Communication services

FARNET Support Unit

(May 2009)  AEIDL and Grupo Alba (associated as the "DevNet" EEIG) have been assigned by the Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries of the European Commission to be the "Support Unit" of the Fisheries Areas Network ("FARNET") from 2009 to 2014.

This FARNET Support Unit will bring animation, thematic and technical expertise as well as administrative support to the Commission, groups and other relevant actors / bodies concerned by the implementation of the fisheries operational programmes and in particular of their priority axis 4.

 

Client: European Commission, Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries

Partner: Grupo Alba

Expected termination: 2014/12

Contact: Serge Gomes da Silva

LIFE Programme

(January 2009). AEIDL is assisting the European Commission's Environment Directorate with the communications aspects of the LIFE programme (LIFE+ and LIFE III). AEIDL is responsible for 14 communication tasks, which include the production and circulation of thematic and best practice publications, the development and maintenance of the LIFE website, including maintaining the LIFE project database, and the organisation of seminars and events. The objective is to disseminate the results of LIFE projects, to facilitate the transfer of experience and know-how to specific target groups, and to generally raise the profile of the LIFE programme. The LIFE team at AEIDL includes 15 environment and communications experts, with expertise in nature and the environment, journalism, graphics, web design, webmastering, database development and management, and project management.

From 2005 to 2009, AEIDL, as part of the ASTRALE EEIG, also assisted the European Commission with the communication aspects of the LIFE III programme. And from November 2001 to June 2005, AEIDL, again as part of the ASTRALE Consortium, assisted the European Commission with the communication aspects of the LIFE-Environment programme.
http://ec.europa.eu/life/

Client: European Commission, Directorate-General for Environment
Expected termination: 2013/12
Contact: Eamon O'Hara

European Evaluation Network for Rural Development

(January 2008) The European Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture has chosen the EEIG "RUR-Eval", established by AEIDL and ÖIR-Managementdienste GmbH (Austria), to assist in the setting-up and management of a European evaluation expert network and to be responsible for the operation of an associated contact point. The overall aim of the European evaluation expert network is to help establish good practice and build capacity in the evaluation of rural development programmes, thereby increasing the utility of monitoring and evaluation as tools for improving the formulation and implementation of rural development policies. The evaluation expert network will rely on a "contact point", which will serve as a central information point concerning the evaluation of rural development programmes.

Client: European Commission, Directorate-General for Agriculture
Partners: AEIDL and ÖIR-Managementdienste GmbH
Expected termination: 2013/12
Contact: Maylis Campbell

Transnational and innovative actions under the 2007-2013 European Social Fund

(February 2009) AEIDL has been chosen by the European Commission's Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities DG to provide "services related to monitoring transnational and innovative action under the 2007-2013 European Social Fund and to synthesizing and disseminating relevant results".  For this framework contract, AEIDL will be in charge of Lot 1 ("Increasing adaptability of workers, enterprises and entrepreneurs and enhancing human capital"), Lot  2 ("Enhancing access to employment and the sustainable inclusion in the labour market"), Lot 3 ("Reinforcing the social inclusion of disadvantaged people with a view to their sustainable integration in employment") and Lot  4 ("Good governance and capacity building").

Client: European Commission, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
Expected termination: 2013/12

Contact: Florence Gérard

RUR@CT

(April 2008) The Limousin region (France) has launched a European network (RUR@CT) to promote the sharing of knowledge in rural development between regions. In the context of the EU budget reform, and particularly in relation to its impact on cohesion policy after 2013, RUR@CT aims to give European regions access to the experiences and lessons of an innovative rural development model. Within this network, AEIDL is responsible for identifying and promoting examples of good practice in four key issues: development and competitiveness; social cohesion and human capital; environment management; and territorial governance.

Client: Conseil Régional du Limousin
Partners: AEIDL, Conseil Régional du Limousin and RCT (Réseau Conseil en développement Territorial)
Expected termination: December 2010
Contact: Jean-Luc Janot

Tools and guidebooks on renewable energy and energy efficiency

(February 2008) The Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation (EACI) has awarded the contract for the development of an inventory of tools and guidebook on renewable energy and energy efficiency to a partnership which includes the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP), AEIDL and Prospect C&S. The contract will focus on tools and guidebooks developed under the Intelligent Energy-Europe (IEE) programme, as well as other programmes (Structural Funds, LIFE, Altener/Save, FP6, etc.). There will also be a search for tools and guidebooks developed at national/regional level. By developing a database of this material, it is expected to avoid duplication and promote better sharing of knowledge and experience. AEIDL is responsible for the development of the online datbase and of the website), and is also contributing to other tasks (gathering and assessment of the tools and guidebooks, editing of short summaries of each product and the structure/classification of the content for each inventory).

Client: Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation (EACI)
Partners: AEIDL, Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP), Prospect C&S Consulting and Services
Expected termination: 2008/12
Contact: Eamon O'Hara

InfoREGIO: Information and communication on EU Cohesion Policy

(June 2007) The European Commission's Directorate-General for Regional Policy has selected the partnership ASCii-AEIDL for a framework service contract on communication, publications and information activities in area of EU Cohesion policy. Within the partnership, AEIDL is responsible for several key publications, such as the monthly newsletter, the quaterly Inforegio Panorama magazine and thematic brochures.

Client: European Commission, Directorate-General for Regional Policy
Partners: Tipik (formerly ASCii), AEIDL
Expected termination: 2011/12
Contact: Jean-Luc Janot

Fact sheets on pollution from cars for the DG Environment of the Belgian Federal Public Service

At the end of 2005, the Environment Directorate General of the Belgian Federal Public Service (FPS) Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment, requested AEIDL to write a series of thematic fact sheets on a very topical issue, that of reducing the pollution from cars. The subject matter is very technical and complex. The objective therefore is to communicate the issue in simple terms to a wide public, made up of professional from the sector, and citizens/ consumers. The challenge is to be precise and at the same time make the information more accessible.

