EUROPEAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND Kick-off Meeting – Bilbao, 2 and 3 April 2012 HISTCAPE.

EUROPEAN REGIONALDEVELOPMENT FUND

Kick-off Meeting – Bilbao, 2 and 3 April 2012

HISTCAPE

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Partner 4 – Regione Marche IT

Presentation of the Partnership

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Regione Marche IT: where it is

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Regione Marche IT: where it isRegional Capital: Ancona

(~100.000 population)

Other cities: Urbino, Pesaro, Fano, Senigallia, Jesi, Fabriano, Macerata,

Fermo, Ascoli Piceno, San Benedetto del Tronto

Major cities within easy reach of Marche:

Bologna, Rimini

Roma

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Regione Marche in a nutshell:

• 1,5 ML of inhabitants• 9.366 km2 • 5 Province (NUTS 3) • 239 Municipalities• Only 16 Municipalities > 20.000 p. but integrated in Urban Systems (FUAs)• Polycentrism but fragmentation

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Regione Marche in a nutshell:

• Mountain Area (Appennini Chain) to the West• Hills cover the main regional area • Some flat areas close to the sea and along river-valleys with urban areas and urban sprawl.• ~70% hills ~30% mountains • ~ 200 km of coastline • Highest peak: 2.476 m (Monte Vettore)

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Regione Marche

• Regione Marche is a NUTS 2 level of gov. (20 Regions in Italy)(NUTS 1 Level in Italy is a cluster of Regions)• Every Italian Region has a President, a Council and an Assembly.• Both State and Regions have legislative capacity, regarding different topics. • Basis of the regional economy is a widespread network of small and medium enterprises along with agriculture and tourist activities

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Regione Marche Organization

Secretariat

Civil

Protection

Legal

Services

and HR

Budget

and

EU Policies

Culture

and

Tourism

Territory

Environment

(Green)

Energy

Agriculture Industry WelfareHealth

Services

Landscape

and

Cartography

Industrial

Risk and

Waste

Management

Etc,

9 Departments (“Servizi”)

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Fields of Activity • Landscape Plan(renewing the Regione Marche Landscape Plan according to Italian Laws and according to the European Convention for the Landscape. The challenge: from Landscape protection to proactive policies for Landscape)

• Spatial information and cartographic DB

• Regional rules for town planning

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Regione Marche Working Group (to date)

AchilleBucci

Vincenzo Zenobi

Legal Representative

Project Manager

Isabella Gherlantini

Lorenzo Federiconi

Project Assistant Project Expert

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Major Historical Assets

Urbino Unesco World Heritage

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Heritage Assets and Landscape Structure

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Heritage Assets and Rural Area

• Rural areas and settlements

• Rural areas and Artistic Research

•Heritage Assets in everyday life environment

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Regional official symbol(s)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srHStR8HW_w

The woodpecker…. …and Dustin Hoffman

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Thank you for your attention!