PANORAMED GOVERNANCE PLATFORM WP10 - INNOVATION - Innovative good practice: Big Torrent September 2019 - Inici. Catalunya 2020
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PANORAMED GOVERNANCE PLATFORM
WP10 – INNOVATION
Innovative good practice: Big Torrent
September 2019Panoramed governance platform. WP10 - Innovation
Innovative good practice: Big Torrent
1. GENERAL INFORMATION
Project or strategy in which the good practice is included
Project name BigTorrent
Institution Region Sud Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
Description In less than a century, European rivers such as the Rhône have been intensely
shaped and converted according to our needs. The rivers' ecosystems have
become a cultural landscape of its own, with which cohabitation is regularly
redefined. Human management can go far, but domestication remains very
limited as rivers will always be powerful factors capable of flooding entire
territories. BigTorrent exhibition, designed by Bipolar agency invites visitors to
an artistic experience and a sensitive approach to flooding. Several artists are
invited to imagine immersive creations, offering a new understanding of the
river by using digital technologies too.
Objectives Big Torrent is a contemporary creation, as a way to experience the river.
Both an artistic project and an action to raise awareness of flood risk,
BigTorrent is based on a sensitive approach to the river, to be lived through
plastic installations and immersive VR experiences.
Web page https://www.starts.eu/agenda/bigtorrent-exhibition-avignon/detail/
Programme and call S+T+ARTS Program ( Horizon 2020), which goals are:
Support collaborations between artists, scientists, engineers and
researchers to develop more creative, inclusive, and sustainable
technologies.
Profit from the creativity and the critical thinking of artists to reflect on
novel uses of technology and allow technology to be more seamlessly
integrated into society.
Strategy Big Torrent contributes to the regional smart specialisation strategy of Region
Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur (in the cultural and creative industries priority
sector).
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Innovative good practice: Big Torrent
2. BLUE BIOECONOMY AND NEW SHARED VALUE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA
2.1. The innovative good practice
2.1.1. Relation with the blue bioeconomy
Big Torrent project, which has been implemented in (Avignon, Chalon sur Saone and Arles (France) in
2019, is an innovative good practice directly related to the blue bioeconomy and it has the potential to
contribute to the blue bioeconomy and the sustainability of vital ecosystems or aquatic biomass. The
underwater world is still rather unexplored.
The sea, torrents and coasts are drivers of the blue bio Economy. This project raise awareness among a
large public: Policy makers, private sector and general public, and develop joint actions to safeguard
unique martine environment for the future generation.
Graph 1. Kind of value generated by the initiative
Environmental
Social
Economic
2.1.2. Societal challenges and systemic changes to which the good practice is related
The following Sustainable development goals (SDG) are addressed by Big Torrent project:
Clean water and sanitation
Sustainable cities and communities
Responsible consumption and production
Climate action
Life below water
The good practice identified contributes to fundamental changes in attitudes and values, changes in
strategies and policies and changes in organisational structures and in processes to deliver public
services.
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Innovative good practice: Big Torrent
2.1.3. Stakeholders’ collaboration
Collaboration of diverse stakeholders is very important as a key element for the success of Big Torrent
project and the creation of shared value. The initiative involves the following stakeholders: national,
regional and local governments, research centres, labs, SME and individual citizens. The collaboration
and implication of individual citizen is essential to emphasize the environmental impact and shared
value.
2.2. New shared value and scaling-up
2.2.1. Environmental value and relation to the blue bioeconomy
The most relevant natural resources related to the Big Torrent project are by-products or wastes from
other socio-economic activities. The bio technology sector is expected to emerge as a niche market for
health, cosmetic and industrial bio materials (bio fuel).
Big Torrent, and especially the Orbital River Station installation, is also a floating laboratory made for
observing the water and the level of pollution. The aim is to show the importance of safeguarding the
natural qualities of marine environment.
The waste identified is related to the regeneration of natural systems.
2.2.2. Social value
Big Torrent project can create social value. Cultural impact of the good practice can be measured by
number of visitors in the installation. First result in Avignon reveals 200 people per day, visiting the
installation.
2.2.3. Economic value
Big Torrent project can generate economic value. An event of sponsorship has been organised on the
site of the installation, to collect funds.
Lack of demand because of stakeholders’ attitudes could be a factor that prevent the economic viability
of the good practice.
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Innovative good practice: Big Torrent
3. SPECIFIC ISSUES RELATED TO THE INNOVATIVE GOOD PRACTICE
3.1. Use of technologies and R&I infrastructure
Most relevant technology used in Big Torrent project is ICTs. Its use can generate opportunities for
environmental value. For example, sensors have been used to monitoring the level of pollution.
Social value generated is related to a scenographer that has transformed the measures of the sensors in
a mapping easy to read by a large audience.
By other hand, the results of the measures can be valuable for companies, which can develop
applications or prove the quality of their products.
Technology readiness level of the solution implemented by the project is TRL7 and 9, and its social
readiness level is SRL 4.
No special R&I infrastructures are needed for this good practice.
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