P. Mercogliano, 30 Novembre - 1 Dicembre 2021 -
Webinar: I cambiamenti climatici: sfide ed aspetti evolutivi dei sistemi statistici
Titolo: Assessing climate change with climate models: gaps and perspectives
The road to success can be a bumpy one, but we're all on it together. Stay in the fast lane with these success tips from uber-successful industry experts, in the form of Bitmojis!
Road to Success: Values, Vission and MissionSercafim
In many companies a written mission statement seems to be a catch phrase on the company’s website and business owners don’t always see the added value of a mission statement. However, a written mission statement is critical because it help the company, its employees and management team to determine its direction; it helps focus the company’s future; it provides a template for decision making and allows executives to delegate the decision making; it forms the basis for alignment with the entire team, organization and helps to direct new hires; it helps to facilitate change and create a culture that welcomes change when warranted; it shapes the company’s strategy; it facilitates evaluation and improvement.
فيلات قطامية جاردينز القاهرة الجديدة كمبوند متكامل الخدماتahmed khallaf
يقع كمبوند قطامية جاردنز في القاهرة الجديدة علي بعد 3 دقائق فقط من الجامعة الامريكية حيث الهدوء والراحة والبعد عن الزحام حيث يتوفر جو من الهدوء بعد يوم شاق من العمل وضغوطات الحياة .
يقع مشروع قطامية جاردنز القاهرة الجديدة على مساحة 84 فدان تقريبا بمنطقة الامتداد الجنوبى بجوار الجامعة الامريكية متوسطاً كبرى المشروعات ( هايد بارك – إعمار – قطامية ديونز- بروة – جامعة المستقبل) فى شارع التسعين.
يحتوي المشروع علي العديد من الخدمات المتكاملة والتي راعت الكثير من احتياجات العملاء لتتوفر بيئة متكاملة منفصلة داخل الكمبوند لينال رضاء الملاك في المشروع ،
هذه الخدمات تشمل مول تجاري متكامل يحتوي علي احدث المحلات التجارية واهمها ، منطقة مطاعم وكافيهات ، مباني ادارية ، مدرسة دولية ، فندق ، مستشفي علي اعلي مستوي من الاهتمام ، نادي صحي يحتوي علي جيم وسبا وجاكوزي وجيم .
تم التخطيط لهذا المشروع من قبل اشهر المكاتب المتخصصة في مجال الاستشارات في مصر وخارجها، وكذلك المناطق الخضراء، ولقد تم إنشاء البحيرات التي تم تصميمها وتنسيقها من قبل المصممين الأكثر شهرة في ألمانيا لجعل سكان قطامية جاردينز التمتع بالاسترخاء والهدوء.
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وفقا لرغبة الشركة – لاستكمال وازدهار مجمع القطامية جاردينز ، فإنه قام بتنفيذ مشروع الخدمات التجارية المجاور لفيلات حدائق القطامية وذلك لتوفير أعلى مستوى من الخدمة لسكان الفيلات دون الإضرار بالنموذج البيئي المتميز،
الى جانب ذلك حدائق كمبوند القطامية يتميز باستخدام تقنيات الاتصال الحديثة وتكنولوجيا إدارة المباني ,أيضا يمكن لسكان الفيلات التمتع مع نادي.
أيضا هناك نظام الأمن الكامل الذي يضمن الامان و الهدوء لجميع المقيمين
الدقة في التصميم، واختيار عبقرية الموقع، وسرعة في تنفيذ واحترام الآخرين هو مفتاح النجاح.
للاتصال: 01221617104 / 01113545113
P. Mercogliano, 30 Novembre - 1 Dicembre 2021 -
Webinar: I cambiamenti climatici: sfide ed aspetti evolutivi dei sistemi statistici
Titolo: Assessing climate change with climate models: gaps and perspectives
The road to success can be a bumpy one, but we're all on it together. Stay in the fast lane with these success tips from uber-successful industry experts, in the form of Bitmojis!
Road to Success: Values, Vission and MissionSercafim
In many companies a written mission statement seems to be a catch phrase on the company’s website and business owners don’t always see the added value of a mission statement. However, a written mission statement is critical because it help the company, its employees and management team to determine its direction; it helps focus the company’s future; it provides a template for decision making and allows executives to delegate the decision making; it forms the basis for alignment with the entire team, organization and helps to direct new hires; it helps to facilitate change and create a culture that welcomes change when warranted; it shapes the company’s strategy; it facilitates evaluation and improvement.
