ECOSINDECOSINDECOSINDIndustrial ecosystem: a strategy for the Industrial ecosystem: a strategy for the

sustainable development of industrial activities.sustainable development of industrial activities.

Xavier Martí Ragué. Responsable de l'Àrea d’EstudisDirecció General de Polítiques Ambientals i Sostenibilitat Departament de Medi Ambient i Habitatge

Generalitat de Catalunya

Barcelona, 17th of november 2006

ECOSIND General presentation

IntroductionIntroduction

Catalonia: leader. TuscanyAbruzzoPeloponnesus

5.663.862 euros, which 3.141.348 euros (55%) come from the ERDF.

ECOSIND is a Regional Framework Operation (RFO) stemming from the INTERREG III C programme

An RFO promotes the cooperation between public administrations of different European regions, by means of the financing of interregional projects.

Budget

Participants

Introduction Introduction -- ECOSIND objectivesECOSIND objectives

Sub objectives

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To provide the necessary formation to the professionals that will have to administrate the future industrial ecosystems.

Demonstrate the viability of the cooperative environmental management applied to industrial areas, sectors and districts,

Develop a practical methodology for the elaboration of the sustainable planning of industrial zones,To create and to consolidate a network of regions, companies, industrial areas, universities and research centers with the objective of producing new links in the Mediterranean area and diffuse the concept of sustainable industrial development,

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Establish the bases for the implementation of a new strategy of sustainable industrial development in the regions of the South of Europe. •

Objectives

ECOSIND projects and products

The 5 ECOSIND componentsThe 5 ECOSIND components

C5 : Formation and interregional

association for the development of the industrial ecosystem

C4 : Sustainable Planning of the

industrial development

C3 : Cooperative environmental

management of the existing industrial

network

C2 : Communication,Information and

planning

C1 : Management and coordination

ECOSINDComponents

1313projectsprojectsfinancedfinanced

3 products3 products

CICLE PELLCICLE PELL Industrial ecology in the chain from “the animal to the leather".

EMASEMAS Environmental management and audit.

GAT SPOTGAT SPOT Sustainable agro-territorial management for oil from the textile industry.

MEDUSEMEDUSE Methods and advanced techniques for the environmental analysis of zones with high industrial density by means of optoelectronic probes.

MESVALMESVAL Establishment of scientifico-technical bases and strategies for the research of new ways of regional valorisation of industrial wastes.

MITCO2MITCO2 Reduction of the CO2 emissions by using networks of heat, cold and electricity in industrial zones.

RESHUIRESHUI Integrated management of residues and waste water of olive oil mills.

ECOSIND projects for the cooperative ECOSIND projects for the cooperative management of existing industrial networkmanagement of existing industrial network

BLUBLU Pilot program for the improvement of the environmental management of industries and local administrations linked with the nautical sector.

ESEMPLAESEMPLA Experiment of the use of EMAS for the follow-up and the local environmental planning.

GPPGPP Guide of green procurement for industries.

PLANCOSTPLANCOST Sustainable industrial planning of the coastal zones and its frame of influence.

PLASOSPLASOS Sustainable urban planning of industrial zones.

RECIPOLISRECIPOLIS Experience of planning for the requalification and the reorganization of a degraded industrial zone.

ECOSIND projects for the planning of the ECOSIND projects for the planning of the sustainable industrial developmentsustainable industrial development

InformationGIS

Data Base

InformationGIS

Data Base

ApplicationGuideline of

recommendations

ApplicationGuideline of

recommendations

FormationMaster ofindustrial ecology

FormationMaster ofindustrial ecology

products

THE ECOSIND NETWORKTHE ECOSIND NETWORK

4 regional administrations4 regional administrations5 Municipalities5 Municipalities3 Provincial administrations 3 Provincial administrations 10 Universities10 Universities7 Research centres 7 Research centres 5 Businesses associations5 Businesses associations

ECOSIND productsECOSIND products