The European Commission has published the booklet “Investing in European success: Innovating Cities in Europe and Worldwide”, showcasing 23 successful EU-funded projects on urban innovation. The featured projects include two JPI Urban Europe calls, Sustainable Urbanisation Global Initiative (SUGI)/Food-Water-Energy (FWE) Nexus and ERA-NET Cofund Smart Urban Futures (ENSUF), which have been recognized by the European Commission as important initiatives for innovating cities in Europe and worldwide. Four projects funded within these calls are implemented by Slovenian researchers. Along with the European Commission, national funders assure a significant part of funding in the SUGI and ENSUF funded projects. Slovenian research teams are supported by ARRS co-funding.

Further Reading:

• Investing in European success: Innovating Cities in Europe and Worldwide by the European Commission

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Further News from JPI Urban Europe

JPI Urban Europe Scientific Advisory Board (SAB), including Dr. Richard Sendi, of the Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia in Article in Sustainability Journal on Urban Transitions towards Sustainability

On April 14 2019, the international scientific journal Sustainability published the article “New Urban Transitions towards Sustainability: Addressing SDG challenges” written by members of the JPI Urban Europe Scientific Advisory Board (SAB), including Dr. Richard Sendi, Senior Research Counsellor at the Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia.

In the article, the authors present their view on the requirements and challenges of urban transitions towards sustainability. They emphasize the dilemma approach used in the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA 2.0) and the importance of the local context and co-creation to purse urban transitions in practice. Finally, the authors propose specific domains for further research on urban transitions.

The article is available at: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/8/2242.

ARRS is a full member of the JPI Urban Europe since 2015.