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DaHar
The DaHar partnership represents small and medium sized Danube cities with ports of international importance. The economic development and participation in the economic circulation of these cities could be enhanced through the optimal utilisation of port development in the frame of enhancing waterway cargo transport on the Danube in a transnational context. To this end, DaHar partners wish to utilise the logistical and multi-modal development capacities of their ports and port areas, develop their ports in a harmonised manner. This way, small and medium sized cities will find their position in the development of waterway cargo transport, which results in the specification and diversification of their logistical and multi-modal functions in a logistical network of Danube cities and ports.
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ESIMeC
ESIMeC is an URBACT II network of nine medium sized cities that will work in partnership to develop innovative economic strategies to help these and similar cities cope better with the challenges of sustainable economic development, particularly in an economic downturn. Based on the particularities and assets of medium sized towns, the network will focus on long term solutions and place workforce development as an instrument for sustainable economic growth at the heart of its project implementation.
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PLUS
The lighting of public space accounts for 60% of public energy use in an average city. It is clear that any reduction that can be achieved will have a significant impact on total energy use and, therefore, on CO2 emissions, without forgetting the positive effects on public finances. The PLUS project makes a significant contribution to decreasing energy use and rationalizing energy consumption related to public lighting.
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REPAIR
The main objective of REPAIR is to promote the regeneration of former military sites of historic, cultural and social values, such as forts, prisons, detention areas, but in a sustainable and locally-anchored way involving local stakeholders to the extent possible and drawing on the experience of the project partners. Repair has 8 partners (Medway, New Dutch Waterline, Cartagena, Rostock, Venice, Charente-Maritime, Karlskrona and Thessaloniki) actively involved and they all have ample experience in urban spatial planning and development of city areas.
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SEE-Science
Europe is facing an innovation emergency which is particularly true for South East Europe where innovation scores even lower. Proper framework conditions are missing to establish a bridge betweeen research, education and business and the region is characterized by a weak culture for innovation. Although SEE Science partners have a strong potential for innovative business development thanks to the universities and high technology companies that are located there, these potentials arte underexploited impeding the creation of a propoer social climate for new developments.
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SURE
Most towns in Europe face complex socio-economic challenges. One such challenge is related to deprived neighbourhoods that are located close to the town centre. In small and medium sized towns these neighbourhoods do not tend to offer attractive opportunities for large scale investments and instead hold back their economic development potential.
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SYNAPTIC
On 12 May 2009 at the BAPTS Launch Event in Bielefeld, Germany, BAPTS and two further public transport projects from the North West Europe (NWE) programme signed a “Joint Declaration for Sustainable Mobility”. These three projects, BAPTS, ROCK and ICMA agreed that they would work together to promote the vision of effective and well-connected public transport within NWE and to cooperate with other projects and initiatives. With SINTROPHER, a further NWE project, a cluster partnership has been formulated to this effect. The four projects together encompass a complete chain of sustainable door-to-door mobility.
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ERMIS
Today, with the financial and economic downturn and resulting job losses in large enterprises, more than ever, the innovation capacity of SMEs is vital to achieve economic growth again.
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CivPro
Over the last few years, Europe’s forest fires, floods and droughts and man-made disasters have become fiercer and more intense. Some partners in the CivPro project have their own sometimes tragic experiences and some of them have such a high risk profile that risk prevention is on the top of their political agenda. Disasters have quite often a devastating effect on people’s lives, their livelihood, the economy and the environment. This has led to a further strengthening of EU and national/regional instruments in terms of the civil protection legislation.
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Q-Ageing
The radical change of the age structure can be identified as a social phenomenon present throughout Europe. It means that while the number of the elderly employees (55 -64) is growing, the ratios of the elderly (65 -79 and above 80) are increasing; the ratio of the active employees is decreasing. Finding solution for the socio-economic problems induced by this situation is an urgent task at local, national and European level.
