Green Communities

Programme 2007 - 2013 Ireland - Wales (UK-IE)

Date of latest update: 2021-04-06

Description

Description (EN):

Project Aims • Support people to take responsibility for their local environment and develop an effective model, through co operation, for engaging communities in the improvement and conservation of the natural environment. • Raise awareness of the overall climate change in the community • Reduce the impact of climate change through local community action • Use environmental protection actions to encourage social inclusion Project Objectives • To establish supports and promote community group action to improve the quality of the Welsh / Irish environment • To assist community groups to undertake practical environmental work, which, will lead to the improved biodiversity of the region • Improve access to green spaces and transform neglected areas to bring them back into community use • Improve social wellbeing by engaging a wide variety of individuals and groups in community action • Develop and exchange best practise for community group structures and low carbon activity between Wales and Ireland. • Provide training for volunteers • Assess aspects of carbon production ( footprinting) resource conservation and sustainability of community group activity • Identify actions to mitigate any negative aspects of carbon production of community group activity where possible. • Encourage widespread use of the carbon footprinting tool

Website: http://www.irelandwales.ie/

Thematic information

Sustainable management of natural resources Climate change and biodiversity

Partners (2)

Lead Partner: Keep Wales Tidy

Address: Unit 5A, Swifts Alley, Francis StreetDublin 8, Ireland

Legal status: n/a

The National Trust for Ireland

Name: The National Trust for Ireland

Address: D08 X2A3 Dublin, Ireland

Legal status: n/a

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Summary

Project name (EN): Green Communities

Project acronym: Green Communities

Project start date: 2008-04-01

Project end date: 2011-03-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 510 342.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 132 756.00

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2007 - 2013 Ireland - Wales (UK-IE)

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

2015-05-01

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

41 / 41 (100%)

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

132 / 132 (100%)

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