Gli accordi di programma come volano per lo sviluppo di nuove professionalità “green”: evidenze da due esperienze nazionali

Il saggio riporta i risultati di uno studio condotto in due contesti territoriali (Porto Marghera e Piombino) caratterizzati da rilevanti processi di riconversione e riqualificazione industriale, finalizzato a indagare se e quanto tali processi di riconversione siano (stati) in grado di generare nuovi business e professionalità “green”. La ricerca indaga la questione prendendo in considerazione sia documenti ed evidenze raccolte sui processi, sia il punto di vista di interlocutori locali ritenuti chiave e a cui è stato chiesto di valutare anche in questa prospettiva i percorsi maturati e in corso. Il contributo si chiude identificando una serie di fattori abilitanti e barriere allo sviluppo di professionalità green, così come identificate dai soggetti intervistati

Gli accordi di programma come volano per lo sviluppo di nuove professionalità “green”: evidenze da due esperienze nazionali

Il saggio riporta i risultati di uno studio condotto in due contesti territoriali (Porto Marghera e Piombino) caratterizzati da rilevanti processi di riconversione e riqualificazione industriale, finalizzato a indagare se e quanto tali processi di riconversione siano (stati) in grado di generare nuovi business e professionalità “green”. La ricerca indaga la questione prendendo in considerazione sia documenti ed evidenze raccolte sui processi, sia il punto di vista di interlocutori locali ritenuti chiave e a cui è stato chiesto di valutare anche in questa prospettiva i percorsi maturati e in corso. Il contributo si chiude identificando una serie di fattori abilitanti e barriere allo sviluppo di professionalità green, così come identificate dai soggetti intervistati

Can environmental agreements represent an opportunity for green jobs? Evidence from two Italian experiences

Until today, following the rise of the so-called “green economy” paradigm, research into green jobs has mainly focused on the relationship between the rise of the green economy and the effects on creation of new opportunities of green employment. This study aims to link new green jobs and new green business models with industrial reconversion through the experiences of environmental rehabilitation in two Italian industrial areas characterized by the implementation of environmental agreements. The two cases are compared on the base of an analysis of formal documents and through semi-structured interviews with local representatives. The analysis highlights a series of enabling conditions and barriers to the creation of green jobs and local green businesses development. Stakeholder cooperation, as well as industries and research interaction, emerge as the main driving factors. Conversely, bureaucracy and lack of infrastructural investments are revealed as barriers to the creation of green jobs and local green businesses development. This study enriches the academic literature, shifting the attention from the impacts of green policies and green jobs, to those factors that are able to stimulate the employment growth. The definition of enabling conditions and barriers could support policy makers and other local stakeholders in implementing future programmes and actions for local development in areas characterized by similar conditions

Liposome-based formulations for the antibiotic nonapeptide Leucinostatin A: Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy characterization and in vivo toxicologic study

Leucinostatin-A is a nonapeptide isolated fromPaecilomyces marquandii Paecilomyces lilacinus A257, andAcremonium sp., exerting remarkable phytotoxic, antibacterial (especially against Gram-positive) and antimycotic activities. With the aim to find alternative formulation for in vivo administration, a number of Leucinostatin-A—loaded liposomal formulations have been prepared and characterized. Both large unilamellar vesicles and multilamellar vesicles consisting of synthetic and natural lipids were evaluated. In addition, to determine the nature of peptide-membrane interactions and the stability of liposomes loaded with Leucinostatin-A, a Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy study was performed. The results suggest that the mode of interaction of the peptide is dependent on its concentration, on bilayer fluidity, and on liposome type. Finally, the LD50 of both free and liposome-delivered Leucinostatin-A was determined in mice. These results suggest that the incorporation of Leucinostatin-A into liposomes may result in decreased Leucinostatin-A toxicity, as the intraperitoneal administration of Leucinostatin-A—loaded liposomes reduced the LD50 of Leucinostatin-A 15-fold