Objectives

• To concretely involve youth dimension in public life and policies (in particular anti-discrimination, sport, culture and access to labour market)
• To strengthen the youth participation in the civil life and in the decision-making processes;
• To create a Youth Policies Commission within the Adriatic Euroregion

Activities

• To analyze youth policies at national and local level and youth organisations
• To set up Youth Forums, Youth Information Services and Multimedia Communication Centres
• To create a Youth Policies Commission within the Adriatic Euroregion
• To train young people and promote entrepreneurship in the cultural sector;
• To organize events in the Adriatic area

Results

• Improved knowledge of EU/foreign legislation, experiences and best practices in youth policies;
• Improved participation of local young population in local civil life;
• Creation of stable network of youth associations at local and cross-border level;
• creation of a Youth Policies Commission within the Adriatic Euroregion

The MOTOR Project aims to contribute and increase the attractiveness and competitiveness of tourism supply in some territorial segments, such as tourist destinations into protected areas, the less developed rural areas and urban centers with a rich cultural heritage.

In particular, the project aims at fostering innovation in the tourism sector through the development of cross-border tour packages that connects existing tourism facilities. Furthermore, the project favors knowledge and training of tourist actors through activities such as local coaching and tutoring and supports new investments in innovation and the creation of new services and local tourism offers.

Expected Results:

• Creation of a joint study on the tourism potential and a development plan for the areas involved in the project;
• Implementation of training initiatives and coaching addressed to actors and stakeholders acting in the tourism field;
• Organization of study visits in areas characterized by good practices and exchange of experiences;
• Development of cross-border tourist packages and programs;
• Joint presentation in a sectorial fair.

The aim of ADRIA A project is to contribute to the re-organization of the accessibility and transports system with the scope of setting up an integrated metropolitan area

The project objective is to achieve a critical mass in order to ease the competition of territories and realizing an efficient, integrated and sustainable transport system. It's foreseen the projecting of the missing links on the railway infrastructure both Italian and Slovenian, allowing to realize joint transport services on the whole area (railway, local public transport, inter-modalities between airports/railway/sea) in order to improve connections among cities.

ADRIA will establish the 1^st EGTC (European Group for Territorial Cooperation) between Italy and Slovenia, instrument based on EU law supporting cross border cooperation for future actions in the field of spatial planning and transports.

Objectives

• Development of an Integrated transport system trough a Light Train between cities like Gorizia, Nova Gorica, Sesana, Divaca, Koper, Trieste.
• Creation of a transport network among participating cities, regions ( Veneto and Friuli VG), ports, operators, associations through the establishment of new market oriented transport services able to launch a tourist promotion of the integrated cross-border area.
• Creation of a Common cross-border body under EU law on European Group of Territorial Co-operation: The first EGCT created in Italy on Italian territory
• Strategic studies and Analysis of demand for shuttle trains connecting cross-border and programme area cities, airports and ports, so as to facilitate attainment of transport and economic objectives (also in light of potential tourist market opportunities), while pursuing regional development and modal shift objectives
• Development of policy recommendations and medium term investment road map so as to promote intermodal passengers transport and to integrate with inland transport

Project objective

AGRONET is a permanent network of logistic, distribution and service infrastructures in food production lines among the two Adriatic coasts. The general objective of the project is to develop transnational cooperation activities within the framework of the SME system in order to promote forms of commercial cooperation and investments in transnational areas.

Project activities

• Setting up of a Sheering Committee in order to coordinate all activities;
• Definition of a dissemination plan for the project to promote cooperation among countries;
• Setting up of a observatory for implementation, management and development of a single agricultural and food production lines within the territory;
• Providing outsourcing professional support and consultancy technical services;
• Devising some guidelines to implement work process certification systems;
• Endorsing agreements with Credit Institutes, in order to be granted dedicated banking lines and credit lines and some specifics forms of guarantees for exporting products and for structural investments of companies;
• Setting up of a specific software programme for manage logistic platform;
• Defining a protocol of intentions to establish an European Territorial Cooperation Group (GECT);
• Benchmarking and training about the implementation of certification systems and the use of an information platform.

