The European Network of Mining Regions

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The European Network of Mining Regions

• Agenda
• ENMR Partners and Countries
• ENMR Partner Characteristics
• Challenges and Objectives
• Spin-off Projects
• Backup Information

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THE ENMR PARTNERS

• 13. Geological survey of Finland (FI)
• 14. LAG Appennino Genovese (IT)
• 15. Regional development agency of the
• Aosta Valley Region (IT)
• Waste-management-association
• in the western part of the state of
• Saxony (ZAW) (DE)
• Faculty BERG, Technical University
• of Kosice (SK)
• AGH University of Science and
• Technology (PL)
• Eden Project Ltd. (UK)
• Associated members
• 20. Euromines (BXL)
• 21. North University of Baia Mare (RO)

• 1. GeoRange (LEAD PARTNER) (SE)
• 2. Geological survey of Portugal (PT)
• 3. The Government of Andalusia (ES)
• 4. University of Girona (ES)
• Spanish Research Institute
• Institute of earth sciences (ES)
• 6. The Region of Western Greece (GR)
• 7. Industrial Systems Institute (GR)
• 8. The university of Oulu (FI)
• The Regional council of North (FI) Karelia
• The Regional council of Lapland (FI)
• 11. The Council of Oulu Region (FI)
• 12. The Regional council of Kainuu (FI)

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THE ENMR PARTNER AREAS
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CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MINING REGIONS

• Often the regions have Objective 1 status
• The labour market is not gendering equal
• The scale and the characteristics of mining and
  its spatial, socio-economic, and environmental
  impacts are significant

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Partner Types and Examples

• Three types of partners
• Active and developing mining regions such as
  Sweden, Finland, and Portugal
• Active but declining mining regions such as
  Poland, Italy, Slovakia
• Post-mining regions such as Cornwall County (UK)
  and Lower Saxony (DE)
• Some ENMR partner examples
• Finland (Six Partners!) The same mining and
  exploration opportunity as Sweden (Fennoscandian
  Shield), but much more organized and much more
  active in promotion of industry and economic
  development. A good model for Sweden to look at.
• Poland A long and significant legacy of mining,
  but mining is on the decline. Migrating from
  coal-fired electrical power generation to
  something new. The largest copper mine in Europe
  is in Poland. Polish ore potential is not fully
  understood yet, but thought to be good by many.
• Lower Saxony, Germany Coal mining was once very
  large, but almost stopped. Many regeneration
  projects and societal issues such as
  unemployment, retraining, community
  restructuring.

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ENMR CHALLANGES

• Implementation of new EU legislation
• Restructuring
• Global competition and competitiveness

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ENMR OBJECTIVES

• Develop a European partnership of regional
  partnerships
• Improve regional development
• Promote the ENMR as an important EU stakeholder
• Maintain and increase EU competitiveness
• Articulate the common interests of EU mining
  regions
• Enhance the image of the extractive industry
• Dissemination of innovative ideas between
  partners
• Build respect and trust between partners

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ENMR Spin-off Project Examples

• Tourism and mining heritage network
• Governance and regulatory centre of excellence
• Benchmarking of environment, socio-economic, and
  cluster development best practices tool box
• EU university collaboration on ore mining
  programs
• Improve minings image through improved public
  knowledge

• Geo-user group to develop user requirements for
  advanced software applications (geo surveys)
• Fennoscandian Expoloration and mining showcase to
  Londons investment community
• Improve economic development competence in small
  communities
• Integration of mineral policy, spatial planning,
  and environmental management systems

Lots of interest and lots of activity
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PLEASE VISIT THE ENMR HOMEPAGE

• www.enmr.nu

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Backup Slides
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ENMR EXPECTED RESULTS

• Tools for successful regional development
  strategies in the field such as
• competitiveness
• environment and energy policies
• restructuring processes
• clustering in mining regions, synergies and
  networking.
• development of interregional and cross-sector
  co-operation
• better access in European programmes
• Higher awareness of the mining regions, its
  industries and potential
• Recognition of the network as a stakeholder at
  European level
• Evidence this is happening some examples
• ENMR inclusion in the evaluation study of the
  Communication on Promoting sustainable
  development in the EU non-energy extractive
  industry (COM(2000) 265).
• Invitation to participate in PECOMINES 2 Mining
  Waste Directive Implmentation
• Joint positioning on essential EU policies with
  regard to the Lisbon Strategy
• Higher participation in cross-sector, regional,
  and inter-regional partnerships and projects

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ENMR EXPECTED OUTPUTS

• A summarized study of the regional functions for
  the ENMR partner regions
• A draft roadmap for the European mining regions
• Understanding and engagement on essential EU
  policies and strategies
• Newsletters and information portal (www.enmr.nu)

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Near the end of Period 2
Nov05
Completed
Where the ENMR is in its project plan
Feb06
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Current Status and Plans

• The Thematic Working Groups have completed the
  SWOT analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses,
  Opportunities, Threats)
• The framework for the roadmap will be unveiled in
  Rovaniemi, Finland November 30, 2005
• There are multiple spin-off projects and areas of
  interest in different stages of development
  between ENMR partners
• Preparations are underway for 2006 ENMR meetings
  in Italy, Slovakia, Greece, Spain/Portugal, and
  the big meeting in Brussels

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THE ENMR THEMATIC AREAS

• The ENMR draft roadmap will address to the
  three dimension of sustainability, to include the
  thematic areas
• 1) Regional Functions, Industries and
  Clustering
• 2) Socio-Economic Effects
• 3) Mining and Environment

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THE ENMR PRIORITISED TOPICS

• Mining and sustainable development
• sustainable demographic development
• the Lisbon strategy and the EU employment
  strategy
• sustainable use of natural resources
• competitiveness of the non-energy extractive
  industry
• raw materials supply for the metals industry in
  Europe
• post mining
• 2. Interaction between clusters
• 3. Education and RD
• 4. Access to land
• 5. Investment attraction
• 6. Implementation of EU legislation
• 7. The EU funding