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Links: Other European programs concerning spatial development
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Updated 10 feb 2005 |
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Keyword: Interreg IIIB
Scope: North West Europe
(Belgium, France, Ireland, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the UK)
The North West Europe Programme belongs to the European Community Initiative INTERREG IIIB which supports transnational co-operation in the field of spatial development between national, regional and local authorities and a wide range of non-governmental organisations. The objective is to achieve a more cohesive, balanced and sustainable territorial development in the Community and better territorial integration. Between 2000-2006 the Programme will allocate € 330 million of European Regional Development Funding (ERDF) to forward-looking projects in the field of territorial development that contribute to the above mentioned objective.
On the website you can find more information on Interreg IIIB, as well as projects, assessments of projects and useful links to other European institutions. |
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Keyword: Encourage
Scope: North West Europe
To encourage environmental management practices in the business parks of 5 New Towns in Europe in order to reduce the ecological footprint in NWE. The main objective of the partners is to implement an innovative approach based on experimentation and partnership. |
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Keyword: ERIH II
Scope: North West Europe
Website is being developed. As a result of modern structural changes, many parts of Europe have de-industrialised, leaving unemployment and physical dereliction. Dealing with industrial sites is expensive, calling for innovative solutions; a redundant plant is rarely viewed as a heritage resource. To encourage the appreciation, understanding, protection and promotion of this common history as a means of achieving economic growth, the European Network of Industrial Heritage was formerly established. |
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Keyword: HSTI
Scope: North West Europe
The High Speed Train Integration project (HST4i) brings together 18 trans-national partners who focus on strategic policy integration at regional, national and European level and on the implementation of best practice investment projects associated with the high speed rail network. This is the largest INTERREG IIIB NWE project approved by the European Commission (total project value 29 million Euros). |
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Keyword: NEWTASC
Scope: North West Europe
New towns of North West Europe hold enormous potential, but still face a variety of challenges to maintain and develop competitive, innovative, and sustainable communities. In order to address some of these issues the NEWTASC partnership was set up under the Interreg Programme to create new levels of co-operation among partners in the UK, France and The Netherlands aiming to ensure the future competitiveness and innovative development of New Towns. |
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Keyword: Optimum II
Scope: North West Europe
Optimal Planning Through Implementation of Mobility Management (Optimum II) will address the increasing traffic congestion at busy locations in urban areas. OPTIMUM2 searches for attractive alternatives to cars and has introduced a user-oriented approach. Eight partners will conduct ten trial projects, to tackle the accessibility issue. |
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Keyword: REVIT
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Within North-West Europe six partners have come together to improve regenerating their brownfield sites by sharing experience and developing new concepts and innovative approaches: An old railway yard in Stuttgart (Germany), dockyards in Nantes (France) and Medway (UK), old coalmines in Torfaen (Wales), abandoned textile works in Tilburg (The Netherlands), and the Hart van Zuid in Hengelo (The Netherlands). |
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Keyword: SAUL
Scope: North West Europe
Sustainable and Accessible Urban Landscapes (SAUL) is about the vital role of socially inclusive spaces in the sustainable development of metropolitan regions including the essential part played by the quality of the public realm in improving people's quality of life; providing opportunities for leisure and recreation in densely populated urban areas under pressure from housing and commercial development; and the contribution which good quality, socially-relevant, and well-managed public spaces can make to a strong economy, social equity and sustainable development. |
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Keyword: WIHCC
Scope: North West Europe
In the Water in Historic City Centres (WIHCC) Project, water plays a central role in the (socio-economic and spatial) structural intensification of old city centres that have a historical relationship with water. In many NWE cities there is an increasing problem, but also a challenge, with regard to good water management. |
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