Periodic Reporting for period 2 - EN-SUGI (Eranet Sustainable Urbanisation Global Initiative)
Período documentado: 2019-06-01 hasta 2022-11-30
Cities around the globe are struggling to meet the needs of their citizens with respect to food, energy and water. These three sectors are inextricably linked and actions in one sector more often have impacts in one or both others; these interacting sectors can therefore be seen as a Food-Energy-Water Nexus (FEW Nexus) of systems. The ERANET Sustainable Urbanisation Global Initiative (EN-SUGI) brought together the fragmented research and innovation expertise across Europe and beyond to find innovative new solutions to this FEW Nexus challenge. Furthermore, by linking the activity of the Joint Programming Initiative (JPI) Urban Europe and the Belmont Forum (BF), EN-SUGI developed more resilient, applied urban solutions that bring research and innovation together from across the globe, and which will benefit a much wider range of global markets. EN-SUGI was a project that foresees the financial participation of 17 European Funding Agencies and 7 from outside EU (US, Argentina, Brasil, Japan, Chinese Tapei, Quatar). EN-SUGI Main objectives and impacts were to support development of practical innovations and new collaborative research that will allow urban areas to understand and address the challenges of the Food-Energy-Water systems. (Impact = 15 projects funded, and 15 cities/local authorities engaged);
to provide a framework for aligning R&I agendas of JPI Urban Europe and the BF. The alignment will help foster transdisciplinary collaboration and co-creation in research and innovation, and facilitate the use of global expertise and knowledge (Impact = 24 funding organisations involved) EN-SUGI fostered development of international relationships between the different parts of the research and innovation community – to enable them to contribute to addressing those challenges and goals, while aligning them to wider, strategic initiatives, including the EU agenda, Green Deal, SRIA agenda, Future Earth and UN –Habitat
to provide a framework for aligning R&I agendas of JPI Urban Europe and the BF. The alignment will help foster transdisciplinary collaboration and co-creation in research and innovation, and facilitate the use of global expertise and knowledge (Impact = 24 funding organisations involved) EN-SUGI fostered development of international relationships between the different parts of the research and innovation community – to enable them to contribute to addressing those challenges and goals, while aligning them to wider, strategic initiatives, including the EU agenda, Green Deal, SRIA agenda, Future Earth and UN –Habitat
Through the delivery time of the project specific activities have been created to reach the success of the joint BF/JPI UE Open call/ Eranet.
In addition to the BF and the JPI Urban Europe during the project the African Start Alliance, representing all African PIs has joint the project, providing a wider outreach and global dimension to the Eranet.
Activity 1(WP 2):
Relationship between the JPI UE and the Belmont Forum implementation team. The initial challenge requested a strong joint force and pooling between JPI Urban Europe and BF FAs together (WP1) to make this a real global call (WP2) 20 Nations worldwide and 24 FAs (17 EU + 7non EU) FAs.
Success: Overall successful joint coordination of all the activities related to the joint Call for Urban Food Energy Water nexus among funding agencies from JPI Urban Europe and Belmont Forum. Timescale: Month 1 on going.
Activity 2 (WP 3 and WP4) : Building on existing experience and apply well-proved project selection procedures to select co-creative, transdisciplinary, interdisciplinary and cross-sectorial projects by using competitive sub criteria for project selection, having four reviewers from different fields, implementing a two-stage procedure and initial workshops incubators (WP2 and WP3)
Success:
Launch of the joint call – Dec 2016
Organisation of three workshops incubators – Between Dec 2016 and Feb 2017
Organisation of the Joint Call Secretariat – From Sept 2016 ongoing
Pre- selection - from March 2017 to May 2017
Invitation to the stage 2 – May 2017
Second stage Deadline – Sept 2017
Final selection – November 2017
Award and Grants – from Dec 2017 onward
Activity 3 (WP 5):
Establishing of active monitoring activities to ensure innovation and impact delivery outcomes. WP 5 will act as a bridge between the Launch and Evaluation activities and the exploitation of results
Success: Identification of common impact and evaluation measurements to monitor the results of the project
Activity 4 (WP 6):
Disseminating results organised in synergy with BF and other relevant networks (JPIs). Setting of a dynamic stakeholder engagement plan
Success:
Definition of a SUGI Connect platform for the Projects to connect among each other. SUGI Connect strives to facilitate a two-way communication between the projects and the identified nodes and support them to actively use them to reach out beyond their own channels, also to encourage knowledge transfer among different stakeholders by promoting projects websites and - more importantly – by disseminating results and outcomes.
In addition to the BF and the JPI Urban Europe during the project the African Start Alliance, representing all African PIs has joint the project, providing a wider outreach and global dimension to the Eranet.
Activity 1(WP 2):
Relationship between the JPI UE and the Belmont Forum implementation team. The initial challenge requested a strong joint force and pooling between JPI Urban Europe and BF FAs together (WP1) to make this a real global call (WP2) 20 Nations worldwide and 24 FAs (17 EU + 7non EU) FAs.
Success: Overall successful joint coordination of all the activities related to the joint Call for Urban Food Energy Water nexus among funding agencies from JPI Urban Europe and Belmont Forum. Timescale: Month 1 on going.
