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OPTI-UP first deliverables
The OPTI-UP project reaches a first goal with the finalisation of two deliverables. The Comprehensive Data Report provides an in-depth analysis of the public transport networks within the project area. It identifies potential synergies and conflicts between public transport and spatial planning and offers actionable recommendations for improvement. By comparing best practices from other cities and…
Details1st Technical meeting and Steering Committee meeting in Modena of the OPTI-UP project
The first technical meeting and the steering committee meeting of the OPTI-UP project took place in Italy, in Modena on 15 and 16 October 2024 and were organised by the Agency for Mobility and Local Public Transport of Modena. The Central European partnership of the project examined the complete analysis of local public transport, typically…
DetailsJoint Strategy and Action Plans for Smart Village Transition in Central Europe
The Joint Strategy for Smart Village Transition in Central Europe, recently published by the More Than a Village project, with the participation of Poliedra, provides a guide to transform villages into dynamic, sustainable and digitally connected areas. With a focus on innovation, sustainability and collaboration, the document outlines the key approaches and actions needed to…
DetailsURBIO-BAUHAUS project’s official start: kick-off meeting in Wroclaw
On June 18th the official kick-off meeting of the URBIO BAUHAUS project took place in Wroclaw, Poland, hosted by the Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences. Delegations from the 10 project partner institutions gathered to organise the collaborative work and officially initiate project’s activities. The project consortium includes 10 partners: Wroclaw University of Environmental…
DetailsKick-off meeting of the OPTI-UP project in Zagreb
On 22 May, the Kick Off Meeting of the OPTI-UP project (Optimising and greening Public Transport networks through Integration with Urban Planning and data-driven approaches), which promotes more environmentally sustainable urban mobility systems, was held in Zagreb. EY Croatia, the project leader, hosted the partnership, which includes a broad partnership from countries such as Austria,…
DetailsCROSS-REIS collaborative research and sharing events
July 2024 Over the past two weeks, project partners of the Horizon Europe CROSS-REIS project participated in two collaboration events in Rijeka, Croatia and Niš, Serbia. The main objectives of these events are to get to know the project partners’ institutions, network and facilities, explore potential research collaboration, share data and discuss key project developments…
DetailsGreenGov kick-off: the first partner gathering in Hanover
On April 16th and 17th, the Lower Saxon Ministry for Federal and European Affairs and Regional Development based in Hanover hosted the Kick-off Meeting of GreenGov (GREEN finance and Do No Significant Harm principle implementation for a better regional GOVernance), an Interreg Europe funded project led by the Ile-de-France Region aimed at helping European Regions and local authorities implement the…
DetailsOpen Day – M-US-T Master Temporary Uses
At Politecnico di Milano and online M-US-T Master Temporary Uses is the first international postgraduate master’s course to learn how to plan, design, manage, and evaluate temporary uses. On Monday, 4 December, from 6 p.m. to 7.30 p.m., you can join the M-US-T Open Day. It will be possible to know in detail the…
DetailsPermanent citizens’ assemblies on climate: in dialogue with Milan, Brussels, and Paris
Permanent Citizens’ Assemblies on Climate: this is what the online workshop on October 31st will be about, organized by Knoca (Knowledge Network On Climate Assemblies) in collaboration with FIDE (Federation for Innovation in Democracy – Europe). We will be participating with Giuliana Gemini to present the case of the Milan Assembly, initiated by the Municipality…
DetailsFacilitating inclusiveness in Citizens’ Assemblies – a laboratory by Poliedra at Berlin – International Conference of Facilitators
Between October 16th and 18th, Berlin will host “Entering Brave Space(s) – Facilitating beyond beaten tracks”, the 2023 Conference of the International Association of Facilitators – Europe and Middle East, which will cover the topics of inclusiveness and awareness of inequalities, privileges and asymmetries of power in the context of facilitated processes that aim at…
DetailsSeminar on Multi-Criteria Decision Making Application in Urban and Regional Sustainability
On September 11-13, 2023 we will be hosting the seminar Multi-Criteria Decision Making Application in Urban and Regional Sustainability, which will be held at Politecnico di Milano – via Giuseppe Colombo 40, Milano. Participation is open to all and free upon registration by September 6. The seminar is organized within the context of the UR-DATA -…
DetailsCall for Contributions: Seminar on Multi-Criteria Decision Making Application in Urban and Regional Sustainability
