INTERREG III B CADSES
Out of the three strands (A,B,C) of the
Community Initiative Interreg III, CADSES (Central,
Adriatic, Danubian and South-Eastern European Space) belongs to the B
strand, addressing trans-european cooperation on a transnational level,
whereas the cornerstone of strands A and C are cross-border cooperation
and transregional cooperation respectively. CADSES aims at achieving
higher territorial and economic integration within the co-operation
area, promoting more balanced and harmonious development of the European
space.
The CADSES Programme
is, among the 13 transnational co-operation areas in Europe, the
largest and most complex area. From the coasts of the Baltic Sea,
through the mountains of the Central Europe and the Hungarian plains,
through the Austrian and Slovenian alpine landscapes, CADSES stretches
down to western Italy and Greece, thus grouping the Balkan regions,
including Moldova and part of Ukraine. The CADSES area comprises regions
belonging to
18 countries : 9 of
them are EU-Member States (Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece,
Hungary, Italy, Poland, Slovak Republic and Slovenia) and 9 are Non-EU-Member
states (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Federation
of Serbia and Montenegro, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
Republic of Moldova, Romania and Ukraine).
Around 200 million people, more than
15 ethnic groups, in this lively framework, CADSES has collected new
challenges: the enlargement and the Neighbourhood. As of 1st May 2004
Poland, Slovenia, Hungary, Czech and Slovak Republics received a new
status, as members of the European Union. At the same time, the INTERREG
III B CADSES programme was transformed into a
Neighbourhood Programme (NP).
These programmes are based on the existing INTERREG programmes along the
border. The NP is a step forward to develop a new financial instrument
for future cooperation in INTERREG (2007-2013).
CADSES has carried out the mission of
INTERREG into four
priorities and twelve measures
covering themes like spatial, urban and rural development and
immigration (Priority 1), transport systems and access to the
information society (Priority 2), landscape, natural and cultural
heritage (Priority 3) and environment protection, resource management
and risk prevention (Priority 4).
The
approved projects
fall within the scope of these priorities and measures. They generally
attract partners from at least two EU Member States within the
cooperation area, since the ultimate aim of INTERREG IIIB is to promote
joint solutions to transnational and common issues through transnational
co-operation.
Short description
B-CROSS project aims
are the development of a Business Cooperation Network among Chambers of
Commerce and Industry in CADSES and other INTERREG III B co-operation
areas, that will use a Business Cooperation One Stop Shop (B-CROSS) to
support and enforce Business Cooperation among SMEs in the involved
countries. B-CROSS takes advantage of the existing experience and
special know-how on ICT technology, ICT services offered by Chambers and
Business Cooperation available in the partnership. B-CROSS includes
mechanisms for connecting to different Chamber ICT systems where the
existing business digital content is available. Other special services
that will be developed will include services for the presentation of the
regional characteristics and offered opportunities, user friendly tools
to help SMEs create small product and company profiles, integrated
transnational business catalogues and yellow pages, synchronous and
asynchronous collaboration tools, and training services, among others.
B-CROSS works as the tool to promote market opportunities, and match
Offer- Demand of Products and Services to support SMEs towards business
cooperation. During the course of the project the CCI network that will
be developed, will include experts from other Chambers or related
business efforts, so B-CROSS will be easily expanded with the entrance
of new regions, (through the respective Chambers, SMEs Associations),
and new applications. The large investment after the end of the project
will be studied in the Business plan that the B-CROSS CCI network will
publish.
Duration
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Start: |
01/2003 |
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End: |
06/2005 |
Project Partners
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UNION OF HELLENIC CHAMBERS OF
COMMERCE, ATHENS, Greece
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WIRTSCHAFTSKAMMER STEIERMARK (STYRIAN
ECONOMIC CHAMBER), Graz, Austria
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VENETO UNION OF CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE –
DEPARTMENT FOR EUROPEAN POLICIES EIC IT378, Venezia, Italy
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF CAMPOBASSO,
Campobasso, Italy
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KNOWLEDGE SA, Patras, Greece
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SYSTEMA INFORMATICS S.A., Athens,
Greece
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BULGARIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND
INDUSTRY, Sofia, Bulgaria
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MINISTRY FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED
ENTERPRISES & COOPERATIVES, Bucharest, Romania
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