Company Profile Eco & Eco is a company operating in the fields of environmental economic research and consultancy for the management of environmental resources. The company was set up in 1991 by: Sebastiano Brusco, Professor of Industrial Economics and Politics at the Faculty of Economy and Commerce at the University of Modena; Anna Natali, at that time both Scientific Co-ordinator and Research Director of the Environment section of Nomisma; and Paolo Bertossi, who was previously a partner in a research and consultancy company specializing in the field of commerce and tourism. Today, Eco & Eco deals with the environment from a number of different points of view: territorial management, in particular national parks and protected conservation areas political economy of environment: sustainable development of the local economy, tourism, Local Agenda 21 industrial economy: environmental technologies, waste management training in all previous subjects The core staff of eco&eco is represented by following experts Anna Natali has the role of supervisor and scientific co-ordinator within the group. Francesco Silvestri is the President and managing director of the company. He has an education in economics and political science (historical specialization) and deals with research on park economy and local development. He teaches Environmental Economics at University of Bologna since 2001. Vincenzo Barone co-ordinates the research related to sustainable local development in protected conservation areas. He has acquired extensive experience regarding the economy of national parks and the problems related to rural development. He has also carried out field research, both in Italian conservation areas and in various European conservation areas. Antonio Kaulard, economist, carries out research primarily in the field of environmental technologies, and is specialized in problems concerning integrated and sustainable waste management. Nathaly Dizerens, who speaks four languages, is responsible for contacts with collaborators and clients. Eco&Eco collaborates closely with Nomisma SpA, that holds 10% of its social stock; as well as collaborating on a stable basis with for research regarding environmental industrial economics, with Iefe-Bocconi University for research in the field of waste, and with WWF Italia in the field of training.
Eco & Eco worked for: European Union, DG XII European Union, DG XI Ministry of the Environment Ministry of Labour Ministry of Economy Formez Italy WWF Italia Federambiente Regione Emilia-Romagna Ervet Emilia-Romagna Stelvio (Stilfser Joch) National Park Development Agency of Province of Trento Iefe-Bocconi University University of Bologna University of Udine University of Trieste University Federico II, Neaples National Research Council (CNR Italy) Queen s University of Belfast Universität Lüneburg Cerna-Ecole des Mines, Paris IFO Institute, Munich OCSE, Paris
Research/consultancy Activity (a selection) LOCAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT, NATURAL PARKS 2005 IC Interreg IIIc Development programme for five areas inside Po Delta regional Park. Client: Po Delta Regional Park Consortium 2005 ASSO 2003-2004 Suistainable Tourism Actions Feasibility of re-localization and environmental qualifying of en plein air accommodation services. Client: Municipality of Senigallia 2005 Socio-economic evaluation of negotiate programming: SARAS SpA case-study. Client: Ministry of Economics 2005 Technical assistance to local development agency in elaborating a valorisation project for Monte Arci Client: Studiare Sviluppo Srl (Ministry of Economy) 2005 UE VI Research Framework Programme CORASON A Cognitive Approach to Rural Sustainable Development Client: University Federico II, Neaples 2004 Innovation in public bodies in the Balkan Region: development policies for protected areas in Serbia&Montenegro. Client: FORMEZ SpA 2004 Development Programme for regional parks in Province of Bologna. Client: Regional Park of Gessi Bolognesi e Calanchi dell Abbadessa 2004 Management and valorisation plan for six environmental sites in Sardinia. Client: Region of Sardinia 2003 Best practice of sustainable development in European natural parks: a survey. Client: WWF Italy 2003 Collaboration in an experimental project for Strategic Environmental Assessment in urban planning for local development Client: Provincia di Modena 2003 Development Programme for regional parks in Province of Parma. Client: Soprip S.p.A. 2002 Stelvio (Silfser Joch) National Park Local Agenda 21. Client: Parco Nazionale dello Stelvio 2002 Socio-economic development in European rural areas: theoretic models and case-histories Client: National Research Council (CNR)
