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      <title>North Sea Region Programme</title>
      <link>http://www.northsearegion.eu/</link>
      <description>The North Sea Programme works with cutting edge policy areas relating to spatial development in the North Sea region. </description>
      <managingEditor>stefanie.bischof@northsearegion.eu (Stefanie Bischof)</managingEditor>
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	<title>Steering Committee No. 8 - 3 Projects Approved</title>
        <link>http://northsearegion.eu/iiib/news/show/&amp;tid=592</link>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
	<description xml:space="preserve">&lt;p&gt;Steering Committee meeting&amp;nbsp;No.&amp;nbsp;8&amp;nbsp;was held 8-9 May in Mechelen, Belgium. At the meeting, the Steering Committee&amp;nbsp;approved three project applications.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<title>Second newsletter from e-harbours</title>
        <link>http://northsearegion.eu/iiib/news/show/&amp;tid=591</link>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
	<description xml:space="preserve">&lt;p&gt;&quot;We&amp;rsquo;re not there yet, but renewables, smart grids and saving energy are&lt;br /&gt;moving to the core of doing business.&quot; This one of the conclusions in the second edition of the e-harbours newsletter.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<title>Joint Annual Conference 18-20 June 2012 - Registration Open! </title>
        <link>http://northsearegion.eu/iiib/news/show/&amp;tid=460</link>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
	<description xml:space="preserve">&lt;p&gt;The Joint Annual Conference 2012 of the North Sea Region Programme and the North Sea Commission will take place 18-20 June in Bremerhaven and Bremen, Germany. The title of the event will be &quot;Creating a Climate for Change&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<title>ESPON Call for Proposals with North Sea Region Programme Relevance </title>
        <link>http://northsearegion.eu/iiib/news/show/&amp;tid=589</link>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
	<description xml:space="preserve">&lt;p&gt;ESPON has launched a Call for Proposals relevant for the Programme. The Secretariat would like to encourage experts in the region to consider submitting an application. Deadline is 13 June.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<title>NMU newsletter in March 2012 published</title>
        <link>http://northsearegion.eu/iiib/news/show/&amp;tid=588</link>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
	<description xml:space="preserve">&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;NMU&lt;/strong&gt; project partners are delighted to inform you that the 7&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; edition of their newsletter is launched.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://nsr.nm-uni.eu/index.php?option=com_docman&amp;amp;task=doc_download&amp;amp;gid=800&amp;amp;Itemid=57&quot;&gt;Download the NMU newsletter March 2012&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<title>ecomm 2012 Conference</title>
        <link>http://northsearegion.eu/iiib/news/show/&amp;tid=587</link>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
	<description xml:space="preserve">&lt;p&gt;The ecomm 2012 Conference will take place 12-15 June in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Relevant projects under NSRP are encouraged to further investigate opportunities to participate.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<title>Knight Knight</title>
        <link>http://northsearegion.eu/iiib/news/show/&amp;tid=586</link>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
	<description xml:space="preserve">&lt;p&gt;Screen writing workshop resulted in new partnership&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<title>VERL Graduate Nominated for Screentest Award</title>
        <link>http://northsearegion.eu/iiib/news/show/&amp;tid=584</link>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>UPDATE: InnoEvent 2012</title>
        <link>http://northsearegion.eu/iiib/news/show/&amp;tid=585</link>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Invitation to e-harbours midterm conference</title>
        <link>http://northsearegion.eu/iiib/news/show/&amp;tid=582</link>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
	<description xml:space="preserve">&lt;p&gt;We are pleased to invite you to participate in the e-harbours midterm conference 2012. This two-day event will be organized in cooperation with the I-SUP 2012 &amp;nbsp;congress in Bruges, Belgium. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<title>&quot;We need Smart Grids to integrate renewables in the electricity system&quot;</title>
        <link>http://northsearegion.eu/iiib/news/show/&amp;tid=583</link>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
	<description xml:space="preserve">&lt;p&gt;E-harbours interview with Hans Sch&amp;auml;fers, &lt;em&gt;from the Hamburg showcase of the e-harbours project&lt;/em&gt;: Hans Sch&amp;auml;fers is a fellow at engineering company Sumbi, and teaches  at both the Hamburg University for Applied Science HAW and the Harbour  City University of Hamburg.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<title>Sustainable Energy topic of Edinburgh Conference &amp; Brokerage Event</title>
        <link>http://northsearegion.eu/iiib/news/show/&amp;tid=570</link>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
	<description xml:space="preserve">&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edinburgh, SCOTLAND&lt;/strong&gt; - In close cooperation with Scottish Enterprise and the project partners Edinburgh Napier University and Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce, North Sea Supply Connect will be organizing a conference about sustainable energy on March 20th and 21st of this year.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<title>New Study Examines Ecosystems Approach</title>
        <link>http://northsearegion.eu/iiib/news/show/&amp;tid=579</link>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
	<description xml:space="preserve">&lt;p&gt;A recently published UK report for DEFRA, looking at the benefits of implementing an Ecosystems Services approach has used the SURF Gaywood Valley project as a case study.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<title>Join us on LinkedIn !</title>
        <link>http://northsearegion.eu/iiib/news/show/&amp;tid=580</link>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
