap analysis ofthe Green Belt“, „Sensitive traffic development“and „Involvement of the local population intoGreen Belt tourism“ will be conducted. Moreover,a new common corporate design of the Green Beltinitiative will be developed, including a website,printed material and a travelling exhibition in eightlanguages. The project will develop transnationaltourism marketing strategies, guidelines for localbranding and efforts in establishing a network ofproviders of eco-tourism services. This is complementedby Green Belt workshops for stakeholdersat local, regional and national level. Finally, pilotprojects will be implemented in selected areas onthe former borders, such as the sign-posting ofthematic bike trails and an adventure hiking trail.DurationStart ....................................................... 04/2006End ......................................................... 05/2008Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,203,979.00thereof ERDF ......................................734,460.50EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerAssociation for Rural Development in ThuringiaWeimarische Straße 29 b99099 ErfurtGERMANYContact PersonMr. Thomas SaupeTel +49 3693 84390Fax +49 3693 843914E-Mail T.Saupe@Thlg.de0 200 kmProject PartnersAustriaInstitute for Nature Conservation Austria in coop. with AustrianLeague for Nature Conservation, GrazAustrian League for Nature Conservation Burgenland, EisenstadtBulgariaETP Foundation, SofiaCroatiaState Institute for Nature Protection, ZagrebCzech RepublicAcademy of Sciences Czech Republic, Ceske BudejoviceOziveni-Bohemian Greenways, PragueHnuti Duha, Friends of the Earth Czech Republic, BrnoGermanyBUND - Friends of the Earth Germany, ErfurtUniversity of Applied Science Erfurt, ErfurtThuringian Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Conservation andEnvironment, ErfurtNATURAL & CULTURAL HERITAGEMEASURE 3.2HungaryHungarian Cyclist Club, BudapestCastanea - Society for Environmental Protection, SopronSlovakiaSlovak Environmental Agency, Banská BystricaRegional Environmental Centre for Central and EasternEurope, BratislavaSloveniaLogarska Dolina d.o.o., SolcavaNature Park Goricko, GradINTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK109

IPAMIPAM-Toolbox: Integrative Protected Area Management in theAlps-Adriatic-Regionwww.ipam.infoNATURAL & CULTURAL HERITAGEMEASURE 3.2Project DescriptionThe IPAM Toolbox project (Integrative ProtectedArea Management by Example of the Alps - AdriaticRegion) focuses on the evaluation, harmonisationand development of methods, instrumentsand infrastructures for planning and managingprotected areas.The individual tools are linked by specific interfacesto a systemic „Toolbox“, e.g. managingplans, monitoring systems, visitor management,conservation by contract. A broad theoreticaland transnational approach is complemented byregional pilot campaigns implemented in targetregions in Austria, Italy, Croatia, Slovenia and theCzech Republic. All partners contribute know-howto the discussion process. Different categories ofprotected sites are represented in the pilot campaigns.Specific attention is drawn to the Europeannetwork of Natura 2000, Ramsar sites and bothregional and national parks.Management of these sites has become a challengefor conservation as well as spatial planning andsustainable regional development, since protectedarea management is related to three dimensions:1. Spatial dimension (natural heritage, land-use regulations,spatial conflicts, monitoring, etc.)2. Socio-cultural dimension (acceptance, involvement,participation, traditions, etc.)3. Economic dimension (regional added value,marketing, sponsoring, subsidy systems, etc.)Integrating protected area management into thesectors concerned, e.g. spatial planning and regionaleconomy, will therefore be of great importance -and the responsible stakeholders and experts willbe involved.(altitude 0-4,000 m; coastal, terrestrial, aquaticand alpine systems, high diversity of regional economiesand administrative standards).Results and EffectsBased on a transnational database (inquiry, literature,experts), an Expert System will be developed:C.A.S. - Computer Aided System for identificationof problems, proposed instruments and tools andexamples of best practices. This Expert Systemgrants a broad group of users’ access to the knowhowof European experts from different sectors. Anextensive transnational transfer of know-how andexperiences is planned by means of workshops,conferences, excursions and the establishment ofvirtual teams via the project‘s homepage.The regional pilot campaigns focus on generating„visible results“ for the solution of concreteproblems. They involve regional initiatives andThe Alps in Sloveniaadministrative bodies, support local implementationand place emphasis on communication withregional stakeholders. This „bottom up“ approachensures that the broad spectrum of „practical“aspects is included in the general results at transnationallevel.EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerOffice of the Government of CarinthiaDept. 20 - Spatial PlanningWulfengasse 139020 KlagenfurtAUSTRIAContact PersonDI Peter FercherTel +43 463 536 32002Fax +43 463 536 32007E-Mail post.abt20@ktn.gv.at0 200 kmProject PartnersAustriaOffice of the Federal State Government of Styria, GrazCroatiaDepartment for Spatial Planning in Medimurje County,CakovecCzech RepublicAcademy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Ceske BudejoviceItalyRegional Directorate of Parks of Autonomous Region FriuliVenezia Giulia, UdineRegional Park of Colli Euganei, EsteSloveniaMinistry of the Environment, Spatial Planning and Energy ofthe Republic of Slovenia, LjubljanaResponding to the enormous growth of protectedDurationareas in terms of numbers, acreage and „diversity“of categories within the past two decades, theproject focuses on problems relevant for the wholeof Europe. The project area chosen is a representativeand appropriate example for the developmentof a European perspective as very different naturalconditions are located within quite short distancesStart ....................................................... 04/2003End ......................................................... 03/2006Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................2,400,000.00thereof ERDF ...................................1,209,935.50110INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

ITACAImproving Tourism Actions in CADSES Areawww.kr-karlovarsky.cz/kraj_cz/kraj_UK/EU/Project DescriptionITACA promotes a sustainable economic and spatialdevelopment based on a better integration ofnature preservation and a careful economic utilisationof natural resources by eco-tourism. Most ofthe ITACA project territories are rich in wetlandsand forests.Further planned project results are:i Improving knowledge by policy-makers on naturalheritage protective regulations and theevolving trends,i Operative integration of natural heritage protectioninto the economic and spatial developmentpolicies and a better co-ordinated approach toland-use policies within its regions,i Steps towards public and private investmentsto create ecological corridors correlating themto specific eco-tourism products concerning forestsand wetlands,i Improved conservation management and reducedhuman impact on the wilderness and parksthrough further promotion of managementMonastery in Teplá City, Czech Republicplans,i Raising the awareness of natural sites in the ge-The main aim of the ITACA project is to preservethese unspoiled areas from being damaged by unsustainabledevelopment. All partners of the ITA-CA project face the challenge of how to protectand develop their rich natural heritage. For this,an effective networking of preservation strategiesand regional development policies is needed andnew strategies which include economic, financialand juridical tools have to be used. Co-operationof the different regions should help to implementthese measures.Results and EffectsThe project will conduct a transnational legal studyto guide local decision-makers in land use andforestry assistance. Also programmes involvingprivate landowners will be set up. Campaigns toupdate the capacity of managers and operators ofnature preservation zones to strike the right balancebetween nature preservation and tourismexploitation will be organised. Moreover, a transnationalmarketing study is expected to attractpublic and private investment and to create and/or reinforce ecological corridors. These should becorrelated with two specific products of eco-tourism:cycling and fluvial tourism. A mutual branddepicting the natural areas involved (potentiallyusable for a transnational tourism package) shouldbe designed.neral public.DurationStart ....................................................... 06/2006End ......................................................... 06/2008Budget (EUR)Total Budget .......................................796,000.00thereof ERDF ......................................554,000.00ITACA kick-off meetingEU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerKarlovy Vary RegionRegional Development DepartmentZavodni 353/88360 21 Karlovy VaryCZECH REPUBLICContact PersonMs Jana BelohoubkovaTel +420 353 502 271Fax +420 353 502 123E-Mail jana.belohoubkova@kr-karlovarsky.cz0 200 kmProject PartnersCzech RepublicInveston s.r.o., Karlovy VaryHungaryHarsanyi Janos College, BudapestItalyProvince of Ferrara, FerraraAmitié, BolognaPolandThe Malopolska Agency for Regional Development S.A,KrakowSlovakiaMunicipality of Košice, KosiceNATURAL & CULTURAL HERITAGEMEASURE 3.2INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK111

PANet 2010Protected Area Networks - Establishment and Managementof Corridors, Networks and Cooperationwww.panet2010.infoNATURAL & CULTURAL HERITAGEMEASURE 3.2Project DescriptionThe countries and regions involved in PANet 2010strongly emphasise the efficient implementationof European and international requirements withregard to protected areas (Natura 2000, Ramsar,biogenetic reserves, etc.). However, there is an evidentlack of knowledge and experience in managingprotected areas (PAs) beyond their boundaries.The project will support the empowerment ofthe regions and public bodies involved.Effective management of PAs is important in orderto secure the functions of the sites for conservationand sustainable regional development.Enhancing different projects focusing on the managementof individual PA areas, the PANet 2010project emphasises the management of networksof protected areas and certified regions.The project plans to theoretically prepare, and implement,a „network of experience“ in order toimprove positive regional economic effects, communicationand participation processes („co-operativemanagement“), the financial situation andconservation issues by creating synergies betweenthe individual protected areas. The basis for thatis a toolbox from the INTERREG 3B project IPAMwhich the PANet 2010 project continues in manyaspects. Therefore, the project focuses on Europeanissues (Natura 2000, rural development strategies,ESDP) and international obligations (Ramsar,the Biodiversity Convention).The project will be carried out by nine institutionsfrom six countries with a wide range of practical aswell as theoretical and administrative experience.strategies, which are specifically in accordancewith the European Spatial Development Perspective(ESDP). Furthermore, the regions and authoritiesinvolved should be empowered regarding themanagement of protected area networks (PANs).In particular the effectiveness of this managementshould be increased and the awareness concerningthe importance of PANs should be raised. Internationaland European conservation conventions anddirectives should be supported by using synergiesof corridors, buffer zones and networks. Moreover,the impact and effectiveness of individual PAsshould be improved.Among others, the project’s concrete aims are thefollowing:i Improvement of the know-how regarding spatialdevelopment of networks and corridors,financial and economic management of PANs,involvement, participation and communicationin PANs,i Online knowledge database,i Manual on „Planning, managing and evaluatingnetworks and systems of protected areas“,i An analysis of international standards, obligationsand initiatives,i A set of pilot actions in different regions.DurationStart ....................................................... 04/2006End ......................................................... 03/2008Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,590,000.00thereof ERDF ......................................790,000.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerOffice of the Government of CarinthiaDept. 20 - Spatial PlanningWulfengasse 139020 KlagenfurtAUSTRIAContact PersonDI (FH) Johann WagnerTel +43 463 536-32055Fax +43 463 536-32007E-Mail johann.wagner@ktn.gv.at0 200 kmProject PartnersCroatiaPublic Institution National Park Risnjak, Crni LugCzech RepublicInstitute of Systems Biology and Ecology, Ceske BudejoviceItalyEuganean Hills Regional Park, EsteUniversity of Trieste, TriestePolandFoundation for the Support of Ecological Initiatives, KrakowResults and EffectsIn the long run the project’s objectives are the establishmentof protected areas as components ofintegrated and sustainable spatial developmentSlovakiaSlovak Academy of Sciences, BratislavaSloveniaKozjansko Regional Park, Bistrica ob SotliUkraineRadekhiv District Council of Lviv Region, Radekhiv112INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

SISTEMaPARCSpatial Information Systems for Transnational EnvironmentalManagement of Protected Areas and Regions in CADSESwww.sistemaparc.euProject DescriptionResults and EffectsProtected cross-border regions in the CADSES areaface similar problems. Often frontiers divide oneregion of cultural and natural heritage into morethan one national park, biosphere reserve, naturereserve or protected landscape area and they aresituated in two or more countries. As a consequence,two or more administrations, managementstructures and - if existing - spatial informationsystems (SIS) are working for these regions.Main effects and foreseen results of SISTEMaP-ARC are:i Foster the co-ordinated transnational developmentof cross-border protected regions byimproving or establishing spatial database networksand spatial information systems, and initiatethe transnational exchange of experiencesand know-how,i Support transnational strategies of monitoring,planning and management of cross-border protectedareas and respective regions through integrationand application of spatial informationsystems with special regard to European initiativeson protecting natural heritage and transnationalplanning strategies,i Increase the awareness of the values of conservationand development of natural heritage byproviding clear information,i Prepare and facilitate the implementation ofEU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject Partner0 200 kmSISTEMaPARC project teamThere is urgent need for co-ordination in establishingelaborate monitoring and managementschemes in those protected regions, as humanactivities from one area usually affect the wholeregion. The increasing demand for transnationalplanning and management approaches is backedby various European and global initiatives suchas FFH of EC, WCM of UNEP-WCMC or theUNESCO World Heritage. These initiatives fosterefforts to homogenise documentation of naturalheritages as well as the co-operation between administrationsof neighbouring countries.The project aims at fostering regional to transnationalnetworks of spatial information systems. Thecross-border protected regions of Sächsisch-BöhmischeSchweiz (DE/CZ), Neusiedler See-Seewinkel/Fertö-Hanság(AT/HU) and Krkonose/Karkonosze(CZ/PL) are the core regions of the project.The transnational approach is open-ended in orderto assure the successive integration of additionalregions throughout the duration of the project.Partners in the cross-border regions of Triglav/PrealpiGiulie (SI/IT) have already declared their cooperationat that level for example.transnational strategies for the adequate developmentof a tourism infrastructure, of co-ordinatedmeasures for cross-border nature conservationand of information systems for thepublic,i Develop indicators for changes in land use andland cover by monitoring and correlating thedynamics of changes with the impact of politicaland socio-economic changes in the CADSESarea since the late 18th century.DurationStart ....................................................... 01/2004End ......................................................... 06/2007Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,402,931.00thereof ERDF ......................................880,671.00Lead PartnerUniversity of DresdenInstitute of Photogrammetry and Remote SensingMommsenstrasse 1301062 DresdenGERMANYContact PersonProf. Dr. E. CsaplovicsTel +49 351 46333680Fax +49 351 46337266E-Mail stefan.wagenknecht@tu-dresden.deProject PartnersAustria: University of Technology Vienna, Vienna / Governmentof Burgenland - Biological Research Centre NeusiedlerSee, Illmitz / National Park Administration Neusiedler See,ApetlonCzech Republic: University of Usti nad Labem, Usti nad Labem/ National Park Administration Ceské Švýcarsko, KrásnáLípa / Administration of Protected Landscape Area LabskéPískovce, Decín / National Park Administration Krkonose,VrchlabíGermany: Leibniz Institute of Ecological and Regional Development(IOER), Dresden / National Park AdministrationSächsische Schweiz, Bad Schandau / Saxon State Ministry ofInterior, Div. 45, Dresden / National Park Information CentreSächsische Schweiz, Bad Schandau / Office for RegionalPlanning Oberes Elbtal/Osterzgebirge, RadebeulHungary: University of Sopron, Sopron / Ferto-Hanság NationalPark Administration Sarród, SarródItaly: Polytecnico delle Marche, DARDUS, Ancona / PolytechnicUniversity of Marche Region, AnconaPoland: National Park Administration Karkonosze, JeleniaGóraSlovenia: Geodetic Institute of Slovenia, Ljubljana / SlovenianAcademy of Sciences and of Arts, LjubljanaNATURAL & CULTURAL HERITAGEMEASURE 3.2Map displaying the changed land use in Saxon-BohemianSwitzerlandINTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK113

TWReferenceNETManagement and Sustainable Development of ProtectedTransitional Waterswww.twreferencenet.comProject DescriptionResults and EffectsNATURAL & CULTURAL HERITAGEMEASURE 3.2The project aims at improving and reinforcing theconservation of the natural heritage in protectedtransitional ecosystems and at enlarging their sustainablefruition. The strategic objectives are toameliorate conservation of the natural heritage inthe protected transitional waters of the CADSESarea, by deepening knowledge, producing technologicalinnovation, reinforcing regulation andovercoming fragmentation of expertise and competencies.Also the territorial integration of environmentalpolicy in the CADSES area should bereinforced. Efforts in conservation should be transferredto sustainable development strategies leadingto the creation of new job opportunities andan improvement in the quality of life.The TWReferenceNET project creates activities inthe following areas: environmental, socio-economicand networking communication. The environmentalproject area promotes studies and pilotactions on transitional protected areas focusing onRamsar and Natura 2000 sites that means wetlandsof international importance and areas belonging tothe European network of protected sites. The socio-economicfield carries out feasibility studies ofsustainable economic development, promotes pilotactions for spin-offs in tourism firms, reinforcesregulation and contributes to European standardsintegration for the environment in CADSES countries.The networking communication area is basedon the creation of an e-Centre which constitutesa functional networking among protected transitionalRamsar and Natura 2000 sites by bridgingknowledge, expertise and competencies of projectpartners, administrations, NGOs and firms.Expected and partly achieved outcomes of theproject are the creation of an e-Centre as part ofthe project infrastructure, promoting the networkingof ecosystems to reduce the fragmentation ofknowledge and to improve methods and strategiesfor conservation and sustainable development.External pressures on the protected transitionalwaters are quantified, producing GIS maps at regional,national and eco-regional level (approx. 24maps).TWReferenceNet also develops new and innovativedescriptors (six, which are listed in the activitysection) for effective monitoring and conservationof TW ecological status, in particular at Ramsarand Nature 2000 sites. The project proposesnew Natura 2000 sites and reinforces the legaland institutional protection for transitional aquaticecosystems by establishing a handbook of regulations.Finally, jobs are created, for example spin-offfirms in organic agriculture, environmental educationand tourism.TWReferenceNET stresses the importance of transitionalwatersDurationStart ....................................................... 01/2004End ......................................................... 12/2006Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................2,336,500.00thereof ERDF ...................................1,200,000.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerUniversity of LecceCentro Ecotekne73100 LecceITALYContact PersonProf. Silvano MarchioriTel +39 0832 298651Fax +39 0832 298722E-Mail Direttore.disteba@unile.itLead PartnerProject Partner0 200 kmProject PartnersAlbaniaMinistry of Environment, TiranaBulgariaInstitute of Oceanology of Varna, VarnaAssociation EKOFORUM, SofiaGreeceNCMR – Institute of Oceanography, AnavyssosUniversity of Athens, AthensUniversity of Ioannina, IoanninaUniversity of Aegean, MytliniNational Agricultural Research Foundation, KavalaInstitute of Marine Biology of Crete, HeraklionDevelopment Agency for Amvrakikos Gulf S.A., PrevezaNomos & Physis, AthensItalyRegione Puglia, ModugnoProvince of Lecce, LecceConsorzio di Gestione di Torre Guaceto, CarovignoUniversity of Bologna, RavennaUniversity of Trieste, TriesteARPA Emilia Romagna, CesenaticoMareAmico, LecceUniversity of Rome, RomeNetProject s.r.l., LecceRomaniaGalati University, Galati114INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

