INFO DAY FOR ITALIAN APPLICANTS 2ND STEP STRATEGIC PROJECTS

Marche Region in cooperation with the Managing Authority/Joint Technical Secretariat and the Italian Regions participating in the IPA Adriatic CBC Programme, is organizing the Info day on the 2nd step of the Calls for strategic project proposals. The event, which will be only in the Italian language, will be held on 27 May 2013 in Ancona, at “Sala Raffaello – Palazzo Raffaello, Via Gentile da Fabriano 9”.

It is possible to register only on line to the event within 24 May 2013.

Click below to download the Agenda.

Agenda_seminario_27maggio2013 (file pdf 256Kb)

INFO DAY FOR SLOVENIAN APPLICANTS 2ND STEP STRATEGIC PROJECTS

Ministry of Economic Development and Technology (MEDT), in cooperation with the Joint Technical Secretariat of the IPA Adriatic CBC Programme, is organizing the Info day on the 2nd step of the Calls for strategic project proposals. The event, which will be only in the Slovenian language, will be held on 22 May 2013 in Debeli rtič. You can find more information on the MEDT web site: www.mgrt.gov.si.

IPA_Adriatic_info_day_SP_2 step_22_05_2012_Agenda_EN.pdf (file pdf 375Kb)

BWS Project and the Europe Day

From 9 to 12 May 2013, the Municipality of Macerata, organizes this year for the 7th edition the Event for the Celebration of the European Day, in remembrance of the European Union foundation.

This Year’s celebrations put the spotlight to the IPA Adriatic BWS Project “Build Waste Sustainability: New Capacities for a Sustainable Waste Management” under the slogan “Lets grow up together” and promotes the values of partnership building and cooperation for development between Countries, cities and realities from both sides of Adriatic and wider.

Furthermore, the Partnership Building and Cooperation are promoted also on the occasion of the celebrations of the 50th Anniversary of the twinning of Macerata with Weiden, a city in south Germany and therefore all the other twinned cities among which Floriana (Malta), Issy Les Molinous (France), Kamza (Albania), will be participating at the celebrations, by putting more emphasizes to the collaboration between the European member States and the future new members.

On the occasion of these celebrations, IPA Adriatic CBC BWS Project stresses one of the most highlighted topics by the EU; The Environment. The celebrations envisage:

Exhibition of eco-friendly products (eating healthy; protecting the landscape and the environment, youth entrepreneurship, the rediscovery of local features);
Exchange of good practices between Europe Countries (France, Germany and Malta) and IPA Adriatic countries;
Environmental Awareness raising campaign to bar and restaurant owners;
Environmental Awareness raising campaign for citizens;
Workshops on recycling for children and teenagers;
Production and exchange of “eco-friendly - good practices”.

SIMPLE project seminars & workshop: Multiculturalism and Inclusive Education - Podgorica, 8-9 May 2013

Within the project SIMPLE, the Ministry for Human and Minority Rights of Montenegro has organized two transnational training seminars and an open workshop focused on Intercultural Education, which will take place in Podgorica on the 8th and 9th of May. The two working days will see experts from different fields considering multiculturalism through the exchange of ideas and good practices in order to reach a sustainable co-existence of concepts in complex, modern societies.
The meeting aims to give the participants an opportunity to look at the issues of multiculturalism, interculturalism and strategies for school inclusion of minorities. In particular, during the workshop the local staff of the project will present the work of the SIMPLE Support Agency for Intercultural Education, which has been established in Montenegro thanks to the agreement between the Ministry of Human Rights and the Ministry of Education and Sports.

Please visit the project website for more information.

Local Workshop "Integrated Management of the Coast: Strategies and Proposals" - Pescara, 18th of April 2013 at 9.00 am

It will be held in Pescara at Aurum - Sala Tosti the Local Workshop “Integrated Management of the Coast: Strategies and Proposals”. This event, organized within the Project SHAPE” ( Shaping an Holistic Approach to Protect the Adriatic Environment: between coast and sea), IPA Adriatic CBC Programme, is aimed at disseminating locally the activities of the SHAPE Project and at involving the local stakeholders on the topic of the Integrated Management of the Caost.
The main topics of the SHAPE Project, regarding the Adriatic Basin, regard:
-   the coordination of the legal framework and policies for an Integrated Management of the Coastal Areas;
-   the design and use of the Maritime Space;
-   the realization of the activities related to the Marine Strategy, as foreseen by the European Directive for the Adriatic Basin.

