Η Καλαμάτα στις «πιλοτικές πόλεις» – Εγκρίθηκε χρηματοδότηση για «πράσινα σχολεία» μέσω της Ε.Ε.

 

Είκοσι πέντε πόλεις που έχουν δεσμευτεί να γίνουν κλιματικά ουδέτερες ως μέρος της αποστολής πόλεων της Ε.Ε., ανάμεσά τους και η Καλαμάτα, πρόκειται να λάβουν περαιτέρω στήριξη από την Ε.Ε. για φιλόδοξα έργα που σχετίζονται με το κλίμα, με στόχο την επιτάχυνση της προόδου προς τον στόχο τους για το 2030.

Μέσω του Horizon Europe, του βασικού προγράμματος έρευνας και καινοτομίας της Ε.Ε., οι πόλεις θα επωφεληθούν για να λειτουργήσουν ως κόμβοι καινοτομίας εφαρμόζοντας λύσεις για ταχεία απανθρακοποίηση. Οι επιχορηγήσεις θα υποστηρίξουν τις διερευνητικές δραστηριότητες των Pilot Cities σε 21 έργα (με ορισμένες πόλεις να έχουν υποβάλει κοινές προτάσεις) και ένα ευρύ φάσμα θεμάτων, από πηγές εκπομπών όπως οι μεταφορές, την κινητικότητα και τη βιομηχανία και τα μέσα αλλαγής, όπως η διακυβέρνηση, η κοινωνική καινοτομία και τα δεδομένα και η ψηφιοποίηση.

Πρόκειται για την πρώτη χρηματοδότηση (600.000€) στο πλαίσιο της συμμετοχής της Καλαμάτας στην Ευρωπαϊκή Αποστολή των 100 Κλιματικά Ουδέτερων και Έξυπνων Πόλεων της Ε.Ε. έως το 2030, σε συνέχεια πρότασης που είχε υποβληθεί τον Μάρτιο 2024 και αφορούσε πιλοτικές παρεμβάσεις σε συγκρότημα σχολείων στην παραλία της πόλης.

Ο Δήμος με την πρόταση αυτή στοχεύει στην υλοποίηση των ακόλουθων δράσεων:

i) τη δημιουργία ενός Ψηφιακού Διδύμου (Digital Twin) για έξι πιλοτικά σχολεία στην πόλη της Καλαμάτας και για την συνολική κοινότητα των σχολικών αυτών κτιρίων,

ii) τη δημιουργία μιας διαδικτυακής κεντρικής πλατφόρμας για την παρακολούθηση της κατανάλωσης ενέργειας, της παραγωγής ενέργειας από ανανεώσιμες πηγές ενέργειας, και του αντίκτυπου στις εκπομπές,

iii) τη δημιουργία μιας - συνδεδεμένης με την κεντρική πλατφόρμα - διαδικτυακής εφαρμογής για την καταγραφή των αποφάσεων που λαμβάνουν οι πολίτες (μαθητές, γονείς, εκπαιδευτικοί) σχετικά με την κινητικότητα τους (από και προς το σχολείο), και για την ευαισθητοποίηση τους προς πιο «πράσινους» τρόπους μετακίνησης,

iv) μια σειρά από πρωτοβουλίες ευαισθητοποίησης και αλλαγής συμπεριφοράς πολιτών (μαθητών, γονέων, εκπαιδευτικών), μέσω «προκλήσεων» και «διαγωνισμών» με σκοπό την ενθάρρυνση τους για αλλαγές στον τρόπο ζωής στο σχολείο, στο δρόμο από το σπίτι στο σχολείο και πίσω,

v) ένα νέο μοντέλο διακυβέρνησης τριών επιπέδων, που αντιπροσωπεύει μια στροφή της πόλης της Καλαμάτας προς τη συμμετοχική και συμπεριληπτική λήψη αποφάσεων που θα περιλαμβάνει, για πρώτη φορά, ένα ευρύ δίκτυο ενδιαφερόμενων μερών και εμπλεκόμενων φορέων,

vi) ένα πολύπλευρο πρόγραμμα ανάπτυξης ικανοτήτων και μάθησης για τους εμπλεκόμενους φορείς.

Οι επιλεγμένες πόλεις, οι οποίες θα περάσουν από μια επίσημη διαδικασία συμφωνίας επιχορήγησης (GAP) για να ικανοποιήσουν τα πρότυπα δέουσας επιμέλειας και να λάβουν υποστήριξη από ειδικούς για τη βελτίωση της πρότασης, περιλαμβάνουν: Ελσίνκι, Τάμπερε (Φινλανδία). Μόναχο, Ντόρτμουντ, Χαϊδελβέργη, Λειψία, Δρέσδη (Γερμανία), Βρυξέλλες, Αμβέρσα (Βέλγιο), Gabrovo (Βουλγαρία), Ρέικιαβικ (Ισλανδία), Sønderborg (Δανία), Angers Loire Métropole, Bordeaux Métropole, Communauté Urbaine de Dunkerque, Πόλη του Παρισιού (Γαλλία), Δουβλίνο, Κορκ (Ιρλανδία), Αθήνα, Τρίκαλα, Καλαμάτα, Θεσσαλονίκη (Ελλάδα), Ελμπασάν (Αλβανία), Σμύρνη (Τουρκία) και Γκέτεμποργκ (Σουηδία).

Οι Pilot Cities θα λάβουν, επίσης, άμεση υποστήριξη από ειδικούς των πόλεων και θα έχουν ευκαιρίες να μάθουν από άλλες πόλεις κατά τη διάρκεια του διετούς προγράμματος που παρέχεται από το NetZeroCities, την κοινοπραξία που έχει συσταθεί για να υποστηρίξει πόλεις στην Αποστολή της Ε.Ε..

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