WETLANDS IIIntegrated Management of Wetlandswww.wetlandsmanagement.orgProject DescriptionResults and EffectsWetlands, such as lakes, lagoons, deltas, river plainsand coastal areas, belong to the most sensitive andmost important ecosystems. The transition zonesof land and water serve as cradles of biodiversityand are the natural habitat of thousands of rarespecies. From the socio-political and managerialpoint of view, wetlands have been controversiallydiscussed natural spaces regarding matters of safeguardingand development.The WETLANDS II project has improved tools forspatial planning and development in wetland areas.It has increased the awareness and acceptanceof stakeholders regarding wetland conservationand development and has raised the know-howand quality of the tools of management bodies.More efficient environmental monitoring methodswere developed and indicators for development,certification and control were improved.Since the end of the 19th century the extensionof wetlands in Europe has been reduced by morethan 50%. In the past, land owners, farmers, waterand forest management bodies and local communitiesoften had an interest in draining wetlandsfor agricultural use or in embanking former naturalrivers for reasons of flood protection. For theWETLANDS II project these stakeholders as well aswetland management bodies and local residentshave been taken on board to achieve a balancedand sustainable development and to reach a coexistenceof man and wetlands.WETLANDS II is the follow-up project of the WET-LANDS project that was implemented between1998 and 2001. This first project laid down theprinciples and showed best practices for an integratedmanagement of wetlands, starting with astate-of-the-art analysis. The main purpose of thenew project is the improvement of the operativemanagement of wetlands through capacity buildingsand pilot projects in the partners‘ regions.Here the establishment of the Transnational WorkingGroup of Wetland Managers plays an importantrole in exchanging experiences gatheredin Integrated Wetland Management in differentEuropean regions.WETLANDS II fostered the level of public informationon wetlands management and developmentand increased the number of protection projects,acting as leverage for investments in sustainabledevelopment. The project enforced EU and nationalpolicies on environmental pollution, wetlandsprotection and management. Moreover, new economicopportunities were created, for example ineco-tourism.DurationStart ....................................................... 02/2003End ......................................................... 12/2005Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,893,000.00thereof ERDF ...................................1,000,000.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerVeneto Regional Park Administration Delta del PoVia Marconi 645012 Ariano Nel PolesineITALYContact PersonDirector A Stefano DanieliTel +39 04 26372202Fax +39 04 26373035E-Mail info@parcodeltapo.org0 200 kmProject PartnersAlbaniaTEULEDA - Local Economic Development Agency of Shkodra,ShkodraGermanyBiosphärenreservat „Flusslandschaft Mittlere Elbe“, DessauItalyRegione Puglia, ModugnoParco Regionale del Delta del Po dell’Emilia-Romagna,ComacchioPolandAssociation for Nature Protection of the Stobrawa LandscapePark „BIOS“, OpoleNATURAL & CULTURAL HERITAGEMEASURE 3.2WETLANDS II develops new management strategies forwetlandsINTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK115

CULTURAL LANDSCAPEProtecting Historical Cultural Landscapes to Strengthen RegionalIdentities and Local EconomiesProject Descriptioni Protection and management of landscapes asNATURAL & CULTURAL HERITAGEMEASURE 3.3Historical cultural landscapes are typical of mostparts of Central Europe. However, nowadays thediversity of these cultural landscapes is endangeredby neglected nature protection and heritagepreservation and by depopulation processes.The CULTURAL LANDSCAPE project aims at protectingand managing landscapes as a cornerstoneof the CADSES identity and as a source ofsustainable regional development. Based on across-sector approach covering nature protection,heritage preservation and rural development, andsupported by a transnational research framework,the project develops best-practice examples forthe implementation of the European LandscapeConvention. This includes raising the awareness ofcultural landscapes by transnational surveys („digitalland register“) and an open-access web portal,„Landscape Wikipedia“, to integrate landscapesinto regional development by exemplary pilot projectsin the fields of agriculture, tourism, regionalmarketing, and renewable energies.Moreover, it aims at elaborating integrated strategiesfor the protection and development of culturallandscapes at regional, national and CADSESlevel. The project primarily intends to establish atransnational network to help to enact the EuropeanLandscape Convention in the CADSES area.In close contact with the Spatial Planning andLandscape Division of the Council of Europe, thenetwork will be open to further partners.Results and EffectsForeseen results of the project are:i Raising awareness of civil society, private organisationsand local authorities for the quality,value and endangerment of landscapes as acornerstone of a regional and CADSES identityand as a source for sustainable regional development,an essential component of natural and culturalheritage,i Enhancement of the knowledge about valuablecultural landscapes in the CADSES area,i Integrated cultural landscape valorisation basedon transnational concepts and tested by regionalpilot projects,i Improvement of methods of cultural landscapeintegration into spatial planning and economicdevelopment,i Compendium on different new methods andtechnologies for survey activities (digital surveyinstruments and land register tools),i Creation of new networks and strengthening ofexisting networks of cultural landscape protectionat regional and transnational level.DurationStart ....................................................... 04/2006End ......................................................... 05/2008Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,354,230.00thereof ERDF ......................................709,567.50CULTURAL LANDSCAPE promotes the preservation ofhistorical cultural landscapesEU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerAgricultural University of KrakowEnvironmental Engineering and Land SurveyingAl. Mickiewicza 2131-120 KrakówPOLANDContact PersonDr. Jozef HernikTel +48 012 6624154Fax +48 012 6331170E-Mail rmhernik@cyf-kr.edu.pl0 200 kmProject PartnersAustriaEnvironment Management Austria, St. PöltenGrazing Association Ramsar Site Valley of Lafnitz, LoipersdorfGermanyUniversity of Applied Science Erfurt, ErfurtHeritage Association of Thuringia, ElgersburgRegional Planning Association East-Thuringia, GeraPolandMunicipality of Miechów, MiechówMunicipality of Wisniowa, WisniowaRomaniaUniversity “Babes-Bolyai”, Cluj-NapocaEthnographic Museum of Transylvania, Cluj-NapocaUkraineNational University Lviv Polytechnic, Lviv116INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

LOTOLandscape Opportunities for Territorial Organizationwww.loto-project.orgProject DescriptionResults and EffectsAs emphasised by the ESDP and the EuropeanLandscape Convention, the different landscapecharacteristics of the regions is a resource to safeguard.Because a region constantly develops,transformation processes affecting the landscapecannot be avoided, but it is important for themto be guided with awareness. On the other hand,whoever designs or plans the region does not easilyhave access to the tools which can be used tobest resolve the problem.Results achieved by the LOTO project are:i Establishment of a common language and anagreed methodology on landscape planningthat allow the comparison of the results and effectsof local and regional policies,i Introduction of landscape upgrading issues inlocal, regional and national spatial planning,i Determination and testing of an initial list oflandscape indicators that can also contribute tothis issue for the infrastructure and as a resultfor the social system,i Contribution to a methodological integrationof various EU conventions and directives suchas the European Landscape Convention, Flora-Fauna-Habitat directives and others,i Launch of an efficient network of public institutions,research institutions and universities onCastle of Moresco, Marche (Italy)The LOTO project aims at providing tools that governthe evolution of the landscape through theknowledge of the dynamics of transformation.The landscape itself is intended as a reference frameworkfor any project of an accurate and regionalscale aimed at directing the regional planning/design tools in a complementary manner. For thisreason, the project proposes identifying a methodof interpreting the landscape that could be used asa shared operative reference to guide and verifythe transformation choices for any one region.Meeting of the LOTO projectlandscape studies, policies and best practiceswith particular attention to management tools,i Enhancement of spatial and landscape planningand management documents and tools,i Launch of innovative actions and raising localawareness of landscape upgrading,i Development of landscape knowledge status atthe different levels.DurationStart ....................................................... 05/2002End ......................................................... 12/2005Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,821,900.00thereof ERDF ......................................800,000.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerRegione LombardiaDirezione Generale Territorio ed UrbanisticaVia Sassetti 32/220124 MilanITALYContact PersonMs Anna RossiTel +39 02 67656836Fax +39 02 67652938E-Mail Anna_Rossi@regione.lombardia.itProject PartnersCroatiaRegione Istria, PulaGermanyTechnical University of Munich, FreisingItalyMinistry for Cultural Heritage and Activities, RomeRegione Umbria, PerugiaRegione Marche, AnconaRegione Emilia Romagna, BolognaRegione Veneto, Venice0 200 kmNATURAL & CULTURAL HERITAGEMEASURE 3.3RomaniaInstituto URBANPROIECT, BucharestSloveniaMinistry for Environmental and Spatial Planning, LjubljanaINTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK117

REKULARestructuring Cultural Landscapeswww.rekula.netProject DescriptionIndustrial processes, such as mining, have alteredand disturbed landscapes within a short time.Natural and cultural heritages as well as regionalidentities have often been neglected by changingeconomic structures.REKULA, the Restructuring of Cultural Landscapes,aims at establishing integrated and co-ordinatedmeasures for a renewed appreciation of alteredcultural landscapes. A committee of expertswas established in order to develop landscapingcriteria and assume the evaluation tasks. The expertcommission acts as a group of consultants forthe EU via the REKULA project and transmits thedialogue to the European level as an internationalNATURAL & CULTURAL HERITAGEMEASURE 3.3discourse on the treatment of altered landscapes.Pilot projects are intended to help establish thenecessary set of tools for application throughoutEurope. They are intended as a set of rules for theproduction, i.e. preservation, of the balance of naturalresources as well as handy tools for managingthe entire process.REKULA promotes the restructuring of landscapes afterminingResults and EffectsREKULA has provided incentives for the reshapingof cultural landscapes which had previouslybeen altered and disturbed severely by industrialprocesses, such as mining, within a short time. Acommittee of European experts has been establishedand convenes four times a year to evaluatethe outcomes of REKULA and to develop landscapingcriteria.Former industrial sites also belong to the regionalcultural heritageDifferent international workshops, conferences,excursions and project meetings have taken placeduring the last two years. Insights gained in pilotprojects in the fields of energy and water shouldhelp establish the necessary set of tools for applicationthroughout Europe. They are intended as aset of rules for the preservation of the balance ofnatural resources as well as handy tools for managingthe entire process.The results of REKULA have been summarised andpublished as a handbook. This book presents a setof tools for landscape management including variousinterest groups and contains necessary stepsfor similar restructuring processes.DurationStart ....................................................... 01/2003End ......................................................... 09/2006Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................3,435,100.00thereof ERDF ...................................2,300,075.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerInternationale Bauausstellung Fürst-Pückler-LandSeestrasse 84-8601983 GroßräschenGERMANYContact PersonProf. Rolf KuhnTel +49 357 5337019Fax +49 357 5337012E-Mail info@iba-see.de0 200 kmProject PartnersGermanyKamenz District, KamenzLausitz University of Applied Sciences (FHL), CottbusRegional Planning Office Lausitz-Spreewald, CottbusRegional Planning Office Bautzen, BautzenLMBV Lausitzer und Mitteldeutsche Bergbau- VerwaltungsgesellschaftmbH, SenftenbergItalyRegione del Veneto, VeniceFondazione Benetton Studi Ricerche, TrevisoConsorzio di Bonifica Pedemontano Brentella di Pederobba,MontebellunaConsorzio di Bonifica Destra Piave, TrevisoConsorzio di Bonifica Pedemontano Sinistra Piave, CodognePolandSilesian University of Technology, GliwiceCity and Community of Zabrze, Zabrze118INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

REVITAMINRevitalisation of Former Brown Coal Mining Areas /Development of a Transnational Computer-aided MulticriteriaDecision Aid for Mining Regionswww.revitamin.netProject DescriptionThe REVITAMIN project, the revitalisation of miningregions, is aimed at upgrading and developinglandscapes after mining activities have ceased.The first priority of the project is transnationalco-operation and extensive knowledge and experiencetransfer as the structural and landscapechanges provide many challenges, particularly formining regions. Regardless of individual issuesconcerning mining, each region has to develop innovative,cost-saving and sustainable methods forlandscape protection.Present strategies of regional development relatedto spatial and topical requirements and the integrationof mine reclamation planning into regionalplanning were assessed.Consequently, this project was geared towardsthe development of new interregional methods oflandscape protection and the reutilisation and furtherdevelopment of mining regions. The projectteam has developed an information and co-operationnetwork for mining regions with a transnationalcomputer-aided, multi-criteria decision tooland databases.The results will encourage representatives of publicadministrations, regional planning bodies andthe different stakeholders and associations to goahead with the revitalisation of mining areas.Results and EffectsThe REVITAMIN project provided detailed descriptionsof economic and endogenous potentials, andsocial and infrastructural features of mining regions.A multi-criteria decision tool for the assessmentof registered data was developed to assist inthe decision on whether the described spatial unitis suitable for the planned use or whether thereare any restrictions or constraints. Various generalthematic information databases were compiledas an extension to the multi-criteria decision tool.Workshop in Lehota pod Vtacnikom (Slovak Republic)The project team on tour - visit of terra cultura, a formerbriquette factory (Germany)The project compiled an overview of best-practiceexamples to show different ways and methods oflandscape protection and innovations in revitalisation.The project has conducted a pre-feasibilitystudy with a concept of structural development ina mining area including proposals and options foreconomic or tourist and leisure activities. Conceptsfor the transregional display of mining activitiesand regions for educational and tourism purposeswere developed to enhance the image of miningregions.Further effects achieved by the project were thetransnational experience exchange to provide informationon successfully implemented revitalisationprojects and to secure inspiration for newinnovative ideas. The participation in a Europeaninformation and co-operation network for miningregions also provided opportunities for the creationand development of individual partnerships forfuture projects.DurationStart ....................................................... 01/2004End ......................................................... 09/2006Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,733,424.00thereof ERDF ...................................1,147,368.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerDistrict Administration of Weissenfels Rural DistrictDepartment of Economic DevelopmentAm Stadtpark 606667 WeissenfelsGERMANYContact PersonMs Ruth FruehwirthTel +49 3443 372249Fax +49 3443 372251E-Mail fruehwirth.ruth@landkreis-weissenfels.de0 200 kmProject PartnersAustria: Mind Consult & Research GmbH, Graz / BaernbachTelepark, BärnbachCzech Republic: Euro-Region of the Ore Mountains, Most /Municipality of Most, Most / Chamber of Commerce andIndustry, MostGermany: Burgenlandkreis Rural District, Naumburg / Instituteof Structural Policies & Economic Development, Halle / SaxonAcademy of Sciences, Leipzig / ECOVAST – European Councilfor the Village and the Small Town, Weissenfels / Centre ofGeoscientific Competence, Freiberg / Central German Parkof the Environment and Industrial Culture, Zeitz / MiningDevelopment and Training Company, Theißen / Halle-DessauChamber of Industry and Commerce, Halle / Ministry forBuilding and Transport of Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg /Saxon State Ministry of the Interior, Div. 45, Dresden /Saxon State Ministry for Economic Affairs and Labour,Dresden / Saxon State Agency of Environment and Geology,Freiberg / Central German Brown Coal Company, Theißen /Lusatian and Central German Brown Coal AdministrationCompany (LMBV), BerlinSlovakia: Regional Association for the Revitalisation of HornaNitra, Prievidza / Regional Association for the Revitalisation ofVelky Krtiš, Velký KrtíšSlovenia: Municipality of Velenje, Velenje / Regional PlanningAgency of Savinjska Šaleška Region, MozirjeNATURAL & CULTURAL HERITAGEMEASURE 3.3INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK119

SURESuccessful Restoration and Rehabilitation AccompanyingInfrastructural Interventionswww.sureproject.netProject DescriptionThe construction of ski slopes and road embankmentsand the establishment of excavation areascauses environmental damage to many regions ofEurope. The general objective of SURE is to putbasic strategies into practise that guarantee ecologicaland sustainable restoration or rehabilitationof such sites.conferences. The book „Site-specific high zone restorationin the alpine region - the current technologicaldevelopments“ was published. It presentsthe current state-of-the-art and latest achievementsin the field of ecological restoration, whichwere also demonstrated within the framework ofthe project. It contains a German, English, Frenchand Italian version of the content.Moreover, the Hochschule Anhalt published ahandbook covering the ecological restoration ofraw soils entitled „Handbuch naturnahe Begrünungvon Rohböden“ in German. The book givesadvice on restoration projects which deal with extremesoil conditions, for example related to nutrientor water availability.SURE is aimed at the restoration of environmental damagesA bibliography on the three main objectives of theNATURAL & CULTURAL HERITAGEMEASURE 3.3Sustainable rehabilitation and restoration of skislopes, road embankments and opencast miningareas should lead to an appealing landscape withsatisfying ecological value, especially throughenhancing quality of life for people living in theconcerned regions. Pilot projects reveal best practicemethods of rehabilitation and restoration. Theresearch conducted in the pilot area focuses onindicators that allow the expected increase of ecologicalvalue to be measured through ecologicallysoundrehabilitation metrics.Through constant monitoring of economic andecological parameters, the data gained from thepilot projects will convince local decision-makersto put the improved know-how into practice. Toensure that territorial operators and technicians ofland rehabilitation receive up-to-date information,training activities will be organised according tothe three main objectives:i Restoration of endangered and destroyed highaltitude slopes in mountainous regions,i Rehabilitation of degraded embankments andslopes caused by improvements in infrastructuremeasurements,i Restoration of areas devastated by coal andother ores excavation.project was compiled and five open workshops,including three conferences, were held at the partners’locations. The final conference „Soil-Bioengineering:Ecological Restoration with Native Plantand Seed Material“ took place on 5-7 September2006 in Irdning (Styria, Austria), organised by theLead Partner. For this purpose a new website wasset up (http://www.restoration06.net). A detailedprogram can still be downloaded from the website.Immediately after the conference, the LeadPartner organised the last workshop of the projecton 8-9 September 2006, the topic was „Restorationafter infrastructural interventions“. A detailedprogram can also be downloaded from the abovementionedwebsite.DurationStart ....................................................... 01/2004End ......................................................... 12/2006Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,384,207.00thereof ERDF ......................................798,133.50After mining landscapes need comprehensive rehabilitationmeasuresEU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject Partner0 200 kmLead PartnerAgricultural Research and Education Centre Raumberg - GumpensteinRaumberg 388952 IrdningAUSTRIAContact PersonMr. Bernhard KrautzerTel +43 3682 22451 345Fax +43 3682 2461488E-Mail Bernhard.krautzer@raumberg-gumpenstein.atProject PartnersAustriaKärntner Saatbau (KSB), KlagenfurtCzech RepublicOSEVA PRO Ltd., Grassland Research Station Roznov, ZubriGermanyUniversity of Applied Science Anhalt, KöthenMibrag GmbH, TheißenGreeceNational Agric. Research Foundation, LarissaItalyERSA Agenzia Regionale per lo Sviluppo Rurale, GoriziaSlovakiaGMARI Banska Bystrica – Grassland and Mountain AgricultureResearch Institute, Banská BystricaResults and EffectsSo far all eleven planned trial sites have been setup. The data is currently being assessed and analysed.Some results have already been presented at120INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