Expected results

• Implementation of entrepreneurial methods based on the concept of cooperation within the framework of production lines in the Adriatic area, in order to maximize the potential for internationalization;
• Fostering distribution and service systems in food production lines in order to strengthen enterprises with a perspective of transational cooperation;
• Introduction of support measures for enterprises by applying certified productive systems and financial measures in order to increase investments, development and presence in the market;
• Research and support to internationalization and spreading of the best practises about the organisation and management of production lines, also by means of public-private cooperation agreements on the development of territories;
• Study and testing of new technologies and managerial techniques in production lines, in order to stimulate the introduction of techniques and solutions;

Promotion and use of joint ventures among economic subjects in different areas or countries.

The project promotes the utilization of existing cultural values and tourist potential of target territories creating local identities having as references both promotion and tourism management based on the appeal factor of historical villages, walled cities, castles and cultural sites comprised in the these territories. These factors contribute to the development of the economic potentials of the local economy assuring the highest employment rates and improved living conditions for the population of the target territories.

The project supports both the preservation of these areas and the use of historical and cultural determinants in order to promote sustainable tourism as an essential factor in developing urban areas together with their surrounding rural areas.

The envisaged activities include: The promotion of the historical villages, fortified cities, cultural sites and cultural itineraries in the target territories; The sensitization of the target area stakeholders and local policymakers/operators to the economic and social advantages that can be derived from creating a network of common experience and by the  affiliation to the to-be constituted network of cross-border centres with a high tourist appeal; The management of pilot projects regarding particular territories and itineraries; The development of a institutional training and promotion shared network among cross-border centres with a high tourist appeal; The creation of a series of promotional and educational activities together with media representatives and tour operators.

The main goal is to strengthen the bond of common origin among Adriatic cities through territorial cooperation, the aim being to create and to put into practice a common cross-border strategy emphasizing local history and heritage, cultural tourism and other factors essential for the economic rebirth of historical centers.

CHARPLAN aims to provide a strong basis for ensuring compatibility and synergy between Cultural Heritage conservation and socio-economic growth by fostering the adoption of a modern Environmental Planning approach. The aim of the project is to integrate traditional urban and spatial planning with the concerns of environmentalism to ensure a sustainable development.

In particular, the specific objectives of the project are:

• Enhancing capacities of national/local authorities, tourism operators and CH managers;
• Increasing relevant stakeholders integration and motivation to participate in the revitalization;
• Enhancing joint strategies for the development of historical centres and management of CH;
• Transferring know-how from more to less experienced countries/contexts by promoting a transnational pooling of expertise;
• Introducing innovative tools of economic development based on environmental services;
• Implementing International Conventions on Cultural Heritage.

Project activities

• Predisposition of a communication campaign (brochures, articles, events, seminars);
• Creation of a project website hosting a GIS platform to ensure easy access to information;
• Analysis of the legislative frameworks on Cultural Heritage and existing planning tools at regional, national and EU levels;
• Realization of a studying research on the Cultural Heritage of the recipient countries;
• Elaboration of a CH Environmental Planning and definition of possible comprehensive scenarios;
• Realization of pilot projects experiences.

Project objectives

The project aims at the development and implementation of operative plans and new tools in order to consolidate and diversify urban and regional economy through the enhancement and tourist promotion of historic, cultural and religious heritage in the partner countries. In particular, the project aims to integrate the religious cultural values in the planning and development processes of urban, rural and peripheral centres of SEE programme area.

Project activities

• Creation of a religious heritage catalogue and assessment of the development potentials through the realization of a GIS map concerning all the partner regions, good practices and tourist service assets analysis;
• Elaboration of a Religious Tourism Common Model (RTCM);
• Creation of four Agencies - in Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Greece - specialised in religious tourism development;
• Internationalization and marketing promotion of religious touristic products in the South East Europe area, through the definition of touristic itineraries and routes, the participation into International Tourism Fairs and Seminars, the organization of promotional activities addressed to tour operators and religious tourism specialized agencies.

