RE-ACTIVE and the dialogue with Europe: culture, climate and participation in the Italy-Slovenia area
Climate challenges do not respect borders. The Karst wildfires of 2022 and the floods of 2023 made that undeniably clear. The European project RE-ACTIVE responds with an approach rooted in communities and their cultures, in full alignment with the European Green Deal, the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and the European Climate Adaptation Plan.
RE-ACTIVE does not start from scratch: it capitalises on consolidated experience. From KARST FIREWALL 5.0 (Interreg VI-A Italy-Slovenia) it inherits the methodology for involving local communities in resilience planning. From PRIMIS and PRIMIS PLUS (Interreg Italy-Slovenia) it draws expertise in working with linguistic minorities and managing targeted cultural calls. The S+T+ARTS 4 Water project, in which partner PiNA participated, demonstrated how art, technology and science together generate new environmental narratives. MISSION CE CLIMATE (Interreg Central Europe) confirmed that integrating the cultural and social dimension into climate risk management is not merely desirable — it is essential.
On these foundations, RE-ACTIVE builds three innovative pillars: culture as a resilience tool (three public calls for creative initiatives), a cross-border participatory governance model (Academy of Participation, bilingual Resilience Kit, Guidelines for Sustainable Events) and digital innovation embodied in the KlimaRes app. All within the specific objective ISO 1.(b) of the Interreg VI-A Italy-Slovenia Programme, with a total budget of €872,408.84 (80% ERDF).
Cooperating across borders, valuing diversity and placing participation at the centre: not just possible — already happening.
🔗 www.ita-slo.eu/re-active The RE-ACTIVE project is co-funded by the European Union under the Interreg VI-A Italy-Slovenia Programme. #InterregITASLO #REACTIVE #GreenDeal #ClimateResilience
