Introduction

A range of skills and capabilities are necessary to bring urban transformation strategies into action, which is also the reason why many national and European activities and projects are funded. Making research results available, transparent, and accessible to diverse stakeholders is key to ensuring that European and national R&I investments in urban transformation are delivering impact.

This call supports the ERA-NET Urban Accessibility and Connectivity (EN-UAC) proposed by the JPI Urban Europe as well as the future Horizon Europe Driving Urban Transition (DUT) Partnership objectives. EN-UAC addresses the challenges of sustainable urban passenger mobility, freight transport and connectivity as an integral and essential part of sustainable urban development, and the Knowledge Hub is expected to support EN-UAC by:

• connecting the projects and initiatives of the ERA-NET to improve results;
• contributing to the synthesis of results;
• identifying results with a high potential for further validation or demonstration; and
• engaging practitioners, policy-makers and funders of research in the hub’s recommendations and learnings.

Timeline

21 January 2022 Publication of the call and opening of electronic submission system for the EoIs
22 March 2022 Deadline for submission of the EoI
April 2022 Call Steering Committee meeting – pre-selection of the Knowledge Hub members
April 2022 Communication of pre-selected Knowledge Hub members + invitation to the Knowledge Hub meeting
May 2022 Knowledge Hub meeting for the preparation of the proposal
21 June 2022 Deadline for submission of the joint Knowledge Hub proposal(s)
July 2022 Call Steering Committee meeting for proposal evaluation
September 2022 Communication of final decision

Documents

• Call text

Participating countries and funding agencies