{"id":1345,"date":"2025-11-22T00:01:27","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T00:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adrianibric.eu\/wp\/?p=1345"},"modified":"2025-11-24T20:49:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T20:49:22","slug":"eranet-sustainable-urbanisation-global-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianibric.eu\/wp\/eu-projects-reviews-green-nbs\/eranet-sustainable-urbanisation-global-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Eranet Sustainable Urbanisation Global Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <strong>EN-SUGI<\/strong> project (<strong>Eranet Sustainable Urbanisation Global Initiative<\/strong>) was a joint effort between the <strong>Joint Programming Initiative (JPI) Urban Europe<\/strong> and the <strong>Belmont Forum (BF)<\/strong>, aimed at tackling the complex, interlinked challenges of the <strong>Food-Energy-Water (FEW) Nexus<\/strong> in urban areas globally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project brought together 24 Funding Agencies (FAs)\u201417 from Europe and 7 from outside the EU\u2014to align research and innovation (R&amp;I) agendas and foster global, transdisciplinary collaboration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udfaf Main Objectives and Impact<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The primary goal of EN-SUGI was to support the development of <strong>practical innovations<\/strong> and <strong>new collaborative research<\/strong> that allow urban areas to understand and address the challenges of the FEW Nexus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><td><strong>Objective<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Target\/Goal<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Achieved Impact<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Support Practical Innovations<\/strong><\/td><td>Funding projects and engaging cities.<\/td><td><strong>15 projects funded<\/strong>, involving 135 partners from 20 nations across 6 continents; <strong>15 cities\/local authorities engaged<\/strong>.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Align R&amp;I Agendas<\/strong><\/td><td>Create a framework for JPI Urban Europe and the BF.<\/td><td><strong>24 funding organizations<\/strong> involved, resulting in a total budget of <strong>\u20ac28.5 million<\/strong> for the co-funded call.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Foster Global Relationships<\/strong><\/td><td>Align R&amp;I with strategic initiatives (e.g., EU Green Deal, UN-Habitat).<\/td><td>Established the global dimension of the Eranet, including the addition of the <strong>African Start Alliance<\/strong> to the project.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udca1 Key Activities and Results<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The project&#8217;s work centered on the preparation, launch, and management of a joint, open call for research proposals on the Urban FEW Nexus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>1. Call Management and Selection<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Global Coordination:<\/strong> Achieved successful joint coordination of the call activities among 24 FAs, representing 20 nations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Selection Process:<\/strong> Applied well-proven procedures using a competitive, two-stage process with four reviewers from different fields.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Results:<\/strong> 88 proposals were initially submitted; 40 were invited for Stage 2; and <strong>15 transdisciplinary projects<\/strong> were ultimately funded.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Incubator Workshops:<\/strong> Organized three workshops to foster co-creative and transdisciplinary project development.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2. Monitoring and Assessment<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Proactive Approach:<\/strong> Defined a proactive approach to monitoring and assessing innovation and impact delivery at both the program and project levels.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tools Developed:<\/strong> Defined the <strong>Terms of Reference evaluation and monitoring framework<\/strong> and the <strong>IAIID toolkit<\/strong> (Innovation and Impact Delivery).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>3. Communication and Dissemination<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>SUGI Connect Platform:<\/strong> Created the <strong>SUGI Connect platform<\/strong> to facilitate two-way communication among the funded projects and external stakeholders. This platform aims to encourage knowledge transfer and dissemination of results beyond the project teams&#8217; own channels.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Outreach:<\/strong> Created the SUGI website, a call promotion toolkit, and defined a joint communication and exploitation strategy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf0e Progress Beyond State-of-the-Art<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>EN-SUGI<\/strong> project achieved significant progress by effectively creating a <strong>fully aligned, global research funding mechanism<\/strong> between European and international agencies on a major urban challenge. This established a precedent for <strong>transdisciplinary collaboration and co-creation<\/strong> on a continental scale, successfully bridging expertise across Europe, North America, South America, Asia, Africa, and Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-buttons uagb-buttons__outer-wrap uagb-btn__default-btn uagb-btn-tablet__default-btn uagb-btn-mobile__default-btn uagb-block-52fb34af\"><div class=\"uagb-buttons__wrap uagb-buttons-layout-wrap \">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-buttons-child uagb-buttons__outer-wrap uagb-block-bb1557ad wp-block-button\"><div class=\"uagb-button__wrapper\"><a class=\"uagb-buttons-repeater wp-block-button__link\" aria-label=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/cordis.europa.eu\/project\/rcn\/207189\/factsheet\/en\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\"><div class=\"uagb-button__link\">Go to the official page<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The EN-SUGI project (Eranet Sustainable 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