Poliedra-Politecnico di Milano is pleased to invite you to the seminar Multi-Criteria Decision Making Application in Urban and Regional Sustainability, which will be held at Politecnico di Milano-via Giuseppe Colombo, 40, Milano-on September 11-13, 2023. The seminar is organized within the context of the UR-DATA-Twinning for Excellence in Smart and Resilient Urban Development: Advanced Data…
DetailsWorkshop “Terra cruda” promoted by A•PART
We are pleased to grant our patronage to the “Terra cruda” Workshop promoted by A•PART – Actions for People, Architecture, Rights, Territory ETS Association, founded by two Alumnae of our @Master Design for Development, @Giulia Ciusani and @Carla Procida, together with @Francesca Palmi. A•PART deals with sustainable architecture in the Global South and supports the…
DetailsThe Permanent Citizens’ Assembly on Climate is born in Milan
On Saturday the 1st of October Cascina Cuccagna (Milan) will host an event dedicated to the presentation of the Permanent Citizens’ Assembly on Climate, a participatory body included among the Actions of the Air and Climate Plan, approved by Milan’s municipal Administration in february 2022. Poliedra is involved in the project on behalf of AMAT…
DetailsFinal event of the APPROVE project for the promotion of renewable sources
[18/5/2022] Join us in Brussels at the European Committee of the Regions next 1st June for the final event of the APPROVE project. Download the agenda! The event will be also web-streamed. Register here by 21st May. The objective of APPROVE (Advancing Public Participation and stakeholdeR engagement fOr the improVement of renewable Energy policies) is to improve the policies…
DetailsSSD – Smart Sustainable Districts
The SSD – Smart Sustainable Districts project, promoted by Politecnico di Milano and coordinated by Consorzio Poliedra, started in 2021 and it involved more than 100 researchers from all the Departments and Consortia of the Politecnico (Polimi System). The project has aimed at tackling the needs and has intented to suggest actions for the sustainable development, the ecological transition and…
DetailsSpecial mention for the Air and Climate Plan at the “Best Practice in Citizen Participation” Award
The participatory process of the Air and Climate Plan of the Municipality of Milan won a “Special Mention” at the 15th edition of the “Best Practice in Citizen Participation” Award, of the International Observatory of Participatory Democracy! We are proud to have taken part in this process of participation and engagement of citizens and stakeholders,…
DetailsAPPROVE – A project for the improvement of renewable energy policies
Phase 1 of the Interreg Europe APPROVE project, in which Poliedra is advisory partner, has been completed. The interregional exchange of experiences started in 2018 led the regions of Lapland, Epirus, Normandy and Castilla and León to produce, with the involvement of regional stakeholders, Action Plans to improve their own policies for the promotion of…
Details“The Carbon Neutral Cities: from buzz to action” – 29th of September 2021
On Wednesday 29th of September 2021, from 9:30 to 13:00, it took place the event “The Carbon Neutral Cities: from buzz to action”. The meeting has been an opportunity to reflect on policies and tools for adaptation and mitigation to fight climate change and to develop Carbon Neutral Cities. The event has been hence an…
DetailsFirst I-SharE LIFE dissemination event
The first Dissemination Event of the I-SharE LIFE project took place on the 10th of December. The European project, that started in 2018 and lasted for three years, aims to reduce the emission of pollutants into the atmosphere through the use of new innovative electric car sharing models in medium and small urban areas tested…
DetailsA great conclusion for Circular Housing activities
The last appointment of the users’ engagement process developed by Poliedra as part of the Circular Housing project, supported by EIT Climate-KIC, was held on 1 December. Circular Housing aims to design a new real estate rental paradigm capable of integrating an appliance and furniture rental service, helping to structure a circular and sustainable supply…
DetailsI-SharE LIFE beta users workshop
??? The coronavirus didn’t stop us! ? ?? On the 6th and 8th of October, we facilitated two online workshops for the I-SharE LIFE project with beta users, people who previously tried the E-Vai e-car sharing service. Using Mural, it was possible to collect beta users opinions on the service usage and on the new E-vai platform, helping the team members…
DetailsWebinar “Urban Sustainability in Africa: Circular and Resilient Cities”
Streaming on Tuesday, September 22nd, h 15.00 CET Webinar organized da Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei in collaboration with the Master “Design for Development. Architecture, Urban Planning and Heritage in the Global South”. Catherine Kalisa (UN-Habitat) and Christian Benimana (MASS Design Group) will discuss the topic of urban sustainability and the concepts of urban circularity and resilience with reference to the development and…
DetailsLombardy GPP Regional Action Plan
On May 26th, the Lombardy Region approved the Regional Action Plan for Green Procurement (PAR GPP), drafted by Unioncamere Lombardia with the technical support of Poliedra. The Action Plan traces a roadmap for Public Administrations, companies and stakeholders, in which the Lombardy Region plays the leading role in spreading a culture of sustainable consumption. The…
