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New intermediary services and the transformation of urban water supply and wastewater disposal systems in europe

Start date:2002-11-01

End date:2005-10-31

Project Acronym:INTERMEDIARIES

Project status:Completed

Coordinator

Organization name:INSTITUTE FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND STRUCTURAL PLANNING
Administrative contact Address
Name:Karl-Dieter KEIM (Prof. Dr.) Flakenstrasse 28
15537
ERKNER
DEUTSCHLAND

Region:BRANDENBURG Oder-Spree
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URL: Organization Type:Research

Description


Objective: This project provides a thorough assessment of the contribution of "intermediary" services, emerging between the user and provider of water supply and wastewater disposal facilities, to the more rapid implementation of key objectives of EU water policy. The research programme examines whether, in what ways and in what institutional contexts intermediary services could accelerate the application of resource-saving technologies and water management practices. A review of national regulatory regimes, including the uneven emergence of water market liberalisation across Europe, provides the framework for a comprehensive appraisal of the role of intermediary services through detailed case studies in seven urban regions in the EU and 2 Accession States. Intermediaries will be evaluated in terms of their impact on the environment, economic efficiency and the management of water /wastewater infrastructures networks across Europe, provides the framework for a comprehensive appraisal of the role of intermediary services through detailed case studies in seven urban regions in the EU and 2 Accession States. Intermediaries will be evaluated intermediaries will be

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Project Details


Start date:2002-11-01

End date:2005-10-31

Duration:36 months

Project Reference:EVK1-CT-2002-00115

Project cost:1746107 EURO

Project Funding:1511888 EURO

Programme Acronym: FP5-EESD

Programme type:Fifth Framework Programme

Subprogramme Area:Key action Sustainable Management and Quality of Water

Contract type:Cost-sharing contracts

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Subject index:Economic Aspects, Environmental Protection, Social Aspects
 

Other participants

Organization name:UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD
Administrative contact Address
Name:Raymond CORNER (Mr) CENTRE FOR SUSTAINABLE URBAN AND REGIONAL FUTURES
Portland Street 113-115
M1 6FB
MANCHESTER
UNITED KINGDOM

Region:NORTH WEST (UK) GREATER MANCHESTER
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E-mail:r.corner#@salford.ac.uk
URL: Organization Type:Education,Other
 
Organization name:INTERNATIONAL OFFICE FOR WATER
Administrative contact Address
Name:Dominique PREUX (Mr.) FRENCH WATER INFORMATION CENTRE
Rue Edouard Chamberland 15
87065
LIMOGES
FRANCE

Region:SUD-OUEST LIMOUSIN Haute-Vienne
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URL: Organization Type:Other
 
Organization name:VOLOS MUNICIPAL ENTREPRISE FOR URBAN STUDIES, INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT
Administrative contact Address
Name:Vasilis SGOURIS (Mr) 81,Lachana 5
38334
VOLOS
HELLAS

Region:VOREIA ELLADA THESSALIA Magnisia
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E-mail:
URL: Organization Type:Research
 
Organization name:UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
Administrative contact Address
Name:Maggie TARBIT (Mrs) CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON EUROPEAN URBAN ENVIRONMENTS
SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING & LANDSCAPE
Claremont Road, Claremont tower
NE1 7RU
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
UNITED KINGDOM

Region:NORTH NORTHUMBERLAND, TYNE AND WEAR Tyne and Wear
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Fax:+35-12-17127195
E-mail:
URL: Organization Type:Education
 
Organization name:METROPOLITAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE LTD.
Administrative contact Address
Name:Jozsef HEGEDUES (DR) Lonyay utca 34

BUDAPEST
MAGYARORSZAG

Region:KOZEP-MAGYARORSZAG Budapest
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URL:http://www.mri.hu Organization Type:Research,Other
 
Organization name:INSTITUTE OF URBAN ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES
Administrative contact Address
Name:Panagiotis GETIMIS  Aristotelous street 14, Kalithea
17671
ATHENS
HELLAS

Region:ATTIKI
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E-mail:
URL: Organization Type:Education,Other
 
Organization name:GRAAL ET
Administrative contact Address
Name:Vesselina PENEVSKA (Dr) Dondukov Blvd. 57-D
1000
SOFIA
BULGARIA

Region:YUGOZAPADEN Sofia stolitsa
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E-mail:
URL: Organization Type:Research
 
Organization name:HUNGARIAN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WATER AND SEWERAGE COMPANIES
Administrative contact Address
Name:Maria PAPP (Dr) Sas u.25. IV.em.
1051
BUDAPEST
MAGYARORSZAG

Region:KOZEP-MAGYARORSZAG Budapest
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Fax:
E-mail:
URL: Organization Type:Other
 
Organization name:COPENHAGEN ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY OFFICE
Administrative contact Address
Name:Ann Birk VIKKELSOE (M. Sc.) Blegdamsvej 4B
2200
KOEPENHAGEN
DANMARK

Region:DANMARK Danmark København og Frederiksberg Kommuner
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E-mail:
URL: Organization Type:Other
 
Organization name:ENVIRONMENTAL INDUSTRIES FEDERATION LIMITED
Administrative contact Address
Name:Pamela JOSE (Miss) Landsdowne Terrace 20
NE3 1HP
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
UNITED KINGDOM

Region:NORTH NORTHUMBERLAND, TYNE AND WEAR Tyne and Wear
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URL: Organization Type:Industry
 
Organization name:SUSTAINABILITY NORTHWEST
Administrative contact Address
Name:Erik BICHARD (Mr.) PB 101
Ballon Street 1
M60 4EP
MANCHESTER
UNITED KINGDOM

Region:NORTH WEST (UK) GREATER MANCHESTER
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E-mail:
URL: Organization Type:Other
 
Organization name:UCB MANAGEMENT BERATUNG GMBH
Administrative contact Address
Name:Juergen HUMERNIK (Mr.) Hohenzollerndamm 44
10713
BERLIN
DEUTSCHLAND

Region:BERLIN Berlin Berlin
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E-mail:
URL: Organization Type:Other
 
Organization name:BULPLAN LIMITED
Administrative contact Address
Name:Anna VLADOVA (Dipl.Eng.) Maria Luiza Blvd. 77
1000
SOFIA
BULGARIA

Region:YUGOZAPADEN Sofia stolitsa
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E-mail:
URL: Organization Type:Other
 

Record control number:64930




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