Sharing INTERREG experiences
Sharing INTERREG experiences
09.07. - Sofia, Bulgaria
This a repeat of the Art. 71 Workshop of 28 April in Brussels. It will cover the requirements for the Article 71 description itself and the supporting documents needed.
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01.07. - 02.07. - Bratislava, Slovakia
This event is a repeat of the 2-day training seminar organised in different cities all around Europe during last year.
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The South East Europe Transnational Programme launched its First Call for Proposals on 5 May 2008.
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The European Commission and the Committee of the Regions, in partnership with the Slovenian Presidency, are organising an inter-institutional conference on EGTC in Brussels on 19 June 2008.
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29.05. - 30.05. - Panevezys, Lithuania
The Joint Technical Secretariat in Riga is organising a seminar for Lead Applicants to the Latvia - Lithuania CBC Programme, supporting the cooperation between Latvia and Lithuania, on 29 - 30 May in Panevezys,Lithuania.
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The European programme INTERREG IVB North West Europe (NWE) has launched a new user friendly website. The site has been designed to provide clear and updated information about the programme and deepen the communication between project promoters, stakeholders and the media.
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07.05. - 08.05. - The Hague, The Netherlands
The seminar focuses on the requirements for first level control in Territorial Cooperation programmes and what needs to be done to meet them.
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Photographs can be submitted in two categories and will be posted on the INTERREG IIIA priorities of the Baltic Sea Region website and will be available for the general public.
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The first call for proposals from this transnational programme covers four priorities. It opened on 17 March 2008 and will close on 12 May 2008.
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29.04. - Brussels, Belgium
This workshop will cover the requirements for the Article 71 description itself and the supporting documents needed. The focus will be on providing concrete answers for programme questions about their own systems and procedures.
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28.04. - Brussels, Belgium
An event bringing together programme staff from across Europe with the Commission staff working most closely on closure. A chance to gain an overview of the requirements, get answers to your questions and learn from experiences of closing INTERREG II.
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16.04. - 17.04. - Paris, France
INTERACT Point Viborg is running the latest version of this ever popular seminar. Priority will be given to the participants on the existing waiting list but some places are still available! Please register quickly to ensure a place.
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10.04. - 11.04. - Brussels, Belgium
INTERACT will run a repeat of the seminar first offered in Vienna in November 2007.
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01.04. – Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina
The Seminar’s main objective is to discuss the participation of candidate and potential candidate countries in the two transnational programmes South East Europe and MED.
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15.05. - 16.05. - Bucharest, Romania
INTERACT organises a new repeat of the Seminar on Project Management. A parallel Seminar will take place on the same dates and venue, with a focus on Financial Management issues.
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15.05. - 16.05. - Bucharest, Romania
INTERACT organises a new repeat of the Seminar on Financial Management. A parallel Seminar will take place on the same dates and venue, with a focus on Project Management issues.
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27.03. - 28.03. - Budapest, Hungary
The official launch of the South East Europe Transnational Cooperation Programme will take place in Budapest on 27 and 28 March 2008. During the launch event, programme stakeholders and potential partners, representing national, regional and local authorities, regional development agencies, and other actors, will have the opportunity to meet, share their visions for the programme area and develop project ideas.
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The Baltic Sea Region Programme has launched its first call for project proposals opened on 25 February 2008 and will be closed on 30 May 2008 at 16:00. Registration for the Lead Applicant seminar is now open.
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13.03. - 14.03. - Tallinn, Estonia
INTERACT will run a repeat of the seminar first offered in Venice in October 2007.
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The INTERACT Programme Secretariat, based at ÖIR Managementdienste GmbH, invites potential bidders to submit an offer for the delivery of IT-support services.
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The new website for the Interreg IVA Oresund Kattegat Skagerrak is now online.
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16.11. - Paris, France
La DIACT organise le 16 novembre 2007 à Paris une journée de présentation et d’information sur les conditions de mise en œuvre du programme de coopération interrégionale IVC.
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03.12. - 04.12. - Ljubljana, Slovenia
The Final Conference of the INTERREG IIIB CADSES project R.A.V.E. Space (Raising Awareness of the Values of Space through the Process of Education) will take place in Ljubljana on 3-4 December.
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13 - 14 December – Bayonne, France and San Sebastián, Spain
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The European Commission has adopted the first cross-border programmes for 2007-2013. They concern Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Italy, the United Kingdom and Ireland.
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The JTS of the Alpine Space Programme is currently offering a trainee position for a period of four months in Rosenheim, Germany.