DetailsWebinar “Africa’s Urbanisation Dynamics 2020: Africapolis, Mapping a New Urban Geography”
Streaming on Friday, July 3rd, h 15.00 CET Webinar organized da Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei in collaboration with the Master “Design for Development. Architecture, Urban Planning and Heritage in the Global South”. Philipp Heinrigs (Head of Unit, OECD) will present the OECD/SWAC report “Africa’s Urbanisation Dynamics 2020: Africapolis, Mapping a New Urban Geography”. Download the programme…
DetailsCAN WE DELIVER A GREEN DEAL? A side event of EUSEW 2020
Poliedra is co-organising the sessions Can we deliver a green deal? hosted as part of European Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) 2020 on 10 June 2020 at 14:30-16:00 CET. The session will be of particular interest to development agencies, EU and national policymakers, urban planners, energy companies and authorities and mobility management and delivery organisations. The event is…
DetailsI-SharE LIFE: E-cars help in the fight against coronavirus
The I-SharE LIFE project I-SharE LIFE is offering to organisations like the Red Cross and the Civil Guard the free use of its electric cars during the coronavirus outbreak. This is happening in the Lombardy region and in the city of Osijek – project’s partner. The e-cars made available by E-Vai are already in use in different…
DetailsPoliedra in smart working
Given the COVID-19 health emergency, our offices in via G. Colombo are closed, but Poliedra’s activities proceed regularly in smart working. Contact us by email: find all our contacts here!
DetailsPoliedra in Shanghai for SICAB
Following the invitation of SMBEE (the Shanghai Municipal Bureau for Ecology and the Environment), next week we will participale in a course on the topic of Smart city and Sustainable Mobility in the context of the SICAB (Sino-Italian Capacity Building for Environmental protection) project. Roberto Nocerino will give a lecture on Smart city, trends and role in…
DetailsMaster DESIGN FOR DEVELOPMENT – Welcome day
[27/9/2019] The first edition of the Master DESIGN FOR DEVELOPMENT. Architecture, Urban Planning and Heritage in the Global South started last Monday. The Master aims to improve professional skills to face the challenges of inclusive, sustainable urban development, with particular reference to the regions of the Global South and to countries with emerging economies. The Welcome day…
DetailsThe Prometeus Regional Action Plans for electric mobility
The 5 regions of Prometeus, with the support of Poliedra, have completed and delivered the Regional Action Plans for Electric Mobility of the Prometeus project, the main output of the first phase of the project. The 5 Action Plans represent the result of 2 and a half years of knowledge exchange activities, in a methodology…
DetailsPoliedra is co-organiser of two sessions of the EUSEW Policy Conference
As part of the dissemination activities of our Interreg Europe PROMETEUS e APPROVE projects, we are co-organising two sessions of the EU Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) Policy Conference which will take place on June 19 in Brussels, one on electric mobility and one on the promotion of renewable energies: What will fuel tomorrow’s mobility? (agenda, more info) Speed up…
DetailsSecond edition of the CIRCULAR ECONOMY STORIES contest
After the success of the first edition of the Circular Economy Stories contest, a new edition has been launched. It includes the cathegory of comics, in addition to video, photo, radio and writing. The contest is aimed at stimulating and promoting in journalists, artists, and information and culture operators a renewed awareness about the environmental…
DetailsApplications now open for the Master in DESIGN FOR DEVELOPMENT
Until May 31st it is possible to apply for admission to the new Master DESIGN FOR DEVELOPMENT. Architecture, Urban Planning and Heritage in the Global South, directed by Prof. Camillo Magni of the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies of Politecnico di Milano. The Master intends to train professionals with an international outlook capable of tackling…
DetailsI-SharE LIFE project meeting
[21/3/2019] On March 18-19-20, Poliedra participated together with the other partners in the meeting of the European project I-SharE LIFE, organized at the FNM headquarters. During the meeting, Poliedra presented the ongoing activities, the user research activity, and the upcoming co-design activities of electric car sharing that will begin shortly. Poliedra is selecting the beta…
DetailsOpenAgri – The widespread hub: Creating temporary spaces and networks for pilot activities
[18/3/2019] On the morning of March 14, the Municipality of Milan – leader of the European OpenAgri project – and some project partners (Sunugal, Future Food Institute, Poliedra, Impatto Zero, La strada), participated, at Cascina Cassottello, in the presentation of the Officucina Education at Work initiative coordinated by Future Food Institute with some young people from…
DetailsSmartVillages Meeting in St Jean en Royans
