HORIZON-MISS-2024-CIT-01
COdesign urban REalm & dynamic Spaces management for cognitive & socially connected cities
101239095 – CORESPACES
Rethinking urban spaces towards climate neutrality
MAIN OBJECTIVES
CORESpaces is a Horizon Europe co-funded Innovation Action that co-creates, enhances, develops, deploys at scale, and replicates technological and non-technological urban innovations for climate-neutral urban spaces across 9 European cities, ranging from London in the west to Ungheni in the east. Through Living Labs, digital tools, participatory planning, and replication support, the project puts people, technology, and climate action at the heart of Europe’s urban transformation.
Project benefits
- People-centred urban design through co-design, psychogeography, VR, and immersive AI tools.
- Nine cross-sector Living Labs connected to local urban ecosystems.
- Smarter urban planning tools for mobility, energy, green infrastructure, and urban regeneration.
- Real-time, AI-based city management for curbside use, energy optimisation, mobility services, and digital twins.
- Demonstration in four leading cities: London, Thessaloniki, Tartu, and Eindhoven-Helmond.
- Replication in five follower cities: Limassol, Verona, Cluj-Napoca, Ungheni, and Fribourg.
- Scalable and transferable solutions adapted to different local contexts.
- Long-term impact through governance frameworks, business models, policy guidance, and financing mechanisms.
EnTReC main contribution
- Supporting the Cluj-Napoca Follower Living Lab and its integration into the local urban innovation ecosystem.
- Adapting and validating CORESpaces solutions to the specific needs and conditions of Cluj-Napoca.
- Engaging local stakeholders from academia, public administration, industry, civil society, and urban communities.
- Contributing technical and scientific expertise in energy systems, smart cities, digitalisation, and sustainable urban development.
- Supporting data collection and local needs assessment for urban planning, mobility, energy, and regeneration actions.
- Testing digital tools and methodologies transferred from the project’s Leading Living Labs.
- Assessing the replicability and scalability of COREInnovations in follower-city contexts.
- Contributing to governance frameworks, policy recommendations, and implementation roadmaps for sustainable urban transformation.
- Supporting dissemination, knowledge transfer, and capacity-building activities at local, national, and European levels.
