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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Project objectives:

• Pursuing compatibility and synergy between preservation of CH and socio-economic development, in order to enhance sustainability, protect cultural identity and improve sites' liveability;
• 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;

• Strengthening the attractiveness and competitiveness of CH areas through better infrastructure and business solutions.

The project aims to raise awareness and facilitate access to financial instruments made available by International Financial Institutions (IFIs) to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) though a training addressed to the staff of selected BSOs located in the 9 non EU CEI Member states, in order to strengthen their internal capacities and knowledge on instruments available through major IFIs. The proposed project is a first part of a larger programme developed by Informest which seeks to develop skills and improve capacities of participating BSOs to help them provide a similar level of assistance offered by business support organisations in the European Union countries.

The project has the general objective to promote and sustain the development of the regional economic system in Turkey, with particular attention to the sector of technologies and telecommunications (ICT), with the aim to strengthen economic and institutional relations among the two territories and support the local productive system in the acquisition of competencies and knowledge in the field of ICT.

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.

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

"Innoweek" - the week of Innovation, Science and Technology in Novi Sad, is a project financed by the Autonomous Region Friuli Venezia Giulia and coordinated by Informest, whose aim is to represent in a serie of events and meetings in Vojvodina's main city, the Friuli Venezia Giulia 's regional system of scientific research, innovation and technological development.

The general objective of the project is to favor and consolidate the cooperation between the Region Friuli Venezia Giulia and the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina in a number of key sectors of the technological development already identified, establishing permanent relations among scientific institutions and local actors of the territorial development, promoting common projects and intensifying bilateral exchange programmes.

The Protocol Agreement in force between the Region FVG and the Province of Vojvodina since June 13^th, 2007, and updated on January 30^th, 2009, with the signature of a joint declaration from the two Presidents Renzo Tondo and Bojan Pajtic, contains a working map to enhance the cooperation between the two regions. In particular, strengthening the so-called 'Regional Innovation System' (i.e. the cluster of research centers, academy, local institutions and innovative enterprises in the region) has been identified as a priority in the partnership building process, considered the excellence of the 'Friuli Venezia Giulia model' at European level and the receptiveness of the innovation network in Vojvodina.

The 'Innovation Week' that is going to be organized in Novi Sad by Informest and the two project partners on 21-23 September 2010, will allow some of the actors of the Friuli Venezia Giulia innovation system to present themselves to potential partners in Vojvodina and activate a knowledge exchange path capable of rising a long-term strategic partnership between the two geographical areas.

It is foreseen the creation of several bilateral Working Tables that will gather research centers, enterprises and institutions to debate around the following priorities:

• Biotechnologies applied to agrofood and medical / health care sectors
• Energy efficiency and new energy sources
• ICT for personal and collective mobility.

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.

Project objectives:

In the framework of a wider and long-lasting cooperation between the Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia and Montenegro, the main objective of the Maricoltura project was the analysis of the water conditions in the Bay of Kotor for the implementation of an experimental oyster farm aiming at enhancing and modernizing the Montenegrin aquaculture and traditional fishing sectors, diversifying production, introducing new technologies and innovative knowledge tools and allowing the adoption of sustainable production methods meeting the European standards.

By increasing the economic incidence of aquaculture and fostering fish-based nutrition attitudes, the project has thus strengthened the scientific, economic, social and institutional cooperation between Friuli Venezia Giulia and Montenegro to support the maritime identity of Montenegro and develop its productive, economic and social potential.

Project activities:

• Mapping of the Bay of Kotor to set the ground for oyster farming;
• Implementation of an experimental oyster farm in one of the areas granted to the Institute of Marine Biology of Kotor;
• Implementation of the project website.

Project results:

• Identification of the sea areas suitable for oyster farming;
• Introduction of innovative technologies and know-how;
• Sustainable exploitation of the Bay of Kotor;
• Improvement of the aquaculture sector for the economic development of the country.

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 objectives:

The objective of the initiative i sto increase knowledges and skills related to access and use of EU funds: target groups are young people of the Gorizia and Isonzo area interested in starting a professional career as EU project manager and EU policies experts.

