Senior Fellow

Submitted by Max Gruenig on Tue, 11/11/2014 - 00:00
POCACITO
Your role in the project: 
Project Coordinator
Assessment of your participation: 
The Pocacito project (http://pocacito.eu/) is still ongoing. The cooperation among the consortium has been very positive so far. The project POst‐CArbon CIties of TOmorrow – foresight for sustainable pathways towards liveable, affordable and prospering cities in a world context (POCACITO) will develop an evidence‐based 2050 roadmap for EU post‐carbon cities. POCACITO facilitates the transition of EU cities to a forecasted sustainable or “post‐carbon” economic model. The main focus is on Europe, emerging economies - especially Brazil and China. However, we also had already one workshop in Washington DC and aim to add more complementary activities in the US.
Any suggestions or comments: 
The strict restraint of limiting EU funding on non-industrialised countries is a strong barrier to cooperation with the US. I would highly welcome a reciprocal opening of funding instruments across the board as the majority of research funding should aim at outcomes and not at funding infrastructures. From that perspective it does not matter, where an applicant is located.
Your organisation: 
ECOLOGIC INSTITUT gemeinnutzige GmbH