Project OverviewLorenaVidas

Municipality of Pratocmed@comune.prato.it

MED Programme

EU transnational cooperation programme among the “Territorial Cooperation objective” partners from 13 countries including the whole Northern Mediterranean seacoast working together to strengthen the competitiveness, employment and sustainable development

Project outcomes?

Capitalisation

To shed a critical and analytical eye on past and current experiencess of the Programme and of the projects in order to gain insight and improve practices during the current programming period.To feed future actions and strategies for the next programming period 2014-2020, also considering emergening trends, challenges, debates (including macro-region perspectives) and the EU 2020 strategy.

Smarter MED Thematic Cluster

Innovation, Economics, and EntrepreneurshipCultural heritage/creative industryKnowledge and TechnologiesInnovation capacity and awareness raising

CreativeMED

SME Creativity and Innovation for a MED Space Smart Specialization Framework

Priority Axis 1.2. Strenghtening cooperation between economic development stakeholders and public authorities

12 participating regions 7 capitalized projects Duration: 01/07/2013 – 31/12/2014 Budget: 1.325.000,00 €

Partnership

IT - Municipality of PratoIT - Consorzio ARCAGR - Region of Central MacedoniaGR - Business Dev. Agency of Rethymnon CCIGR - Union of Hellenic Chambers of CommerceSI - E-Zavod, Institute for Comprehensive Dev. SolutionsES - University of Valencia (Economics)ES - Chamber of Commerce of SevillePT - University of Evora (History)CY - Larnaca District Development AgencyFR - French Agency of Sustainable Mediterranean Cities and TerritoriesHR - Brodarski Institute

CreativeMED

Capitalizes the experiencies of MED projects focusing on Smart Specialisation as a driving force for the creation of economic value Develop a framework for bottom-up Smart Specialisation based on

cultural anchoring open network organizations innovation mixes collective learning, and shared values

Projects

SMILIES: supporting innovative SMEsMEDLAB: Living Labs for regional policyTEXMEDIN: innovation mixes in fashionCHORD: cultural heritage polesSOSTENUTO: culture, creativity, innovationMedGovernance, CentraLab, Alcotra, MEDINS, Periphèria...

Natural capital

Innovative management of natural resources for cultural tourism Participatory governance to maintain territorial «ownership» in the face of globalization

Physical capital

Transformation of dilapidated buildings into international cultural centreLeveraging low cost of buildings, internet based niche marketing

Symbolic capital

Re-proposition of ancient Greek Penteconter as showcase for new materials and eco-devices

Rowers’ participation experience mixing physical well-being with learning

Human capital

Digital library of fashion heritage to inspire young designers Linking designers with museums and industries for new paths of employment

Spatial capital

Exploit vicinity to Seville to create niche tourism experience Collaboration between local stakeholders to co-design and market integrated offer

Key Outputs

CreativeMED Development Model Policy learning approach to develop the model Co-developing the implementation potential with working groups

White PaperTargeted to EU, national and regional levels Recommendations for policy programming

On-line toolkit and guidelinesSupporting take-up among local and regional actors

Results

Improve bottom-up prioritisation of regional policy choicesImprove innovation capacity for territorial competitiveness through valorisation of cultural and territorial capitalImprove support to young entrepreneurs and institutional facilitatorsImprove policy coherence and multi-level govenance (macro-region)

Impacts

Policy coherence across programming strategies of MED regionsImproved dialogue between Territorial Cooperation and mainstream Cohesion PolicyTangible benefits to MED communities in terms of well-being, prosperity, and democracy

Thank you for your attention!

Lorena VidasMunicipality of Prato

cmed@comune.prato.it