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Priority 1 - SO 2.4: Promoting climate change adaptation and disaster risk prevention
Lead partner organisation: région Hauts-de-Fance (FR) | Contact person: Bertrand Ringot  (bertrand.ringot[at]hautsdefrance.fr)

Like much of the coastline of North-Western Europe, the Hauts-de-France coastline (210 km and home to almost 18.5% of the regional population) is heavily impacted by coastal erosion (retreat of soft coastlines and lowering of beach levels, cliff slumps) and the risk of marine submersion. The predicted consequences of climate change and its repercussions on rising temperatures and sea levels, as well as on the recurrence and intensity of winter storms, will further increase the vulnerability of the region's coastline in the coming years. To collectively manage the challenges facing this coastal area, and in particular its exposure to the effects of climate change, in July 2020 the Hauts-de-France Region set up the Parlement de la Mer des Hauts-de-France, a consultative body bringing together the regional maritime community, with the aim of promoting better management of maritime and coastal issues, identifying priorities for collective action and involving the region's inhabitants and users in collective reflection.
In addition, the Hauts-de-France Region is a statutory member of the Groupement d'Intérêt Public, GIP, Réseau d'Observation du Littoral Normandie Hauts-de-France (ROL NHDF), which capitalizes on, promotes and makes available data on the evolution of the coastline along the entire East Channel-North Sea coastline. Successive legislative changes are calling on coastal communities to draw up and implement local coastal zone management strategies. These strategies must enable them to understand the evolution of the coastline and identify the operational actions to be initiated on different scales (long, medium and short term, as well as on different geographical scales).

Building upon the Parlement de la Mer, the project wants to adress the following questions: 

• How can local players anticipate the management of the land concerned?
• How can we alert and train local players to the factual issues of marine submersion and coastal erosion in the context of climate change?
• How can citizens and stakeholders be involved in addressing the risk of marine submersion and coastal erosion? What participatory democracy tools can be used? 

Priority 1 - SO 2.7 Enhancing nature protection, biodiversity and reducing all forms of pollution
Lead partner: Bruxelles Environnement (BE) | Etienne Aulotte (eaulotte[at]environnement.brussels)

The project's overall objective is to enhance night biodiversity by using innovative integrated measures to reduce artificial light at night (ALAN). The dark infrastructure will directly reinforce the green and blue infrastructure (so called day
network) by adding a dark layer to it (so called night network). The project aims to keep existing central dark area and to reconnect them with restored dark areas doing so directly reinforcing the green and blue network. The project target 3 thematic topics (reduce, avoid and alternative to ALAN) working with private owner and private organization on different pilot site that are complementary to already existing initiatives led by the public sector.

The project's objectives are as follows: 

• Develop and implement a joint monitoring strategy at local level for the 3 thematic topics integrating new approaches (functional habitat, biomass measurement for insect, etc.) and covering multiple groups of night species (night birds, mustelidae, amphibians, insects, bats, rodents and Fish) 
• Complementary experimentation with novel monitoring techniques such as AI analysis, functional habitat, DNA analysis etc. to enhance the accuracy and scope of ecological data, allowing for faster, simple and more economical monitoring.
• Pilot joint solutions to enhance night biodiversity (pilot actions on pilot sites covering the 3 thematic topics). Typologies will cover a broad range of impactful private activities (sport infrastructure, building infrastructure, cycling pathway, recreational parcs, university campus, commercial lighting, commercial parking, events at night, construction sites, industrial sites, phosphorescent coating, etc.). 
• Capacity building: joint training schemes aimed for representative of sectoral Federation, private companies and private organization like building promotors, etc.
• Set up campaigns to raise awareness amongst private companies. Engage with clusters of pioneer companies for practical application and feedback loop

The project is looking for German partners to steer the intervention, covering one or more thematic pilots (reduce, remove, alternatives to artificial light at night). Pilot sites can either join as project partners, or through other proceudres (e.g. open calls). 

Priority 5 - SO 4.5 Ensuring equal access to health care and fostering resilience of health systems
Lead partner: Royal College of Surgeons (IE) | Contact person: Breda Smyth (bredasmyth[at]rcsi.ie) 

The objective of this project is to develop a reference framework for Acute Virtual Wards (AVWs) to address the resource challenge in North West Europe acute hospitals due to an ageing population while improving patient experience by delivering the care they need at home. 

1.  This project will deliver a reference Model of Care for Acute Virtual Wards, collating examples of best practice transnationally that is effective and efficient and deliver an evidence-based toolkit for countries to adapt a model of care to their health system. 
2. A Population Risk Assessment to identify population cohorts most suitable to acute virtual wards care. All analytical tools including Artificial Intelligence tools, e.g., Machine Learning and Large Language Models will be used to carry out this analysis.
3. A Core Clinical Staffing Model for AVWs in local acute hospital sites will be developed based on international experience and tailored to the NWE acute hospital systems.
4. A toolkit will be developed that will outline the fundamental technology requirements to implement a Digital Health Platform to deliver AVWs whilst adaptable to individual countries systems.
5. Quality & patient safety issues will be identified and interventions to mitigate these risks described.
6. Participatory Research will be carried out with populations of all social classes including vulnerable and marginalized populations to assess equity, cultural and behavioural insights regarding Acute Virtual Wards and their ability to adapt to this concept.
7. Cost Effectiveness Analysis will be carried out across countries identifying the most cost effective virtual care strategies and models of care.

