Presentation to IONAS Project Meeting Brindisi 21/22 January 2005

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Presentation to IONAS Project Meeting Brindisi
21/22 January 2005

• by
• Roberta Sparvieri
• Forum of Adriatic and Ionian Cities and Towns

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IONAS MAP
24 partners involved amongst Municipalities and
Port Authorities
Vienna
Koper
4 networks of Municipalities And Ports
Venice
EIC Slovenia
Port Venice
Eurosportello
Split
Cities on Water
Port Split
Ancona
Port Dubrovnik
Pescara
Bar
Bari
Port Bar
Port Bari
Thessaloniki
Durres
Brindisi
Port Thessaloniki
Port Brindisi
Port Durres
Port Corfu
Port Gioia Tauro
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INTERREG projects developed by the IONAS partners

• Ancona City Ports and AAP2020
• Pescara Sea Bridge and AAP2020
• Koper AAP2020 and Ancient Water WAys
• Split AAP2020
• Bar AAP2020
• Gioia Tauro P.A Report- Medocc Port Net Med
  Plus, and Sestante.
• Koper P.A. from entrepreneurs. And
  Establishment
• Venice Agricultural and fishing production,
  Tudeslove II, UTN II,
• Vivi il Forte, LAHSA, Villes Cinemas, and
  AAP2020.
• Unioncamere Veneto -Eurosportello the rural
  development in the
• transborder region Italy and Slovenia,
  AGRISLOVE.NET, LO.DE,
• Feasibility study to realize infrastructures of
  the trans border territory Belgrado Bar,
  INDE, INSERVNET , and B- Cross.
• Vienna IMMO, Bridge - Lebensader Donau,
  Technologieoffensive Solarthermie,
  Expertennetzwerk, Solar -net II, and
  Ökobusinesplan Wien-Györ
• Thessaloniki P.A Purchase of Mechanical
  Equipment, Translognet, training for employees of
  the Ports of Thessaloniki, Burgas and Durres,
  Gilda-net.
• Venice P.A G.I.L.D.A. , Freshlog and AlpFrail.

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Ancona
City ports Interreg III B Cadses A city
network to develop feasible and suistainable
logistic solutions through a co-ordinated
approach to tackle the city issues of congestion,
pollution, and noise. Lead Partner Regione
Emilia Romagna Duration 12/2000-11/2003
Aap2020 Interreg III C AAP2020 (Adriatic Action
Plan 2020), designed by the Forum of Adriatic and
Ionian Cities and Towns in the meetings of
Brindisi (2001) and Igoumenitsa (2002), aims at
the definition and coordination of policies for
sustainable development in the Adriatic region.
It assumes the sustainability as a local
governments maker. Lead Partner
Ancona Duration Aprile 2003-Aprile 2006
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Pescara
Sea Bridge Interreg III A The main aim is to
develop and strengthen the sea transportation
networks connecting the Abruzzo Region with the
most important European networks like the
Corridor five and the corridor eight. The
project intends to increase the cooperation
between the two Adriatic shores and the exchanges
of persons and goods. The areas involved in the
project are the Croatia region with the city of
Ploce and the Montenegro region with the Port of
Bar. Lead Partner RegioneAbruzzo
Aap2020- Interreg III C Vedi Ancona
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Koper
AAP2020 Interreg III C Vedi Ancona.
AWW Interreg III A The aim of the project is to
encourage the awareness of the natural water
system through an updated and complete
recollection of the information about the main
cultural and historical tradition.
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Gioia Tauro P.A.
Port Net Med Plus Interreg III B The main aim
was to set up an Interregional Network of Good
shipping experiences and practices (RICEM) in the
Western Mediterranean (MEDOCC). This netwok would
have evaluated possible actions to deal with the
issues of goods, passengers, economical impact,
port services, logistics, database, and security.
The main concern was to develop common strategies
in the MEDOCC area in order to encourage
intermodal transport by sea. Lead Partner
Regione Liguria Duration ended the 22nd of
October 2004
Sestante - Interreg III C Methodologies and ICT
Tools for logistics services and the security of
ports and interports. Lead Partner Regione
Toscana Duration ended the 13th of October 2004
Report Medocc Interreg III B The project aims
are to promote coherent and efficient sea
freight in the Western Mediterranean to foster
integrated territorial development to develop
integrated services and ITC to support Small and
Medium-sized enterprises to promote training
sea safety and support to insular systems . Lead
Partner Regione Liguria Duration 12/02-10/04
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Venice
Produzioni agricole e ittiche INTERREG III A It
aimed at the valorization of agricultural and
fishery products in the Venice Lagoon and in
Slovenia.

