Description
Within the framework of Ecomondo, the leading Euro-Mediterranean area green and circular economy expo, the workshop “Sustainability approaches for clusters in the Mediterranean” is organized by the INTERREG MED Green Growth community, which gathers and creates communicational, technical and political synergies among 14 projects and over 100 stakeholders (NGOs, public authorities, businesses, research institutions) of the Mediterranean region. Clusters play a key role in reinforcing the competitivity of businesses, through their capacity to reunite numerous economic actors working for a mutual benefit and thus to easily foster the dissemination of sustainability principles. Moreover, clusters are a priority of action for the majority of projects in the Green Growth community. The half-day workshop will provide a unique opportunity to debate and gather insights concerning the state-of-the-art, perspectives and good practices from academia representatives (such as University of Sant’Anna), sustainability experts (such as Fondazione Ecosistemi) and clusters from the Mediterranean region such as Italy, Spain and Slovenia working on a variety of themes such as water, energy, manufacturing and eco-design.
Chairmen
BETA Tech Center - University of Vic (Spain) Fondazione Ecosistemi (Italy) CUEIM (Italy) from the INTERREG MED Green Growth Community
Programme
9.30 Introduction by the ChairsInterreg MED Green Growth community: purposes, members and role of clusters
9.45 Sustainability and clusters – what actors, stakes and perspectives?
Fabio Iraldo, Research Director of CeSiSP (Centre for the Development of Product Sustainability) and IEFE Bocconi, Professor of Environmental Management at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna and SDA BocconiUsing Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to measure the environmental benefits of industrial symbiosis in an industrial cluster of SMEs
Giorgio Galotti, Fondazione EcosistemiEnvironmental innovation in ecological clusters
10.45 – 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 Successful sustainability stories from MED clusters
Sara Gabarrón, CWP - Catalan Water Partnership (Spain) Alexia Boulanger CLEVER – Cleantech & Energy Innovation Cluster (Italy) Chiara Mansanta, ACMM- Marche Manufacturing Cluster Association (Italy) Matjaž Milfelner, TECOS - Slovenian Tool and Die Development Centre (Slovenia) Marco Foschini, Agrifood Clust-ER Emilia-Romagna (Italy) Daniela Carlotti, Consorzio Conciatori di Ponte a Egola) and Marco Cavallini, Associazione Conciatori (Italy)
12.00 Interactive session / peer-to-peer exchanges
12.45 Discussion and conclusion of the session
Simultaneous translation service English - Italian will be provided in this session.
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The Interreg MED Programme gathers 13 European countries from the Northern shore of the Mediterranean. They are working together for a sustainable growth in the region. The Programme supports projects developing innovative concepts and practices and promoting a reasonable use of resources.