TOMORROW

Empowering local authorities to lead the transition towards low-carbon cities by engaging citizens and stakeholders in the development of 2050 transition roadmaps.

2019–2022

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About the project

The TOMORROW (TOwards Multi-stakehOldeRs transition ROadmaps With citizens at the centre) project ran from 2019 until 2022 and was funded through the EU Horizon 2020 funding programme. The project aimed to empower local authorities to lead the transition towards low-carbon cities by engaging citizens and stakeholders in the development of 2050 transition roadmaps.

TOMORROW brought together 6 pilot cities (Dublin represented by Codema, plus Brasov, Brest-Metropolis, Mouscron, Nis and Valencia), with Energy Cities as co-ordinator and the Dutch Research Institute for Transitions (DRIFT) providing the transition management expertise. Lighthouse cities such as Leuven and Nantes were identified as energy transition pioneers and contributed to peer-to-peer and capacity building activities.

TOMORROW officially began in September 2019 and built on key concepts of transition management that focus on the development process of transition roadmaps, i.e. establishing multi-stakeholder transition structures, which ensure mutual responsibility amongst all actors and ensure a large audience of beneficiaries. Subsequently, Dublin and the above-mentioned cities were supported during the transition roadmapping process, based on principles and experiences from transition management.

Together, TOMORROW´s pilot cities aimed to increase the quality of life in a low-carbon future for EU citizens and beyond by contributing to the implementation of the Energy Union objectives. As part of this, each pilot city developed 2050 transition roadmaps with their respective communities, while also engaging and empowering other local authorities in Europe to follow the journey to a Europe of TOMORROW.

Importantly, the support of the TOMORROW project enabled us to develop the Zero Together initiative in Dublin. This initiative sets out to motivate a range of stakeholders such as businesses, communities, academia and public bodies to work together towards the same goal of developing Dublin as a sustainable, healthy, leading net-zero region by 2050.