Almost 20 representatives of local and national media from Germany and Poland responded to an invitation of the Saxon State Ministry of the Interior and the Marshall Office of the Lower Silesian Voivodship to participate in a media tour of the Saxon-Lower Silesian border area on December 5th and 6th, 2019. On different locations they learned how... read more
Topic: Institutional capacities
The OptiTrans partnership met in Erfurt on 29-20 Nov 2019 for the final project event of phase 1. In the coming two years the implementation of the elaborated action plans will be monitored, aiming at the improvement of the public transport system in the regions through the effective use of funding... read more
Topic: Transport
The Regional Archive of Karlovy Vary and the municipality's Museum of Karlovy Vary were destinations of a site-visit of the partners of the Archiv-Net project on November 26th, 2019. On site, participants learned about the history and legal framework of archives of the Czech Republic and the archeological collection of the local museum. Another... read more
Topic: Cultural heritage, Urban and rural development
The medieval mines of Dippoldiswalde are part of the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage "Mining Cultural Landscape Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří" symbolizing the oldest legacies of mining activities in Saxony. As they can no longer be visited by the public, modern technologies are used to allow nevertheless their exploration. The first two items of the... read more
Topic: Cultural heritage
This question was subject of a lively debate among the participatns of the second transnational partner meeting of the ARRIVAL REGIONS project which took place between November 20th and 22nd, 2019, in Pilsen (CZ). The project aims at improving the social and economic integration of non-EU nationals, hence refugees and migrant workers alike.... read more
Topic: Urban and rural development
Project partners of the transnational Danube area project D2C-Dare2Connect met between the 29th and 31st of October 2019 for an international project partner meeting in Virovitica, Croatia right at the croatian-hungarian Green Belt. All partners shortly presented the findings of the field studies they carried out and outlined the further strategy.... read more
Topic: Nature and environmental protection
As partner of the ARRIVAL REGIONS project, Burgenlandkreis aims to realise a pilot measure starting in spring 2020 to promote the integration of young refugees into the labour market. The focus will be on those enrolling and continuing apprenticeships who shall benefit from additional activities aiming at their societal integration. The idea for... read more
Topic: Urban and rural development
On the 7.11.2019 the closing conference of the Smart Integration project, which is financed through funds from the INTERREG Poland-Saxony 2014-2020 cooperation programme, took place in Görlitz. As part of the conference a study about the saxonian and lower silesian border region was presented. It examines in detail the current state in areas of... read more
Topic: Institutional capacities
As of November 2019 core-consult has been assigned as contractor for the external project and financial management of the REIF project. REIF aims to promote the shift of cargo transports from road to rail and is coordinated by Thuringia's Ministry for Infrastructure and Agriculture as Lead partner. The assignment allows core-consult's team to... read more
Topic: Transport
On 25.10.2019 the first partners meeting of the project 1000 years of Upper Lusatia - people, towns and cities took place. The project involves six partners, three on the Polish side and three on the German side. During that meeting, the individual activities planned in the project were discussed. The project partners also signed a partnership... read more
Topic: Cultural heritage, Education