Editorial Secretariat of the URBACT Internet site

The Interministerial Delegation on Cities in France, the management authority of the URBACT programme, has chosen AEIDL to be editorial secretariat for the internet site of the URBACT programme.

The Regional Policy Directorate General’s communication framework contract

(2002) The Regional Policy Directorate General of the European Commission has assigned AEIDL a framework contract to create and diffuse its publications. Starting in 2002 for a duration of up to five years, the contract awarded to AEIDL involves the drafting, production coordination and targeted diffusion of some ten well-known editorial products including the monthly Inforegio News newsletter, the Inforegio Panorama magazine, the series of "Structural policies success stories in the Member States" brochures (presentation of European regional policy per country or subject), and various handbooks, reports and brochures.

Environment: Framework contract for the dissemination of information

The Environment Directorate General of the European Commission assigned AEIDL a framework contract for the dissemination of information. The contract began in the summer 2005 and is scheduled to last for four years. It involves searching for contacts for the DG’s information actions, maintaining the DG’s list of contacts and its photo bank.

EQUAL

Since December 2001, AEIDL has assisted the European Commission in the organisation of European networks promoting the exchange of experiences and the diffusion of innovative practices in terms of enterprise spirit.
This objective, which falls within the EQUAL Initiative, is aimed more specifically at:
- opening up the process for business creation to everyone, by providing the necessary tools to start up a business;
- identifying and making use of new job creation possibilities, in both urban and rural areas;
- promoting the social economy (the third sector), particularly services of public interest, by focusing on the improvement of the quality of employment.
By bringing together stakeholders in the field, project holders, experts and political decision makers, the thematic networks concerned should identify new methods to combat all kinds of discrimination and inequalities in relation to the job market, circulate best practices and contribute to the development of the European Employment Strategy (EES).
This framework contract runs for a period of eight years (2001-2008). The technical assistance provided to the EQUAL Unit of the Employment Directorate General of the European Commission (DG EMPL) takes the form of reports, drafting articles, coordinating workshops, collecting and analysing data on projects and taking part in meetings, etc.

Communication and dissemination of the results of the LIFE programme (2005-2009)

(2005) The European Economic Interest Grouping, ASTRALE, to which AEIDL belongs, is assisting the Environment DG of the European Commission in the context of its LIFE programme for the 2005-2009 period. In this respect, AEIDL is in charge of communication work, which involves the creation and circulation of a series of targeted publications, compiling and updating the LIFE website and organising seminars and other events. The objective is to network project holders in order to facilitate the transfer of experience and know-how and to promote the LIFE programme to the general public.

Information in relation to the Aarhus Convention

AEIDL is assisting the Belgian Federal Department for the Environment to offer an electronic access to environmental information which falls within its competence. The partnership, formed by the Eco-Conseil Institute and the AEIDL, has been chosen by the Federal Department to list, collect and organise the environmental data which has to be made available to the public under the Aarhus Convention. AEIDL is more specifically responsible for organising the classification of this information and the way in which it will be presented to the public.

Development of the URBACT programme communication strategy

The Interministerial Delegation on Cities in France, the managing authority of the URBACT programme, entrusted AEIDL with the definition of its communication strategy. This programme aims to establish instruments which make it possible to capitalise on and disseminate the lessons learned during the URBAN 1 and 2 programmes, along with Urban Pilot Projects. AEIDL’s task is to support the managing authority in defining a communication strategy which can support these objectives.

http://www.urbact.org/

Best practices in the field of energy

In the context of the European SAVE programme, AEIDL took part in the Bacchus project. The project involved a transfer of best practices between energy agencies and regional development agencies.
The project was undertaken in partnership with the EURADA network and the Italian company ECUBA.

http://www.bacchus.aeidl.be/

LIFE Environment

From November 2001 to June 2005, the ASTRALE Consortium, to which AEIDL belongs, is assisting the European Commission Environment DG in the context of its LIFE programme for the 2001-2005 period. In this respect, AEIDL has been put in charge of communication work, which involves the creation and circulation of a series of targeted publications, compiling and updating the LIFE website and organising seminars and other events. The objective is to network project sponsors in order to facilitate the transfer of experience and know-how and to promote the LIFE-Environment programme to the general public.

http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/life/home.htm

DG Environment: Targeted information and diffusion strategy

Between 2001 and 2004, AEIDL assisted the Environment Directorate General of the European Commission (DG ENV) in a targeted information and diffusion strategy. This notably involved expanding, compiling and updating DG ENV’s address list, creating a photo bank which can be used for publications and undertaking isolated public relations activities (help in launching new products, conducting satisfaction surveys, etc.).

LEADER I Coordination Unit and LEADER II European Observatory

After organising the LEADER I Coordination Unit between 1992 and 1995, AEIDL operated as European Observatory for Rural Development under the LEADER II Community Initiative (Links between Actions for the Development of the Rural Economy) from 1995 until 2000.

The main task of the Observatory was to facilitate innovation transfer and exchanges of experiences and knowledge between rural actors and territories in the European Union, notably by creating and diffusing methodological tools. In this context, European wide studies have been completed, a large number of seminars and conferences have been organised in rural areas throughout Europe and some thirty multilingual publications provide updates on various methodological aspects of interest to Local Action Groups and administrations, along with a monthly newsletter and a quarterly magazine.

Pilot projects - Article 10 of FEDER

AEIDL was responsible for the selection and monitoring of pilot projects under article 10 of the European Regional Development Fund regarding the information society, as well as the production of network coordination and communication tools for the four themes of article 10: new sources of employment, culture, innovation and the information society.