Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
Horizon Europe is the European Union (EU) funding programme for the period 2021 – 2027, which targets the sectors of research and innovation. The programme’s budget is around € 95.5 billion, of which € 5.4 billion is from NextGenerationEU to stimulate recovery and strengthen the EU’s resilience in the future, and € 4.5 billion is additional aid.
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
The design of neighbourhood public spaces defines their functionality, but also other aspects such as power dynamics and sense of belonging. A fair green transition calls for neighbourhood public spaces to be designed and managed for diverse users.
Integrating new methods (such as research-by-design, security-by-design, or life-centric design) in the architectural design and spatial planning of public space can help reflect on the values, practices and stakeholder relations that underpin the design of public spaces; rethink how public spaces are understood; overcome the potential conflict between the need to accelerate planning and the time needed for participatory, inclusive and deliberative processes; and speed up their green transition while actively including their inhabitants’ diverse perspectives.
Detailed Call Description
Proposals are expected to address all of the following:
- Assess how spatial design determines gendered, age-appropriate and identity-related patterns of use (e.g. in terms of mobility, safety, sense of security and access to public and private spaces) and how inclusive approaches and accessibility can address diverse needs and experiences of users and the community.
- Develop one approach to designing and planning public space that uses innovative methods. These innovative methods are expected to:
- Analyse the values, practices and stakeholder relations that underpin the design of public space in neighbourhoods.
- Be adapted to the sociocultural factors of the neighbourhoods and use co-creation to incorporate inhabitants’ diverse perspectives and to exploit the potential of cultural, creative, and educational (academic) sectors.
- Address climate-resilience, water resilience, civil security, and biodiversity of public space and the safety, well-being and security of its users.
- Assess the multisensory perception of public spaces, including their beauty and aesthetics, by users and the community.
- Be adaptable, replicable and scalable to local specificities.
- Demonstrate the approach in at least three neighbourhoods (in urban, peri-urban and rural areas) located in different Member States and/or Associated Countries.
- Develop plans and recommendations for the take up of the demonstrated approach. This includes assessing its potential application to other areas of the green transition of neighbourhoods (e.g. water resilient design planning, public service design, procurement, etc.) as well as identifying skills needs and gaps.
Proposals are expected to follow a participatory and transdisciplinary approach through the integration of different actors and disciplines.
This topic requires the effective contribution of social sciences and humanities (SSH) disciplines and the involvement of SSH experts, institutions as well as the inclusion of relevant SSH expertise, in order to produce meaningful and significant effects enhancing the societal impact of the related research activities.
Proposals are expected to allocate at least 0.8% of their budget for engaging with the Horizon Europe-funded ‘New European Bauhaus hub for results and impact’ to share their intermediate and final results, findings and learning, as well as to contribute to impact assessment.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
70%
Expected EU contribution per project: €5.00 million.
Thematic Categories
- Culture
- Education and training
- Environment and Climate Change
- Natural and Cultural Heritage
- Regional Development
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
- Social Affairs & Human Rights
- Urban Development
Eligibility for Participation
- Associations
- Businesses
- Educational Institutions
- Legal Entities
- Natual person / Citizen / Individual
- Non Profit Organisations
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- Services Providers
- Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
Eligibility For Participation Notes
A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide.
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Address: 29a Andrea Michalakopoulou, 1075 Nicosia, P.B. 23422, 1683 Nicosia
Telephone: +357 22205000
Fax: +357 22205001
Email: support@research.org.cy
Website: https://www.research.org.cy/en/