[15/3/2019] The second SmartVillages project meeting has taken place in Saint Jean en Royans, France, hosted by the French partner ADRETS. Poliedra presented the results of WPT-1, led by our Consortium, on the self- assessment of smartness in rural and mountain areas via the use of the Electre Tri multi-criteria analysis method, that has also…
DetailsWebinar of the Interreg Europe Policy Learning Platform dedicated to electric mobility
Poliedra, advisory partner of Interreg Europe PROMETEUS, has been invited as a keynote speaker to the webinar organised by the Interreg Europe Policy Learning Platform on “Supporting electric mobility in European regions and cities”. The webinar will take place on Tuesday March 19th 2019, from 2 to 3.30 p.m. Poliedra will give a presentation on…
DetailsElectric car sharing – User Research Training Workshop
[18/2/2019] On January 15, Poliedra organized the “User Research Training Workshop” at E-Vai’s headquarters, in which the project partners E-Vai and FNM participated. During the workshop the tools for the identification of beta users, i.e. those who will test the innovative electric car sharing service in the Italian pilot sites (Busto Arsizio, Bollate, Bergamo and…
DetailsCESBA Alps video message
Now available the video message of the CESBA Alps project. Poliedra provides technical assistance to the project partner Regione Lombardia. For more information about the project please visit the CESBA Alps website.
DetailsThe first newsletter of the APPROVE project for the promotion of renewable sources
The Interreg Europe APPROVE Project aims at improving regional policies on renewable energy by working on participation, stakeholder engagement and capacity building. We have published the first newsletter of the project: the topics we want to address, our partnership and our first interregional meeting in Rovaniemi, Lapland. Read the newsletter and sign up!
DetailsContest of the Circular Economy Stories project
The contest realized within the Circular Economy Stories project, that awards the storytelling of Italian transition experiences towards the circular economy, is ending. The winners are going to be proclaimed during the awards event that will take place in Rome, at the Roman Acquarium.
SmartVillages in Action! Steering Committee and Capacity Building Seminar
On September 27-28, the SMARTVillages events, hosted by Regione Lombardia at Palazzo Pirelli, have seen the participation of the 13 project partners to three moments of common interactive work organised by Poliedra: a first session on the objectives of smart transformation of the Test Areas in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Slovenia and Switzerland, a second…
DetailsI-Share Round Table on User Research of E-Car sharing innovative service models
On the 13th of November 2018 Poliedra organized and hosted the first round table to launch the User Research activities of the I-SharE project funded under the LIFE Environment and Resource Efficiency program. I-SharE aims to test innovative solutions for the sharing of electric vehicles in small and medium-sized urban areas, through a Design Thinking…
DetailsKick-off meeting of the I-SharE LIFE project
On July 17th and 18th the Kick-off meeting of the I-SharE LIFE project (Innovative sharing solutions for full electric travels in small and medium size urban areas) was held in Milan, funded under the LIFE Environment and Resource Efficiency program. The project, consisting of 7 Partners, 5 Italians (FNM, E-VAI, Nordcom, Poliedra and ASSTRA) and…
DetailsMaster in Tunnel Engineering
The call for the Master in Tunnel Engineering is now open. The course is directed by Prof. Claudio di Prisco of Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale of the Politecnico di Milano and organised by Consorzio Poliedra, starting from March 2019. For further information please visit the website www.mastertunnelling.polimi.it or www.poliedra.polimi.it/attivita/formazione/master-tunnel-engineering
DetailsPoliedra in the project SICAB, Sino-Italian CApacity Building
Poliedra will take part in the project SICAB, Sino-Italian CApacity Building, a higher education programme promoted by the Ministry for the Environment and the Safeguard of the Territory and the Sea, led by Politecnico di Milano, the Fondazione Politecnico di Milano, University La Sapienza at Rome, the Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Climate Change and the Italy-China…
DetailsCircular Economy Stories: Contest
The contest Circular Economy Stories is open until the 31st may 2018. The challenge is to tell the transition of the Italian economic models throug videos, photography, audios and tales. The contest is one of the tools activated by the Circular Economy Stories project, which Poliedra is partner of www.economiacircolare.com
DetailsINTESI Project – Meetings in Bolzano
Poliedra, as technical assistance to Regione Lombardia, took part in the Alpine Space project INTESI (Integrated territorial strategies for services of general interest) meetings in Bolzano, on January 30-31. In the first day the programme saw the project’s Steering Committee and the field visits to the Val Passiria Test Area, focusing on an innovative hydroelectric…
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