One mission, two governance projects

The Mediterranean region is warming 20% faster than the global average. Its densely populated sea basin is at the forefront of facing the impacts of climate change: heat waves, coastal erosion, sea level rise, and wildfires, among others. Natural hazards are having an impact on the economy, accelerating the urge to transition from a linear to a circular economy.

The United Nations 2030 Agenda Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the European Green Deal and the 2030 GreenerMed Agenda provide frameworks at different levels to guide collective efforts to accelerate the transition of the Mediterranean region towards a green, blue, circular and inclusive economy.

In this context, the Innovative Sustainable Economy mission of the Interreg Euro-MED Programme works to boost a fair transition to a circular economy through two governance projects that promote innovative technical knowledge and ensure new solutions are transferred into public policies.

About Innovative Sustainable Economy Mission

The Interreg Euro-MED Innovative Sustainable Economy Mission works to improve innovation capacities in the Mediterranean and build climate resilience. The mission aims to increase the capacities of public and private organisations to implement and coordinate Regional Innovation Strategies (RISC3) and reinforce the competitiveness of SMEs accelerating the transition to a circular and sustainable economy.

To amplify individual thematic projects’ results and raise the overall mission impact, the mission relies on the know-how and field implementation knowledge of the Thematic Community Project along with the policy and advocacy knowledge of the Institutional Dialogue Project.

In particular, the Thematic Community Project (featured by the name of Community4Innovation) is developing and enhancing research and innovation capacities for the uptake of technologies to support the transition to a circular economy and consolidate a competitive innovation ecosystem with the 4-helix stakeholders. Therefore, Community4Innovation acts as an engaged and structured community that improves collaboration among projects, stakeholders, and relevant institutions to find solutions for common challenges, promoting the transfer of novel practices to other actors for their integration into policies and strategies.

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