Project activities:

Concept and implementation of a training course addressed to young people (24 to 30 years old) living in Gorizia and Isonzo area aimed at deepen issues related to Eu programmes promoting an approach both theoretical and practical with the scope of providing young people with operative tools to work in the field of cooperation project, both transnational and crossborder. The course will be structured in 2 modules: one focused on EU insititutions & programmes and on shaped as "laboratory" for EU project managers. It is foreseen to organize 8 workshops for a total of 24 hours of training with a final project work on a specific call for proposals.

Expected results:

• Implementation of a training course of 24 horus for 15 participants.
• Selection of 2 participants for a traineeship in Informest.

Project objectives:

The project aimed at implementing an active communication, mainly targeted at regional enterprises, in order to spread the contents of the monitoring activity carried out by Informest analysts on rigorous scientific grounds since the beginning of 2009, about the real trends of the economic situation and the effects of the anti-crisis measures adopted in 12 Eastern countries. Because of their relevance to the economic relations of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, these countries will play a key role in the future growth trends of the region. Thus, the monitoring activity focused on the most important perspectives in the short and medium run, as well as on the new opportunities arising from the post-crisis environment, with the aim of orienting the business and investment operations of the regional enterprises looking for diversified markets.

Project activities:

The Observatory offered a differentiated analysis of the economic perspectives in the target countries, presenting their situation in three different fields: the progress of reforms; the impact of the crisis and the measures adopted to overcome it. The dissemination of the monitoring activities, already experimentally started, has benefited from the realisation of a dedicated website featuring multimedia and interactive contents, from the publication of printed and electronic-format materials and from the organisation of dissemination events in the regional territory (seminars, etc.).

Expected results:

• Dissemination of the acquired knowledge and promotion of the economic culture in the entrepreneurial environment, through the supply of original knowledge on the factors influencing the development of the emerging markets and on the competitiveness of the Eastern markets, and through the strengthening of the strategic programming capacity rooted in the use of up-to-dated and verified economic data by the local economic actors;
• The dissemination activities, consistin in both traditional means (public events and seminars, printed materials, Cds) and the dedicated internet website, are meant to benefit the local territory as for: the number of participants to public events and seminars, the dissemination of the documents elaborated, the use of the internet website, the direct answer to the requests of information/in-depth analysis of enterprises and institutions.

Project objectives: to encourage new commercial partnerships in Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Montenegro in the sectors of equipments and products for ice cream.

Project activities:

• Identification of participating Italian companies;
• Identification, for each Italian company, of the foreign company belonging to the same sector and located in the target countries;
• Creation of a website to promote the project and the italian companies in the target countries. The web-site, realized in Italian, Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian and Montenegrin language, is part of the International Ice Cream Exhibition web-site organized by Longarone Fair;
• Research of companies (distributors, buyers, foreign importers ,...) interested in starting a business collaboration with Italian companies;
• Organization of a B2B event in the conference hall of Longarone Fair;
• Follow-up activity.

Project objectives:

The project aimed at organising an Ideas Competition to identify and design an international multicultural and multifunctional Youth Centre, likely to be built in the Northern area of the City earlier occupied by the Civil Hospital, and at drafting a feasibility plan for the renovation/requalification of the target area.

Project activities:

• Identification of the permanent Steering Committee;
• Management and technical coordination of the project;
• Publication of the European call for the ideas competition;
• Evaluation of the project proposals;
• Fund raising to implement the renovation activities;
• Promotion activities.

Expected results:

• Identification of the Evaluation Committee;
• Draft and publication of the call;
• Collection and evaluation of the submitted proposals;
• Identification of the financing opportunities;
• Seminars with the stakeholders;
• Release of a publication and organisation of an exhibition to present the project and the winning ideas;
• Organisation of cross-border seminars to launch the renovation process.

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.

Obiettivi perseguiti:

On the 8th of November 2007, a Cooperation Agreement was signed between the Autonomous Region Friuli Venezia Giulia and Alba Iulia County Council, establishing bilateral cooperation in commercial-economic, technical, scientific and cultural fields.

