Mediterranean Trans-Regional Cooperation for green manufacturing innovation
Manufacturing is an important pillar for Europe, since it impacts significantly on economy, occupation welfare and environment. It consumes about the 30% of the total energy produced, uses as input critical raw materials and is responsible for environmental emissions. Thus, the adoption of green practices in manufacturing is a top-priority of several European Regions._x000D_
However, even if Europe is a global leader in green manufacturing research, its innovation capacity should be strongly improved. The availability of a European network of pilot plants accessible to SMEs could significantly contribute to this goal._x000D_
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The setup such an interconnected network of pilot plants requires the identification of common challenges and the mobilization of considerable resources. For these reasons, Regions should cooperate to reach this goal under the paradigm of smart specialization. _x000D_
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In the “VANGUARD Initiative”, a Clusters-governed methodology for the setup of trans-national projects of pilot plants was conceived, but was not tested on a structured basis and on a large scale._x000D_
Based on this experience, GREENOMED aims at testing and transferring this methodology in the MED Regions, considering their peculiarities and also their link with other relevant EU manufacturing Regions, in particular with Germany._x000D_
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GREENOMED will address business support organizations (Clusters), enterprises, SMEs, research and innovation organizations , Public Regional Authorities, as well as the general public._x000D_
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Information added on 2020-05-27, regarding the mitigation of the effects of COVID-19 (the coronavirus pandemic that started in 2019) (English language only): GREENOMED has implemented measures to support supply chains for green recovery, contributing to the provision of solutions for a green relaunch after the COVID crisis.