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In this journey, we will get acquainted with the ambitious plan of Madrid to increase the qualitative and quantitative relevance of SSE in the local economy; we will learn about the formation of 240 economic initiatives taken under the project’s wings; we will hear about mixed and secondary cooperatives; and we will almost have a hands-on experience with the workings of the newly opened MAR Energy!
In the end, Alessandro takes a deep dive in the looming challenges and opportunities of MARES that will soon come to the forefront. These resolve around the need to look in the long-term policy sustainability, build a social market in the city, align project economic initiatives with other forms of governmental and social support and fabricate the project’s dimensions both at local and sectorial level.
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The Urban Innovative Actions (UIA) is a European Union initiative that provided funding to urban areas across Europe to test new and unproven solutions to urban challenges. The initiative had a total ERDF budget of €372 million for 2014-2020.
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