Project description
Driving inclusive and green urban transitions
The EU-funded Urban ReLeaf project will co-create citizen-powered data ecosystems to support climate change adaptation, green infrastructure and urban design planning. Aiming to promote public sector innovation, Urban ReLeaf will deliver a series of inclusive civic engagement campaigns to address information gaps and offer protocols for the uptake, validation and long-term inclusion of citizen-powered data into authoritative data streams. At the heart of Urban ReLeaf’s action- and mission-oriented approach are public authorities and established communities and citizen groups in six pioneering cities. Together, they will tackle local issues of public interest and contribute to European and global policies, strengthening EU environmental monitoring mechanisms.
Objective
Urban ReLeaf is an action-oriented mission to advance citizen-powered science as a central resource for inclusive urban green planning in support of local policy making, European strategies and monitoring systems (e.g. the Green Deal, Copernicus), and global efforts such as the SDGs (e.g. Target 11.7) and GEOSS. The project will: (i) assess current urban greening policy processes within six European cities and co-create solutions that use citizen observations to complement existing data ecosystems and decision-making; (ii) support the validation and long-term inclusion of active and passive data from citizens for urban environmental monitoring within authoritative data streams, including GEOSS & Copernicus; (iii) Mobilize and empower communities through widespread participation in issues of public interest surrounding urban green infrastructure; (iv) develop a community of practice around topics related to the use of citizen observations for urban planning to foster knowledge exchange and develop capacities across multiple sectors; (v) produce flexible and innovative governance solutions to help scale-out inclusive urban green transitions in support of the European Green Deal and UN Sustainable Development Goals; and (iv) promote recognition, adoption and trust of citizen observations and other novel data ecosystems for environmental monitoring to trigger innovation within public institutions. The project is coordinated by IIASA, who led the WeObserve project, and involves partners from previous successful H2020 citizen observatory projects and as well as six cities (Athens, Cascais, Dundee, Mannheim, Riga Utrecht) that are willing to embrace new data streams for urban greening planning and policy making and to fully engage with citizens including marginalized and vulnerable groups. Urban ReLeaf is also supported by technology partners and those with strong links to Copernicus and GEO.
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HORIZON-IA - HORIZON Innovation ActionsCoordinator
2361 Laxenburg
Austria