TRANSLANDSTransversal Lands: Abbeys and Large Riverswww.translands.euProject DescriptionTRANSLANDS originates from the need to overcomethe risk of the landscape decay of allegedminor importance due to their marginalisation andextensive use for agricultural production. Many ofthe regions have the potential to make use of theircultural, historical and socio-economic value.TRANSLANDS intends to promote actions aimedat protecting and developing the commonlandscape features shared by several CADSES regions,namely marginal and rural areas characterizedby the presence of historical abbeys, watercourses and minor cities located along importantroutes which link large cities. They are consideredtransversal lands with respect to the main lines ofmobility. Nevertheless, they are characterized bycultural, economic, rural and handicraft resourcesand represent an important link and intermediarybetween territories and local cultures. The projectaims at enhancing their heritage as an importantsource of sustainable tourism and local economicdevelopment.Results and EffectsTRANSLANDS intends to raise awareness of thequality of these transversal lands and to fosterthe preservation and valorisation of their culturalheritage and rural identity through transnationalintegrated spatial strategies. This objective will bereached by carrying out research activities intothe targeted sites and the elaboration of feasibilityplans for the creation of tourist routes withina transnational network. Furthermore, a commonplanning methodology and signpost system shouldbe developed.Among others, the project targets the followingresults:i Fostering the protection and proper managementof landscapes on transversal lands as basiccomponents of European natural and culturalheritage,i Raising awareness of the historical, cultural,socio-economic importance of the transversallands,i Improvement of the inhabitants’ quality of lifeand avoidance/mitigation of population lossesin rural regions,i Promotion of sustainable tourism as an alternativesource of income, upgrading and revivingthe transversal lands,i Improvement of the business climate, thus attractingbusinesses,i Establishment of a permanent European networkof transversal lands.DurationStart ....................................................... 05/2006End ......................................................... 04/2008Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,029,789.00thereof ERDF ......................................559,777.75EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerProvince of PiacenzaService for Tourism and Cultural ActivitiesVia Garibaldi 5029100 PiacenzaITALYContact PersonMr. Bruno BedaniTel +39 0523 795310Fax +39 0523 795343E-Mail bruno.bedani@provincia.pc.it0 200 kmProject PartnersBulgariaRegional Governor of Sofia region, SofiaHungaryAgricultural Centre Innovational Public Company, DebrecenItalyMunicipality of Fiorenzuola d‘Arda, Fiorenzuola d‘ArdaPolandRzeszow Regional Development Agency, RzeszowSlovakiaKRTKo – Civic Association for Regional Development, BanskáBystricaNATURAL & CULTURAL HERITAGEMEASURE 3.3INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK121

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PRIORITY 4ENVIRONMENTENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, RESOURCE MANAGEMENTAND RISK PREVENTIONThe aim of this priority is to set up a common understanding of the importance of natural resources such as water and toset up common parameters, indicators and rules for protection and prevention. It addresses spatial planning as well as watermanagement authorities or civil protection and subjects able to provide a common approach to technical rules.Three areas of intervention are foreseen:Measure 4.1Promoting environmental protection and resource managementThis measure aims at developing and implementing transnational projects focussing on functionally integrated environmental protection andresource management.Measure 4.2Promoting risk management and prevention of disastersThe major objective for this measure is development and implementation of transnational projects focussing on prevention of natural andman-made disasters and on risk management.Measure 4.3Promoting integrated water management and prevention of floodsThe measure deals with the development and implementation of transnational projects focussing on integrated water management andthe prevention of floods such as improved sustainable best practices for land use and for agricultural and forestry management in flood riskareas, designation of threatened and sensitive flood areas, integration of infrastructures in an active development of passive barriers, developmentof 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.INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK123

BETTERBiofuel chain Enhancement for Territorial developmenT of EuropeanRegionsProject DescriptionStrategies to use renewable energies, such as biofuels,as an alternative to conventional energysources are not only an opportunity to improve theenvironment. They can also support the social andeconomic development of rural areas.The BETTER project addresses these aspects andaims at promoting renewable energies with a focuson biofuel chain integration in rural regions. Itincludes a new concept for a spatial developmentsystem, which integrates the production of alternativeenergy sources and the need for social andeconomic cohesion in rural areas.The trans-sectoral approach of the project addressesa wide range of topics and brings together policieson energy, the environment and rural areas,aiming at stimulating the introduction or improvementof biofuel chains from the producer to theconsumer. In the partner regions from Italy, Poland,Greece, Hungary and Bulgaria the stage ofdevelopment for biofuel chains is very distinct. Bystimulating knowledge exchange and through cooperationprojects the overall competitiveness andterritorial integration should be enhanced.Target groups of the project are local administrations,farmers‘ organisations, universities and researchinstitutes, private and public investmentoperators, energy producers and managing authorities.Results and EffectsStrategic objectives of the project are to improvethe effectiveness of resource allocation policiesand the promotion of renewable energies. Publicdecision-makers should be provided with commonguidelines and methodologies to foster theproduction and use of biofuels on the basis ofan appropriate concept for spatial development.Furthermore, business development should beenhanced by providing private organisations withtechnical and economic know-how concerning biofuels.One expected outcome of the project is toincrease the knowledge concerning the biofuel orbiodiesel chain development by using a new approachwhich integrates the transnational dimensionand different national policies.DurationStart ....................................................... 05/2006End ......................................................... 04/2008Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,088,029.00thereof ERDF ......................................659,392.50EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerProvince of Forli‘Cesena, Agro-Food Policy DepartmentPiazza Morgagni 947100 Forli‘ITALYContact PersonMr. Massimiliano StrocchiTel +39 0543 714559Fax +39 0543 714543E-Mail massimiliano.strocchi@provincia.fc.itProject Partners0 200 kmBulgariaAssociation Municipal Energy Agency, RousseGreeceANATOLIKI S.A Development Agency of Eastern Thessaloniki,ThermiENVIRONMENTHungaryEnterprise Development Foundation of Tolna County, SzekszárdItalyProvince of Ravenna, RavennaERVET, BolognaMarche University of Technology, AnconaPolandEC BREC Institute for Renewable Energy Ltd., WarsawPodkarpakcie Voivodship, RzeszowSunflower is one of the crops which can be used forbiodiesel productionMEASURE 4.1124INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

C2ENETCentral Europe Environmental NetProject DescriptionThe question and problem of compliance of localenvironmental protection measures with EU legislationarise in many small and mid-sized towns andmunicipalities which have no relevant professionalapparatus.Results and EffectsIn the C2ENET project an analysis of EU legislation,national legislation and an analysis of theorganisational, financial and technical impacts ofEU legislation on the municipalities is conducted.Pilot projects will be carried out covering differentaspects such as the evaluation of European indicators,how to use renewable energy resources (solartechnologies, wind, biomass, heat pumps, etc.),water treatment and clean water supplies, and anadditional project implemented on the basis of theprevious analysis. A further pilot project covers theenvironmental protection field of intervention.Results of the project will be disseminated throughthree readers, a final guidebook, seminars and conferences.They will be available for the association‘sboards, in newsletters as well as on the website ofthe project LOGON.EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject Partner0 200 kmC2ENET case study - cover of the first project readerThe C2ENET project is dedicated to helping municipalitiesfrom the New EU Member States manageexisting problems concerning environmentalissues, taking into account technical, organisationaland financial aspects. The main topics dealtwith are general issues of sustainable developmentwith a concentration on energy efficiency, wastemanagement and wastewater treatment.An analysis of relevant European laws and a seriesof pilot projects constitute one part of the activitiesconducted by the project. The experience andpartners’ know-how are made available to partnerassociations, member towns and municipalities.The first reader deals with the working group meeting„Finance and EU funding of municipal wastemanagement projects“ and includes an article onthe „Approach of City Hall to environment – specificcases from the ecological audit of schools,ecological footprint, environmental profile, Europeanset of indicators and its relationship to theCity strategy“.The second reader covers the working groupmeeting „Energy Efficiency and Renewable Resources“.It also includes a section on „Effective,high-quality and efficient management of publicadministration“ (with a set of examples). The thirdreader is dedicated to water management and willalso comprise a section on the processes of theLocal Agenda 21 and the measurement of livingquality in housing projects.DurationStart ....................................................... 05/2005End ......................................................... 09/2007Lead PartnerTown of VsetínCity ManagerSvárov 1080755 01 VsetínCZECH REPUBLICContact PersonMr. Milan PucekTel +420 571 491 501Fax +420 571 419 278E-Mail milan.pucek@mestovsetin.czProject PartnersAustriaAustrian Association of Cities and Towns, ViennaCzech RepublicUnion of Towns and Municipalities of the Czech Republic,PragueHungaryHungarian National Association of Local Authorities, BudapestTown of Szigetszentmiklos, SzigetszentmiklosRomaniaCity of Oradea, OradeaENVIRONMENTBudget (EUR)Total Budget .......................................826,144.00thereof ERDF ......................................540,158.00MEASURE 4.1INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK125

CARBON-PROCARBON balance drafting and new resources management toolsaccording to Kyoto PROtocolwww.carbonpro.orgProject DescriptionAreas used by agriculture and forestry are importantfor storing atmospheric CO2, which is aby-product of employing conventional sourcesof energy. It is also one of the greenhouse gasesmainly responsible for global climate change. Anadequate management of agriculture and forestryresources might help to reduce the impact of CO2emissions. In the Kyoto Protocol some strategieshave already been drawn up concerning the positiveeffects of managing the CO2 sink capacitiesof forests and areas used by agriculture. Thesestrategies now have to be implemented. As theworldwide dimension of climate change demandssolutions beyond national policies, the CADSESspace provides a promising field for the applicationof transnational approaches to manage agriculturaland forest systems to improve the carbonbalance.thin the CADSES region. The project frameworkincludes the creation of a complete database onagricultural and forest systems, the setting up ofmodels dedicated to public authorities for the bestmanagement of forests and agriculture and implementationinto actual case studies.The overall long-term objective of CARBON-PROis to assess the characteristics of the main agriculturaland forest systems in the CADSES area inrelationship to the strategies set up by the KyotoProtocol and to evaluate their sink capacity. Strategiesand technologies for improving the managementof agricultural and forest systems willbe defined to obtain the best environmental andeconomic results and to promote sustainable development.Other expected results of the project are:i Common monitoring activities at transnationalEU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject Partner0 200 kmlevel in cross-border areas to determine the balanceof carbon within an integrated methodology,i Actions to support the process of integration ofspatial and rural development at regional level,i Examples and sharing of best practices concerningthe management of closed carbon cycles,which then can also be implemented in otherEU regions.Lead PartnerAutonomous Region Friuli Venezia GiuliaForestry and Forest Fire DepartmentVia del Cotonificio 12733100 UdineITALYContact PersonDott. Fabio BideseTel +39 0432 5556 70Fax +39 0432 5557 57E-Mail fabio.bidese@regione.fvg.itENVIRONMENTBosco misto - typical landscape of the project regionThe CARBON-PRO project deals with the needfor an integrated cross-border management ofagriculture and forest resources to implement thedemanding environmental policies and standardsof the EU. These include negotiations and compensationpolicies with carbon credits and otherpolicies for reducing the release of CO2 at transnationallevel as foreseen by the Kyoto Protocol.The project involves seven countries from Centraland South-Eastern Europe. Partnership membersare administrative bodies, large cities with forests,research centres and forest management bodies.DurationStart ....................................................... 04/2006End ......................................................... 12/2007Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,890,641.06thereof ERDF ......................................996,698.73Project PartnersAustriaCERE Center of Excellence for Renewable Energy, EnergyEfficiency and Environment, ViennaCroatiaForest Research Institute, JastrebarskoGermanyTechnische Universität München, FreisingGreeceMunicipality of Thessaloniki, ThessalonikiHungaryHungarian Meteorological Service, BudapestItalyRegion of Veneto, VeniceUniversity of Udine, UdineSloveniaSlovenian Forestry Institute, LjubljanaMEASURE 4.1Results and EffectsThe aim of CARBON-PRO is to share best practicesfor the management of agricultural and forestsystems on the basis of Kyoto Protocol policies wi-Kick-off meeting of CARBON-PRO126INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

CER²Central European Regions Cluster for Energy from Renewables.NETworkwww.cer2.netProject DescriptionThe aim of the CER² project is to boost regionaldevelopment and to increase local economicgrowth and regional employment by promotingenvironmentally-friendly energy technologies andthe rational use of energy. The project supportsregional resource management and reduction ofCO2 as its activities promote the implementationand use of renewable energy equipment and therational use of energy.CER2 promotes renewable energiesThe goal of this project is to develop and imple-i Six education concepts developed, adapted,ment a „Central European Regions Cluster for Energyfrom Renewables“ NETwork using:i Regional energy clusters and energy conceptstranslated and implemented for the inner circlecountries,i Quality schemes for production, systems, buil-and support of „Renewable and Rational Useof Energy“ start-ups,i Standardised „Education Schemes“ for buildingdings, education and marketing supported, adaptedor introduced,i Three regional cluster concepts developed andservice engineers, architects, planners, installersand energy advisers in the fields of „RenewableEnergy Sources“ (RES) and „Rational Use of Energy“(RUE),i A „Quality Assurance Support Programme“ toguarantee high quality of new RES and RUEtechnologies in production, planning and installation.Results and EffectsThe following results are expected or have alreadybeen achieved:i Strengthening of the co-operation among partners:seven meetings, three cluster networkboard meetings, three co-operation exchangeconferences,i Three co-operation exchange platforms (education,quality, energy concept experts),i Detailed business plan for ongoing cluster networking,i Database with necessary information of innerand outer circle countries and project websites,implemented,i Opening events performed,i Energy proponent committees established andenergy concepts supported and/or developed,i Education courses,i Five regional RES and RUE company start-upsupport programmes conducted,i Homepages implemented, workshops for informingimportant regional and national institutions,organisations, decision-makers andthe public on the project content, newsletterspublished,i Publication of articles in important newspapersand professional magazines.DurationStart ....................................................... 11/2003End ......................................................... 12/2006Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................2,628,650.36thereof ERDF ...................................1,362,525.18EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject Partner0 200 kmLead PartnerÖsterreichisches Forschungs- u. Prüfzentrum Arsenal GmbHBusiness Area Renewable EnergyFaradaygasse 31210 ViennaAUSTRIAContact PersonDI Anton PlimonTel +43 50 5506371Fax +43 50 5506590E-Mail anton.plimon@arsenal.ac.atProject PartnersAustriaEuropean Centre for Renewable Energy Güssing (EEE),GüssingCERE - Center of Excellence for Renewable Energy, EnergyEfficiency and Environment, Vienna17&4 Consulting Ltd., ViennaMunicipality of the City of Vienna, ViennaCzech RepublicCALLA – Association for Environmental Conservation, CeskeBudejoviceCzech Union for Nature Conservation, BrnoGermanyAssociation for Business Development Schwäbisch Hall(WFG), Schwäbisch HallHungaryCentral Transdanubian Regional Development Agency plc.,SzékesfehérvárFederation of Technical and Scientific Societes, Fejer CountyOrganisation, SzékesfehérvárSzéchenyi István University, GyorPolandThe College of Management and Public Administration,ZamoscSlovakiaEuropean Technological Centre, PresovENVIRONMENTMEASURE 4.1SloveniaEnergy Restructuring Agency, LjubljanaINTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK127

DRAVA RIVER BASIN PROJECT (DRBP)Environmental Infrastructure Measures in the River Drava Basinwww.drava-river-basin.netProject DescriptionIn the environmental sector, problems are oftentransnational, with the cause lying in one countryor region, and the effects in the bordering one. Inmany cases, the border regions are economicallyand infrastructurally disadvantaged. The lack offinancial means makes it very difficult to improvethe infrastructure in these regions and to achieveEU standards. These improvements are necessaryand requested, especially in the field of waste andwastewater management. Projects dealing withthese issues require considerable amounts of money,technical know-how and complex organisationaland legal structures to be effective.DRBP worked on the improvement of the environmentalinfrastructure in the river Drava BasinThe Drava River Basin Project has elaborated thei Integration of the DRBP waste managementENVIRONMENTMEASURE 4.1comprehensive strategy concept and concretewaste and wastewater management pilot projects,which serve as examples and basis for the developedSystematic Guideline - a methodology whichenables the authorities in less developed regions toplan and implement environmental infrastructureprojects. It provides assistance to achieve a longtermsustainable, economically and socially viablesolution, thereby taking into account the EU environmentaland technological standards and usinginnovative organisational and financial models.Results and EffectsThe Drava River Basin Project has achieved thefollowing results:i Systematic Guideline for the Implementationof Environmental Infrastructure Measures inWater and Waste Management Sector for theEuropean Union as well as other Eastern andSouth-Eastern European Countries,i Integrated Regional Environmental StrategyConcept (master plan for the Drava River Basinproject area, consisting of the waste managementand water management components),i Successful development of pilot projects andpreparation of concrete large-scale investments:one waste management pilot project (regionalwaste management solution for north-westernCroatia) and two wastewater managementpilot projects (wastewater management solutionfor the selected pilot project municipalitiesof Lepoglava and Varaždinske Toplice, both innorth-western Croatia),pilot project in north-western Croatia into theCroatian National ISPA Strategy,i Wastewater management concepts (technical,economic, ecological, legal, organisational andfinancial) for the pilot project municipalities ofLepoglava and Varaždinske Toplice,i Establishment of a co-operation network ofpublic and private sector experts from Austria,Croatia, Hungary and other countries and institutions,i Enhancement of the environmental situation inthe Drava River Basin and in the Danube regionsdownriver,i Increase in the living standard of the local populations(positive effect on the local economies,employment and tourism),i Improvements to the environmental infrastructurein the regions,i Optimisation of administrative structures,i Raising public awareness of environmental issues.DurationStart ....................................................... 01/2003End ......................................................... 06/2006Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................2,283,834.00thereof ERDF ......................................750,000.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject Partner0 200 kmLead PartnerARGE DRBP (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Drava River Basin Project)Walther-von-der-Vogelweide-Platz 49020 KlagenfurtAUSTRIAContact PersonDr. Adolf RauschTel +43 463 3261242Fax +43 463 3261245E-Mail office@quantum-gmbh.atProject PartnersAustriaQuantum GmbH, KlagenfurtJoanneum Research, GraziC Consulenten, ViennaCroatiaMinistry of Public Works, Reconstruction and Construction,ZagrebHungarySouth Transdanubian Regional Development Agency, PécsMinistry of Environment and Water Management – South-Transdanubian Environment Protection Authority, PécsGeneral Assembly of Baranya County, Pécs128INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

