On 26 February 2024, ERRIN took part in the CrAFting Tomorrow’s Cities event, hosting a discussion table on the role of Regions and Cities in co-creating inclusive spaces. The event was a great opportunity to join city representatives and policymakers from CrAFt Cities and ERRIN members, delving into the potential of local stakeholder collaboration to shape the future of climate-neutral cities. ERRIN members took the stand, presenting inspiring projects such as BOSK - The Walking Forest in the city of Leeuwarden and the NEB-STAR, the lighthouse demonstrator in Stavanger.

During the event, the New European Bauhaus Alliance introduced its Manifesto. It aims to help society move towards strong, climate-positive cities and communities, bringing together people from engineering, economics, facility management, marine biology, industry, artificial intelligence, etc. As one of the founding members of the NEB Alliance, ERRIN endorses the NEB Manifesto, committing to the NEB principles as cross-cutting tools where arts and culture have a transformative power in supporting positive behavioural changes and citizens engagement towards climate-neutral cities.

In this context, ERRIN and its members become part of a community where, through the work of its NEB Task Force, they can play a key role in facilitating and building synergies between different EU-funded projects and initiatives, namely the EU missions and the NetZeroCities project, among others, while contributing to a bottom-up system change in achieving the Green Deal objectives that spark from place-based innovation.

The call for expressions of interest to endorse the Manifesto can be found here.