Short presentation of ongoing INTERREG IIIC North operations Last modified: 22 February 2005

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Short presentation of ongoing INTERREG IIIC
North operationsLast modified 22 February 2005

• www.interreg3c.net

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INTRODUCTIONINTERREG IIIC North co-finances
35 interregional partnerships.This presentation
contains information on all ongoing North
operations, sorted by application round.
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First rounds operations

• AquaReg
• Culinary Heritage Europe
• EUROSAT European Salmon Tour
• R.E.N.E. Rural Extension Network in Europe
• STIMENT Stimulating new ways of
  entrepreneurship
• W.IN.NET European Network of Women Resource
  Centres

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AQUAREG
www.aquareg.com
REGIONAL FRAMEWORK OPERATION

• Partnership
• Norway (1), Spain (1), Ireland (1)
• Main objective
• Design strategies and provide opportunities for
  sustainable development of peripheral coastal
  communities by promotion of interregional
  co-operation in aquaculture and fisheries. The
  three main strategies are AquaLink, AquaEd,
  AquaPlan.
• Expected outcome
• AquaLink Increased co-operation between
  research and aquaculture businesses
  Introduction of new species in aquaculture with
  particular reference to juvenile production
• AquaEd Exchange of students, teaching staff
  etc., training courses
• AquaPlan Exchange of best practise in coastal
  zone utilization and planning
• Approximate total project budget EUR
  4,297,000
• ERDF contribution EUR 2,148,000
• Norwegian national contribution EUR
  716,500

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Culinary Heritage Europe
www.culinaryeurope.org
INDIVIDUAL PROJECT

• Partnership
• Sweden (4), Germany (1), Spain (2), Finland (1),
  Italy (1),Norway (2), Lithuania (2), Czech
  Republic (1)
• Main objective
• Use local food and regional culinary heritage as
  a way to attract tourists, increase economic
  activities and promote the development of rural
  areas
• Expected outcome
• Common strategies for regional development
  within the small-scale food sector
• Catalogue of culinary experiences
• Models for effective logistical systems that
  help small-scale food producers in rural areas
  to market their products
• Approximate total project budget EUR
  1,193,774
• ERDF funds EUR 660,107
• Norwegian national contribution EUR
  73,780

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EUROSAT European Salmon Tour
http//www.vaala.fi/salmontour/
NETWORK

• Partnership
• Sweden (1), Spain (2), Ireland (1), Finland (1),
  United Kingdom (1), Norway (1)
• Main objective
• Sustainable development of the trout and salmon
  fishing as an economic activity open to the
  creation of employment in areas of enormous
  environmental potential
• Expected outcome
• Joint visibility and promotion of the involved
  regions
• Thematic Conferences
• Common awareness campaign in each territory
• Common contact database
• Approximate total project budget
  EUR 537,868
• ERDF contribution EUR 327,767
• Norwegian national contribution EUR
  32,253

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R.E.N.E. Rural Extension Network in Europe
www.rene-net.org
NETWORK

• Partnership
• Germany (6), Belgium (1), Spain (1), France (1),
  Italy (2), Luxembourg (1), Austria (1),
  Switzerland (1), Bulgaria (1), Poland (1), Czech
  Republic (1), Hungary (1), Latvia (1)
• Main objectives
• Exchange of experience and know how concerning
  rural area problems
• Contribute to a better synergy of EU programmes
  for rural areas and strengthening of know-how
  and experience of public and semi-public rural
  extension institutions
• Policy dialogue for a better structuring and
  handling of EU programmes in the future
• Expected outcome
• Conferences, workshops, meetings, training
  seminars, NAC seminars
• Methodical guides, consultative papers
• Guidelines for good practice in rural
  cross-border cooperation EU/NAC
• Approximate total project budget EUR
  1,265,400
• ERDF contribution EUR 705,950

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STIMENT Stimulating new ways of entrepreneurship
www.stiment.net
REGIONAL FRAMEWORK OPERATION

