Logical Framework Approach to Calabria Sustainable Development: The Intervention Program on School Buildings

Sustainable development is the main goal set at international, European and Italian level. Calabria Region has addressed the programming activities on the sustainable development articulated in its main components: environmental, economic and social. The program of school buildings implemented by Calabria Region has introduced the obligation of environmental sustainability and seismic certification for all public buildings or financed with public funds, giving a strong acceleration to the process of Calabria building sector in the direction of greater sustainability. This paper presents the case of the school building to underline the strong action made by the Region which consisted of: interventions of seismic adjustment only; unification of all spending programs that guarantee zero bureaucracy and maximum transparency; increase of knowledge through the construction of a database from which to find all the useful information relating to the interventions. In the paper is presented the logical framework approach (LFA) to design a viable path to sustainable development of the school model where, starting from financial resources (input), realizes quality schools (output) in order to pursue sustainable development (goal). The creation of quality schools implies impacts (outcomes) that can be positive or negative. The paper allows to analyze the quality impacts of the school program. .