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Euromapping played a key role in running the World Canals Conference (WCC13) <\/strong> in Toulouse, on 16-19 September, 2013. The contract with the conference organisers So*Toulouse followed many years of studies<\/strong> and expert appraisals<\/strong> to local authorities and the other stakeholders on the waterways from Bordeaux to S\u00e8te.<\/address>\nClosing the event in Toulouse on 19 September 2013, the partners thanked Euromapping for its r\u00f4le in assembling and running the event: definition of the programme, scientific committee, communication, coordination of contributions and even simultaneous interpreting. Four days of exchanges, debates and site visits, appreciated by more than 250 delegates.<\/p>\n
>> read the company profile<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbrow\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb1_2″][et_pb_image admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbImage\u00a0\u00bb src=\u00a0\u00bbhttp:\/\/www.edwardsmay.eu\/app\/uploads\/2015\/04\/mosaicHome.jpg\u00a0\u00bb show_in_lightbox=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb url_new_window=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb animation=\u00a0\u00bbleft\u00a0\u00bb sticky=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb] [\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb1_2″][et_pb_text admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbText\u00a0\u00bb background_layout=\u00a0\u00bblight\u00a0\u00bb text_orientation=\u00a0\u00bbleft\u00a0\u00bb text_font_size=\u00a0\u00bb14″ use_border_color=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb border_color=\u00a0\u00bb#ffffff\u00a0\u00bb border_style=\u00a0\u00bbsolid\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n 1<\/strong> [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbrow\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb4_4″][et_pb_divider admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbDivider\u00a0\u00bb color=\u00a0\u00bb#efefef\u00a0\u00bb show_divider=\u00a0\u00bbon\u00a0\u00bb] [\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbrow\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb1_4″][et_pb_image admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbImage\u00a0\u00bb src=\u00a0\u00bbhttp:\/\/www.edwardsmay.eu\/app\/uploads\/2015\/04\/NarrowBoat.jpg\u00a0\u00bb show_in_lightbox=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb url_new_window=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb animation=\u00a0\u00bbleft\u00a0\u00bb sticky=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb] [\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb3_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbText\u00a0\u00bb background_layout=\u00a0\u00bblight\u00a0\u00bb text_orientation=\u00a0\u00bbleft\u00a0\u00bb text_font_size=\u00a0\u00bb14″ use_border_color=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb border_color=\u00a0\u00bb#ffffff\u00a0\u00bb border_style=\u00a0\u00bbsolid\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n Transmanche has been providing consulting services and expert appraisals for the development of inland waterways and their uses since 1993. The qualifications of the founder, his team of collaborators and external partners mean that the company can undertake multidisciplinary studies covering either complete waterway networks\u00a0(e.g. the Canal des Deux Mers, the rivers Lot and Ba\u00efse, the cross-border Franco-Belgian waterway network, the Rh\u00f4ne-Sa\u00f4ne basin) or specific waterway sites such as boat harbours or urban sites enhanced by inland waterways.<\/p>\n The company being located in South-East France, most consulting assignments are conducted within the 8500km French waterway network, but the expert David Edwards-May and his team also work throughout Europe on Interreg or other EU-funded projects on inland waterways.<\/p>\n The company is currently seeking to expand its network of experts\/partners in order to improve the supply of information in other parts of the world. The choice \u2013 unusual for a commercial company \u2013 to develop its activity in this single field is motivated by our conviction that sustainable development imposes the maximum use of inland navigation, the most environment-friendly transport mode, not only on rivers that are navigable in their natural state, but also on canalised rivers and the canals that link them, to form integrated networks.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbrow\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbText\u00a0\u00bb background_layout=\u00a0\u00bblight\u00a0\u00bb text_orientation=\u00a0\u00bbleft\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbrow\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb2_3″][et_pb_text admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbText\u00a0\u00bb background_layout=\u00a0\u00bblight\u00a0\u00bb text_orientation=\u00a0\u00bbleft\u00a0\u00bb text_font_size=\u00a0\u00bb14″ use_border_color=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb border_color=\u00a0\u00bb#ffffff\u00a0\u00bb border_style=\u00a0\u00bbsolid\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n Transmanche studied funding sources for inland waterways in several countries of Europe and North America. The client is a consultative body created by the UK Government, the Inland Waterways Advisory Council (IWAC), attached to the Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). The objective was to identify the various sources of funding, covering both initial investments (as in major restoration projects) and running costs. The study – completed in June 2009 – shows that the percentage of costs covered by earned income is very low in most cases. Despite this, national and regional governments are maintaining funding levels sufficient to guarantee the ongoing operation, maintenance and renewal of this sensitive infrastructure. 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\nSylvia Pinel, the French Minister of Crafts, Trade and Tourism, addresses 200 delegates at the opening of the World Canals Conference WCC13 in Toulouse on 16 September 2013.
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\nThe ‘Waterway Village’ at the Port Saint-Sauveur was a showcase for VNF and waterway businesses as well as for boating associations and tourist offices. VNF’s barge Na\u00efade had an exhibition on the ecology of the canal du Midi.
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\nThe diseased plane-trees along the Canal du Midi and how to fund their replacement (estimated budget of \u20ac220 million) were a major topic of conversation at VNF’s stands, in the Waterway Village as well as in the conference centre. These specilmens were observed during the pre-conference tour near Colombiers.
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\nElected representatives of the ‘Syndicat Mixte’ of the Lot Valley in Aveyron, chaired by Jean-Claude Couchet, welcomed the post-conference tour participants for a cruise between Flagnac and Boisse-Penchot on Sunday, September 22. English, American, Canadian , Irish and Chinese delegates ‘adopted’ the Lot navigation in Aveyron and expressed their full support for completion of the rehabilitation works upstream of the lock at Laroque-Bouillac . Photo by Sylvain Blanchard aboard the electric boat Olt.<\/p>\nHow are canals funded? Study for UK waterways body<\/h2>\n