• Partnership
• Sweden (1), Finland (1), France (1), Poland (1),
  Italy (1)
• Main objectives
• Stimulate entrepreneurship and provide new and
  innovative approaches to entrepreneurship
  focussing on the three thematic components
  Economic Intelligence, E-learning and
  Logistics Location
• Expected outcome
• Increased strategic planning and utilization of
  data in SMEs
• Increased possibilities for enterprises to have
  access to life-long learning through new IT
  tools
• Increased capability to create functional and
  attractive regions for enterprises
• New methods, instruments, and tools for an
  increased entrepreneurial spirit
• Approximate total project budget EUR
  3,400,000
• ERDF contribution EUR 2,050,000

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W.IN.NET - Network of Women Resource Centres
www.women.eu.com
NETWORK

• Partnership
• Sweden (2), Greece (2), Spain (2), France (1),
  Italy (6), Finland (1), Hungary (1), Lithuania
  (1), Latvia (1)
• Main objective
• Creation of a European Network of WRC, to improve
  the efficaciousness and transparency of these
  organisations and thereby the policies and tools
  for equal opportunities between women and men at
  local, regional and European level.
• Expected outcome
• Modell for working in a European Network of WRC
• Definition of quality standards for efficacious
  actions by the WRC
• Local dissemination of WRC in Europe and Third
  Countries
• Information and consulting services for
  management and marketing of WRC
• Effective European Network of WRC as a partner
  for European Institutions
• Approximate total project budget EUR
  1,346,950
• ERDF contribution EUR 776,663

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Second rounds operations

• City Twins Co-operation Network
• CosCo-Project - Regional cycle development
  through coastal co-operation
• DEAR - Developing the Economies of Airport
  Regions
• DQE Towards the sustainable region
• FINESSE - Facilitating Incubator Networking and
  Exchanges of Services for Small Enterprises
• KNOT - Culture, Nature and Tourism network
• Future Health - Network for Future Regional
  Health Care
• Tour.com - Establishing Tourism-Competency-Centre
  s in European border regions

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City Twins Co-operation Network
NETWORK

• Partnership
• Finland (2), Germany (2), Estonia (1), Poland
  (2), Sweden (1), Russia (2)
• Main objective
• Creation of a network of city twins to share
  experiences and to introduce best practices and
  action models in different sectors of local
  administration (e.g. city administration,
  industrial development, labour mobility,
  prevention of grey economy, border crossing,
  education, social and health issues)
• Expected outcome
• Definition of best practices in city twins
  co-operation
• Increased effectiveness of local development in
  the participating cities
• Improved situation in the sectors covered by the
  project
• Approximate total project budget EUR
  1,260,000
• ERDF contribution EUR 810,000

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CosCo Project - Regional cycle development
through coastal co-operation sea grass and
algae focus
INDIVIDUAL PROJECT
www.life-seegras.de

• Partnership
• Germany (3), Denmark (2), France (2), Poland (1),
  Spain (1)
• Main objective
• Creation of a transnational network of European
  coastal regions to exchange experiences and
  know-how on beach cleansing and treatment of
  flotsam (algae and sea grass)
• Expected outcome
• Transfer of experiences as to beach cleansing
  technology, beach policy and product
  development from one region to another
• Joint development of biogenous products
• Increased number of products out of natural
  aquatic fibres
• Approximate total project budget EUR
  1,556,047
• ERDF contribution EUR 999,644

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DEAR - Developing the Economies of Airport Regions
INDIVIDUAL PROJECT
www.dear-online.net

• Partnership
• Germany (2), Greece (1), Poland (2), United
  Kingdom (1)
• Main objective
• Increasing the attractiveness and promoting the
  advantages of the airport regions to foster
  settlement of new enterprises and strenghten
  contacts among enterprises in the partner regions
• Expected outcome
• Stable network of airport regions
• Marketable association of airports/business
  parks
• Improved and increased business opportunities
  for SMEs and common RD- projects. Efficient
  regional development strategies for all partners.
  
