1 The A.S.SO. Programme Environmental Actions for Sustainable Development

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The A.S.SO. ProgrammeThe A.S.SO. Programme

Environmental Actions

for Sustainable Development

Adopted in the second half of 2003

The aim:

“The integration of environemntal items into different policies”

In 2004 it was selected as a

best practice

to participate to

GreenWeek Event

Axis I concerns the integration of environmental concerns in all

the main economic sectors of the Region:- Industry;- Agriculture;- Craft;- Tourism

The Asso Programme is divided into four Axes

Axis II

This section supports Plans for the sustainable development of some environmetally critical areas

Axis III

This Axis finances few pilot projects aimed to pursue an environmental sustainable development

Axis IV

This section concerns general actions for the implementation of the whole Programme

Total cost of the Programme: € 1,320,000.00

Budget (2003)

Axis I € 540,000.00

Axis II € 600,000.00

Axis III € 155,000.00

Axis IV € 25,000.00

Funding sources: National and Regional Funds

The four actions of the Axis I:

• Integration between Industry and Environment;• Integration between Craft and Environment;• Integration between Tourism and Environment;• Integration between Agriculture and Environment

Action a) Industry/Environment

• Implementation of

Environmental Management Systems within SMEs

• The projects were selected by a call

• Eligible territory: out of Objective 2

Results:

16 projects have been co-financed to set up EMSs and to achieve the certification or registration according to the UNI ISO 14001 and EMAS Regulation

Total current co-financing: € 165.000,00

Action b) Craft/Environment

The main aim: to set up some environmental consultancy services in order to improve the integration of environmental concerns into the craft sector

The instrument: a Voluntary Agreement between the Marche Region and some Trade Unions of the craft sector

Environmental consultancy aimed to:

- The adoption of lower environmental impact productive processes;

- The realization of products with a lower environmental impact;

- The implementation of EMSs within the craft sector

Expected results:

- The opening of 12 “environmental info point”;

- The onset of procedures for the EMAS registration of a craft district area.

Current budget: € 172.000,00 (€ 86.000,00 regional funds contribution)

Action c) Tourism/Environment

The aim:

to improve regional tourist offer, directing it towards actions and forms with a lower

environmental impact, and reducing the use of resources

Action c) is divided into two measures

Measure 1:

Design for the environmental enhancement of an area with high tourist concentration

Measure 2:

Projects for the eco-efficiency of tourist accommodation

Action c) budget: € 165,000.00

Measure 1: € 100,000.00

Measure 2: € 65,000.00

Measure 1 - Main results :

- Initial analysis of environmental weakness and performances of an area belonging to a Local Tourist System;- Drafting two definitive projects concerning intervention stressed by the environmental analysis (moving some campings from the coastline; planning a sustainable transport plan).

Measure 2 - Main results

• The analysis of the environmental performances of 4 tourist firms;

• The adoption of working plans of the interventions that the environemntal analysis showed as priorities, aimed to the adoption of EMSs

Action d) Agriculture/Environment

This action co-finances projects that merge agriculture and environment by means of renawable energy sources: woodchips

Type of project:

Plantation ofhedgerows

and buffer strips

To support their use for

woodchip production

To create an agro-energetic

supplychain

Axis II

Local Plans for Sustainable Devolopment of special areas

(environmental problems, settlement congestion,

sometimes related to crisis in some productive sector or district)

3 projects were co-financed

Each of them was co-financed by Marche Region with a sum of € 150,000.00

Axis III

Funding pilot projects

Innovative approach to pursue sustainable development in the

regional territoryEx. Project concerning urban planning or EMAS for Local

Authorities