The Mediterranean library of knowledge
Explore the ENI CBC Med Programme's library of deliverables: a comprehensive digital repository of diverse resources tailored for the Mediterranean region. Discover in-depth studies, innovative strategies, and practical tools spanning tools addressing key environmental, economic, and social issues. The library is your go-to source to find valuable knowledge to inspire new collaborative projects driving fair, sustainable and inclusive development across the Mediterranean.
TECHLOG Collaborative Web-Platform
The TECHLOG collaborative platform is the technological tool that supports the activities of the two Living Labs promoted by TECHLOG and will represent the collaborative environment in which the beneficiaries of TECHLOG can cooperate to co-create, test and share new innovation initiatives and training programs based on advanced driving simulation technologies for port and transport staff. The platform is conceived to support the cooperation and exchange of information and good practices among the different innovation players operating in the port and road transport sectors of the Mediterranean area.
The TECHLOG platform provides a wealth of services and functionalities aimed at facilitating knowledge sharing and joint technological initiatives between the innovation players and users coming from both academia and transport/port industry and operating in the field of innovation and advanced simulation for transport and ports.
D3.1.1_Adaptation of CESBA MED
The key ending results of this deliverable are two innovative tools for evaluating the sustainability of neighbourhoods and buildings in the whole Mediterranean region, with particular attention to the needs and specificities of the South and East sides of MED.
The two innovative assessment tools mentioned before are:
- Sustainable Building Tool (SBTool)
- Sustainable Neighbourhood Tool (SNTool)
Both tools will enhance the capacity of public administration in delivering, implementing and monitoring efficient measures, plans and strategies to improve the sustainability of neighbourhoods and buildings.
SMC_D4.2.2_Co-Creation Labs
The sustainable Mediterranean cities project based on the sustainable retrofit of urban areas is a challenging task requiring careful planning and a high level of engagement between all stakeholders throughout the different phases of the process to ensure that the expected targets are met and that the project is financially, environmentally, and
socially successful.
For this, the Co-Creation Lab is important to be created in the three municipalities. A co-creation lab will be set up in each participating city to support a participatory approach to the development of urban retrofit plans.
SMC_D4.1.2_Contextualised decision-making method
This document describes the contextualised decision-making methodologies for Sousse ,Irbid , and Moukhtara municipalities as partner within the Sustainable MED Cities project.
For this, the contextualised decision-making methodologies for partner cities based on the use of the assessment tools SNTool, (urban scale) and SBTool (building scale) in order to prepare the optimal retrofitting concept for an urban area and single buildings belonging to it, will include the determination of specific caracteres for each phase process of decision-making methodologies.
SMC_D3.2.1_Assessment Tools Manager
An online tool to support cities in defining their own way towards integrated and sustainable urban development.
The Sustainable Med Cities online Platform enables you to:
develop your own sustainability assessment tool based on the transnational generic versions of SBTool, SNTool, SCTool;
carry out sustainability assessments at building, neighbourhood or city scale using your contextualised tools;
visualize the results of the sustainability assessment.
The SMC Platform is a tool to support participatory planning processes. To involve the citizens in the decision-making process through the Sustainable MED Cities participative platform: https://adhocracy.plus/sustainable_med_cities/
TECHLOG O.5.7 - Joint proposal for a new shared qualification standard
The need to define standards for advanced training and licensing and qualification certification in the (trans)port and logistics field was among the main objectives of the project.
In the context of the TECHLOG project, stakeholders from port and transport companies and institutions from all partner countries were invited to take part in a capacity-building path, through which they were to exchange views and knowledge to build, supportedby the project partners and two external experts, a joint proposal for a common qualification standard for port and transport workers.
To this end, two preparatory online meetings, one in-person workshop, and one final recapitulatory online session were held.
The target audience for participation in the consultancy included:
1. Public officials with an administrative background and expertise in standardization and safety, such as:
a) State control officials in the shipping sector.
b) Harbormasters, often tasked with overseeing port operations in various countries.
2. Personnel involved in port operations, including:
c) Labor inspectorate officials responsible for health and safety regulations.
d) Port Authority representatives.
3. Professionals in logistics and transportation, such as:
e) Road safety officials.
f) Health and safety experts.
The resulting joint qualification standard is contained in Deliverable O.5.7, and was presented at the TECHLOG Final Conference, which took place in Cagliari on December 1st, 2023.