Activity 2 (WP 3 and WP4) : Building on existing experience and apply well-proved project selection procedures to select co-creative, transdisciplinary, interdisciplinary and cross-sectorial projects by using competitive sub criteria for project selection, having four reviewers from different fields, implementing a two-stage procedure and initial workshops incubators (WP2 and WP3)
Success:
Launch of the joint call – Dec 2016
Organisation of three workshops incubators – Between Dec 2016 and Feb 2017
Organisation of the Joint Call Secretariat – From Sept 2016 ongoing
Pre- selection - from March 2017 to May 2017
Invitation to the stage 2 – May 2017
Second stage Deadline – Sept 2017
Final selection – November 2017
Award and Grants – from Dec 2017 onward
Activity 3 (WP 5):
Establishing of active monitoring activities to ensure innovation and impact delivery outcomes. WP 5 will act as a bridge between the Launch and Evaluation activities and the exploitation of results
Success: Identification of common impact and evaluation measurements to monitor the results of the project
Activity 4 (WP 6):
Disseminating results organised in synergy with BF and other relevant networks (JPIs). Setting of a dynamic stakeholder engagement plan
Success:
Definition of a SUGI Connect platform for the Projects to connect among each other. SUGI Connect strives to facilitate a two-way communication between the projects and the identified nodes and support them to actively use them to reach out beyond their own channels, also to encourage knowledge transfer among different stakeholders by promoting projects websites and - more importantly – by disseminating results and outcomes.
The progresses during the Interim report period are described according to each Main Activity.
1. Management and Coordination
The overall goal of this activity is to ensure an efficient and smooth action from the very beginning of the project and to coordinate and overlook the EU and non-EU dimension of the project
Significant results:
Total number of Funding Agencies involved: 24
Total number of countries involved in the projects awarded: 20
Continents involved: Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America
2 JPI UE and BF F2f meetings have taken places
5 JPI UE F2F Funding Agencies meetings have taken places
1 Project Meeting with all awarded projects has taken place
Total amount of Budget available (JPI UE + EC + BF); 28.5 M Euros
2. Preparation, Launch and Operative Management of the call
Design and deliver the open call among all the funding agencies involved in EU and outside EU
Significant results
Number of proposals initially submitted: 88
Number of proposals invited for grant: 15
Number of project partners: 135
Project partners per organisation:
4 Community (i.e Councils, cities…)
25 Business
19 RTOs
19 Non-profit
66 Academia
2 Others
3. Evaluation and proposal selection of the co-funded call
the main goal is to create a fully alligned evaluation process between the JPI UE funding agencies and the Belmont Forum (BF) ones for both stage 1 and stage 2 of the open call.
Significant results:
76 proposals submitted in stage
23 evaluators involved
40 proposals invited in stage 2
15 projects funded
20 nations represented in the projects awarded
4. Monitoring and Assessment of Innovation and Impact Delivery of Projects Resulting from the Co-Funded Call
Monitoring and Assessment of Innovation and Impact Delivery aims to provide a proactive approach to innovation and impact delivery at a programme and project level. The pilot to develop the proactive approach is motivated by the ambitious objective and expected impact to create and test a novel model to pursue the innovation and impact.
Significant results:
Definition of the Terms of Reference evaluation and monitoring framework
Definition of the IAIID toolkit
Launch of the monitoring period
Identification of the Experts for the Impact assessment of the reports
5. Communication, Dissemination and Exploitation
SUGI communication activities are developed in line with the JPI Urban Europe and Belmont Forum communication strategy and match the needs of SUGI.
Significant results:
creation of SUGI website: www.sugi.nexus.org
Production of a call promotion tool kit incl. ppt-presentations, flyer, logos and illustrations, information for websites
definition of communication and exploitation strategy
organisation of Kick off meetings and meetings for awarded partners.
1. Management and Coordination
The overall goal of this activity is to ensure an efficient and smooth action from the very beginning of the project and to coordinate and overlook the EU and non-EU dimension of the project
Significant results:
Total number of Funding Agencies involved: 24
Total number of countries involved in the projects awarded: 20
Continents involved: Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America
2 JPI UE and BF F2f meetings have taken places
5 JPI UE F2F Funding Agencies meetings have taken places
1 Project Meeting with all awarded projects has taken place
Total amount of Budget available (JPI UE + EC + BF); 28.5 M Euros
2. Preparation, Launch and Operative Management of the call
Design and deliver the open call among all the funding agencies involved in EU and outside EU
Significant results
Number of proposals initially submitted: 88
Number of proposals invited for grant: 15
Number of project partners: 135
Project partners per organisation:
4 Community (i.e Councils, cities…)
25 Business
19 RTOs
19 Non-profit
66 Academia
2 Others
3. Evaluation and proposal selection of the co-funded call
the main goal is to create a fully alligned evaluation process between the JPI UE funding agencies and the Belmont Forum (BF) ones for both stage 1 and stage 2 of the open call.
Significant results:
76 proposals submitted in stage
23 evaluators involved
40 proposals invited in stage 2
15 projects funded
20 nations represented in the projects awarded
4. Monitoring and Assessment of Innovation and Impact Delivery of Projects Resulting from the Co-Funded Call
Monitoring and Assessment of Innovation and Impact Delivery aims to provide a proactive approach to innovation and impact delivery at a programme and project level. The pilot to develop the proactive approach is motivated by the ambitious objective and expected impact to create and test a novel model to pursue the innovation and impact.
Significant results:
Definition of the Terms of Reference evaluation and monitoring framework
Definition of the IAIID toolkit
Launch of the monitoring period
Identification of the Experts for the Impact assessment of the reports
5. Communication, Dissemination and Exploitation
SUGI communication activities are developed in line with the JPI Urban Europe and Belmont Forum communication strategy and match the needs of SUGI.
Significant results:
creation of SUGI website: www.sugi.nexus.org
Production of a call promotion tool kit incl. ppt-presentations, flyer, logos and illustrations, information for websites
definition of communication and exploitation strategy
organisation of Kick off meetings and meetings for awarded partners.