The Urban Shift

ended

Urban Shift is creating a Living Ecosystem where Higher Education Institutions (IAAC, HdM and WU), a Vocational Education Institution (WIFI) and business partners (CF, GIG, MCA, TERRA) implement two batches of Living Labs for in total 80 learners of different backgrounds (urban design, environmental engineering, media and business). With the support of the trainers (staff from HEI, VET and business partners of the consortium, representing five European cities: Barcelona, Bolzano, Copenhagen, Stuttgart and Vienna ), the learners of two batch create solutions for pressing urban challenges by forming in total 10 transdisciplinary startup teams (consisting of 2 learners of each HEI and VET) and closely working with a network of Urban Experts. The tackled Urban Challenges are: Batch 1: Urban Heat Islands and Cooling & Food Waste/Circularity Batch 2: Climate/Extreme Weather Predictability & Mobility/Circularity The LIVING ECOSYSTEM of Urban Shift will deliver the following components: equip learners (from HEI and VET) with relevant GREEN LABOUR MARKET SKILLS (digital, green, business and transdisciplinary/resilient skills) that support them in becoming green entrepreneurs and/or future employees of green jobs an easily adaptable LIVING CURRICULUM template to inspire future transdisciplinary collaboration among HEIs and VETs during and beyond project lifetime 2 sets of LIVING EXHIBITIONS to promote the established solutions, the ambitions of the EU Green Deal and the Living Curriculum via EU GREEN DEAL AMBASSADORS the SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS developed by the transdisciplinary startup teams an URBAN SHIFT ALUMNI NETWORK of learners and trainers to foster collaboration and co-creation during and after the official project end an OPEN ONLINE TRAINING for external trainers on how to implement the Living Curriculum in other European and also international contexts 2 Cities Network Engagement Roundtable will be carried out throughout the project duration