GREENXPO

Maintaining all Green and Ecoinnovation Results in a Living Portal

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'The greenXpo consortium comprises a balanced group of policy makers, SMEs, multipliers, technical and innovation experts from Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden and Taiwan that are strongly committed to boosting the green economy through the greenXpo eco-innovation expertise portal. The consortium is best prepared for this action since it comprises organisations that have already led actions to analyse and promote technological and non-technological eco-innovation, eco-innovative policies as well as networks such as ECO-INNOVERA, ECOPOL, ECO-PRO (INNOVATIONSEEDS) and the Eco-Innovation Observatory. Now, the greenXpo partners are pooling their expertise and experience to promote all types of eco-innovation together in a holistic one-stop shop for eco-innovation. The overall objective of greenXpo is to develop a new and innovative web-based tool, to facilitate knowledge transfer, uptake and exploitation of research data, as well as good policy measures related to eco-innovation, and to proactively promote the quality knowledge to policy makers, enterprises and society at large. To ensure synergies and a speedy implementation, greenXpo will build on the state-of-the-art INNOVATIONSEEDS portal that already features 100 European environmental R&D results. The general objective is broken down into six ambitious, specific objectives: 1) to develop a web-based tool for eco-innovation knowledge; 2) to present 190 new eco-innovation cases in a user-friendly manner to market players, policy makers and society; 3) to develop an analytical framework of successful and unsuccessful eco-innovation and to transfer it to policy makers; 4) to promote cross-sectoral information exchange and spill-overs with five traditional industry sectors; 5) to pro-actively promote the eco-innovation knowledge gathered reaching 2,000 policy makers and 120,000 enterprises in Europe and world-wide; and 6) to develop a business model for the continuation of the greenXpo portal.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

An EU team created a web portal to promote the use and transfer of eco-innovation information. Project results included an analysis methodology, the evaluation of over 190 cases and a breakdown of the sectors showing the most promise.

Descrizione progetto (Article)

Recent years have seen many innovations in the green economy. Yet such developments may need assistance to reach their target audiences.

The EU-funded 'Maintaining all green and ecoinnovation results in a living portal' (http://www.greenxpo.eu/ (GREENXPO)) project aimed to facilitate the uptake of eco-innovation knowledge. The sources of information included Sixth and Seventh Framework Programme (FP6 and FP7) and Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP) projects. The aim was to be accomplished through the creation of a web-based tool, intended to promote knowledge transfer of research and policy information. The target user groups included policymakers, business and the interested public. The consortium included nine European partners and one from Taiwan.

Partners successfully completed all project objectives in approximately half the planned time. The web portal went online in February 2014.

Initial stages involved developing a methodology for featuring eco-innovation knowledge, using functional analysis. The team identified and collected more than 190 cases in the areas of technology, non-technology, policy and networks. The study also developed a conceptual note on case analysis, allowing for case collection and further research.

GREENXPO promoted cross-sector information exchange in order to bring eco-innovation knowledge to conventional value chains. Hence, the group documented the industrial sectors showing the most promise in terms of the project's goals. The work also identified decision indicators relating to the cases.

Lastly, the project gathered the information in a single web-based portal, which fostered information exchange between target groups and information uptake. The project also created promotional and dissemination materials.

GREENXPO produced a web portal containing relevant eco-innovation knowledge. The portal fostered the exchange and use of information among key stakeholders.