Dialogue4LivingAreas

The necessary changes and inevitable challenges of the mitigation of climate change and the adaptation to its effects, especially in the Mediterranean context, require us to modify the prevailing anthropogenic model, challenging us to decarbonize the economy in all its sectors in a homogenous, efficient and fair manner. From a thematic point of view, the project will focus on a holistic approach to “green living areas”, notably: promotion of energy efficiency, renewable and citizen energy communities; support of sustainable urban transports; improvement of waste and water management; development of urban and peri-urban agriculture. While supporting the parallel Thematic Community Project and the Euro-Med Academy, for a maximum efficiency of the overall process from local to transnational level, the proposal aims to implement an innovative support mechanism for key Euro-Mediterranean stakeholders (local /national authorities, European institutions, associations, networks, cooperation programmes, macroregional strategies), to actively participate in a Euro-med working Community for green Living areas’ Institutional Dialogue (EUCLID), to reinforce cooperation in the Mediterranean area by improving and transferring public initiatives and policies. D4LA thus proposes 3 main axes: -To better identify public stakeholders, public policies and the potential for coordination (WP1 Reuse), -To foster exchanges between these different institutional layers and support sharing/transfer of experiences and practices (WP2 Transfer), -To improve strategic coordination at national, European and Mediterranean levels with key policy players (WP3 Coordination). The activities of this 7-year project will form an arborescence, gradually increasing the number of actors involved and broadening the scope of the actions, by implementing a sustainable Euro-Mediterranean Green Living Areas’ Institutional Dialogue Association with mature results in line with the 2030 targets.