فيلات قطامية جاردينز القاهرة الجديدة كمبوند متكامل الخدماتahmed khallaf
يقع كمبوند قطامية جاردنز في القاهرة الجديدة علي بعد 3 دقائق فقط من الجامعة الامريكية حيث الهدوء والراحة والبعد عن الزحام حيث يتوفر جو من الهدوء بعد يوم شاق من العمل وضغوطات الحياة .
يقع مشروع قطامية جاردنز القاهرة الجديدة على مساحة 84 فدان تقريبا بمنطقة الامتداد الجنوبى بجوار الجامعة الامريكية متوسطاً كبرى المشروعات ( هايد بارك – إعمار – قطامية ديونز- بروة – جامعة المستقبل) فى شارع التسعين.
يحتوي المشروع علي العديد من الخدمات المتكاملة والتي راعت الكثير من احتياجات العملاء لتتوفر بيئة متكاملة منفصلة داخل الكمبوند لينال رضاء الملاك في المشروع ،
هذه الخدمات تشمل مول تجاري متكامل يحتوي علي احدث المحلات التجارية واهمها ، منطقة مطاعم وكافيهات ، مباني ادارية ، مدرسة دولية ، فندق ، مستشفي علي اعلي مستوي من الاهتمام ، نادي صحي يحتوي علي جيم وسبا وجاكوزي وجيم .
تم التخطيط لهذا المشروع من قبل اشهر المكاتب المتخصصة في مجال الاستشارات في مصر وخارجها، وكذلك المناطق الخضراء، ولقد تم إنشاء البحيرات التي تم تصميمها وتنسيقها من قبل المصممين الأكثر شهرة في ألمانيا لجعل سكان قطامية جاردينز التمتع بالاسترخاء والهدوء.
م
وفقا لرغبة الشركة – لاستكمال وازدهار مجمع القطامية جاردينز ، فإنه قام بتنفيذ مشروع الخدمات التجارية المجاور لفيلات حدائق القطامية وذلك لتوفير أعلى مستوى من الخدمة لسكان الفيلات دون الإضرار بالنموذج البيئي المتميز،
الى جانب ذلك حدائق كمبوند القطامية يتميز باستخدام تقنيات الاتصال الحديثة وتكنولوجيا إدارة المباني ,أيضا يمكن لسكان الفيلات التمتع مع نادي.
أيضا هناك نظام الأمن الكامل الذي يضمن الامان و الهدوء لجميع المقيمين
الدقة في التصميم، واختيار عبقرية الموقع، وسرعة في تنفيذ واحترام الآخرين هو مفتاح النجاح.
للاتصال: 01221617104 / 01113545113
Large companies’ size and culture make disruptive innovation extremely difficult (Blank, 2010). Despite this challenge many large food businesses today recognise the need to be disruptive innovators and test new business models in the digital world.
In this keynote at Food&Drink Business Live! Disruptive Innovation, Creatovate Managing Director, Dermott Dowling takes the audience through some practical learning steps and lessons from local innovators leading the way in this exciting new land of opportunity.
Thinking is the first step in any business innovation. Alas, its hard in isolation. We need each other and our collective mind power to come up with breakthrough ideas to innovate. More often than not we scan the environment for what’s out there already and working? Alternatively, we look for problems – what’s bugging our customers or potential new customers? We can then map the value chain – what can we take out? Where can we fit in? Next step is design & rapid prototyping our ideas. Minimal viable prototypes. Rough and ready is fine lets start testing & experimenting our hypotheses on existing and new customers. As we act, we simultaneously align as a team adapt to the changing customer feedback. We also measure & monitor early results for signs of customer acceptance and readiness to scale our new business model.
Startups are not small versions of large companies. They need different tools for thinking and acting. Its important you create a common language in your company and startup so people are talking on the same page and not hearing Blah! Blah! Blah! when we mention new terms like Business Models. For this reason we recommend a common approach to your hypotheses generation like the Business Model Canvas (Osterwalder, 2012).
