RIMINI MEETING DATES DECIDED

The Renew kick off meeting will be held in Rimini from 10th to 12th November 2010
The arrival date will be the 10th
the working days 11th and 12th
the departure, friday 12th after 17.00 or saturday/sunday

MEETING DATE: PROPOSALS

Being the first time we meet, I think we should have at least one person from each partner organisation attending the meeting, so we should plan the dates with attention.

Here my proposal, please tell me what you think about the following dates:

FIRST PROPOSAL – travelling/arrival on Wednesday 20 October, working on Tuesday 21 and Friday 22 October, departure from Friday eve (but also Sunday. There is an international BtoB fair on tourism during this weekend)

SECOND PROPOSAL – travelling on Sunday 14 November, working on Monday 15 and Tuesday 16, departure from Tuesday eve.

THIRD PROPOSAL – arrival Wednesday 10 November, working on Tuesday 11 and Friday 12 November, departure from Friday eve.

If you choose to stay a bit longer, maybe adding a week-end I can give you some suggestions about what to see or booking a tour of the city/ a visit to our new archaeological museum or a visit to Ravenna/Florence/Venice.

MEETING CONTENT – FIRST DRAFT

KICK OFF MEETING IN RIMINI, ITALY

DAY 1 MORNING 9.00/13.00

project partner presentations (around 20 minutes for each delegation)

DAY 1 AFTERNOON 14.30/ 17.30

Renew project management:

- Project timetables

- Project outcomes

- Project learning platform

- Project monitoring and evaluation

- Project promotion and diffusion

- Definition of contents: e-learning sessions, online sessions and magistral lessons

DAY 2 MORNING   9.00/13.00

Italian Stakeholders: meeting relevant players of the Rimini area 
From which sector? 
- economic sector/SMEs
- Medium enterprises and international players:

SCM Group http://www2.scmgroup.com/fr/

S Patrignano  http://www.sanpatrignano.org/?q=en

Focchi Group http://www.focchi.it/gruppo/

Ferretti Group http://www.ferrettigroup.com/ 
public sector such as town councils, province representatives etc.
training/university organisations
social/healthcare sector ?

And then: a meeting with the relevant representatives, a visit to their premises or just a presentation of the Rimini stakeholders?
or even a visit to the Exhibition Centre or the Rimini Dock?
Fiera http://www.riminifiera.it/en/index.asp
Darsena http://en.marinadirimini.com/

DAY 2 AFTERNOON 14.30/ 17.30

Future collaboration: how to share expertise, how to maximise project collaboration, ICT tools to easier contacts

Project proposals and ideas

Farewell

Any other ideas? Anything to add?

HOW TO ARRIVE IN RIMINI

By plane you have 4 options :

1) Check the Rimini Airport at http://www.riminiairport.com/index.php/en/flights-timetables/destination-list to see if you can find a direct flight (consider also the option to flight to Rome and from Rome to Rimini).

2) Check the Forli’ Airport at http://www.forliairport.com/main/index.php?id_pag=66 .

Once in the airport you need to take a aerobus to the Forli’ station followed by a train to Rimini. The bus timetable is here http://www.forliairport.com/main/index.php?id_pag=110  The train Forli’/Rimini takes around 30 minutes and costs around 5 €. You can check the train availability here http://www.ferroviedellostato.it/homepage_en.html

Otherwise is possible to take a taxi from the airport to Forli’ station (11€ up to 4 people) or directly to Rimini for around 100€ (up to 4 people).

4) You can use the Bologna Airport  http://www.bologna-airport.it/uk/flight-information/flight-timetables/scheduled-flight-timetable/?IDFolder=1033&LN=UK

From Bologna airport there is an handy bus to the train station (it takes around 20 minutes and costs 5€) where you can catch a train to Rimini. The travel duration Bologna/Rimini is of around 1 hour and the train are quite frequent (at least one every 50 minutes, but usually every 30’). The train ticket costs around 8€. You can check the train availability here http://www.ferroviedellostato.it/homepage_en.html

It’s not feasible to take a taxi or a bus from Bologna airport to Rimini.

3)  Another option is represented by the Ancona Airport. Here you can see the flights http://www.aeroportomarche.com/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=105

Also Ancona is 1 hour away from Rimini.

From Ancona airport you can catch a bus to Ancona Train Station or a train just in front of the airport (“Castelferretti” station).

From Ancona Station you can take a train to Rimini (around 1 hour for 8€/ ticket).

You can check the train availability here http://www.ferroviedellostato.it/homepage_en.html

A taxi from the airport to Rimini costs around 150/200 € depending on the traffic.