The SMART4ENV project will be stimulating scientific excellence in key applications of Smart Environmental Solutions for the mitigation and adaptation to climate change in the Turkish economy is underway.

Led by the TUBITAK MAM and with a budget of €1,499,418, it will contribute to improving R&I capacities to strengthen scientific reputation, attractiveness and networking channels while stimulating scientific excellence in key applications of Smart Environmental Solutions for the mitigation and adaptation to climate change of Turkish economy.

Gebze Kocaeli – Turkey – An international consortium of 5 partners from 5 countries, led by the TUBITAK MAM, has joined forces to address, during the next 36 months, the challenges of increasing scientific and technical capacity, support TUBITAK MAM’s institutional networking and international reputation, while developing a knowledge transference framework to increase the knowledge of national stakeholders on available Smart Environmental Solutions, promoting their use, enabling application of innovative approaches and solutions, sharing knowledge and best practices. 

SMART4ENV intends to address climate change by using Smart Environmental Solutions to strengthen institutional structures to understand and address the protection of environmental resources quality and quantity, development of monitoring and evaluation tools and establishment of databases. Besides, SMART4ENV will allow conducting of research, assessment, and dissemination of impacts of climate change on environmental resources, innovative alternative Smart Environmental Solutions that increase adaptation capacity to climate change and integrating the results into environmental resource planning studies. Insofar SMART4ENV will promote efficient environmental resources management to update agriculture processes, reduce water losses, develop irrigation and water management systems specific to local conditions, and ensure the use of new Smart Environmental Solutions for irrigation and water management.

Such aims will be addressed through a three pillars structure to assess current capacities and capabilities, plan sustainability actions to improve viable institutional networking and collaboration and a continuous outreach and stakeholder-oriented events following the implementation of project communication and dissemination strategy. The methodology used throughout SMART4ENV is evidence-based and builds on a comprehensive set of implementation activities by specific case studies. These case studies consider digital environmental management, online and smart monitoring tools, visualization techniques, sensors, and IT solutions for environmental resources management, reduced carbon emission, issuing early warnings to the population and improving existing prediction models, monitoring practices, and long-term environmental stewardship. 

As a result of project developments and outcomes, different types of impacts are expected, including an enlarged community of competitive, prestigious researchers, stronger and better connected to a core of international and relevant R&I system, supported by skilled R&I managers with their international networks. A such a critical mass of regional stakeholders will be clustered around TUBITAK MAM to establish strategic alliances and collaborative activities to address Green Deal and digitalisation challenges while improving environmental quality, public health, improved customer experience and communication and networking. Besides, SMART4ENV will be on a position to contribute for better mitigation and adaptation to climate change because of new Smart Environmental Solutions for intelligent, connected, and responsive environmental services and more sustainable use of water and resilient treatment systems with stable effluents quality.

The knowledge generated by SMART4ENV is expected to increase the pace of technology transition (of services, products, etc.) to commercialization and support a significant impact on the regional economy within the next decade, thanks to the expected development of the innovative Smart Environmental Solutions industry and the profitability of regional companies through new product development, process improvements, innovation support, and the increase of labour market participation, thanks to job creation and new opportunities.

ABOUT THE CONSORTIUM

The SMART4ENV project includes a partnership of 5 institutions from 5 countries: TUBITAK Marmara Research Center (Türkiye), Università Politecnica delle Marche (Italy), Fundación Universitaria Balmes (Spain), Sustainable Innovation Technology Services (Ireland), Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Norway).

With reference GA. 101079251, the SMART4ENV project is funded by the EU under the Horizon Europe Programme, with a total budget of €1,499,418

SITES’s role in SMART4ENV

SITES is a leading role in the SMART4ENV project Communication Outreach and networking activities in dedicated Work Package.

RESEARCHER CONTACT

Leonardo Piccinetti email : leonardo@sinnovations.org