The consortium is seeking German partners with expertise in:
•    Acute Virtual Wards or Virtual Care in the area of Chronic Disease / Fragility
•    Enterprises or SME's with Digital Health Platforms
•    Data Science Expertise 
•    Health Economics Expertise 
•    Behavioural Science Expertise

Priority 4 - SO 1.1 Developing and enhancing research and innovation capacities and the uptake of advanced technologies
Lead partner: City of Amsterdam (NL) | Maaike Schouten (maaike.schouten[at]amsterdam.nl)

Cities worldwide are facing the challenge of accommodating increasing (underground) infrastructure within limited spaces. The NWE region has many locations with a densely built-up environment, for example large cities such as  Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris, but also smaller dense provincial towns and villages. Authorities in these locations face many challenges in the design of public spaces: increasing urbanization and the increasing demand for affordable housing need to be reconciled with major transition challenges in areas of e.g. climate adaptation, the energy transition and biodiversity. Underground, the densifying city and the modernization of life require more and more electricity and data cables, which need to be incorporated in addition to the already existing infrastructure of e.g. water supply, sewage pipes, water buffers and underground heat systems. 
With all these competing claims and increased number of requirements, the lay-out of public space requires an integrated and interdisciplinary working method for both design and engineering of underground and above-ground tasks. 
The Integral Design Method for Public Space (IOOR) developed by MOA provides urban policymakers, designers, planners and other stakeholders with a new solution to tackle the major transition task in public space in a time- and cost effective manner. IOOR provides an integrated approach to sustainable public space design, considering both above ground and underground elements in the planning process and making use of technical innovations and fostering better cooperation between public and private stakeholders.  IOOR offers an integrated approach which develops continuously through learning effects from projects and through improvements and digitalisation of working methods and tools.
Objective of the project: The project wants to demonstrate IOOR as a smart, multi-actor and cross-sectoral approach for the design of public spaces, which feeds into local, regional strategies, policies and action plans.  

We are looking to build the following consortium:

• at least three different local governments in the NWE region (besides the Municipality of Amsterdam) that will test the IOOR approach in their own municipality via the e-learning course; these can be large cities such as Brussels, Paris, but also smaller dense provincial towns and villages 
• an organisation (perhaps an SME) with expertise in developing e-learning courses (it does not necessarily have to be based in the Netherlands)
• a city platform (EUROCITIES, ...) that helps disseminate the IOOR method to other European authorities
• possibly other relevant partners suggested by the participating international local authorities

Priority 4 - SO 1.1 Developing and enhancing research and innovation capacities and the uptake of advanced technologies
Lead partner: TechnologieCentrum Noord-Nederland (NL) | Maria Martirosyann (mariamartirosyan[at]tcnn.nl)

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) often face hesitation in adopting AI due to concerns about job displacement, data security, and distinguishing fact from fiction. Local authorities, despite having digitization policies, struggle to implement these strategies effectively for SMEs. Additionally, a significant skills gap exists among SME managers and employees, making AI adoption more challenging. The project will develop AI integration packages to enable SMEs to adopt existing AI tools rapidly and sustainably, assist local authorities in transforming digitization policies into practical actions, engaging SMEs in AI adoption for growth and innovation, and design comprehensive AI training programs for managers and employees in both SMEs and local authorities. 

The following work packages are planned: 

• AI Integration Packages: Creation of AI resources, workshops, and demos tailored for SMEs.
• Pilot Projects: Practical implementation of AI tools in SMEs, with outcomes documented for wider learning.
• Training Programs: Specialized training for AI skills development among SME employees and managers.

Looking for partners: we are looking for local authorities and/or business clusters from Germany. 

Priority 5 - SO 4.6 Enhancing the role of culture and sustainable tourism in economic development, social inclusion and social innovation
Lead partner: Centre Val de Loire - Regional Tourism Committee (FR) | Contact Person: Sophie Martinez Almansa (s.martinez[at]centre-valdeloire.org)

The NWE has a rich cultural heritage. Historic sites have been among the hardest hit by the Covid-19 crisis and need to reinvent themselves to attract new customers and meet their expectations in terms of communication (digital and innovative).
This rapid and costly renewal is widening the gap between popular and lesser-known sites, with the underlying challenge of distributing visitor flows more evenly across the region. The young people of GenZ are at the cross-roads of these challenges. They demand an experiential approach to their cultural activities, which they find difficult to find on the web. The NWE territories have an interest in engaging with a new generation of travellers who are digital natives and want to change the world. 

MOVE's approach is novel in that it draws on the expertise of several regional alliances in rural areas of the NWE to regenerate the cultural tourism sector through innovative experiences, all designed with the same collaborative approach and targeting young people in GenZ. The proposal is that they should be able to offer visitors a network of historic monuments "designed" for Z generation, with a uniform approach and services across the whole of their territory. For the sites themselves, this will mean a profoundly rejuvenated positioning and a whole range of discovery and visitor services will be made possible: scenarios, storytelling, lighting, augmented reality tours, interactive mediation, artistic and sporting events, etc. Multi-dimensional offers that are fun, cultural and educational will be made available to the Z generation audiences, all year round and across the whole of NWE. The development of digital heritage communities around the metaverse and
gaming will provide additional meeting points between historic sites and young people of Z generation. The results will benefit all NWE communities: young people from Z generation, heritage sites, territories, residents and Businesses in the heritage and cultural ecosystem.

The consortium currently consists of 14 partnes in IE, NL, BE and FR. It is looking for one or more German partners, specifically heritage and cultural sites, heritage and cultural associations, tourism institutions, local/regional authorities,
universities and schools, companies linked to the world of heritage and/or innovation (staging and storytelling, data and technologies, etc.).