Projects
Projects we are involved in
The Erasmus+ program has announced the launch of the DREAMER Project (Development and Reconstruction Empowerment through Advanced Project Management Education and Research), an initiative aimed at reshaping project management education while supporting Ukraine’s post-war recovery. With a three-year timeline (2024–2027), this project unites top universities across Europe and Ukraine to address critical global challenges in sustainability, digital innovation, and education. Led by the SPECTRA...
The main objective of this project is to formulate recommendations for a transnational innovation strategy in the manufacturing sector and to create the conditions for an innovation hub in Vienna and Bratislava. The Twin City Future Innovation Manufacturing Hub (2C FIMH) will manage the conceptualization, development, implementation and evaluation of innovative pilot activities in close cooperation with partners for more than two years. With an emphasis on the targeted transfer of...
Cities increasingly face negative effects of climate change and try to adapt. But their adaptation strategies often do not work out as planned because citizens and stakeholders are not sufficiently involved in developing these. The CICADA4CE project helps city authorities to design effective climate change policies based on the concept of ecosystem- and community-based adaptation. The partners co-create action plans with citizens and other stakeholders in urban living labs in five pilot...
MOBILITIES FOR EU… …is a Horizon Europe innovation project and part of the European Commission’s Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities Mission. The project is coordinated by CARTIF and builds on the expertise of 29 partners from nine European countries, bringing a vast amount of knowledge and expertise to pave the way for urban mobility transition. To test the potential of innovative mobility technologies in real and diverse urban environments, they will be widely demonstrated in two Lead...
The project Be Ready (UrBan hEat islands REsilience, prepAreDness and mitigation strategy) addresses the climate change capacities in the Danube Region taking into account ecosystem-based approaches. The common challenge to be tackled is urban heat islands (UHI). The recent unprecedented heat waves demonstrate the acute need to strengthen the preparedness and adaptive capacity of the society to cope with impacts of climate change and foster resilience at city level. Be Ready aims to:...
“Project management for EU urban transformation in the context of climate change and energy transition" aims to address the challenges of effectively managing initiatives related to the transformation of urban areas in the European Union in the context of climate change and energy transition., by developing a Master's and PhD level module on project management for the EU urban transformation. The module is intended to provide students with knowledge and skills needed to effectively plan and...
The goal of the BISON project (Biodiversity and Infrastructure Synergies and Opportunities for European transport Networks) in the period from January 1, 2021 to June 2023 will be to solve the issue of integrating biodiversity with the development of transport infrastructure including roads, railways, waterways, airports, ports or energy networks. In Europe, there is an urgent need to build infrastructure that is more sustainable for biodiversity, while ensuring its reliability and...
The economic growth and development of the urban agglomerations of Bratislava and Győr in recent decades has crossed state borders. It also affects the natural environment on both sides of the border. The neighboring areas of Zitný ostrov (Csallóköz) in Slovakia and Szigetköz (Little Rye Island) in Hungary are of great importance in terms of nature conservation and eco-tourism. Both sides of the border area are rich in natural, cultural and landscape wealth. However, they have not only...
The SaveGREEN project focuses on solving the key issue of protecting ecological corridors in the Carpathians and other mountainous areas in the Danube basin. Migration corridors are currently threatened by insufficient and inadequate economic development planning. Linear transport infrastructure, urban development, intensive agriculture, forestry and water management practices often disrupt migration corridors, cause traffic accidents, reduce the reproductive success of key species and the...
MAKING-CITY, a new large-scale demonstration project funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, has its kick-off meeting on 13-14 December in Valladolid, Spain. This 60-month H2020 project with a budget of 20 million euros, gathering 34 partners from 9 countries, aims to address and demonstrate the transformation of the urban energy system towards low-carbon cities according to the Positive Energy District (PED) concept.