How to implement European investments in Italy and the role of the National Agency for Territorial Cohesion
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How to implement European investments in Italy and the role of the National Agency for Territorial Cohesion
Clip of Cohesion #1 – Introduction to cohesion policies through interviews with members of the European Commission
Emergencies in the regions of Southern Italy under the management of the Civil Protection: an example of implementation of European investments.
The progress of European Cohesion Policy and its five strategic objectives.
The Cloisters of San Pietro in Reggio Emilia, Open Laboratories to design workshops and projects.
During the last edition of We Make Future, International Fair and Festival on Technological and Digital Innovation, Eu Factor organized a Hackathon that involved 30 young people, divided into teams and with different skills, for the creation of a communication campaign on European Cohesion Policy.
Many were the communication companies present at the fair and, just during the three days, Roberta Trovarelli, project manager of Eu Factor, was interviewed by Mentarossa – communication agency for an episode of “Punto di infusione”, a podcast characterized by an original tone, playful and with different points of reflection and discussion.
The podcast episode “A European project on cohesion communication and sustainability. In the time of an infusion with Roberta Trovarelli of Innovacoop” presents the Hackathon of Eu Factor, the progress work during the two days of activity and the mood of the participating teams. Moreover, themes on innovation and sustainability are addressed, meeting points between Eu Factor and Mentarossa.
To listen to the complete podcast click on the following link https://podbay.fm/p/punto-di-infusione-storie-di-creativita-marketing-innovazione-e-business/e/1687445677
Survey by Area studi Legacoop and Ipsos
According to the results of a survey by Area studi Legacoop and Ipsos, in the last 3 years almost one Italian in 2 (45% of respondents) has purchased a used product and one in 3 (36% of the sample) a reconditioned or regenerated product.
However, for 32% of people we live in a society not used to reuse, for 28% people prefer to always have the latest model released on the market.
Among the initiatives to encourage a more circular approach: price reduction (86%); economic incentives on used/reconditioned/regenerated products (84%); more information on their reliability (85%).
For 8 out of 10 Italians (more precisely for 81% of respondents) “in today’s society we are too accustomed to linking well-being to the amount of new goods acquired, instead of the greater care of the goods we use“.
On a global level, the circular economy, unfortunately, is lagging behind, but Italy confirms itself as a leading country, along with Spain, among the largest European economies. There are, however, alarm bells. Because we’re getting worse on some key indicators like the circular use rate of matter and resource productivity. This is what emerges from the National Report on the Circular Economy 2022 promoted by Assoambiente and realized by CEN (Circular Economy Network), in collaboration with Enea.
More than 2.2 billion tonnes of waste are produced every year in the European Union. The EU is updating waste management legislation to promote the transition to a circular economy, as an alternative to the current linear economic model.
In March 2020, the European Commission presented, under the European Green Deal in line with the proposal for the new industrial strategy, the Action Plan for a New Circular Economy, which includes proposals for more sustainable product design, on reducing waste and empowering citizens. Resource-intensive sectors, such as electronics and information and communication technologies, plastics, textiles and construction, are given special attention.
In February 2021, the European Parliament voted for the new circular economy action plan, calling for additional measures to achieve an environmentally sustainable zero-carbon economy, free from toxic substances and fully circulate by 2050. It also includes stricter recycling standards and binding 2030 targets on the use and ecological footprint of materials.
Through measures such as waste prevention, eco-design and reuse of materials, European companies would achieve savings and at the same time reduce total annual greenhouse gas emissions. At the moment, the production of the materials we use every day is responsible for 45% of CO2 emissions.
The transition to a more circular economy can bring many benefits, including: Reducing pressure on the environment; More certainty about the availability of raw materials; Increasing competitiveness; Boosting innovation and economic growth (a 0.5% increase in GDP); Increase in employment – it is estimated that in the EU thanks to the circular economy there could be 700,000 new jobs by 2030.
This time, the European institutions have not only consulted the citizens, but have made them deliberate and draw up recommendations on the main challenges and priorities for the future of the Union.
One year on from the conclusion of the Conference, the 49 proposals from the citizens were discussed by the Council, Parliament and the Commission to be transformed into concrete policies, but the follow-up is still ongoing. The main challenge is to convene a Convention for the reform of the Treaties, the standard procedure for extending the Union’s competences and implementing the Assembly’s more ambitious proposals, such as overcoming unanimity in the Council.
The Conference on the Future of Europe has been a unique transnational participatory process, and continues to be an extraordinary opportunity to launch a new constituent process within the EU. It is up to the European institutions to fulfil the expectations of European citizens.
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Edited by Europe Direct Emilia-Romagna
The social economy is not a sector of the economy but represents a different approach to the economic development of our society.
A development that is not based only on the maximization of profit, but rather on values that tend to cohesion, integration and the enhancement of social capital.
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Edited by Europe Direct Emilia-Romagna
The Hackathon EU FACTOR has therefore involved creative young people in the design of a communication campaign on various channels, focusing on European Cohesion Policies and their impact on our territory and on the lives of citizens.
In fact, the great impact of investments in terms of increasing training and employment opportunities, improving the quality of life and protecting the environment and cultural heritage is often insufficiently known to European citizens.
The protagonists of the Hackathon, thanks to the support of mentors and experts, have set up an original and competent communication campaign. Participants were divided into working groups to develop ideas and make a presentation with short texts, images, interactive maps or multimedia files.
The communication campaign had to develop content related to at least 3 of these areas: Relation city campaign; Be citizens, be community; Third and fourth age; Education in digital; Mobility; Health, prevention; Interaction man machine; Environment.
The Hackathon was attended by 30 young people from the Jobs Academy in Bergamo, who elaborated their communication projects on 15th and 16th of June, culminating in the final award ceremony on the afternoon of 16th June. The young participants exposed the works in 5-minute pitch, which also included videos and multimedia content. The award – a week at the AI Summer School of the WMF in Monasterace (RC) – was won by the group C Man-Machine Interaction and composed of the following young people: Alessandro Cinelli, Filippo Catania, Giorgio Lacanna, Matteo Manenti, Simone Sforzi, Carlo Landriscina, Simone Di Gravina, Francesca Gagliardi, Chiara Scippacercola, Simone Zandomeneghi.