| Ref.No: | 63263000 |
| Start date: | 01.09.2024 |
| End date: | 31.08.2027 |
| Approval date: | 17.07.2024 |
| Department: | CIVIL ENGINEERING |
| Sector: | WATER RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING |
| Financier: | I3, E.C. |
| Budget: | 356.514,62 € |
| Public key: | Ψ03Π46ΨΖΣ4-ΤΤΚ |
| Scientific Responsible: | Assoc. Prof. MALAMIS |
| Email: | malamis.simos@gmail.com |
| Description: | ΤHE MEDITERRANEAN REGION WILL BE INCREASINGLY AFFECTED BY WATER STRESS. THUS, RESOURCE EFFICIENCY AND THE TRANSITION TO CIRCULAR ECONOMY ARE CRUCIAL TO ENSURE LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES. IN PARTICULAR, THE ENTIRE AGRIFOOD SYSTEM ACCOUNTS FOR MORE THAN 15% OF THE GDP IN THE EURO-MEDITERRANEAN, BEING AMONG THE LEAD SECTORS IN FOREIGN SALES FROM THE REGION AND IS ONE OF THE MAIN WATER CONSUMERS. AQUALOOPS4MED WILL CREATE AN INTERREGIONAL NETWORK TO FOSTER AN EFFICIENT AND SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT ACROSS THE MEDITERRANEAN, WITH FOCUS ON THE AGRIFOOD SECTOR. THE PROJECT WILL COMPRISE INTERREGIONAL INVESTMENTS IN THE DEMONSTRATION, SCALE-UP AND COMMERCIALIZATION OF INNOVATIVE, SUSTAINABLE AND CIRCULAR SOLUTIONS FROM SMES. THE PROJECT INVOLVES FOUR PARTICIPATING REGIONS: CATALONIA (ES), BASILICATA (IT), ATTICA AND THESSALY (EL) WITH SHARED AND COMPLEMENTARY S3 PRIORITIES AND WILL HAVE A SPECIFIC FOCUS ON LESS DEVELOPED REGIONS. THE PROJECT WILL SUPPORT ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND WILL FACILITATE KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER ACROSS THE QUADRUPLE HELIX. SMES WILL BE SUPPORTED BOTH VIA DIRECT INVOLVEMENT IN THE CONSORTIUM FOR THE DEMONSTRATION OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES (TRL 7-9) AND VIA CASCADE FUNDING. THE PROJECT WILL SUPPORT INTERREGIONAL COOPERATION AND INNOVATION INVESTMENTS VIA 4 MAIN VECTORS: A) THE DEMONSTRATION OF TECHNOLOGIES FOR WATER RECLAMATION AND REUSE IN 2 DEMO-SITES (IN BASILICATA AND THESSALY), WHERE PROJECTS PARTNERS WILL CONVENE TO WORK IN COOPERATION; B) THE SUPPORT TO SMES THROUGH A FSTP SCHEME FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF INNOVATIVE 40 TO 60 SUBPROJECTS RELATED TO THE SUSTAINABLE AND CIRCULAR WATER MANAGEMENT IN THE AGRIFOOD; C) THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE REGIONAL INNOVATION ECOSYSTEMS BY BOOSTING INTERREGIONAL INVESTMENTS THROUGH QUADRUPLE-HELIX COLLABORATION, THE CREATION OF A PLATFORM FOR PRIVATE INVESTMENTS AND BY ANALYSING OF REGIONAL, NATIONAL AND EU POLICIES; D) BY ASSESSING REPLICATION IN OTHER EU REGIONS. |
