Greenomed – Mediterranean trans-regional cooperation for green manufacturing innovation

Manufacturing is an important pillar for Europe, since it impacts significantly on economy, occupation welfare and environment. It consumes about the 30% of the total energy produced, uses as input critical raw materials and is responsible for environmental emissions. In this project “VANGUARD Initiative”, a Clusters-governed methodology for the setup of trans-national projects of pilot plants was conceived but was not tested on a structured basis and on a large scale. The setup an interconnected network of pilot plants requires the identification of common challenges and the mobilization of considerable resources. GREENNOMED addresses business support organizations/clusters, enterprises, SMEs, research and innovation organizations, Regional Authorities, as well as the general public.