• Elimination of investment barriers.
• Improved job opportunities.
• Approximate total project budget EUR
  1,321,092
• ERDF contribution EUR 817,619

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DQE Towards the sustainable region
INDIVIDUAL PROJECT

• Partnership
• Finland (6), Ireland (3), Greece (5), Germany
  (3), Belgium (1)
• Main objective
• Interregional exchange of experience and joint
  formulation of development tools for SMEs and
  regions, aiming at (a) improvement of the
  competitive edge of EU SME products facing
  international competition through integrated
  development tools (competitiveness parameters
  Design, Quality and Environment)
• (b)valuation of integrated development factors
  promoting the competitive edge of EU regions
  (regional attractiveness and sustainable
  development).
• Expected outcome
• New, innovative, integrated instruments for
  sustainable SME regional development
• Reinforcement of regional competences in the
  context of competitive and sustainable
  development strenghtening of sustainable
  production and demand
• Capacity building through knowledge intensive
  tools in SMEs and regions
• Approximate total project budget EUR
  1,177,773
• ERDF contribution EUR 839,726

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FINESSE Facilitating Incubator Networking and
Exchanges of Services for Small Enterprises
www.finesse-baltic.net
INDIVIDUAL PROJECT

• Partnership
• Germany (2), Sweden (1), Finland (1), Norway (1),
  Latvia (1), Lithuania (1), Poland (1), Estonia
  (1), Belarus (1)
• Main objective
• Creation of a collaborative cross-border business
  development structure for SMEs that is
  sustainable and transferable
• Expected outcome
• Increased cross-regional transfer of goods and
  services, human resources and know-how
• Sustained exchange of experience on innovative
  international business development support
  structures, and new forms of cross-border
  cooperation between regional development
  institutions
• Approximate total project budget EUR
  2,008,000
• ERDF contribution EUR 996,000
• Norwegian national contribution EUR
  150,000

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KNOT - Culture, Nature and Tourism network
NETWORK

• Partnership
• Sweden (3), Norway (3), Ireland (1), Denmark (1),
  Slovenia (1), Iceland (1),
• Isle of Man (1)
• Main objective
• Creation of a lasting network linking lead
  partners of previous or current INTERREG projects
  developing cultural and natural assets for
  sustainable tourism.
• Expected outcome
• Best practice exchanged between several
  countries
• Improved access to information sources for
  tourists
• Political initiatives for the use of cultural
  and natural assets in sustainable community and
  tourism development
• Approximate total project budget EUR
  346,658
• ERDF contribution EUR 133,330
• Norwegian national contribution EUR
  66,665

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Network for Future Regional Health Care
www.futurehealth.fi
NETWORK

• Partnership
• Finland (3), Germany (1), Estonia (3), Denmark
  (1), Cyprus (1), Greece (3), Latvia (4),
  Lithuania (3), Sweden (2)
• Main objective
• Share cross-professional experience and develop
  new approaches to solving health care management
  problems in order to improve the effectiveness of
  the health care service system and the use of
  health care facilities as well as the quality and
  user satisfaction
• Expected outcome
• Description and evaluation of present health
  service network in participating regions
• New models of delivering health care
• Accelerated modernization process of
  transformation of organisations
• New working environments
• Identification of best practices for improved
  ergonomics, efficiency and better use of
  resources
• Approximate total project budget EUR
  1,492,605
• ERDF contribution EUR 986,954

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Tour.comEstablishing Tourism-Competency-Centres
in European border regions
INDIVIDUAL PROJECT

• Partnership
• Germany (2), France (1), Poland (2)
• Main objective
• To strengthen the regional economy of
  structurally lagging border regions by using the
  multiplication effects of increasing tourist
  numbers within these regions
• Expected outcome
• Two model tourism-competency-centres in border
  regions
• Transfer of experiences and methods of
  cross-border product development
• Exchange of experiences on institutional,
  economical and personal level
• Strategies and methods for a Europe-wide
  promotion of border regions
• Approximate total project budget EUR
  706,510
• ERDF contribution EUR 462,381

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Third rounds operations

• BEPART Baltic Entrepreneurship Partners
• COMPETENCE a pan-European Network of Excellent
  Research Competence
• DestiLink Sustainable Tourism Destination
  Development Linking Rural Regions and
  Research Institutions in Europe
• ENMR European Network of Mining Regions
• E-Pipelines Establishment of a mechanism for
  interregional cooperation on project
  development and implementation
• InterMareC Interregional Maritime Cluster
• Lakepromo Tools for water management and
  restoration processes
• MarMuCommerce Maritime Regions Making museums
  commercially competitive
• TOOLS New strategies and tools for development
  of business environment in marginal rural areas
• WaterTour Improvement of competitiveness of
  SMEs and water tourism regions

