SMART_MINO

PROJECT

Support Network for Local Dynamics of Cooperation in the Cross-Border Minho River

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Smart_Minho is a project in which the Deputación de Pontevedra (main beneficiary), the Intermunicipal Community of Alto Minho, the Fundação Centro de Estudos Euro-Regionais, and the EGTC Rio Minho are partners. This project seeks to establish the path for cross-border cooperation in the Rio Minho during the coming decades.

The main objective of Smart Minho is to improve the effectiveness of institutional cooperation in the cross-border area of the Rio Minho through the strategic planning of the common territory, based on experiences of local cooperation, and that serve to initiate pilot experiences of team management and cultural activities, and transport that favors cross-border mobility.

OBJECTIVES

Conserve and enhance the existing resources between the two banks of the Rio Minho for the benefit of social, economic and environmental development in the Baixo and Alto Minho/Miño area;
Enhance sustainable mobility and accessibility as the central axis of the development of the territory, not only in relation to public transport, but also in relation to pedestrian mobility and other non-motorized alternative means of transport that allow reducing energy expenditure and gas emissions causing greenhouse effect;
Improve the internal connection between the direct urban centers of Caminha-A Guarda, Vila Nova de Cerveira-Tomiño, Valença-Tui, Monção-Salvaterra, Melgaço-Arbo, as well as the connection with the rest of the territory and the metropolitan areas of Vigo, Porto and Braga;
Promote the joint management of existing equipment, infrastructure and services and jointly planning future needs with the aim of sharing their use to improve services to citizens, optimizing resources and promoting coexistence;
Modernize infrastructure with the aim of promoting energy savings and sustainable mobility;
Promote the rural environment as a complement to the urban environment and an element that creates sustainable employment;
Fully protect and promote the river space;
Foster business cooperation and boost research activities.

BUDGET

942.022,47€

SCHEDULING

01/10/2015 to 30/06/2021

FINANCING

75% co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund ERDF through the Interreg V-A Spain Portugal Program (POCTEP) 2014-2020.

PRINCIPAL BENEFICIARY

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ACTIONS

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NEWS

Arranca o ‘II Culturmiño’ co obxectivo de crear novos actos culturais conxuntos no Miño transfronteirizo

Creadores e axentes culturais máis persoal técnico dos concellos miñotos traballarán durante este mes para desenvolver iniciativas....
19 May, 2021
O AECT Minho reivindica ante a Xunta e a CCDR-N que os territorios do miño afectados polo peche da fronteira teñan prioridade para recibir fondos europeos do ‘POCTEP’ e do ‘Next Generation’

O AECT Rio Minho reclamou hoxe á Xunta de Galicia e á CCDR-N de Portugal que os concellos do territorio do Miño afectados polo peche da fronteira con Portugal “teñan prioridade” á hora de recibir fondos europeos. O agrupamento insiste en que o prexuízo económico......
03 March, 2021
O AECT Río Minho habilita un rexistro de persoas afectadas polo peche da fronteira con Portugal para reclamar indemnizacións

O AECT Río Minho ten operativo dende hoxe o rexistro de persoas afectadas polo peche da fronteira co fin de proceder á tramitación de posibles indemnizacións. Nas primeiras horas dende a súa posta, sen aínda difusión oficial, o rexistro xa recibiu máis dunha ducia de......
02 March, 2021