Project objective:

•  Promote an urban sustainable requalification providing local administrations with 1. tools to manage the entire process of conversion, from the negotiation with the central government to the participation of private investors and 2. programming future investments;
• Favour entrepreneurship and competitiveness of the territory throughout the process of restructure of the abandoned military areas into enterprises support centres with the definition of regional strategies and measures to support SMEs and start ups
• “test” the measures and tools defined in the project on 8 specific cases of abandoned military areas.

 Project activities:

• Definition of a common methodology for the valuation of abandoned areas;
• Analysis on the economic and entrepreneurial context with particular attention to the impact of the conversion into enterprises support centres on the economic system;
• Mapping and valuation of the ex military areas;
• Definition and application of tools/measure for the management of the transfer of property and conversion of military areas;
• Definition of measures to promote entrepreneurship
• Pilot actions (Feasibility study, planning, operative plans and investments for the conversion of the areas in Service Centres/incubators);
• Results diffusion

Expected results:

Transfer of methodologies and knowledge; adoption of 9 plans (or recommendations) for the conversion of the abandoned military areas; 8 urban plans for the creation of service centres/incubators; adoption of a common strategy to promote entrepreneurship.

Type of service

• Activities to support LP in the technical coordination of the project
• Responsible of all the analysis of context and mapping of the abandoned military areas(WP3).
• Offers to the project methodological tools, experiences for the development  of the entrepreneurial sector, an integrated approach to the process of re-establishment and territorial planning.