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BEPARTBaltic Entrepreneurship Partners
www.bepart.info
NETWORK

• Partnership
• Germany (1), Denmark (1), Estonia (2), Finland
  (4), Lithuania (1), Netherlands (1)
• Poland (1), Sweden (1)
• Main objective
• Increase efficiency and impact of
  entrepreneurship promotion at universities and
  within local and regional networks
• Expected outcome (among others)
• Better understanding of interlinkages of
  regional socio-economic structures, regional
  development policies, university education and
  entrepreneurial activities
• Increased expertise in entrepreneurship
  education at universities and beyond
• Strengthened European orientation and
  intensified international cooperation in the
  field of entrepreneurship promotion
• Improved access to shared knowledge in the field
  of entrepreneurship promotion
• Approximate total project budget EUR
  1,574,300
• ERDF contribution EUR 955,350

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COMPETENCEA pan-European Network of Excellent
Research Competence
INDIVIDUAL PROJECT

• Partnership
• Sweden (1), France (1), Hungary (1), Netherlands
  (1), Norway (2), United Kingdom (1)
• Main objective
• Create a joint Internet-based Competence Platform
  that assists industry in locating relevant
  competences within universities and establish a
  joint marketing strategy
• Expected outcome (among others)
• Increased cooperation between academia and
  industry
• Improved understanding of the regions research
  strengths and weaknesses
• Attracting more foreign investments and
  scientists to the partner regions
• Heightening the profile of European Biotech
  industry and the public awareness of science
• Approximate total project budget EUR
  1,900,000
• ERDF contribution EUR 895,000
• Approved Norwegian national funds EUR
  48,000

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DestiLink - Sustainable Tourism Destination
Development Linking Rural Regions and Research
Institutions in Europe
www.destilink.net
NETWORK

• Partnership
• Denmark (2), Austria (1), Ireland (1), Italy (1),
  Latvia (2), Netherlands (1), Poland (1), Spain
  (2), Sweden (1), United Kingdom (2)
• Main objective
• Create a network of sustainable tourism
  destination stakeholders and change agents in
  European rural regions, thereby linking the
  regions and the research community
• Expected outcome (among others)
• A network of sustainable tourism development
  practitioners and researchers
• Transfer of knowledge and use of manuals,
  guidelines and tools produced
• Enhanced regional and tourism development in
  rural regions
• Approximate total project budget EUR 868,000
  ERDF contribution EUR 485,000

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ENMREuropean Network of Mining Regions
www.enmr.nu
NETWORK

• Partnership
• Sweden (1), Finland (6), Germany (1), Greece (3),
  Italy (2), Poland (1), Portugal (1), Slovak
  Republic (1), Spain (3), United Kingdom (1)
• Main objective
• Exchange information regarding mining on the
  European and regional level and increase
  interaction between the companies and regional
  actors and finding solutions for a sustainable
  growth and competitiveness in the mining regions
• Expected outcome (among others)
• Raised regional awareness and profile of being a
  mining region in Europe
• New innovative models for regional development
  in order to support the sustainable
  development of mining regions
• A platform for interaction with the European
  Union on all aspects affecting mining regions
• Approximate total project budget EUR
  1,453,333
• ERDF contribution EUR 999,999

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E-Pipelines - Establishment of a mechanism for
interregional cooperation on project development
and implementation
INDIVIDUAL PROJECT

• Partnership
• Latvia (1), Denmark (1), Finland (1), Lithuania
  (1), Sweden (1)
• Main objective
• Establish a compatible project development and
  implementation systems that can be used as an
  efficient project pipeline and thus facilitate
  co-operation in the Baltic Sea Region
• Expected outcome (among others)
• A common framework for project development and
  implementation
• Increased training and networking activities for
  project co-ordinators in the partner
  municipalities
• An operational system for development of
  international projects in the form of a
  database
• Approximate total project budget
  EUR 546,826
• ERDF contribution EUR 324,720

