TOMORROW

What is TOMORROW?

TOMORROW is a Horizon 2020 funded project, aiming at empowering local authorities to lead the transition towards low-carbon, resilient and more liveable cities. In the framework of the project, six cities will develop 2050 transition roadmaps together with citizens and other local stakeholders and serve as pilot for the transition of European territories.

Theidea behind

With the Paris Agreement and the Energy Unionobjectives, European cities are put in the front-line of the necessarytransition towards a more sustainable and liveable future. At the same time,the social demand for a transition towards a resource efficient system and aclean and healthy environment is growing stronger and is already carried on atlocal level by citizen initiatives.

TOMORROW will support cities implementing innovative forms of governance, based on the concept of transition management, to facilitate and accelerate sustainable transitions through participatory processes of visioning, learning and experimenting. As a result, cities will be empowered to fully play their role of enablers of the local energy transition.

Whatwill happen in TOMORROW?

Six pilot cities will develop their transitionroadmaps together with their citizens and stakeholders. TOMORROW will supportthem with innovative engagementprocesses in order to foster a wide and meaningful participation.

Such processes will be based on a review ofexisting methodologies and approaches successfully used by some frontrunnerscities, called lighthouse, involved in the project. TOMORROW will produce a setof factsheets and methodologicalguidelines to be used as a toolbox by European cities.

All local authorities in Europe will be targetted through an EU wide campaign to encourage the development of transition roadmaps. TOMORROW’s methodology will be shared with follower cities and an energy transition community of practice will be developed to foster exchange of experiences and share the knowledge generated by the project.

Whois involved?

Six pilot cities (Brasov, Brest, Dublin, Mouscron, Niš, Valencia), as project partners, will lead the development of their local transition roadmap.

Energy Cities and DRIFT, the Research Institute on transition and sustainability,will support the pilot cities in the development of their roadmaps.

A pool of lighthouse cities (Växjö, Göteborg,Nantes, Paris, Leuven, Ghent, etc.) with particular experience in citizens/stakeholderengagement and long-term transition strategies, will contribute to the projectby sharing their lessons learnt and knowledge.