Consortium

rettorato@unict.it

Piazza Università 2, Catania, 95131, Italy

https://www.unict.it/it https://www.di3a.unict.it/en

Short Description:

With an average enrolment of 38,000 students, the University of Catania (UNICT) has been around for hundreds of years since 1434 and is oldest one in Sicily at the heart of the Mediterranean with a unique cultural and natural heritage. The educational system includes a wide range of undergraduate degrees (17 departments) alongside a great number of study courses for overseas students and a higher education centre, the Scuola Superiore Mediterranean University Centre, based on excellence. UNICT’s research teams are highly cooperative and supportive of International and European projects and programmes providing a key contribution to innovation and development across different areas of expertise, includes the environmental sustainability and social integration main issues of the following HORIZON 2022 Programme: ‘Climate adaptation and resilience Demonstrated in the Mediterranean Region – CARDIMED” in which UNICT is involved as partner through the Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment (Di3A).

Role in CARDIMED:

In CARDIMED, UNICT will support DEMO 4, including design and monitoring within the Region’s territory (Sicily). In Ferla for the green wall they will conduct monitoring and analysis of the physical and chemical greywater treatment and in Catania for the rain gardens in addition to a qualitative analysis of the stormwater, a hydrological-hydraulic monitoring will be carried out (retained volume, peak flow reduction, runoff delay). Furthermore, UNICT will organize the CARDIMED first annual meeting that will be held in Catania in September 2024.