The GuardEn Project:
Guardians of Environment Framework:
An Integrated Approach of Strategies for
Prevention of Soil Pollution and Rehabilitation of
Harmed Territories
1st STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING
Padua 14-15 March 2013
Location:
ARPA VENETO
Via Ospedale, 22 - PADOVA
Organized by :
Veneto Agricoltura – IRECOOP Veneto – ARPA Veneto
AGENDA
First Day, Thursday, 14th March 2013
09:00 - 09:30
09:30 - 09:45
09:45 – 10:15
10:15 -11:00
11:15-11:30
11:30-12:30
12:30-14:00
14:00-15:30
15:30-17:00
Registration –Reception
Welcome and Opening Speeches by the hosts
Overall Project Short Presentation + Briefing of activities by each partner (2min.
each)
WP2 Progress: Communication activities
Responsible Partner: Regional Institute for Education and Co-operatives Studies
(IRECOOP)
 Communication Plan status
 Definition of the Partners’ Communication Officers
 Monitoring of Publicity – Communication actions
 Website progress
Questions and answers – discussion
Coffee Break
WP3 progress: Identification-Analysis of the Current Status
Responsible Partner – Coordinator of the Session: Regional Agency for
Environmental Prevention and Protection of Veneto Region (ARPAV) – Authors:
Activity Leaders: 3.1 and 3.3 ARPAV, 3.2 University of Plovdiv.
 Activity templates and methodologies, Partners’ Roles.
 Up-to-date progress, deadlines
 Questions and answers – discussion
WP4 progress: Design and Development of the Guardians of Environment
Framework- (GuardEn Framework)
Responsible Partner – Coordinator of the Session: Szent István University, Faculty
of Agriculture And Environmental Sciences, Institute of Environment And
Landscape Management – SIU. Authors: Activity Leaders: 4.1 and 4.2 SIU, 4.3 BIC
of Attika, 4.4 IRECOOP.
 Activity methodologies - templates, Partners’ Roles.
 Status of Activities, deadlines
Questions and answers – discussion
Lunch
WP1 Progress: Transnational project and financial management
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Responsible Partner: LP – Region of Peloponnese (REGPEL)
Moderator: Business and Innovation Centre of Attika (BIC of Attika)
Steering Committee establishment-operation, members, replacements
Scientific and Technical Board establishment-operation
First progress report requirements, reporting procedures
IPA partners progress of contracting
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17:00-17:30
Spending forecast for the first reporting period
Financial management: Eligibility of expenditures- documentation,
administrative/accounting, procedures, deadlines, certification
procedures, (IMIS), financial flows
Questions and answers- Overview of next day agenda
Dinner c/o Restaurant Isola di Caprera Via Marsilio da Padova 15 c/o
20:00
Piazza della Frutta e Palazzo della Ragione
(http://www.ristoranteisoladicaprera.it/doveframe.html)
Second Day, Friday, 15th March 2013
08:45
10:00 – 10:15
Departure in front of Zairo Restaurant – Prato della Valle- Location: Veneto
Agricoltura – Pilot Enterprise “Vallevecchia” – Via Dossetto, 1 Loc. Brussa Caorle (VE) http://www.vallevecchia.it/
11:00 – 11:15
11:15 - 11:30
Presentation of the Pilot Demonstrative Farm Vallevecchia case study
WP5 Issues: Establishment and Operation of the Transnational GuardEn Expert
Network and of Territorial Volunteers -Clusters (GuardEn Clusters) in the Target
Regions - Capacity Building - Elaboration of Pilot Strategies
Responsible Partner: Thessalonica Agricultural and Industrial Institute (AFS)
 Milestones for the next 6 months
 Questions and answers – discussion
Detailed schedule and expected outputs up to June 2013 (LP, WP Leaders)
Conclusions, Important Deadlines - Next Meeting- End of meeting
11:30- 12:30
Guided tour of the farm
12:30- 13:30
Visit to the Environmental Museum (MAV)
10:15 - 11:00
13:30
Lunch
15.30
Return to Padua – Stop in Prato della Valle