My first month as an Interreg Reporter in Trieste, Italy
One month has passed since I first stepped into the Managing Authority of the Interreg V-A Italy-Slovenia 2014-2020 Programme in Trieste, Italy. My first impression of the Managing Authority was that of a welcoming and friendly environment where employees do their best to contribute in the field of cross-border cooperation and I was thrilled to be able to join them as an IVY volunteer. For the period 2021-2027, the Interreg VI-A Italy-Slovenia Programme will have a financial budget of more than 88.6 million euros and its Cooperation Programme will implement its strategy on the basis of three Policy Objectives (POs): a more competitive, innovative and smarter Europe (PO1), a greener, low-carbon transitioning towards a net zero carbon economy and resilient Europe (PO2) a more social and inclusive Europe (PO4), as well as an Interreg Specific Objective for an efficient public administration (ISO1). The Area of intervention extends over a total surface of 19,841 km2 and has a total population of approximately 3 million inhabitants. It covers 5 Italian NUTS 3 regions (Venice, Udine, Pordenone, Gorizia and Trieste) and 5 Slovenian NUTS 3 regions (Primorsko-notranjska, Osrednjeslovenska, Gorenjska, Obalno-kraška and Goriška). As an IVY volunteer some of my daily tasks are: translating, editing and printing documents; writing and posting news or articles for the Programme website; collecting polls from public events; helping with the organization of events or meetings. What I like the most about being an IVY volunteer is that I can do multiple creative tasks and every day at the office brings some new different activities. Moreover, I am learning a lot about topics that I am very passionate about: cross-border cooperation and European regional policy. Having being born and raised in a multicultural family of a cross-border region, I developed the strong belief that cooperation between public authorities and citizens from both bordering states is necessary to achieve a harmonious level of development in the cross-border area. –Anna Labinac, IVY Reporter at the Managing Authority Interreg Italy-Slovenia.
Being an IVY Project Partner for a circular water management in the MED region
My contribution at this time consists in collaborating with SVI.MED in the organization of an exhibition to be held in Syracuse, Sicily, from October 3 to 5 titled “Mediterranean green transition towards climate change adaptation and circular water management”. The international exhibition will be an opportunity to meet all the partners of Medwaycap and listen to well-known speakers from the institutional and scientific fields, coming from all the Mediterranean region to share their results, ideas, point of views and proposals on the issue. In the following months the exhibition will move first to Tunisia and then to Jordan. If you want to know more about the exhibition and the project here is the link: https://www.enicbcmed.eu/medwaycap-boost-solutions-and-strategies-wastewater-reuse-non-conventional-water-resource – Alessandra, IVY Project Partner for the ENI CBC MED project “MEDWAYCAP” at SVI.MED- Euromediterranean Center for the Sustainable Development.
