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A conference to celebrate 10 years of SEA Directive announced

Mojca Hrabar — Sun, 15 May 2011 08:53:13 +0000

In 2005, the International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA) has organised a highly successful global theme conference on SEA in Prague. As we are IAIA members and the topic is of particular...

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Is politics serious enough for Smart Specialisation?

Jurij Kobal — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 21:40:53 +0000

Regional smart specialization strategies will require changes in almost any respect imaginable. Regional leadership will have to understand the strategy it is developing with all its benefits and...

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Business advise #2

Jurij Kobal — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 21:37:57 +0000

Regions will start developing new regional development programs for the new financing period soon. Some better regions already know what is their unique selling point they are already building their...

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Presenting Place Based Intervention on “R&D and Innovation in Cross-Border Areas” Forum

Jurij Kobal — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 12:33:24 +0000

Association of European Border Regions organized R&D and Innovation in Cross-Border Areas conference. The conference was organized under invitation of Mr. Alfonso Rueda Valenzuela, Regional...

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Working in South East Europe

Jurij Kobal — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 12:24:14 +0000

One of our top project managers Jurij Kobal held a training in Project cycle management for the Pelagonia region in Macedonia. the training was organized by the MCMS. The training was organized for...

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High in environmental awareness, low on environmental ideas of EU dimension

Mojca Hrabar — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:48:20 +0000

For the 4th year in a row, Oikos held the information session on LIFE+ which is the largest EU »bottom up« financial insturment for environment, organised by Stella Consulting and MWH for the...

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Smart growth in demand: Google asks Mountain View, CA

Jurij Kobal — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 19:01:02 +0000

Technology megaplayer Google – known widely for attracting some of the most talented web developers in the world – is using its position as a large employer in a small city to encourage smart growth...

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Why Smart Growth?

Oikos — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 17:28:50 +0000

Health, schools, taxes, traffic, the environment, economic growth, fairness, opportunity—many of the things we care about—are all affected by development decisions. From the length of our daily...

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Nature protection a tool for Smart specialization

Jurij Kobal — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 10:34:57 +0000

Nature conservation seems to have gone the other way as competitivness did. Both will need to merge in order to best serve regions and thier specialization needs. Nature conservated areas are not...

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Business advise #1

Jurij Kobal — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 08:43:07 +0000

Regions are in close corelation with business. Regional growth is fully depending on business growth. But be carefull regions need to develop skills and tools to invite business in development and...

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