Stimulating enterpreneurship competitiveness and regional development in rural areas
The Conference will take place on the 16th April 2008 at the Espace Monte Paschi Belgio in Brussels
After almost three years of activity, the DISTRICT Interreg IIIC RFO is soon coming to its conclusion. DISTRICT's Final Conference, organized by Tuscany Region together with the other three partner regions, will provide the occasion to share its results with other European regional and local actors. The Conference will take place on the 16th April 2008 at the Espace Monte Paschi Belgio in Brussels and will mainly focus on the good practices delivered by the project and by the eleven funded subprojects. Attractive stories about most innovative ideas from major centres of excellence will be illustrated by a series of live presentations and videos from the four partner regions. Outstanding representatives of the four partner regions and the European Commission will participate in this unique event. The event will be preceded by a workshop on the 15th afternoon at the West Midlands in Europe premises in Brussels. For further information and registration please visit http://www.district-rfo.eu/news.php#Anchor-102
05. 03. 2008, author: Petr Jakobe
Conference of RUR@CT will be hold in Limoges (France) on 28th and 29th April 2008
The official launching conference of RUR@CT will be hold in Limoges (France) on 28th and 29th April 2008. For any further information on the way to participate and become member of this network or for registration to the conference : www.ruract.eu or please contact c-leger@cr-limousin.fr
20. 02. 2008, author: Petr Jakobe
LIFE news
LIFE feature LIFE in Europe's wetlands LIFE projects Restoring vital saltmarsh habitats in Italy
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05. 02. 2008, author: Petr Jakobe
MUNICIPAL NEWS - the Newsletter of the Union of Cyprus Municipalities
1. CYPRUS TO ADOPT THE EURO ON 1 JANUARY 2008 2. CYPRIOT MUNICIPALITIES SIGN THE CEMR CHARTER FOR EQUALITY OF WOMEN AND MEN 3. European Grouping for Territorial Cooperation 4. Limassol Municipality launches experiment in local democracy 5. Cypriot Municipalities add the local dimension to EU history exhibition Previous issues and other information on our activities can be found online at the website of the Union of Cyprus Municipalities: http://www.ucm.org.cy/eng/index.aspx.
05. 01. 2008, author: Petr Jakobe
Final Conference in Dříteč near Pardubice
Mr. Petr Šilar, a Councilor of the Pardubice Region, commenced the Final Conference that was held on 13 – 14 November 2007. As the Lead Partner of the eFarmer Operation, he assessed implementation from the point of view of management and performance of objectives, activities and outputs. Similarly, the Polish and Finish partners provided a similar assessment from their point of view. This was followed by presentations of the results of the individual subprojects, which were given by the representatives of the participants of the subprojects. Mr. Carlos Bolanos, a representative of the Joint Technical Secretariat INTERREG IIIC EAST, Vienna, also visited the Final Conference. The Final Conference was also visited by members of the press and TV and several interviews were given to support the promotion of the results of the eFarmer Operation. In conclusion, the Lead Partner Petr Šilar could state that the assigned tasks are being met and thus a good foundation has been created for the eFarmer Operation to be brought to a successful end. Lead Partner Petr Šilar evaluated the course of the implementation of the eFarmer Operation as follows: The greater part of the Pardubice Region is of an agricultural nature; it includes fertile production areas as well as low-mountain and mountain areas, which provide less favorable conditions when it comes to agriculture. Following the accession of the Czech Republic to the European Union, the Pardubice Region searched for ways how to help agriculture and rural areas to adapt as best they could to the relations within the EU. It was obvious that it would be necessary to focus primarily on making farmers more competitive, so that they could hold their ground on the free market of the EU and so that at the same time they would be able to secure their multifunctional role in rural areas. It seemed that one of the effective ways how to achieve