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Urban authorities

The City of Ghent is the Main Urban Authority in REWILD. Various city departments are represented in working groups to ensure that project ownership is firmly embedded in the city organisation. The city will take on the role of facilitating partnerships, fostering collaboration and experiments where relevant, and provide essential resources. Its active engagement in decision-making during the pilots aims to ensure alignment with city policy.

Transfer partners

Transfer Partners are urban authorities that join the EUI-Innovative Action project to observe and learn. Their primary aim is to enhance the adaptability of the project's solutions to different urban contexts within the EU. These partners play a crucial role in facilitating knowledge exchange among EU cities and fostering innovation. They come from different EU member states than the project Main Urban Authority and participate during the project's implementation phase. Each project generally involves three Transfer Partners. The involvement of Transfer Partners is vital for ensuring the project's innovative solutions are effectively adaptable and replicable in various contexts across the EU.