Garda Uno RESMA Project Launches EU Water and Energy Management Training
Next Friday, March 3rd, at 10:00 am, in the headquarters of Portese, the Azienda Speciale Consorzio Garda Uno, will host the 1st meeting related to the RESMA Project (Technician for the Sustainable Management of Water, Waste, and Renewable Energy Resources). The meeting will be attended, by invitation of counselor Dr. Walter Romagnoli, by all the RESMA project partners, as well as the Lombardy Region, the Province of Brescia, and the mayors affiliated with the Garda Uno Consortium.
Project and European context
This project is part of the list of 775 initiatives approved by Brussels, under the European Leonardo Da Vinci 1999 Program, which saw Italy involved with a total of 82 approved projects in the final ranking. The program was divided into three main areas: 46 pilot projects approved (including RESMA of Garda Uno) out of 376 submitted; 22 exchange projects approved from 217 submissions; and 14 multiplication projects approved out of 160 applications.
The main goal of RESMA is to train individuals at various levels to analyze the relationships that develop within complex systems, going beyond the simple cause-and-effect deterministic chains. The operational part of the project has been entrusted to environmental consultant Dr. Adalberto Da Casto.
Systemic vision and training
Typically, an information system does not provide students with a comprehensive view of the concept of “sustainability” regarding water resources, energy, and waste. Based on these premises, the Azienda Speciale Garda Uno presented a pilot project to the European Commission within the Leonardo da Vinci 1999 program – new professions sector – aimed at training environmental operators capable of understanding the complex issues mentioned above.
This is a very important project, requiring a diverse pool of partners from the training sector at different levels. Entities involved ranged from vocational training institutions (CIOR Famalicão, Portugal) to secondary education (Northern College, Dundee, UK), and university level (Università Cattolica di Brescia and Charles University in Prague). Additionally, representatives included a local authority from a so-called “wet” area (the municipality of Trecento, pre/delta of the Po River), an environmental association (Meridiani of Turin), and the Garda Community, representing local administrations along Lake Garda.
Objectives and strategies
The objectives, which are particularly significant, can be divided as follows: identifying training and employment pathways aligned with emerging markets, especially focusing on the rising sector of environmental technologies aimed at improving ecosystem management and fostering eco-compatible development models. The project also seeks to promote investment in human resources that can be utilized in individual sectors, through the development of international training programs based on the exchange of experiences and the activation of information circuits. These should involve scientifically authoritative actors in the European scenario of environmental studies, along with the development of strategic and attractive models for sustainable environmental management.