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The INTERACT Programme Secretariat, based in Vienna, Austria, invites potential bidders to submit offers for the delivery of the INTERACT II Design.
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The interregional cooperation programme, was adopted by the European Commission on 11 September. The programme covers the 27 Member States as well as Norway and Switzerland.
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15.11. - 16.11. - Vienna, Austria
INTERACT will run two repeats of the seminar first offered in Venice in October.
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29.11. - 30.11. - Luxembourg
INTERACT will run two repeats of the seminar first offered in Venice in October.
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10.10. - Brussels, Belgium
A seminar to discuss The European Union's Programme for Peace and Reconciliation which has addressed many of the issues that have emerged form the conflict in Northern Ireland and the border counties of Ireland.
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With well over half of the new programmes already submitted and the European Commission being close to approving the first programmes for the new period, we hope that many of you are ready for a new start in September.
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Avec une majorité des programmes déjà soumis et la Commission proche de l’approbation des premiers programmes pour la nouvelle période, nous espérons que la plupart d’entre vous êtes prêts pour le rentrée de septembre.
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The INTERACT Programme Secretariat, based in Vienna, Austria, invites potential bidders to submit offers for the delivery of the INTERACT II Content Management System.
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The INTERACT Programme Secretariat, based in Vienna, Austria, invites potential bidders to submit offers for the delivery of the development of the INTERACT II Website.
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19.11. - 20.11. – Valencia, Spain
This is an intensive training seminar developed by INTERACT and run jointly by the INTERACT offices in Valencia and Vienna.
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23.11. - Amsterdam, Beurs van Berlage
The aim of the INTERACT Project International Symposium "Cultural variety in Europe: policy and practice!" is to disseminate and share the findings of the INTERACT Project CULTPLAN - Planning as Culture in Europe, to arise the awareness of INTERREG causing cultural dynamics and to valorize INTERREG experiences with cross cultural cooperation with respect to the cultural strategy of the EU.
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11.10. - 12.10. - Tallinn, Estonia
This seminar, coordinated by INTERACT Point Managing Transition and External Cooperation in Turku is a repeat of the 2-day intensive training seminar developed by INTERACT Point QT in Viborg and run jointly with the INTERACT Point TB in Valencia.
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08.10. - 09.10. - London, UK
Hosted by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) in London, this is a repeat of the 2-day intensive training seminar developed by INTERACT Point Viborg.
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08.11. - 09.11. - Lille, France
Close to 800 participants are expected to boost reflection on the political and operational issues of cross-border cooperation in Europe. (Languages of the conference: English, French, German)
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23.10. - WGZ-Bank Düsseldorf, Germany
The RFO "Change on Borders" will celebrate its Final Conference on 23 October 2007 which will be hosted by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy of North Rhine-Westphalia (DE) taking place in Düsseldorf.
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23.10. - 24.10. - Prague, Czech Republic
INTERACT Point Vienna/Turku, in cooperation with INTERACT Point Viborg, will organise a Seminar on "Communicating (in) the new Territorial Cooperation programmes". This training and networking session, targeted at programme communication officers, will address the following questions: How to develop a communication strategy and draft the communication plan? How to disseminate information on the programme? On the projects? How to guarantee smooth communication flows between projects and programme? Existing tools, solutions and good practices will be discussed, accompanied by methodological exercises and presentations.
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26.11. - 27.11. - Vienna, Austria
For the first time, INTERACT is organising a Seminar on the new Community Instrument: the European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation, as created by Regulation (EC) No 1082/2006. The Seminar will aim at promoting the use of this instrument in the INTERREG community, both for programme and project management.
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Consult the section on the cross-border components of the new instruments IPA and ENPI, recently developed by INTERACT Point Vienna/Turku, in cooperation with INTERACT Point Valencia.
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17.10. - 18.10. - Venice, Italy
INTERACT Point Vienna/Turku, in cooperation with INTERACT Point Viborg, will organise a Seminar on "Strategic Project Generation". This training and networking session, targeted at programme officers, will address following questions: What is a strategic project? How to generate strategic projects? How to generate quality projects? How to monitor a strategic approach along the entire project/programme-cycle?
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Check the following section to consult the outcomes and presentations given by INTERACT Point Vienna/Turku at its recent events.
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17.10. - 18.10. - Paris, France
Cet événement est une répétition d´un séminaire de formation de 2 jours organisé cette année au mois de Mars. Remarquez que le FRANÇAIS sera la langue de travail pour ces sessions.