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InterMareC - Interregional Maritime Cluster
www.intermarec.net
REGIONAL FRAMEWORK OPERATION

• Partnership
• Germany (1), France (1), Poland (1)
• Main objective
• Open up the prospects of growth in the maritime
  sector and to set significant impulses for the
  regional economy and job market
• Advanced cooperation in the 3 thematic fields
  Offshore Oceanographic Technologies, Coastal
  Services Activities, Ship- Boat-Building/
  Supply Services
• Expected outcome (among others)
• Initiation of an interregional maritime cluster
• Accessibility of resources, competency new
  opportunities for sub-project participants by
  transparency, trust enhanced communication,
  improved cooperation, exchange transfer among
  business-research-educational-public bodies
  regions, implementation of new projects/products,
  1 virtual enterprise
• Approximate total project budget EUR
  3,270,000
• ERDF contribution EUR 1,750,000

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LakepromoTools for water management and
restoration processes
INDIVIDUAL PROJECT
http//lakepromo.savonia-amk.fi

• Partnership
• Denmark (1), Estonia (1), Finland (4), Germany
  (2), Hungary (2), Spain (1), Sweden (1), United
  Kingdom (1)
• Main objective
• Promote multilevel and interregional co-operation
  in the field of water management
• Expected outcome (among others)
• Enhanced and facilitated co-operation and
  cohesion in water management between different
  regions
• New models and suggestions for further water
  management development (education and
  strategies) in whole Europe
• Limited eutrophication (a build-up of nitrate,
  phosphate and other nutrients) in lakes,
  wetlands and other aquatic systems
• Approximate total project budget EUR
  1,474,460
• ERDF contribution EUR 945,980

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MarMuCommerce - Maritime Regions Making museums
commercially competitive
INDIVIDUAL PROJECT
www.marmucommerce.com

• Partnership
• Germany(1) , France (1), Italy (2), Poland (1),
  Spain (2), United Kingdom (1)
• Main objective
• Making museums commercially competitive in times
  where public heritage institutions suffer from
  budget cuts
• Expected outcome (among others)
• Implementation of a business model for museums,
  that allows to play an active role in the
  enhancement of the regional development
• Improved entrepreneurial competence of maritime
  museum networks, organisations, and
  individuals
• Approximate total project budget EUR
  1,750,000
• ERDF contribution EUR 999,500

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TOOLS - New strategies and tools for development
of business environment in marginal rural areas
INDIVIDUAL PROJECT

• Partnership
• Finland (2), Estonia (4), Italy (2)
• Main objective
• Improve regional development policies and
  instruments by developing innovative tools for
  supporting entrepreneurship and maximising
  sustainable use of nature resources and human
  potential in marginal rural areas via
  interregional co-operation
• Expected outcome (among others)
• Tools and capable institutions that can
  contribute to new rural businesses and
  employment opportunities
• Better use of local natural resources
• Enhanced human capital
• Approximate total project budget EUR
  742,116
• ERDF contribution EUR 554,712

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WaterTour - Improvement of competitiveness of
SMEs and water tourism regions
INDIVIDUAL PROJECT

• Partnership
• Germany (1), Finland (1), Hungary (1), Ireland
  (1), Portugal (1)
• Main objective
• Strengthen the economic situation and
  competitiveness of the water tourism
  entrepreneurs
• Expected outcome (among others)
• Target group orientated infrastructure
• Regional information systems
• New and effective marketing strategies
• New water tourism activity products
• Approximate total project budget EUR
  812,800
• ERDF contribution EUR 562,989

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Fourth rounds operations (1)

• ALICERA - Action Learning for Identity and
  Competence in European Rural Areas
• CleanRegion Regional Collaboration for
  Minimising Pesticide Emissions in the Environment
• DEBATE Development of the European Business
  Advisor Training and Exchange
• eCitizen Challenge of eCitizen - Promoting
  eGovernment Actions in European Cities
• EKIE - Enhancing Knowledge Intensive Enterprises
  in Small Cities Surrounded by Rural and Sparsely
  Populated Areas
• ENMaR - European Network of Municipalities and
  Rivers

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Fourth rounds operations (1I)