The themes and sectors envisaged by the Agreement have been object of meetings and technical discussions among the representatives of the two regions. Alba Iulia County Council expressed it's interest in focusing a first phase of cooperation on rural tourism development by combining the characteristics of its territory with the expertise of Friuli Venezia Giulia Region in the creation and management of the "albergo diffuso". Starting from such specific interest, the collaboration between the two public authorities and Informest's technical assistance has been addressed mainly to the development of projects and individuation of financing opportunities supporting local development policies, especially in the tourist sector.

The collaboration context has therefore led to the presentation of a joined project called ACT - Territorial Cooperation Activities, for the realisation of specific actions aiming at supporting local development strategies programming process and management, for the tourist sector, rural development, transports and enterprise services.

Attività progettuali:

• Training of local administrations (County Communes and County Council staff) on local development issues: rural development and LEADER, tourism, transport services, project cycle management, etc.;
• Management of local development participated processes (meetings among the local public administrations and the County Council aimed at the creation of shared development strategies);
• Strategic planning; the activity foresees the realisation of a feasibility study for tourism transport sector and a feasibility study for the creation of a common information and assistance structure to the public and private sector;
• Start-up of a pilot project through the creation of the local development offices; such offices shall support the County Council, the local administrations and the private sector in the individuation of financing opportunities, in the presentation and implementation of projects, in supplying technical assistance for the development of local development strategies and the realisation of information and awareness actions addressed to the socio - economic sector.

Risultati attesi

• Improvement of coordination actions at local level for the realisation of shared projects and strategies, coherent with a better integrated context and resources;
• Increase of key actors participation into public decision - making processes through the creation of stable and balanced partnerships;
• Elaboration of local development strategies envisaging rural development issues by combining tourism, agriculture, handcrafts and services;
• Increase in the local and transnational cooperation of the public sector - local administrations - and private sector - enterprises, associations, other key players.

Project Objectives:

The project consists in the supply of technical assistance to the implementation of the Axis V of the Veneto ROP ESF for 2007-2013 - Interregionality and Transnationality.

Project Activities:

Technical assistance in the implementation of the projects financed under the Axis V - Interregionality and Transnationality, approved by the Regional Law no. 4124 from 30/12/2008:

• Information and promotion activities towards the Member States Managing Authorities aiming at stimulating interest and generating possible collaboration in the publication of joint calls;
• Identification and support to strategic projects.

Technical assistance in the programming process:

• Strengthening the regional presence through small territorial twinning, transnational and/or interregional agreements;
• Supporting monitoring activities in the framework of the Veneto ROP "Regional Competitiveness and Employment" financed by the ESF - Interregionality and Transnationality and other European Funds and Programmes to enhance the complementarities and synergies of projects;
• Identification of project opportunities to be presented in the calls financed by the European Commission and by Structural Funds;
• Organisation of events and communication activities. Technical support to the organisation and realisation of mainstreaming events in order to consolidate the links between the territory (socio-economic partnership, potential stakeholders) and the regional administration.
• Supporting the management of the ESF Transnational Contact Point in Veneto. Management of the relations with the National Contact Point at the Ministry for Employment and with the Regional Contact Point at the Regions Technical Coordination Office.

Expected results:

• High-quality partnerships and really transnational and interregional activities for funds absorption;
• Identification of common needs and implementation of projects really pursuing common needs in the fields of training and education, active employment policies, social inclusion;
• Development of complementarities with other Funds by supporting complementarities and synergies among projects.

Objective of the project

Improving the economic cooperation between italian and SEE local systems and productive sectors, in order to promote the internationalization of the local italian systems and the use of the new tools of the european cooperation.

Activities

In Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina and Serbia, the project acts on 3 prioritary subsectors: economic cooperation between local productive systems; rural development; decentralization of the services to promote the employment.

Activities are: common events for the exchange of experiences and strengthening the partnership; identification of the potentials for the business cooperation and promotion of the opportunities at Italian level; decentralization of services for the SMEs; editing of a business guide for the Italian investments in the involved areas.

Results 

Economic and institutional partnerships between Italian and Balkan areas.

