Project: Transformative cApacity in eNerGy fOod and Water

Acronym TANGO-W (Reference Number: F-ENUTC-2021-0213)
Project Topic The TANGO-W (Transformative cApacity in eNerGy fOod and Water) project is an applied research project that develops urban transformative capacities (UTC) as a novel governance ability at the interface of food, energy and water. TANGO-W follows Wolfram's (2016) capacity building approach, adopting a needs and requirements-based focus on the capacity building priorities of urban stakeholders (Objective 1). At the heart of TANGO-W is the multi-level capacity building approach (Objectives 2 & 3), which works at two levels. At the urban level, TANGO-W designs and implements Urban Living Labs 2.0 (ULL). At the European level, TANGO-W establishes a transdisciplinary Community of Practice (CoP) as an integrative and coordinating transformation system. Both are the spaces for the development of UTC according to the needs of urban actors in several dimensions (i.e. transformative governance formats, shaping new transformation roles; self-organization, technical skills and tools). At the same time, the ULL and CoP act as novel governance formats at local and EU level to accelerate urban change in a desired, sustainable direction. The activities of TANGO-W result in policy recommendations for replication and upscaling measures as well as in training concepts and pilot courses that support capacity building in TANGO-W fellow cities (Objective 4).
Network ENUTC
Call 1st ENUTC Call 2021

Project partner

Number Name Role Country
4ward Energy Research Partner Austria
AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH Coordinator Austria
Alytus city municipality Partner Lithuania
Campus Roslagen AB – UCV Partner Sweden
City of Stockholms Stad Partner Sweden
Climate KIC Holding BV Observer Netherlands
Halden kommune Partner Norway
IPAK - International Project Management Agency Klagenfurt on Lake Wörthersee GmbH Partner Austria
KTU - Kaunas University of Technology Partner Lithuania
Marker kommune Partner Norway
Nordregio Partner Sweden
SIN - Smart Innovation Norway Partner Norway
W.E.I.Z. Forschungs- & Entwicklungs-gGmbH Partner Austria