Innovative sustainable & carbon neutral ecosystems and strategic sectors

Zoom Metropolitano is a geographic information platform for the Metropolitan Area of Guadalajara (AMG), developed by Imeplan to make urban and territorial data accessible to both citizens and decision-makers without requiring specialized technical knowledge. Users can access more than 700 layers of verified, standardized, and up-to-date information, organized around metropolitan priorities: land-use planning, environmental sustainability, mobility, and resilience.

Rome’s urban periphery and near areas contains several degrades, abandoned or informally occupied public land. This fragmented governance left citizen-led urban regeneration initiatives without support, threatening their sustainability and limiting their potential to revitalize neglected public spaces. On top of this, citizen-led community gardens lacked institutional recognition or proper organization, plus the skills to mediate between community members and authorities.

The Horizon Europe programme offers possibilities to promote the pilot actions identified in the city-to-city and region-to-region cooperation between EU-and non-EU partners. The session will be taught by Thomas Jacob, Senior Expert from the IURC team, who will provide an overview of Horizon Europe programme and will guide through the identification of relevant calls and partners, including case studies. The coach will also explore with participants their interest in cooperating on concrete upcoming calls and discuss next steps for participation of...