Within the European Union the issue of territorial transformation and management is one of the main fields of public action. Starting with the European Spatial Development Perspective (ESDP), approved in 1999, and subsequent strategies defined at the Lisbon (2000) and the Gothenburg (2001) councils, the European Union has identified policy options and keywords such as territorial cohesion, polycentric development and co-planning. [+]

ProgreSDEC aims at activating an exchange of experiences and joint experimentations of methods and procedures for territorial planning and policies related to selected fields of the ESDP. Therefore, the project is looking at planning strategies on the national level. [+]

ProgreSDEC’s Partners: Regione Lazio, Regione Piemonte, Regione Siciliana, Central and Western Macedonia, Community of Madrid, Region of Navarre and Institute for Regional Development and Structural Planning (IRS) of the Region of Brandenburg, met last 19th and 20th April in the 5th Technical Meeting and Steering Committee that took place in Pamplona (Navarre). [+]

The Project CIPROGIS “Geographical Information Systems and Civil Protection for the Citizens”, a subproject of the Project PROGRESDEC, aims at developing GIS systems for civil protection in order to increase the citizens’ awareness and keep them updated regarding the encountering of natural and man-made catastrophes, as well as to provide useful information for enhanced territorial planning and programming in the Prefecture of Thessaloniki (GR) and the Community of Viterbo (IT). [+]

The second COLORE “Countryside and Landscape Opportunities for Renewable Energies” meeting took place in Alto Jarama Atazar, Madrid Region, and it was held along April 23rd and 24TH . The participants were from Rieti Province, Ragusa Province, DipSU Rome, Alto Jarama Spain, Novi Ligure and Diadyma. [+]

The Project CULTISM “Master Plans for the Development of Cultural Tourism”, a subproject of the Project PROGRESDEC, aims to explore the opportunities & build on the strengths of cultural tourism, which can act as a vehicle for economic & social cohesion and balanced spatial development in the prefecture of Thessaloniki and the area of Castelli Romani, eliminate seasonality of tourism and achieve differentiation in the tourism product through the development of policies at a transnational level for exploiting the opportunities offered by cultural tourism. [+]

The second meeting between CUT partners began 16th April in the Dotsiko Área in a lovely place called Filippoei. We arrived in a delicious hotel on the top of the mountain - there was snow all over the big mountain around. The atmosphere was so kind and partners met was as all friends. [+]

The Project GATE-INN “Strategic Gate for the Monitoring of Innovation and its Results”, a subproject of the Project PROGRESDEC, aims at implementing preparatory actions for the formulation of a Strategic Gate that will allow the identification of innovative initiatives in the prefecture of Thessaloniki, the province of Rome and the area of the Castelli Romani, the recording of their results and, ultimately, the way with which they contribute to spatial development. [+]

The LAMCODE second meeting took place in Kozani, in Western Macedonia, on May 14th and 15th, the hosting partner was Depopok S.A.. Representative delegations of all partners were present, including all external assistance teams. [+]

Snapshots of an experience.
Cooperating is always an experience, sometimes it’s a tiring one, but if the project you’re working out is interesting, it happens that from a certain point on things just simply go on smooth. This is what is actually happening within the subproject called “Landsible”, on landscape responsibility.. [+]

Progresland project provides a several activities about the international approach. The transnational activities and actions are the base for a good result of the subproject. We organized three international Conference in order to discuss the principal themes of the project, to assure a real interchange between the participants and to promote the project international level. [+]

The name given to the project developed by the municipalities of Catania, Novara and Navalcarnero, “RegeneratioNet”, describes the intent and objectives of the project itself: to create a network of urban regeneration amongst cities. [+]

Public enterprise Nasursa, through the Territorial Observatory of Navarre, leads RePlan subproyect. Its partners are the Greek region of Kozani (Western Macedonia) and the Italian region of Lazio. [+]

The second meeting of the SSTILE sub-project took place on April 27th in the Town Hall of the Municipal Authority of Mouriki, Prefecture of Kozani (Western Macedonia, Greece). The meeting was hosted by the same Municipality of Mouriki, represented by the Mayor, Mrs. Paraskevi Vryzidou. Present people included representatives from the public authorities, university departments and private consulting firms involved, on behalf of the Province of Latina (Lead Partner, Italy), the Province of Palermo (Italy), the Municipal Authority of Mouriki (Greece), and the Prefectural Authority of Thessaloniki (Greece). The Province of Vercelli (Italy) was represented by the Department of Urban Studies of the University of Roma Tre (Italy). [+]

UD&EP Project (Urban Development and Environmental Protection) research the confrontation and look for solutions to overcome the conflicts between Urban Development and Environmental disciplines as in Spain as in the European Union. The analysis of differences and conflictive aspects as well as the alternative means to look for a solution (economic reference, collegiate decisions etc.) have been first carried out in the Comunidad de Madrid, municipalities of Robledo de Chavela, Pelayos de la Presa and Colmenar del Arroyo. [+]