Expected results

• Elaboration of a SEE cultural and religious heritage virtual map;
• Elaboration of a Religious Tourism Common Model;
• Design and promotion of religious tourism itineraries;
• Creation of Tourist Agencies specialized in the development of religious tourism;

• Identification of a cross-border route to be proposed to the Council of Europe and included into the European Cultural Routes.

The project, inspired by principles of environmental sustainability and cross-border cooperation, aims to improve the joint use of sports and recreational facilities in the recipient areas. In particular, interventions will focus on the promotion of sports activities that take

place in the natural environment, such as climbing, hiking and mountaineering cycling, addressed to young and disadvantaged social groups.

Specific objectives

• Enhancement of the cycle-tourism and hiking supply;
• Realization of new sporting and educational cross-border projects;
• Creation and development of suitable centres to support sporting activities and excursions;
• Development of education and training, particularly the horse-therapy addressed to vulnerable people.

Expected results

• Requalification of facilities and equipment for climbing and hiking;
• Realization of specific programs for climbing training;
• Development of programs and paths enjoyable by vulnerable people;
• Creation of entertainment and information centres;
• Organisation of training sessions for tourism and social operators and sport courses for tourists;
• Organisation of a joint cultural week dedicated to mountain environment and sports;

• Publication of monographic guides and information catalogues on the Julian Alps.

The general objective of the project is the creation of an information system for the integration and coordination of competences and technologies regarding the activities of planning and implementation of building projects. The project aims to facilitate the matching between supply and demand for Private-Public Partnerships. The project aims at enhancing SMEs competitiveness through the development of cross-border cooperation between enterprises and institutions.

Project objectives:

• Creation of a cross-border platform;
• Support for the transfer of technologies;
• Support to enterprises in the internationalisation process and in reaching good practises in planning and organisation;

• Streamlining of bureaucratic processes concerning the creation of opportunities for Private-Public Partnerships;
• Support to public administrations and municipalities for the drafting of Private-Public Partnerships projects.
• SMEs training related to Project Financing and Project Management;

• Monitoring service on Private-Public Partnership opportunities available for SMEs.

SEE Digi.TV aims to speed-up the digitalization of the broadcasting services,including the largest number of stakeholders, especially broadcasters and industry. On a long term, the project aims to solve issues of digital divide and social inclusion and thus will contribute to the creation of the region of equal opportunities. The overall objective of the SEE Digi.TV is the harmonization of the activities related to the introduction of Digital Broadcasting services in the target SEE region.

Project objectives:  

• speed-up the overall process of analog switch-off in the region and further developments to more efficient technologies;
• maximize the harmonization of the legislative and technical frameworks with the EU digitalization process;
• avoid policy, technology and market fragmentation;
• develop regional strategy for optimal use of freed frequency spectrum for new ICT broadband services;
• efficiently manage digital dividend.

Furthermore the project contributes to environmental sustainability as new digital broadcasting technology at both sides, transmitting and receiving side, lowers the power consumption significantly.

The general objective of the project is the strengthening of competitiveness of SMEs in the cross border area through the development of cooperation activities and the creation of networks among enterprises, with the general aim to develop competitiveness of the cross border territory toward the global market.

Specific objectives:

• Promotion of R&D and of the knowledge economy, with particular attention to the system of SMEs
• Improve and qualify the occupational potential through the creation of coordinated systems of educational activities
• Strengthen systems of communication and instruction

Activities:

• Creation of a network among institutions supporting SMEs
• Implementation of a Knowledge Management System (KMS)
• Implementation f a Digital Business Ecosystem
• Creation of cross border clusters
• Activities of territorial marketing for the joint participation of cross border SMEs on foreign markets
• Development of specific actions for the involvement of junior and senior in the entrepreneurial contest
• Awareness of SMEs on innovation opportunities and on benefits of the internationalization process

Results:

• Creation of an active entrepreneurial cross border frameworks through the establishment of networks/platforms and clusters
• Activation of joint services for SMEs
• Improvement of competencies of junior and senior and connection between labour market and the educational system

ACOST general objectives are strengthening the Croatian tourism sector, both supporting Croatian economic actors and policy-makers who play an important role in the tourism planning, development and promotion and improving the economic cooperation between Italy and Croatia in the tourism sector to strengthen the Italian market's penetration in Croatia.

