A workshop to prepare both regular and cluster project proposals will take place 13 January in Malmö, Sweden (less than 20 minutes from Kastrup Airport in Copenhagen by train). The venue will be announced shortly.

The application pack for the 6th Call for Applications is now available for download. Please note that this pack is only relevant for regular project applications. The online application form is available for editing.

Experts from across Europe are gathering in Belgium for a Theme Workshop on urban fringes on the 24, 25 & 26 November.

New multi terminal for goods as a first step to a Dryport in Falköping, Sweden.

Regional television shows what it is about:

http://svtplay.se/v/2231950/vastnytt/goteborgs_hamn_bygger_ut_-_i_falkoping?sb,k103407,1,f,-1

http://www.tv4play.se/nyheter_och_debatt/nyheterna_skaraborg?%20title=terminal_sakrar_etableringar&videoid=1134769

The presentations from the First Level Control seminar in Viborg, Denmark, are now available for download.

From the 8th until the 10th of November 13 organizations from 5 North Sea countries gather in Ghent to discuss the effects of Climate Change on their region. By 2012 these scientists and civil servants will produce a toolbox, gathering all their insights and lessons learned.  

In preparation for the 6th Call for Applications the online pre-assessment system is now open for submissions. A Project Development Event will be arranged in January 2011.

Do you understand your customers? Your citizens? The communities you’re trying to help? Customer Insight - working to use data and evidence to better understand citizens and communities - is a key tool for municipalities to use if they want to deliver better, more targeted and more effective services to communities and citizens.

Representatives from the Secretariat presented the Best Collaboration Awards 2010 at the Creative City Challenge project conference Fostering Creativity within Cities. First prize went to Wischmann Innovation and the Danish Artist Foundation, Denmark.

At November 9 and 10 the Northern Maritime University invites personnel with a shipping background to the teaching module “Maritime Transport & the Environment” at the University of Applied Sciences Bremen.

The presentations from the Lead Beneficiary Seminar on 12 and 13 October in Bremen, Germany, are now available online.

On October 7th and 8th, 2010, the European project Vital Rural Area hold its second International Policy Forum on Regional Development in the Legoland Hotel at Billund (DK). Central theme 2010: innovation and involvement in regions in transition.

The forum has been webcasted in almost real time on October 7th, 2010. This webcast is available on Vital's website: www.vitalruralarea.eu. Please click the button 'Policy Forum 2010 Denmark' in the right hand navigation bar.

The presentations given by the Secretariat during the Cluster Projects Development Workshop in Bremen are now available online, along with a status update on the latest developments concerning the cluster initiative.

The Smart Cities project is involved in creating a statement on how National and EU decision makers could better support local e-government. The aim of the Citadel Statement is to produce a call to action  that builds upon the objectives of the Malmo Ministerial Declaration to demonstrate to national Governments how they can best support/promote eGovernment in their own local authorities. The North Sea Region Programme and the Smart Cities project, represented by lead beneficiary Leiedal and helped by Edinburgh Napier University are cooperating with the e-government administration unit of the Flemish Government to organise a large-scale conference on December, 14 where the statement will be presented.

The NMU project partners are delighted to inform you that the 5th edition of their newsletter is launched.

Highlights of the newsletter this time:

• “Holistic Approach and Cooperation between universities and training institutes for education and training in the maritime industry” Interview with Capt. Wolfhard Arlt, Managing director of Hamburg Port Training Institute GmbH, by Indah Lengkong, Jacobs University Bremen
• “NMU goes East”: NMU partners participation on the Annual Educators' Conference on Logistics Education in China.
• “Transnational Network and E-Learning for Innovative Maritime Education”: State Secretary visits NMU partner.
• Interview with NMU student Alexander Kahn, Kiel University of Applied Sciences, by Philippa Lenz.

Download the NMU newsletter October 2010.

The first stakeholder from Latin America, the ITTP, underlines the international orientation of the Northern Maritime Universityy (NMU). The ITTP will support the project partners developing further education modules for the maritime sector and expanding NMU's market coverage.

The Monitoring Committee meeting no 7 was held on 29 and 30 September in Haarlem, the Netherlands. The decisions made by the committee include information about the next Calls for Applications and applications for cluster projects.

The North Sea Region Programme will have an exhibition stand in the 'Meeting Place' of the Committee of the Regions during the Open Days, 4-7 October in Brussels. The Secretariat will also chair a workshop on communicating across borders on Wednesday. In the evening there will be a small reception at the stand.

A booklet with the project cluster ideas submitted to date is now available for download. The ideas will be discussed during the upcoming Cluster Project Development Workshop in Bremen on 13-14 October.