this would be to make use of the existing cooperation between Regional institutions and similar institutions in new as well as old EU Member States and by joining mutual strengths to create tools that would make agricultural farms more competitive, that would improve the expert knowledge and skills of farmers and their know-how. The result of all the efforts was that in cooperation with the Association of Rural Advisory Centres (ETELÄ-SUOMI Region, Finland) and the Agriculture Advisory Centre in Warsaw Division Poswietne in Plonsk (Mazovian Region, Poland), an application was drawn up under the INTERREG III C-East Programme, which was approved in March 2005 under the title “Stimulating entrepreneurship competitiveness and regional development in rural areas” (eFarmer acronym). The main aims of the eFarmer Operation is the mutual exchange of experience in applying various approaches to issues concerning rural development between participating regions from old (Finland) and new EU Member States (Czech Republic and Poland), the creation of new innovative supporting tools and the establishment of an international partnership between existing local and regional institutions which deal will the development of rural areas. Particular effort is focused on the creation of tools that make farmers more competitive while at the same time respecting the rules of the reformed EU Common Agricultural Policy, thus providing for improved efficiency of economics, landscape protection, animal welfare, and food safety with regards to entrepreneurial entities that specialize in agriculture. The initial step of the project was to put into concrete terms and to specify the agricultural needs of farmers and advisors in individual regions, which very much differ both in farm size and the level of services provided. An analysis of the farmers’ needs and conditions, however, showed that compliance with the EU Common Agricultural Policy creates similar problems in all cooperating regions and forms the basis for the necessary cooperation. Based on a call, a total of 10 subprojects were approved. A total of 19 regional institutions got involved in them.
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23. 11. 2007, author: Petr Jakobe
First call for proposals open for INTERREG IVC programme
The first INTERREG IVC call for proposals was launched on 21st September 2007 and will close on 15th January 2008. It covers the two thematic priorities of the programme: ‘Innovation and knowledge economy’ and ‘Environment and risk prevention’. No specific budget allocation has been set for this first call which is also open to the two types of interventions: ‘Regional Initiative Projects’ and ‘Capitalisation Projects’. The Application Pack is available for download on this website. Potential applicants should read the Programme Manual carefully before contacting the Secretariat. Concerning the Regions for Economic Change initiative and the Fast Track networks, further information can be found: - in the INTERREG IVC Programme Manual - on the Regions for Economic Change website All requests for information should be sent by email to interreg4c.net. The secretariat regrets that it is not in a position to take telephone requests at the moment. Individual consultations will be organised over the coming months - more information will be available soon on this website.
11. 10. 2007, author: Petr Jakobe
INNOREF Final Conference 18.10.2007
Please find here enclosed the invitation to the INNOREF final transnational conference. Please write to innoref.agrifor@regione.fvg.it if you want to attend a conference. Thank you in advance. Regards, PSC INNOREF Friuli Venezia Giulia c/o Direzione Centrale Risorse Agricole, Naturali, Forestali e Montagna via Caccia 17 - 33100 Udine tel +39 0432 555247 - fax +39 0432 555140
03. 10. 2007, author: Petr Jakobe
LIFEnews
This month's LIFEnews focuses on the theme of LIFE and Third Countries (LIFE-TCY) to mark the end of this particular strand of the LIFE programme. It is a time to reflect on the positive impact of LIFE-TCY projects in promoting awareness and capacity to confront environmental challenges beyond the borders of the EU. This is further elaborated in the recent LIFE Focus publication on LIFE-TCY 1992-2006, 'Supporting Europe's neighbours in building capacity of environmental policy and action'.
