1. PROJECT IDEA EcolAND: An Ecological Approach for the Next Decades To plan, design and promote industrial areas equipped and infrastructured according to innovative, technological and environmental standards Project idea Type of operation Partnership: involvement Partnership: location Partnership: allocation of tasks EcolAND’s components The project structure Tangible outputs Further information

2. TYPE OF OPERATION Individual Project The project final aims are: To provide a methodology and a set of tools that will promote and improve policies on sustainable economic development at regional level transferable to other EU regions. To promote the co-operation among PPs in order to develop and test an innovative approach in the field of TEEAs, increasing SMEs competitiveness in each regional context. Project idea Type of operation Partnership: involvement Partnership: location Partnership: allocation of tasks EcolAND’s components The project structure Tangible outputs Further information

3. PARTNERSHIP: INVOLVEMENT Informal international network Partners’ selection criteria: Coherence with EcoLAND objectives Answers to the project form published on Interreg IIIC website Partners’ selection criteria: Regional and local authorities that are involved in SMEs development processes, Regional and local authorities that give great importance to environmental policies, Regional and local authorities that are launching projects related to industrial/technological parks, rehabilitation of abandoned sites. Project idea Type of operation Partnership: involvement Partnership: location Partnership: allocation of tasks EcolAND’s components The project structure Tangible outputs Further information

4. PARTNERSHIP: LOCATION 1 Tester: SIPRO Agenzia Provinciale di Sviluppo 2 Data provision: EuroBic Toscana Sud (I) 3 Data provision: Provincia di Ferrara (I) 4 Tester: Udaras na Gaeltachta (IE) 5 Data provision: Ajuntament de Granollers (S) 6 Data provision: Ayuntamiento de Ciudad Real (S) 7 Data provision: Diputation de Granada (S) 8 Data provision: Fundacion Ferrol Metropol (S) 9 Observer: Dèl-Dunàntuli Regionàlis Fejlesztèsi Ugynoksèg Kht (HU) 5 6 8 7 7 9 3 2 1 Project idea Type of operation Partnership: involvement Partnership: location Partnership: allocation of tasks EcolAND’s components The project structure Tangible outputs Further information

5. PARTNERSHIP: ALLOCATION OF TASKS Project Management Committee PMC (formed by the PP Project managers) Overall Management of the 5 components SIPRO Lead partner and coordinator Local Working Groups (LWG) (local stakeholders. SMEs associations, local authorities, ect..) Thematic Working Groups (TWG) Technical experts (I-ES-IE) Implementation at regional level of component 3-4-5 and monitornig of the components at local level Development of components 3 and 4 Component1:project management Component 2: Project Methodology dev Component 3: guidelines to plan and build TEEAs Component 4: testing innovative manag.of existing areas Component 5: dissemination of results Project partners Project idea Type of operation Partnership: involvement Partnership: location Partnership: allocation of tasks EcolAND’s components The project structure Tangible outputs Further information

6. EcolAND’s COMPONENTS The project is divided in 5 different components: 1)Project management 2)Project methodology development 3)Elaboration of guidelines to plan and set up technological and environmental equipped industrial areas (TEEAs) 4)Testing the management of existing industrial areas under innovative and environmental criteria 5)Dissemination of results Project idea Type of operation Partnership: involvement Partnership: location Partnership: allocation of tasks EcolAND’s components The project structure Tangible outputs Further information

7. THE PROJECT STRUCTURE PMC Project Management Committee LWG Local Working Groups (project partner co- ordination) TWG Thematic Working Groups SIPRO Ciudad Real South Transdanubian Reg.dev Agency SPAIN Eurobic Toscana Sud Provincia di Ferrara Granollers ITALYIRELAND Granada Fundacion Ferrol SIPRO & FerraraProvincec ounty I Tuscany regionI Ciudad Real municipality ES Ganollers municipality. ES Granada County-ES Fundacion Ferrol Metropoli region ES The Gaetachta Authority county IE Territorial planning I- ES-IE Technologic al innovation I-ES-IE Preocess cycle analysis I- ES-IE Environm ental technologi es I-ES-IE Other.. HUNGARY Udaras na Gaeltacht a South Transdanubian agency region H Project idea Type of operation Partnership: involvement Partnership: location Partnership: allocation of tasks EcolAND’s components The project structure Tangible outputs Further information

8. TANGIBLE OUTPUTS 1)Guidelines to plan TEEAs Indicators: 1 model simulation of production cycles, 1 socio-economic database, 1 environmental legislative database, Profiles of 3 local areas, Identification of 2 pilot areas. 2) Handbook of good practices for the innovative management of existing industrial areas Indicators: 2 pilot plan management, 1 comparative analysis of legislation and EU, national and local programs regarding environmental, technological and urban planning topics 1 monitoring system. Project idea Type of operation Partnership: involvement Partnership: location Partnership: allocation of tasks EcolAND’s components The project structure Tangible outputs Further information

9. FURTHER INFORMATION SIPRO County Board for local development Ferrara- Italy + 39 0532 769 073 Caterina Brancaleoni www.siproferrara.com Project idea Type of operation Partnership: involvement Partnership: location Partnership: allocation of tasks EcolAND’s components The project structure Tangible outputs Further information