	<description xml:space="preserve">&lt;p&gt;Join the Food Port project group on LinkedIn&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Food-Port-4360356?home=&amp;amp;gid=4360356&amp;amp;trk=anet_ug_hm&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<title>University Work on SURF Selected as Best Practice</title>
        <link>http://northsearegion.eu/iiib/news/show/&amp;tid=577</link>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
	<description xml:space="preserve">&lt;p&gt;Work by Saxion University in the Netherlands on the Sustainable Urban Fringes (SURF) project, was recently identified as best practice by Neth-ER, the &lt;em&gt;Netherlands House for Education and Research.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.neth-er.eu/&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<title>NMU Pilot Module on &quot;Hinterland Management related to Port Management&quot; at Jacobs University Bremen</title>
        <link>http://northsearegion.eu/iiib/news/show/&amp;tid=576</link>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
	<description xml:space="preserve">&lt;p&gt;The first pilot course of the module &amp;ldquo;Hinterland Management related to port Management&amp;rdquo; is&amp;nbsp;starting this spring semester.&amp;nbsp;Target group: students of the MSc International Logistics Management and Engineering Programme at NMU partner universities.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<title>Nationwide Sea-level Rise Flooding Tool Launched in Denmark</title>
        <link>http://northsearegion.eu/iiib/news/show/&amp;tid=573</link>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>8th Call for Applications Closed</title>
        <link>http://northsearegion.eu/iiib/news/show/&amp;tid=537</link>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
	<description xml:space="preserve">&lt;p&gt;The&amp;nbsp;8th Call for Applications for projects under the North Sea Region Programme is now closed. A total of six applications were submitted.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<title>North Sea Commission Vacancies</title>
        <link>http://northsearegion.eu/iiib/news/show/&amp;tid=563</link>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
	<description xml:space="preserve">&lt;p&gt;The North Sea Commission is looking for a new President. There are also other vacant positions with the organisation. The positions are open for politicians from NSC member regions.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<title>Cruise Gateway Workshop in Copenhagen: Energy efficient Terminal</title>
        <link>http://northsearegion.eu/iiib/news/show/&amp;tid=575</link>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
	<description xml:space="preserve">&lt;p&gt;Copenhagen is building a new cruise terminal with special focus on energy efficiency and environmental solutions: green roofs that insulate both from cold and heat and absorb much of the rain falling relieving the sewage system, solar energy panels for electricity power, a sustainable indoor climate solution, translucent building elements of polycarbonate, roof-windows minimizing electrical consumption, HEATBLOC surface preventing solar overheating. February 23, 2012 CRUISE GATEWAY partners and further stakeholders met in Copenhagen to get the latest information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<title>Sustainable Energy Europe Awards 2012</title>
        <link>http://northsearegion.eu/iiib/news/show/&amp;tid=569</link>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
	<description xml:space="preserve">&lt;p&gt;The Sustainable Energy Europe Awards 2012 is currently accepting project proposals for the 2012 competition. Deadline to submit proposals is 29 February 2012.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<title>SUSCOD starts a European inventory </title>
        <link>http://northsearegion.eu/iiib/news/show/&amp;tid=566</link>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
	<description xml:space="preserve">&lt;p&gt;The second PMG Meeting was held on January 26. Irene van der Craats   kindly invited the PMG members to the European capitol, Brussels.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; The  PMG decided to do a European project inventory.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<title>The concept is agreed and the strategy is clear- WP 6 is off to a flying start!</title>
        <link>http://northsearegion.eu/iiib/news/show/&amp;tid=567</link>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>European Business Support Network due to be launched!</title>
        <link>http://northsearegion.eu/iiib/news/show/&amp;tid=572</link>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
	<description xml:space="preserve">&lt;p&gt;The Business Development Platform that the twin-projects North Sea Supply Connect and Baltic Supply have been working on over the past year has taken shape in the soon to be launched European Business Support Network. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://youtu.be/6GHiMfpgik8&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-US&quot; style=&quot;mso-ansi-language: EN-US;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #0000ff;&quot;&gt;http://youtu.be/6GHiMfpgik8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-US&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<title>Political Advisory Group reflects on project targets in Gdansk</title>
        <link>http://northsearegion.eu/iiib/news/show/&amp;tid=571</link>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
	<description xml:space="preserve">&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Gdansk, POLAND&lt;/strong&gt; - On October 25th of last year, Chairman Rob Engelsman from the Northern Netherlands welcomed representatives from six countries to the second joint Political Advisory Group (PAG) meeting between Baltic Supply and North Sea Supply Connect at Gdansk Polish Maritime Museum. The meeting was held on the occasion of the Baltic Sea Development Forum Summit. The PAG members were impressed by the new promotional film for the European Business Support Network. After an overview on the progress of the project by co-chair Barbara Schieferstein, Ministry of Economics of Bremen Germany, Professor Henri de Groot from the University of Amsterdam offered some critical remarks playing the &amp;ldquo;devil&amp;rsquo;s advocate&amp;rdquo;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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