Activities:

• Training activities addressed to the Croatian policy-makers to ensure the professional growth and the tourism sector growth;
• Analysis of capacities of the Croatian associations to penetrate in the main markets of demand's formation in tourism sector;
• Training activities addressed to economic operators to re-force the knowing of complexity of products' promotion and of products' selling;
• Study-tour in Trentino Region addressed to the Croatian participants of the training courses;
• Participation of a delegation of Croatian operators in a fair of tourism sector in Italia;
• Participation of a delegation of Italian operators in a fair of tourism sector in Croatia;
• Meeting b2b within Croatian and Italian firms.

Expected results

• Making improvements of planning capacities of policy makers;
• Innovation of process and products of world's tourism sector;
• Qualifying of tourism offer;
• Making improvements of marketing and web marketing;
• Enheancing of the positioning of the Croatia on the world tourism destination market;
• Growth of tourism incoming;
• Making improvements of quality level of hotels;
• Re-forcing of economic relationship between Italia and Croatia;
• Economic agreements between Italian and Croatian firms.

ITHREU main objective is supporting Croatia in the integration process towards the European Union. The project provides a technical assistance to the representatives of the Croatian public agencies/ministries, in particular in the sectors of SMEs, energy, environment and construction in order to transfer the Italian good practices and expertises focused on a complete industrial re-conversion and a stronger development of the Croatian productive system and an enforcement of the direct Italian investment in Croatia.

Project activities:

• Organization of the Italian-Croatian Economic Fora on mid-years basis;
• Creation of a web site dedicated to the Economic Fora;
• Organization of workshops to identify partnerships between Italia and Croatia;
• Analysis of the needs of the Italian-Croatian cooperation;
• Supplying of 50 days of training and technical assistance for Croatian public officers;
• Study-tour in Italia for the Croatian public officers;
• Territorial marketing analysis of interchange and cooperation between Italia and Croatia to define the most interesting sectors;
• Elaboration of a promotional plan and brochure;
• Joint participation of Italian and Croatian delegations in two International fairs on third markets.

Expected results:

• Efficacy of the Italian-Croatian Economic Fora;
• Strengthening of the Croatian governance;
• Development of a integrated planning;
• Acceleration in the last phase of the Croatia adhesion process to the European standards;
• Strengthening of the cooperation between the Italian and Croatian economic and productive systems;
• Development of a territorial marketing plan;
• Increase of the Italian-Croatian collaboration in productive, economic and trades fields.

Project objectives:

• Increase knowledge of the country's integration process and its implications particularly among key target groups;
• Increase general understanding of the EU, its policies and programmes among the population at large.

Specific Objectives:

• Enhancing EU information impact and provide clear image of the EU via explaining its policies and objectives;
• Providing information on the development of the relations between the European Union and Albania and better understanding of the impact of the pre-accession process on one's own life and expectations;
• Increasing knowledge about the implementation of the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA) in the country;
• Increasing synergies with multipliers and other interested parties for the provision of the information on the EU.

