Climate resilient regions through systemic solutions and innovations (ARSINOE)

Description:

Systems Innovation Approach (SIA) addresses the growing complexity, interdependencies and interconnectedness of modern societies and economies, focusing on the functions of the cross-sectoral system as a whole and on the variety of actors. The Climate Innovation Window (CIW) is the EU reference innovations marketplace for climate adaptation technologies. ARSINOE shapes the pathways to resilience by bringing together SIA and CIW, to build an ecosystem for climate change adaptation solutions.

Within the ARSINOE ecosystem, pathways to solutions are co-created and co-designed by stakeholders, who can then select either existing CIW technologies, or technologies by new providers (or a combination) to form an innovation package.

ARSINOE applies a three-tier, approach:

• (a) using SIA, it integrates multi-faceted technological, digital, business, governance and environmental aspects with social innovation for the development of adaptation pathways to climate change for specific regions;
• (b) it links with CIW to form innovation packages by matching innovators with end-users/regions;
• (c) it fosters the ecosystem sustainability and growth with cross-fertilization and replication across regions and scales, at European level and beyond, using specific business models, exploitation and outreach actions.

The ARSINOE approach is show-cased in 9 widely varied demonstrators across Europe, as a proof-of-concept with regards to its applicability, replicability, potential and efficacy: (i) Athens metropolitan area (EL); (ii) Mediterranean ports including Port of Piraeus (EL), Limassol (CY) and Valencia (ES); (iii) Main river in Germany (DE); (iv) transboundary Ochrid/Prespa lakes (MK, AL, EL); (v) Canary Islands (ES); (vi) transboundary Black Sea including Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey (RO, BG and TR); (vii) Southern Denmark (DK); (viii) Torbay and Devon county (UK) and (ix) the Mediterranean island Sardinia (IT).

Project information

Lead

Panepistimio Thessalias, Greece

Partners

ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS - RESEARCH CENTER,  Greece; KWR WATER B.V., Netherlands; DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET,  Denmark; THE UNIVERSITY OF EXETER,  United Kingdom; UNIVERSITE DE TOURS, France; ATHINA-EREVNITIKO KENTRO KAINOTOMIAS STIS TECHNOLOGIES TIS PLIROFORIAS, TON EPIKOINONION KAI TIS GNOSIS,  Greece; LUDWIG-MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN, Germany; AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS,  Spain; INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATION AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS,  Greece; TECHNOLOGIKO PANEPISTIMIO KYPROU,  Cyprus; FUNDACION DE LA COMUNIDAD VALENCIANA PARA LA INVESTIGACION, PROMOCION Y ESTUDIOS COMERCIALES DE VALENCIAPORT,  Spain; ARISTOTELIO PANEPISTIMIO THESSALONIKIS,  Greece; MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY,  Turkey; INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCERTARE DEZVOLTARE PENTRU STIINTE BIOLOGICE RA,  Romania; PRIVATE SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION, INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENT, CIVIL ENGINEERING AND ENERGY, SKOPJE, North Macedonia; AGRIS SARDEGNA - AGENZIA PER LA RICERCA IN AGRICOLTURA,  Italy; CENTRO DI RICERCA, SVILUPPO E STUDI SUPERIORI IN SARDEGNA SOCIETÀ A RESPONSABILITÀ LIMITATA,  Italy; UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI CAGLIARI, Italy; UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA, Spain; GAC,  France; LNH WATER APS, Denmark; ETAIREIA ANAPTYXIS KAI TOURISTIKIS PROVOLIS ATHINON - ANAPTYXIAKI ANONYMOS ETAIREIA ORGANISMOU TOPIKIS AFTODIOIKISIS, Greece; BLUE GOLD SRL, Italy; ELITTORAL ESTUDIOS DE INGENIERIA COSTERA Y OCEANOGRAFICA SLNE, Spain; PIRAEUS PORT AUTHORITY SA, Greece; ORGANISMOS FYSIKOU PERIVALLONTOS KAI KLIMATIKIS ALLAGIS, Greece; AGJENCIA KOMBËTARE E PLANIFIKIMIT TË TERRITORIT, Albania; THE COUNCIL OF THE BOROUGH OF TORBAY, United Kingdom; VERBAND KOMMUNALER UNTERNEHMEN EV, Germany; WESTCOUNTRY RIVERS TRUST LBG, United Kingdom; Elliniko Idryma Evropaikis kai Exoterikis Politikis (HELLENIC FOUNDATION FOR EUROPEAN AND FOREIGN POLICY), Greece; KLIYNTEH BULGARIA FONDATSIYA, Bulgaria; SDSN ASSOCIATION PARIS, France; STICHTING GLOBAL RESILIENT CITIES NETWORK, Netherlands; ORGANIZATION OF THE BLACK SEA ECONOMIC COOPERATION, Turkey; SECRETARIATUL NATIONAL ROMAN AL RETELEI UNIVERSITATILOR DE LA MAREA NEAGRA, Romania; BRIGAID CONNECT, Spain; WATER EUROPE, Belgium; ESBJERG KOMMUNE, Denmark; NATURSTYRELSEN,  Denmark