Once you have thought and aligned on your initial business model hypotheses get out of the building and ask potential users, purchasers, and partners for feedback on all elements of the business model, including product features, pricing, distribution channels, and affordable customer acquisition strategies. If we accept that startups are engaged in the search for a new business model, we recognize that radical shifts in a startups business model are the norm, rather than the exception. For this reason rather than fire the executive team when the normal approaches to market are not working, we pivot and change tack (Blank, 2013).
Private equity and venture capital are investing in disruptive startups in the food industry.
Large businesses need startups and vice versa. Is there some magic in the middle and what can incumbents do to learn to be lean and act and adapt and innovate like a startup! Established businesses are in danger of not being able to adapt quickly enough, while nimble start-ups fail due to their inability to scale. Tomorrow’s business winners will be the ones who know how to combine the two (David Butler, VP Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Coca-Cola)
Building Success from Failure: The story of failing often and fastAlexis Bonte
Presentation on Building success from failure for ICEX the spanish gov organisation in charge of helping Spanish companies export more and establish offices abroad.
Regardless of who you are in the society, how old you are or where you are in this world, the ultimate goal everybody has is to be successful and happy. There are several ways on how to become a successful person.
One part entrepreneurial rally cry, two parts iterative dissection of internet trends, and one part philosophical meta-rant; this talk adds up to be one hell of a thought provoker.
Building on the basic theme of the version 1 of this talk, the "incomplete history of the internet" portion has been completely reworked to better reflect current trends, and comes to a completely different set of conclusions.
3 Steps to Success with Digital MarketingJeff Bullas
In a digital universe of 500 million plus websites, 150 million blogs and 200 billion display ads every 90 days, the challenge for any business is to cut through all the clutter and noise. So how do we change our thinking, adapt, be found online and play to win in a digital and increasingly global economy?
EIP Water Action Group City Blueprints September 2013EIP Water
The City Blueprint for Water is a baseline assessment of the sustainability of water management in a city (or other dominantly urban region). The result allows a city to quickly understand how advanced it is in sustainable water management and enables it to compare its status with other leading cities.
This project is one of nine Action Groups selected by the European Commission as an initial EIP Water Action Group.
Sixteen cities/regions have participated so far (August 2013) and many others are being approached. This is an opportunity to take part in a new and innovative programme to help improve city-level water stewardship, in the spirit of smart and sustainable cities.
The basic output is a simple radar chart as shown in the example from Melbourne at the top of this page. The chart provides a quick visual representation of the city’s water stewardship status, and is a tool for easy comparison between cities. It covers 24 key water-related subject areas, such as water footprint, water scarcity, water quality, drinking water availability and wastewater management.
A City Blueprint is just the first step on a journey of communication and cooperation between cities. A key intention is to encourage cities to share their best practices with others, and for all to improve. A website will be developed to facilitate this. All cities are different. Some are advanced in a few or many subject areas. Some have much work to do. The aim is not to highlight failings, but instead to help a city identify areas of focus for improvement, and to learn from the best practices of others, as well as demonstrating and sharing their own best practices.
Territorial governance for the socio-ecological transition (Blanca Miedes Uga...Territorial Intelligence
Dr. Blanca Miedes Ugarte
Associated Professor of Applied Economy
Observatorio Local de Empleo
www.ole.uhu.es
Universidad de Huelva (Spain)
miedes@uhu.es
Research-Action Line “Governance”
European Network of Territorial Intelligence
www.territorial-intelligence.eu
Large companies’ size and culture make disruptive innovation extremely difficult (Blank, 2010). Despite this challenge many large food businesses today recognise the need to be disruptive innovators and test new business models in the digital world.
In this keynote at Food&Drink Business Live! Disruptive Innovation, Creatovate Managing Director, Dermott Dowling takes the audience through some practical learning steps and lessons from local innovators leading the way in this exciting new land of opportunity.
Thinking is the first step in any business innovation. Alas, its hard in isolation. We need each other and our collective mind power to come up with breakthrough ideas to innovate. More often than not we scan the environment for what’s out there already and working? Alternatively, we look for problems – what’s bugging our customers or potential new customers? We can then map the value chain – what can we take out? Where can we fit in? Next step is design & rapid prototyping our ideas. Minimal viable prototypes. Rough and ready is fine lets start testing & experimenting our hypotheses on existing and new customers. As we act, we simultaneously align as a team adapt to the changing customer feedback. We also measure & monitor early results for signs of customer acceptance and readiness to scale our new business model.