ISOTEIAIntegrated System for the promotion Of Territorial / EnvironmentalImpact Assessment in the framework of spatial planningwww.isoteia.orgMeeting of the ISOTEIA projectProject DescriptionThe aim of the ISOTEIA project is the establishmentof an integrated system designed to promotethe best means and instruments to assess Territorialand Environmental Impacts (TEIA) within theframework of resource management and regionalplanning in the CADSES region for environmentalprotection.During the project run-time, eight TEIA case studieswhich are based on alternative scenarios generatedby the Spatial Decision Support Systems(SDSS) in national and transnational study areasin different environmental fields such as surfacewater management, ecosystem protection, forestmanagement, integrated irrigation management,water supply optimisation and precision farmingare planned. They will serve as examples and asfeedback to further improve the methodology andtools. The main expected result of the project isthe promotion of an effective and sustainable managementof natural resources in CADSES.Results and EffectsISOTEIA will and has already achieved the followingresults:i Establishment of a network comprising researchand technological institutions as well as localand regional authorities and organisations,i Integration of methodologies and tools for TEIAusing the Spatial Decision Support Systems(SDSS) in national and transnational study areas,i Eight case studies (two transnational) based onthe application of SDSS in different environmentalfields,i Ten researchers among the project partnerstrained in Geographical Information Systemsand Remote Sensing (GIS-RS) tools and applications,i Training of researchers and professionals onbest practices in TEIA using SDSS,i One multi-task digital service offering all thenecessary documentation and sources of updatedinformation to planners, stakeholders andprofessionals for TEIA and SDSS applications aswell as a forum for consultancy,i Course curricula related to GIS-RS, SDSS andTEIA.DurationStart ....................................................... 01/2004End ......................................................... 12/2006Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,194,136.00thereof ERDF ......................................799,891.55EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject Partner0 200 kmLead PartnerCIHEAM - Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of ChaniaPO Box 85, Makedonias Str. 173100 ChaniaGREECEContact PersonMr. Alkinoos NikolaidisTel +30 282 1035000Fax +30 282 1035001E-Mail alkinoos@maich.grProject PartnersAlbaniaInstitute of Informatics and Applied Mathematics, TiranaBosnia and HerzegovinaHydro-Engineering Institute of Civil-Engineering Faculty ofSarajevo, SarajevoBulgariaTechnical University of Sofia, Faculty of Computer Science,SofiaGreeceAristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Forestryand Natural Environment, Laboratory of Forest Managementand GIS, ThessalonikiAristotle University of Thessaloniki, ThessalonikiOrganisation for the Development of Western Crete, ChaniaMunicipality of Kolymbari, Crete, ChaniaMunicipality of Archanes, Crete, IrakleioItalyUniversity of Trieste, TriesteCIHEAM- Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari, ValenzanoRegional Government of Friuli Venezia Giulia, TriesteRomaniaTechnical University of Bucarest, BucharestENVIRONMENTMEASURE 4.1INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK129

KATER IIKArst waTER research programmewww.kater.atProject DescriptionResults and EffectsENVIRONMENTIn many countries belonging to CADSES, karsticareas are important and essential for public watersupply. Often these areas are at the same timehighly sensitive and valuable natural environments.Conversely, exploitation pressure on theseareas is increasing, such as in the fields of tourism,settlements, transport infrastructure, forestry andpasture management.The KATER II project aims at safeguarding thewater supply and the required, largely naturalconditions of the catchment areas. The conflictsbetween often incompatible land-use activitiesby necessity lead to effects of high relevance forregional planning. To facilitate and optimise thedecision-making process relating to the problemsof land use/water management/environmentalprotection, it is useful to develop and implement adecision support system. This work is based on thescientific and methodological considerations derivedfrom the results of the KATER project.The collection of data documenting the naturalenvironment calls for a well-considered design ofdata collection and the set-up of measuring stations.Optimising the data collection process is akey output of the project. This will be determinedfor the karst aquifers situated in the project territoriesand can be applied to other areas. The developmentof the decision support system will bebased on software developed for the KATER project(metadata and presentation tools) and will behandled by individual project partners. The relevantactivities derived from the project therefore do notmerely address the public at large, but also, and inparticular, the competent policy-makers, scientists,regional planners, water supply companies andadministrators (conferences), students and universityteachers (excursions), and schoolchildren andtheir teachers („weeks in the country“).Among others, KATER II has delivered the followingpublications and public relations activities:Publications:Karst Phenomena in Veneto Region, HydrogeologicalMap of Sette Comuni Plateau (Regione delVeneto, Giunta Regionale, Italian and English);Celico F., Musilli, I., Varcamonti M., Naclerio G.(2005), Microbial groundwater pollution in Italiancarbonate aquifers, Giornale di Geologia, 1.Köck R., Hochbichler E., Effects of pasture abandonmenton subalpine plant species diversity,Journal of Vegetation Science.Public relations activities:i KATER II and the first transnational universityexcursion, September 2004: 38 students participatedin an excursion through all partners‘ pilotareas for nine days,i „Weeks in the Country (Ecocamp Hochschwab)“:50 pupils experienced a week in thecatchment areas of the Viennese water supplyand learned by doing in the field about thegoals of KATER II.KATER II deals with water in karstic areasDurationEU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerMunicipality of the City of Vienna, MA31 WaterworksGrabnergasse 4-61060 ViennaAUSTRIAContact PersonDipl.-Ing. Hans SailerTel +43 1 599 590Fax +43 1 599 59 7231E-Mail kug@m31.magwien.gv.at0 200 kmProject PartnersAustriaFederal Ministry for Education, Science and Culture, ViennaRegional Government of Lower Austria, Sankt PoeltenRegional Government of Styria, GrazCroatiaInstitute of Geology; Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology,ZagrebItalyRegional Government of Veneto, VeniceRegional Government of Molise, CampobassoSloveniaIRGO - Institute of Mining, Geotechnology and Environment,LjubljanaStart ....................................................... 01/2003End ......................................................... 12/2006MEASURE 4.1Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................3,328,336.00thereof ERDF ...................................1,472,724.00130INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

MAGICManagement of Groundwater at Industrially Contaminated Areaswww.magic-cadses.comProject DescriptionThe MAGIC project focuses on the clean up ofcomplex damage in large groundwater bodies. Inparticular the common situation of multiple pollutionsources in derelict areas requires innovativeprocedures instead of the conventional single-casetreatment. Thus a key feature of MAGIC is tofurther develop the integral, emission-orientatedmanagement approach developed in the projectINCORE („Integral Concept for Groundwater Remediation“).of experiences and know-how transfer regardingtechnical, administrative and management topicsamong the project partners.Exemplary is the concern for the work dedicatedto the Odra river aquifer which is considered asa large-scale, transboundary water reserve. Theimplementation of the integral groundwater managementconcept of MAGIC will also strengthenthe capacities of administrative bodies and municipalitiesto implement the demanding EU environmentalpolicies and standards, e.g. the WaterFramework Directive, Art. 17, Groundwater Directive,etc.Results and EffectsThe implementation of the new concept of theproject in four pilot project areas will provide detailedinformation about underground contaminationwhich will lead to groundwater remediationand rehabilitation of these areas (total areaof about 900 ha) and groundwater managementplans in the cities involved. The guidance for practicalapplication of the MAGIC concept will enablethe users to reach a cost reduction of about 25%for the investigation of degraded areas comparedto conventional approaches.EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerCentral Mining Institute (GIG)Department of Geology and GeophysicsPlac Gwarków 140-166 KatowicePOLANDContact PersonMr. Grzegorz GzylTel +48 32 259 2317Fax +48 32 259 6533E-Mail gzyl@gig.katowice.pl0 200 kmMAGIC seeks to clean up groundwater in contaminatedareasThe approach’s identification of main sources ofpollution and targeted clean-up actions lead toefficient groundwater management concepts andplans. The long-term objective is remediation ofdegraded areas by elimination of the most severesources of pollution. This will lead to an improvementto groundwater quality as a basis for sustainablegroundwater resources management.The transnational exchange of experience anddissemination will result in an increased awarenessand a wider implementation of the integralconcept - especially in the new Member States.Groundwater remediation with the elimination ofthe largest sources of pollution will significantlyimprove groundwater quality, which will lead toa better water supply. In the long term the integralprocedure will save money as a cost-effectivemanagement approach for groundwater pollutionabatement which helps to reduce the financialburdens due to the legacy of the past and to therevitalisation of derelict land.Project PartnersCzech RepublicInstitute of Public Health, OstravaGermanyCapital City of Stuttgart - Department for EnvironmentalProtection, StuttgartPolandInstitute for Ecology of Industrial Areas, KatowicePolish Geological Institute, WarsawMunicipality of Olsztyn, OlsztynENVIRONMENTIn close transnational co-operation and on the basisof four pilot actions the MAGIC partners willelaborate, implement and specify a set of toolsfor the application of the integral approach in theCADSES region. The results will be published anddisseminated in training seminars offered to staffof public administration and service providers. Thetransnational approach will lead to an exchangeDurationStart ....................................................... 06/2005End ......................................................... 03/2008Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................2,355,000.00thereof ERDF ...................................1,547,250.00MEASURE 4.1INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK131

SAWWTACASewerage And Waste Water Treatment in the Adriatic Coastal Area:development of an adequate tool on project developmentwww.sawwtaca.comProject DescriptionResults and EffectsThe main objective of the SAWWTACA project isthe improvement and harmonisation of policiesand actions aimed at upgrading sewerage networksand wastewater treatment in urban settlementsaround the Adriatic Sea. The project will,in the first place, create a durable network of localauthorities and experts. The network targetsa continuous upgrading of the overall awarenessand know-how on safeguarding Adriatic surfacewater by improving sewerage systems and wastewatertreatment, being a platform for exchange ofexperiences and transfer of knowledge on innovativetechnologies and management tools.The following outcomes are expected:i Creation of a transnational co-operation networkon sewerage and wastewater treatment inorder to jointly improve the surface water qualityof the Adriatic Sea by improving seweragesystems and wastewater treatment facilities,i Improvement of management skills and technologicalknow-how within agencies in the Adriaticarea dealing with sewerage and wastewaterissues. Dissemination of information on how tocope effectively with the growing demand onwastewater infrastructures in line with Europeanlegislation,i Identification of common, transnational standards,methods and technologies for sewerageand wastewater treatment planning which meetthe specific requirements of Adriatic seaside re-ENVIRONMENTMEASURE 4.1Joanneum Research presentationSecondly, an innovative tool will be developed,elaborated as a set of guidelines, which should enablelocal authorities to identify which infrastructureinvestments are needed, how to implementthem, which restrictions and standards follow fromnational and Community legislation, and whichtechnologies are most suitable to use.In order to meet the specific needs of the Adriaticarea, a thorough analysis of the state of the arton sewerage and wastewater treatment in Adriaticcoastal regions will be carried out. Said analysis willbe confronted with local experiences and expertiseavailable within the partnership, resulting in a MasterPlan for the Adriatic area, which will serve asa reference for policy development in the Adriaticarea. With this background information, the finalguidelines on project development in sewerageand wastewater treatment in the Adriatic area willbe elaborated.sorts. The results will be published in paper andonline, and presented at a conference. Disseminationwill be enhanced by using appropriateoccasions and forums where the results can bepresented,i Increased awareness among administrators,planners and scholars in the entire Adriatic areaof the importance of jointly developing adequatewastewater policies and the use of innovativetechnologies.DurationStart ....................................................... 12/2003End ......................................................... 12/2006Budget (EUR)Total Budget .......................................908,850.00thereof ERDF ......................................496,750.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerMunicipality of RiminiPublic Works SectorPiazza Cavour 2747900 RiminiITALYLead PartnerProject PartnerContact PersonMr. Massimo TottiTel +39 0541 704336Fax +39 0541 704338E-Mail massimo.totti@comune.rimini.itProject PartnersAustriaJoanneum Research, GrazCroatiaCroatian Waters, ZagrebMunicipality of Rijeka, RijekaGreeceMunicipality of Preveza, PrevezaItalyProvince of Rimini, RiminiSloveniaUniversity of Ljubljana, Ljubljana0 200 km132INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

SMS VOSLESSImplementation of Solvent Management Systems as Transnationalapproach to Reducing VOC’s Pollutionwww.provincia.forli-cesena.itProject DescriptionWith the implementation of the Solvent EmissionsDirective (Directive 1999/13/EC), which aimsat reducing the direct and indirect effects of theemissions of volatile organic compounds (VOC) inthe environment, a call for action exists for implementationin the industrial sectors. There is also aneed for developing the implementation of environmentalmanagement systems in some industrialEuropean sites through the Solvent ManagementPlan.The companies that have been selected for theproject are small- and medium-sized enterprises(SMEs) which can set a significant example to extendthe achieved results to other companies inthe same industrial sector after the project hasended. The industrial sectors/processes underinvestigation are: the coating of several kinds ofsurfaces, surface degreasing, shoe production, carrepair work, dry cleaning and production of coatingproducts.Results and EffectsPlanned and partly achieved results of the projectare:i The development of the Solvent ManagementPlan to an operational degree,i To implement the Solvent Management Plan(SMP) in 45 firms and seven industrial sectors,i To establish a set of suitable indicators to verifyand quantify the performance of the SolventManagement Plan. The set of indicators willallow some comparisons regarding the resultsachieved in different countries and in differentcompanies in the same industrial sector,i To implement and distribute specific software toquantify the emissions values,i To organise management training sessions inorder to form several internal operators to performspecific and very practical actions such asusing and checking VOC abatement systems,using specific painting systems and checkingtheir performances, etc.,i The constitution of a network including stakeholderssuch as entrepreneurs‘ associations andlocal authorities,i To provide public administrations with operativeprocedures to optimise the monitoring activities,i To promote the diffusion of the SMP in Romaniaand Slovenia.DurationStart ....................................................... 01/2004End ......................................................... 06/2007Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,087,966.00thereof ERDF ......................................567,500.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProvince of Forli’-CesenaP.le Morgagni 947100 ForlìITALYLead PartnerProject PartnerContact PersonMr. Vladimiro AlbertiTel +39 0543 714111Fax +39 0543 714234E-Mail vladimiro.alberti@provincia.forli-cesena.it0 200 kmProject PartnersGermanyUniversity of Karlsruhe, KarlsruheInstitute for Wood Technology Dresden gGmbH, DresdenItalyItalian Agency for New Technology, Energy and Environment,RomeERVET Emilia Romagna Developement Agency S.p.A.,BolognaRomaniaUniversity of Bucharest, BucharestSloveniaUniversity of Ljubljana, LjubljanaMEASURE 4.1ENVIRONMENTINTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK133

TAQITransnational Air Quality Improvement:A Management Tool for Regional Planningwww.taqi.netENVIRONMENTProject DescriptionThe TAQI project will create a regionalised, transnational,up-to-date emission data informationbase for long-term planning decisions, such as EnvironmentalImpact Assessment (EIA) or StrategicEnvironmental Assessment (SEA) by linking environmentaldata with spatial information.Through EU enlargement the eastern region ofAustria with its adjacent regions in the CzechRepublic, Slovakia and Hungary has developed anew significance in Central Europe. The projectarea is undergoing major economic and infrastructuralchanges. Transit traffic is increasing to unprecedentedlevels on the most heavily loaded roadwaysin Austria.Since air pollution does not stop at national borders,strategies at national level are insufficient tostabilise and reduce air pollution. Therefore, regardingenvironmental and economical policies, spatialplanning and health politics, strategies have to beextended to co-ordinated cross-border measures.There is the need for defining new goals for thefuture especially for economic and environmentalmatters and spatial planning in order to maintain asustainable way of regional development.The transnational TAQI project is addressing thesechallenges by discussing and implementing severalmeasures at cross-border level. The project originatesfrom a co-operation of the majority of theproject partners in former projects and the awarenessof political and administrative bodies thatrelevant problems are better tackled in a transnationalcontext and co-operation.Results and EffectsA central goal of TAQI is to develop strategicconsiderations to improve air quality. The implementationof the EU environmental directives forair quality requires supplementary basic researchon air quality topics including joint elaboration ofmeasures for transnational reduction of emissions,dispersion modelling of air mass movements aswell as arrangements for sanitation.An up-to-date regional emissions register databaseof all SNAP categories (Systematic Nomenclaturefor Air Pollution) based on harmoniseddata will be used as basic research instrument forspatial planning decisions. Joint monitoring andintercalibration exercises (equalisation of nationalair monitoring systems) reduce measurementfailures and increase comparability of measuringsystems of different nations. Additionally, trainingprograms for technicians increase the transfer andexchange of know-how and experience.A unique transnational, up-to-date online air pollutiondatabase available online at www.airce.infoprovides regionalised information on air quality inorder to increase awareness of the relevance of airquality. This Internet platform informs the publicon the current situation of air pollution in the projectregion. It also provides background informationon the most severe air pollutants, radioactivity,main polluters, meteorology, and health aspects.Increasing the awareness of the public facilitatesthe implementation of measures. The project enhancesthe environmental knowledge and disseminatesthe project results in order to also definestrategies on reducing energy consumption.DurationStart ....................................................... 07/2003End ......................................................... 03/2007Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,525,375.00thereof ERDF ......................................773,783.75EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerAustrian Environmental Expert Group (AEEG)Gymnasiumstraße 42/51180 ViennaAUSTRIAContact PersonDipl. Ing. Richard SchönsteinTel +43 1 4783400Fax +43 1 4786391E-Mail aeeg@aon.at0 200 kmProject PartnersAustriaState Government of Lower Austria, St. PöltenState Government of Vienna, ViennaState Government of Burgenland, EisenstadtCzech RepublicCzech Hydrometeorological Institute, PragueGermanyBavarian Environmental Protection Agency, AugsburgHungaryEnvironmental Protection and Water Management ResearchInstitute, BudapestItalyMunicipality of Forli, ForlìSlovakiaSlovak Hydrometeorological Institute, BratislavaThe TAQI project teamMEASURE 4.1134INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

ACCRETeAgriculture and Climate Changes:how to Reduce human Effects and Threatswww.accrete.euProject DescriptionClimate change will have dramatic effects on agricultureand the economy in Europe. New attitudesthat go along with the introduction and disseminationof sustainable resource managing systemsare necessary to reduce climate risks and to mitigatethe human-induced impact on climate change.Agriculture in particular has an effect on andis affected by global climate change. For example,a huge share of the greenhouse gases such asmethane and nitrogen originates from agriculturewhile agriculture is also the sector of the economymost severely hit by the effects of climate change.Becoming aware of the „agriculture - climatechange“ interdependency is the point of departurefor the ACCRETe project.In ACCRETe ten partners work together to developtools to raise awareness and to inform aboutthe link between agriculture and climate change.The project partners from Italy, Greece, Germany,the Czech Republic, Slovenia and Romania arerepresentative of the different environments andregional climates of CADSES.Excellence Center for Bioenergies (C.E.B.), BasilicataRegion (Italy)Results and EffectsThe ACCRETe project targets the following results:i Establishment of a transnational network to examinehow agriculture interferes with climatechange in the partner regions, publication ofthe collected data,i Informing, promoting and disseminatingthrough three thematic work groups to changeattitudes and raise awareness of the link betweenclimate change and agriculture, also involvinglocal actors,i Code of Attitude for farmers (on DVD). ThisEU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProvince of ParmaAgriculture DepartmentP.le Barezzi 343100 ParmaITALYLead PartnerProject Partner0 200 kmACCRETe Meeting in Bucharest, October 2005So far, many districts lack a monitoring system forrisk prevention regarding climate change. Local residentsand institutions often ignore the impact ofclimate change.The aim of the project is to make private and publicactors in the agriculture sector sensitive tothe possible consequences of climate change onproduction figures of agriculture. Beneficiaries andtarget groups of the project are actors from localand regional politics (environment and agriculture),the scientific sector and people involved inagriculture, such as farmers.presentation summarises risks for agriculturewhich are due to climate change. It will alsopromote attitudes which should help reducehuman-induced impact on the climate,i A Transregional Declaration of Intent: „TransregionalUnderstanding ACCRETe“. All partnerswill sign the declaration and show that they arefirmly willing to follow up with research, cooperation,support of sustainable agricultureand activities related to the issues,i An awareness-raising campaign to inform citizensabout risks which are due to climate change.Repercussions in agriculture will be stressedin particular.DurationStart ....................................................... 09/2005End ......................................................... 12/2007Budget (EUR)Total Budget .......................................750,000.00thereof ERDF ......................................470,000.00Contact PersonMr. Guiseppe MezzadriTel +39 0521 931768Fax +39 0521 931778Project PartnersCzech RepublicCzech Hydrometeorological Institute, PragueGermanyUniversity of Rostock, RostockGreeceMunicipality of Chrissoupolis, ChrissoupolisUniversity of Thessaly, VolosMunicipality of Egion, EgionItalyBasilicata Region, PotenzaAgrarian Institute of San Michele all‘Adige, San Micheleall’AdigeRomaniaNational Meteorological Administration, BucharestSloveniaAgricultural Institute of Slovenia, LjubljanaENVIRONMENTMEASURE 4.2INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK135