• LOF - Contributing to Sustainable Rural
  Development Through Sharing Experience and
  Building Capacity in Processing and Marketing of
  Local and Organic Food
• Port-Net Promoting interregional co-operation
  of ports and multi-modal transport structures in
  the EU
• STRAIR - Strategic development and co-operation
  between airport regions
• TOWER - Towards Sustainable Excellence by
  Innovating Regions
• WIND-TECH-KNOW Regional Wind Technology and
  Knowledge TransferStrategies

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ALICERA - Action Learning for Identity and
Competence in European Rural Areas
INDIVIDUAL PROJECT

• Partnership
• Germany (3), Austria (1), France (1), Hungary
  (1), Latvia (1)
• Main objective
• Developing and promoting new innovative
  educational instruments for Rural Action
  Learning (RAL)
• Expected outcome
• Strenghtened regional identity and action
  competence of the people in rural areas
• Greater self-confidence and self-empowerment of
  rural regions
• Approximate total project budget EUR
  1,500,000
• ERDF contribution EUR 872,974

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CleanRegion - Regional Collaboration for
Minimising Pesticide Emissions in the Environment
INDIVIDUAL PROJECT

• Partnership
• Denmark (6), Finland (1), Germany (2), Latvia
  (3), Netherlands (1), Sweden (6), United Kingdom
  (4)
• Main objective
• Minimising pesticide emissions in the environment
  
• Expected outcome
• Networks between research institutions, local,
  regional and national authorities holding
  responsibilities within this field, both at
  national and European level
• Strategies for weed control on hard surfaces
  which are environmentally friendly and at the
  same time economically sustainable for
  municipalities and regions
• Methods for reducing point-source pollution with
  pesticides.
• Approximate total project budget EUR
  1,289,081.00
• ERDF contribution EUR 658,898.50

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DEBATE - Development of the European Business
Advisor Training and Exchange
INDIVIDUAL PROJECT

• Partnership
• Finland (6), Estonia (1), Greece (3), Hungary
  (2), Italy (1), Latvia (2), Sweden (1)
• Main objective
• Building a support structure for the European
  Business Advisors, in order to provide them with
  resources and qualifications to support their
  clients in the modern economy, business and
  society
• Expected outcome
• A structure of information and knowledge
  resources for the European business advisory
• An educational structure, considering the
  challenges of both adult educations
  (in-service training) and education for young
  students (secondary and higher level
  vocational education and training)
• Approximate total project budget EUR
  1,100,000
• ERDF contribution EUR 797,635

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eCitizen - Challenge of eCitizen - Promoting
eGovernment Actions in European Cities
INDIVIDUAL PROJECT

• Partnership
• Finland (3), Denmark (1), Estonia (1), Italy (2),
  Lithuania (2), United Kingdom (1), Other (1)
• Main objective
• Supporting innovative on-going local e-Government
  actions and strategies with a focus on
  e-Management systems for public administration,
  on-line public services for citizens and new
  e-Participation services
• Expected outcome
• Enhanced efficiency, transparency and
  accountability of local governance
• Enhanced capacities of policy-makers, officials
  and experts on collaboration between
  international partners, public and private
  sectors in developing local eGovernment
  actions
• Approximate total project budget EUR
  1,400,000
• ERDF contribution EUR 720,739

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EKIE - Enhancing Knowledge Intensive Enterprises
in Small Cities Surrounded by Rural and Sparsely
Populated Areas
INDIVIDUAL PROJECT

• Partnership
• Finland (4), Estonia (1), Germany (1), Ireland
  (2), Italy (1)
• Main objective
• Promoting SMEs in rural and sparsely populated
  areas with a special focus on knowledge intensive
  SMEs
• Expected outcome
• Stronger centres of expertise
• New business opportunities for SMEs
• Enhanced dissemination of the latest technology
  knowlege to SMEs in selected fields of
  technology
• New business and product ideas
• Specialized education to answer SMEs' needs
• Approximate total project budget EUR
  1,680,737
• ERDF contribution EUR 946,360

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ENMaR - European Network of Municipalities and
Rivers
Network

