JADEITE Project focuses on driving ecological transitions in the Mediterranean and was launched in Florence on 9-11 December 2025.
The JADEITE Project, which aims to promote an ecological and fair transition in the Mediterranean area, was launched during a three-day Kick-off Meeting on 9-11 December 2025 in Florence at the headquarters of the Regional Presidency in Palazzo Strozzi Sacrati, Italy, with participation from project partners and associate stakeholders. In Florence the meeting was opened by the Vice-President of the Region of Tuscany and Councillor for International Cooperation, Bintou Mia Diop, and the Head of International Activities and Investment Attraction, Filippo Giabbani. The second day was held at the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Pisa, a centre of excellence in the international academic world, where participants worked in groups to co-create the areas to be emphasised in the participation processes. On the last day, the delegation from the partner countries visited Peccioli, a Tuscan municipality that has distinguished itself for its pioneering national solutions for waste management. On that occasion, it was possible to talk to the municipal administrators and visit the open-air museum created from the landfill site.
JADEITE project is co-funded by the EU under the Interreg NEXT MED Programme, bringing together partners from Italy, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan and Tunisia to strengthen participatory governance processes across the Mediterranean region, with a specific focus on enabling a just and inclusive transition
Reimagining participatory governance
Across the Mediterranean, participatory governance remains fragmented and citizen engagement is often limited by socio-economic pressures and low digital integration. JADEITE addresses this gap through a cross-country approach that maps, tests, and strengthens governance processes at territorial level, supported by the JADEITE Tool Kit, which combines practical offline methods with an online, citizen-led Challenge Mapping tool and research-backed territorial analysis to ensure inclusive, scalable, and policy-relevant solutions.
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