Project objectives:

The purpose of the project is to increase the level of information and public awareness about the European Union in the Republic of Albania as well as about the accession process through the establishment and management of an EUIC. In particular the specific objectives are:

• To increase knowledge of EU policies, objectives, priorities, institutions and perspectives;
• To increase knowledge on 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;
• To increase knowledge about the implementation of the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA) in the country;
• To increase information on the EU resulting from networking with multipliers and other interested parties.

Project activities:

Various information and communication activities with the aim of building public support for the accession process based on well informed and realistic expectations, such as: running of an EU Information Centre, creation and implementation of strategies and information campaigns, press and media relations, events and visits management, web page development and update, networking, update of databases, research issues, production of publications and other necessary activities in the information and communication domain.

Expected results:

• Support to the EC Delegation for the implementation of information and communication activities in Albania insured;
• An EU Information Center established in the Capital of Albania, Tirana;
• An EU Information Center well managed;
• 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.

Objective of the project

The project aimed at dealing with the internationally recognized issue of the effects of climate change on alpine tourism, winter tourism and winter sports in some areas of the Alps and all-season tourism in other areas, providing:

• appropriate strategies to ensure a balanced development of alpine tourism
• the preparation of appropriate adaptation policies at the national, regional and local level
• assessment of the economic and social effects of climate change on tourism  

Project activities:

• Analysis on the impacts of climate change on Alpine tourism;
• Creation of an executive overview of the tourist areas;
• Analysis on adaptation and management strategies in the Alpine region;
• Selection of a set of parameters and identification of common trends in order to develop a strategy;
• Creation of an electronic tool for stakeholders;
• Development of strategies in the pilot areas with a direct involvement of local authorities, stakeholders and the public.

Expected results:

• Overview and assessment of possible impacts of climate change;
• Identification of possible adaptation strategies;
• Development of an electronic web-based tool;
• Information, education and communication activities.

Informest as the "Technical Secretariat" of the Region of Veneto, was appointed for project writing, co-ordination and management of the whole project.

Project objectives:

The general objective of the project is to strengthen the territorial marketing of the Adriatic - Danubian compound in the global market for the purpose of developing local economies and their endogenous resources by creating sectoral networks relationship suitable for making more of the more competitive transnational value chains and fostering FDI attractiveness, and for reducing regional disparities.

Specific objectives are:

• Identification of more important transnational value chains ant their suitable and accessible location;
• Growth of vertical ties among companies of the Adriatic - Danubian compound for the full exploitation of the sectoral opportunities on transnational basis.

Project activities:

Identification of transnational value chains, set up of local help desk for partnership promotion, development of territorial marketing capacities, provision of ICT advanced tools for collaborative entrepreneurship.

Expected results:

• 1 transnational context analysis for the identification of strategic economic sectors;
• 1 transnational marketing strategy;
• 4 transnational partnership agreements;
• 1 Feasibility study for the implementation of a DBE model;
• 1 Catalogue of product and service of the Adriatic-Danubian compound published;
• 1 standing trans-national working group established;
• 1 concept for the governance of trans-national productive chains outlined;
• 5 local desk established;
• 1 single territorial brand designed and delivered.

General objectives

1) To augment the level of economic integration of the two national production systems through the increase of commercial inter-change and direct investments on Italian businesses in the Balkans.

2) To support Italy's role as the logistic platform of Mediterranean and Balkan countries on the East-West and North-South corridors.

3) To improve Italian regions' capacity in the management of international cooperation programmes on transport and logistics as well as in the initiatives for supporting regional entrepreneurship in the field of services abroad.

Expected Results

1) The implementation of a network composed of institutional bodies and Italian and Balkan public and private economic operators in the sectors of transport and logistics, so as to ensure the constant inter-change of information, the emergence of joint projects between the two areas and the coordination of cooperation initiatives

2) The definition of at least 3 hypotheses (one per country) for new maritime and/or air-lines between ports and airports in Albania, Montenegro and Serbia

3) The emergence of shared business initiatives realized by public and private bodies from Italy and the beneficiary countries aimed at augmenting and enhancing the level and quality of transport and logistics services, at encouraging harmonization of operational and management standards on the crossing corridors in the countries involved as well as at leading the operators towards the use of intermodal techniques and solutions

Project Structure

Sub-project 1
Acquisition and data analysis and information on issues of logistics and freight transport on routes Italy-Balkans.

