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[Toscana] Peer Review Form

This survey is the official tool for submitting your feedback on a pilot solution, using the shared New European Bauhaus (NEB) assessment framework. Your responses will support a fair, evidence-based, and comparable evaluation across all Mediterranean pilot contexts.

Please ensure your feedback is:

Constructive, respectful, and clear
Grounded in evidence rather than assumptions
Comparable across pilots and contexts
Focused on learning and improvement

Your completed survey will contribute directly to the individual pilot evaluation reports and the cross-pilot synthesis.

Thank you for your time and valuable expertise.

This is a friendly reminder that Phase 3 of the Transnational Peer Review Process is now underway.

Following each online peer review session, all reviewers are requested to submit their assessment and comments through the official Peer Review Feedback Survey on the Decidim platform.

Please ensure that you:

Complete the survey for the pilot you reviewed
Provide evidence-based scores and constructive recommendations
Submit your feedback within the agreed timeline

Your input will directly contribute to:

The Individual Pilot Evaluation Reports
The cross-pilot comparative synthesis
The development of the MED BAUHAUS Green Transformation Toolbox

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Thank you again for your valuable contribution to this transnational learning and verification process.

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Reviewer(s)

Reviewer(s)

Pilot name

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Assessment by NEB Values

In this section, you are invited to assess the pilot solution according to the three core values of the New European Bauhaus (NEB) framework.

Although the pilot may align most strongly with one of the listed ambitions, it may also contribute to other areas of the NEB Compass. Please keep this in mind when selecting the ambitions and what they achieved in this form.

Beauty

Beyond personal preferences, the New European Bauhaus puts a project’s creative process at the centre of what makes it beautiful. A beautiful project emerges when its authors invest collective sensitivity, intelligence, and competences into creating a positive and enriching experience for people, beyond functionality. A project that is genuinely attentive to its context and users encourages mutual care and can be a powerful driver for change.

Which ambition does the pilot best achieve?

AMBITION I - to activate: Context re-activation • Sensory experience • Aesthetics

AMBITION II - to connect: Connection across contexts • Collective experience • Sense of belonging

AMBITION III- to integrate: Enabling creation • Restructuring of values • Long-lasting movement

How does the pilot achieve the ambition to activate?

Statement to evaluate: The pilot creates a positive sensory and emotional experience, reflecting local identity and making clear aesthetic choices that enhance comfort and well-being.

The project considers comfort (materials, light, air, noise)

It engages sensory perceptions and emotional sensibility

It reflects regional/local particularities and skills

The project makes its own aesthetic choices (e.g.in terms of composition, colours, balance, or material compatibility)?

How does the pilot achieve the ambition to connect?

Statement to evaluate: The pilot fosters collective experiences, social connection, and a sense of community, encouraging openness and mutual care.

It provides attractive spaces that bring people together

It strengthens community across different backgrounds

It offers opportunities to learn, encounter, or discover

It is interactive and engaging for participants

How does the pilot achieve the ambition to integrate?

Statement to evaluate: The pilot supports long-term cultural and social transformation, enabling new habits, future-oriented thinking, and lasting community engagement.

Participants can reimagine their way of life through the project

It generates new fulfilling habits or practices

It reflects future needs and long-term transformation

It has a positive transformative effect on people’s lives

Sustainable

The basic sustainability ambition in the Compass is concerned with conventional features like the ability to preserve or prolong usability, and the next level considers the entire system of a project. The highest ambition is to regenerate and reconnect to nature.

What ambition does the pilot best achieve?

AMBITION I - to repurpose: Preservation • Repair, re-use, reduce upgrade, renew

AMBITION II - to close the loop: (Industrial) system circularity • Waste transformation

AMBITION III - to regenerate: Carbon storing • Enhancing biodiversity • Restoration and expansion of natural landscapes • Paradigm shift, behavioural change

How does the pilot achieve the ambition 'to repurpose'?

The project solves its needs in a less material intensive way, e.g. by sharing resources

The use can be prolonged, e.g. by renovation or making the project repairable or upgradeable

The project impacts the environment by lowering d,e.g. by decreasing the use of energy, water, pesticides, CO2 or other harmful substances

The components of elements were replaced by natural material or other less harmful resources

Renewable energy solutions that support biodiversity were prioritised

How does the pilot achieve the ambition 'to close the loop'?

The initiative works with circular economy principles

Stakeholders in the cycle are working together

There is an overview of the carbon impact, material, energy or water waste streams before during and after the use of a product, building or intervention

The project looks at indirect impacts across time and space and trade-offs between different sustainability measures

How does the pilot achieve the ambition 'to reintigrate'?

The initiative gives back more than it takes e.g. by carbon storage in buildings etc.

There is an understanding of the inner working of a natural ecosystem that could restore the landscape or biodiversity

There is a vision on societal change by behavioural change or a mention of a paradigm shift

Together

The third core value of the New European Bauhaus builds on the concept of inclusion and enriches it with the concepts of equality, accessibility and affordability. Starting from these fundamental features, the Compass identifies growing levels of ambition, keeping the focus on the essential idea of granting and securing equal access to opportunities and resources for all and encouraging exchanges across cultures, genders and ages.

What ambition does the pilot best achieve?

AMBITION I: to include

AMBITION II: to consolidate

AMBITION III: to transform

How does the project accomplish the ambition 'to include'?

