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.
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?”.
MedSNAIL factsheets of quality products belonging to the Mediterranean culture, history and traditions.
As an alternative to the MedSNAIL Geodatabase, factsheets have been published with information on Ark of Taste products identified through MedSNAIL. This is a more visual and easy-to-share tool that describes the nature, production process and history of these products. The Ark of Taste is a Slow Food initiative created to highlight the existence of quality products belonging to cultures, history and traditions around the world, which are at risk of disappearing within a few generations.
MedSNAIL Narrative Labels to raise awareness of products linked to local history, tradition and culture.
Narrative labelling is a tool inspired by the strategic instruments developed by Slow Food and ultimately aims to promote a more homogeneous identification between products from a specific area, thus fostering a sense of shared identity and a more direct association between the area and its local products. Each of the MedSNAIL pilot areas has identified local products adapted to and consistent with their natural environment and developed labels that highlight descriptive characteristics associated with their territorial context, historical trajectory and connections with the intangible practices and traditions of local communities.
MedSNAIL Alliance of Chefs Directory for local products promotion.
The MedSNAIL Chefs Alliance, inspired by a Slow Food initiative, is made up of a group of chefs committed to integrating local products into local food production. These establishments have been identified and collected through a specific directory that makes it possible to identify Mediterranean gastronomic establishments committed to local products. This network will serve as a precedent for possible collaborations and/or synergies between members of the sector, as well as new commercial links between producers and chefs.
MedSNAIL Strategy for Mediterranean agri-food sector
This is an integrated analysis of the MedSNAIL pilot areas (six pilot areas in Jordan, Lebanon, Malta, Palestine, Tunisia and Spain), which has enabled work to identify and prioritise common challenges and joint opportunities in the Mediterranean agri-food sector. It is a key document that lays the foundations for contextualising local scenarios and establishing useful comparisons that allow work to be coordinated through strategic solutions.
MedSNAIL Alliance for fair, sustainable, resilient and competitive Mediterranean agri-food system
The MedSNAIL Alliance is a model agreement that includes milestones and specific lines of work that actively contribute to the transition of the Mediterranean agri-food sector towards a fairer, more sustainable and competitive model. The alliance is understood as an open and scalable tool to ratify the commitment of those entities interested in strengthening and adding value to Mediterranean food chains.
MedSNAIL Agrobiodiversity studies to preserve local food memory
Agrobiodiversity studies constitute a strategic study of each of the six MedSNAIL pilot areas, their food varieties and related industries, as well as the environmental and cultural factors that condition the agri-food development of local MSMEs. They are understood as an agile and basic tool for preserving the food memory of the territory, but also for defining lines of action to reverse situations that endanger traditional varieties and related industries.
MedSNAIL Geodatabase of quality products belonging to the Mediterranean culture, history and traditions
This is a digital tool developed by Slow Food that allows any user to learn about the MedSNAIL pilot areas, as well as to identify the products selected as strategic by means of files describing their nature, production process and history. These products have also been included in the Ark of Taste programme, which is a Slow Food initiative created to highlight the existence of quality products belonging to the cultures, history and traditions of the entire planet, which are at risk of disappearing within a few generations.
MedSNAIL Legacy
It is a final publication summarising the results derived from the project and the lessons learned with the aim of replicating and capitalising on the methodology implemented in MedSNAIL.