Sub-project 2
Analysis of technical and economic feasibility of new air and shipping routes between Italy and the Balkan countries.

Country Sub-projects 3 to 4
Development of relations in logistics and freight transport with: Albania, Serbia and Montenegro.

Project objectives :

FVG Home in Vojvodina had the general objective to create a common meeting place where to develop business and institutional cooperation activities, with the aim of strengthening collaboration among the two territories.

Project activities:

• Sectorial context analysis of Vojvodina, within the agro-food, construction and automotive sectors;
• Promotion of opportunities in the FVG territory, through the institutional association system and identification of interested companies;
• Creation and transfer of a road map on the innovation system in Friuli Venezia Giulia;
• Enhancement of the economic and institutional system for the development of bilateral relations and collaborations;
• Promotional activities.

Expected results:

• Economic context analysis;
• Institutional and economic mission in Vojvodina;
• Transfer of competences and know-how on the innovation system;
• Project website;
• Press release.

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 objective:

•  Promote an urban sustainable requalification providing local administrations with 1. tools to manage the entire process of conversion, from the negotiation with the central government to the participation of private investors and 2. programming future investments;
• Favour entrepreneurship and competitiveness of the territory throughout the process of restructure of the abandoned military areas into enterprises support centres with the definition of regional strategies and measures to support SMEs and start ups
• "test" the measures and tools defined in the project on 8 specific cases of abandoned military areas.

 Project activities:

• Definition of a common methodology for the valuation of abandoned areas;
• Analysis on the economic and entrepreneurial context with particular attention to the impact of the conversion into enterprises support centres on the economic system;
• Mapping and valuation of the ex military areas;
• Definition and application of tools/measure for the management of the transfer of property and conversion of military areas;
• Definition of measures to promote entrepreneurship
• Pilot actions (Feasibility study, planning, operative plans and investments for the conversion of the areas in Service Centres/incubators);
• Results diffusion

Expected results:

Transfer of methodologies and knowledge; adoption of 9 plans (or recommendations) for the conversion of the abandoned military areas; 8 urban plans for the creation of service centres/incubators; adoption of a common strategy to promote entrepreneurship.

Project objectives:

The project aimed at evaluating the good practices and the sustainable forest planning in the area of the Adriatic European region, with particular reference to the area of the High Adriatic (Veneto Region, Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, Emilia Romagna Region and the Croatian Counties of Istria and Rijeka), in order to draft a strategic action plan for the forest sector according to the European policies and to identify the relevant opportunities in the European programming and international cooperation.

Project activities:

• Analysis of good practices in forest management in the target areas;
• Drafting of the strategic action plan according to the European policies and identification of the instruments to support implementation;
• Activities to share the achieved results;

Expected results:

• A document containing the analysis of the good practices in forest management in the High Adriatic area and identification of the strategic guide lines for a sustainable forest planning according to the European policies;
• Final workshop to present the achieved results.

POLYINVEST aimed at improving the conditions for investments in the marginal areas of SEE space, favouring the entry onto the market of a broad offer of unused public real estates, with a consequent income and saving on the maintenance and management of the public assets. Starting from the previous experiences of the partners and of a strengthened best practice, the objective of the project is to develop an active approach to the market by the public administrations, favouring the definition and the implementation of complete territorial offer packages; these packages will include information about the real estates which can be alienated and information on the conditions which could favour the realization of investments from private investors.

To achieve the abovementioned objectives, the following activities were performed

• Þ Transnational project management and coordination
• Þ Communication and Dissemination
• Þ Market analysis, definition of themes and census
• Þ Legislative and administrative procedures
• Þ Platform construction and data input
• Þ Sustainability: Promotion, marketing and scouting
• Þ Pilot Actions

The project POLYNVEST carried out the following results

• Þ Improvement of the public properties capitalisation and widespread diffusion of the potentialities of public real estate;
• Þ Alienation and procedural facilitations for potential investors to invest in the target areas;
• Þ International networking between different public actors, real estate managers and private investors,
• Þ Improvement of the overall economic development and requalification of the target areas;

Dissemination, awareness campaign follow-up plan defined

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.

