Alliance for the Effective Transnational Handling of Environmental Resources

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A Greece - Italy

Date of latest update: 2023-04-29

Description

Description (EN):

The project involves an integrated effort of most of the institutional and scientific community working on marine, coastal and maritime issues. The project covers different coastal, marine and mainland areas: - Puglia Region: “Inner Sea” of Taranto; the East coast of Salento in the marine protected area of Otranto-S.Maria di Leuca; - Western Greece Region: regional Units of Ilia and Achaia including the coastal and marine area expanding within the Ionion Sea; - Epirus Region: Siagiada coastline in R.U of Thesprotia; - Ionian Islands Region: three Regional Units of Corfu and Zakynthos. The Project will be based on three main phases: 1.Sharing of environmental assessment and co-planning and co-management of joint plans and protocols; 2.Networking and ITC tools; 3.Implementation of Pilot projects. The project starts from the elaboration of the mapping and analyses of the areas concerned in order to assess the environmental risks, the prevention measures and subsequent population alerting phase, with reference to the evaluated risks, which will produce effect on health, on products quality and consequently on social and community life. In the first phase the partnership will establish a joint governance and management of Plans integrating coastal and rural ecosystems protection measures and enhancing marine, coastal and mainland resources, thus enabling a integrated territorial productive system (rural and sea value chain) to strengthen environmental, social and economic sustainability. In particular, PPs will develop joint mapping - environmental risk assessment; ecosystem services management model; joint Protocol for monitoring landslides; Civil Protection Green Paper on environmental emergencies. During the second phase, PB1 will, first of all, adapt and restructure infrastructural assets necessary to strengthen cooperation activities and measures among PPs. Finally, PPs will implement pilot projects with an overall strategy encompassing clearly defined targets and measures which aim at protecting the territory of the target areas from pollution and natural risks, suggesting and elaborating potential alerting and remediation strategies and thus enabling to move towards more protected and sustainable productive systems at environmental, economic and social level.

Achievements (EN):

AETHER will recovery and set up the LIME "Laboratory for the Integrated Management of the Environment" where to carry out SEAL activities (“Sea-related Ecofriendliness’ Advantages and Lessons” and the STEP (“State-of-the-art Technology-based Environmental Protection” platform.The APP “LEPRE” (“Local Environmental Patrol for the Reporting of Emergencies”) and ARCA (“Awareness-Raising Chain Actions”), will strengthen the networking and capacity process of the project. Finally, PPs will implement pilot projects with an overall strategy encompassing clearly defined targets and measures which aim at protecting the territory of the target areas from pollution and natural risks, suggesting and elaborating potential alerting and remediation strategies and thus enabling to move towards more protected and sustainable productive systems at environmental, economic and social level: (PB1: Implementation of 2 Protocols for the eco-compatible breeding of the mussel farming in TA and for the processing and post-harvest phase of fishery products in Tricase, according to according to the national quality scheme "Sustainable Aquaculture" and the Code of ethical conduct for small-scale artisanal fisheries; PB2: Civil Protection Logistic Hub and pilot projects in Mar Piccolo (TA) and in the marine protected area of Otranto-S.Maria di Leuca – LE; PB3: Epitalio Airport Facilities Western Greece Region; PB4: Pilot actions on plastic littering (the coastline of Sagiada; PB5: Ionian Isles - Pilot actions on civil protection).

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Delivered Outputs (EN):

A laboratory for the integrated management of the Environment, a Civil Protection Logistic Hub in Taranto for prompt interventions in case of environmental emergencies, such as oil spills, tsunami, forest fires etc in the cross-border area;small infrastructural interventions and implementation of Protocols for sustainable and eco-compatible mussel farming industry in Taranto (Mar Piccolo), and for eco-compatible production, processing and post-harvest phase of fishery products in Tricase; setting-up of a Base for Civil Protection Operation equipped with drones (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)) in Epitalio airport; a focal point for marine litter processing in Sagiada Area together with systems to monitor the marine water and air pollution; new smart and low cost monitoring technologies for emergency planning and risk management in Corfu and Zakyntos

Thematic information

Managing natural and man-made threats, risk management

Specific Objective: Developing and testing of innovative technologies/ tools to reduce marine and air pollution

Thematic Objective: (06) preserving and protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency by:

Investment Priority: (06f) promoting innovative technologies to improve environmental protection and resource efficiency in the waste sector, water sector and with regard to soil, or to reduce air pollution

Partners (5)

Lead Partner: AGENZIA REGIONALE STRATEGICA PER LO SVILUPPO ECOSOSTENIBILE DEL TERRITORIO – REGIONE PUGLIA

Address: via Gentile 52, 70126 Bari, Italy

Legal status: public

Website: http://asset.regione.puglia.it/

Puglia Region

Name: Puglia Region

Department: Civil Protection Section

Address: Via Delle Magnolie 14 70026 Modugno (BA) 70026, 70026 Modugno, Italy

Legal status: public

Website: https://protezionecivile.puglia.it

Region of Ionian Islands

Name: Region of Ionian Islands

Address: Samara 13-49100 Corfu, 49100 Corfu, Greece

Legal status: public

Website: https://pin.gov.gr/home

Region of Epirus

Name: Region of Epirus

Address: 1 Plateia Pyrrou 45211, Ioannina 45221, 45221 Ioannina, Greece

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.php.gov.gr/

Region of Western Greece

Name: Region of Western Greece

Address: 32 N.N.R. Patron – Athinon 26441 Patras, 26441 Patras, Greece

Legal status: public

Website: https://www.pde.gov.gr/gr/

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Summary

Project name (EN): Alliance for the Effective Transnational Handling of Environmental Resources

Project acronym: Aether

Project start date: 2000-11-01

Project end date: 2023-10-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 4 500 000.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 3 825 000.00

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 3 825 000.00.

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Financing programme

2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A Greece - Italy

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2022-07-23

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

58 / 58 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

283 / 283 (100%)

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