Nine Multiplier events will maximise UCCRN_edu impact and outreach at a global scale and the potential future employment of students in multiple sectors worldwide. Local government institutions and community organization will actively support the implementation of Multiplier Events, allowing students to confront with concrete challenges related to climate change and cities in different geographical and institutional contexts.
1 Climate-Resilient Urban Planning, Design and Governance:
a methodological framework for implementation, Paris
The first UCCRN_edu Multiplier Event will take place in Paris, hosted by Sorbonne University and the UCCRN_edu Associated Partners UCCRN-Europe. The event will be supported by major associated partners, UCCRN Global and Regional Hubs, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, Climate Chance, Cité-ID – Urban Resilience Governance, invited to present ongoing and planned initiatives where synergies and potential partnerships with UCCRN_edu can be envisaged. The event will be connected to the Paris UDCW, taking place in Paris from May 28 to June 3, hosted by Université Gustave Eiffel.
June 1st, 2022
2 UCCRN_edu: Educational resources to streamline climate-resilient urban governance, planning and
design, New York
The second UCCRN_edu Multiplier Event will take place in New York hosted by the Associated Partners Urban Climate Change Research Network, Columbia University and New York Institute of Technology. It will present the UCCRN_edu project in detail to the UCCRN community, so to maximise the involvement of UCCRN members in UCCRN_edu activities, as well as discussing the opportunity of implementing further joint educational activities.
20-21-22 June, 2022
3 UCCRN_edu Operational tools: Supporting climate-resilient governance, planning and design of cities through science and community knowledge, Durban
The third UCCRN_edu Multiplier Event will take place in Durban in collaboration with the Associated Partner EThekwini Municipality (Durban), UCCRN African Hub and GroundTruth. It will be the opportunity to test the replication potential of UCCRN_edu tools and practices in Africa.
January 23rd, 2023
4 UCCRN_edu Operational tools: Supporting climate-resilient governance, planning and design of cities through science and community knowledge, Pisa
The forth UCCRN_edu Multiplier Event will take place in Pisa, in connection with the International Summer School “Governing climate resilient cities. Challenges, opportunities and best practices”, promoted by UN Habitat and the University of Pisa. The Multiplier Event will be hosted by University of Pisa and the Associated Partner UCCRN-Europe, and will be the opportunity to present the results of the first almost two years of the project.
26-30 June 2023
5 Urban Resilience Governance: Transdisciplinary knowledge-sharing, multi-stakeholders capacity building and co-design methods, Montreal
The fifht UCCRN_edu Multiplier Event will take place in Montreal (Canada), in connection with the Adaptation Future Conference 2023, and will be hosted by the UCCRN_edu Associated Partner Cité-Id Living Lab – Urban Resilience Governance. It will be the opportunity to establish high-level dissemination and networking channels at a middle stage of the project with international scholars, researchers and policymakers linked to UCCRN and NWASP networks.
3-6 October 2023
6 UCCRN_edu Operational tools: Supporting climate-resilient governance, planning and design of cities through science and community knowledge, Rio de Janeiro
The sixth UCCRN-EDU Multiplier Event will take place in Rio de Janeiro and will be hosted by the Associated Partners Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Rio de Janeiro and UCCRN-Latin America, and will be the opportunity to test the replication potential of UCCRN-EDU tools and practices in Latin America.
25 March – 5 April 2024
7 How to Build Urban Resilience: Design Thinking for Climate Action, Rotterdam
The seventh UCCRN_edu Multiplier Event is hosted by IHE Delft and Resilient Delta, supported by the UCCRN_edu Associated Partner UCCRN European Hub, and organized in collaboration with the Horizon Europe project UP2030 with Resilient Cities Network. It will take place in Rotterdam on 5 and 6 June 2024, with two dissemination sessions linked to the international Conference Urban Future.
5 – 6 June 2024
8 Urban climate resilience knowledge alliance: UCCRN_edu in the context of Global educational and
research networks, Sao Paulo
The eighth UCCRN_edu Multiplier Event will take place in Sao Paulo (Brazil), in connection with the ICLEI World Congress 2024. The Multiplier Event will take the form of a special session at ICLEI’s event, mainly focusing on the educational and design-support tools developed within UCCRN_edu.
9 UCCRN_edu sharing tools and methods for bridging the gaps between science and climate-resilient urban design and planning
The final UCCRN_edu Multiplier Event will take place on 8-9 November 2024 in Napoli (Italy), hosted by the Department of Architecture of the University of Naples Federico II and is aimed at providing training on key project results delivered by the Erasmus+ KA220 action UCCRN_edu “Climate Resilient Design, Planning and Governance of Cities”.
8 – 9 November 2024
10 UCCRN_edu, Building a permanent Strategic Higher Education Partnership for Climate-Resilient Urban Planning, Design and Governance, Charleroi
The final UCCRN_edu Multiplier Event will take place in late October 2024 in Charleroi, hosted by an European Commission Institution, also in connection of a broader relevant event focused on Strategic Partnership for Higher Education and European Universities organized by the Commission. All the UCCRN_edu partners and Associated Partners will participate (physically or virtually) to the event, including EU Universities and University Alliances representatives.