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.

Project Objectives:

The project aimed at enhancing the diversification of the agrofood industry in Moldova through the adoption of agro-energetic cultivations which are more environmentally sustainable and allow for the self-production of energy. In particular, the project aimed at fostering trade between the Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia and the Republic of Moldova, enhancing the bilateral partnerships at the institutional/university level as well as between entrepreneurs.

Project activities:

• Feasibility study from an economic and logistic point of view, focused on the implementation of a biofuel chain and, in particular, on the cultivation of vegetable oil to be transformed in biodiesel;
• Technical assistance and best-practice exchanges;
• Organisation of study tours in Italy and Moldova;
• Dissemination of results.

Expected Results:

• Partnerships between regional/Italian and Moldovan enterprises in the biodiesel sector for the supply of raw materials, by-products and semi-finished goods, technologies and instruments, knowledge;
• A better-organised production, diversified and improved agriculture products, increased qualitative standards.

Project objectives:

The project had the objective to consolidate and develop the network created among local municipalities, institutions and agencies located. In the territories of Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Montenegro with the institutional and economic system of Friuli Venezia Giulia, with the aim to boost local development and assist local administrations in the acquis communautaire processes.

Project activities:

• Realization of a training programme to transfer information and competences necessary to plan and implement local development and cooperation initiatives, in the frame of the Acquis Communautaire processes;
• Activation of a Friuli Venezia Giulia Infopoint in Kragujevac for the promotion of both economic and institutional opportunities;
• Organization of focus group in Friuli Venezia Giulia with companies and institutions to present the economic and institutional system of the Balkan territories;
• Technical assistance and support to B2B meetings among FVG and local companies.

Expected results:

• Involvement of at least 40 regional enterprises;
• Presentation of project proposals for local development;
• Organization of 4 focus groups.

The project, defined in the framework of a national initiative lauched by a structure of the Presidence of the Council of Ministers (in cooperation with the Italian Minitry of Regional Relations), named Progetto Opportunità delle Regioni in Europa (P.O.R.E.), consisted in the creation and management of a grant system to enhance the project generation capacity of the territory, realized by means of an on-line operational platform and a project database.

The regional subjects proposing projects in the framework of a pre-defined list of European Programmes may request for a contribution from the regional budget through the website, within given time-frames, supplying the requested documentation. Prizes are given also to projects that haven't obtained a European co-financing due to the limited budget available in the Programme. Subjects requiring contributions may receive assistance from an help-desk. The projects includes the development of promotional activities.

The Adriatic Euroregion was founded on June 30, 2006 in Pula, Region of Istria, Croatia. It represents a model of co-operation that includes trans-national and inter-regional co-operation between regions of the Adriatic coastline. The Adriatic Euroregion is the institutional framework for jointly defining and solving important issues in the Adriatic area. It consists of 23 members - Regional and local governments from Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Albania. The aims of the AE are the fallowing: (i) Forming an area of peace, stability and co-operation, (ii) Protection of the cultural heritage; (iii) Protection of the environment, (iv) Sustainable economic development in particular of tourism, fishery and agriculture; (v) Solution of transport and other infrastructure issues. The objective of this project is to provide Veneto region with technical assistance to strengthen its role and to support the newborn Adriatic Euroregion.

The following activities have been carried out:

• Þ Support to the activities of Veneto Region - International Relations department in the institutional bodies of the Adriatic Euroregion;
• Þ Support to the operative coordination of the participation of Veneto Region in the Adriatic Euroregion Commission;
• Þ Favouring a strategic regional action with regard to all the initiatives and projects activated in the Adriatic Euroregion to monitor the ongoing activities;

Support to the communication activities

Project objectives:

To improve the overall absorption capacities at national and regional levels, thus ensuring a correct utilization of ERDF, European Neighborhood and Partnership Instrument, Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance, and ESF.