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17.10. - 18.10. - Paris, France
This event is a repeat of the 2-day training seminar in FRENCH organised in March this year. Please notice that only FRENCH will be the working language of these sessions.
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12.11. - 13.11. - Barcelona, Spain
This event is a repeat of the 2-day training seminar organised in different cities all around Europe during this year. It is aimed at new members of staff and people wishing to get a deeper insight into the financial management of Territorial Cooperation programmes and projects.
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04.10. - 05.10. - Osimo (ANCONA) - Marche Region, Italy
In the context of the INTERACT Programme, Marche Region together with a large partnership comprising regional and local authorities, development agencies and universities from all over Europe, has led the ALSO Project, whose final goal was to investigate the contribution that territorial cooperation can offer to the achievement of Lisbon and Gothenburg Strategy Objectives
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08.11. - 09.11. - Lille, France
Organisé à l'occasion du 10ème anniversaire, ce grand colloque européen traitera des enjeux politiques et opérationnels de la coopération transfrontalière en Europe. (langues du colloque : français, anglais, allemand)
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08.10. - 11.10. - Brussels, Belgium
The 2007 Open Days gets underway as of 11 July, with 150 seminars to choose from and 15 000 seats available.
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Il s´agit du troisième et dernier événement d´une série de séminaires organisés para INTERACT sur l´Introduction à la Coopération Territoriale Européenne qui aura lieu à Bruxelles (Belgique) les 25 et 26 September prochain. Les participants recevront une formation de base sur le fonctionnement et les différentes possibilités de financement de l´Objectif de Coopération Territoriale Européenne 2007-2013.
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25.09. - 26.09. - Brussels, Belgium
This is the third and last of a series of seminars that INTERACT organized on “Introduction to European Territorial Cooperation” and will be held the next 25-26 September in Brussels. Participants (newcomers to the world of European Territorial Cooperation) will be provided with ground knowledge of the functioning and range of possibilities offered by the European Territorial Cooperation Objective 2007-2013.
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18.09. - 19.09. - Brussels, Belgium
The Cross Border Cooperation programmes on European external borders are going through a transitional development from implementing separate instruments on both sides of border to merging two instruments (ERDF and ENPI) into one programme funding. To enable all programme partners to exchange experiences on the progress on preparation of ENPI CBC programmes and on the interpretation of the ENPI Regulation as well as application of the Implementing Rules, INTERACT is organising a technical conference for all ENPI CBC programmes to discuss the management structures being proposed.
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27.09. - 28.09. - Brussels, Belgium
On 27 and 28 September 2007, the Fourth Cohesion Forum will be held in Brussels. Based on the findings and issues of the Fourth Report on Economic and Social Cohesion which the European Commission adopted on 30 May this year, the event will be attended by over 800 European, national, regional and local repesentatives from all EU Member States and the candidate countries.
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20.06. - 21.06. - Lisbonne, Portugal
Il s´agit du second événement d´une série de séminaires organisés para INTERACT sur l´Introduction à la Coopération Territoriale Européenne qui aura lieu à Lisbonne (Portugal) les 20 et 21 Juin prochain. Les participants recevront une formation de base sur le fonctionnement et les différentes possibilités de financement de l´Objectif de Coopération Territoriale Européenne 2007-.2013.
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20.06. - 21.06. - Lisbon, Portugal
This is the second of a series of seminars that INTERACT organises on "Introduction to European Territorial Cooperation" and will be held the next 20-21 June in Lisbon (PT). Participants will be provided with ground knowledge of the functioning and range of possibilities offered by the European Territorial Cooperation Objective 2007-2013.
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25.06. - 26.6. - Milan, Italy
This workshop will present the main features and challenges in the management of Human Resources in Territorial Cooperation Programmes.
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14.06. - 15.06. - Bucharest, Romania
The Ministry of Development, Public Works and Housing in Romania in cooperation with INTERACT Point Vienna/Turku organises the kick-off Conference for the European Territorial Cooperation programmes, in which Romania participates.
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The INTERACT Point partner, based in Turku, Finland, invites potential bidders to submit offers for the development of an delivery of IT services related to the development of an online learning content generator ("e-tool") for one specific publication.
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The Committee of the Regions has launched an open call for expression of interest aimed at setting up an Expert Group on EGTC. Local and regional actors are invited to participate in order to share their experiences and learn more about this new legal instrument for territorial cooperation.
