CNR ExploRA

Progetto, 2019, ENG

COSME Programme 2019 Call for proposals COS-TOURCOOP-2019-3-01. ANSWER A New Sustainable World thanks to renewable Energies, Recycling and sea Safeguarding

Valeria TROYA (CENTRO INTERUNIVERSITARIO DI RICERCA PER LO SVILUPPO SOSTENIBILE), Piera Buonincontri (ISMED CNR), Daniela de Gregorio (ISMED CNR), Irene dell'Aversana (CNR Struttura di Particolare Rilievo Valorizzazione della Ricerca), Luisa Errichiello (ISMED CNR) , Ludovica Gerardi (CNR Struttura di Particolare Rilievo Valorizzazione della Ricerca), Roberto Micera (ISMED CNR) Tommasina Pianese ISMED CNR ) Valeria Valsecchi (HOCHFEILER)

CNR Struttura di Particolare Rilievo Valorizzazione della Ricerca, ISMED CNR , HOCHFEILER, CENTRO INTERUNIVERSITARIO DI RICERCA PER LO SVILUPPO SOSTENIBILE

The Mediterranean is the main world tourist destination with 30% of international tourist arrivals and coastal tourism, although mostly seasonal, is constantly growing. In terms of environmental sustainability and safeguarding of eco-systems, the impact of the infrastructures on the coasts weight for the highest percentage. The ANSWERS A New Sustainable World thanks to renewable Energies, Recycling and sea Safeguarding project addresses its actions to the touristic SMEs operating along the coasts through 3 main pillars: reporting on the state of the art to induce the necessary awareness of the need of sustainable tourism strengthening, growing and scaling up of 60 tourism enterprises; training on renewable energies, recycling of waste materials, abatement of carbon emissions, landscape and cultural heritage protection; exchange of good practices; study visits; models of tourism enterprise according to sustainable development; quality certification ISO 14001; working environment and safety; twinning monitoring of results achieved; diffusion and exploitation actions at regional, national and european level In order to provide a wide range of experiences, skills and transnational competences the actions will see the involvement of 8 complementary partners from 6 different countries: the Interuniversity Research Centre on Sustainable Development (IT) leading company with deep experience on sustainable development, renewable energies and sharing economy; Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (IT) with its Institute on Mediterranean Studies with competences on sustainability and safeguard of the sea and the coasts and its EEN ELSE, CCI Bretagne (FR) and CCI Xanthi (GR) with competences on business and network of enterprises, EUCI (MT) a certification body on quality, environment and safety, Hochfeiler (IT) with competences on communication and exploitation of results, Inmedia Solutions (ES) with competences in tourism auditing, and Cluster Trakia (BG) with experience in ICT services addressed to SMEs.