2001 UE V Environmental Framework Programme. REGALP - Regional Development and Cultural Landscape Change: Evaluating and Adjusting EU and National Policies to Manage a Balanced Change in the Alps. Client: University of Udine 2001 Technical Assistance to four PIT (Integrated local development projects) in Sicily (Palermo and Trapani). Client: Nomisma for Sicilian Region 2001 EU Life Econet Analysing and evaluating local policies concerned with Natura 2000. Client: Regione Emilia-Romagna 2001 Development Programme for regional parks in Province of Prato. Client: Province of Prato 2000 Quality chart of Dolomiti Bellunesi National Park. Client: AIAB 2000 Analysis of the regional environment conservation and enhancement policies in Calabria. Client: Nomisma, CIES Calabria 1999/2000 EU - Agenda 2000. - Technical assistance for the Regional Goverment of Calabria in programming the Structural Funds 2000-2006 and compilation of the Operational Programmes for: National Ecological Network and Rural Development. Clients: Nomisma - Calpark. 1999 EU Leader Programme. Tutoring the technical staff of the Crinale Alta Val Parma e Cedra Park in planning sustainable development and environmental education projects. Clients: Gal Soprip, Management Consortium of the Crinale Alta Val Parma e Cedra Park. 1998 EU Pass Programme: Sustainable development research in the conservation areas of the Apennines in Emilia Romagna and in the National Park of Abruzzo, potentially repeatable for the National Park of the Cilento. Client: WWF Italia 1998 MURST Programme. Guidelines for the planning of the regional parks of Friuli Venezia Giulia. Client: University of Udine Department of Economic and Social Sciences. 1997 Study of the feasibility of a trade-mark for the conservation areas of the Emilia Romagna Region. Client: Region Emilia Romagna 1996 Gennargentu Park. Coordination of the socio-economic studies in order to draw up a park plan. Client: Province of Nuoro 1995 EU Support for the Planning and Development of Seaside Tourism Areas and Sites in Yemen. Clients: F&M EU
1995 Strawberry fields revisited. Economic development policies for the town of Modena. Client: OCSE, Paris ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES, WASTE MANAGEMENT 2005 Sustainable technologies for land management Feasibility of a new technological district. Client: Development Agency of Province of Trento 2005 Sustainability showcase of Regione Emilia-Romagna Phase 2: looking forward a sustainability district. Client: Regione Emilia-Romagna 2004 IC Interreg IIIc Est Ökoprofit international private public partnership networks for a sustainable development of policies and society. Client: ProMo Srl, Province of Modena 2003 Sustainability showcase of Regione Emilia-Romagna. Client: Regione Emilia-Romagna 2002 International showcase for sustainable development. Client: Provincia di Modena 2002 Packaging: Waste Management System Analysis in EU and feasible reforms: a proposal. Client: Edizioni Ambiente 2001 Ella International: International showcase of products, services and process; technical Assistance to Environmental development of Province of Modena. Client: Institut für Umweltkommunikation, Universität Lüneburg 2000 Cost-benefit analysis of the ban of leaded gasoline from the Italian market. Client: Nomisma SpA 1999 Transport and the Environment in the EU Client: European Parliament - Directorate General for Research 1999 Analysis of the industrial cost structure for municipal solid waste management facilities Client: IEFE, Istituto di Economia delle Fonti di Energia (Economic Institute for Sources of Energy) - Regione Lombardia 1999 Evaluation of activities in sustainable consumption. Client: EU DG Sanco 1998 Ecotourism, green waste management and cooperatives: case studies and policy recommendations. Client: Italian Institute of Cooperative Studies Luigi Luzzatti 1997-2001 Collaboration with the activities of the Provincial Waste Observatory. Client: Province of Parma, Environmental Department
1997 Specialized support in drawing up the Waste Management Plan for the territory of the province of Bologna. Client: Regional Agency for Env. protection (ARPA) Emilia Romagna, section of Bologna 1997 EU Objective 5b Emilia Romagna Action programme research aimed at identifying and promoting work posts in the waste sector in the municipalities of the Comunità Montana of the Valleys of Taro and Ceno Province of Parma. Client: Regione Emilia Romagna 1997 First notes for feasibility study of tariff system for AMIU Modena. Client: AMIU Modena 1997 EU INTEGRA Project We are working to rehabilitate. Financing from the European Social Fund and the Ministry of Labour 1997 Preparatory studies for the Regional Plan for Waste Management. Client: Regione Lombardia 1997 SustainWaste Programme. Client: EU DG XII 1996 Measuring the Competitiveness Effects of Environmental Compliance: The Importance of Regulation and Market Pressures. Client: European Commission, DG XII 1995 Effects on Employment, Skills, Productivity and Competitiveness of Environmental Regulation across member states of the EU. Clients: The Queen s University of Belfast European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions European Commission, DG XII December 2005