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The City of Graz has received a number of international awards for the project ECOPROFIT. The project received the "European Sustainable City Award 1996" and the "Dubai International Award for Best Practices to improve the Living Environment 2002". It was also a finalist in the "Bremen Partnership Award Contest 2001"<ref>http://www.cpc.at/oeko/oe_WasIst_e.htm CPC-Austria - ECOPROFIT® - The idea</ref>. By awarding EU the City of Graz has become the first European Sustainable City<ref>http://www.nszm.cz/cb21/archiv/akce/_nszm/nszm06/sekce06/vsetin/prez_Rakousko.pdf Local Agenda 21 - Sustainable City Graz Austria</ref>.
The City of Graz has received a number of international awards for the project ECOPROFIT. The project received the "European Sustainable City Award 1996" and the "Dubai International Award for Best Practices to improve the Living Environment 2002". It was also a finalist in the "Bremen Partnership Award Contest 2001"<ref>http://www.cpc.at/oeko/oe_WasIst_e.htm CPC-Austria - ECOPROFIT® - The idea</ref>. By awarding EU the City of Graz has become the first European Sustainable City<ref>http://www.nszm.cz/cb21/archiv/akce/_nszm/nszm06/sekce06/vsetin/prez_Rakousko.pdf Local Agenda 21 - Sustainable City Graz Austria</ref>.


The project ECOPROFIT has been successful thanks to its unique way to local authorities, businesses and consultants. They work together through common training programs and networking. This provides an effective flow of information, know-how and considerable synergies. Operational objectives as same as the idea of environmental protection which fits to region are equally major for the future diversification of the local economy and a guarantee for creating new jobs. The economic, ecological and social value of ECOPROFIT perfectly complies with the three dimensions of sustainable development.  
The project ECOPROFIT has been successful thanks to its unique way to local authorities, businesses and consultants. All interested groups work together through common training programs and networking. This provides an effective flow of information, know-how and considerable synergies. Operational objectives as same as the idea of environmental protection which fits to region are equally major for the future diversification of the local economy and a guarantee for creating new jobs. The economic, ecological and social value of ECOPROFIT perfectly complies with the three dimensions of sustainable development.  




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