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05.07. - 06.07. - Ljubljana, Slovenia
This seminar, coordinated by INTERACT Point Managing Transition and External Cooperation Vienna, is a repeat of the 2-day intensive training seminar developed by INTERACT Viborg and run jointly with the INTERACT offices in Viborg and Valencia.
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21.6. - 22.6. - London, UK
This is a repeat of the 2-day intensive training seminar developed by INTERACT Viborg.
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This is a repeat of the 2-day intensive training seminar developed by INTERACT Viborg and run jointly with the INTERACT offices in Valencia and Vienna.
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In this first seminar on “Introduction to European Territorial Cooperation” to be held the 24-25 May in Brussels (BE), participants will be provided with ground knowledge of the functioning and range of possibilities offered by the European Territorial Cooperation Objective 2007-2013.
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A new tool has been launched by INTERACT Point TB: "Analysis of tools and methods identified in the management of the INTERREG IIIB and IIIC programmes 2000-2006".
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The presentations from the plenary sessions and workshops from the conference held in Budapest, 29 and 30 March 2007, are now available for download.
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Session de Questions/Réponses avec la Commission européenne sur le Forum
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European Commission Question & Answer session on the INTERACT Forum.
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This workshop will present the main features and challenges in the management of Human Resources in Territorial Cooperation Programmes will take place in Madrid on 24 and 25 of April 2007.
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22 March - 18 May 2007
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24.04. - 25.04. – Madrid – Espagne
Ces ateliers de groupe qui introduiront les principales caractéristiques et défis que présente les Ressources Humaines dans la gestion des Programmes de Coopération Territoriale auront lieu à Madrid les 24 et 25 Avril 2007.
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10-11 May 2007, Warsaw, Poland
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24.04. - 25.04. – Madrid – Spain
A workshop will present the main features and challenges in the management of Human Resources in Territorial Cooperation Programmes will take place in Madrid on 24 and 25 of April 2007.
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The public consultation of the INTERREG IVC programme and the accompanying Environmental Report has started.
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A training seminar will be held in Vienna on 19 and 20 February 2007 for the Lead Partners of INTERACT Projects.
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28.02.2007 - Sofia
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Regional Policy Commissioner Danuta Hübner has presented detailed rules on how the Structural and Cohesion Funds will be managed in the 2007-13 programming period.
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Germany takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Finland on 1 January 2007.
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The European Commission decision of 31 October 2006, which draws up the list of regions and areas eligible for funding from the European Regional Development Fund under the cross-border and transnational strands of the European territorial cooperation objective (2007 to 2013 period), has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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The INTERACT Programme is organising an international conference on the European Territorial Cooperation objective programmes 2007-2013 in Budapest on 29 and 30 March 2007.
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The new INTERREG IIIA Italy-Malta bilingual website and newsletter are now available.
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A new initiative "Regions for Economic Change" was adopted by the European Commission under the European Territorial Cooperationon Objective on 8 November 2006.
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Brussels, Belgium
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Brussels, Belgium
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On Friday 3 November 2006, for one day only, all questions posted on the INTERACT Forum are guaranteed a response from the European Commission DG Regional Policy.
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A news announcement form has been added to the INTERACT Website.
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The Community strategic guidelines on Cohesion 2007-2013 have been adopted following a decision by the Council. The Guidelines contain the principles and priorities of cohesion policy and suggest ways the European regions can take full advantage of the EUR 308 billion that has been made available for national and regional aid programmes over the next seven years.
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The INTERACT Programme will organise several workshops at Euregia - the International Trade Fair and Congress on Local and Regional Development in Europe - to be held in Leipzig (Germany) in October 2006.
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EUX.TV is a new international broadband channel that brings news and information about Europe for a pan-European audience.
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The memoranda of understanding for three new joint cohesion policy initiatives, signed on 30 May 2006 by regional policy Commissioner Danuta Hübner and the heads of the financial institutions involved are now available online.
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The goal of this call is to provide an opportunity to present different viewpoints to a network of practitioners and researchers at a seminar at the beginning of December 2006.
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INTERACT will participate at EUREGIA with an Information Stand and Conference with goal-oriented programme and project development workshops.
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La section « Glossaire » enrichie de nouvelles définitions en anglais et en français
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The section "Glossary" enriched with new definitions in English and French
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On 14 July 2006, the Council adopted a Regulation laying down general provisions on the framework and modalities for the intervention of the European regional development fund, European social fund and the Cohesion fund for the period 2007-2013.
