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4.3 The Involvement of Italian Policymakers
Policymakers from all country partners showed an interest toward the strategy
adopted, i.e., the development of standard tools that can be either directly applied or
used as a basis to create country specific tools. During the project, about 100 policymakers from countries different from those of the project partners have also been
reached to present the project results and collecting information about the carbon
policies of their countries. A survey and 2 webinars have been organized and 39 policymakers, coming from 9 countries, were trained on the Clim’Foot toolbox during
a workshop organized at the end of the project final conference.
In Italy representatives of the Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry of
Economic Development were involved in the national technical committee. During
the periodic meetings, the toolbox and the voluntary program have been presented
and have generated interest. In particular, the Italian Ministry of the Environment,
signed a letter of commitment to endorse Clim’Foot tools, especially the Italian
National Database and the Italian version of Bilan Carbone®. Indeed, the Clim’Foot
initiative, with its tools and training courses, contributed to the project “CReIAMO
PA” (Competences and Networks for Environmental Integration and Improvement
of the Public Administration Bodies), carried out by the Italian Ministry of Environment and financed by the National Operational Programme on Governance and
Institutional Capacity (Expertise and network for the environmental integration and
for the improvement of organizations of the Public Administration 2018–2021). The
project includes, among others, a Work Package—“Promotion of Environmental and
Energy Management Models in Public Administrations,” aimed at supporting local
administrations that intend to plan and implement measures to reduce greenhouse
gas emissions and improve the environmental performance of their organization.
The participation of the Città Metropolitana di Torino (Italy) is an example of
involvement of a local public administration. After the training workshop, they
contacted some schools of the territory and encouraged them to calculate and reduce
their CFO. A group of students of five high schools were trained, calculated their
schools CF and identified the main critical aspects. The participation to the voluntary program offered the public administration a twofold benefit: on one side, they
could fulfill the demand for increasing environmental awareness of young people, in
agreement with the objectives of the Green Education initiative of Piedmont Region;
on the other side they could enrich the set of indicators monitored by the Energy
manager of the Città Metropolitana, by adding the quantification of the schools CF.
4.4 The Post-life Phase
The update and the enlargement of the Italian national DB, which is time consuming
and needs specific expertise, is another important aspect that is guaranteed after the
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4.3 The Involvement of Italian Policymakers
Policymakers from all country partners showed an interest toward the strategy
adopted, i.e., the development of standard tools that can be either directly applied or
used as a basis to create country specific tools. During the project, about 100 policymakers from countries different from those of the project partners have also been
reached to present the project results and collecting information about the carbon
policies of their countries. A survey and 2 webinars have been organized and 39 policymakers, coming from 9 countries, were trained on the Clim’Foot toolbox during
a workshop organized at the end of the project final conference.
In Italy representatives of the Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry of
Economic Development were involved in the national technical committee. During
the periodic meetings, the toolbox and the voluntary program have been presented
and have generated interest. In particular, the Italian Ministry of the Environment,
signed a letter of commitment to endorse Clim’Foot tools, especially the Italian
National Database and the Italian version of Bilan Carbone®. Indeed, the Clim’Foot
initiative, with its tools and training courses, contributed to the project “CReIAMO
PA” (Competences and Networks for Environmental Integration and Improvement
of the Public Administration Bodies), carried out by the Italian Ministry of Environment and financed by the National Operational Programme on Governance and
Institutional Capacity (Expertise and network for the environmental integration and
for the improvement of organizations of the Public Administration 2018–2021). The
project includes, among others, a Work Package—“Promotion of Environmental and
Energy Management Models in Public Administrations,” aimed at supporting local
administrations that intend to plan and implement measures to reduce greenhouse
gas emissions and improve the environmental performance of their organization.
The participation of the Città Metropolitana di Torino (Italy) is an example of
involvement of a local public administration. After the training workshop, they
contacted some schools of the territory and encouraged them to calculate and reduce
their CFO. A group of students of five high schools were trained, calculated their
schools CF and identified the main critical aspects. The participation to the voluntary program offered the public administration a twofold benefit: on one side, they
could fulfill the demand for increasing environmental awareness of young people, in
agreement with the objectives of the Green Education initiative of Piedmont Region;
on the other side they could enrich the set of indicators monitored by the Energy
manager of the Città Metropolitana, by adding the quantification of the schools CF.
4.4 The Post-life Phase
The update and the enlargement of the Italian national DB, which is time consuming
and needs specific expertise, is another important aspect that is guaranteed after the