Last week, GREENSMARTMED project partner AFIL, in collaboration with the University of Bergamo, project Lead Partner, held an online meeting to launch the constitution of the project regional core groups, as strategic step in the implementation of the GREENSMARTMED methodology.
The GREENSMARTMED project is set to lead the green transformation of the manufacturing sector in five European countries—Italy, France, Spain, Bulgaria, and Greece. To this aim, the establishment of regional working groups plays a fundamental role to bring together key stakeholders, including SMEs, policymakers, research institutions, and business support organizations.
In line with the project main strategy, these groups will be asked to jointly collaborate to tackle common challenges, share innovative solutions, and foster the sustainable development of key manufacturing sectors, including machinery, textiles, plastics, agri-food, and mobility.
This multistakeholders effort will be kept along the project to ensure a long-term engagement. Indeed, the regional working groups, which are focused on creating a strategic vision for growth according to the local manufacturing needs, will continue to operate beyond the project’s conclusion, contributing to the ongoing green transformation of the sector. To this aim, the involvement of public authorities at various levels, will ensure that the solutions developed can be integrated into broader policy frameworks and funding mechanisms.
In addition, as the project aims to enhance regional competitiveness, foster innovation, and promote cross-border collaboration, coherently with the GREENSMARTMED methodology, in a following phase these regional working groups will converge into transnational ones, in order to allow knowledge exchange, upskilling, and the development of new projects, to align with the European Union’s green manufacturing goals.
Above all, this process will allow the project’s methodology to be replicable, allowing its success to spread beyond the initial target regions and encouraging other European regions to adopt sustainable manufacturing practices and accelerate the green transition and so to create a blueprint for a sustainable, resilient manufacturing sector across Europe.
