Driving Urban Transitions
Our future depends on tackling major complex challenges now, many of which must be tackled in cities and by urban communities.
In order to do so, the Belmont Forum joins the European partnership Driving Urban Transitions for the year 2024 in a common call.
Part of the European Horizon Europe Framework Programme and a continuation of the Urban Europe JPI, the Driving Urban Transitions European Partnership brings together a strong community of almost 30 countries and more than 60 partners to support the European innovation ecosystem in the urban field for the third year running.
The Belmont Forum joins forces in bringing new funders and allowing the international community to participate in the programme, offering a global funding opportunity for innovative projects that accelerate the transition to sustainable cities. By providing a joint CRA, the Belmont Forum builds on its previous actions, the SUGI Food-Water-Energy Nexus CRA and ERANET which was implemented jointly with JPI Urban Europe.
The Belmont Forum is supporting this initiative with participation from FAPESP (Brazil), JST (Japan), and NSTC (Taipei).
This call focuses on:
- Circular Urban Economies
- 15-minute Cities
- Positive Energy Districts
The DUT call for projects, the first phase of which opens on 2 September 2024 and closes on 14 November 2024, is designed to fund transnational research and innovation projects addressing urban challenges on an international scale to help cities in their transition to a more sustainable economy and way of operating.
The Positive Energy Districts (PED) challenge aims to develop and optimise local energy systems through energy efficiency, flexibility and local energy production from renewable energies, with the support of key stakeholders including local authorities and developers.
The 15-minute City challenge aims to encourage sustainable mobility choices, redistribute urban space and reorganise activities to make cities more climate-neutral and inclusive.
The Circular Urban Economies (CUE) challenge aims to encourage the design of urban places characterised by regenerative urbanism, made up of liveable, inclusive and green neighbourhoods and supported by circular urban economies, minimising distant flows and optimising the use of resources.
Pre-proposals submission period: September 2 to November 14, 2024
Full proposals submission period: February 21 to April 24, 2025
As a joint endeavour, the submission process will go through the DUT platform. For more information about the submission process, please refer to this document.
If you are looking for partners, we strongly encourage you to use the DUT partnership’s matchmaking platform: DUT Matchmaking Platform.
Please find more information at DUT Call 2024.
For more information contact info@belmontforum.org, insert “DUT” in the subject line.