MONITORHazard Monitoring for Risk Assessment and Risk Communicationwww.monitor-cadses.orgProject DescriptionThe infrastructure in mountainous areas or regionswith seismic activity is greatly threatened by hazardssuch as landslides, avalanches or earthquakes.MONITOR offers a basis for a standardisedrisk management of land-use activities threatenedby natural hazards. The project‘s target groups andtheir regions vary in their risk exposure and theirhazard potentials. MONITOR takes into account abroad variety of local and regional natural hazardsand does not only focus on one hazard category.MONITOR deals with hazard monitoring and riskmanagementENVIRONMENTEarly warning and risk evaluation monitoring is indispensablein risk management. Prevention of damagehas to be correlated with land-use planning.In the project the methodological basis of preventivemeasures will be provided by risk analyses: Forthis MONITOR uses an integrative approach byconsidering the viewpoints of all relevant groupswhich can be seen as an important baseline for riskcommunication.The most important stakeholders identified are politicians,administrative bodies, experts, the directlyaffected population and the media. MONITORwill use synergies of existing knowledge and communicationpotentials and integrate activities atdifferent organisational levels for interdisciplinaryrisk management. It will improve the methodologyof risk analysis and the regulations for risk communicationand thus support the entire process ofrisk evaluation and especially risk communicationthrough a participatory approach. This should leadto transnationally-accepted standards of risk assessmentand communication.Results and EffectsAs a fundamental result, reports and documentationon methods dealing with existing risks inthreatened regions will be developed. A regionalhazard matrix showing the relation between hazardpotential and actual land-use activities in aqualitative way will be generated. Within this matrix,risk combinations of several hazard processesversus exposure structures can be displayed. Duringthe project, a multilingual glossary with riskterms and risk governance will be developed. Moreover,a technical guide concerning the methodologyof data collection practices as well as riskcommunication tools and regional risk communicationchains are proposed results of MONITOR.Finally, instructional material such as tutorials andonline courses will be produced. Evaluation reportsand best practice models of terrestrial and remoterisk monitoring tools and improvement of temporalmeasurements in the way of risk management(evacuation, blockades) will round off the project’soutcome.DurationStart ....................................................... 01/2006End ......................................................... 12/2007Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,552,700.00thereof ERDF ......................................826,350.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject Partner0 200 kmLead PartnerAustrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environmentand Water ResourcesForestry SectionMarxergasse 2A-1030 ViennaAUSTRIAContact PersonMr. Hubert SiegelTel +43 1 711000 7104Fax +43 1 71100 2398E-Mail hubert.siegel@lebensministerium.atProject PartnersAustriaAgricultural Research and Education Centre Raumberg-Gumpenstein,IrdningLower Austrian Regional Government, TullnAustrian Federal Railways, Railnet Austria Inc., ViennaBulgariaNational Forestry Board, SofiaCzech RepublicCD - Telematika a.s., PragueGreeceRegion of Western Greece, PatrasItalyAutonomous Province of Bolzano - South Tyrol, Kardaun (BZ)Veneto Region, VeniceSloveniaTorrent and Erosion Control Service, LjubljanaMEASURE 4.2136INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

Red CodeRegional Disaster Common Defencewww.cadsesredcode.netProject DescriptionResults and EffectsThe European Commission aims at strengtheningthe co-operation of EU Member States in the fieldof civil protection. Project collaboration effortsshould help reduce natural and technological risksand mitigate the consequences of potential disastersby linking research activities and the operativelevel of civil protection. The inclusion of thenew EU Member States in CADSES requires thecreation and sharing of common guidelines andtools to prevent and manage natural and manmadedisasters. For this reason action plans for riskmanagement need to be jointly drawn up and appliedon a transnational basis.The Red Code project targets the following results:i Analysis of the civil protection systems in theregions involved in the Red Code project,i Planning, promotion and development of integratednational, regional and local civil protectionsystems,i Definition and adjustment of common spatialdevelopment regulations, rules and procedures,i Common guidelines and manuals on matters ofemergency planning and on best practice for civilprotection tools,i Creation of risk maps,i Establishment of a European network of civilRed Code aims at setting up methodologies andactions to achieve the basis for a transnationalprotocol of agreements for disaster prevention,monitoring and management. Best practices andcommon procedures should be established. Thesewill then be shared with other actors involved inrisk and disaster management at European level.The project should improve the capacity to reactin case of disasters and should provide options forco-operation when facing disasters that requirejoint intervention.The project involves civil protection units, scientificinstitutions and citizens of the project regions.Red Code is focused on spatial priorities promotedby the ESDP, in particular concerning the developmentand conservation of the natural heritage.And together with the CEMAT guideline principles,that means the reduction of damage to theenvironment and mitigation of the impact of naturaldisasters.protection operators which will also be managingan open source knowledge and informationdatabase,i Establishment of training measures for operatorsand information activities,i Creation of a common methodology for risk/disastermanagement among the partners,i To share a common standardised system on thethree operative procedures of warning, prealarmand alarm, including guidelines.DurationStart ....................................................... 09/2005End ......................................................... 12/2007Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,310,000.00thereof ERDF ......................................832,500.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject Partner0 200 kmLead PartnerBasilicata Region-Infrastructures and Mobility Department,Infrastructures and MobilityOffice of Civil ProtectionCorso Garibaldi 3985100 PotenzaITALYContact PersonIng. Gerardo CalvelloTel +39 0971 668523Fax +39 0971 668519E-Mail gerardo.calvello@regione.basilicata.itProject PartnersGreecePrefecture of Heraklion, HeraklionMunicipality of Heraklion, HeraklionMunicipality of Kastelli, KastelliHungaryMunicipality of Miskolc, MiskolcItalyEmilia Romagna Region, BolognaProvince of Rimini, RiminiSlovakiaKosice Self Governing Region, KosiceSloveniaRegional Developement Agency of Northern Primorska LtdNova Gorica, Sempeter Pri GoriciMEASURE 4.2ENVIRONMENTINTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK137

RIMADIMARisk-, Disaster-Management & Prevention of Natural Hazards inMountainous and / or Forested Regionswww.rimadima.euProject DescriptionEach year natural disasters harm people and natureand wreak considerably havoc on the economicactivity and infrastructure of the areas concerned.In the regions involved in the RIMADIMAproject natural disasters have caused immense damage.Many of the existing structures of risk anddisaster management have not yet succeeded inpreventing or mitigating major catastrophes. AnNational Park, Brasov (Romania)ENVIRONMENTMEASURE 4.2improvement is required based on a long-termprocess of transnational co-operation, which alsoassures the transfer of knowledge and best practicesconcerning risk and disaster management.After the recent disasters in Romania, the BrasovCounty Council developed the idea of a commonrisk and disaster management system which shouldbe developed and implemented together with regionsthreatened by similar hazards with meteorological(storms, floods, forest fires, droughts) andgravitational causes (landslides, avalanches, rockslides, mudslides, falling rocks). The project partnersare situated in forested regions characterisedby high mountains or large lakes and are locatedclose to densely populated urban areas, technicalinfrastructures or industrial zones. Tourism is animportant economic factor. However these regionsdo not only benefit from it because tourismcauses damage and generates risks which cannotbe countered with a sustainable concept. For theseregions the establishment of preservation areasand ban zones represents an essential instrumentof spatial development.The principal target of RIMADIMA is the developmentof preventive measures, emergency plansand plans to combat natural hazards. RIMADIMAaims at setting up a common concept of a decisionsupport system to improve the decision-makingprocess for planning departments and Crisis ManagementCentres. This will provide possibilitiesfor the interaction of planning and crises intervention.The structure of the concept and the demoversion of a DSS (Decision Support System) programcan be adapted to other risk types and otherCADSES regions.Results and EffectsThe main results of the project will be:i Planning, modernisation and development ofCrisis Management Centres (CMC) integratedinto national, regional and local entities targetingan increase of security for an enhancementof the socio-economic structures,i Promotion of co-operation and exchange of experienceat European level between CMCs,i Elaboration and improvement of common spatialdevelopment directives, laws and proceduresin risk prevention and risk management,i Development of an open-source DSS demoversion as a tool for decision-makers combiningrisk management and spatial planning factors,i Based on the experience of the partners, riskprevention concepts will be worked out andvisualised in GIS web-based hazard maps adjustedfor the topics: natural disasters, sustainableecological tourism concepts, preservation ofnature in forested and mountainous areas.DurationStart ....................................................... 06/2006End ......................................................... 07/2008Budget (EUR)Total Budget .......................................959,000.00thereof ERDF ......................................397,500.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerCommunity Mountain Appennino ForliveseCivil Protection - International ProjectsVia IV Novembre 1247016 Predappio (FC)ITALY0 200 kmContact PersonArch. Vice President Marco IachettaTel +39 0543 926016Fax +39 0543 923141E-Mail marco.iachetta@comunita-montana-forlivese.fo.itProject PartnersBulgariaSmolyan Region, SmolyanNational Association of Small and Medium-size Business, SofiaCzech RepublicNature Conservation BERKUT, Tepla u TouzimeFormer Yugoslav Rep. of MacedoniaUniversity of Skopje - Faculty of Forestry, SkopjePublic Enterprise „Parks and Greenery“, SkopjeHungaryLake Balaton Development Coordination Agency, SiófokPolandSilesian Voivodeship, KatowiceRomaniaBrasov County Council, BrasovSerbiaPublic Enterprise for Water Management “Srbijavode”, NoviBeogradUniversity of Belgrade, BelgradeToplicki District, Prokuplje138INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

RISK AWARERISK-Advanced Weather forecasting system to Advice on RiskEvents and managementwww.smr.arpa.emr.it/riskawareProject DescriptionMeteorological hazards, especially flooding, causethe loss of lives and destruction of buildings andinfrastructure. This demands an improvement inforecasting systems and timely warnings of suchhazards in order to protect lives and property.The project‘s general objectives are the preventionof geo-hydrological natural disasters at regional,national and transnational level caused by meteorologicalsituations and the design and implementationof regional, national and transnational programmesfor geo-hydrological hazard assessmentand risk management.The project‘s main activities will focus on the:i Definition of methodologies, models and datasets,i Definition of common guidelines for risk preventionand management,i Design and development of a data communicationsystem and archiving system,i Implementation of the operational prototypesin selected target areas,i Deployment of facilities to end users.The goal of RISK AWARE is to enlarge the spectrumand quality of meteorological informationto the short range (0-24 hours) in order to supportusers in hydrology, geology, civil protectionand related areas whose actions are dependent ontimely information about severe meteorologicalevents evolving over a short period of time andlocal hydro-geological conditions.Session of the International School on Hydro-GeologicalRisk Prevention in Rome, June 2006Results and EffectsThe results of the project are:i Compilation of a database including meteogeo-hydrodata,i Development of a data broadcasting system,i Development of a data visualisation system,i Scientific publications and reports,i Methodologies to improve the description ofweather conditions at different time spans up totwo days in advance,i Methodologies to relate weather conditions toground effects,i Software tools to integrate the different componentsof the system in a unique framework,i Regional and national meetings to exchange informationwith local, regional, national authorities,institutions and end users,i Guidelines documents, pilot actions and civilprotection plans.DurationStart ....................................................... 01/2004End ......................................................... 12/2006Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................2,801,425.00thereof ERDF ...................................1,451,069.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject Partner0 200 kmLead PartnerARPA ER - Regional Environmental Agency in Emilia-Romagna,Hydrometeorological ServiceViale Silvani 640122 BolognaITALYContact PersonDr. Pierpaolo AlberoniTel +39 051 497511Fax +39 051 6497501E-Mail palberoni@arpa.emr.itProject PartnersAustriaJoanneum Research GmbH, GrazUniversity of Vienna, ViennaCroatiaMeteorological and Hydrological Service, ZagrebGermanyDeutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, WesslingItalyUniversity of L‘Aquila CETEMPS, L‘AquilaRegione Marche, AnconaARPA Friuli Venezia Giulia Osmer, PalmanovaRegione Emilia-Romagna, BolognaConsiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche ISAC, RomeConsiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Istituto di Ricerca per laProtezione Idrogeologica, PerugiaDipartimento di Protezione Civile, RomePolandInstitute of Meteorology and Water Management, WarsawENVIRONMENTMEASURE 4.2INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK139

RIVER SHIELDProtecting Rivers from Accidental Industrial Pollutionwww.rivershield.orgProject DescriptionAlthough the general condition of most Europeanrivers has improved over recent years, accidentalspills of chemicals in rivers remain a severe threatto the environment. This risk is characteristic of allregions involved in the RIVER SHIELD project, asthe areas are crossed by rivers which flow throughmore than one country, such as the Danube, Oder,Strimon and Nestos. To overcome the problem ofaccidental industrial pollution a close co-operationof all involved authorities, services and organisationsfrom all countries concerned is necessary.Results and EffectsThe results of RIVER SHIELD include:i Risk assessment of the participating regions,i Involvement of stakeholders in project implementationand increasing their know-how,i Specification and installation of early warningand alarm systems,i Increase of emergency response efficiency andcreation of emergency response know-how,i Integration of risk prevention and emergencyresponse measures in spatial planning.ENVIRONMENTRiver Shield targets the protection of rivers frompollution caused by industrial accidents throughdevelopment and implementation of risk management,prevention and response good practices.The project partners are public authorities and environmentalprotection organisations from Greece,Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Sloveniaand Bulgaria. River Shield increases the capacity ofthe involved environmental protection and emergencyresponse services to minimise the impact ofpotential industrial accidents. Regional Networkswill be formed to strengthen know-how exchangeand transnational co-operation. Emergency responseguides will be compiled and disseminated.Spatial planning and land-use measures and policieswill be developed and proposed. As a supportivemechanism, the River Shield Unit for thefuture utilisation of the project outcomes will beinstitutionalised. Dissemination actions will be carriedout at regional, national and European level.Kick-off meeting of RIVER SHIELDDurationStart ....................................................... 05/2006End ......................................................... 04/2008Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,280,000.00thereof ERDF ......................................870,000.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerRegion of East Macedonia ThraceWater Resource ManagementG. Kakoulidou 169100 KomotiniGREECELead PartnerProject PartnerContact PersonMr. Panagiotis GeorgiadisTel +30 2510 22 89 64Fax +30 2510 83 71 73E-Mail wrd-remth@kom.forthnet.gr0 200 kmProject PartnersBulgariaFoundation Regional Development, SofiaCzech RepublicRegional Development Agency for Central Moravia, OlomoucGreeceRegion of Central Macedonia, ThessalonikiTHESIS Consultants Ltd., ThessalonikiHungaryVITUKI Kht, Environmental Protection Institute, BudapestPolandInstitute of Environmental Protection, WarsawSloveniaRegional Development Center of Koper, KoperMEASURE 4.2Case study region - Nestos river (Bulgaria and Greece)140INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

S.I.S.M.A.System Integrated for Security Management Activities to safeguardand protect historic centres from risks. “Citizen as the first rescuer”Project DescriptionResults and EffectsMany regions of CADSES, such as parts of Italy,Greece, the Balkans, Slovenia or Slovakia, are vulnerableto seismic activities. The towns and regionsinvolved in the S.I.S.M.A. project embrace areaswhich are exposed to seismic risks. Moreover, thetowns are characterised by a rich architectural andcultural heritage. Several historic centres where relevantactivities for improving the quality of urbansystems are being carried out are also included.The main aim of S.I.S.M.A. is to start a scientificcomparison of approaches and methodologies thathave been developed to confront and prevent thedestruction caused by natural disasters. Preventiveco-ordinated actions should be outlined and promotedat transnational level to mitigate the effectsof these hazards.The final target of the project is to protect and safeguardhuman life and cultural heritage. This willbe accomplished by the development of methodologiesof integrated actions covering aspects ofurban planning and building regulations which willbe applied as tools of precautionary measures.As regards conservation of the „historic centre system“and its components, elements will be analysedfor reducing the vulnerability of these areas.As a consequence, information and awareness ofcitizens concerning risks and the degree of vulnerabilityof their own urban system will allow themto act as „first rescuers“ in case of an emergency.So risk prevention becomes important element fortheir own security as well as for that of the culturalheritage in the historic centre.The project compiled a report which collected thepartners know-how on matters of seismic risk prevention.An international glossary was developedby the Italian Civil Protection Department as a toolfor content analysis of bibliographic informationand as reference material on disaster terminology.Moreover, foreseen results of the project are:i Creation of a data processing system and exchangeof information among the project partners,i Report references of synthesising shared methodologiesto critically analyse the vulnerabilitydegree of the „historic centre system“ and itscomponents as regards damage from naturaldisasters, as well as a definition of the criteriafor a disaster scenario outline,i Report synthesising guidelines for the definitionof land management policy, regulations andprojects aiming to reduce risks as well as to safeguardhistoric and cultural sites,i Report outlining actions for better populationtraining on the „citizens as first rescuer“ rolewithin risk management actions as carried outin emergency plans,i Dissemination of risk prevention-based methodologiesthrough staff training and education.DurationStart ....................................................... 01/2003End ......................................................... 04/2007Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................2,155,142.00thereof ERDF ...................................1,107,746.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject Partner0 200 kmLead PartnerUmbria RegionDept. of Territorial Policy, Environment and InfrastructurePiazza Partigiani 106100 PerugiaITALYContact PersonIng. Luciano TortoioliTel +39 075 5042627Fax +39 075 5042629E-Mail prociv@regione.umbria.itProject PartnersGreecePrefecture of Athens, AthensRegion of Peloponnese, TripolisMunicipality of Homeroupolis / Chios, VrondadosItalyEmilia Romagna Region, BolognaMarche Region, AnconaAbruzzo Region, L‘AquilaCivil Protection Department, RomeSlovakiaGeological Survey of Slovak Republic, BratislavaSloveniaEnvironmental Agency of Slovene Republic, LjubljanaENVIRONMENTS.I.S.M.A. aims at protecting historical centres from risksMEASURE 4.2INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK141