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Commissioner Danuta Hübner unveiled today in Brussels the priorities of the new Cohesion policy 2007-2013 and guidance tools which will help national and regional authorities make the most of the new programmes. The two documents presented by the Commissioner are the draft Community Strategic Guidelines for Cohesion policy, as amended following the recent public consultation, and a communication on the specific contribution of cities to growth and jobs.
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The programme document presents priorities for transnational cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region for the period of 2007-2013.
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The 9th call will be launched on 17 July 2006 and will close on 16 October 2006.
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The Draft Objective 3 North Sea Programme is a consultation document designed to stimulate ideas on how transnational cooperation can contribute to promote innovation and enhance sustainable development in the North Sea Region.
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This tool is intended to support a better management of the human resources in INTERREG III programmes, and will serve as a source of information for the new Cooperation Objective programmes.
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The eighth call for proposals is now open and will close on 12 September 2006.
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In order to ensure that the new programme can begin implementation straight away, the INTERREG IIIB Northern Periphery Programme would like to encourage preparatory project applications that have a view to developing a main project application for the future programme.
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The INTERACT Programme Secretariat, based at ÖIR Managementdienste GmbH, invites potential bidders to submit an offer for the delivery of IT-support services.
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Finland takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Austria on 1 July 2006. The official website was launched on 31 May 2006.
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The Committee of the Regions is launching a call for expression of interest to European local and regional authorities.
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This seminar aims to support IIIA programmes in their preparation work for the new Cooperation Objective programmes. It is a repeat of the same event that took place in Bratislava in March this year.
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INTERACT Point Managing Transition and External Cooperation has recently developed a database tool that will allow INTERACT to coordinate better with existing experts as well as establish contact with potential experts who possess specific knowledge that can assist our stakeholders.
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The fourth call for proposals runs until July 2006.
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The INTERREG IIIB Atlantic Area programme has launched two calls for tender.
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These two upcoming seminars both specifically target professionals involved in INTERREG IIIA. Participants can either attend one or both events.
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The website, which aims to disseminate the results achieved by the project, provides general information about the project's background, methodology and impact and other useful information and documents concerning the main outputs of the project.
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The website is a portal for the monitoring of maritime cross-border projects. Features available on the website include the annual project newsletters available for download, as well as an e-centre for expertise. The e-centre is a cornerstone of the time2C project and will assist in raising both public organisational and political awareness of cross-border maritime cooperation.
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18-19 May, 2006, Budapest, Hungary - The ESPON YoungStars activity started in 2005 in Ljubljana and continues this year in Budapest. It is an excellent opportunity for students and young professionals of spatial planning and related fields to get to know more about the European Spatial Planning Observation Network, its work, achievements and the people involved in it. It also provides an outstanding occasion for participants to lay the foundations of their future network of cooperation.
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To foster growth and jobs, the European Commission has decided to act as part of a global drive to enable all Europeans, to have access to a broadband internet connection.
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The European Commission has invited all citizens to participate in a public discussion forum on the future of Europe, launched in 20 languages.
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The INTERACT Website was launched two years ago, and since its inception has been providing news, events, publications and documents of interest to the INTERREG community.
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INTERACT Point Tool Box (TB) has produced and published a second Management Tool on project evaluation. The tool has been conceived to provide INTERREG programmes with practical and analytical information on evaluation methods for INTERREG project selection.
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INTERACT Point Tool Box (TB) a produit et publié un second Outil de Gestion sur l´Evaluation de Projets. L´outil a été conçu pour apporter aux programmes INTERREG des informations pratiques et analytiques sur les méthodes d´évaluation utilisées pour la sélection de projets INTERREG.
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The European Commission will make a series of awards to successful entrepreneurship initiatives by local and regional authorities.
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A call for Expression of Interest for a free-lance assignment to carry out the certification of expenditure for the Italian partners of the INTERREG IIIA Italy-Malta programme has been launched.
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Partenaire du Point INTERACT Tool Box, la Stichting Euregio Maas-Rijn a lancé un appel à propositions pour une « Etude juridique sur les structures de coopération transfrontalière dans les programmes INTERREG ». La date limite pour le dépôt des propositions est le 6 avril 2006.
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Partner in INTERACT Point Tool Box, the Stichting Euregio Maas-Rijn has launched a call for tenders for the "Legal study on structures of cross-border cooperation in INTERREG programmes". The deadline for applications is 6 April 2006.
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Programmes and projects working from all INTERREG strands are invited to this INTERACT-ESPON conference, where various approaches to these concepts and current research findings will be presented and discussed.
