HORIZON 2020 - Mind the gap: coordinating urban development in Europe

JPI Urban Europe will bring together urban development research and social innovation projects under a single transnational call for projects, ENSUF, in a bid to foster growth, job creation, innovation and sustainability across European cities. Nearly 50 proposals have been received.

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Society Societal Challenges Europe in a changing world - Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies Austria Belgium Cyprus Denmark Finland France Italy Latvia Lithuania Poland Portugal Romania Slovenia Sweden United Kingdom Norway Turkey

date: 22/12/2016

Project: ERA-NET Cofund Smart Urban Futures

acronym: ENSUF

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Over 70 % of European citizens live in urban areas, which vary greatly in character between countries and cities, and even within a city. Besides being centres for economic development and public services, European cities and urban areas can also be areas of social polarisation, poverty concentration and unemployment. Although addressing these concerns is a priority for EU funding, in the past there has been a gap between research outcomes and result implementation in urban development on the ground, leading to the disappointing delivery of initially promising results.