Summary

The STARTUP project (the full title Sustainable Transitions. Action Research and Training in Urban Perspective) is a four-year project funded by the European Union through the Horizon Europe 2021- 2027, work programme 2023-2024. It held its kick-off meeting at Sapienza University in Rome on January 30 and 31, 2025. The meeting, organised by Rossana Galdini, the Project Coordinator, and the Sapienza team, officially launched the STARTUP Project.

All partners from 8 European countries meet in person as members of the Consortium, which involves 16 partners from 8 European countries: Italy, Sweden, Slovakia, France, Spain, Poland, Germany, and Belgium. The Consortium includes 6 European Academic institutions, 2 research centres, and 7 cultural associations.

The primary aim of the kick-off meeting was to introduce the project objectives, activities, expected outcomes, management and reporting processes, and the interactions between different Work Packages. It also provided a valuable opportunity for project partners to become acquainted with one another. The project kick-off meeting lasted 2 full days, including some social events. The programme was planned in sessions and included PowerPoint presentations and also interactive break-out sessions to discuss different aspects of the project, including information on content, more general management aspects, reporting requirements and visual material to be used for project dissemination and communication, and specific sessions for each work package to plan out the details of the work to be provided at each partner. Included in the annex to this deliverable are the partners’ presentations from the meeting, the meeting agenda, the attendance list, and photos from the event.

Deliverable details

  • Project title: Sustainable Transitions. Action Research and Training in Urban Perspective
  • Acronym: STARTUP
  • Grant agreement number: 101178523
  • Funding scheme: Horizon Europe
  • Type of action: Innovation Action
  • Project coordinator: UNIVERSITA’ DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA
  • Deliverable number: D10.1
  • Deliverable name: Kick-off Meeting Report
  • Work package number: WP1
  • Work package title: Project Management and Coordination
  • Work package lead beneficiary: Sapienza University of Rome
  • Deliverable type: Report
  • Dissemination level: SEN – Sensitive
  • Due submission date: February 2025
  • Actual submission date: February 2025
  • Meeting location: Sapienza University of Rome
  • Meeting dates: 30–31 January 2025
  • Authors: Rossana Galdini

Partners

Sapienza University of Rome, Stockholms universitet, Slovenská technická univerzita v Bratislave, ILS Research gGmbH, École nationale supérieure d’architecture de Strasbourg, KEA European Affairs, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Folkrörelsernas Konstfrämjande, Die Urbanisten e.V., ZEMOS98 S. Coop And., Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Fondazione Piccolo America ETS, Uniwersytet Gdański, Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej Łaźnia, Le Faubourg, Matrioska Design & Research S. Coop. Mad

Download report

You can access the full D10.1 report here (PDF).