A delegation made up by the Italian and Hungarian partners of RUMOBIL and their stakeholders visited Osterburg (Saxony-Anhalt) on 30 May 2018 to learn more about the citizen bus that is in operation there since three months. The delegation was welcomed by Osterburg's mayor Nico Schulze. The guests first learned more about the pilot project's... read more
Topic: Demographic change, Transport
On 15-17 May 2018 a first thematic International Stakeholder Seminar within the project VirtualArch took place in Zadar Project partners and stakeholders from the fields of archaeology, tourism and creative industries met to discuss topics concerning the tourism as chance and challenge for the protection of archaeological heritage, 3D... read more
Topic: Cultural heritage, Tourism
The City of Zadar (HR) hosted the last thematic workshop of the OptiTrans project (16 – 17 May 2018) with the specific focus on „Public transport networks and flexibilisation“. Demand-responsive transport or flexible transport services is an advanced, user oriented form of public transport characterized by flexible routing and scheduling of... read more
Topic: Transport
Around 70 stakeholders participated in a Convention of Border Towns in Görlitz to discuss the future of the cross-border cooperation between Saxony and Poland. The event focused on cross-border synergies in the provision of services of general interest that are already used in other border regions. Participants also agreed on the importance of... read more
Topic: Civic protection, Demographic change, Institutional capacitiesAbruzzo Region hosted the third thematic Workshop of the OptiTrans project in L’Aquila on 18-19 April 2018. Stroked by an earthquake in 2009 the restoration of the regional public transport system is in the political focus. “Use of ICT to react in realtime to fluctuating demand” and “Rural-urban linkage development approach: the role of... read more
Topic: Transport
On the 23 and 24 of April 2018, within the project MineLife, a two-day workshop in Demitz-Thumitz took place. One of the main objectives was to analyze the conflicts caused by active mining, to learn about the procedures in conflict management in the partner country and to compare the proposed solutions in both countries. There are two more... read more
Topic: Institutional capacities, Urban and rural development
Saxony-Anhalt’s second citizen bus is inaugurated on Friday, April 27, 2018 at Möser by the Minister for Regional Development and Transport of Saxony-Anhalt, Thomas Webel. On May 3, 2018, it will go into regular service on seven routes within the rural municipality. The bus is conducted by voluntary drivers to improve the accessibility of... read more
Topic: Demographic change, Transport
After all eleven partner regions/countries involved in SKILLS+ were visited by international peer review teams composed by both project partners and external stakeholders, each partner has now received a set of recommendations to take into account for the elaboration of an Action plan detailing how the results of the policy learning will be... read more
Topic: Urban and rural development
Partner of ArchaeoMontan 2018 met on 9 April 2018 in the Czech city of Loket for the 13th work group meeting to discuss the final phase of the project. Important topics included the final publication of the project’s results and the preparation of the Final Conference which is scheduled to take place in Dippoldiswalde on 23 & 24 August 2018.... read more
Topic: Cultural heritage
The last presentation of the travelling exhibition “Silver Rush and Berggeschrey” has been opened on 23 March 2018 in Freiberg. The exhibition resulted from the project ArchaeoMontan in 2014 and has already been presented in Jáchymov (CZ), Dippoldiswalde, Raddusch und Altzella, receiving more than 60,000 visitors. Freiberg presents the... read more
Topic: Cultural heritage