Transport
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RegioStars Awards 2011: Innovative and sustainable mobility (CIVITAS)
23/06/2011This video presents the different initiatives in Funchal, the capital of Madeira, implemented by the local authorities with support from EU Regional Policy in relation to innovative and sustainable mobility. By encouraging the use of cleaner transport modes and practices, this action is aimed at both the region’s inhabitants and, above all, at tourists, who are key actors in the development of the local economy. The CIVITAS initiative is being co-funded by the EU’s European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) as part of EU Regional Policy aid for transport infrastructures.
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RegioStars Awards 2011: Innovative and sustainable mobility (CIVITAS) (story)
23/06/2011In this video portrait, Eugenia Vasconcelos, a native and resident of Funchal, explains how the introduction of a bus route near her home has changed her life. Today, at nearly 80 years of age, she is rediscovering the freedom she had as a teenager: going out, moving around, getting together with other people, and so on. This achievement falls within the framework of an innovative and sustainable mobility policy implemented by the local authorities and given direct support by the EU.
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EU Strategy for the Danube Region: NEWADA
08/12/2010This video showcases the NEWADA (Network of Danube Waterway Administrations) project. Co-funded by the ERDF, it aims to increase cooperation between eight countries on improving infrastructures and developing waterway connections along the Danube – a vital transport corridor linking eastern and western Europe – chiefly by pooling the technical resources of the various river authorities.
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NEWADA: László Szabo (story)
08/12/2010This video profiles László Szabo, a customs officer in Mohacs, a small town at the crossroads between Hungary, Serbia and Croatia. Thanks to the NEWADA project, co-financed by the ERDF, he is now able to work in more modern conditions with his Serb and Croat colleagues.
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Podul Calafat-Vidin
08/12/2010Această înregistrare video prezintă proiectul podului care leagă localităţile Calafat, România, şi Vidin, Bulgaria. Cofinanţat de FEDER, începând din 2011, noul pod se va adăuga singurului punct de legătură dintre cele două ţări. Acest proiect reprezintă un avans major atât pentru transportul, cât şi pentru comerţul dintre zona Balcanilor şi restul Uniunii Europene.
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Danube Bridge 2: Mitroi Nicolae Daniel (story)
08/12/2010This video profiles Mitroi Nicolae Daniel, a native of Calafat and responsible for a construction team working on the Calafat-Vidin bridge. He, like many local workers, has found employment that is opening up new perspectives thanks to this project co-funded by the ERDF. As the head of a team responsible for laying the underground pipes that are designed to reduce water accumulation, he is developing a rewarding set of skills.