During the Local Workshop, the Project SHAPE themes will be analyzed together with the governance aspects related to the coastline: territorial, mobility and environmental aspects as well as issues linked to the management of the beaches.

Program of the event (file pdf 46Kb)

18/03/2013 First Youth Adrinet Cross-Border Event

The Province of Campobasso, in collaboration with the Molise Job agency and the Youth Forum of the Province of Campobasso, promotes an important international event named “First Youth Adrinet Cross-Border Event". The event is part of an European project granted by the European Commission - IPA Adriatic program, named “Youth Adrinet” that includes the Province of Campobasso as partner.
The event is a three day event.

On the 20th of March there will be the “First meeting of the youngsters of the Sea Adriatic Basin - Youth Adriatic HUB”, in the “Sala della Costituzione” of the Province of Campobasso at 9.30 Youth Policies Department – Premiership, Youth National Forum will be only a few of the important hosts of the day. The event will be an important opportunity to start up international co-operations and meetings about Youth Policies.

On the 21st and 22nd there will be “The 2nd International Youth Mobility Day”, an international job-fair.

• On the 21st of March the event will take place in Campobasso at the “ Fondazione Molise Cultura”, ex GIL, in Milano Street, starting from 9:00 until 5:00 p.m.

• On the 22nd of March the event will take place in Termoli at the IPSEOA "Federico II di Svevia" in Foce dell'Angelo Street n.2, starting from 9:00 until 5:00 p.m.

European information networks, some international, national and local institutions, and some experts will show a great overview of the most important European opportunities of job, training, voluntary work and studies to the young participants and to the local youth associations.
Several Eures advisers, coming from various European countries, international entrepreneurs and representatives of the Public Employment Services will be available for Job-interviews, offering real opportunities of mobility in the European countries. Moreover, there will be a lot stands of The European Networks (Eurodesk, Europe Direct, Eures, Europass, CDE), of the Youth Forum of the Province of Campobasso, of Labour Department, of other organizations.
The event is a call for all the last year high-school students, for college students, for technicians and for everyone who wants an abroad experience.
The countries involved in the event will be: UK, Germany, Denmark, France, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, The Czech Republic, Malta, Bulgaria and Austria.

Here you can download the poster of the event.

SEA-R: Pesaro and Marche Road Show

From Thursday February 28th until Saturday March, 2nd have taken place the Pesaro Road Show regarding the IPA Adriatic project called "SEA-R: Sustainable energy in the Adriatic regions: knowledge to invest” led by the Municipality of Pesaro. The first day of the Road Show consisted in 2 different Workshop sessions: one dedicated on energy efficiency to over 200 students of secondary scientific and technical high schools in Pesaro, and in particular focusing on the tools purchased by the Info Point within the project SEA-R, such as the sustainability meter “Leaf” and a thermographic camera for energy diagnostic of buildings. The second workshop addressed to approximately 25 professionals and freelancers working in the field of energy efficiency focused on the "role of the local Public Administration and private players in energy efficiency and development of renewable energy sources: perspectives and experiences in progress" and was organised in collaboration with the SEA-R Partner Province of Ferrara and the Order of Engineers. The second day consisted in a study visit for 12 Croatian entrepreneurs to the regional companies Loccioni Group (specialising in the fields of energy research, measurement and quality control: "the Leaf Community") and Brandoni Solare (specialising in photovoltaic panels) as well as to the biggest European PV plant on public ground realised by privates in a parking space in Pesaro (3500 m2 of PV panels).

The third day centred on a Business to Business (B2B) Workshop session between Croatian entrepreneurs (6 different companies) invited by the SEA-R partner IRENA and regional entrepreneurs (16 different companies registered) invited by the Region Marche. The scope of this B2B, organised in collaboration with the Region Marche, was to enable the involved entrepreneurs to meet and promote the exchange of information and contacts between Buyers and Sellers for present and future businesses.