STRiMRemotely Accessed Decision Support System for TransnationalEnvironmental Risk Managementwww.strim.euProject DescriptionRisk management at transnational level is an importanttool for setting up alternative risk scenarioswithin the Strategic Environmental Assessmentframework (SEA). This is one result that wasrealised when implementing the CADSES project„ISOTEIA“ which deals with an integrated systemto assess Territorial and Environmental Impacts(TEIA) regarding resource management andregional planning. Moreover, it was discoveredthat there is a serious gap between the scientificstate-of-the-art in the field of managing risks onthe one hand, and on the other hand, the actualimplementation of transnational approaches andmechanisms in risk management.Specific outputs of the project will be:i Establishment of a new transnational networkon risk management,i Promotion of transnational actions for preventingenvironmental damage,i Support of best-practice implementation in riskassessment,i Set-up of new, user-friendly mechanisms for environmentalrisk management,i Supply of stakeholders with dynamic decisionsupport tools,i Construction of new knowledge bases for regionalcommunities, comprising geo-databases,reports and management plans,i Provision of an infrastructure for training,i Development of demo GIS applications for trai-ENVIRONMENTSTRiM will bridge this gap between science andad-hoc solutions at transnational level and will developnew mechanisms for Strategic EnvironmentalAssessment which is required by EU legislation.In the STRiM project partners from ten countries -EU member states and accession countries - willbe involved.Main target groups of the project are stakeholdersin risk management who need serious scientificbackup when applying the „precautionary principle“,which means measures will be proposed toreduce and prevent environmental risks and disasters.Results and EffectsThe main objective of STRiM is to establish a remotelyand commonly accessible system for decisionsupport concerning risk management attransnational level. After studying the existingnational systems and the scientific state-of-theartin risk management, the project will define acomprehensive service concerning transnationalrisk management.ning purposes.STRiM deals with the reduction of environmental risksDurationStart ....................................................... 01/2006End ......................................................... 06/2008Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,234,241.20thereof ERDF ......................................647,190.90EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerMediterranean Agronomic Institute of ChaniaEnvironmental ManagementMakedonias Str. 173100 ChaniaGREECEContact PersonMr. Alkinoos NikolaidisTel +30 2821035000Fax +30 2821035001E-Mail alkinoos@maich.gr0 200 kmProject PartnersAlbaniaInstitute of Informatics and Applied Mathematics, TiranaCenter for Geographical Studies, TiranaBosnia and HerzegovinaHydro Engineering Institute Sarajevo, SarajevoBulgariaTechnical University of Sofia, SofiaCzech RepublicMendel University of Agriculture and Forestry, BrnoFormer Yugoslav Rep. of MacedoniaCyril and Methodius University, SkopjeGermanyTechnical University of Munich, FreisingGreeceOrganization for the Development of Western Crete, ChaniaRegion of Crete, HeraklionAristotle University of Thessaloniki, ThessalonikiMEASURE 4.2ItalyUniversity of Trieste, TriesteMediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari, ValenzanoRomaniaTechnical University of Bucharest, BucharestSerbiaThe Mihailo Pupin Institute, Belgrade142INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

CADSEALANDLand-Sea Interaction: Coastal State and Evolution in CADSESwww.cadsealand.netProject DescriptionThe complex ensemble of natural marine, terrestrial,atmospheric processes that determine the„state“ of coastal areas is the result of a statisticalbalance which is subject to both natural and anthropogenicchanges. It is of vital importance forthe preservation and management of coastal areasto be able to detect these trends or their signs inthe coastal state as well as to identify the natureand origin of the detected trends. Managementinterventions have to be addressed (includingpreservation and defence ones) in full respect ofeconomic and social interests that are, almost invariably,linked in such circumstances. Given thiscomplexity of coastal dynamics, trends in a statisticalprocess have to be detected.nefit from pairing up expertise and the institutionalroles of the partners belonging to nationaland regional agencies, municipalities and universitiesin Italy, Greece and Romania.Results and EffectsThe project targets the following results:i Developing international standards for thedefinition of a „state of the coast“ useful forterritorial planning, management, engineering,insurance, etc., which take into account theprocesses (both on land and at sea) that determinethe coastal state, as well as the land-seainteractions (which are affected by both naturaland human pressures) that determine the evolution(dynamics) of the coastal state,i To establish efficient monitoring systems for theCADSEALAND investigates land-sea interactionThe project was developed simultaneously alongtwo lines:i A „horizontal“ integration line along actionsthat is aimed at stimulating public institutions todefine and develop guidelines for coastal managementbased on a land-sea integrated viewof coastal areas; a particular effort is devoted tofulfilling the recommendations of the EuropeanParliament and Council concerning the implementationof Integrated Coastal Zone Managementin Europe (2002/413/EC), andi A „vertical“ intervention line along actions isdeveloped on specific coastal areas aimed fromthe start at maintaining a connection with concreteterritorial problems.i The objectives are essentially: guidelines forcoast protection and management based on anintegrated land-sea culture of coastal areas, anoverall view of coastal areas in southern Europeand specific experiences in the Italian and Greekbasins. The project development will greatly be-state of the coast and its evolution, and efficienttechniques for the protection of endangeredcoastal areas and the reconstruction of damagedones,i Developing and diffusing an integrated cultureof land-sea interaction in coastal areas fortheir preservation and management as well asfor planning of the future development of theCADSES area, together with guidelines to beadopted by public institutions for the protectionof the coast.Comparison of shorelinesDurationStart ....................................................... 01/2004End ......................................................... 12/2006Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................2,529,996.00thereof ERDF ...................................1,399,998.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerCINFAI - Consorzio Interuniversitario Naz. per la Fisica,UNICAMVia Viviano Venanzi 1562032 Camerino (MC)ITALYContact PersonDr. Janka StrakovaTel +39 073 7 61803Fax +39 073 7 616804E-Mail janka.strakova@cinfai.it0 200 kmProject PartnersGreeceNational Technical University of Athens, AthensNational Technical University of Athens, AthensManagement Authority of Lake Pamvotis, IoanninaMunicipal Enterprise for Water Supply and Sewage of Ioannina,IoanninaMunicipality of Evrostini, DerveniItalyNational Agency for Environment and Technical Services,RomeMarche Region, AnconaEmilia Romagna, BolognaGeological, Seismic and Soil Survey of the Emilia RomagnaRegion GSSS, BolognaRomaniaRumanian National Institute of Hydrology (RNIH), BucharestENVIRONMENTMEASURE 4.3INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK143

Educate!Building the Future of Transnational Cooperation in WaterResources in South-Eastern Europewww.e-educating.orgProject DescriptionResults and EffectsThe management of water resources ensures notonly the security of the water supply, it also contributesto environmental protection. To reach a highquality standard of water resource management,professional education and knowledge and crossnationalapproaches are indispensable becausedealing with water resources transgresses nationalboundaries.The project region, located in South-Eastern Europe,is characterised by a lack of capacity in theenvironmental and water resource sector. The Educate!project addresses this weakness of the region.It promotes cross-border co-operation effortsof professionals by making use of long establishedcollaboration projects at major universities ofthe region. Education schemes for future policymakers,such as young university graduates, andtraining measures for current government officialsand the industry should help to improve the managementof water resources.The means to achieve this ambitious yet vital aimis to develop a Transnational School for the Environment(TSE), initiate a postgraduate educationprogramme and set up training courses for governmentofficials and the industry.Specifically, Educate! will provide the followingresults:i Set up and operate a network of Higher EducationOrganisations in South-Eastern Europewith expertise in Environmental Protection andWater Resources Management,i Develop a flexible structure for delivering thecourse contents across geographic areas andacross different audiences (from students toprofessionals) through e-learning and a modularformat supporting continuous education andvocational training,i Run a pilot transnational postgraduate courseand professional educational and trainingcourses for government officials and the industryon Integrated Water Resources Management.EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerNational Technical University of AthensSchool of Civil Engineering, Water ResourcesIroon Polytechniou Str. 515780 AthensGREECEContact PersonProfessor Alexandra KatsiriTel +30 2107 722797Fax +30 2107 722899E-Mail akatsiri@central.ntua.gr0 200 kmENVIRONMENTEducate! will assist in shaping current and futurepolicies and practices in Water Resources Managementin South-Eastern Europe through professionalcapacity building and provision of a commonunderstanding of Integrated Water Resource Management(IWRM) for young graduates within aco-operative, transnational environment.The overall objective of the initiative is to assistthe regional transnational co-operation in WaterResource Management and Environmental Protection.This will be achieved by educating futurepolicy-makers, while at the same time providingtraining measures for people currently involved inenvironmental politics.Educate! improves the management capacities for waterresource managementDurationStart ....................................................... 05/2006End ......................................................... 08/2008Budget (EUR)Total Budget .......................................950,000.00thereof ERDF ......................................397,500.00Project PartnersGreeceNational Technical University of Athens, AthensRomaniaTechnical University of Civil Engineering, BucharestSerbiaUniversity of Belgrade, BelgradeIRTCUD, BelgradeSloveniaUniversity of Ljubljana, LjubljanaMEASURE 4.3144INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

ELLAELbe – LAbe Flood Management Measures by Transnational SpatialPlanningwww.ella-interreg.orgProject DescriptionThe ELLA project is the transnational co-operationof nearly all regional spatial planning authorities inthe Elbe basin. This partnership of national and regionalpartners is responsible for spatial planning,water management and agriculture. Flood preventionand common management approaches haveto be improved.The project activities include:i Flood risk analysis and mapping, basic implementationsteps for retention measures, impactanalysis,i Risk maps, agreement on retention measures,land-use options,i Retention measures for rainwater in the fields ofregional planning, agriculture, forestry, etc.,i Solutions for downstream/upstream burden balancingto expedite implementation of measures,i Production of transnational strategic planningmaps,i Improvement of regional plans, regional strategies,etc. following transnational needs,i Build an efficient transregional network of authoritiesregarding spatial planning and floodmanagement,i Work on a transnational strategy for burdensharing incentives.EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject Partner0 200 kmELLA partner meeting in PragueThe main project objectives are the transnationaldevelopment and regional implementation of ajoint spatial planning strategy and the enhancementof information and data (hazard maps ininformation systems). Regional plans, spatial planninginstruments and policies should be evaluatedand improved. Moreover, several regional and localland-use plans in flood-prone areas should beameliorated.ELLA pilot projectsResults and EffectsThe ELLA project has achieved the following results:i Hazard maps for most of the Elbe and many tributaries(„Elbe Atlas“),i The transnational ELLA Strategy for spatialplanning and water management in the Elberiver basin,i A joint declaration on implementation of thestrategy and further co-operation of the projectpartners,i Flood management systems and maps,i A travelling exhibition (3 months running alongthe Elbe river),i Regional and local planning documents followingthe joint strategy.DurationStart ....................................................... 07/2003End ......................................................... 12/2006Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................2,560,000.00thereof ERDF ...................................1,300,000.00Lead PartnerSaxon State Ministry of the Interior, Div. 45Wilhelm-Buck-Strasse 401097 DresdenGERMANYContact PersonDr. Edgar TrawnicekTel +49 351 5643456Fax +49 351 5643659E-Mail Fachplanung-EU@SMI.Sachsen.deProject PartnersAustria: Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry,Environment and Water Management (BMLFUW), ViennaCzech Republic: Ministry for Regional Development of theCzech Republic (MMR), Prague / Ústí region, Usti nad LabemSouth Bohemian Region, Ceske Budejovice / Region of Plzen,Plzen / Hradec Králové Region, Hradec Kralove / CentralBohemia Region, Prague / Region Liberec, Liberec / PardubiceRegion, Pardubice / Ministry of Environment of the CzechRepublic (MoE), Prague / Elbe River Basin Authority, HradecKraloveGermany: German Federal Ministry for Transport, Buildingand Urban Development (BMVBS), Berlin / Ministry for RegionalDevelopment and Traffic of Saxony-Anhalt (MBL-LST),Magdeburg / District Stendal, Stendal / Saxon State Ministryof Environment and Agriculture (SMUL), Dresden / SaxonState Agency for Environment and Geology (LfUG), Dresden /Joint Spatial Planning Department Berlin-Brandenburg (GLBB), Potsdam / Federal Institute for Hydrology (BfG), Koblenz /German Association for Housing, Urban and Spatial Development,Berlin / German Federal Ministry of Food, Agricultureand Consumer Protection (BMELV), BonnHungary: Middle-Tisza District Water Authority (MiTiWa),SzolnokPoland: Wroclaw Regional Development Agency (WARR),WroclawENVIRONMENTMEASURE 4.3INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK145

ENHYGMAENvironmental, HYdrologic and Ground MAnagement:Innovative Solutions for the CADSES AreasProject Descriptioni Optimisation of land use by mapping of soil ty-The partners participating in the ENHYGMA projectcurrently lack the data, technology and knowhownecessary for analysing geomorphologicalvulnerabilities affecting their regions. The project‘smain rationale is to compensate for the structurallack of comprehensive territorial data and integratedwater management methodologies in CADSEScountries, particularly those affected by floods.The project aims at promoting transnational exchangeof experiences, technologies and knowhowon integrated water management. It focuseson land surveys, laser scanning and remote sensingfor 3D modelling in relation to hydrologicalrisk assessment methodologies development.The main objective is the definition of a versatile,effective and low-cost problem-solving methodologyfor integrated water management in floodrisk areas; this will be achieved through the collaborationof various institutions of the CADSES region.The methodology will serve as a basis for thedevelopment of a pilot project and its applicationin the Tisza-Marosszogi Association area (Hungary),with the purpose of creating a Digital TerrainModel (DTM), as well as Flood Risk Area Mapsthrough bi-dimensional hydraulic modelling. Bymaking available such strategic tools, the projectwill provide a crucial contribution to the optimisationof environmental planning.pes and best-use regime and detailed territorialenhancement and management planning,i Improvement of environmental conservation bydetecting and rehabilitating „safe zones“ (e.g.flood lamination areas, wet zones),i Overall economic and social growth: increasedproductivity of agricultural lands and establishmentof new small- and medium-sized companies,i Creation of a transnational knowledge database,i Territorial data collection and data processing,i Development of DTM and GIS tools and floodhazard maps,i Definition of common protocols for water resourcemanagement and environmental planningfor the whole region,i Evaluation of priority needs for infrastructuredevelopment such as draining and irrigationsystems.DurationStart ....................................................... 02/2006End ......................................................... 02/2008Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,163,325.00thereof ERDF ......................................712,947.50EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerUVB - Unione Veneta BonificheCannaregio 12230121 VeniceITALYContact PersonDirector Luigi VeroneseTel +39 041 716533 / 716399Fax +39 041 5242143E-Mail unioneve@tin.itProject PartnersCzech RepublicPovodí Odry, OstravaLead PartnerProject Partner0 200 kmENVIRONMENTResults and EffectsThe expected outcomes of the project are:i Improvement of the hydrological safety by monitoringof watershed areas, flood risk prevention,rational urban planning and infrastructuredevelopment considering flood risks,GreeceAgricultural University of Athens, AthensHungaryEnvitest Environment Protection, BudapestItalyNational Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysicsof Trieste, Sgonico (TS)SloveniaGeodetic Institute of Slovenia, LjubljanaMEASURE 4.3146INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

FLOODMEDMonitoring, Forecasting and Best Practices for Flood Mitigationand Prevention in the CADSES Regionwww.floodmed.chi.civil.ntua.grProject DescriptionHydro-meteorological monitoring and flood forecastingare indispensable for preventing and mitigatinghydrological hazards, such as floods, andfor ensuring civil protection. Implementing a planthat acknowledges the principles of sustainabilityto combat floods requires further activities regardingagriculture, forestry and land-use managementin flood risk areas. As most river catchmentsareas belong to more than one country or region,methodologies have to be developed withina transnational and a transregional context thatgo beyond local concepts. The project regions ofFLOODMED are characterised by an increase inthe number of people and economic assets locatedin flood risk zones, while at the same time the areaslack an integrated flood management plan.tural, will be examined in relation to flood preventionand low impact development. Upon projectcompletion, local authorities will have at their disposal,and will be trained to use, a state-of-the-art,viable, integrated system for flood estimation andmitigation, which will constitute a solid basis fordecision-making in the field of spatial planning.DurationStart ....................................................... 03/2006End ......................................................... 04/2008Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................2,250,000.00thereof ERDF ...................................1,097,500.00The project aims at developing effective floodrisk management programs, incorporating thebasic elements of flood prevention, protection,preparedness, emergency response and recovery.FLOODMED brings together scientists and publicservants who will develop a scalable system ofoperational tools to support integrated water andsustainable flood risk management.Results and EffectsEU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerNational Technical University of AthensCivil EngineeringHeroon Polytechniou Str. 915780 ZografouGREECEContact PersonMs Maria MimikouTel +30 210 7722880Fax +30 210 7722879E-Mail mimikou@chi.civil.ntua.gr0 200 kmIn the FLOODMED project transnational methodologiesand models will be developed and implementedfor flood estimation and forecasting forgauged and ungauged sites, resulting in the proposalof flood mitigation measures and real-timewarning systems. The efficacy of different bestmanagement practices, structural and non-struc-FLOODMED helps to forecast and monitor floodsProject PartnersBulgariaUniversity of Architecture, SofiaGermanyCenter for Environmental Research (UFZ), LeipzigGreecePerfecture of Chania, ChaniaTechnical University of Crete, ChaniaHungaryVITUKI Environmental Protection and Water ResourcesResearch Institute, BudapestItalyWater Research Institute (IRSA), BariResearch Institute for Geo-Hydrological Protection (IRPI-CNR), PerugiaUmbria Region, PerugiaENVIRONMENTPolandInstitute of Meteorology and Water Management (IMGW),WroclawSerbiaInstitute for the Development of Water Resources “JaroslavCerni”, PinosavaSlovakiaSlovak Hydrometeorological Institute, BratislavaMEASURE 4.3RomaniaNational Institute of Hydrology and Water Management,BucharestINTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK147

HYDROCAREHydrological Cycle of the CADSES Regionswww.hydrocare-cadses.netProject DescriptionResults and EffectsHYDROCARE originates from the acknowledgementof the strategic relevance of water for thelinked issues of economic development and environmentalprotection. The integrated approachof the project, based on the coupled analysis ofboth water resource and hydro-meteorogicalevents, derives from the appraisal of the suitabilityof transdisciplinary approaches to complex problems.HYDROCARE will develop an integrated systemcapable of assessing the impact of hydro-meteorologicalevents on water resources in the CADSESregion. Emphasis will be put on the developmentof effective transnational tools for a rational exploitationof water resources and the managementof the extreme hydro-meteorological eventsto preserve and enhance economic and environmentalwelfare. Such managing tools will be alsoillustrated in practical terms by performing severalcase studies. Other main topics of the project arethe reconstruction of the large and basin-scale hydrologicalcycle of the CADSES area to be achievedby suitably merging observations (both localand remote) and models, and the development ofa higher level ICT network within a transnationalframe to collect and exchange hydro-meteorologicaldata. Provision of relevant information to endusers such as farmers, entrepreneurs, public administrationsand agencies is also foreseen.Expected outcomes of HYDROCARE are:i Development of an integrated approach forwater resource management, directly bridgingthe evaluation of the quality and quantity ofthe water resources of the CADSES area withsoundly based tools to reconstruct and modelthe large and basin-scale hydrological cycle,i Establishment of effective, internationally sharedtools for public and private institutions forproper management of the water resources aswell as for planning future development in theCADSES area with special attention to the dynamicsof the costs of potable water,i Development of set of standards at Europeanlevel for the collection, evaluation, storage andinterpretation of the hydro-meteorological datacoming from different sources, with particularregard to extreme events of great potential impacton the welfare of the population and thestate of the environment,i Creation of a common and homogeneous databaseand development of a website with a bulletinupdated monthly, covering extreme hydrometeorologicalevents in the CADSES area.EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject Partner0 200 kmLead PartnerNational Consortium of Universities for the Physics of Atmospheresand Hydrospheres, Unit of CamerinoVia Viviano Venanzi 1562032 CamerinoITALYContact PersonMr. Donato Di CamilloTel +39 0737 616803Fax +39 0737 616804E-Mail donato.dicamillo@unicam.itProject PartnersGermanyPotsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, PotsdamENVIRONMENTMEASURE 4.3HYDROCARE entails a set of quite different andcomplementary partners covering a large part ofthe CADSES area. Local authorities, scientific institutions,and technical services will participate withtheir vast expertise and experiences. Collaborationis foreseen between bodies based in old andnew EU Member States, as well as in non-MemberStates.HYDROCARE investigates the hydrological cycle of theCADSES regionDurationStart ....................................................... 01/2006End ......................................................... 12/2007Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................2,466,200.00thereof ERDF ...................................1,442,625.00GreeceNational Technical University of Athens, AthensMunicipality of Kefalonia, ArgostoliItalyNational Agency for the Environmental Protection and TechnicalServices - Department of Internal and Marine WatersProtection, RomeMarche Region, AnconaUniversity of Camerino, CamerinoAutonomous Province of Trento, TrentoPolandInstitute of Meteorology and Water Management, WroclawRomaniaNational Institute of Hydrology and Water Management,BucharestSlovakiaSlovak Hydrometeorological Institute, Bratislava148INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