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DG Regional Policy launched the website for the '2006 Open Days - European Week of Regions and Cities'.
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A draft programme for the event is now also available for download together with the original invitation and seminar registration form.
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INTERACT Point Tool Box has added a new section to the Documents Web Library available on this Website.
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DG External Relations redesigned the European Neighbourhood Policy website. A new look and new sections were created. The Conferences and Seminars section also lists relevant INTERACT Events.
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A proposal for a new set of rules and mechanisms for the management of the next financial framework over a 7 year period and for the setting up of annual budgets, has been unveiled by the European Commission.
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2006 has been designated the European Year of workers' mobility.
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The White Paper was adopted by the European Commission on 1 February 2006.
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COMMIN aims to facilitate future transnational projects and investment activities in the BSR at all horizontal levels.
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On 9-10 February 2006 INTERACT Point MT is organising a major conference addressing the Cross-Border Components of ENPI and IPA.
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On 7-10 March 2006 INTERACT Point Managing Transition and External Cooperation, in cooperation with the European Commission, is organising two conferences addressing the Cross-Border Component of European Neighbourhood Partnership Instrument and the Cross-Border Component of Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance.
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Commission President Barroso presented the Annual Progress Report on 25 January 2006.
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INTERACT Point Managing Transition & External Cooperation, in cooperation with the European Commission, is organising two events on Cross-border cooperation 2007-13.
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The website contains information in French and Spanish.
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A training seminar will be held in Vienna on 30-31 January and 6-7 February 2006 for the Lead Partners of INTERACT Projects.
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All INTERREG cross-border programmes are invited to this seminar covering what needs to happen in the programme preparation process, giving guidance on what requirements that should be fulfilled and providing updates on the latest developments in ongoing negotiations.
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The Special EU Programmes Body has declared a March deadline for its final call for INTERREG IIIA proposals. Projects which will benefit women and people with disabilities are particularly encouraged.
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INTERACT Point Qualification and Transfer (QT), in cooperation with ESPON, is arranging a seminar on important tools for enhancing the strategic approach in the new generation of INTERREG programmes. The seminar will present and discuss the outcomes of a study to compare and analyse ongoing spatial vision and scenario activities across INTERREG III and ESPON programmes. The aims are to identify gaps, stimulate synergies and draw up proposals for future action and strategic programme and project development by providing a platform for exchanging experiences on spatial vision and scenario activities across INTERREG strands.
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The European Commission has adopted a communication clarifying when regional aid granted by national authorities can be considered compatible with the Common Market.
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The European Commission has named 2006 the European Year of Workers' Mobility.
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A new Regulation has come into force amending the common classification of territorial units used in regional statistics (NUTS). The amendment was necessary for the collection, compilation and dissemination of harmonised regional statistics taking into account the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union.
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The presentations from the joint sessions at the INTERREG conference on risk management in Valencia, 28-29 November, and other conference documentation are now available for download.
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A call for suppliers capable of undertaking the controls necessary under the programme INTERREG IIIB "Atlantic Area"' as described in section IV and V of EU regulation No 438/2001 has been launched.
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OPEN DAYS - European Week of Regions and Cities 2006 will take place in Brussels from 9 to 12 October 2006.
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On 18 November 2005, the second joint call for project proposals in the frame of the Neighbourhood Programme Slovenia/Hungary/Croatia 2004-2006 was launched. This is the second and probably the last joint call for proposals in the framework of this programme.
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Austria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from the United Kingdom on 1 January 2006.
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Good Practice INTERREG III Partnership Agreement introduces a template for Partnership Agreement for INTERREG projects.
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The European Commission announced on 1 December that the ".eu" top-level domain opens for business on 7 December 2005.
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The new website informs about the 20 official languages of the European Union.
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The Baltic Sea INTERREG IIIB Project Conference - setting regions in motion will be held in Malmö (Sweden) on 16-17 May 2006. Please mark these dates in your calendar!
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The documentation for the Conference held in Trieste on 3 and 4 November 2005 is now online.
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The INTERACT Website underwent a small facelift and features new sections!
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An international conference "Shaping EU regional policy: Economic, social and political pressures" will be held on 8 and 9 June 2006 in Leuven (Belgium).
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INTERACT Project Sparc has launched an invitation for tender.
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The PHARE technical assistance project No. 2003/005-809.01.01.0002 "Administrative and technical capacity building for implementing the INTERREG programme", being implemented by Kaunas University of Technology, "Public Policy and Management Institute" and "Project Management Centre" is calling for short cross border cooperation project ideas.
