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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
An official meeting at ETCP GR-IT
2007-08 JTS offices (Thessaloniki),
was held on March 18
th
. The progress,
the achievements and the problems
that IRMA project faces were
discussed in detail and now all
partners have to work hard to
complete the deliverables.
A 3
rd
(final) modification request was
submitted to the JTS. It mainly
included technical alterations along
with limited budget reallocations.
The Close-out project management
meeting (Del. 1.2.7) will be organised
by the Decentralised Administration of
Epirus and Western Macedonia. It will
be held at Ioannina (Epirus) during the
last week of June 2015. It will be a
very good opportunity to present IRMA
to the irrigation & drainage
stakeholders of Epirus.
Progress of WP2
Information & Publicity
IRLA2014 Proceedings
The
review
process of the
manuscripts has
been completed
and 51 papers
have been sent to
ELSEVIER B.V.
for the preparation
of
the
proceedings.
The proceedings
will be published in the framework of
series.
ELSEVIER B.V. committed that the
publication will be available before the
end of April 2015.
Irrimed 2015 Bari, Italy
The closing event of IRMA will be the
International Conference on “Modern
technologies, strategies and tools for
sustainable irrigation management and
governance
in
Mediterranean
agriculture” (IrriMED 2015). It is
scheduled for 23-25 of September
2015 and will be held in Bari (Italy).
Bari
The web-site of the conference
will be soon
completed and will contain all the
necessary information and updates.
To communicate with the organizing
committee,
send
email
to:
Upcoming IRMA seminars
3 events are scheduled for this
summer (probably July) to be held in
Apoulia (Italy):
1. Special Professional Workshop
”Irrigation practice - auditing”
for presentation of irrigation
survey results and audit
findings
and
relevant
recommendations to system’s
managers (Del. 2.2.7)
2. Professional
training
certification seminar “Modern