Startups are not small versions of large companies. They need different tools for thinking and acting. Its important you create a common language in your company and startup so people are talking on the same page and not hearing Blah! Blah! Blah! when we mention new terms like Business Models. For this reason we recommend a common approach to your hypotheses generation like the Business Model Canvas (Osterwalder, 2012).
Once you have thought and aligned on your initial business model hypotheses get out of the building and ask potential users, purchasers, and partners for feedback on all elements of the business model, including product features, pricing, distribution channels, and affordable customer acquisition strategies. If we accept that startups are engaged in the search for a new business model, we recognize that radical shifts in a startups business model are the norm, rather than the exception. For this reason rather than fire the executive team when the normal approaches to market are not working, we pivot and change tack (Blank, 2013).
Private equity and venture capital are investing in disruptive startups in the food industry.
Large businesses need startups and vice versa. Is there some magic in the middle and what can incumbents do to learn to be lean and act and adapt and innovate like a startup! Established businesses are in danger of not being able to adapt quickly enough, while nimble start-ups fail due to their inability to scale. Tomorrow’s business winners will be the ones who know how to combine the two (David Butler, VP Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Coca-Cola)
Building Success from Failure: The story of failing often and fastAlexis Bonte
Presentation on Building success from failure for ICEX the spanish gov organisation in charge of helping Spanish companies export more and establish offices abroad.
Regardless of who you are in the society, how old you are or where you are in this world, the ultimate goal everybody has is to be successful and happy. There are several ways on how to become a successful person.
One part entrepreneurial rally cry, two parts iterative dissection of internet trends, and one part philosophical meta-rant; this talk adds up to be one hell of a thought provoker.
Building on the basic theme of the version 1 of this talk, the "incomplete history of the internet" portion has been completely reworked to better reflect current trends, and comes to a completely different set of conclusions.
3 Steps to Success with Digital MarketingJeff Bullas
In a digital universe of 500 million plus websites, 150 million blogs and 200 billion display ads every 90 days, the challenge for any business is to cut through all the clutter and noise. So how do we change our thinking, adapt, be found online and play to win in a digital and increasingly global economy?
EIP Water Action Group City Blueprints September 2013EIP Water
The City Blueprint for Water is a baseline assessment of the sustainability of water management in a city (or other dominantly urban region). The result allows a city to quickly understand how advanced it is in sustainable water management and enables it to compare its status with other leading cities.
This project is one of nine Action Groups selected by the European Commission as an initial EIP Water Action Group.
Sixteen cities/regions have participated so far (August 2013) and many others are being approached. This is an opportunity to take part in a new and innovative programme to help improve city-level water stewardship, in the spirit of smart and sustainable cities.
The basic output is a simple radar chart as shown in the example from Melbourne at the top of this page. The chart provides a quick visual representation of the city’s water stewardship status, and is a tool for easy comparison between cities. It covers 24 key water-related subject areas, such as water footprint, water scarcity, water quality, drinking water availability and wastewater management.
A City Blueprint is just the first step on a journey of communication and cooperation between cities. A key intention is to encourage cities to share their best practices with others, and for all to improve. A website will be developed to facilitate this. All cities are different. Some are advanced in a few or many subject areas. Some have much work to do. The aim is not to highlight failings, but instead to help a city identify areas of focus for improvement, and to learn from the best practices of others, as well as demonstrating and sharing their own best practices.
Territorial governance for the socio-ecological transition (Blanca Miedes Uga...Territorial Intelligence
Dr. Blanca Miedes Ugarte
Associated Professor of Applied Economy
Observatorio Local de Empleo
www.ole.uhu.es
Universidad de Huelva (Spain)
miedes@uhu.es
Research-Action Line “Governance”
European Network of Territorial Intelligence
www.territorial-intelligence.eu
Assemblea annuale della Società Italiana per le Scienze del Clima. La presentazione illustra il nuovo scenario e il ruolo centrale delle città nell'adattento e la mitigazione dei cambiamenti climatici.