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30. 09. 2007, author: Petr Jakobe
eFarmer Final Conference 13.-14.11.2007
Please find here enclosed the invitation to the eFarmer final transnational conference. Please write to jakobe@efarmer.info it if you want to attend a conference. Thank you in advance. Regards Lead Partner Pardubicky kraj Czech Republic
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24. 09. 2007, author: Petr Jakobe
OPEN DAYS European Week of Regions and Cities
www.opendays.europa.eu The 5th OPEN DAYS European Week of Regions and Cities are organised by the EU Committee of the Regions and the European Commission’s DG for Regional Policy, in partnership with 212 regions and cities from 33 countries. This year's headline is: "Making it happen: regions deliver growth and jobs". Up to 5,000 participants in all are expected to take part. Dear Madam, Dear Sir, The number of participants to OPEN DAYS is growing with each edition, and the demand for hotel accommodation is increasing accordingly ! As in the previous years RESOTEL can arrange your hotel reservation for the OPEN DAYS . We kindly remind you that October is a busy month in Brussels and we therefore urge you not to wait anymore for making your booking. For your individual request, please use the attached hotel reservation form or the on-line booking form through the following link : www.resotel.be/OD2007 You can also find this link on the Open Days Website under the section Hotel Accommodation : http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/conferences/od2007/hotel.cfm?nmenu=12 For your group request (as of 8 rooms), you can use the hotel reservation form or you can send an email to wim@resotel.be. Once we received your request, we 'll come back to you in order to examine together the possibilities so you will have the best possible accommodation that fits with your needs and your budget. Finally, should none of the hotels in our list meet your requirements, please let us know : RESOTEL will be glad to suggest you other hotels in different price categories.
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21. 09. 2007, author: Petr Jakobe
The ECORYS INTERREG Project Development Training
INTERREG is an interesting European fund as it stimulates international positioning, knowledge development and strength. Such cooperation is now funded up to 75%* . However, preparing a good and successful INTERREG project proposal is far from an easy task, due to the (new) requirements on partners, finance, indicators, project logic and the challenges of international cooperation. ECORYS has therefore developed a training course that boosts the quality of your proposal. The training provides guidance on how to meet the requirements for the new programme period 2007-2013 and how to improve your proposal's chances of success in both content and organisation. The ECORYS INTERREG Project Development Training focuses on key issues in the proposal phase: • Content development (process, clear & well presented objectives & logic, involvement of partners) • Team building & Partnership building (what contract type, how to communicate and divide tasks) • Financial resources (how to calculate budgets, what rules to apply) • Indicators (how to develop clear indicators) • INTERREG terminology, language and rules (planning, presentation styles and techniques) Our training programme takes a pragmatic approach, combining working and learning. The 2.5-day course provide the opportunity to work on your own proposal, incorporating newly-acquired knowledge and skills to immediate effect in all stages of proposal preparation, from understanding requirements, to writing your proposal, and to presenting it successfully. Our trainers have many years of experience in proposal preparation, implementation and appraisal. Together, they have trained hundreds of people. Their understanding of the processes and details of INTERREG project proposals means they are ideally placed to help you add value to your proposals and ultimately improve the success rate of obtaining funding to translate your cross-border, transnational or interregional project ideas into practice. The training course will take place on 24-26 October in Brussels. You will find the training brochure at http://download.ecorys.com/mail/INTERREG-TrainingBrochure.pdf and a registration form at http://download.ecorys.com/mail/INTERREG-RegistrationForm.doc or on the ECORYS website: http://www.ecorys.com/. If you would like more information or you have specific questions, please send an email to interregtraining@ecorys.com or contact Cecile Alen in our Brussels office +32 2 743 89 49. Please forward this email to people you think might benefit from this training, either in your own organisation or other organisations and post it on your website as an activity. We are looking forward to hearing from you and seeing you in Brussels in October! Kind regards, Jan Maarten de Vet, ECORYS Brussels Marie-Jose Zondag, ECORYS Netherlands Javier Fernandez, ECOTEC Madrid *in some cases 85% PS. In case you do not want to receive this information anymore, please send us an email. Due to technical difficulties, it might be possible that you receive this email more than once. Please provide us your preferred email address, when you have received this email through different addresses.
