Have your say on the Driving Urban Transitions priorities for 2023!

The “Driving Urban Transitions” (DUT) partnership is the successor to the JPI Urban Europe partnership. It is co-funded by Innoviris in the Brussels-Capital Region. In a nutshell, the DUT aims to address the global urban challenges with the ambition to develop a European research and innovation (R&I) hub on urban matters and to create European solutions by means of coordinated research.

The DUT partnership is built on 3 transition pathways: Positive Energy Districts (PED), 15-Minute City (15mC) and Circular Urban Economies (CUE). All three are strategic areas of innovation closely linked with the Brussels Regional Innovation plan.

NCP Brussels and Innoviris co-organised an event on 12 September 2022 to kick-off the DUT Partnership in the Brussels Region. The first wave of calls of this new partnership was opened on 21st September 2022 and closed on 21 November 2022. Short-listed applicants will be invited to submit full proposals in March 2023 with a deadline on 3 May 2023. The regional Innoviris budget for the first call wave is 1 million euros, aiming to fund 3-4 projects, starting between September 2023 and January 2024 for a maximum of 3 years.

In the meantime, the DUT partnership has launched a public consultation as part of its scoping exercise for the next wave of calls in 2023. Contributions are possible until 6 February on this link. The results and outcomes will be further processed in an interactive AGORA Strategic Dialogues in late February and inform the call development process involving all interested funding agencies.

Do you want to know more about the funding opportunities offered by the DUT Partnership for your projects? Get in touch with NCP Brussels!