GARDEN project

GARDEN (acronym of Greener AgRo-fooD logistics in the mEditerraneaN) project aims to make more ecological logistics for food supply and the management of bio waste, packaging, and used containers in Mediterranean cities, in order to reduce their impact on citizens and the global climate system.

To do this, 6 pilot demonstrators will be set up in Spain, France, Italy, Greece, and Bulgaria, which will support experiments for the ecological transition. Modelling and sizing work on suitable infrastructures, based on renewable energy (e.g.: charging stations with photovoltaic panels) and bio-fuels should make it possible to showcase the feasibility of carbon-free alternative solutions. In addition, to consider the transition in a long-term approach, the consortium will address the economic, organizational, and technological issues associated with the imperative of energy transition.

Through a multi-actor consultation in a living lab approach within the demonstrators on the pilot territories, the consortium will identify levers to make viable and secure the entire supply chain from producer to consumer by effectively connecting the different operators involved.

The results of these experiments will demonstrate the possibility to formulate recommendations for decision-makers to transform the city (urban development, provision of infrastructures) in order to face the challenges of tomorrow.

The project consortium includes 10 beneficiary partners and 9 associated partners, public or private, skilled in logistics in territorial food systems, design of carbon-free logistics solutions, and support for public energy transition policies.

In the case of Spain, pilot local authority is the city of Carcaixent that will experiment with sustainable transport solutions for agro-industry logistics.

GARDEN project is funded by Euro-MED programme.

Further details: https://garden.interreg-euro-med.eu/

 

Partnership and roles

	Name of the partner	Acronym	MS
1	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture	UNIZAG FSB	HR
2	FAB’LIM, The Mediterranean Food Territories Lab	FAB’LIM	FR
3	CapEnergies	CAP	FR
4	Ribera consortium	CRIB	ES
5	ESta – Economy and Sustainability	ESta	IT
6	University Polytechnic of Marche	UNIVPM	IT
7	University of Donja Gorica	UDG	ME
8	CENTRE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES AND SAVING	CRES	EL
9	Organisation for Local Development HERAKLION Single Member S.A.	LDO HERAKLION	EL
10	Bulgarian Association for Transfer of Technology and Innovation	BATTI	BG