WHAT DOES NEBA DO? NEBA aims to strengthen the capacity of regions and cities to develop and introduce inclusive and sustainable territorial planning tools to increase their resilience and adaptation to climate change.
HOW DO WE SEEK TO ACHIEVE THIS OBJECTIVE? By bringing the values and principles of the New European Bauhaus (NEB) into regions and integrating them into territorial planning in the most beneficial way for local communities and the environment.
WHY DO WE DO IT? As the effects of climate change become more evident, the need emerges not only to develop environmentally friendly technological solutions, but also to ensure citizen involvement in addressing these issues, thus ensuring social justice and people’s interest in contributing to global problems at the local level.
By bringing together regions with different experiences in applying the NEB and with unique local contexts, NEBA explores best practices and ensures synergies of interregional cooperation in the integration of NEB values and principles into regional planning processes, providing members with the tools to rethink their territorial planning instruments and improve them.
“PPI2INNOVATE – Capacity building to boost usage of PPI in Central Europe”
“PPI2INNOVATE – Capacity building to boost usage of PPI in Central Europe” aims to disseminate and encourage the use of public procurement for innovative solutions as regulated by European legislation, strengthening the competencies of contracting authorities. PPI2INNOVATE, funded by the INTERREG Central Europe Programme for a period of 3 years with a contribution of €1,661,148 starting from June 1, 2016, aims to promote the use of public procurement for innovation in 6 European countries: Croatia, Italy, Poland, Slovenia, Czech Republic and Hungary. PPI2Innovate is the initiative of a European consortium of 10 partners, represented in Italy by the Department of Management of the University of Turin and the Piedmont Region. The project also involves the City of Turin as an associated partner.
European procurement legislation, to foster “new approaches favorable to innovation,” regulates Public Procurement of Innovative Solutions (PPI). Through these, public procurers acquire innovative services or products that are not yet available on the market on a large scale and that do not require Research & Development activities. PPIs are particularly useful in sectors where the Public Authority represents a large part of demand and can use procurement as a means to address important social challenges such as efficient use of resources, sustainable transport, and active ageing. At the same time, PPIs are an opportunity for innovative SMEs that are sufficiently agile and flexible to meet the specific needs of public procurers. Public procurement represents approximately 20% of the European Union’s GDP.
The change in “attitude” towards this tool, which is still not adequately used in Central European countries, will come through the implementation of various activities and tools (thematic public tools, 6 Regional Competence Centers, 4 pilot public procurements).
During the event, the provisional version of the guide to innovative public procurement developed within the project by the research group of Prof. Gabriella Racca of the Department of Management of the University of Turin (the “PPI2Innovate Tool”) was presented, which aims to provide those responsible for awarding and executing public procurement with information on the tools and main phases necessary without neglecting the complexities and risks connected to innovative purchasing (in the modality) and of “Innovation” (in the object of the contract). These tools will be adapted to the institutional contexts of the participating countries for the areas of information technology, health and energy.
LINK: http://www.interreg-central.eu/Content.Node/PPI2Innovate.html
“HAPPI” (Healthy Ageing and Public Procurement of Innovations)
“Happi” (Healthy Ageing and Public Procurement of Innovations) is the first European joint innovative procurement project in the field of active and healthy ageing. Funded by the European Commission for an amount of two million euros, the HAPPI Project, coordinated by the Réseau des acheteurs de l’Ile de France, anticipating the application of the new European directive on public procurement, implements a first concrete experience of strategic cooperation among healthcare sector central purchasing bodies of France, Italy, Great Britain, Belgium, Luxembourg, Spain and Austria. This cooperation enabled, following a legal study conducted by the University of Turin (Scientific Director: Gabriella M. Racca), the implementation of a European joint procurement of innovative solutions for active and healthy ageing, with market analysis and award of a framework agreement articulated across multiple lots, favoring the participation of innovative small and medium enterprises and identifying innovative solutions capable of improving the offering by healthcare institutions and improving the working conditions of healthcare personnel.
LINK: https://www.masterseiic.it/happi/
“FINCH” (Financing impact on regional development of cultural heritage valorisation – 2018-2022)
FINCH brings together 7 partners from 6 regions across Europe who share the same commitment to the protection of cultural heritage, based on its potential impact on growth and employment, which could lead to long-term social and economic benefits.
Cultural heritage is a common resource and a common good, but also a shared responsibility. EU cohesion policies can be essential to promote the valorisation of cultural heritage. For this reason, six European regions decided to join their efforts to address the conservation, restoration, valorisation and management of cultural heritage, with the involvement of private actors. Investment financing in heritage will ensure its conservation in a dynamic and productive perspective, attracting and incubating new activities, revitalizing existing ones, improving the general well-being of people and ensuring environmental sustainability.
The FINCH project will help partner regions improve their policies in this sector. It will support the implementation of light financial instruments for private actors and public-private partnerships and will allow local and regional policies to move towards more sustainable models of cultural heritage capitalization.
Expected outputs and results:
- 6 stakeholder groups created in each region
- 98 people with increased professional capacity through participation in interregional cooperation activities
- 12 good practices identified
- 1 living document on financial instruments and the regulatory framework for introducing partnerships with the private sector
- 6 interregional workshops with field visits
- 6 regional action plans developed
LINK: https://www.interregeurope.eu/finch/
“CIRC-PRO” (Smart Circular Procurement – 2018-2023)
Public procurement represents a considerable portion of European consumption (nearly 20% of the Union’s GDP) and assumes particular relevance in the transition towards an increasingly circular economy. It is important and efficient to make the right choices from the beginning of a product’s creation process, so that the materials and components used are suitable, at the end of the life cycle, for repairability and reuse, thus contributing to closing the materials loop.
The CircPro project aims to promote the transition towards national and regional decision-making that gives greater consideration to circular economy criteria by strategically using circular public procurement.
The project activities intend to overcome the main existing obstacles regarding the implementation of “circular procurement” such as the general lack of knowledge and experience, procedural and legal barriers, and procurers’ preconceptions about the use of products made with recycled materials.
The main objectives of the project are:
- Identification of projects and initiatives, key actors, organizations and networks that could promote the implementation of circular procurement
- Foster territorial policies more oriented towards circular economy aspects
- Provide a meeting place and strengthen dialogue between procurers and suppliers
Partners:
- University of Turin (Italy)
- Piedmont Region (Italy)
- Alentejo Coordination and Regional Development Commission (Portugal)
- Bulgarian Association of Recycling (Bulgaria)
- Development Agency IGRA (Croatia)
- Kouvola Innovation Ltd. (Finland)
- Lithuanian Innovation Centre (Lithuania)
- Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning, Regional Government of Andalusia (Spain)
- Municipality of Elverum (Norway)
- Region of East Macedonia and Thrace (Greece)
- Stockholm Environment Institute Tallinn Centre (Estonia)
LINK: https://www.interregeurope.eu/circpro/
ABOUT the CircPro project: https://www.interregeurope.eu/fileadmin/user_upload/tx_tevprojects/library/file_1640092915.pdf
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