For further information visit our SEA-R website: http://www.sear-project.eu/en/

SIMPLE seminars & workshop: LANGUAGE DIVERSITY AND FAIR CITIZENS' SERVICES - Rovinj-Rovigno, 4-5 March 2013

Within the project SIMPLE, the lead partner Istria Region has organized two transnational training seminars and an open workshop that will be held in Rovinj-Rovigno in the 4-5 March 2013. The events will be focus on the language as an identity marker and as a tool to make public and private services more accessible.

The two working days aim to look at best practices of multilingual and fair services, present a governance model applicable in the Adriatic area, launch the guidelines realized by the Istria Region on the same topic as well as promoting the SIMPLE multilingual support Agency in Rovinj-Rovigno. On the same occasion, SIMPLE’s partners will look at these issues together with representatives from minority and migrant associations, mediators, social workers, officers and professionals from the Istria Region and from the other countries partners of the project.

To attend please write to the Istria Region or visit the project website.

More information available on the website http://progettisociali.it/site/ps/news/389.

LOVE YOUR HEART, KICK OFF MEETING

The Kick-off meeting of the LOVE YOUR HEART Project (Adriatic cardiovascular diseases prevention network), funded within the IPA ADRIATIC Cooperation Programme, has been held in Pula, Croatia, from the 13th to the 15th February 2013. The Meeting was attended by six out of seven project partners and three out of ten associates: LB – Region of Istria (Croatia), FB1 – Central Vocational Training School (Mestre-Italy), FB2 – ADRA Albania (Albania), FB3 – ULSS Corporate Unit n.14 Chioggia (Italy), FB4 – General Hospital Pula (Croatia), FB6 – Istrian Health Care Center (Croatia) and the following Croatian associates: Institute of Public Health of Istrian County, Zadar County and Andrija Stampar School of Public Health (University of Zagreb, School of Medicine). Many representatives of the local community attended the meeting too: members of the Istrian Region Council for Health, Istrian Region Health Team, representatives of the associations involved in the CVD prevention and representatives of some Istrian cities.The official part of the meeting started with the presentation of the Projects main objectives, activities and results; and of the partners and associates themselves. During the meeting the main activities of the Steering and technical committee were defined (especially those related to the first year of the project implementation), with the aim to ensure and maintain an effective network among Partners in the management and coordination of activities during the implementation of the project, to control the performance of activities and achieved results, to monitor the implementation of the plan and budget calendar and to ensure the implementation of the Communication plan. The next meeting will be held in June 2013 in Motovun, Istria during the 20th Motovun Public health Summer school.

ALTERENERGY, Project Management Board and Steering Committee Meeting in Bari

The Third Project Management Board and Steering Committee Meeting – Strategic Project ALTERENERGY (Energy sustainability for Adriatic small communities) was held in Bari, on 18 and 19 February 2013, promoted by Puglia Region - Mediterranean Department in cooperation with ARTI Puglia Regional Agency. Purpose of the meeting: jointly agree on the administrative and financial aspects, the already undertaken work and plan future activities.

During the first day, Monday 18 February, a general overview on the state of the project activities was presented, reserving further considerations to the elements of progress of the project expenses, the analysis of situations of delay and possible consequences arising from this. Monitoring and financial planning of the project were also framed within the wider financial context in which it currently the IPA Adriatic CBC Programme operates.

During the second day, the Management team of the Lead Beneficiary led the sessions focused on the Project Work Packages Communication and Information, Integrated Energy management Models, Sustainable Energy Action Plans/ Pilot Projects and Demonstrative Actions Implementation, Business and Investments support (methodological approach to the planning of activities).

Finally, all partners were asked to briefly describe the specific activities being currently implemented within the WP4 and specifically the process of identification of the Target Community. The comparison between the partners led to the definition of further guidelines for future activities and commitments acceleration for those partners that are not aligned on the timing so far defined.

