4 Brussels research projects selected for European funding to support urban transition in Brussels

The Driving Urban Transitions (DUT) research programme, launched in 2022, brings together 63 funding agencies from 27 European countries and the European Commission,, with the aim of creating a European centre for research and innovation (R&I). The funding programme, which will run for 11 years, will enable researchers in Brussels to develop solutions around three themes known as "Transition Pathways":

- les quartiers à énergie positive (PED)  

- Le voyage urbain en 15 minutes (15mC)  

- L'économie circulaire urbaine (CUE)  

Innoviris is coordinating this call for proposals for the Brussels-Capital Region and has already welcomed more than 22 project partners who submitted a total of 15 proposals under the 1st call. 6 of them were invited to the second stage and finally 4 projects were suggested for funding by the jury of international experts of the DUT partnership.

4 Brussels projects meet the challenges of urban transition

The Brussels initiatives selected to receive funding via Innoviris will tackle urban challenges to help cities in their transition to a more sustainable economy and way of operating. Three of them are working on mobility and one on the circular economy:

DREAMS ( “Driving Equitable and Accessible 15 Minute Neighbourhood Transformations”, VUB et Mpact),  

CITWIN ( “A generic digital twin framework to foster sustainable mobility in the 15mC”, ECF),

FORTHCOMING (“FOsteRing THe City Of proximity through Maas INteGration”, Eurocities)  

GREEN-INC ( “GRowing Effective & Equitable Nature-based Solutions through INClusive Climate Actions”, partenariat entre la VUB, l’ULB et EGEB) .