What we do
Our work focused on integrating and upgrading the methodologies developed under previous projects (Interreg EuroMED GREENOMED, FinMED, and GREEN GROWTH Community) to test, deliver, and ensure the transferability of a new integrated methodology and toolkit. An instrument supported by dedicated documents, tools, and guidelines designed to streamline implementation and facilitate the following activities:
- Creation of regional working groups to discuss about common challenges related to the local manufacturing ecosystem
- Identification of key actors to be involved and of regional priorities to take into account in the working groups
- Support to manufacturing SMEs to assess their sustanabiltiy performance and identify new financial opportunies.
We are committed to bridging the connection gap between innovation actors who often operate in silos. For this reason, thanks to our approach and instruments:
- Foster Collaboration & Awareness: Aggregate skills and catalyze stakeholders to increase awareness of shared challenges and knowledge gaps (GREEN GROWTH Community).
- Empower SMEs: Enhance the assessment capabilities of SMEs while facilitating access to new financing opportunities (FinMED) and technological development (GREENOMED).
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TARGET SECTORS
Based on RIS3 of the involved countries, the target sectors are:
- Machinery
- Textile
- Plastics
- Agri-food
- Mobility & batteries
The focus will be on solutions, technology transfer, and business practices addressing sustainable materials/chemicals, energy&resources optimization, and emission reduction.
FROM TEST TO TRASNFER
Initially implemented across five countries (Italy, Spain, Greece, France, and Bulgaria) our methodology will now be extended to other countries (Portugal, North Macedonia, Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina).
To further drive sustainable growth across the Mediterranean and beyond, we are expanding our impact through key initiatives:
- Transferring our fine-tuned methodology and toolkit across the new target regions
- Training and exchanging knowledge with new members and regional innovation ecosystems to ensure seamless adoption
- Actively involving new SMEs, research organisations, business support structures, and public authorities
- Exchanging knowledge and strengthening cross-border cooperation to maximise long-term sustainability
Capitalized PROJECTS
GREENSMARTMED project builds on the previous horizontal project experience and expertise of the Green Growth Community by:
- Exploiting the ‘community approach’ developed and aquired during its implementation, also in collaboration with GREENOMED and finMED capitalization activities.
- Applying its experience in knowledge and data collection and in tools implementation for a catalogue of knowledge, a policy reflection papers offering a consistent approach and functional material to the project stakeholders.
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Capitalizing the Green Growth Platform experience as an effective model for developing a 4HSs cooperation approach, to allow the adoption of the project results, lessons learnt, and best practices in the MED Area.
GREENOMED project is one of the two fundamental pillars of GREENSMARTMED project.
The methodology phases and tools that have been successfully developed in this project work as starting point of the GREENSMARTMED methodology and toolkit.
GREENOMED methodology has been conceived in the frame of the “VANGUARD Initiative – New Growth Through Smart Specialization” and has proven to be effective in defining and establishing regional working groups focused on Regional key topics (i.e., RIS3).
These methodology and tools will be upgraded to adapt to the European manufacturing industry new economic challenges and will be integrated mainly the finMED methodology and tools to achieve a higher participation of SMEs in cooperation initiatives.
finMED project is another fundamental pillar of GREENSMARTMED project.
The project aimed to boost the financing of innovation in green growth sectors through improved delivery of policies and strategies and the introduction of innovative cluster services.
Its methodology phases and tools will be integrated with the GREENOMED ones, as starting point of the GREENSMARTMED methodology and toolkit.
In particular, the results of finMED will be upgraded for the assessment of R&I capabilities of SMEs to understand if they have the organisational structure and the financial capability to deal with the cooperation projects and, if it is not the case, to identify which financial instruments best fit the specific SME’s context to provide the basis for taking part to transregional initiatives.
