SMART Basilicata: a Smart City initiative at regional scale

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Monica Salvia (monica.salvia@imaa.cnr.it) National Research Council of Italy - Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis (CNR-IMAA)

Scientific coordinator of SMART Basilicata

Agenda

The EU/National/Regional framework

The local case study

SMART Basilicata: Structure of the R&D project

Training and professional development in SMART Basilicata

European cities initiatives

Public- Private-Partnership in “Energy Efficiency in Buildings” (E2B)

SET-Plan European Industrial Initiative (EII) “SMART CITIES & COMMUNITIES”

Flagship Initiative “Innovation Union” - European Innovation Partnerships (EIP) “SMART CITIES”

European Energy Research Alliance (EERA) - Joint Programme (JP) on SMART CITIES

Joint Programming Initiative “Urban Europe”

European Strategic Transport Technology Plan

Future Internet Public-Private Partnership (partenariato pubblico-privato per l’internet del futuro)

Green Digital Charter (Carta Verde Digitale)

CONCERTO

Covenant of Mayors

CIVITAS

Making cities smarter and more competitive is one of the major EU challenges. Smart City initiatives have arisen Europe-wide to help cities to start planning their future in a new way: adopting a comprehensive multi-sector approach and accelerating innovation to become more sustainable and resilient

EERA JP Smart Cities

www.eera-set.eu

As the topic of Smart Cities represents a very complex and interdisciplinary field of research entirely new approaches are required which shall go even beyond the borders of individual scientific fields in order to capture the full range of infrastructure interfaces within the energy system of cities. The main goal of the present JP is to support European cities in their transformation processes towards Smart Cities (from an energy perspective) through new scientific methods, concepts and tools covering the entire energy value chain (generation, distribution, consumption).

Italian cities towards Horizon 2020

In Italy two National Calls for bids on “Smart Cities and Communities and Social Innovation” were launched in 2012 by the Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR), with a total funding of about 920.5 million euro. The main aims of the MIUR smart cities calls for bids are: • Train local authorities, universities, associations, groups and scientific institutions to making the team and get involved. • Search together funding opportunities for project ideas related to the concept of "intelligent communities“ • Support and develop the Industry-Academia research skills available on the local territories • Analyze current and future needs and challenges and work together to give answers and create a "common good”.

July 2012: All Italian Regions

March 2012: Convergence Regions (and Phasing-out Regions)

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A “training ground towards

Horizon 2020 European tenders,

which will be issued on 2014″.

Francesco Profumo,

Minister for Education, University and Research

The SMART Basilicata project

National call for bids “Smart Cities and Communities and Social Innovation” of the Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR), National Operational Plan (PON) 2007 – 2013 n.84/Ric of 2 March 2012

The evolution of Earth Observation (EO) systems will make available new scenarios for the development of innovative methodologies aimed to the study of environmental phenomena.

Scientific framework (1/2)

The main challenge is to develop new methodologies for the analysis and integration of data coming from multiplatform sensors with a different spatial, temporal and spectral resolution (Sensor Synergy) in order to analyze complex environmental processes in compliance with the guidelines of international programmes such as GEOSS (Global Earth Observation System of Systems) and GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security).

Integrating multiresolution observing systems with innovative technological platforms and ICT architectures in compliance with the contents of the Digital Earth and Citizen Science programs will pave the way for new applicative scenarios for the study of a wider range of environmental phenomena and the release to public authorities of innovative services and products.

Scientific framework (2/2)

Source: Dr. Mauro Annunziato, ENEA UTTEI – Coordinator of Smart Cities and green industries

The Basilicata case study

Basilicata is a small region of the Southern Italy representing only 3.3% of the Italian surface and with a population density of about 60.8 inhabitants per square kilometres, definitely under the Italian national average (about 200 inh./sq.km). Basilicata is divided into 2 provinces, Potenza and Matera, and includes 131 municipalities of which 100 falling under the Potenza Province’s administration.

The territory is prevailingly mountainous (46.9%), with only 8% of plain areas, and 20% of total surface is wooded area and is interested by two National Parks . Despite of its small size, Basilicata holds the most large oil reservoir of continental Europe and large quantity of crude oil and natural gas are extracted from its underground (about 90000 barrels per day)

Peculiarities of SMART Basilicata

Based on a careful analysis of the local economic, social and technological framework it intends to contribute to the main European initiatives on energy and climate issues at local/urban level.

SMART Basilicata proposes a systemic approach to the Basilicata region as an “urban sprawl" in order to move towards a “smart community" through the identification and development of innovative technology solutions for sustainable energy and environmental management, mobility, social participation and the use of smart services by Public Administrations and citizens. The aim is to provide a boost and a comprehensive framework to the transition towards a smart configuration of the local territorial system, by: developing experimental methods based on the integration of advanced technologies of Earth Observation and ICT. carrying out studies on the territory for Public Administrations, considering technical and economic feasibility of such projects implementing small-scale demonstrators, replicable in other contexts

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Industrial component

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Scientific knowledge component

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Local governance

Basilicata Regional Authority

Provinces of Potenza and

Matera

Municipalities of Potenza, Matera

and Viggiano

The partnership

In “SMART Basilicata” multi-layer public authorities, private enterprises, research organizations and universities worked together to draft the basis for a regional

strategy for smart-related issues.

Partnership involvement in smart-related projects

EU FP7 Project Partner FP7 Environment

CP- SICA

LEDDRA - Land and Ecosystem Degradation and

Desertification: Assessing the Fit of Responses

UNIBAS

FP7 Environment CASCADE- CAtastrophic Shifts in drylands: how

CAN we prevent ecosystem DEgradation?

