The new Development Plan of Burgenland includes three elements:
project partner: Regionalconsult
Academic course at the University of Klagenfurt regarding the following questions: How does the idea of establishing a protected area (PA) develop? How can it be promoted effectively?
Project website: http://mpa.e-c-o.at
The project Együtt was implemented by a network of partners from Lower Austria and Hungary in the framework of INTERREG IIIA. It aimed at establishing cooperation between small- and medium-sized companies from both sides of the border. mecca evaluated whether the project objectives have been achieved and which of the used instruments could be basis for further cooperation in the programme periode of 2007-2013.
Facing progressive structural changes in agriculture and forestry, peripheral regions are being forced into taking radical steps to protect their economic survival. As a result a Europe-wide movement has begun to move rural regions towards a sustainable economic model. Innovations in sustainable programs within the areas of tourism, energy and resource saving are being watched with anticipation. Students of architecture, spatial planning and civil engineering at the TU Vienna were the main target group of this course.
Project-link: Handout
project partner: Research Unit for Regional Planning and Regional Development (Institute of Spatial Planning, Vienna University of Technology)