Since 2012, JPI Urban Europe has launched annual calls addressing specific areas and priorities in the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda. The number of national funding agencies supporting the calls and allocated budgets has continously increased over time.
As of today, 20 European countries engage in JPI Urban Europe and targeted efforts are being made to reach out to new countries in Europe as well as internationally. They host more than 600 institutions engaging in urban research projects.
JPI Urban Europe brings together a large community of stakeholders from urban administration, business and societal actors to engage together with researchers with the aim to exchange research needs, discuss research results and promote good practice and reflext future R&I priorities and strategies.