Expected Results

• The EU Information Centre well managed
• Support to the EU Delegation for the implementation of information and communication activities in Albania
• Information on the development of relations between the European Union and Albania provided to maximum key target groups
• Tailor made information on the implementation of the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA) in the country provided to maximum key target groups
• Synergies with multipliers and other interested parties on provision of EU information established
• EU information products (print, audiovisual and electronic ones) delivered
• Events on EU related actions organised

SeeNet Programme is based on a network of local authorities from Italy and South-East Europe that cooperate in order to strengthen the governance skills of involved territories, promote sustainable local development and enhance the EU integration process of SEE countries. In order to achieve the Programme objectives, there are foreseen two types of Actions: Horizontal Actions that will involve the whole partnership and Vertical Actions that will involve each italian partner in a specific thematic to be implemented in specific SEE territories. The Horizontal actions are so divided: Action A - Institutional Building; Action B - Information and dissemination; Action C - Research; Action D - Partnerships between South East Europe Local Authorities. While the Programme will implement nine vertical actions that can be grouped in four thematics: 1 - Valorisation of cultural tourism; 2 - Valorisation of rural areas and natural environment; 3 - SME support and cross-border entrepreneurial cooperation; 4 - Territorial planning and social services.

Project objectives:

The overall project objective is the establishment and implementation of an effective and coordinated SETA framework, promoting and fostering the institutional cooperation between PEC structures and member states in order to reach the EU's objectives of (i) transparency and information reliability; (ii) develop of an harmonised and efficient institutional framework and (iii) rapid implementation of the transport priority projects. This overall objective could be reached by the implementation of a specific WP1 in compliance with EU recommendations (in particular HLG Report, 2005-2007, EC Comprehensive Monitoring Reports and COM (2008) 125 final). PECs have similar problems above all regarding administration and exchange of information. SEETAC will enable this exchange, in coordination with EC SFC 2007-Electronic Data Exchange project, the identification of common problems and solutions in order to attain the common mobility (good, capitals and people) standards for the whole EU territory.

Project activities:

• Istitutional coordination to build an effective SETA framework and network in compliance with recent EU transport policies (i.e. HLG Report and COM(2008) 125 final);
• Establishment of an institutional and transparent communication system;
• Implementation of a coordinated database management system;
• Definition of multi-modal traffic scenarios and common mobility standards and environmental (EIA & SEA) guidelines;
• Identification of necessary financial resources and financing mechanisms;
• Finalisation of SEE Spatial Planning.

Expected results:

• Established transnational transport framework and regular SETA organisational/administrative reports (Operational Manual, Audit / Administrative / Progress / WP Reports);
• Information management system including communication plan and tools; regular meetings of Ministers of Transport, PEC bodies, EC and Donors;
• Electronic database management system including traffic, social, environmental and economic data;
• Multi-modal traffic scenario study identifying good practices and recommendations;
• Common multimodal transport standards and EIA/SEA guidelines;
• Priority project fiches & application documents to be submitted to donors for financing and financial report;
• SEE Spatial Plan / SETA Strategy compatible with the SEETO Action Plan.

These results could be easily transferred to other EU Transport Axis, in particular to Central Axis, where another coincidence of CE Programme eligible area exists.

Objectives:

• Contribute to the creation of a trans-national system of innovation
• Develop the role of development agencies in the innovation regional systems enforcement
• Diffuse and capitalize the lessons of the EU Regional Plans for Innovation (RPIAs)

 Activities:

• Creation and consolidation of the local and trans-national network;
• Knowledge sharing on themes relative to innovation;
• Implementation of staff exchange and training packages;
• Improvement and specialization of Development Agencies staff
• Pilot activities to test the innovative services for SMEs and their associations;
• Thematic workshops with the participation of policy makers and of the key actors of innovation;
• Elaboration of a Memorandum of Understanding / Central Agreement of the Development Agencies together with the Communitarian Policy makers participating in the program management 2013-2020;

Results:

new ICT tools for the management of innovation knowledge; adoption of the new training tools to enforce the management of knowledge and to develop the innovation process; constitution of regional networks for innovation and for innovation policies; create a trans-national network for the management of services and development policies

Project Objectives:

• Developing and enhancing knowledge of Vojvodina Research and Development system among main institutional actors of FVG research and economic system;
• Supporting local actors in the acquisition of competences and knowledge necessary for the development of innovation processes towards green and highly productive technologies and for joined participation in national and European programmes of research and development;
• Reinforcing competences of regional economic realities in competing in internationalization processes, according with foreign opportunities;
• Developing a process of participated communication with most important stakeholders of the territories, with economic and institutional realities and with civil society.