During the two days restricted bilateral meetings to address and solve specific partners’ problems have been held. At the worktable: the Mediterranean Department staff, Arti Puglia experts and partners who have made requests.

Alterenergy (Energy sustainability for Adriatic small communities) is the new energy sustainability challenge which aims to promote energy efficiency and renewable energy production across the Adriatic area. It is the first strategic project funded within the cross-border Cooperation Programme IPA-Adriatic 2007-2013, and it relies on 12.5 Million Euro total budget; it has been launched in September 2011 and it will last until August 2015 (4 years duration). The initiative is based on a partnership of 18 organizations, regions, ministries and energy agencies belonging to all the countries of the Adriatic area: Italy (7 Adriatic Regions), Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia.

KICK-OFF MEETING OF THE EX.PO AUS PROJECT

DUBROVNIK, CROATIA 18 - 19 DECEMBER

The Kick-Off meeting of the EX.PO AUS Project, funded within the Adriatic IPA CBC 2007-2013 program, started with the implementation of its activities during a Kick-Off meeting organized by the Lead Beneficiary, the City of Dubrovnik, on December 18-19, 2012 in Dubrovnik, Croatia. Through the cooperation of 11 partners from 7 countries included in the programme area, the project aims to conceive and execute an innovative and very articulated long-term strategy addressing the management and valorization of the UNESCO sites along the Adriatic Sea. The partnership will address new ideas, tools and actions geared towards the good management and sustainable economic valorization of these sites, incorporating ecological and energy efficiency principles.

The Project Partners are: City of Dubrovnik (LB-CRO), Region of Istria (PP1 - CRO), City of Split (PP2 - CRO), Province of Ferrara (PP3 - IT), Municipality of Ravenna – Art Museum of the City (PP4 - IT), Municipality of Alberobello (PP5 - IT), Aquilea Foundation (PP6 - IT), University of Primorska, Science and Research Centre (PP7 - SI), Center for conservation and archaeology of Montenegro (PP8 - MNG), Commission to preserve national monuments (PP9 - BiH), Office administration and Coordination of Butrint (PP10 - ALB), Municipality of Corfù (PP11 - GR). During the Kick Off meeting, the Project Partners discussed the main objectives and activities of the project; analyzing workpackages, their activities and outputs; the workplan; upcoming challenges; project management, reporting, public procurement procedures, as well as an introduction to the M.I.S. system. Project Partners will start with the implementation of activities in January 2013. The next meeting will be hosted by PP4 – Ravenna in June 2013.

KICK-OFF MEETING OF ADRIATIC WELFARE MIX PROJECT

TIRANA, ALBANIA 13-14 DECEMBER 2012

The Kick-off meeting of ‘Adriatic Welfare Mix’ Project, funded within the IPA ADRIATIC Cooperation Programme, has been held in Tirana, Albania, on the 13th and 14th of December 2012. The Meeting was attended by all project partners (9 partners from 5 countries): LB – Municipality of Tirana (Albania), FB1 – National Center for Social Studies (Albania), FB2 – Association for Women with Social Problems (Albania), FB3 - Region Abruzzo (Italy), FB4 – COOSS Marche Onlus (Italy), FB5 - FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT INSTITUTE OF BIH (Bosnia Herzegovina), FB6 - Healthy City (Croatia), FB7 – MUNICIPALITY OF ULCINJ (Montenegro), FB8 – Municipal Unit No.9 Tirana (Albania), FB9 - Municipality of Pesaro (Italy). Official part of the meeting started with overall presentation of the partners project including general and specific objectives, main envisaged activities and overview of the Action Plan. Meeting continued with presentation of main activities, outputs and deadlines for work packages. The great importance of Adriatic Welfare Mix project was emphasized, not only for Tirana Municipality as the biggest municipality of the Adriatic area, but also for the entire social welfare system of Albania and neighboring countries. Next meeting will be held in March 2013.

ACCESS TO THE M.I.S.

Dear users, we inform you that, due to an improvement to the network infrastructure, in order to have access to the M.I.S. we will have to replace the link https://sso.adriaticipacbc.org/gestionale with https://sso.adriaticipacbc.eu/gestionale