• Partnership
• Germany (2), Latvia (1), Spain (1), Sweden (1),
  United Kingdom (2)
• Main objective
• Facilitate implementation of the Water Framework
  Directive (WFD) in municipalities across Europe
  through interregional cooperation
• Expected outcome
• A common understanding of the impacts and
  potential gains of forestry and agriculture on
  water bodies
• "Municipalitys Guide to Regional Development
  through effective Integrated Water Resources
  Management
• Guidance, good practice and support to spatial
  planners to better inform land based planning
  decisions
• Approximate total project budget EUR
  1,300,000
• ERDF contribution EUR 707,596

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LOF - Contributing to Sustainable Rural
Development Through Sharing Experience and
Building Capacity in Processing and Marketing of
Local and Organic Food
INDIVIDUAL PROJECT

• Partnership
• Estonia (3), Sweden (2), United Kingdom (3)
• Main objective
• Strengthening the development and promotion of
  the local and organic food sector
• Expected outcome
• Improved direct marketing and increased
  purchasing of local and organic food in the
  partner regions
• Enhanced traditional local food culture in the
  partner regions
• Approximate total project budget EUR
  458,282
• ERDF contribution EUR 296,839

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PORT-NET - Promoting interregional co-operation
of ports and multi-modal transport structures in
the EU
Network

• Partnership
• Germany (3), Belgium (1), Denmark (1), Estonia
  (1), Finland (1), Greece (2), Italy (4), Latvia
  (1), Lithuania (1), Malta (1), Poland (2), United
  Kingdom (1), Russia (1)
• Main objective
• Setting up a network of large and medium-sized
  ports with the aim to improve management
  capacities of port authorities and multi-modal
  transport practitioners through an extensive and
  well structured exchange of experience
• Expected outcome
• Increased quality of port services
• Cost efficient and environmentally friendly
  maritime transportation
• Modern multi-modal hinterland structures
• Approximate total project budget EUR
  1,710,000
• ERDF contribution EUR 1,000,000

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STRAIR - Strategic development and co-operation
between airport regions
INDIVIDUAL PROJECT

• Partnership
• Sweden (8), Belgium (1), Spain (3), United
  Kingdom (1), Norway (1)
• Main objective
• Improving innovation systems for industrial and
  business development in airport regions and
  developing and improving joint economic
  developments innovation systems that are
  continuous and exchangeable
• Expected outcome
• New business companies directly related to
  airports
• Joint knowledge and soft infrastructure
• New abilities to create innovative companies and
  jobs
• Approximate total project budget EUR
  2,012,000
• ERDF contribution EUR 959,000
• Approved Norwegian national funds EUR
  66,000

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TOWER - Towards Sustainable Excellence by
Innovating Regions
Regional Framework Operation

• Partnership
• Sweden (1), France (1), Hungary (1), Netherlands
  (1), United Kingdom (1)
• Main objective
• Creating and improving strategies, methodologies
  and tools for sustainable economic growth
• Expected outcome
• New strategies for sustainable economic growth
  in regions
• Strengthened technology infrastructure in
  regions
• Sustainable SMEs
• Approximate total project budget EUR
  4,913,328
• ERDF contribution EUR 2,690,718

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WIND-TECH-KNOW Regional Wind Technology and
Knowledge Transfer Strategies
INDIVIDUAL PROJECT

• Partnership
• Germany (3), Estonia (1), Greece (2), Portugal
  (1), Sweden (1), United Kingdom (1)
• Main objective
• Establishment of an efficient wind energy network
  for a general catch-up to the standards of
  "experienced wind energy countries" and a
  sustainable further development of all
  participating regions
• Expected outcome
• New investment potentials
• Reduction of inequalities regarding regional
  planning, administration, production,
  development and service work of wind energy
  converters
• Improved regional energy supply
• Innovative examples for sustainable energy usage
• Approximate total project budget EUR
  890,000
• ERDF contribution EUR 646,250

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Further information

• Database on running operations at
• http//www.interreg3c.net/sixcms/detail.php?id
  6183
• North Operation Showcase at
• http//www.interreg3c.net/sixcms/detail.php?id
  2870
• INTERREG IIIC North Joint Technical Secretariat
• Email north_at_interreg3c.net
• Phone [phone]