Expected results:

• Feasibility sectoral study in biotechnology and renewable technology sector;
• Training activities aimed at providing local actors with necessary competences and knowledge for the development of innovation processes;
• Dissemination activities about opportunities for regional enterprises and organization of meetings;
• Communication activities and dissemination of project content and activities.

The main objective of the project is the transfer of experiences and good practices to the stakeholders in the three recipient countries. The intervention axis are:

• AXIS I: Preservation of biodiversity between Friuli Venezia Giulia and Istria;
• AXIS II: Internationalization - development of economics relations between Friuli Venezia Giulia and Montenegro: strengthening and development of economic cooperation between Friuli Venezia Giulia and Montenegro SMEs.
• AXIS III : Social Cooperative: the activities aim to include vulnerable people in the Albanian labor market - transfer of best practices in Albania.

Project activities:

AXIS I: 1. scientific research aiming at the preservation of the bee ecotype populating the Eastern coast of the Adriatic See; 2. direct trainig for the beekeepers; 3. promotion of beekeeping products and honey nutritive proprieties, raise of awareness about the importance of bees in human food chain through the participation at events and the organisation of formative meeting addressed to primary school students.

AXIS II: presentation conference organised by Unioncamere FVG; 2. collection of the regional agencies' expressions of interest in order to participate at the mission; 3. research of Montenegrin partners; 4. B2B in Montenegro and in Triest.

AXIS III: 1. visit to the Social Cooperative ONLUS Hattiva's buildings by the Albanian onlus; 2. individuation of the study area in Albania; 3. feasibility study in order to verify the reproducibility of Hattiva’s experience in the Albanian territory.

The proposed project is the second step of a 24 months programme developed by Informest which has a twofold objective:

1. To strengthen skills and improve capacities of participating Business Support Organisation - BSOs in the field of financial instruments made available by International Financial Institutions to small and medium sized enterprises;
2. To provide technical assistance to a pilot group of selected SMEs in each recipient country to facilitate their access to international financial schemes for investments.

Project purpose

• Increased understanding of selected BSOs staff of their role in assisting SMEs in their search for finance;
• Intensification of collaboration between BSOs and SMEs in the field of IFI facilities.

Expected results

• Updating of the FIT4SMEs BSO database;
• Elaboration of a questionnaire to be delivered to each registered BSO in order to update the training needs;
• Conduct of a training needs assessment analysis;
• Organisation of three training sessions held in SERBIA, UKRAINE and ALBANIA;
• Organisation of a Pilot Action (2-3 SMEs selected for each recipient country);
• Updating of the project website.

Project objectives:

The SEPA project aimed at transferring, through feasibility studies and investment attraction, the experience gained by the Prato industrial area (IT), creating infrastructures and centralised services to improve the environmental, economic and social performances of the target areas (rational water use, management of induced mobility, clean energy production and waste management), according to EMS/EMAS standards.

Project activities:

• Implementation of regional stakeholders networks for the socio-economic and environmental reconversion of industrial areas;
• Development of a transnational model for the sustainable management of productive areas with a low environmental, economic and social impact;
• Identification and selection of the active or under-construction industrial areas where the pilot model of sustainable economic development could be implemented;
• Feasibility study aimed at defining the model of development/reconversion of the pilot areas and intervention planning;
• Investment attraction in the target areas with the organisation of a transnational conference/seminar.

Expected results:

• To achieve and share methodologies and procedures needed to realise and manage industrial areas in an socio-economically and environmentally sustainable way;
• To development of a new model for sustainable production areas;
• To improve the abilities to plan and organise industrial sites and in particular to project and realise production areas according to new sustainability parameters and indicators;
• To create a transnational network of pilot areas in order to transfer and guide the transformation process of the production sites at the international level.