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The Monitoring Committee has recently approved a procedure for awarding additional ERDF to running operations.
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Lead Partner of INTERACT Project Interform, Mission Opérationnelle Transfrontalière (MOT), recently launched its website in English.
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On 7 November 2005 the CADSES 4th call for project proposals was closed. The Joint Technical Secretariat received far more than 200 project applications whose assessment will be carried out at transnational and national level in the next months. The approval decisions will be then taken by the Steering Committee.
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Cross-border cooperation has a long tradition within INTERREG and relates to various findings of ESPON projects, not at least the typologies of border regions. ESPON findings show that cross-border cooperation remains a crucial tool for achieving economic and social cohesion in Europe. Furthermore, these issues are one of the meeting points between INTERACT, facilitating mutual learning between different INTERREG Programmes and Strands, and ESPON, analysing spatial development trends at the European level.
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Urban development and rural-urban partnership are topics addressed by many INTERREG III projects. Furthermore, these issues are one of the meeting points between INTERACT, facilitating mutual learning between different INTERREG areas, and ESPON, analysing spatial development trends at the European level.
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Eurostat recently published a new "Portrait of the Regions" website which seeks to provide an informative and comparable online overview of Europe's regional diversity. The user can navigate through the site by means of maps or, more directly, by typing the name of the desired region.
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EUR 4.1 million available for more projects in the North Sea Programme
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The follow up documentation for the two days of workshops and presentations, which covered the latest developments in the proposals for the new programming period, is now online.
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INTERACT Point Tool Box hosted by the Generalitat Valenciana has launched a call for tender by open procedure for the "Study on Cost Eligibility Criteria, Audit Systems and Risk of De-commitment under INTERREG III Programmes". The deadline for applications is 2 November 2005.
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The project database is for the two INTERREG IIIA Programmes, Saxony - Lower Silesia and Saxony - Czech Republic.
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Presentations held on the future European Regional Policy during the "European Week of Regions and Cities" available.
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INTERACT Point Tool Box hosted by the Generalitat Valenciana is about to launch a call for tender by open procedure for the "Study on Cost Eligibility Criteria, Audit Systems and Risk of De-commitment under INTERREG III Programmes".
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In its recent plenary session, the European Parliament adopted two reports on regional policy as regards "territorial cohesion" and the "outermost regions".
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This INTERREG IIIA event, organised by INTERACT Point Managing Transition and External Cooperation, will take place in Trieste on 3 and 4 November 2005.
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Inforegio now has a new site for calls for tenders issued by the Directorate-General for Regional Policy.
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The Monitoring Committee of the Alpine Space Programme have decided to open a final call for proposals.
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The latest issue of Panorama entitled "Interreg in action - cooperation at the heart of cohesion" is now available.
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The 4th call for project proposals of the INTERREG III B CADSES Neighbourhood Programme was launched on 26 September 2005.
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The European Parliament has just launched a new website under the slogan "457 million citizens @ one address".
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September 2005 issue of the URBACT newsletter is available online.
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The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in the United Kingdom has launched the TESA project, transforming the way that the European Regional Development Fund is managed in England.
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INTERACT Project INTERFORM launched a call for contributions to its seminar on economic development to be held in Italy on 2 and 3 December 2005.
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INTERACT Point Managing Transition and External Cooperation created a new section on this website.
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The INTERREG IIIB Baltic Sea Region launched its eighth call for proposals. The call will be closed on 23 September 2005 and applications will be decided on in December 2005.
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The European Week of Regions and Cities will take place in Brussels from 10 to 13 October 2005.
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Documentation from INTERACT Point Managing Transition and External Cooperation's workshops to date is now available for online on this website.
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The first projects within the six measures of the Neighbourhood Programme were approved on 7 and 8 July 2005.
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INTERACT Point Qualification and Transfer has completed a set of eight Information Sheets targeted at INTERREG professionals involved in the daily implementation of cross-border programmes.
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As a first step in launching the discussion on the priorities for the new generation of cohesion policy programmes, the European Commission published on 6 July 2005 draft Community Strategic Guidelines entitled "Cohesion Policy in Support of Growth and Jobs: Community Strategic Guidelines, 2007-2013".
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You will be able to follow her presentation LIVE here on the INFOREGIO website on 06 July 2005 between 14:30 and 15:30.
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Within the INTERACT Programme, numerous studies are currently being carried out by the INTERACT Programme Secretariat and the five INTERACT Points.
