The project WOMEN aims to find solutions to limit a further brain-drain of young females from rural areas already severely challenged by demographic change. The project is designed to improve pull-factors discouraging outbound migration of young females. The approach hereby is to enhance the conditions that allow young women to participate in... read more
Topic: Demographic change
More than 25 experts in archaeology, history, geology, mineralogy and others from both the Czech Republic and Germany are collaborating over a period of about three years to investigate, research and present the medieval mining activities of the Ore Mountains. The project ArchaeoMontan aims to establish a long-term bi-national archaeological... read more
Topic: Cultural heritage
The project “Together for the Border Area..” promotes the strengthening of cooperation among public authorities along the border between Lower Silesia and Saxony. The lifetime of three years shall be used to bring the traditional partnership between the Free State of Saxony and the Voivodship Lower Silesia to new qualities. Joint seminars,... read more
Topic: Institutional capacities
Funded by the State of Saxony, core-consult investigates the international networks of the city of Löbau, its associations and communities. The study will help to identify themes for possible European projects for which funding from 2014-2020 programmes. Processing period: 04/2014 -... read more
Topic: Civic protection, Urban and rural development
The successful cooperation of the twinned towns of Oelsnitz/Erzgeb. and Chodov is intensifying through this project which involves further stakeholders in the cooperation. Especially youth are addressed to seek a leading role in their towns’ ecological renewal. In parallel, a number of studies investigate the lasting impact of former mining... read more
Topic: Institutional capacities, Nature and environmental protection
Sanaero addresses environmental protection, especially of contaminated brownfields such as former industrial and military areas in the German-Polish border area. At present, decontaminating brownfields is not a priority for regional development in Poland; a systematic methodology to analyse brownfield sites and to explore their revitalisation... read more
Topic: Nature and environmental protection
The "Karlsroute" aims to realise a cross-border cycling route of the same name linking the cities of Aue (Germany) and Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic). The route will provide the missing link between the Mulde valley cycling route in Germany and the Eger valley route in the Czech Republic. In addition to a main route, a number of side tracks will be... read more
Topic: Tourism, Urban and rural development
core-consult supports the administrative implementation of the Federal German Programme for Transnational Cooperation on behalf of the Federal Institute for Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Research, Bonn to assist German partners in the framework of transnational programmes (Interreg). As research assistance the activities also include the... read more
Topic: Institutional capacities
The City of Löbau aims to establish itself as leading congress and tradeshow location in the border area between Saxony and Lower Silesia. In the framework of the project "Economic Co-operation and Exhibitions", a new agriculture tradeshow with companies from both Germany and Poland participating is realised. Main attraction for visitors is... read more
Topic: Urban and rural development
The common mining and railroad history is a key aspect of the partnership between the twinned towns of Oelsnitz/Erzgeb. and Chodov and shall therefore be further investigated and communicated to local citizens with the help of this cross-border project. To this aim, a German-Czech meeting pavillon, also usable as a “green class room” for... read more
Topic: Tourism