CARBON NEUTRAL INOVATION PARK CITY
Strategic ZCIP
Zero Carbon Industrial Parks (ZCIP) Consortium
01. SYNOPSIS
Plovdiv is the only city in Bulgaria to be ranked among the top ten mid-sized cities of the future in the respected Financial Times’ Global 2020 ranking. The city is in the top ten in two of the prestigious business publication’s rankings – strategic investment attractiveness and economic efficiency. It has emerged as the largest industrial centre in the country, and the Trakia economic zone is among the major SEE zones. , hundreds of domestic and foreign companies do business with green investments, which have increased by 3 billion euros over the last 25 years.
02. ZCIP
This document, Zero Carbon Industrial Park Consortium (ZCIP) – Strategic Intent, is a start-up project for the prospective development of four industrial zones located at the Bulgarian level, namely Plovdiv, Burgas, Gabrovo and Haskovo. identified three main objectives, in particular:
– To create an attractive environment for investment and innovation at the level of the municipalities involved,
– Organize the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions within the involved industrial parks, and
– Create attractive working and living conditions for park employees and their families.
03. PARIS AGREEMENT
This document defines the economic context of Bulgaria, in particular the four areas mentioned above. In addition, it defines provisions for the development of high-tech industry and for attracting investments in enterprises that should provide increased added value compared to the average added value of the industry in Bulgaria. The project has been developed by the TEZ team together with the largest applied research community in Europe – Fraunhofer, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, UNIDO, IBA, as well as proven successful public-private partnerships with nine municipalities and three clusters. The business integration model used in the Trakia Economic Zone (TEZ), which is located in the Plovdiv area, is to be replicated by other industrial parks and improved as agreed
04.OBJECTIVES
Industrial parks of the NEO UNION identified three main objectives:
1 Creating an investment-attractive and innovative environment for industries on the territory of municipalities under the Consortium scheme.
2 Reducing carbon dioxide emissions from individual companies, parks at the aggregate level and the municipalities involved.
3 Creating an attractive working and living environment for park employees and their families, and targeting and retaining talented human resources, which should alleviate the country’s demographic crisis.
- Creating an attractive environment for investment and innovation. Zero-carbon industrial parks will create a sustainable investment environment that will attract businesses that want access to zero-carbon energy, a window that will be set on the local loop of a closed economy, biodiversity conservation, a clean environment through smart water and waste management .
2. Carbon Reduction. Enterprises in the zero-carbon industrial parks, as well as in the parks and the Consortium as a whole will participate both individually and collectively in the reduction of carbon emissions in accordance with the commitments made. our country as an EU member state.Each of the Consortium members must develop its own roadmap or plan to reduce carbon emissions through energy efficiency, increasing the share of renewable energy sources, hydrogen production, phased introduction of new technologies. And it seems to fit.
3. Creating an attractive environment for investment and innovation. Zero-carbon industrial parks will create a sustainable investment environment that will attract businesses that want access to zero-carbon energy, a window to be set on the local cycle of the closed economy, biodiversity conservation, eco-friendly environment through smart water and waste management .
05.ECONOMIC BACKGROUND
Over the past 20 years, Bulgaria has managed to boost its economy five times (nominally). At the same time, the carbon intensity indicators have remained virtually unchanged. Speaking of the other CEE countries, they have equally increased their GDP over the comparable time period, but along with a reduction in carbon emissions. Slovakia’s nominal GDP per capita is now about twice as high as comparable carbon emissions in Bulgaria. Romania, which has joined the EU on par with Bulgaria in the indicators studied, currently has a per capita GDP ranking about 30 percent higher and per capita emissions about 40 percent lower than those of Bulgaria.
German industry has a pronounced engineering profile, with mechanical engineering accounting for 2/3 of the industry’s jobs. Moreover, even during the intensive outsourcing of production processes, Germany has created half a million jobs in mechanical engineering since 2010. The industrial infrastructure in Bulgaria and Romania has followed the trend toward a more pronounced engineering profile, yet it remains below 50%. As recently reported, there are 330,000 jobs in mechanical engineering in Slovakia, compared to about 230,000 jobs in Bulgaria.
When it comes to Bulgaria, the average annual job efficiency in mechanical engineering is 9.5%. Labor costs here are currently lower even than in Romania, but their growth is the most intense this side of Europe, so there is reason to expect that manufacturers targeting Bulgaria are gradually shifting their focus from mass production, which is typical. refinement of assembling goods, moving to mass production and customization, which is traditional in mechanical engineering; however, niches in other mechanical engineering industries are expanding following the technological change in products.
Economic background
The solution
Annex 1.
Projects within the framework of the Concept.
01
Social infrastructure project including investments in education and vocational training, childcare facilities, social housing. Current human resources development programme, Regional Development Operational Programm.
02
High-tech production of low-emission vehicles for use in urban mobility projects. Operational programme of innovation and competitiveness
05
Energy efficiency and renewable energy project. Programme Operating Environment, Operational Programme Innovation and Competitiveness.
06
Centre for Applied Research. Science and Inclusive Education Operational Programme.
03
High-tech production of low-emission vehicles for use in urban mobility projects. Operational programme of innovation and competitiveness
04
A project for the construction of storage and production buildings. Operational programme of innovation and competitiveness,
07
Port – Logistics including ports and airports – Maritime and Fisheries Operational Programme)
08
Improving waste management, including recycling and reuse – Operational software environment Eco Smart City
Appendix 2.
The UN Sustainable Development Goals
Appendix 3.
International Partnership
Appendix 4.
Application procedure with the partnership concept approved by the regional development structures.
To implement this project, the partnership is preparing a Strategic Intent for Integrated Territorial Investment. The concept is an integrated project to create zero-carbon industrial parks and use green energy to increase economic growth in Bulgarian regions as well as to address negative demographic trends and reduce regional disparities in population.