ABOUT BUMP

The Consorzio per l'AREA di ricerca scientifica e tecnologica di Trieste is a national public research institution managing and promoting AREA Science Park, the main science and technology park in Italy. The two campuses in Padriciano and Basovizza - both in Trieste - host 87 research centres, enterprises and institutes employing over 2.500 people involved in research and development activities, technology transfer, higher education and qualified services for enterprises and the public administration.

The Institute of Spatial Planning (IRPUD) is the central research facility at the Faculty of Spatial Planning of the Dortmund University of Technology. It was founded in 1974 to integrate the different disciplines at the departments by interdisciplinary research projects and services. The institute mainly conducts research projects financed by third-party funds with current focus on climate change and adaptation, sustainable mobility and risk management.

CSDCS is an NGO founded in 1997 with the goal to unify the efforts of some fellow members of Bulgarian Universities and training organizations for introducing new sustainable approaches to economic and social activities in Bulgaria. CSDCS has been engaged in more than 30 projects mostly oriented to environmental and transport activities. The main fields of work are sustainable urban development, mobility management and marketing, environmental preservation, trans-boarder cooperation, as well as project development and education related to EU-projects. The organization is the National coordinator of EPOMM-network in Bulgaria and the SUMP-focal point.

CIRCE is a research centre founded in 1993 with the support of the University of Zaragoza, to create and develop innovative solutions and scientific/technical knowledge and transfer them to the business sector in the field of energy. CIRCE’s mission is to drive forward improvements in energy efficiency and to spread the use of renewable energy by means of the development of R+D+i (Research, Development and Innovation) activities and formative actions that respond to the needs of national and international producers, thereby contributing to sustainable development.

Alba Iulia, Trandafirilor Street no. 9, Alba County, Romania ALEA is a non-governmental organization founded in order to contribute to the sustainable development of Alba County by improving the current situation in energy efficiency, energy management and promotion of energy from renewable sources

Severn Wye Energy Agency is an independent charity and not-for-profit company. We aim to promote sustainable energy and affordable warmth through partnership, awareness-raising, innovation and strategic action. Severn Wye was established in 1999 under the European Commission SAVE programme and now employs nearly 50 staff working across the South West of England and throughout Wales. Our projects include working with local authorities, schools, prisons, businesses, community groups and householders.

VIA ALTA is a Czech project-engineering company focusing on the concentration of human potential, knowledge and experience to provide its customers with comprehensive engineering and supplying solutions, design and engineering services and technical support in the industry, energy, construction, transport and civil engineering, ecology and environmental technologies. In collaboration with research partners conducts its own research and innovation activities and expert advisory and supervision services, studies and analyzes in the field of technology, construction, engineering, ecology and energy.

The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC) is an international organization with a mission to assist in solving environmental problems in its 17 beneficiary countries in new EU member states in the CEE region, Balkan countries, Turkey and the Ukraine. With a staff of around 180 people it implements around 200 projects annually, in 12 thematic areas.

REC Poland supports sustainable development in Poland by improving ecological awareness, initiating pro-environmental changes in society and the economy, and coordinating the international exchange of experience in various fields of sustainable development.