EU Urban Agenda - L'Agenda Urbana dell'Unione EuropeaEmilio D'Alessio
Il 30 maggio 2016 l'Unione Europea ha approvato il Pact of Amsterdam, il documento che introduce l'Agenda Urbana. Le opportunità e gli obiettivi di un nuovo strumento per lo sviluppo urbano sostenibile.
L'Agenda Urbana post 2015, dalla COP21 a Habitat IIIEmilio D'Alessio
Sustainable Development Goals, the new Global Climate Deal, the review of the Meditteranean Strategy for Sustainable Development, the EU Urban Agenda. We must connect the dots.
Sustainable Development Goals e Post 2015 Strategy - FutureDem Summer School ...Emilio D'Alessio
Entro il 2015 le Nazioni Unite definiranno i Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), gli obiettivi al 2030 che sostuiranno gli Obiettivi del Millennio (MDG) in scadenza il prossimo anno. Nel frattempo l'Unione Europea sta predisponendo la nuova Agenda Urbana, dedicata alle città come motori di sviluppo, coesione sociale e sostenibilità. L'Agenda Urbana UE sarà definita entro la fine del 2014, nel periodo di presidenza di turno dell'Italia del Consiglio Europeo. Sono due eventi fondamentali per stabilire le linee guida dello sviluppo globale ed europeo per i prossimi anni, che condizioneranno le scelte economiche, sociali e ambientali.
UN Global Sustainable Development Report - Dubrovnik, Croatia - 21 Oct 2013Emilio D'Alessio
This is my presentation at the Expert Group Meeting for the Global Sustainable Development Report organized by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA) and hosted by the Government of Croatia in Dubrovnik, 21-22 October 2013.
Focusing on the theme of a Sustainable Development approach to Culture and Tourism in Historical Cities, I try to address global issues through a regional Mediterranean perspective.
My contribution to the 7th European Conference on Sustainable Cities and Town, Geneva 17 April 2013. Slides do not say much, they are mostly evocative. Unfortunately Slideshare does not have a soundtrack. ;-)
Pushing the limits of ePRTC: 100ns holdover for 100 daysAdtran
At WSTS 2024, Alon Stern explored the topic of parametric holdover and explained how recent research findings can be implemented in real-world PNT networks to achieve 100 nanoseconds of accuracy for up to 100 days.
Essentials of Automations: The Art of Triggers and Actions in FMESafe Software
In this second installment of our Essentials of Automations webinar series, we’ll explore the landscape of triggers and actions, guiding you through the nuances of authoring and adapting workspaces for seamless automations. Gain an understanding of the full spectrum of triggers and actions available in FME, empowering you to enhance your workspaces for efficient automation.
We’ll kick things off by showcasing the most commonly used event-based triggers, introducing you to various automation workflows like manual triggers, schedules, directory watchers, and more. Plus, see how these elements play out in real scenarios.
Whether you’re tweaking your current setup or building from the ground up, this session will arm you with the tools and insights needed to transform your FME usage into a powerhouse of productivity. Join us to discover effective strategies that simplify complex processes, enhancing your productivity and transforming your data management practices with FME. Let’s turn complexity into clarity and make your workspaces work wonders!
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Climate Impact of Software Testing at Nordic Testing DaysKari Kakkonen
My slides at Nordic Testing Days 6.6.2024
Climate impact / sustainability of software testing discussed on the talk. ICT and testing must carry their part of global responsibility to help with the climat warming. We can minimize the carbon footprint but we can also have a carbon handprint, a positive impact on the climate. Quality characteristics can be added with sustainability, and then measured continuously. Test environments can be used less, and in smaller scale and on demand. Test techniques can be used in optimizing or minimizing number of tests. Test automation can be used to speed up testing.
GraphSummit Singapore | The Future of Agility: Supercharging Digital Transfor...Neo4j
Leonard Jayamohan, Partner & Generative AI Lead, Deloitte
This keynote will reveal how Deloitte leverages Neo4j’s graph power for groundbreaking digital twin solutions, achieving a staggering 100x performance boost. Discover the essential role knowledge graphs play in successful generative AI implementations. Plus, get an exclusive look at an innovative Neo4j + Generative AI solution Deloitte is developing in-house.
