GAP analysis
This process is aimed at identifying the requirements that will enable the target to reduce or close the gap between its current situation and its potential performance utilising existing resource. Gap analysis provides the basis for determining whether desired outcomes are realistic based on time, money and human resources available to achieve them.
Tags: Deliverable
Geographic Information System (GIS)
A geographic information system (GIS) is a computer system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyse, manage, and present all types of geographical data.
Tags: Deliverable
Governance
Governance refers to sustaining coordination and coherence among a wide variety of actors with different purposes and objectives. Such actors may include political actors and institutions, interest groups, civil society, non-governmental and transnational organisations.
Tags: Platform Project (Axis 4)
Ref: Jon Pierre, “Debating Governance: Authority, Steering, and Democracy”, Oxford University Press, 2000.
Green growth
Green growth is about fostering economic growth and development while ensuring that natural assets continue to provide the resources and environmental services on which our well-being relies. To do this, it must catalyse investment and innovation which will underpin sustained growth and give rise to new economic opportunities.
Tags: Sustainable development ; Blue growth
Ref: Towards Green Growth – Monitoring Progress, OECD, 2011.
Green infrastructure
Green Infrastructure is a strategically planned network of natural and semi-natural areas with other environmental features designed and managed to deliver a wide range of ecosystem services. It incorporates green spaces (or blue if aquatic ecosystems are concerned) and other physical features in terrestrial (including coastal) and marine areas. On land, Green Infrastructure is present in rural and urban settings.
Tags: Sustainable development ; Ecosystem services ; Ecosystem approach
Ref: Communication from the Commission on Green Infrastructure (GI) – Enhancing Europe’s Natural Capital – COM(2013) 0249 final
For more information: DG Environment – Green Infrastructure
Guidelines
Guidelines give practical information on how to perform certain actions or obtain expected results.
Tags: Deliverable
Horizontal principle
Horizontal principles, in the context of EU funded work, are core principles of importance that cut across and have relevance to all areas of the work of EU funded projects.
There are three EU horizontal principles: sustainable development, equal opportunities and non-discrimination, and equality between men and women.
Horizontal project
Horizontal projects are the unifying element of a thematic community of projects. They are in charge of community building activities, joint communication and joint capitalisation of the relevant projects.
Tags: Community of projects ; Community building ; Capitalisation