• Projects - Planning and sustainable development
| Project: | Report on the preparation and written work for the Occupation Plan grant application concerning the recovery of the Escots de Sanaüja pathway. |
| Client: | Sanaüja Town Council |
| Summary: | The aims of the project being applied for are firstly to consolidate the current tourism offer through the recovery of the Escots pathway for tourist and cultural use. The second aim is to recover one of the most emblematic elements of the architectural heritage in the municipality, classified as being of great interest by expert historians. The third aim is to increase value as a tourist attraction with the positive dynamic which this represents for the local population: creation of tourism service in the short- and long-term which allow for diversification / complementing the sources of income (mostly from the agricultural sector), with the consequential improvement in the quality of life and feeling rooted in the area.
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| End Date: | July 2005 |
| Project: | Management and Dynamization Socio-environmental Project in Escornalbou Mountain
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| Client: | Project approved by La Caixa Foundation with the collaboration of Tarragona Provincial Government.
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| Summary: | The project intends to implement the necessary action in order to preserve and improve ecological forestry and environmental values in the Mountain. For example providing the necessary facilities to promote its social, tourist and educational use in a controlled and respectful manner. The intention is to involve the local population and other users during the course of the project and following it.
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| End Date : | July 2008 |
| Project : | Dissemination Seminar on the kitemark guaranteeing eco-friendly quality (DGQA)
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| Client : | Lleida County Council
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| Summary : | This project is carried out within the framework of implementation of the Sustainable Planning Project Action Plan in the southern part of the la Segarra area The objectives of the seminar are:
- To introduce the DGQA, the advantages and the possible certification financed by DMAH.
- To incentivise the adoption of DGQA within a local strategy heading for quality tourism.
- To group together interested rural tourism establishments in order to be able to offer specialised advice and joint certification, reducing costs.
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| End Date : | November 2005 |
| Project : | Preparation for grant applications in Catalonia, for the development of projects and welcome and integration programmes for foreigners who immigrated in 2005; and the development of the Environment, waste and related work and social opportunities programme |
| Client : | Guissona Town Coucil
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| Summary : | Advice in the preparation and the contents of the grant application. At the same time, CEDRICAT proposed and carried out an action as a response to concerns expressed by citizens during the course of the participation of locals in the Agenda 21 in the northern area of La Segarra. The programme consists of the following courses of action:
- Workshop /course on the environment, waste and related work and social opportunities
- Creation of publicity advertising the project.
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| End Date : | January 2006 |
| Project : | Participative process for the implementation and follow-up of Agenda 21 in la Segarra |
| Client : | La Segarra Local Government
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| Summary : | The aim of this project is to introduce the Environmental Action Plan and a follow up plan of Agenda 21. The main objectives are:
- Involve various sectors of the population in the continuing Agenda 21 process.
- Carry out a participative assessment and annual updating of Agenda 21.
- Initiate the introduction of Agenda 21 actions with the participation of the administration and the local population.
- Participative evaluation of the results of the applied action.
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| End Date : | November 2006 |
| Project : | Promotion of interrelation between educational centres and the local population in the la Segarra area, through the Rius Project.
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| Client : | La Segarra Local Government
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| Summary : | The Rius Project (www.projecterius.org) is an inititative of the Habitats Association whose main objective is to stimulate active participation in the conservation and improvement of our rivers within society.
The specific objectives of the project are as follows:
- To encourage knowledge and mutual co-operation between children, young people and adults from all backgrounds, all in all fostering relationships in everyday life.
- To promote knowledge of fluvial ecosystems in the area.
- To galvanise education and environmental awareness in educational centres.
- To provide incentives for the creation and consolidation of groups of volunteers involved in the Rius Project in the long term.
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| End Date : | November 2006 |
| Project : | Seminars to raise awareness and stimulate the possible sustainable benefits of the future Albagés reservoir. |
| Client : | Les Garrigues Local Government.
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| Summary : | Seminars organised in themed modules with the aim of raising awareness of the range of opportunities open to the Albagés area resulting from the construction of the reservoir. There will be four participative sessions on the following topics:
- Impact of the new reservoir at an environmental, social and economic level.
- Re-evaluation of local natural and cultural resources.
- Sustainable tourism benefits from the future reservoir.
- Information on the experiences of other areas.
It will close with a working seminar whose objective is to define the best strategy to follow for sustainable benefits derived from the future reservoir.
