| Short Title: Coordinating regional approaches for
sustainable economy
Full title: Coordination and communication for model research
projects on "Regional approaches for sustainable economy"
Objectives: Research for success factors and hurdles of
different approaches to achieve sustainable economic structures at
regional level
Summary: In 15 German regions the German Federal Ministry for
Education and Research has initiated model projects to investigate
potentials of the concept of regional economic development for sustainable
production and consumption patterns. This research initiative is clustered
in three topics:
- "Agriculture and regional marketing",
- "Regional substance flow management" and
- "Strengthening regional potentials to meet regional
needs".
The Institute for Social-Ecological Research (ISOE),
Frankfurt, Germany, is the scientific institution responsible for
coordinationg exchange, deriving experiences on cross-cutting topics, and
investigating possibilites of an optimization of the research initiative.
In this project, ICLEI
serves as international research agency, i.e. brings in international
experience and disseminates the German experiences internationally.
Tender: German Federal Ministry for Education and Research
(Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung - BMBF)
Duration: 1999-2002
Working languages: German, English
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