PASSAGE: Thematic seminar on environment and attractiveness strategies

InnoPolis participated in the second thematic seminar of PASSAGE project, focused on environment and attractiveness strategies, which took place from 28 to 30 March 2017 at Lecce, Italy. The meeting was hosted by the Province of Lecce.

The seminar in Lecce was the opportunity for PASSAGE partners to share different approaches of the topic, based on various experiences across Europe. Low-carbon economic development opportunities linked with new economic models such as the circular economy have been highlighted as drivers for attractiveness of territories. Partners also discussed the key issue of developing low-carbon tourism products to reach new tourist profiles and engage their territories on the way to a successful low-carbon transition. Several partners insisted on the need for integrated territorial approaches, with complementary environmental, economic and social policies implemented in the same time.

Among the successful experiences presented during the seminar, PASSAGE project partners selected 3 exemplary practices for capitalisation: – The development of soft mobility modes in Dover Strait as the support for low-carbon tourism development; – The development of sailing in the Gulf of Finland thanks to securisation of small ports with services every 30 miles (30 MILES Interreg project); – The successful monitoring of the Marine Protected Area of Vlora region, in Albania, enabling to enhance carbon storage in the Strait of Otranto while reinforcing the environmental attractiveness of the region.

InnoPolis presented the good practices (Good practice n°10) drawn by the following European projects:  “Proforbiomed” (MED 2017-2013), “WaS4D” (CBC GREECE-ITALY 2077-2013), Partner/Stakeholder: Municipal Enterprise for Planning & Development of Patras S.A. – ADEP S.A; “T.He.T.A.” (CBC GREECE-ITALY 2077-2013), Partner/Stakeholder: National Research Council CNR/IAC; “CESAPO” (CBC GREECE-ITALY 2077-2013), Partner/Stakeholder: University of Patras, Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics. All these projects were very crucial for the establishment of permanent structures which contribute to the strengthening of environmental awareness and energy efficiency as factor for territorial attractiveness.

During the second day of the seminar, several academics from the University of Salento and speakers from the Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change gave an overview of the progress of cross-border cooperation in the maritime border region between Italy, Albania and Greece. They highlighted the good grounds for the development of a cross-border action plan with the involvement of numerous local stakeholders, universities and civil society. Project partners were lucky to put images on these presentations thanks to field visits organised in Otranto in the afternoon, where partners discovered the strong links of this part of Italy with Greece and Albania.

Presentations

Day 1 – Good practices

PPT Introduction of seminar

PPT carbon study process – I-Care environment & consult

Good practice n°1 – Tuscany Cooperation Centre on Circular Economy

Good practice n°2 – Rev3 in Hauts-de-France (PPT)

Good practice n°3 – REACT project

Good practice n°4 – Kent Countryside and Coastal Access Improvement Plan

Good practice n°4 – Pas-de-Calais complementary presentation

Good practice n°5 – Environmental approach of hotels and holiday residences in Corsica

Good practice n°6 – Experiences of the Province of Lecce in the environmental field

Good practice n°7 – 30 MILES – small ports every 30 miles apart – Development of services for lively water tourism in the Eastern Gulf of Finland

Good practice n°8 – Monitoring Marine Protected Area in Vlora region

Good practice n°8 – Complementary presentation from AULEDA

Good practice n°9 – New Tallinn “main street” project

Good practice n°10 – Utilisation of European cooperation projects for the establishment of permanent structures which contribute to the strengthening of environmental awareness and energy efficiency as factor for territorial attractiveness

PPT Study on Border Needs

Day 2 – Lecce presentation

University of Salento – Engineering Department

Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change – 1

Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change – 2

OFIDIA project

Strait of Otranto and NOSTRA project

Experiences in diving tourism