 ASEV (Agenzia di Sviluppo Empolese Valdelsa) is composed by:- The eleven municipalities of Circondario Empolese Valdelsa (60% of shares). - Chamber of Commerce of Florence (25% of shares) - 14 trade unions and associationsThe mission is the management and planning of: - activities connected with the sustainable development of the area; - vocational training courses for people, enterprises, associations, public or private bodies; - projects within local, regional, national or European programs and initiatives; - activities in tourist ambit to enhance the cultural, historical, environmental patrimony of the Circondario.Concerning research and innovation the “Local sustainable development” department carries on projects significant for the sustainable development of the area, to increase the productivity of the local system and its integration with the other areas.Its main aim is to fulfil the needs for innovation by mean of: - enforcement of public and private net-building together with companies providing high tech services and research institutes; managing of innovative pilot projects; - diffusion of state of the art services and reduction of digital divide; home and building automation; - development of relief technology and tele-care solutions; - diffusion of energy saving and sustainable development; - promotion of telework and tools to conciliate life and working time Project’s referent: Linda Molinaro – l.molinaro@asev.it |
 CE.Si.S.P. is an interuniversity Centre for the Development of Product Sustainability, coming from the interaction among different specialised abilities, Academic Seats and Advanced Research Centres. The constituent universities among which there are University of Genoa (Administrative seat), Polytechnic of Turin and Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies of Pisa. CE.Si.S.P. research centre is deeply interManual and consists of academic professors, academic research fellows and PhD engineers, experts and stakeholders. CE.Si.S.P. activities start in 2006 through the joint of different specialised abilities of the constituent universities in the field of carbon strategy and management, sustainable development and Eco-design with a considerable experience in research, companies support and education programs. The creation of an Interuniversity Centre for the Development of Products Sustainability comes from various requirements:
Exclusive tasks of CESISP are: research, training and scientific collaboration in the product sustainability sector; particularly promoting and coordinating research methodological activities applied to the following fields: Carbon Management and Trading ; LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) and EPD (Environmental Product Declaration); Integrated Product Policies and Eco-design; Sustainability Innovation and Marketing
Project’s referent: Prof. Fabio Iraldo – f.iraldo@sssup.it e Tiberio Daddi - daddi@sssup.it |
 CESECA INNOVAZIONE S.r.l. is a Research Organisation according to the Communication of the European Commission No 2006/C 323/01, formed on may, 2008, through variation of the legal status of pre-existing CESECA-CENTRO SERVIZI CALZATURIERO S.r.l., a public-private consortium composed of private companies (shoe makers, engineering, and shoe components production) and public bodies (Province of Lucca, Chamber of commerce, Municipality of Capannori), which was established in 1984 to operate as a highly competent service centre dedicated to the footwear industry supporting them in the following areas: Footwear technique area (cad design, material quality control, environmental consultancy, traceability of materials, components and finished products); Vocational training area; financial/legal area; internationalisation.
The company has achieved the EMAS registration (EU Regulation 761/2001 – Registration No I7-000445, 23/2/06). Nowadays, as CESECA , the company is mainly addressed into industrial research projects development and promotion, experimental development and to disseminate and transfer technology innovations in footwear and leather companies. Project’s referent: Daniele Del Grande – delgrande@ceseca.it |
 Tanneries Association Associazione Conciatori
The tanneries Association Associazione Conciatori, a non-profit organisation, was founded in Santa Croce sull’Amo in 1976, as an industry association of tanning companies. Presently, some 260 200 tanning companies are members of the organisation, specialised in chrome tannage, vegetable tannage and manufacturing of sole leather, all located in the municipalities of Santa Croce sull’Amo and Castelfranco di Sotto in the province of Pisa and Fucecchio in the province of Florence. The role of the Associazione Conciatori has traditionally been to foster the development and growth of the tanning industry. With the support and assistance of the Associazione Conciatori, tanneries have tackled important environmental issues such as construction of centralised purifying plants, creation of new industrial areas able to gradually absorb the tanneries relocating out of urban areas, salvage of by-products of tanning and, finally, reuse of the sludge resulting from purifying processes. The Associazione Conciatori acts as a representative before all levels of public administration, labour unions, and economic authorities and councils. Assistance is also provided to member companies on topics relating to environmental regulations, accident prevention and safety in the workplace, low-interest loans, professional training, contract interpretation, and international trade shows and fairs. Plus, the Associazione Concíatorí promotes and encourages foundation of cooperative companies for solving industry problems, stipulating agreements for collective procurement of raw materials and arranging other services catering to businesses. Project’s referent: Attilio Piccoli a.niccoli@assoconciatori.com |
 Consortium of TanneriesSince 1967, when the Consorzio Conciatori was established, it has played an important part in the location, urbanization and lotting of areas for the moving of the tanning activities into modern industrial zones.The main part plaid by the Consorzio Conciatori is that of representing the category towards the public administration at any level, economic bodies and organizations, labour organizations and manufacturing trusts at national level. The Consorzio Conciatori offers services such as information, assistance to its members in all the fields of their activity: - it takes care of the promotion of the products of its members, studies all those initiatives aimed to market globalism and offers assistance for the taking part in fairs, exhibitions, economic missions and market researches; - offers to its members its help concerning the set of rules they have to follow in the environmental field and for the prevention of accidents and security in the working places, the drawing up of agreement for the collective acquisition of raw materials and services aimed to tanneries; Project’s referent: Daniela Carlotti – d.carlotti@consorzioconciatori.it |
 Unione Industriale PrateseThe Pratese Industrial Union has been working for local industry since 1912, promoting and safeguarding its interests as a whole and those of single enterprises. Nowadays, the Union has about 800 company members, 80% of all Prato industry. The Union is part of/contributes to/identifies with Confindustria – the Italian Manufacturer’s Association. The Union is also a member of or has a representative in several bodies, companies and foundations.A fundamental function for our Union is representation. Unlike other Italian realities, Prato has no other category association for industries, which makes the Union the only interlocutor for any body – whether public or private – who needs or means to relate to a collective industrial representation reality. The Union’s representation role is of prime importance in the economic context of the Prato district, which generally has small-sized companies. In fact, if an associative system is important for all companies, independent of size, its function is especially important when related to companies that are small considered singly with limited negotiating powers with different institutions – local and national, bodies of various kinds – with which they need to interact. Project’s referent: Alessio Bitozzi – a.bitozzi@ui.prato.it |
 Unione Industriale Pratese ServiziUNIONE INDUSTRIALE PRATESE SERVIZI SRL (UIPS) is a company created to group together all specialised service activities promoted by the association (Pratese Industrial Union) integrating the basic consultancy supplied to all members. Our services: - Staff Administration - Education and Training - External Trade and Foreign Markets - Environment and Safety - Innovation Project’s referent: |