UNIPI Team Leader: Prof. Fabio Bartolini, Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari e Agro-ambientali

The objective of CONSOLE is to boost innovation in the lasting delivery of agri-environmental-climate public goods (AECPGs) by EU agriculture and forestry. To achieve this objective, CONSOLE builds a Community of Practice (CoP) to cocreate an empirically validated contractual framework, design and test effective and efficient contract models and support their implementation by multiple actors.

The CONSOLE multi-actor and multidisciplinary team brings together 24 partners in 13 countries, covering representative typologies of actors involved in AECPGs contracts design and implementation (farmer organisations, regional administrations, consultancy companies, research institutions and water and forest management bodies).

The CONSOLE framework will allow improved design and facilitate implementation of innovative contract solutions for the provision of AECPGs under various conditions across the EU. The CONSOLE framework includes:

a) a catalogue showcasing successful experiences and good practices in AECPGs contracting and cooperation models;

b) improved AECPGs contracts solutions and their assessment for different levels of governance;

c) a comprehensive guide to the process for the design of AECPGs contracts; d) documentation, training and supporting materials. CONSOLE includes a comprehensive analysis of at least 52 case studies of existing experiences encompassing land tenure arrangements, result-based approaches, collective implementation and value chain-based remuneration, supported by surveys and modelling.

Building upon these experiences, improved contract solutions will be developed in collaboration with the CoP. The CONSOLE framework will be tested in real decision-making contexts and will develop into a supporting tool for actors in the field, enabling the delivery and sustainability of AECPGs. Insights will improve policy design towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, in particular through environmental policies and the post-2020 CAP.

Coordinator

ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA (Italy)

Participants

• REGIONE EMILIA ROMAGNA (Italy)
• CONSORZIO DI BONIFICA DELLA ROMAGNA OCCIDENTALE (Italy)
• UNIVERSITAET FUER BODENKULTUR WIEN (Austria)
• ECORYS BRUSSELS NV (Belgium)
• EUROPEAN LANDOWNERS ORGANIZATION (Belgium)
• SDRUZHENIE ASOTSIATSIYA NA AGROEKOLOGICHNITE ZEMEDELSKI PROIZVODITEL (Bulgaria)
• INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS (Bulgaria)
• JOHANN HEINRICH VON THUENEN-INSTITUT, BUNDESFORSCHUNGSINSTITUT FUER LAENDLICHE (Germany)
• EVENOR TECH SL (Spain)
• ASOCIACION AGRARIA JOVENES AGRICULTORES DE SEVILLA (Spain)
• UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID (Spain)
• LUONNONVARAKESKUS (Finland)
• ASSEMBLEE DES REGIONS EUROPEENNES FRUITIERES LEGUMIERES ET HORTICOLES (France)
• ASSOCIATION TRAME (France)
• CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS (France)
• INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (France)
• UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK - NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, CORK (Ireland)
• UNIVERSITA DI PISA (Italy)
• ZEMNIEKU SAEIMA (Latvia)
• STICHTING VU (Netherlands)
• STICHTING HET WERELD NATUUR FONDS-NEDERLAND (Netherlands)
• SZKOLA GLOWNA GOSPODARSTWA WIEJSKIEGO (Poland)
• UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS (United Kingdom)

Start Date: 01/05/2019

End Date: 30/04/2022

Call Title: H2020-RUR-2018-2

Project cost:  EUR 4 999 998,75

EU Contribution: EUR 4 999 998,75

UNIPI quota: EUR 162 282,50

UNIPI role: participant

 Project website: https://console-project.eu/