Activities

The tangible, direct and immediate results of the project that are linked to the corresponding result indicators under the chosen specific objective are related to the improvement of the capacity of the public administration’s staff in environmental legislation content and delivery.

Within this context, the most direct, measurable foreseen results are linked to the following:

• The number of training seminars (open to all) – four (4), in corresponding countries.
• The maximum number of participants (public servants) – 100.
• The number of customized advanced digital open source tools and services for use by public bodies – three (3): i) irrigational water management, ii) evaluation of codes of good agricultural practices and iii) large-scale soil erosion risk assessment.

Other results of the project whose effect cannot be quantified easily at this stage can be considered the following:

• The improved protection of the natural resources (soil and water) within the project’s territories (especially the pilot operation areas).
• The enhanced equipment and technical capacity of the participating bodies.
• The acquisition of comparable, continuous and reliable environmental quality datasets.
• The increased public awareness, diffusion of knowledge on environmental issues and regulatory commitments.
• The increased bondage among participating bodies/countries.

Allocation of responsibilities to partners has been based on the advantages of each one in order to use their resources in the most effective way.

The project is up to a large extent based on the connection between the LP who acts as the service provider/know-how disseminator and the rest of the partners all representing public bodies/end users of the provided services.

• WP1: All partners will be involved in project management-financial monitoring-technical meetings while the LP will undertake the overall coordination, the quality assurance, and the establishment of PMC and SAB.
• WP2: All countries will contribute to publicity actions within their respective territories (LP, P2, P4, P5, P7, P8). LP and P5 will organize one Conference each.
• WP3: Legal framework, present state and end user requirements analyses will be carried out in all countries (LP, P3, P4, P5, P7, P8) in order for LP to customize the services during WP4. LP will provide guidelines and protocols for services to all partners while data will be collected by P2, P4, P5.
• WP4: LP, P4, P6, P7 will purchase essential equipment, while LP will customize services for all partners, establish the required database and networking system and provide support during delivery of services (pilot operation) to partners P6, P7, P8.
• WP5: LP, P4, P5, P6, P7 will carry out the project’s evaluation actions, P3, P5 and P8 large-scale strategic studies, while LP, P2, P4, P6, and P7 the project’s training seminars.

The project exhibits a high level of transnational cooperation. The main co-operational channel among them will be brought forward by LP which aims to act as a transnational hub for the delivery of services, tools and know-how towards the rest of the partners and in close collaboration with them during all implementation phases (planning, analysis, customization, delivery of services – pilot operation, training and education).

LP’s role as a common reference point and the fact that the partnership consists of bodies with key roles on a policy level, in their respective territories, shapes a transnational partnership/consortium with the potential to bring changes on a wider-than-national level, through the specification and development of common/harmonized definitions, methodologies and targets in the currently highly unspecified – in regulatory terms – environmental fields tackled by the project.