Transformative cApacity in eNerGy fOod and Water – TANGO-W

The TANGO-W is an applied research project that develops Urban Transformative Capacities (UTC) as a novel governance ability at the interface of food, energy and water.

TANGO-W focuses on two-level capacity building: the urban level, through the design and implementation of Urban Living Labs 2.0 (ULL) and the European level, through establishing a transdisciplinary Community of Practice (CoP) as an integrative coordinating transformation system.

Both levels provide the spaces for the development of UTC according to the needs of urban actors in several dimensions (i.e., transformative governance formats, shaping new transformation roles; self-organisation, technical skills and tools). The ULL and CoP act as novel governance formats to accelerate urban change in a desired, sustainable direction.

The activities of TANGO-W result in policy recommendations for replication and upscaling measures and training concepts and pilot courses that support capacity building in TANGO-W fellow cities.