Unlocking Productivity: Leveraging the Potential of Copilot in Microsoft 365, a presentation by Christoforos Vlachos, Senior Solutions Manager – Modern Workplace, Uni Systems
In his public lecture, Christian Timmerer provides insights into the fascinating history of video streaming, starting from its humble beginnings before YouTube to the groundbreaking technologies that now dominate platforms like Netflix and ORF ON. Timmerer also presents provocative contributions of his own that have significantly influenced the industry. He concludes by looking at future challenges and invites the audience to join in a discussion.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
GridMate - End to end testing is a critical piece to ensure quality and avoid...ThomasParaiso2
End to end testing is a critical piece to ensure quality and avoid regressions. In this session, we share our journey building an E2E testing pipeline for GridMate components (LWC and Aura) using Cypress, JSForce, FakerJS…
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
zkStudyClub - Reef: Fast Succinct Non-Interactive Zero-Knowledge Regex ProofsAlex Pruden
This paper presents Reef, a system for generating publicly verifiable succinct non-interactive zero-knowledge proofs that a committed document matches or does not match a regular expression. We describe applications such as proving the strength of passwords, the provenance of email despite redactions, the validity of oblivious DNS queries, and the existence of mutations in DNA. Reef supports the Perl Compatible Regular Expression syntax, including wildcards, alternation, ranges, capture groups, Kleene star, negations, and lookarounds. Reef introduces a new type of automata, Skipping Alternating Finite Automata (SAFA), that skips irrelevant parts of a document when producing proofs without undermining soundness, and instantiates SAFA with a lookup argument. Our experimental evaluation confirms that Reef can generate proofs for documents with 32M characters; the proofs are small and cheap to verify (under a second).
Paper: https://eprint.iacr.org/2023/1886
Goodbye Windows 11: Make Way for Nitrux Linux 3.5.0!SOFTTECHHUB
As the digital landscape continually evolves, operating systems play a critical role in shaping user experiences and productivity. The launch of Nitrux Linux 3.5.0 marks a significant milestone, offering a robust alternative to traditional systems such as Windows 11. This article delves into the essence of Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, exploring its unique features, advantages, and how it stands as a compelling choice for both casual users and tech enthusiasts.
Observability Concepts EVERY Developer Should Know -- DeveloperWeek Europe.pdfPaige Cruz
Monitoring and observability aren’t traditionally found in software curriculums and many of us cobble this knowledge together from whatever vendor or ecosystem we were first introduced to and whatever is a part of your current company’s observability stack.
While the dev and ops silo continues to crumble….many organizations still relegate monitoring & observability as the purview of ops, infra and SRE teams. This is a mistake - achieving a highly observable system requires collaboration up and down the stack.
I, a former op, would like to extend an invitation to all application developers to join the observability party will share these foundational concepts to build on:
Threats to mobile devices are more prevalent and increasing in scope and complexity. Users of mobile devices desire to take full advantage of the features
available on those devices, but many of the features provide convenience and capability but sacrifice security. This best practices guide outlines steps the users can take to better protect personal devices and information.
National Security Agency - NSA mobile device best practices
Resiliency and Integrated Climate Change Adaptation Policies in Mediterranean Cities: the act Life Project
1. Emilio D'Alessio
Architect, Town Planner, Sustainable Development Consultant
Coordinamento Agende 21 Locali Italiane
15th
Meeting of the Mediterranean Commission
on Sustainable Development
Malta, 10-12 June 2013
Toward an INTEGRATED ADAPTATION POLICY
for the MEDITERRANEAN CITIES:
the ACT project
2.
3. The ACT project aims to demonstrate that through an
INCLUSIVE and PARTICIPATED PROCESS, shared by ALL
THE LOCAL ACTORS INVOLVED, it is possible to develop
a LOCAL ADAPTATION PLAN to forecast and mitigate
ENVIRONMENTAL , SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF
CLIMATE CHANGE on the most vulnerable sectors of the
European Cities in THE MEDITERRANEAN BASIN
4. SPECIFIC TARGETS
definition of a STANDARD METHODOLOGY to create LOCAL ADAPTATION
STRATEGIES, by means of a participatory approach within the Local
Communities,
INVOLVEMENT OF LOCAL ACTORS (private sector, citizens, health system,
civil protection, etc.) in the development of a local adaptation strategy
ENHANCING THE COMPETENCE OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES in understanding
the effects of climate change, and hence in planning and implementing
policies and actions to adapt to them.
