Carlo Bifulco – Director VESUVIUS NATIONAL PARK

1. parksnetwork Creation of a network of exchanges and innovating experiences of the protected natural zones of the continental Europe and Mediterranean basin 13 May, Workshop "Environment & Risk Management“ - INTERREG IIIC Partner Search Forum, Vienna Carlo Bifulco – Director VESUVIUS NATIONAL PARK

2. operation topics context >Create aunitary process to share know-how through a BOTTOM_UP strategy starting from a decentralised level of government territory >Protected natural areas present themselves as candidates for these roles as experimental laboratories in which the most innovative techniques and methodologies are tried out, evaluating the impact of these actions on the environment and the local population. setting up management promotion of a system of networks between protected natural areas which defines the exchange of studies, experiences on territorial management solutions, on most significant actions and adopted political policies. • >Ecological Network >Natural and/or anthropic catastrophes >Beneficial use of the territories >Learning programs for Parks managerial staff Carlo Bifulco – Director VESUVIUS NATIONAL PARK 13 May, Workshop "Environment & Risk Management“ - INTERREG IIIC Partner Search Forum, Vienna

3. results impacts outputs >Planning of studio events and seminars about management experiences and policies adopted in the preservation of territory >Design and creation of a database and Website whichholds and updates resolutions to problems of conservation to collect and monitor experiences and experiments (benchmarking models, best practises ecc.) >Creation of a Permanent Observatory that will be a fulcrum to manage a network of environmental monitoring stations and experimental laboratories > results in the short run with the opportunity for each partner to capitalise on the experience of others, made available by the network, with the aim of promoting significant changes on the territories of action. >results in the medium-long run with the contribution to the improvement of social and territorial cohesion within and without Europe. > in placing environmental management players on the network and creating a place where to discuss and trade strategies to be used for the realisation of lasting development of territories >in the active and effective co-involvement of third countries in European planning. 13 May, Workshop "Environment & Risk Management“ - INTERREG IIIC Partner Search Forum, Vienna Carlo Bifulco – Director VESUVIUS NATIONAL PARK

4. parks’networkréseaudes parcs type of operationtype de cooperation Ente Parco nazionale del Vesuvio ITALY lead partner chef de file PARTNERS THIRD COUNTRIES EU PARTNERS OTHER COUNTRIES interested Carlo Bifulco – Director VESUVIUS NATIONAL PARK 13 May, Workshop "Environment & Risk Management“ - INTERREG IIIC Partner Search Forum, Vienna

5. parks’networkréseaudes parcs ..from to.. theory practice >Vesuvius national Park set aside a fund of 25.000 EUR in the budget for project > First international meeting held in Ercolano 8th October 2002 in order to start partners’ aggregation: in this occasion We have received adhesion from third countries (MEDA). Successively We lead an intensive program of project promotion (Italian meetings, Palma de Maiorca Forum, Valencia Interreg Info-Days, Vienna Partner Search-Forum) >Actually 18 different countries are involved in Parks network project: each partner will participate actively also cofinancing the project. >Italian Minister of Environment, following project actions and results, has set aside a fund of 200.000 EUR: We will submit project to EU commission at the second call and in application form We ask for this project the total ERDF contribution (EUR 1.000.000) >Offical Web site of the project is available at this address www.retedeiparchi.com: it’s a first release of a multilanguage platform (English, French, Spanish and Italian) that until now has received 150.000 real visits. >LAST BUT NOT THE LEAST : WE ARE LOOKING FOROTHER PARTNERS! Please visit our stands to receive project information and documentation 13 May, Workshop "Environment & Risk Management“ - INTERREG IIIC Partner Search Forum, Vienna Carlo Bifulco – Director VESUVIUS NATIONAL PARK

6. Thanks for Your attention! www.retedeiparchi.com 13 May, Workshop "Environment & Risk Management“ - INTERREG IIIC Partner Search Forum, Vienna Carlo Bifulco – Director VESUVIUS NATIONAL PARK