The project is easily and equally accessible

The project is affordable

The project considers the needs of less represented communities

How does the project accomplish their ambition 'to consolidate'?

The project secures social justice over time

The project offers equal resources and opportunities

The project helps overcome segretation between different communities

How does the project accompilsh the ambition 'to transform'?

The project promotes new ways of living together

The project has the ambition to break obsolete and unjust social models

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Reviewing the Pilot's Engagement with the NEB's working principles

Participatory process

This principle refers to the degree to which the communities affected by the project are involved in the design, decision-making and implementation phases. It starts from the premise that a NEB project will always involve civil society or representatives of social groups (‘the stakeholders’) within a highly participatory framework.

What ambition does the pilot best achieve?

AMBITION I: to consult (Information • Dialogue • Consultation)

AMBITION II: to co-develop (Exchange • Joint project steps • Co-creation)

AMBITION III: to self-govern (Partnership • Joint action • Community • Self-governance)

How does the pilot accomplish the ambition 'to consult'?

The project keeps stakeholders informed through specific and timely communication channels

There was an awareness of who might be excluded from the project

The project incorporated opinions, ideas, and proposals by different stakeholders

How does the pilot accomplish the ambition “to co-develop”?

The project processes stakeholder input through participatory workshops, surveys, assemblies, and collaborative platforms

Those affected by the project are included in decision-making through open meetings, community consultations, and shared governance spaces

The project collaborates with stakeholders by co-designing activities, pilots, and solutions through dialogue and collective experimentation

The project reaches out to groups that might be excluded by using accessible communication channels, local engagement activities, and inclusive participation formats

How does the pilot accomplish the ambition “to self-govern”?

The project supports grassroots initiatives by enabling local actors and networks to lead activities and continue them beyond the project timeline

Stakeholders are encouraged to take ownership of initiatives, tools, and governance structures developed during the project

Project coordinators aim to gradually decentralize control so that community members and partners can take responsibility for decisions and actions

The project establishes governance spaces that ensure representation of those affected by the initiative in decision making

Multi-level engagement

A Multi-level engagement across scales, fields and time is necessary to anticipate the effects that global issues can have on the local dimension, and vice versa (e.g. the effects of national air quality regulations on local environments, the impact of an activity launched at neighbourhood level for cleaning the oceans…).

What ambition does the pilot best achieve?

AMBITION I: to work locally (Inter-municipal cooperation • Network, coalitions • Informal cooperation)

AMBITION II: to work across levels (Supranational institutions • EU Member States • Local and regional authorities )

AMBITION III: to work globally (Multi-scale Impact • Cross-sectoral cooperation • Global North-Global-South relations )

How does the pilot accomplish the ambition “to work locally”?

The project collaborates with local networks, collectives, and community groups through meetings, workshops, and field activities

The project influences the local living environment through practical actions that improve soil health, ecosystems, and community resilience

The project applies a place-based approach by working with local knowledge, local stakeholders, and context-specific solutions

How does the pilot accomplish the ambition “to work across levels”?

The project collaborates with networks and institutions operating beyond the local scale, including regional, national, and international partners

The project connects local initiatives with broader research networks, policy discussions, and knowledge exchange platforms

The project shares insights and outcomes across different levels to support learning and coordination between local and wider ecosystems

How does the pilot accomplish the ambition “to work globally”?

The project contributes to systemic change by developing regenerative practices that can be replicated and adapted in other regions

The project links local experimentation with broader environmental and societal challenges such as soil health, climate resilience, and biodiversity restoration

The project shares knowledge and experiences with wider communities and networks to support global learning and transformation

Transdisciplinary approach

NEB projects should aim to bring together knowledge from different fields and practitioners from various fields. They work on solutions that affect different aspects of a project – social, economic, cultural, artistic, architectural, ecological etc. Transdisciplinary ways of working also encourage solutions that can be applied in a variety of disciplines and fields and are not limited to one area only.

What ambition does the pilot best achieve?

AMBITION I: to be multidisciplinary (Diversity of disciplines • Diverse educational backgrounds • Common problem definition)

AMBITION II: to be interdisciplinary (Knowledge creation • Intensity of communication • Integration of results)

AMBITION III: to be beyond-disciplinary (Non-academic partnerships • Interaction with non-academics Public engagement • Collaborative process • Level(s) of interaction)

How does the pilot accomplish the ambition “to be multidisciplinary”?

The project brings together participants from different disciplines including farming, environmental science, policy, education, and community facilitation

Stakeholders develop a shared understanding of the challenge through dialogue and collaborative problem framing

Participants with different educational and professional backgrounds contribute complementary perspectives

The project creates spaces for exchange that bridge the distance between disciplines and encourage collaboration

How does the pilot accomplish the ambition “to be interdisciplinary”?

The project fosters continuous communication between disciplines through workshops, collaborative meetings, and shared platforms

Participants generate new knowledge by combining practical experience, research insights, and community perspectives

Results and insights from different disciplines are integrated into shared frameworks, tools, and strategies

How does the pilot accomplish the ambition “to go beyond disciplinary knowledge”?

The project involves non-formal knowledge partners such as farmers, practitioners, and community members in knowledge creation

Equal value is given to scientific knowledge and experiential knowledge from local actors

Participants work toward a shared goal of regenerative soil ecosystems through collaborative design processes

The project establishes participatory methods that enable the merging of different knowledge systems into practical solutions