INTERREG EUROPE
PROGRESS
PROGRESS project – PROmoting the Governance of Regional Ecosystem ServiceS – is an interregional cooperation project and its’ overall objective is to initiate a process of policy change in the partners’ regions improving the implementation of the policy instruments under Structural Funds programmes and other regional strategies dedicated to the conservation of biodiversity and the maintaining nature’s capacity to deliver the goods and services that we all need, through policy learning and capacity building activities. The policy instruments tackled by the project are the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) operational programme at regional or national level and other regional strategies dealing with the protection and valuing biodiversity and ecosystem services.
Project is made possible by the financial support from the Interreg Europe programme that helps regional and local governments across Europe to develop and deliver better policies. This project relates to the category “environment and resource efficiency”.
PROGRESS project involves six EU regions with the common goal of providing more sustainable ecosystem services and improving the well-being of European citizens. PROGRESS project is launched by six partners from Italy, Ireland, Hungary, Romania, Latvia and Spain. This partnership is led by the National Association of Italian Municipalities Tuscany from Italy. This 4-year project (August 2019 – July 2023) was approved within the Interreg Europe programme financed by the ERDF. Project implementation from Latvia is provided by the Institute of the Civil Engineering and Real Estate Economics of Riga Technical University.
The approach proposed by the project is firmly based on policy learning and capacity building of the partner organizations and relevant stakeholders of the concerned policy subsystems, as it stimulates a collective multidimensional and dynamic exchange of experience. The project brings together local authorities and their associations, local development agencies, universities and research centers with a balanced mix between more and less developed regions and thought to assure geographical balance. Exchange of experience is built on the partners’ competences and experience in the design and implementation of policies protecting and valuing biodiversity and ecosystem services.
Don’t miss this compilation of good practices related to ecosystem services!
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PROGRESS project – PROmoting the Governance of Regional Ecosystem ServiceS – is an interregional cooperation project and its’ overall objective is to initiate a process of policy change in the partners’ regions improving the implementation of the policy instruments under Structural Funds programmes and other regional strategies dedicated to the conservation of biodiversity and the maintaining nature’s capacity to deliver the goods and services that we all need, through policy learning and capacity building activities. The policy instruments tackled by the project are the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) operational programme at regional or national level and other regional strategies dealing with the protection and valuing biodiversity and ecosystem services.
Project is made possible by the financial support from the Interreg Europe programme that helps regional and local governments across Europe to develop and deliver better policies. This project relates to the category “environment and resource efficiency”.
PROGRESS project involves six EU regions with the common goal of providing more sustainable ecosystem services and improving the well-being of European citizens. PROGRESS project is launched by six partners from Italy, Ireland, Hungary, Romania, Latvia and Spain. This partnership is led by the National Association of Italian Municipalities Tuscany from Italy. This 4-year project (August 2019 – July 2023) was approved within the Interreg Europe programme financed by the ERDF. Project implementation from Latvia is provided by the Institute of the Civil Engineering and Real Estate Economics of Riga Technical University.
The approach proposed by the project is firmly based on policy learning and capacity building of the partner organizations and relevant stakeholders of the concerned policy subsystems, as it stimulates a collective multidimensional and dynamic exchange of experience. The project brings together local authorities and their associations, local development agencies, universities and research centers with a balanced mix between more and less developed regions and thought to assure geographical balance. Exchange of experience is built on the partners’ competences and experience in the design and implementation of policies protecting and valuing biodiversity and ecosystem services.
Don’t miss this compilation of good practices related to ecosystem services!
The sub-objective is to contribute to capacity building and policy learning in the partners’ regions by supporting exchange of experience among relevant stakeholders, in order to:
The Latvian single multi-fund Operational Programme ”Growth and Employment” (OP) aims at achieving key national development priorities along with the “Europe 2020” objectives. By combining support from the ERDF, ESF and the Cohesion Fund, the OP will provide a significant support to the economic growth and employment, with a particular focus on the competitiveness of Latvia’s economy. Among other, the OP focuses on measures dedicated to protecting the environment and promoting the sustainable use of resources (priority axis 5) aiming to ensure the balance between the nature protection and economic interests, to maintain and improve the status of ecosystems by ensuring availability of the ecosystem services and promoting the image of Latvia as a green country (5.4).
Environmental monitoring is currently performed to insufficient extent. Insufficient data on the current state of the environment is another reason why it is impossible to provide complete information on compliance with EU requirements, and there are no corresponding results to assess the influence of implementation of various measures on environmental quality.
Current policy instruments are not sufficiently targeted towards protecting biodiversity. The quality and accessibility of information, including environmental monitoring data, environmental education, promoting green thinking, are essential for implementation of EU directives and successful implementation of environmental policies.
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