Become a SCALE-UP Fellow City: Call for applications now open!
Where do long-distance transport and urban mobility come together? What does it take for local authorities to transform their transport systems towards more sustainable, cleaner, safer, and more inclusive ones? What role do upscaling strategies play in this transformation?
SCALE-UP seeks interested local authorities (cities, metropolitan areas or agencies, relevant transport authorities) ready to share and learn from the three SCALE-UP urban nodes about their innovative mobility and transport actions and policies. Three selected Fellow Cities will be able to exchange and learn from the innovative measures and policies Antwerp (BE), Madrid (ES), and Turku (FI) have developed as part of the SCALE-UP project and develop replication roadmaps for actions to be implemented in their local contexts. Apply to become a Fellow City by 31 October 2023!
Bringing together and aligning policies concerning long-distance transport and urban mobility is a known challenge for urban nodes across Europe. There are challenges having to do with multi-level governance, as well as with ensuring policy coherence across the different layers and a balanced transport system overall, in a way that promotes the cities’ objectives for accessibility and connectedness, and liveability and sustainability at the same time. The SCALE-UP replication and transferability programme represents a great opportunity for Fellow Cities to discuss with relevant peers their challenges and local objectives, learn and be inspired by other cities, and receive feedback and advice from other cities and experts on tackling mobility and transport challenges.
As part of SCALE-UP, Antwerp, Madrid, and Turku have already tested innovative solutions and upscaling strategies. By joining the replication and transferability programme as a Fellow City you will benefit from this hands-on experience, and you will be able to define a relevant replication action plan for your city’s local context. Moreover, in defining these replication roadmaps, you will receive tailored support and advice from project partners in applying the strategies for vertical and horizontal integration as they were developed and tested in SCALE-UP. Also, you will be able to receive insights and support on effective monitoring and evaluation approaches that take into consideration upscaling and integration.
Why apply?
The SCALE-UP replication and transferability programme can provide strategic knowledge and resources to help you speed up and deepen your urban transport system transformation, by considering the overall context of cities as urban nodes on the Trans-European Transport (TEN-T) network.
Learn from the experiences and the solution portfolio tested in the three SCALE-UP urban nodes, and contribute through replication to assessing the transferability of the innovative measures piloted.
Learn about and receive tailored support on the SCALE-UP effective strategies on vertical upscaling and horizontal upscaling and contribute to their validation; this will result in the responsible technical partners developing guidelines and policy recommendations for other cities / urban nodes.
Support the wider take-up of SCALE-UP innovative solutions and strategies by defining replication roadmaps adapted to your local context.
Benefit and actively contribute to the Urban Nodes Platform activities, by participating in policy dialogues (involving EU, local, regional, and national policymakers) and peer-learning exchanges with other TEN-T urban nodes.
Local authorities interested in becoming a SCALE-UP Fellow City can apply by completing and submitting the application form at the bottom of the full call text by sending an email to lucian.zagan@eurocities.eu before 31 October 2023, 17:00 CET.
Interested in knowing more?
The SCALE-UP project page offers a good introduction to the project, including three videos presenting each of the three SCALE-UP Urban Nodes.
If you have further questions about the open call for Fellow Cities, do not hesitate to contact Lucian Zagan (lucian.zagan@eurocities.eu) or Peter Staelens (peter.staelens@eurocities.eu) at Eurocities.
Author: Lucian Zagan (Eurocities)