Project activities:

• To reinforce the skills of final beneficiaries in preparing good project proposals that correctly match the priorities of the National Development Plan and would lead to a proper project pipeline for financing from the Structural Funds' type of intervention;
• To strengthen the capacity of the Training Units within MEI and RDAs to efficiently coordinate and manage the training delivered both at national and regional levels, within the framework of the Human Resources development policy;
• To strengthen the capacity of ROP Final Beneficiaries in terms of Organizational structure, partnership etc., as well as regards critical issues to be observed in the process of application to SF financing opportunities.

Expected results:

• Enhancing the preparation, information, management, control, evaluation and other tasks of the Managing Authorities established within the Ministry of European Integration for the Regional Operational Programme and European Territorial Cooperation Operational Programmes, and of their respective Intermediate Bodies;
• Strengthening the capacity of potential beneficiaries to develop and implement operations to be financed under the above-mentioned Operational Programmes.

Project objectives:

• Maintenance and enhancement of the information network created in the framework of the Project "Balcani on line";
• Development of the on line editorial office in order to manage and improve the information services provided;
• Development of new information services;
• Technical management of the on line editorial office and of the website.

Project activities:

On the basis of the activities and outputs of the Project "Balcani on line", the project consisted in:

• The creation of a more efficient on line editorial office: through an on line platform, Informest editorial staff daily collected coordinated and edited on the website the news provided by 7 ICE Offices operating in the beneficiaries Countries and by Informest itself.  The news were targeted at Italian SMEs and investors interested in the Balkan region. In addition, a staff of six persons monitored and translated to Italian the most interesting news published on local online newspapers in the beneficiary countries. Informest editorial staff selected and edited this press review;
• The development of more efficient information retrieval tools on the website www.balcanionline.it;
• The collection and uploading of documents and news about events interesting for Italian SMES;
• The drafting of articles promoting special initiatives and presenting interesting projects;
• The creation of an innovative database of all the projects implemented thanks to the Italian Law 84/01: the online database has a search engine and an interactive map showing the areas involved in the searched projects initiatives;
• The organization of an international event involving up to 150 participants from Italy and the project beneficiary countries. The event focused on IPA Adriatic Cross-Border cooperation programme and South East Europe Transnational Cooperation Programme. The participants were from public entities and institutions, development agencies, chambers of commerce, NGOs, universities and research centres, eligible projects promoters/partners in the framework of the above mentioned programmes. The participants were grouped in order to work on specific thematic working tables moderated by Informest staff.

Project objectives:

The project aimed at providing technical assistance to the National Association of Small and Family Hotels in order to increase the professional skills of the personnel, to re- qualify the facilities and services, to create a unique market image, to develop the co-operation with the Italian and European tourism market.

Project activities:

• Analysis of the Association’s status, management tools, marketing policy and offer, analysis of the market diversification, facilities and services level, and the professional skills of the Association’s members;
• Implementation of the membership criteria in product clubs;
• Definition and realization a of a training course for the Association’s members;
• Internship of the Association’s members in Italian hotels and associations;
• Definition and realization of promotional and marketing initiatives on the European tourist market;
• Final conference for the dissemination of the project results.

Expected results:

• Definition of quality standard indicators for each target club;
• Increasing of the professional skills and boosting of the marketing policies on the European tourist market;
• Successful positioning of the Association’s members on the tourist market;
• Proposals for the review of the marketing plan.

Project objectives:

PRO.COOP. general objectives were: the provision of assistance and promotion services to cooperative associations and associations’ members in the Balkan countries (Montenegro, Croatia and Bulgaria), the improvement of the local environment in which the cooperatives work and the increasing of their economic potential. From the Italian side, the project aimed at a more developed internationalization of the cooperative system.

