EUROPEAN PROJECTS ➤ ENI CBC MED ➤CARISMED

CApitalisation for Re-setting Innovation and Sustainability in MED-Cities

Project duration	November 2021– November 2023 (24 months)
Total budget CRES budget ENI CBC Med Programme contribution	1.110.368 € 95.205 € 999.331 (90%)
Website	https://www.enicbcmed.eu/projects/carismed

Thematic Objectives: A.2 - Support to education, research, technological development and innovation (Promote economic and social development)
Priority: A.2.2 - Support SMEs in accessing research and innovation

Overview
The CARISMED project will be implemented over two years’ period in partnership between eight organizations in six cities in six different counties.

24 months – 8 partners – 6 cities – 6 countries
Palestine, Greece, Spain, Italy, Tunisia, Jordan

Key Concept
CARISMED promotes the uptake of results achieved by 3 ongoing ENI CBC MED projects to develop policies for improving sustainability and integrating innovation into the urban settings of Mediterranean cities, through the capitalization of circular economy (CE) and creative approaches. A great deal of experience in re-setting the existing environment will be provided by these projects through refurbishment and re-using underutilized or abandoned urban stock.

Towards a more sustainable and smart urban development, a low-cost Adaptive Reuse Strategy will use MAIA-TAQA innovation practices and interlinks with policymakers, and INNOMED-UP model for CE procedures within Cultural Creative Industry (CCI) SMEs. CE supply chain will address urban challenges while creating business opportunities for SMEs by using INNOMED-UP model and SME4SMARTCITIES smart tools and techniques through ‘ready to deploy’ solutions. Cooperation agreements among cluster members will be further built up to enhance collaborative innovation schemes based on MAIA-TAQA policy instruments, SME4SMARTCITIES framework for collaboration between the public and private sector, and INNOMED-UP framework for CCI SMEs clustering.

Finally, the project will promote innovative methodologies for re-setting the built environment in Mediterranean cities by developing a toolkit and guide on upcycling buildings and areas through CCI SMEs clustering.

Objectives
The project overall objective is to develop urban policies for improving sustainability and integrating innovation into the urban setting of Mediterranean cities in order to effectively re-structure living and working conditions

This aim will be achieved through the following specific objectives:

Promoting innovative approaches/CE methodologies for re-setting the built environment at Med-Cities (both the building shell and its technological and business content) by developing a toolkit/advisory guide on upcycling buildings/areas of the built environment through CCI SMEs clustering.
Establishing targeted pilot creative workshops at regional and national level in order to reach and involve new target groups/type of stakeholders through expertise outreach and advocacy of policymakers, local authorities, key sector stakeholders, organizations and SMEs, i.e. cross-border level.
Making use of asynchronous e-learning platforms where knowledge and resources pooling results foster the mainstreaming of good practices towards central principles for planning interventions, improve sustainability and integrate innovation of CCI SMEs Clustering into the urban setting at Med-Cities.

Who will benefit

At least 40 SMEs
Cultural and Creative Industries (CCI) clusters
Women and young people working in CCIs
Local communities and authorities
Over 4,000 citizens to be reached
Policy and decision-makers

The project will promote innovative methodologies for resetting the built environment by developing a toolkit/advisory guide on up-cycling buildings through CCI SMEs clustering. Over 5 SMEs per city will benefit from being involved in the project and from their cooperation with researchers. 12 cross-border mentorship vouchers will be launched to establish transnational cooperation. Over 500 citizens per city will engage in communication activities. Moreover, the digital e-learning platform will make the knowledge and resources pooling results and good practices available for mainstreaming and dissemination at cross-border level.

Expected achievements

At least 8 SMEs of CCI participating in awareness and training activities
8 underutilized or abandoned urban stocks refurbished as a creative studio/lab
40 SMES will upgrade their capacities benefiting from workshops
Toolkits and advisory guides published on upcycling buildings and areas

Partners:
Birzeit University, Palestine (Lead Beneficiary)
National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Centre for Renewable Energy Sources and Saving, Greece
Business Innovation Centre of Murcia, Spain
Center for Economic and Social Research for the South of Italy, Italy
National Research Council of Italy - Institute for Studies on the Mediterranean, Italy
Creative collective, Tunisia
Future Pioneers for Empowering Communities’ Members in the environmental and educational fields, Jordan