On June 29th, the 7th Meeting of the ENHANCE Project was held in online format through the Microsoft TEAMS application.

The meeting took stock of the activities carried out at the end of 2019 and during the first half of 2020, verifying the fulfilment of the activities planned so far.

The Ministry of Territory and Sustainability, as a lead partner, have brought together partners from Andalusia, Austria, Estonia, Italy and the Czech Republic, in order to assess the status of implementation of action plans in each territory and the impact that the health crisis may have caused in this process. In this sense and to strengthen communication between partners, since the beginning of the health crisis in March, there have been 4 meetings with all partners through the Microsoft Teams application, to closely monitor the work and address the topics associated with managing the project and adapting to the new situation without affecting its performance.

Thus, the points discussed in the 7th Project Meeting have been the following:

State of the project in relation to technical aspects and the preparation of the final report:

- Actions implemented (n., type of actions, results)

- Data on the impact of the actions plans and influence on the regional policy instrument

- Other indicators of the project performance.

State of the project in relation to communication.

- Press releases

- Meeting of EU EMAS experts committee in September

- Newsletter 2020.

HIGH LEVEL DISSEMINATION EVENT

- Organization and responsibilities

- Follow-up meetings 

- Programs of each regional/country event

- Program of the wrap up session

OTHER ISSUES:

- FLC audits (timing)

- Progress Report 7-8

In this project meeting, special emphasis has been placed on how to efficiently organize the HLDE in online format, focusing it not as a closing act of the project, but as an action to disseminate the achievements made and a platform to promote the continuity of them and their knowledge and possible replication in other territories.