14. 08. 2007, author: Petr Jakobe
INFORMATION AND PARTNERS SEARCH INTERREG IV PROGRAM PROJECTS
We are looking for new projects proposals and partners in relaction of our educational, equality, rural development, forestry and environmental cooperation activities under this European programs that its allow us take part than partner and to be able fulfill our objetives. At the same time, we are development our own projects than lead partner and we invite you to work with us in its. If you are interested we can send you more information about that new projects. If you are at the moment in the preparing projects proposals process, we would like received information about the thematic and possible actions of your projects, because we are very interested in take part than partner in its and to be able to work together in the future. You can see more information about our working activities and experience in our near presentation report. If you need some partner for your projects you can contact us and we´ll study your proposal and we´ll speak with you as soon as possible about it. You contact us in this address: Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente nº 13 24010 –Torbajo del Camino (León) Spain Tel. +34 987 808 256 Fax. +34 987 808 467 alvarovilloldo@adesper.com www.adesper.com
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31. 07. 2007, author: Petr Jakobe
EU Training Workshop Communication from Epsilon Events Ltd. Registered in the UK. Company Number: 5339004. www.epsilonevents.com
Lobbying in the EU: How to represent and defend your interests in BrusselsTM 22nd & 23rd October 2007, Brussels. Endorsed by SEAP; the Society of European Affairs Professionals. REGISTER ONLINE TODAY AND BENEFIT FROM THE EARLY BIRD RATE! - www.eulobbying.com Dear Colleague, The leading EU affairs and lobbying training course returns to Brussels on the 22nd and 23rd of October 2007 (1.5 days) and registration is now available online. Places are limited to 35 participants and you are encouraged to register as early as possible to gain your place. Understanding how the EU works and how to influence policy direction is more crucial now than ever before. Key topics at this workshop include the EU institutional landscape, the relations between these institutions, the decision-making processes and the ways to work and influence the system. There is also a focus upon the co-decision procedure. The event is facilitated by Russell Patten, Chief Executive of Grayling Brussels and the recent President of the British Chamber of Commerce in Belgium. Mr Patten has been responsible for many Brussels-based and pan-European lobbying and corporate communications campaigns, and over his 17-year career in Brussels has worked for a wide range of corporations, the European Commission, trade associations and the European Express Association where he was Secretary-General from 1994 to 2003. In addition, we are delighted to announce the following guest speakers: Mr. Lionel Zetter, President, Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) Mr. Bill Jones, 1st Sec. Energy. Nuclear, UKREP Register before the 18th September and save up to €250 (£170). There are also generous discounts for group delegations. Once registration is made, payment is not required until 4 weeks before the event and further details are available by following the links below: Workshop Website - Further information on registering, the workshop programme, speakers and travel. Registration Costs - Full costs for booking your place at this highly popular workshop. Media Partner - TheParliament.com. Contact: +44 (0) 2920 894 757 or email jwilmott@epsilonevents.com for further details and to discuss the event in more detail.
26. 07. 2007, author: Petr Jakobe
NEEBOR QUARTERLY
The latest issue of NEEBOR QUARTERLY, the Newsletter of the Network of Eastern External Border Regions of the European Union. Previous issues as well as additional information on our activities can be found via our website www.neebor.eu For any questions or comments: Fanis Pantelogiannis Brussels Officer Union of Cyprus Municipalities Square de Meeûs 1, B-1000 Brussels Belgium Tel: +32(0)22138110 Mobile: +32(0)472297541 Fax: +32(0)22138111 fp@ucm.org.cy http://www.ucm.org.cy
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06. 06. 2007, author: Petr Jakobe
Conference “i2010 Lab - A Practical Guide to EU Information Society
The Conference aims to: - inform and update the participants about the present situation of the European Programmes “i2010”, including the 7th Framework Programme, the Programme on Competitiveness and Innovation, and the Programmes of European Territorial cooperation within the Objective 3; - Develop common project ideas, through participative sessions organized in various working groups.
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09. 05. 2007, author: Petr Jakobe