Pre-announcement third call JPI Urban Europe

The Dutch government and NWO are participating in the Joint Programming Initiative Urban Europe (JPI UE) to encourage collaboration between researchers from different countries. In December 2014 the third call ERA-NET Smart Cities and Communities (ENSCC) will open in cooperation with the Smart Cities Member States Initiative. The pre-proposal deadline will probably be at the end of March 2015.

A total amount of joint public funding of approximately € 20 - 28 million will be provided by national and regional funding agencies from twelve European countries. These countries are Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey.

Four call topics are defined: 

Smart integrated urban energy and transport systems; 
Smart tools and services for integrated urban energy and transport systems;
Smart big data; 
Smart governance and smart citizens.

The JPI UE was set up in 2010 to strengthen European research and innovation in the field of urban development. It is since being further supported by means of two ‘Seventh Framework Coordination & Support Actions’, BOOST and SEiSMiC. JPI UE addresses the entire urban field. It aims to make better use of European public Research, Development & Innovation resources and to tackle common European urban challenges more effectively.