TECHLOG - O.5.6 Video tutorials
The project developed and released 3 videos showing the opportunities and benefits related to the use of advanced simulators and related training programs in port and transport activities.
The video tutorials developed in the framework of the project offer several positive aspects for workers and businesses, contributing to effective learning, skill development, and overall productivity. Tutorials are made available:
- on the project collaborative platform https://techlogproject.com.
- on the official TECHLOG youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@techlogproject7406
- in the official TECHLOG website (Library/videos area)
They were also shared in the TECHLOG social channels: https://linktr.ee/techlog_project
The 3 tutorials focus on:
- simulation opportunities for truck drivers;
- simulation opportunities for quay crane operators;
- training for innovation trainers.
TECHLOG - O.5.4 - Training Course for Innovation Trainers
This document proposes a Training Package and guidelines for Innovation Specialists and experts in the field of logistics and transport.
In the context of the TECHLOG (Technological Transfer for Logistics Innovation in the Mediterranean Area) project, a Training for Innovation Trainers (ToIT) has been designed and carried out in the Eastern (Livorno, Italy) and Western (Alexandria, Egypt) Mediterranean.
The objective of the actions was to provide representatives of EU-Mediterranean transport and port institutions or organizations with the tools necessary to become innovation trainers in the field of advanced simulation for port and transport activities.
That is, to train representatives of such institutions to be capable of promoting, leading, and accompanying innovation processes in their own local contexts; to be able to recognize the benefits of academia-industry cooperation for innovation in the sector; and to understand and explore the benefits and potential of simulation for training and innovation in the logistics and transport sector.
As such, it is not the objective of the TECHLOG Training of Innovation Trainers to present a comprehensive overview of new technologies or developments in the field in question, but rather to provide the tools and guidance for the exploration, design, development, and implementation of new, innovative solutions.
Therefore, the TECHLOG ToIT package places the focus on how to think about problems and their potential solutions rather than what to think and how specifically to solve them. This makes it a timeless and highly adaptable approach.
The participants/users of a ToIT are “building the plane while flying it”. They are learning by doing, meaning that they are trained on new concepts like open innovation (theory) and living labs (praxis) while at the same time building and actively participating in a living lab, sharing ideas, and coming up with innovations to test in the future.
In this sense the generic ToIT package gains concretion by establishing more specific objectives and questions. During the ToIT sessions held by the TECHLOG project in Livorno and Alexandria, the training revolved around the main question of “how might we design and build an enabling environment (favorable context) to do technology
transfer for logistics innovation in Mediterranean (East / West) port areas?”. And, as a more specific sub-question, “how to design logistics and transport strategies and innovations using virtual simulation?”.
D2.2.2_Serious Game for enhancing cooperation
A Serious Game is a game designed to achieve a primary objective rather than just entertainment. Serious Games are tools for teaching, learning, and education. They help players learn experientially though play in order to put concepts into use. Serious games provide learners with the opportunities to transform experience into knowledge.
D2.2.1_SMC Toolkit
The Toolkit is composed by leaflets, booklets and factsheets then transformed into a graphic, user-friendly layout and translated in 3 languages to reach the widest audience. They are informal communication material, easy to
understand. They were distributed during national and international conferences and used as communication material to promote the main key outputs to the affected stakeholders.
D5.3.2_SMC Guide
The SMC Guide is designed for professionals and managers engaged in urban environmental issues (such as SME technicians, urban planners, public officials, etc.), as well as other stakeholders involved in urban studies and development (including academics, researchers, decision-makers, urban developers, etc.) who are interested in enhancing the sustainability of the built environment. This comprehensive document serves as a guide for readers to understand and utilize the SMC methodology and tools effectively, covering both technical and functional aspects.
D5.3.1_Policy Paper
The primary focus of the Sustainable MED Cities project was to increase the capacity of municipalities to bolster sustainability, a crucial sector due to its significant impact on energy and resource efficiency policies. However, this domain is intricate, involving economic, technical, environmental, and social aspects and interconnected with other challenges like urban planning, mobility, energy autonomy, potable water availability, and waste collection. For that reason, Sustainable MED Cities capitalized the CESBA MED Method and Tools to the needs and priorities of South-East Mediterranean countries in a similar vein as the MedUrbanTools initiative.
In this Policy Paper, 7 policy recommendations are presented and explained capitalising the results of the Sustainable MED Cities Project.