Project activities:

• Realization of an analysis on legal, juridical and organisational issues of the cooperative systems in the beneficiaries countries, finding out weak points and opportunities offered by the systems and trying to harmonize them with the Italian and European model;
• Technical assistance initiatives, aimed at strengthening Balkan cooperative associations and at spreading the opportunities offered by Italian associations for the Balkan co-operatives. The initiatives included the realization of management tools (a Vademecum), two internships in Italy for employees of the Croatian and Montenegrin Associations; two on-job-trainings in Croatia and Montenegro;
• Realization of three seminars in Croatia and Montenegro for the promotion of the project at local level;
• Implementation of a pilot civil action in Montenegro, aimed at giving a practical example of civil economy through the creation of a new entrepreneurial activity, which helps disadvantaged people to re-enter in the labour market, according to the model of Italian social cooperatives;
• Establishment of a desk dedicated to the development of the opportunities between Italian and Balkan co-operatives and creation of a database of the business opportunities;
• Realization of two business initiatives (B2B) in Croatia and Montenegro for Italian and Balkan co-operatives;
• Participation of the partners in a trade fair on social cooperation;
• Promotional and dissemination initiatives, carried out during all the project implementation phases.

Expected results:

• Analysis of the juridical status of the co-operative system in the beneficiaries’ countries and definition of legislative proposals;
• Promotion of the Italian and European cooperative systems and models in the beneficiaries’ countries;
• Introduction of technology, methods and product innovation tools for the cooperatives of the Balkan area;
• Improvement of professional skills of the cooperatives’ associations personnel and development of modern and innovative services rendered to Italian enterprises;
• Increasing of business relations between Italian and Balkan cooperatives;
• Improvement of the cooperative's image in the Balkan countries, thank to the information spread about similar experiences in other countries;
• Reinforcement of the Italian productive system in the Balkan area, by developing existing entrepreneurial relations and creating new development opportunities for Italian enterprises;
• Strengthening of the relations between Croatia, Montenegro and the European Union, favouring their juridical and economic integration in the single market.

Project objectives:

The overall objective of the project was to develop the capacity for an integrated governance between public and private sectors in areas affected by business clusters in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, sharing experiences with the central and provincial authorities.

Project activities:

• Development of methodology for the identification of possible emerging clusters such district;
• Business meetings with Serbian cluster manager to verify the structure of cluster chain relationships and their openness to the market;
• Development of knowledge sharing between Italian districts and Vojvodina and Serbian clusters, with the aim to develop business cooperation among companies;
• Training activities and a study in Friuli Venezia Giulia Region among productive districts;
• Organization a final conference for the presentation of clusters and for match making activities;
• Promotion of a paper on Serbian clusters activities, in order to improve the accessibility by Italian entrepreneurs.

Expected results:

• Analysis of supply chain relationships and of their degree of openness to the market;
• Development of two training seminars for cluster managers and business supporting organizations and a study tour to Friuli Venezia Giulia districts for 15 public officials and Serbian cluster manager;
• Preparation of a document analysis of Serbian cluster types;
• Elaboration of a Serbian model for the institutional support to the growth of the district;
• Organization and promotion of the final conference;
• Creation an electronic paper containing the activities of the 18 Serbian clusters interviewed.

Project Objectives:

The general objective of the project was to provide EU technical assistance to the Asian tourist sector for its sustainable and responsible growth on international markets, in order to attain the socio-economic benefits of an efficient management and the exportation of sustainable tourist products. The project thus aimed at:

• Enhancing the Asian countries skills and strategies to export sustainable and high quality tourism on the international market;
• Developing an integrated and permanent cooperation between the EU and Asian actors of the tourist sector at different levels;
• Growing the awareness of the economic impact of tourism in the socio-economic framework of the Asian countries partners.

Project activities:

• Collecting the market facts and figures;
• Design and management of the project web portal;
• Organization and realization of training courses in Nepal, Mongolia and Italy;
• Organisation of a seminar in Italy about tourist opportunities in Asia;
• Organisation of a 5 day mission in Nepal and Mongolia;
• Selection of interns and mission participants.

Expected Results:

• Enhancing the Asian tourism sector skills in planning, managing and exporting diversified sustainable tourist products;
• New business and cooperation contracts between Asian and European tourist operators;
• New investments in the Asian tourist sector;
• Improvement of the living standards of the local communities.

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