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“The business of the company meets the environment: how to fund the green economy, informational and educational opportunity for enterprises and public administrations who wish to access new financial resources and develop innovative projects in the environmental field.
FIREMED project, funded by the European Union within the Mediterranean area transnational cooperation programme MED, intends to support small and medium-sized enterprises located in the Mediterranean region through the provision of innovative financial tools and services for investments in energy efficiency, use of renewable energy or eco-innovation. The project involves 14 different subjects located in the Mediterranean area, including Veneto Region as the leader and the Venice Chamber of Commerce.

The EU-funded project FIDIAS under the programme for transnational cooperation Alpine space area, aims to assist local authorities, green-tech sector SMEs and financial players to identify the most appropriate financial resources to develop eco-innovation projects or to create local sustainable development plans.
The project partnership consists of 11 organizations, including the Veneto region and the Venice Chamber of Commerce, which is the lead agency.
International partnerships of collaboration projects FireMed and Fidias led to the development of the www.support2finance.eu platform that provides support services to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in terms of access to credit.
The platform offers companies assistance in developing a business plan effectively, a system of reporting access to European funding, training sessions on accessing the crowdfunding, services aimed at improving the communication skills and events they intend to facilitate the matching between SMEs and potential investors for new business opportunities.
These activities are part of a very important moment for Veneto Region, the Chamber of Commerce of Venice and Veneto enterprises, waiting for the new regional operational programme financed by the European regional development fund which will, among others, economic resources and financing for eco-innovation and energy efficiency.

For more information:

http://www.support2finance.eu/

On 7th May our Center  welcomed the meeting offered by Consul of Czech Republic in Venice for the opening of the Pavilion of the Czech Republic to 56 * Venice Biennale.

Sharing BEAMS’ Results, Models, Methods and Strategies to combat discrimination, racism and xenophobia in Europe

Tackling racist stereotypes in popular culture and devising awareness-raising actions on antidiscrimination and anti-racism have been engaging us, the 16 partners of the BEAMS project, for almost two years now. It took us months to analyze thousands of cultural productions, TV, cinema, music, sports, and other cultural expressions: We involved, interviewed, listened and discussed with over a thousand citizens in open discussion and reflection meetings. We engaged young and less young people in the hundreds during the realization of 20 pilot actions and local events. As a result, the involved citizens produced dozens of cultural productions, videos, art, performances, where they critically review and counter cultural stereotypes that hamper dialogue and increase the potential for racist and discriminatory behaviors. Not only do these activities put into practice the project’s slogan “stop watching, start seeing”, but they go beyond it, they represent “taking action” against stereotypes and discrimination. After two years of intense work, the final event is foreseen as an event open to experts and citizens to showcase the work and the concrete results of the pilot actions and to present and share the overall results, follow up plans of the project to a wide audience. The event will start on Wednesday December 3rd, and will end on Friday December 5th, early afternoon. The BEAMS exhibit will remain open for visitors only by appointment until December 18th, 2014.

For more information:
www.beams-project.eu

THE INTANGIBLE VALUE. THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF THE ENTERPRISE.

This is the title of the EASE&SEE final conference, which is scheduled for the 28th of November 2014 in Venice, Italy. Aim of the conference is presenting the results of the project and the structured model of cooperation between social enterprises, traditional enterprises and public authority with the support of the financial industry, set up by the project. One special session will be dedicated to the presentation of the new programming period 2014-2020 of EU funds dedicated to Social Innovation. The President of EURICSE will present the first results of the public consultation organized through the Semester of Italian presidency of the EU Council entitled Unlocking the potential of the social economy for EU growth. The conference will end with the Gallery of opportunities for creative, ethical and sustainable enterprises, as a new opportunity for the EASE&SEE stakeholders to meet and discuss ways to cooperate.

For more information:
http://www.easeandsee.eu/news?f_n=41
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