European Projects

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Cornwall Council has facilitated a large number of projects using European funding to develop initiatives in Cornwall. Many of these can be found on www.convergencecornwall.com/. Other more modest marine, transportation, education, social and environmental projects work quietly behind the scenes to ensure that Cornwall continues to grow with the rest of Europe.

Cornwall Council has contributed to a large number of these projects to ensure the success of European funding programmes.

MERiFIC (Marine Energy in Far Peripheral and Island Communities)

The MERiFIC project seeks to advance the adoption of marine energy across the two regions of Cornwall and Finistère and the island communities of le Parc Naturel Marin d’Iroise and the Isles of Scilly. Project partners will work together to identify the specific opportunities and issues faced by peripheral and island communities in exploiting marine renewable energy resources with the aim of developing tool kits and resources for use by other similar communities. The project will develop and deliver joint activities between the two regions, looking at issues such as Marine energy resource assessment/mapping; Policy issues and potential barriers to marine energy development; Business and commercial opportunities for island/mainland communities; Island/mainland interaction on appropriate infrastructure and Community and stakeholder engagement with key groups (e.g. fishing, wave farm developers, and investors).

For further information please visit the website: MERiFIC

UNICREDS 

UNICREDS  The project ran from 2010 – 2012, working with European partners on a transferable economic model for the development of regional knowledge based economies. Central to the UNICREDS concept are multi-centred, collaborative universities which link education and research with the needs of local authorities, businesses and communities in peripheral regions. 

Download the final report:

• UNICREDS final report: University Partnerships for Prosperity - How Higher Education Can Help Build Regional Knowledge Based Economies in Europe 
• Summary of key findings 

For further information please visit the website: UNICREDS

ASPIRE

Development and adoption of Sustainable Energy Action Plans (SEAPs) to create Sustainable Energy Communities (SECs) in peripheral areas of the EU. The ASPIRE model aims to demonstrate and raise awareness of the role that sustainable energy can play in supporting community and economic development in such regions. The proposal focuses also on the identification of appropriate financing structures and schemes to support the creation of local energy services in low-density communities to further reduce reliance on external sources of energy supplies.

NEA II (Nautisme Espace Atlantique) 

Nautisme Espace Atlantique 2 (NEA2) is the next phase of a transnational project designed to develop the marine leisure sector across 10 Atlantic maritime regions. 

There are four strands to the project:

• Economic Development of the Marine Leisure Industry
• Environmental Awareness and Protection in the Marine Leisure Industry
• Social Inclusion in the Marine Leisure Industry
• Project Management and Joint Partnership Actions

CAMIS (Channel Arc Manche Integrated Strategy) 

To develop and implement an integrated maritime policy in the Channel area whilst fostering concrete co-operation between stakeholders. Outputs: Sustainable management strategy of marine environment and identification of Cross-border clusters

RSC (Regions for Sustainable Change)         

Cornwall Council is working with other Europe-wide partners on a follow up to the highly regarded GRDP project which aims to improve the environmental performance of regional development programmes and promote an EU-wide shift to climate friendly economies by developing the potential of regional development programmes to stimulate mitigation and adaptation to climate change to deliver sustainable socio-economic development.

RESGEN (From Research Infrastructure to Sustainable Energy and Reduction of CO2 Emissions)

The overall objective of RESGen project is to create realistic grounds and practical tools for developing regional energy self sufficiency, and potential innovative regional research-driven clusters across the EU analysis of regional sustainable energy policies and research agendas at EU, national and regional level, improving understanding of the sustainable energy concept in EU and definition of Joint Action Plans for further collaboration.

CHEOPS (Clear about Carbon)

Develop, test and deliver innovative approaches to using the procurement of goods and services as a driver towards achieving a low carbon economy.