Urban Doers Community

What is the Urban Doers Community?

The Urban Doers Community is a community of practice and learning with the objective to bridge the gap between community-level innovation and European programmes, Missions and policy objectives. 

The ambition of the Urban Doers Community is threefold:

1. to build capacities and networks among selected Urban Doer initiatives to enable participation in European urban research and innovation (and other) programmes;
2. to highlight and mobilise the experience, knowledge and creativity of Urban Doers initiatives in addressing key urban challenges, with particular focus on strategies for enabling learning and translation of mainstreaming local and community-led innovations; and
3. to co-develop recommendations through a joint policy recommendations that feed into the further strategic development of European urban policy and research and innovation programming within and beyond DUT, providing concrete guidance on what works, what is needed, and how community innovations can be supported at scale.

Urban Doers Community #2

The second edition of the Urban Doers Community is open for applications until 16 March 2026.

The first edition of the Urban Doers Community was launched in 2023. With over 190 submissions from 24 countries, this pilot call demonstrated a significant interest from urban niche innovators eager to engage with European research and innovation programming. During a year, 20 selected initiatives came together to exchange experiences, build networks, and amplify their impact.