ILUPIntegrated Land Use Planning and River Basin Managementwww.interreg-ilup.deProject DescriptionThe risk potential in river basins has increasedconsiderably, which is due to the enormous usagepressure. Viewing the demographic concentrationin river basins and potential climate changes, safetyin valleys is only possible if preventive watermanagement and related disciplines co-operate.Within the framework of the ILUP project exemplarynew methods are being tested, strategies developedand pilot projects implemented in selectedriver basins. Due to space limitations, infrastructureplanning, land use and the protection of resources,an integrated approach is required and multifunctionalstrategies must be developed.Problems of foothill and hill countries regarding integratedmanagement of water resources, risk andlandscape management can only be solved in aninterdisciplinary way if they have sustainable results.ILUP pursues the basic concept of a holistic,network-oriented landscape assessment from theproblem solving approach to the implementationof measures.Results and Effectsment is now under discussion. Sectoral valuationmodels for interpretation of data (land valuationmodel, forestry, risk management, agriculture,etc.) were designed. An interim report on the examinationof the impact of changes in land useand land cover on natural hazard potentials waspresented.As regards the networking concept for river basinmanagement, an agreement on common proceedingswith other fields was reached with the draftof a common management plan. Several contributionsto the implementation of co-ordinated pilotmeasures via the individual sectors have beeneffected.ILUP promotes interdisciplinary methods of watermanagementEU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject Partner0 200 kmLead PartnerFederal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment andWater EconomicsForest DivisionStubenring 11010 ViennaAUSTRIABased on an intensive exchange of experiencesamong the partners, the analysis and collation ofthe necessary information have been launched inthe pilot regions. The first results are harmonisedsurvey concepts and analogue and digital data setsfrom the different fields.As regards the preparation of concepts for the modelrivers, an initial master plan for the integrationof water management into the regional develop-ILUP seeks solutions for integrated land use planning tomitigate flood risksDurationStart ....................................................... 01/2002End ......................................................... 12/2006Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................7,068,000.00thereof ERDF ...................................3,282,452.00Contact PersonDI Hubert SiegelTel +43 1 71 100 7204Fax +43 1 71 100 7399E-Mail hubert.siegel@bmlfuw.gv.atProject PartnersAustriaFederal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, the Environment andWater Resources, ViennaForest Engineering Service in Torrent and Avalanche Control,ViennaFederal Institute of Agricultural Economics, ViennaAustrian Federal Office and Research Centre for Forests,ViennaDepartment for Rural Development, St. PöltenProvincial Forestry Department Lower Austria, St. PöltenOffice of the Government of Upper Austria, LinzOffice of the Government of Carinthia, KlagenfurtCzech RepublicEkotoxa Opava, OpavaENVIRONMENTGermanyBavarian Ministry of Regional Development and the Environment,MunichGreeceHellenic Ministry of Agriculture, AthensHungaryNorth-Transdanubian Water Authority, GyorMEASURE 4.3INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK149

MOSESImprovement of Flood Management SystemProject DescriptionThe disastrous flood events of the past ten yearshave caused numerous human casualties in theCADSES region. In addition the material damagereached unprecedented levels. Inspired by the successfulDutch/German flood information project,NOAH, Slovakia, Hungary, Germany, Ukraine andRomania have taken the initiative and pooled theirefforts to reduce the effects of flood events in theirterritories.The main target of the MOSES project is to contributeto the development, implementation andmanagement of a unified computer-based floodprotection system for the entire region.A further target is the dissemination of reliableflood information data on two levels: expertand system information layers for organisationsthat are in charge of emergency operations andmanagement activities and to the public, professionals,organisations and the media. The mainoutput of the project will be a digital flood informationsystem for Slovakia and the German FreeState of Saxony. The system should be compatiblewith systems that are used in adjacent countries.Moreover, guidelines for a methodology for GISbasedflood hazard mapping will be developedand a system for informing the public and internationalorganisations about relevant flood data willbe designed and implemented.In Ukraine and Romania there is primarily a needfor upgrading their hydrological measurement stations.Slovakia‘s main interest is to select an informationsystem which is compatible to the HungarianFlood Management Information System(FMIS). Hungary focuses on flood hazard mappingand, as a lowland, benefits from an adequate floodinformation system in the entire region.DurationStart ....................................................... 07/2005End ......................................................... 04/2008Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................2,050,000.00thereof ERDF ......................................987,500.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerSlovak Hydrometeorological Institute, HydrologyJeséniova 17833 15 BratislavaSLOVAKIA0 200 kmENVIRONMENTResults and EffectsThe overall, long-term objective of the project isthe reduction of flood damage and an increase inthe efficiency of flood management by improvingdecision-making and tools for local, regional andtransnational co-operation at river basin scale. Thefocus lies on implementation and management,including further development and adjustment tothe local situation of a unified GIS-based digitalflood information system in the region capable ofmanaging online hydro-meteorological and hydrologicaldata by selected forecasting and scenarioanalysis models.MOSES improves flood management systems, for exampleon the Danube riverContact PersonDr. Boris MinárikTel +421 2 59415415Fax +421 2 59415393E-Mail Boris.Minarik@shmu.skProject PartnersGermanySaxon State Agency for Environment and Geology, DresdenHungaryNational Directorate for Environment, Nature Conservationand Water, BudapestVITUKI Environmental Protection and Water ManagementInstitute, BudapestRomaniaNational Institute of Hydrology and Water Management,BucharestSlovakiaSlovak Water Management Enterprise, Banská ŠtiavnicaUkraineTranscarpathian Administration of Melioration and WaterManagement (Vodhoz), UzhhorodHydrometeorological Centre Uzhhorod, UzhhorodMEASURE 4.3150INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

NETWET 2Networking Perspectives of Transnational Cooperation andParticipatory Planning for Integrated Water Resources Managementthrough the Promotion of New Forms of Spatial Governancewww.medregio.org/netwet2/netwet2.htmProject DescriptionNetWet 2 focuses on the development of transnationalcooperation in the field of water managementthrough the promotion of integrated managementmethods and the development of newconditions for „bottom-up“ participatory spatialplanning and promotion of new forms of deliberationand „spatial governance“.ces management spatial plans/Water FrameworkDirective).(c) The „bottom-up“ participation of all actors involvedin the project theme guarantees the directterritorial dimension and ensures the direct spatialimpact of the project.The main NetWet 2 objectives has been the im-Results and Effectsprovement of sustainable best practices for themanagement of aquatic systems and ecosystemsin coastal areas and for the protection of flood riskareas in relation to drought phenomenon. Oneaim of the project has been to develop innovativetools and methodologies for the environmentalmonitoring of the water resources (remote sensingand GIS). Through telematic applications in thefield of water resources management structuresfor transnational distance e-cooperation should beestablished.NetWet 2 project focuses on a series of importantspatial concepts:(a) Development of spatial functional synergies inorder to establish a fixed functional interdependenceamong the varied sectoral actions. Specialisedscientific research is taking into account theregional policies and supporting the promotion ofspatial strategies for water.Traditional water mill (Island of Kefalonia)In the framework of NetWet 2 the following methodologies,innovative tools, sustainable practicesguidelines and pilot studies were implemented:i Development of methodologies and best practiceguidelines for integrated approaches ofwater resources management: in coastal andinsular areas (for example salinity of groundwater aquifers, quality of drinking water, impactof tourism activities on water), environmentalimpact of organic farming on water, pumpingsystems in agricultural areas, protection fromflooding in agricultural and urban areas, managementof areas with high hydrological riskthrough River Contracts in industrial areas,i Development of innovative tools to assist inspatial management of water resources: Innovativetools for recording, the environmentalmonitoring of water resources and the managementof spatial information through remotesensing and GIS (territorial model of ecologicalsensitivity and hydrological, meteorological andterritorial model),i Development of spatial functional synergies forthe integrated spatial management approachof water resources: Transnational forum ofmultilevel deliberation, specifications for theelaboration of River Basin Management Plans,networked itineraries of the cultural dimension -water, economic value of wetlands in relationto their ecological functions, juridical and participatoryissues in water resource management,River Contracts.EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject Partner0 200 kmLead PartnerCenter of Euro-Mediterranean Regions for the EnvironmentThrassyvoulou 13 – 1510555 AthensGREECEContact PersonDr. Christina DaoussiTel +30 210 32 59 301Fax +30 210 3239 120E-Mail klepsydra@medregio.orgProject PartnersBulgariaBulgarian Academy of Sciences, SofiaGreeceTechnical University of Crete Laboratory of EnvironmentalEngineering and Management, ChaniaAristotle University of Thessaloniki, ThessalonikiUniversity of Thessaly, VolosRegional Development Fund of Thessaly Region, LarissaUnion of Local Authorities of Achaia, PatrasUnion of Local Authorities of Etoloakarnania, MessolongiUnion of Local Authorities of Ilia, PyrgosUnion of Local Authorities of Kefalonia & Ithaki, ArgostoliUnion of Local Authorities of Kerkyra, KerkyraUnion of Local Authorities of Korinthia, KorinthosUnion of Local Authorities of Lefkada, LefkadaUnion of Local Authorities of Messina, KalamataUnion of Local Authorities of Preveza, PrevezaUnion of Local Authorities of Thesprotia, IgoumenitsaUnion of Local Authorities of Zakynthos, ZakynthosENVIRONMENT(b) Integrated spatial development approaches:NetWet 2 aims at developing integrated andmultisectoral approaches with a strong spatial dimension.As a result, an attempt is being made atan integrated synthesis of the varied sectoral approachesthrough the promotion of new forms of„spatial governance“ (including the water resour-DurationStart ....................................................... 01/2003End ......................................................... 06/2006Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................2,716,600.00thereof ERDF ...................................1,813,450.00ItalyNational Agency for Environmental Protection and TechnicalServices (APAT), RomeUniversity of Udine, UdineRegion of Lombardia, MilanRomaniaInstitute of Geography of the Romanian Academy, BucharestUniversity of Oradea, OradeaMEASURE 4.3INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK151

ODERREGIOTransnational Action Programme - Spatial Planning for PreventiveFlood Protection in the Oder Catchment Areawww.oderregio.orgProject DescriptionThe target of ODERREGIO is the production of anaction programme of spatial planning for preventiveflood protection between the Czech Republic,Poland and Germany for the complete catchmentarea of the Oder river. This action programme containsconcrete feasible actions agreed on by theproject partners. They include preparation for theenlargement of retention areas by spatial planningENVIRONMENT(e.g. building of polders, retention areas and dikerelocations), the protection of areas endangeredby flooding as well as sensitising actors involved.This will provide an important contribution to thereduction of flood risk.The successful principle of an active co-operationand involvement of main actors from all threecountries in the project will be continued andextended. Representatives of all regional spatialplanning authorities and water management authoritiesin the Oder river region will be involved.They will be augmented by representatives fromthe fields of municipal politics, nature conservationas well as agriculture and forestry.In particular the ODERREGIO project will concentrateon the following:i An exemplary approach for cross-border spatialplanning and preventive flood protection atregional level,i An increased intermunicipal co-operation (networkof municipalities) for preventive flood protection,i A concept for comprehensive regional and structuraldevelopment in the Oder river region asregards the requirements of flood protection,i The planning of prerequisites for the realisationof concrete measures in the field of flood preventionand an active information managementfor a better understanding of flood hazards andprotection measures. Therefore flood risk anddamage potential maps in the scale of 1:50,000for the Oder river will be elaborated.Presentation of the ODERREGIO projecttection. So far, activities in the follow-up projecthave been focused on information managementand preparation of reliable information on possibledangers and damages caused by flooding. Therefore,intensive negotiations for provision of datawere necessary.A highlight of the project was the second regionalconference entitled „Preventive Flood Protectionalong the Upper Reaches of the Oder River“ on30-31 March 2006 in Ostrava (CZ) with about 100participants. The conference is the continuation ofa process of communication and exchange withthe flood-affected inhabitants and decision-makersat regional and local level. This process will bepursued and intensified at the third regional conferencein Frankfurt (Oder) in November 2006.DurationStart ....................................................... 12/2002End ......................................................... 04/2007Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................2,997,000.00thereof ERDF ...................................1,600,000.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject Partner0 200 kmLead PartnerGemeinsame Landesplanungsabteilung Berlin-Brandenburg(Joint State Planning Department)Lindenstraße 34 A14467 PotsdamGERMANYContact PersonMr. Klaus ErmerTel +49 331 866 8740Fax +49 331 866 8703E-Mail michael.braune@gl.brandenburg.deProject PartnersCzech RepublicMinistry for Regional Development Czech Republic, PragueGermanyFederal Ministry for Transport, Construction and Housing,BerlinSaxon State Ministry of the Interior, DresdenPolandPlenipotentiary for the “Program for the ODRA 2006“,WroclawMinistry for Infrastructure, WarsawMEASURE 4.3Results and EffectsOderRegio is the continuation of an INTERREGII C project, which was concluded in 2001 andprovided a transnational conception of flood pro-Flood of the Oder river152INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

RainDROPDevelopment of stoRmwater Operational Practices guidelinewww.raindrop.czProject DescriptionResults and EffectsStorm water-related problems are typical of manyEuropean countries. Storm water run-off occurswhen precipitation from rain or snowmelt flowsover the ground. It can be a major reason forflooding but also for surface water pollution in urbanareas. As studies in Germany revealed, morepollutants are released through storm water runoffthan through effluents from waste treatmentplants. Moreover, an increase of storm water-inducedflood events resulting from extensive surfacesealing has been proven. Although alternatives tosimple drainage of the run-off are already available,these measures are hardly implemented yet.In the CADSES region the management of stormwater is becoming a complex affair as the increasingnumber of national water management regulationsis combined with a growing importanceof European legislation, such as the Water FrameworkDirective. So far, no guidelines for stormwater management (SWM) exist. However theseguidelines are needed so they can then be appliedin the whole of the CADSES area.The five partner cities from the Czech Republic,Germany, Greece and Slovakia involved in the RainDROPproject all have problems with storm waterrun-off. In Karvina, Trencin and Vsetin, stormsewers are overloaded. In Aharnai and Kupferzellsmall rivers regularly cause flooding. Moreover,the city of Kupferzell wants to develop a new settlementarea which is only possible if the run-offdoes not increase. The RainDROP project involvestechnical and urban planning departments in municipalities,water works and authorities, investorsand engineers as well as relevant groups of stakeholderssuch as inhabitants and land owners.Within the RainDROP project, a storm water management(SWM) system will be developed, testedand disseminated. The primary results of theRainDROP project will be the provision of guidelinesfor storm water management for planningand implementation which are applicable not onlylocally and nationally in the project region, but alsoin other regions of CADSES. These guidelines willhelp to reduce surface water pollution and floodingand will improve the water balance and waterquality.The project includes the integration of storm watermanagement into urban drainage master planningin the five partner cities. Best management practiceswill be implemented and demonstrated inpilot projects for new development areas as wellas for existing urban settlements through buildingmeasures, such as porous pavements, infiltrationswales, trough-trench systems, cisterns or retentionponds. Current storm water management policiesin other areas of CADSES will be examinedand compared. Moreover, RainDROP will raisethe public awareness of storm water-related problems.The guideline compiled by RainDROP includes variousrecommendations for flood protectionDurationStart ....................................................... 07/2005End ......................................................... 06/2007EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerCity of KarvináDepartment of Local EconomyFryštátská 72/1733 24 Karviná-FryštátCZECH REPUBLICContact PersonIng. Jan UrbánekTel +420 596 311 167Fax +420 596 311 167E-Mail urbanek@raindrop.czLead PartnerProject PartnerProject PartnersCzech RepublicThe Vsetín Microregion, VsetinGermanyMunicipality of Kupferzell, KupferzellGreeceMunicipality of Aharnai, AharnaiSlovakiaCity of Trencín, Trencin0 200 kmENVIRONMENTBudget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................2,502,200.00thereof ERDF ...................................1,646,650.00MEASURE 4.3Measures to mitigate the effects of stormwater runoffINTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK153

SUMADSustainable Use and Management of Alluvial plains in Diked riverareaswww.sumad.orgProject DescriptionThe project‘s goal has been to develop integratedstrategies to prevent future flood disasters. Manyrivers are diked to ensure flood protection. Theplains between the dikes, called alluvial plains,were at the heart of the project. Alluvial plainsare more or less periodically flooded and have toprovide sufficient capacity for flood run-off. OverFlood of the Danube near Straubing (Germany)time, their original capacity is reduced by sedimentation,natural succession of vegetation andchanges in land use in agriculture and forestry. Intensivefarming inhibits the natural river dynamicsand is in conflict with flood protection requirements.Often, alluvial plains have become habitatsfor protected animal and plant species. Clearingactivities for alluvial plains, which are carried outby water management agencies, have increasinglybeen in contradiction to nature protection goals,such as NATURA 2000 and national protectionregulations. These clashing agendas require integratedstrategies which balance economic risk preventionwith the economic interests of land usersas well as with requirements in nature protectionat European and national level.Results and EffectsThe project will, for the first time ever, presentco-ordinated implementation procedures, tackletransborder river catchment areas as well as developjoint management plans. Furthermore, it willprovide:i A catalogue of relevant 2D hydraulic measuringparameters,i An information system for the calculation ofthe stream flow taking into account plant cover,sedimentation, river flow obstacles, summerdikes, etc.,i Agro-economic management and steering instrumentsfor sustainable use of alluvial plainsin diked river areas,i Development of perspectives for different typesEU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject Partner0 200 kmLead PartnerBavarian State Ministry of the Environment, Public Health andConsumer ProtectionRosenkavalierplatz 281925 MunichGERMANYENVIRONMENTMEASURE 4.3Mapping of changes in land useScientific research and modelling will analyse theimpact of the changes in alluvial plains on floodsafety. On this basis, strategies and tools for thefuture management of alluvial plains will be designed.Developing and refining hydraulic modellingmethodology, sharing common data, andexchanging experiences and best practices allowsfor transnational approaches in alluvial plain management.These will favourably link nature protectionmeasures and maintain a constant channeldischarge cross-section of the river bed. In addition,the implementation and dissemination of themeasures contributes to increasing the attractivenessof the (cultural) landscape and thus the tourismpotential of the area.of alluvial plains,i Testing of implementation strategies for an optimiseduse of alluvial plain areas in the respectiveparts of the rivers taking into account nationallegal requirements,i Information material and signs reporting oncompliance of land use with NATURA 2000 andthe improved river flow management,i Model plans for beaver management and protectionmeasures for dikes and beavers in compliancewith NATURA 2000,i For an integrated improvement of retentioncapacity and re-establishing of the connectionbetween river and backwaters,i Concrete measures to ensure water quality onthe basis of data monitoring.DurationStart ....................................................... 10/2002End ......................................................... 06/2006Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................2,769,000.00thereof ERDF ...................................1,284,500.00Contact PersonMr. Martin GrambowTel +49 89 9214 4347Fax +49 89 9214 2266E-Mail poststelle@stmugv.bayern.deProject PartnersAustriaFederal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment andWater Management, ViennaHungaryMiddle-Tisza District Environment and Water Authority,Szolnok154INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