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The Neighbourhood Programme of Lithuania, Poland, and the Kaliningrad Region of Russian Federation has launched its official website.
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This joint newsletter of the four INTERREG IIIC Joint Technical Secretariats features a portrait of the four running INTERREG IIIC operations and Véronique Faure from the European Commission talks about the Lisbon and Gothenburg agenda.
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The new website of INTERREG IIIC features a restructured layout and was enriched with additional features.
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The first call was launched, on behalf of the Member States of the EU participating in the Programme (Greece, Italy, Malta and Cyprus), on 3 June 2005.
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An informal meeting of the Ministers for Regional Policy and Territorial Cohesion was held in Luxembourg on 20 and 21 May 2005.
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On 17 May 2005, Danuta Hübner presented the "Third Progress Report on Cohesion", which addresses the condition of the regions in the enlarged European Union in terms of levels of income, employment and productivity. 64 regions, covering more than one quarter of the EU's population, have GDP per capita of 75% or less than the EU average.
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The May 2005 issue of the URBACT newsletter is available online.
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The INTERACT Programme Secretariat launched a Call for Tenders for a Study on Indicators for Transnational and Interregional Cooperation
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On 3 May 2005, the European Commission adopted a document which lays down the procedures for the implementation of the revised Lisbon Strategy.
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21+22 June, Prague Conference Center
A conference and exhibition on European policy, new research and INTERREG projects. Organised by the INTERACT Point Qualification & Transfer and ESPON.
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There are still a few places left for participation at this seminar arranged by INTERACT Point Qualification & Transfer.
If you work with the daily implementation of a IIIA programme and would like to attend, please send an e-mail to ip.qt@interact-eu.net to receive a registration form.
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On 12 April 2005, the European Commission adopted a proposal to integrate the existing annual Broad Economic Policy Guidelines and the Employment Guidelines in order to focus and simplify the implementation of the Lisbon Strategy.
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The European Commission's Regional Policy Directorate-General is looking for 60-80 speakers from all EU Member States and candidate countries to give presentations during the "OPEN DAYS 2005 - European Week of Regions and Cities".
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The April 2005 issue of the URBACT newsletter is available online.
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An event announcement form has been added to the INTERACT Website.
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INTERACT Point Qualification & Transfer in cooperation with ESPON is currently carrying out a study on transport with the aim to come up with ideas for future transport and/or communication projects.
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A number of new applications are now available in the INTERREG section of the website.
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The INTERACT Point Qualification & Transfer in cooperation with its partner, the European Spatial Planning Observation Network presents a call for tender.
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The Hungary-Slovakia – Ukraine Neighbourhood Programme is seeking proposals for cross-border co-operation projects.
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The March 2005 issue of the URBACT newsletter is available online.
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On 21 and 22 February 2005, DG REGIO organised a seminar on the future Objective 3. More than 200 participants from the 25 Member States, as well as Bulgaria and Romania, attended the seminar.
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Study on the "Adaptation of Cohesion Policy to the enlarged Europe and the Lisbon and Gothenburg objectives from 2007"
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Baltic Sea Region, INTERREG IIIB, is launching their Seventh Call for Proposals on 1 February 2005.
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Baltic Sea Region, INTERREG IIIB, is launching their Seventh Call for Seed Money Applications
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INTERACT Point Information & Animation invites you to tender for translation of the INTERACT Website, a project database and documents in general.
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INTERACT Project IQ-Train launches website!
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To mark the start of 2005, new features are now available on the INTERACT Website.
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The European Commission has announced nine new cross-border and neighbourhood programmes between regions in the ten new Member States, accession countries and third countries which were adopted at the end of 2004 as part of European Regional Policy.
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On 17 December 2004, the National Agency of Regional Development of the Republic of Slovenia as the Managing Authority of the Neighbourhood Programme Slovenia-Hungary-Croatia 2004-2006 published the first joint call for project proposals in the frame of the Neighbourhood Programme Slovenia-Hungary-Croatia 2004-2006.
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INTERACT Monitoring and Steering Committee approves 18 INTERACT Projects under the Second Call for Proposals.
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The Committee of the Regions and the European invite representative offices of regions and cities in Brussels to participate in the OPEN DAYS 2005.
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The INTERREG IIIB CADSES Programme launches its third Call for Proposals on 8 November 2004.
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Maritime Safety is an important issue along the European coasts. Recent accidents have affected many regions in different countries simultaneously.
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