PROMOTING AND IMPLEMENTING SYNERGIES between adaptation and
mitigation policies at the local level
Providing the Mediterranean Cities, characterized by different territorial,
socio-economic and climatic conditions, WITH A COMMON METHODOLOGY
FOR LOCAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT.
5. The municipalities chosen as partners represent different context due to their dimensions (Bullas counts 11,000
inhabitants, Patrass counts around 200,000 inhabitants and Ancona 100.000) and to their main economic activity.
This will facilitate the diffusion to other contexts and will enhance the applicability of the model.
ACT PARTNER CITIES
6. A warming stronger in summer and weaker in
winter is predicted for all the emission scenarios
Temperature projections:
Ancona, Bullas and Patras
Then mean temperature exhibits an
increasing trend which is almost linear
throughout the whole century.
For minimum and maximum
temperatures, the trend does not show
significant differences with respect to the
increase of mean temperature.
7. Larger uncertainty and irregular behaviour
of precipitation projections
Precipitation projections:
general results for Ancona,
Bullas and Patras
ANCONA: the model predicts a reduction of the
annual cumulated precipitation during the last 10
years of the century, ranging between - 1.8%
(SMHIRCA) and - 17.0% (RM5.1).
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BULLAS: ranging between - 29.7% (SMHIRCA)
and - 39.0% (RACMO2).
PATRAS: it’s estimated a reduction of the annual
cumulated precipitation at the end of the 21st
century, ranging between - 5.5% (RACMO2) and -
28.3% (RM5.1).
8. INNOVATVE ASPECTS
Down-scaling and Bottom-up approach:
The forecast of climate change impacts will be smaller in scale and will involve empirical-
statistical analysis and modelling, in order to describe more precisely the effects of climate
change on the municipalities involved in the project. The innovative bottom up approach is
crucial to define a climate change scenario that is closer to local communities and
therefore more functional to a local action.
Sector vulnerability and impacts:
The proposed approach integrates the knowledge and results based on different
modelling tools, including IPCC scenarios at regional scale, empirical-statistical
downscaling and current trend recognition and evaluation, and develops on this basis
climate change evaluation and forecasting at local level. The following social,
environmental and economic impact assessment aims at defining the most relevant local
vulnerabilities.
Direct involvement of local authorities and stakeholders during all the key stages of
the process:
Local stakeholders will be involved in the definition of the actions that can be included in
the local adaptation strategy and as well as in the evaluation phase through a participated
process during the cost-benefit analysis.
9. ACHIEVED RESULTS
State of the art review (31-05-2010)
Mediterranean basin scenario (30-06-2010)
Roadmap for the local adaptation strategies 31-03-
2011
A shared methodology for the local Impact
assessment analysis
Establishment of 3 Adaptation Board (03-03-2011)
3 Adaptation Local Plans (Bullas, Patrass, Ancona)
Guidelines for implementing a LOCAL ADAPTATION
STRATEGY
10. The Local Adaptation Board
The Local Adaptation Board is one of the main
instruments of stakeholder engagement thought in the
project.
3 LABS were established last March to ensure a
lasting participation of all local stakeholders as a place
where all the actors involved in a particular sector
have the possibility to discuss and decide a common
strategy and common actions to tackle the local
impacts of climate change
10 members per Board totally: The number of
participants can vary according with city dimension,
but in any case it won’t be more than 10 people in
order to assure an effective collaboration and team
work between members.
Focused Teams directly interested to the specific
impacts and issue analysed (4 Ancona, 3 Patras, 2
Bullas)
ANCONA
BULLAS
PATRAS
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14. Problems and Barriers
The lack of economical and financial resources.
Fund raising remains a crucial problem to be solved in order to
guarantee a continuous investments in new technologies and
innovative solutions.
The weak involvement of local communities and Institutions.
If not continually stimulated, the key-local actors were not able to work
as an integrated system within shared and concerted strategies.
Difficulties in Communicating the concept of “ADAPTATION”
Not so much consolidated experiences, knowledge and skills on
this field.
Exchanging best practices, ideas and good experiences is the
mandatory pathway to follow.