WAREMAWAter REsources MAnagement in protected areaswww.cadses-warema.netProject DescriptionDue to changes in climate, land use and regionalpolicies, new integrated spatial and water resourcesmanagement strategies are needed. The aimof WAREMA is to develop participatory river basinplanning procedures based on stakeholder networksto contribute to the implementation of theWater Framework Directive (WFD). The partnerMessolonghi Lagoon - pilot project in Western Greececountries face considerable problems connectedwith water resource management, such as a lackof institutional capacity and financial resources.There are concerns about their ability to cope withthe WFD requirements. WAREMA aims at helpingthem by providing a prototype of a stakeholdernetworkingcollaborative approach based on theuse of easy-to-apply, state-of-the-art participatorytechniques. Conflicts between water users, pollution,land degradation and threats to protectedareas are the challenges that need to be tackled inthe identified pilot project territories.The project partners include territorial bodies, researchinstitutions and NGOs.New strategies tailored to river basins includinglarge protected areas (e.g. Ramsar sites, BiosphereReserves) will be addressed in four pilot projects. Bymeans of private-public partnerships, context analyses,action plans and spatial planning concepts,the involved parties will gain a common vision onthe priorities for nature and landscape protection,cultural heritage preservation, socio-economic developmentand water resource management - allof them seen from an integrated perspective.The ultimate aim is to achieve a sustainable regionaldevelopment based on preservation, enhancementand efficient use of local resources.Stramberk area - pilot project in the Czech RepublicResults and EffectsForeseen results of the project are:i The development of a prototype of a participatoryprocess for river basin planning availablefor river basin authorities throughout the EU,i To provide decision-makers with efficient andshared river basin management schemes,i The development of specific and integratedtools for land and water management in protectedareas,i To increase stakeholders’ knowledge and capacitybuilding at both national and transnationallevels,i The establishment of a common vision for allrelevant authorities, water users and territorialactors participating in the river basin partnerships.DurationStart ....................................................... 06/2006End ......................................................... 05/2008Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,099,440.00thereof ERDF ......................................744,580.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerRegion of Friuli Venezia GiuliaMountain AreasVia Caccia 1733100 UdineITALYLead PartnerProject PartnerContact PersonMr. Pierpaolo SuberTel +39 0432 555-086Fax +39 0432 555-052E-Mail pierpaolo.suber@regione.fvg.it0 200 kmProject PartnersCzech RepublicCentre for Community Organizing Central Moravia, PrerovGreeceMediterranean SOS Network, AthensAitoliki Development Enterprise SA, NafpaktosHungaryUniversity of West Hungary, SzékesfehérvárChamber of Agriculture of Fejér County, SzékesfehérvárMEASURE 4.3ENVIRONMENTINTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK155

Project Index in alphabetical orderA-B LANDBRIDGE Adriatic - Baltic Landbridge ...............................................................................................................................68ACCRETe Agriculture and Climate Changes: how to Reduce human Effects and Threats .................................................135ADHOC Adapted Development of Historical Old Towns in Central and Eastern Europe ..................................................36ADRI.FISH Promotion of Sustainable Fishery in Northern Adriatic Sea .................................................................................14Agrobiotech Xchange Virtual Exchange for Technology Transfer in the Agrobiotechnologies and Agro-food Sectors ...........................80ARCHEOSITES spAtial integRated enhanCement of arcHaEOlogical SITES ................................................................................96B-CROSS Business Cooperation One-Stop Shop ...............................................................................................................81BETTER Biofuel chain Enhancement for Territorial developmenT of European Regions ..................................................124C.A.R.E. Accessible Cities of European Regions ...............................................................................................................37C2ENET Central Europe Environmental Net ...................................................................................................................125CADSEALAND Land-Sea Interaction: Coastal State and Evolution in CADSES .........................................................................143CARBON-PROCARBON balance drafting and new resources management tools accordingto Kyoto PROtocol ..........................................................................................................................................126Carpathian Project Protection and Sustainable Development of the Carpathians in a Transnational Framework ..............................15CER² Central European Regions Cluster for Energy from Renewables.NETwork ........................................................127CHIRON Cultural Heritage promotion for Identity of Regions: Observatory and Networking for Cultural Tourism ...........97CITY PORTSCITY PORTS - A City Net Following a Coordinated Approach to Develop Feasible and SustainableCity Logistics Solutions ......................................................................................................................................69CITYREGIO Regional Economic Development through City-Surrounding Cooperation .........................................................38CITYREGIO II Regional Economic Development through Cooperation within City-Regions .....................................................39COHESION Integrated Concepts Enhancing Cohesion of European Space ............................................................................53CONSPACE Common Strategy Network for Spatial Development and Implementation ........................................................16CORELOG COordinated REgional LOGistics .......................................................................................................................70CoUrbIT COmplex URBan Investment Tools ....................................................................................................................40CULTURAL LANDSCAPE Protecting Historical Cultural Landscapes to Strengthen Regional Identities and Local Economies ....................116D4D Data Warehouse for Danube Waterway ............................................................................................................71DANewBE Data Digitally Advanced New cross-Border Exchange of Waterway Data ...................................................................72Development of a Sustainable Tourism Development of a Sustainable Tourism ..............................................................................................................98DONAUHANSE Network of Danubian Cities for Economic Cooperation .....................................................................................41DONAUREGIONEN The Spatial Development Concept of Interregional Cooperation in the Danube Space .......................................17DRAVA RIVER BASIN PROJECT (DRBP) Environmental Infrastructure Measures in the River Drava Basin ......................................................................128ED-C III European Development Corridor III „Via Regia“ ................................................................................................18Educate! Building the Future of Transnational Cooperation in Water Resources in South-Eastern Europe .......................144ELISA E-Learning for Improving Access to Information Society for SMEs in the SEE Area .............................................82ELLA ELbe – LAbe Flood Management Measures by Transnational Spatial Planning .................................................145EMBRACE Improving the Access of SMEs from Rural Regions to the Knowledge and Information Society ..........................83EMBRACE IIEmbracing Socioeconomic Development in Disadvantageous Areas through Information& Knowledge Society ........................................................................................................................................19ENHYGMA ENvironmental, HYdrologic and Ground MAnagement: Innovative Solutions for the CADSES Areas ...............146ENI Experiment in Newcomer Integration ................................................................................................................60EST European Places of the Spirit .............................................................................................................................99ESTIA-SPOSE European Space - Territorial Indicators and Actions for a Spatial Planning Observatory in Southeast Europe ......20EU-CORe III Harmonisation of Economic and Infrastructure Development in the Pan-European Transport Corridor III ..........73FLOODMED Monitoring, Forecasting and Best Practices for Flood Mitigation and Prevention in the CADSES Region ..........147GILDANET Global Integrated transport Logistics DAta NETwork .........................................................................................84GO Network Guarantee Organizations Network ....................................................................................................................21GOVERNETGovernance Models for Sustainable Integrated Rural Development and Multifunctional Agriculture;Networking and Dissemination on the Web ......................................................................................................54GREEN BELT Protection and Valorisation of the Longest Habitat System in Europe ..............................................................109GreenKeys Urban Green as a Key for Sustainable Cities ....................................................................................................100156 INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

HERITAGE ALIVE! Leveraging the Value of World Heritage Sites in the Regions for the Benefit of All ...........................................101HERITOUR Cultural Thematic Route Development in Rural Areas ......................................................................................102HERMES Heritage and New Media for Sustainable Regional Development ....................................................................103Hist.UrbanIntegrated Revitalization of Historical Towns to Promote a Polycentric and Sustainable Development................42HYDROCARE Hydrological Cycle of the CADSES Regions .....................................................................................................148I2E-INFOTECH TO EXTEND INFOrmation TECHnologies to EXTEND Regional Development ........................................................................85IdeQua Establishment of an Identity- and Quality Axis from the Baltic Sea to the Aegean Sea -Strengthening Regional Identity and Structures of Centres ................................................................................22I-Log Industrial Logistics and Intermodal Transport for SMEs’ Development ...............................................................74ILUP Integrated Land Use Planning and River Basin Management ...........................................................................149IMMENSITY Immigrant‘s Entrepreneurship for Socio-Economic Cohesion and Improvement of Living Standards ..................61IMONODE Efficient Integration of Cargo Transport Modes & Nodes in CADSES area ..........................................................75INCLUD Industrial Cluster Development .........................................................................................................................23INDE INformation DEvelopment .................................................................................................................................86InServNet Interregional Innovative Services Sector Network of Excellence .........................................................................24INTERIM INtegration in the intermodal goods Transport of non EU states: Rail, Inland / coastal waterway Modes ...........76IPAM IPAM-Toolbox: Integrative Protected Area Management in the Alps-Adriatic-Region ......................................110IRENE Innovative Rural Development Strategy Based on Local and Trans-National Economical Networks ....................55ISA -MAP Harmonisation of Regional Data Resources for cross-border Planning ...............................................................87ISOTEIAIntegrated System for the promotion Of Territorial / Environmental Impact Assessmentin the framework of spatial planning ...............................................................................................................129ITACA Improving Tourism Actions in CADSES Area ....................................................................................................111ITER Itinerari Termali ...............................................................................................................................................104KATER II KArst waTER research programme ...................................................................................................................130LHASA Large Housing Areas Stabilisation Action ...........................................................................................................43LOTO Landscape Opportunities for Territorial Organization .......................................................................................117MAGIC Management of Groundwater at Industrially Contaminated Areas ..................................................................131MATRIOSCA-AAP MAnagement Tools and Relations for Interregional Organisation to Strengthening Co-operation In AAP ..........25MIGRALINK Integration of Migrants in the Enlarged Europe and Policies for the Return of Productive Intellect .....................62MIGRAVALUE Steering Economic and Social Cohesion in the CADSES Space: Valuing Migration as a Development Tool .........63MISTER Military and Industrial SiTEs Reuse ....................................................................................................................44MONITOR Hazard Monitoring for Risk Assessment and Risk Communication ...................................................................136MOSES Improvement of Flood Management System ...................................................................................................150NETWET 2Networking Perspectives of Transnational Cooperation and Participatory Planning for IntegratedWater Resources Management through the Promotion of New Forms of Spatial Governance .........................151ODERREGIOTransnational Action Programme - Spatial Planning for Preventive Flood Protection in theOder Catchment Area .....................................................................................................................................152PANet 2010 Protected Area Networks - Establishment and Management of Corridors, Networks and Cooperation ............112Parks&Economy Developing Initiatives Exploiting the Potential of Natural Heritage for Regional Spatial Development ................56PlanCoast Spatial Planning in Coastal Zones ......................................................................................................................26PLANET CENSE PLAnners NETwork for CENtral and South East Europe ......................................................................................27POLY.DEV. Common Best Practices in Spatial Planning for the Promotion of Sustainable POLYcentric DEVelopment ..........28PROSIDE Promoting Sustainable Inner Urban Development .............................................................................................45R.A.V.E. Space Raising Awareness of Values of Space through the Process of Education ...........................................................88RainDROP Development of stoRmwater Operational Practices guideline ..........................................................................153RAIRDevRegional Airports Interaction for Regional Development....................................................................................77RARE Railroad Areas Reclaim ......................................................................................................................................46RDA-net CEDA2 Regional Development Agencies Network in the Central European, Danubian and Adriatic Area .......................29READYRehabilitation and Development in Mining Regions...........................................................................................47Red Code Regional Disaster Common Defence ...............................................................................................................137157

REDECON Regional Development Along Corridors and Nodes ...........................................................................................30REKULA Restructuring Cultural Landscapes ...................................................................................................................118REPUS Strategy for a Regional Polycentric Urban System in Central-Eastern Europe Economic Integrating Zone ...........48REVITA Development of Small and Medium Size Railway Stations Into Multipurpose Local Service Centers ...................78REVITAMINRevitalisation of Former Brown Coal Mining Areas / Development of a TransnationalComputer-aided Multicriteria Decision Aid for Mining Regions ........................................................................119RIMADIMA Risk-, Disaster-Management & Prevention of Natural Hazards in Mountainous and / or Forested Regions ......138RIMED Regional Integration and Metropolitan Development of South Eastern Europe ..................................................49RISK AWARERISK-Advanced Weather forecasting system to Advice on Risk Events and management.................................139RIVER SHIELD Protecting Rivers from Accidental Industrial Pollution ......................................................................................140ROME Roman, Ancient Greek and Amber Routes, Innovative Methodologies and Measures connecting Europe ........105ROMIT Roman Itineraries ............................................................................................................................................106RURALTOUR Tourism Promotion for Sustainable Growth of Agriculture in the CADSES area ..................................................57S.I.S.M.A.System Integrated for Security Management Activities to safeguard and protect historic centresfrom risks. “Citizen as the first rescuer” ...........................................................................................................141SAWWTACASewerage And Waste Water Treatment in the Adriatic Coastal Area: development of an adequate toolon project development...................................................................................................................................132SEEDS Sustainable and Effective Entrepreneurship’s Development Scheme ...................................................................31SEITCO South-Eastern European Information Telecommunication Cohesion Initiative ....................................................89SHINING Mountains Sport and Health as INnovative INitiatives for the Growth of Mountains ...........................................................58SIC! SUSTRAIN Implement Corridor .........................................................................................................................32SIMOCASetting up and Implementation of sustainable and multifunctional rural development Modelbased on Organic and Competitive Agriculture .................................................................................................59SISTEMaPARCSpatial Information Systems for Transnational Environmental Management of Protected Areasand Regions in CADSES ...................................................................................................................................113Smart Region sm@rt region .....................................................................................................................................................33SMS VOSLESS Implementation of Solvent Management Systems as Transnational approach to Reducing VOC’s Pollution .....133STRiM Remotely Accessed Decision Support System for Transnational Environmental Risk Management ...................142SUMAD Sustainable Use and Management of Alluvial plains in Diked river areas ..........................................................154SURE Successful Restoration and Rehabilitation Accompanying Infrastructural Interventions ....................................120TAQI Transnational Air Quality Improvement: A Management Tool for Regional Planning .......................................134TECNOMAN perspectives TEN and Corridor Nodes Position Management Network - perspectives ............................................................50TECPARKNET Science and TEChnology PARK Cooperation in EU-Future Region .....................................................................34TELEACCESS Creation of Telecenters to Support Learning, Entrepreneurship and Access to IS in Isolated Areas ......................90TELMI Transnational European Labour Market Integration through Information Technologies ......................................91TRANs-ITTransfer Regional Activities in Networks for Business Development and Wellness-Tourismsupported by Information Technologies .............................................................................................................92TRANSLANDS Transversal Lands: Abbeys and Large Rivers ....................................................................................................121Transromanica Transnational Network and Itineraries of the Romanesque ..............................................................................107TWIST Transport With a Social Target ...........................................................................................................................79TWReferenceNET Management and Sustainable Development of Protected Transitional Waters .................................................114UTN II Urban Technology Network II ............................................................................................................................51VILLAS Villas, Stately Homes and Castles: Compatible Use, Valorisation and Creative Management ............................108VITAL CITIESConsolidation of Polycentric Urban Systems through the Promotion of the Settlementof Retail Trade Businesses in Inner Urban Areas .................................................................................................52WAREMA WAter REsources MAnagement in protected areas ..........................................................................................155WEFneT Women Engendering the Finance Network (WEFneT) .......................................................................................35WEST Women East Smuggling Trafficking ...................................................................................................................64WETLANDS II Integrated Management of Wetlands ..............................................................................................................115158 INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK

ContactINTERREG III B CADSESCADSES Contact Points (CCP)Joint Technical Secretariat (JTS)An der Kreuzkirche 601067 Dresden, GermanyPhone: +49-351-488 10 21Fax: +49-351-488 10 25cadses@jts.dresden.dewww.cadses.netManaging Authority (MA)Ministry of InfrastructuresINTERREG III B CADSES NPVia Nomentana, 200161 Rome, ItalyPaying Authority (PA)Ministry of InfrastructuresAutonomous Section PAVia Nomentana 200161 Rome, ItalyTransnational Contact Point - ThessalonikiMinistry of Economy and FinanceManaging Authority of C.I.PINTERREG III Unit B265 Georgikis Sholis Avenue57001 Thessaloniki, GreeceTransnational Contact Point - ViennaCity of ViennaSchlesingerplatz 21080 Vienna, AustriaAlbaniaMinistry of European IntegrationBLV «Deshmoret e Kombit» Pallati I KongreseveTirane, AlbaniaAustriaAustrian Conference on Spatial PlanningHohenstaufengasse 31010 Vienna, AustriaBosnia and HerzegovinaFederal Ministry for Physical Planning andEnvironmentM. Tita 9a, 71000 SarajevoBosnia and HerzegovinaBulgariaMinistry of Regional Development and Public Works17-19 Kiril i Metodi Str.1202 Sofia, BulgariaCroatiaMinistry of Foreign Affairs and European IntegrationPetreticev trg 210000 Zagreb, CroatiaCzech RepublicMinistry for Regional Development; Department ofTerritorial Inter-RelationsStaromestske nam. 6110 15 Prague 1, Czech RepublicGermanyLeibniz Institute of Ecological and Regional Developmente.V. (IOER)Weberplatz 101217 Dresden, GermanyGreeceMinistry of Economy and FinanceManaging Authority of C.I.PINTERREG III B Unit B265 Georgikis Sholis Avenue57001 Thessaloniki, GreeceItalyMinistry of Infrastructures and TransportsINTERREG DivisionVia Nomentana 200161 Rome, ItalyFormer Yugoslav Republic of MacedoniaMinistry of Environment and Physical PlanningDrezdenska 521000 Skopje, Former Yugoslav Republic of MacedoniaPolandMinistry of Regional DevelopmentINTERREG Initiative DepartmentMickiewicza 1540951 Katowice, PolandRomaniaMinistry of European IntegrationCross Border Cooperation DirectorateBdul Libertatii no. 12, Sector 5040129 Bucharest, RomaniaSlovak RepublicMinistry of Environment of SRDivision of Foreign Aid and EU RelationsDepartment of Programmes ManagmentNamestie Ludovita Stura 1, 81235 BratislavaSloveniaMinistry of the Environment, Spatial Planning andEnergyDunajska 211000 Ljubljana, SloveniaSerbiaMinistry of International Economic RelationsVlajkoviceva 1011000 Belgrade, SerbiaFor further details please visit the INTERREG III BCADSES website at www.cadses.netHungaryNational Agency for Regional Development HungaryGellérthegy utca 30 - 321016 Budapest, HungaryINTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK159

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