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The Project "PANforAMAR" – Protected Areas network for Adriatic Ionian Macro Region, funded under the AII Regional Cooperation Program, has been successfully concluded. With the aim of raising awareness over the huge historical richness of the Adriatic and Ionian basin, the promoters of the project did develop a cooperative dialogue tool able to raise gather interested stakeholders around bigger cooperation projects having as objective a better management of tourist flows, at improving sustainable tourism and at increasing non seasonal tourism.
The project was led by the Marine Protected Area of Torre del Cerrano in the framework of the AdriaPan network and with the participation of partners coming from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Montenegro and Slovenia.
The "Launch Conference of the EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region" that will take place in Brussels on 18 November 2014 (The meeting center "Le Square") is organized by the Italian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, in cooperation with the European Commission, and together with the Adriatic and Ionian Initiative and Marche Region (as Presidency of the Adriatic Ionian Interregional Group of the Committee of the Region).
With the objective of providing a framework for its implementation, the Conference features a high-level institutional session followed by a technical session addressed to the key implementers (national and regional authorities responsible for the EUSAIR and the management of EU funds, EU institutions, regional organisations and bodies). This is a timely opportunity to discuss and exchange on the governance and management architecture of the Strategy, through which the participating countries, in partnership with the European Commission, will join forces to move from words to actions.
For more information on the Conference (including a draft programme) visit the EVENT WEBSITE.
Participation is intended for the Strategy's implementers:
• national and regional authorities responsible for the implementation of the Strategy and for the management of EU funds;
• EU institutions (relevant Commission services, Council, European Parliament, Committee of the Region, Economic and social Committee)
• regional organizations and bodies
Registration for the event is open.
The SUNBEAM project, submitted in the framework of the Erasmus Mundus Programme - Action 2 Strand 1 - Call for Proposals EACEA/18/13, has been selected for funding by the European Commission. The projectis led by the Università Politecnica delle Marche, will have a duration of 48 months and a budget of about 3 million €. The AII Permanent Secretariat is associated partner in the project.
The activities will be implemented by a partnership of Universities mainly belonging to the Uniadrion network (Virtual network of universities of the Adriatic-ionian basin). They consist in the organization and implementation of a structured mobility of students, academic and administrative staff.
The reinforcement of the Uniadrion network is one of the objectives on the project that will focus on the fields of interest already shared by the network's members: protection, cataloguing and promotion of cultural heritage; environment and sustainable development; cultural tourism and development; communication, ports and economic relations.
The aim of the project in the short to medium term is to strengthen and consolidate academic cooperation among Higher Education Institutions of the Adriatic-Ionian area. The network of relations to be created thanks to mobility flows will represent the academic and cultural infrastructure of the future Adriatic-Ionian Macro-region.
The long-term target is to establish a platform for sharing educational paths in order to implement joint programmes for the awarding of joint titles among the universities in the countries of the area and to create an adequate scientific background for the Adriatic-ionian macro-region.
The Adriatic Mediterranean Festival has dedicated its second day of events to Bosnia and Herzegovina to mark the longstanding friendship among Ancona and Sarajevo.
Amb. Ivan Orlic as the President-in-Office of the Adriatic and Ionian Initiative has attended to the "Bosnia and Herzegovina Day" as guest of honor. Together with the Secretary General of the AII, Amb. Pigliapoco, he has paid a visit to the local and regional authorities and addressed the audience of the Festival introducing the concert of the popular band from Sarajevo "Divanhana" at the city theater.
The event follows the inauguration of the Adriatic Mediterranean Festival that this year was specially held in Sarajevo with the cultural event "Sarajevo , a port with no sea – music, tales and songs" with the participation of Moni Ovadia and Minka Muftic.
The Communication on the EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region, accompanied by its Action Plan, has been adopted by the European Commission on 17 June last.
Both documents are available on the following link http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/cooperate/adriat_ionian/documents_en.cfm#1 .
The Communication and the Action plan will be discussed in the Council with a view of its endorsement by the European Council during the Italian presidency (second semester of 2014). After this, the implementation period will formally start.
The AII Permanent Secretariat notes with satisfaction that the Communication of the Commission attaches great relevance to the work done by the AII mentioning, as the first beneficial element to the Strategy,
"the experience over more than a decade of the inter-governmental Adriatic-Ionian Initiative. Successful cooperation has already created strong links between participating countries, and spin-off regional co-operation between cities, chambers of commerce and universities"