The first stage of the Finnova Foundation’s international tour ends in Istanbul, opening up new opportunities for collaboration in the Mediterranean arc.
• The Finnova Foundation has participated in several international conferences in Turkey presenting some of its innovative projects.
• Finnova’s tour will continue next week in Bali (Indonesia), with its attendance to the 10th World Water Forum
Brussels, 17 May 2024 – The Finnova Foundation has concluded its series of events in Istanbul, where it presented its initiatives in European funding for sustainable projects and established important contacts with local companies, confirming its position as a leader in the field of sustainability.
On Wednesday 15 May, Finnova gave a presentation on green financing mechanisms as part of the Green Mediterranean Week, organised by the Union for the Mediterranean and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). This space allowed to discuss collaborative financing for sustainability and resilience in the Mediterranean, with a focus on local impact and leveraging key initiatives for regional collaboration. During these events, Finnova presented the LIFE COSTAdapta, LIFE ECOdigestion 2.0, RES4CITY and ONE-BLUE projects as examples of consortia working on proposals for better water protection and management and posing challenges for the acceleration of innovative ideas.
On Thursday 16th May, Finnova participated as a guest company in the “New Mediterranean Partnership Istambul/Alicante”, a Spanish-Turkish business meeting organised by Casa Mediterráneo and the Spanish Embassy in Turkey. The meeting sought to strengthen business relations between Spain and Turkey, providing a platform for leading companies from both countries to discover new opportunities for investment and business cooperation in sectors such as defense, construction, health, logistics, finance, renewable energy, agriculture, water management, automotive and technology, among others. This event has allowed the invited Spanish companies to learn first-hand about investment opportunities and business cooperation in Turkey, a territory that the foundation already knows well thanks to its participation in the Smart and Digital Agriculture project, led by the Provincial Directorate of National Education of Eskişehir (Turkey) and with the collaboration of four other Turkish partners.
Finnova’s tour will continue next week in Bali (Indonesia), where the Foundation will attend the 10th World Water Forum, continuing its mission to promote and support sustainable projects at international level.
About Finnova
Finnova is the Spanish-Belgian non-profit foundation based in Brussels and Spain, working for the promotion and development of innovation and entrepreneurship in the EU. Finnova’s experience in leading communication and dissemination activities of European projects is combined with a solid proven track record in business creation and entrepreneurship support programs, such as accelerators, incubators and events, as well as its commitment to training and employability of young people.
About LIFE COSTAdapta
LIFE COSTAdapta aims to adapt the coast of Gran Canaria to sea level rise by creating a progressive and innovative system of reefs and tidal pools (Tidal-pool reef). Inspired by the traditional tidal-pool construction technique common in the Canary Islands and Macaronesia, this LIFE-funded project has a total budget of EUR 3,409,864 (EUR 2,045,818 subsidised by the EU through the LIFE Programme),
With a duration of 7 years COSTAdapta is a project coordinated by the Gran Canaria Island Energy Council (CIEGC) of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria with the support of 7 partners: University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC); University of Cantabria (UC); INGECID, Research and Project Development; Raley Estudios Costeros S.C.P.; ECOncrete AQUA; Fundación Canaria para el Reciclaje y Desarrollo Sostenible (FCR) and Fundación Finnova.
About LIFE ECODIGESTION 2.0
It is a demonstrative pilot project, financed by the LIFE program, that generates biogas in water treatment plant digesters by mixing putrescible organic waste (slurry, poultry, organic fractions, MSW, horeca, etc.), in a way that allows transforming sludge from wastewater treatment plants into green energy through technology. The initiative led by Global Omnium, (Spain), in collaboration with the Finnova Foundation (Belgium) and Águas do Centro Litoral (Portugal) aims to become the most versatile digestion control tool on the market by achieving environmental and economic benefits by producing biogas through optimal waste exploitation.
About RES4CITY
RES4CITY is an innovative European educational project 100% funded by the European Commission through the Horizon Europe Program. Its main objective is to bridge the skills gap that is slowing down our transition to sustainable energy. It will be designed by a multidisciplinary group of partners from academia, industry and European NGOs with expertise in energy management, renewable energy systems, renewable fuel technologies and the development and implementation of sustainability strategy design. RES4CITY aims to ensure that education systems are at the heart of the ecological transition. The team will co-design a set of micro-masters programs aimed at Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) graduates and non-STEM graduates, as well as professionals seeking retraining in a wide variety of sectors and career paths. These micro-masters will respond to the needs and priorities of businesses, public institutions and citizens.
About ONE-BLUE
ONE-BLUE, a research initiative funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe program. With a budget of more than €6,200,000, ONE-BLUE focuses on research into the impact of emerging pollutants and the effects of climate change on marine biodiversity, thus contributing to the understanding and preservation of our aquatic ecosystems.
About Smart and Digital Agriculture
The European Smart and Digital Agriculture (SDA) project actively encourages driving digitalization in the agricultural sector to address current and future challenges. Through innovative solutions, SDA seeks to improve efficiency, sustainability and food production. With the leadership of Eskişehir Provincial Directorate of National Education (Turkey) and with the collaboration of Prof dr asen zlatarov university (Bulgaria) , Institute of agricultural economics (Bulgaria) , Finnovaregio (Belgium) , Ayuntamiento de Benaguasil (Spain) , Rural coalition kumanovo (Republic of North Macedonia), Anadolu University (Turkey), Saricakaya municipality (Turkey), Saricakaya District Directorate of Agriculture (Turkey), Association of cosmetic manufacturers and researchers (Turkey), the project has a total budget of 198,830, funded by the Erasmus+ program, and has a duration of 2 years.