• Tudeslove II INTERREG III A
• The major aims are
• The integration and development of the fortresse
  system in the Slovenian territory
• A second itinerary including the cultural centers
  of excellence, tied to the neighboring Italian
  and Slovenian fortification areas
• The analysis of the product potential markets
• The product promotion
• A product club in Italy and in Slovenia.

UTN II- INTERREG III B CADSES The project aims
at strengthening the existing network of European
cities in order to improve and develop urban
technologies in Central Europe.
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• VivilForte INTERREG III A
• The project aims at realizing the following
  activities
• - a network of cooperation between
  Italian/Slovenian public and private stakeholders
  within the historical-cultural field
• promotion and valorization of the common
  historical-cultural patrimony
• sustainable development in the local communities

LAHSA - INTERREG III B CADSES Find solutions for
the stabilization of the areas with high
percentage of council houses, through the
realization of integrated urban plans, recovery
initiatives of council houses and unused
buildings, and through measures promoting job
offers.
Villes Cinemas - INTERREG III C SUD The aim of
the project is to exploit the artistic, cultural
and urban resources, and develop the audiovisual
industry in the local economy (cinema,
television, documentaries, multimedia,
photography, etc.) and the related economic-urban
activities
Adriatic Action Plan 2020 INTERREG III C Vedi
Ancona
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Unioncamere Veneto - Eurosportello
Interreg /Leader The rural development in the
transborder region Italy and Slovenia.
AGRISLOVE.NET - Interreg III A/Italy and Slovenia

Lo.de - Interreg III A Creation of Local
Development Points in the Eastern Adriatic
Countries. The Local Development Points will
support the Italian entrepreneurs to develop
commercial and productive activities. Belgrado
Bar Interreg III A A feasibility study of the
railway Belgrade- port of Bar.
Inde - Interreg III B CADSES Support to company
start-ups and expansions in order to raise
confidence among local and international
investors.
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INSERVENET Interreg III B CADSES Support to
company transnational, organisational, and
technological links, SMEs, regional innovation
system, stakeholders and regional/national
administrative bodies. B Cross Interreg III B
CADSES Exploitation of the new services by the
SMEs.
Interreg III B Alpine Space Promotion of the
railway as alternative and complemental means of
transport.
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Vienna
IMMO Interreg II A  Testing and Evaluating some
models for the emission of inorganic
waste. Bridge - Lebensader Donau Interreg II
C Development of the sustainable living area
Danube. Technologieoffensive Solarthermie,
Expertennetzwerk Interreg II A Promotion of
Solar energy, setting up a network of experts,
know-how transfer. SOLAR -NET II Interreg III
A Promoting the use of thermic solar energy in
Vienna and in Hungary.   Ökobusinesplan Wien-Györ
Interreg III A Know how exchange and
implementing an EcoBusinessPlan in Györ
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MARS Interreg II A   Monitoring the Alpine
Regions Sustainability TAQI -Interreg III
B (TAQI) Transnational Air Quality Improvement
aims at improving the air quality in the panonnic
Region
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Thessaloniki P.A.
Purchase of Mechanical Equipment - Interregg I 4
sea to shore conventional cargo cranes and 1 rail
mounted transtainer Purchase of Mechanical
Equipment - Interregg II 2 sea to shore
container gantry cranes Translognet, Interreg II
B, Cadses Education-Specialization of high
ranking employees of the Ports of Thessaloniki,
Burgas and Durres in state of the art
administrative, financial and technical port
operations procedures Gilda-net Interreg II B,
Cadses Vedi Venice P.A.
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Venice P.A.
G.I.L.D.A INTERREG III B Cadses It aimed
at -      Implementing an information and
communication technology infrastructure among
ports (the hardware of that particular transport
network). -  And consequently it aimed at
developing a virtual community serving port
operators/users needs (the software of the
network). This was meant as a virtual space where
supply and demand of transport and logistics
services would have met in order to improve the
flow of documentations related to the shipping of
goods in a door to door perspective.,therefore,
increasing productivity and efficiency. The
working group was composed by 7 Italian Regions
facing the Adriatic sea, Italian Ministry of
Infrastructure and Transport, General Department
of Italian Coast Guard, Adriatic port Authorities
and logistics platforms.
FreshLog INTERREG III B Cadses It aimed at
carrying out a feasibility study for a system of
logistics platforms in the CADSES space a system
of specific infrastructures and services for the
handling of fresh products.
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AlpFrail INTERREG III B Alpine space looks for
operational solutions for the transalpine railway
freight traffic for a sustainable network of the
economic areas located in the alpine space. The
working group is composed by undertakings and
actors of Austria, Germany and Italy, with the
possible adhesion of Slovenian representatives.
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In the Ionas space according to our preliminary
survey the following Interreg projects have been
carried out 14 Interreg III A 11 projects 3
Interreg IIA 14 Interreg IIIB 10 Cadses, 1
Medocc, 1 Alpine space, 2 Interreg Cadses IIB 4
Interreg III C 3 projects 1 Interreg IC
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INTERREG III A INTERREG II A INTERREG III B CADSES INTERREG III B MEDOCC INTERREG III B ALPINE SPACE INTERREG II B CADSES INTERREG III C INTERREG II C
SEA BRIDGE IMMO CITY PORTS REPORT MEDOCC ALPFRAIL GILDA NET AAP2020 Bridge
AWW Technologie offensive Solarthermie PORTNET MED PLUS TRANSLOGNET SESTANTE
INTERREG LEADER MARS UTN II VILLES CINEMAS
PRODUZIONI AGRICOLE E ITTICHE G.I.L.D.A
TUDESLOVE II LAHSA.
VIVI IL FORTE INDE
AGRISLOVE.NET INSERVENET
LO.DE B-CROSS
SOLAR NET II TAQI
Ökobusinesplan FRESHLOG
Belgrado-Bar
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2.2 Level of INTERREG knowledge at the beginning
of the programme unit