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| End Date : | September 2007 |
-Collaboration with experts and/or specialists.
| Project : | Pilot study of sustainable development plans in the short- and long-term in the lower Segarra (Conca de Barberà, Tarragona) and southern Segarra (Segarra, Lleida).
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| Client : | Forestry Commission of Catalonia and Lleida Provincial Government.
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| Summary : | These project's objectives are to design and consolidate useful tools for the areas to help them begin to work towards sustainable development. The phases in both areas are:
- Synthesising information at supra-municipal level.
- Participative environmental analysis.
- Writing up the Environmental Plan of Action.
- Writing up a follow-up plan.
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| End Date : | June 2004 |
| Project : | Sustainable planning in the northern part of the Segarra area.
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| Client : | Forestry Commission of Catalonia and Lleida Provincial Government.
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| Summary : | The objective is to offer useful tools for the area to help to start working towards sustainable development following the methodology and the criteria used in the previous work carried out in the southern area of La Segarra in order to obtain a unified document "Sustainable Planning in the Segarra Area".
- Deciding on the methodology to follow in the production of the sustainable plan, as well as determining a system of participation for the local community and a method of obtaining and collating data.
- Field work which will bring together government teams and local collectives in the municipalities included in the aforementioned area, adhering to the Aalborg Charter which outlines the creation of a sustainable action plan; and at the same the production of a database to allow identification of issues in the aforementioned planning.
- Writing up of the sustainable plan and presentation to all the local agnts involved.
- Amalgamation of the work involved in "Sustainable Planning in southern Segarra" and "Sustainable Planning in northern Segarra" into one document "Sustainable Planning in Segarra".
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| End Date: | December 2005 |
| Project : | Sustainable planning in the Alta Ribagorça and southern Les Garrigues areas (second phase)
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| Client : | Forestry Commission of Catalonia and Lleida Provincial Government
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| Summary : | The objective is to offer useful tools for the area to help to start working towards sustainable development. The second phase of these projects consists of defining and reaching a consensus on strategic lines of action to allow social, local and economic agencies to work towards sustainable development.
The actions of the second phase in each of the three areas are:
Strategy Workshop:
- A. Deciding on the methodology to be used in the strategy workshop.
- B. Carrying out the strategy workshop.
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| End Date: | April 2006 |
| Project : | Sustainable Planning in the Alta Ribagorça and Southern Les Garrigues areas (third phase).
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| Client : | Forestry Commission of Catalonia and Lleida Provincial Government
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| Summary : | The objective is to offer useful tools for these areas in order to start working towards sustainable development. The third phase of the project consists of the creation of a Plan of Action and a Follow-up Plan in order to define and reach a consensus on strategic lines of action and tactics which will allow local social and economic agents in the area to work towards sustainable development. The third phase actions in each of the three areas are:
- Writing the Environmental Action Plan.
- Writing the Follow-up Plan.
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| End Date: | December 2006 |
| Project : | Implementation of Agenda 21 in the Urgell area (first phase) |
| Client : | Forestry Commission of Catalonia and Lleida Provincial Government
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| Summary : | The objective is to offer useful tools for this area in order to start working towards sustainable development. The first phase consists of an exhaustive collation of relevant specialist data and an analysis of the different opinions of diverse agents in the area on environmental matters.
These actions which will take place in the first phase are:
Compilation of specialist data and internal work with the administrations involved:
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Presentation of the project to these administrations.
- Synthesis of data at supra-municipal level in which environmental information is integrated.
- Working with local administrations.
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| End Date: | May 2006 |
| Project : | Implementation of Agenda 21 in the Urgell area (second phase) |
| Client : | Forestry Commission of Catalonia and Lleida Provincial Government.
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| Summary : | The objective is to offer useful tools for this area in order to start working towards sustainable development. The second phase consists of a Participative Environmental Study. The procedures which are carried out in this second phase are:
- Presenting the projects to the local community
- Local community participation
- Report on the participative environmental study
- Presenting the participative environmental study to the public.
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| End Date: | Ongoing |
| Project : | Sustainable Planning in the northern part of the Les Garrigues areas (first phase) |
| Client : | Forestry Commission of Catalonia and Lleida Provincial Government |
| Summary : | The objective is to offer useful tools for this area in order to start working towards sustainable development. The first phase consists of a collation of specialist data and internal work with the relevant administrations.
The actions which take place in the first phase are:
- Presenting the project to the relevant administrations.
- Synthesis of data at supra-municipal level, including environmental information.
- Work with local administrations.
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| End Date: | November 2006 |