FP7 Security G-MOSAIC GMES -Services for Management of

Operations, Situation Awareness and Intelligence

for regional Crises

UNIBAS, e-

GEOS

FP7-ICT-SEC ISTIMES Integrated System for Transport

Infrastructures surveillance and Monitoring by

Electromagnetic Sensing

TERN, CNR-

IMAA

FP7-SPACE DORIS - Ground Deformations Risk Scenarios: an

Advanced Assessment Service

CNR-IMAA;

TERN

FP7-SPACE DORIS_NET Downstream Observatory organized

by Regions active in Space network

TERN, CNR-

IMAA,

UNIBAS, e-

GEOS

FP7 - CapacitiesS Aerosols, Clouds, and Trace gases Research

InfraStructure Network

CNR-IMAA

FP7 - Capacities BRISK-Biofuels Research Infrastructure for Sharing

Knowledge

ENEA

FP7 -

Cooperation

SAHYOG- Strengthening Networking on Biomass

Research and Biowaste Conversion Biotechnology

for Europe-India integration

ENEA

FP7-SPACE-

2007-1.1-01

SAFER - Services and applications for emergency

response

e-GEOS

FP7- REGIONS-

2011-1

THE ISSUE - Traffic- Health- Environment.

Intelligent Solutions Sustaining Urban Economies

e-GEOS

FP7-

SPACE.2011.1.1-

01

BRIDGES - Building Relationships and Interactions

to Develop GMES for European Security

e-GEOS

International Cooperation Research activities Partner

COST Action

TU1104

SMART ENERGY REGIONS CNR-IMAA

COST Action

TU0902

Integrated assessment technologies

to support the sustainable

development of urban area

COST Action C21 TOWNTOLOGY, Urban Ontologies

for an improved communication in

Urban and Civil Engineering projects

UNIBAS

COST Action

TU0803

Cities Regrowing Smaller (CIRES),

Fostering Knowledge on

Regeneration Strategies in Shrinking

Cities across Europe

Energy European

Research

alliance (EERA).

JP

SMART CITIES Smart Sub-

Coordinator European Joint

Programme

ENEA

Energy European

Research

alliance (EERA).

Joint Programme

SMART CITIES, Sub-programme

“Energy in cities”

CNR-IMAA

International

Energy Agency

The Energy Technology Systems

Analysis Program (IEA- ETSAP)

International

Energy Agency

Bioenergy ENEA

General structure

This 30-month project is structured around five main operating objectives which are smartly integrated into a systematic approach towards a more sustainable

configuration of the regional “widespread town”

WP1 SMART

NATURAL RESOURCES

WP2 SMART ENERGY

WP3 SMART

MOBILITY

WP4 SMART

CULTURE AND

TOURISM

WP5 SMART

PARTICIPATION

Smart Environment represents the central core of this approach and is strictly interrelated with the other spheres of action. These operating objectives are split into several activities involving: - industrial research (IR), and - experimental development (ED)

which will be carried out in strict synergy among the partners, taking out the most from the public and private competences available on the regional territory.

WPs and demonstrators

• DEMONSTRATOR 3: SMART_STREET

(Potenza)

• DEMONSTRATOR 4: sMArTERA (Matera)

• DEMONSTRATOR 2: SMART_BIOFUEL (Val

d’Agri)

• DEMONSTRATOR 1: SMART_ENV (Val d’Agri/Basilicata)

WP1: SMART NATURAL

RESOURCES

WP2: SMART ENERGY

WP3: SMART MOBILITY

WP4: SMART CULTURE

AND TOURISM

WP5 SMART PARTICIPATION

All the research activities converge into four “demonstrators” located in different areas of Basilicata which aims to constitute reference models for territorial

development fostering the participation of multiple stakeholders from the public sector, civil society, and the private sector.

Demonstrator Pilot Case Study Sites

Overview of project’s activities

Project management

Scientific Committee

Training and Professional development (1/2)

SMART Basilicata is completed by a Training and Professional Development project. The project is structured around 4 Formative Objectives , strictly related to the 4 WPs and demonstrators foreseen by the research project.

• FO3: Expert in integrated

management for sustainable urban

mobility

• FO4: Expert of Cultural Tourism

• FO2: Expert in the management and

monitoring of innovative energy

systems

• FO1: Expert in technologies and tools for monitoring environmental risks in different areas

WP1 SMART NATURAL

RESOURCES

WP2 SMART ENERGY

WP3 SMART MOBILITY

WP4 SMART CULTURE

AND TOURISM

Training and Professional development (2/2)

The objective of the Training and Professional Development project within the 4 Formative Objectives is two-fold.

FO1-FO4/Activity 2: Updating and qualification of employees of the public administration and staff of enterprises and companies in the environmental sector on the topics addressed by each Work Package.

FO1-FO4/Activity 1: Training and Professional development for young graduates and post-docs on the topics addressed by each Work Package.

Workshops and Seminars Classrooms training and training on the job

Expectations

Ensure the success of SMART Basilicata and turn it into a launching pad towards new opportunities for collaboration and funding

Valuing the contribution of individual public and private partners in a systemic vision of the activities

Teaming up and accessing to new funding opportunities in view of the upcoming national and EU calls

SMART Basilicata: a Smart City initiative at regional scale

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Scientific coordinator: Monica Salvia (CNR-IMAA) monica.salvia@imaa.cnr.it

Contact office: segreteria@tern.it