• According to the available questionnaires (18 out
  of 24), the IONAS partners have the following
  level of INTERREG knowledge
• 4 partners said to have no experience
• 4 partners claimed some awareness but no
  experience
• 6 partners said to have some experience
• 4 partners claimed lots of experience

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Municipalities and Port Authorities - Level of
INTERREG knowledge
none awareness some experience lots of
experience
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Partners with no experience

• Split Port Authority
• Dubrovnik Port Authority
• Municipality of Pescara
• Muncipality of Thessaloniki

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Partners with awareness but no experience

• Municipality of Split
• Municipality of Durres
• Bar Port Authority
• Durres Port Authority

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Partners with some experience

• Municipality of Koper
• Municipality of Bar
• Gioia Tauro Port Authority
• Thessaloniki Port Authority
• Koper Port Authority
• Venice Port Authority

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Partners with lots of experience

• Municipality of Venice
• Municipality of Vienna
• Municipality of Ancona
• Unioncamere Veneto Eurosportello

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Main strengths in the implementation of the
INTERREG projects

• Geographical position
• Geographical position (Venice, Ancona, and
  Thessaloniki P.A.)

• Support and cooperation
• Administrators and Politicians positive
  attitude towards International relations (Venice,
  Ancona)
• Existing city network to support International
  cooperation FAICT (Ancona)
• Internal Cooperation with the National Ministry
  of Environment (Durres) and with EIC Koper for
  technical support and partner search (Koper P.A.)
  
• Cooperation and know-how exchange among the
  partners (Eurosportello Veneto, Vienna, Koper,
  Bar, Split, Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik P.A. and Durres
  P.A.)

• Existing conditions
• Existing Port Environmental and Personnnel
  certification (Thessaloniki P.A.)
• Previous research carried out on the project
  fields (Pescara)
• Efficient road and railway system to access the
  Trans European and Pan European networks, and
  efficient port services and structures
  (Thessaloniki P.A.)

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Main weaknesses in the implementation of the
INTERREG projects

• Municipal weaknesses in complying with the
  Interreg requests
• Failure to comply with the request of
  administrative documents within the deadlines
  (Venice, Split)
• Lack of communication and know-how exchange
  among the municipal departments involved in the
  projetcs (Venice)
• Lack of trained staff (Ancona, Split, Dubrovnik
  P.A. Durres P.A, and Koper P.A)
• Lack of time to work on projects (Koper, Split,
  and Koper P.A)
• Some Country lack of Knowledge about the
  procedure between first level of control
  (Eurosportello Veneto)

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• Interreg weaknesses
• Long and complex proecedures (Eurosportello
  Veneto and Venice P.A.)
• Lack of synergies among the MA and the JTS
  (Eurosportello Veneto)
• Difficulties in collecting the accounting
  information from the Third countries
  (Eurosportello Veneto)
• Too much time to obtain funds (Eurosportello
  Veneto)
• Sometimes difficulties to get the parallel
  money in PHARE for Eastern European partners
  (Vienna)

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Thank you