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European Territorial Cooperation Programmes (ETCP), GREECE-ITALY 2007-2013
Efficient Irrigation Management Tools for Agricultural Cultivations and Urban Landscapes
IRMA -
Subsidy Contract No: I3.11.06
LP-TEIEP | P2-AEPDE | P3-INEA | P4-ISPA/CNR | P5-ROP | P6-ROEDM
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Progress of WP1
Management &
Coordination
The 5
th
progress report has been
submitted to the JTS. From the graph
bellow it is obvious that not all partners
have the same efficiency regarding the
application of their activities.
46%
90%
0%
89%
43%
0%
1%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Contracted Budget (% Total Budget)
Expenditure paid out (% Total Budget)
LP asked all partners to submit
modification requests as soon as
possible and drastic measures will be
decided at the beginning of fall in order
to ensure the materialization of all the
deliverables and the benefits that the
partners have committed to produce
for the local societies.
Progress of WP2
Information & Publicity
IRLA2014
The deadline for abstracts submission
for IRLA2014 has been passed and
more than 100 contributions have
been submitted.
IRLA2014 will be held at Patras /
Greece from 26 to 28 November 2014
and more information is available at:
is the company that was
assigned -after public procurement- to
organise the event.
Parallel event by ENORASIS in
the framework of IRLA2014, a
significant cooperation
FP7
ENORASIS
project
will organise
a parallel event regarding decision
support systems for environmentally
optimized irrigation management by
farmers and water management
organizations based on advanced
technologies and models. The event
will be held in the framework of
IRLA2014 on November 27th 2014 at
Patras, Greece.
Sharing common goals with IRMA,
ENORASIS project -which is at its final
stage- is motivated by the facts that:
irrigation is the predominant
water
consumer
globally,
accounting for 70% of the total
consumption and therefore
constitutes
a
significant
environmental challenge
the combined application of the
WFD
(Water
Framework