A new initiative of the Interreg Euro-MED Green Living Areas Mission is helping Mediterranean territories move from ambition to action. The Ecosystemic Transition hUb (ETU) connects tested solutions, projects, and local actors to support more integrated and effective green transition pathways.

The Interreg Euro-MED Green Living Areas Mission has launched the Ecosystemic Transition hUb (ETU), an initiative designed to support Mediterranean cities and regions in accelerating the green transition.

By connecting projects, experts, and local authorities, the ETU acts as a practical support framework, helping territories identify, combine, and apply tested solutions adapted to their local context.

The ETU builds on several years of work under the Interreg MED Programme, where it was initially developed as the Ecosystemic Transition Unit. At that time, it focused on supporting rural and island municipalities in advancing their renewable energy transition through a systemic approach addressing energy planning, governance, and infrastructure.

With the launch of the Green Living Areas Mission, the concept has evolved into the Ecosystemic Transition hUb, expanding its scope beyond renewable energy to address the broader green transition of territories — from mobility and climate adaptation to community engagement and spatial planning.

At the core of the ETU lies a simple idea: territories function as interconnected systems. Decisions related to energy, mobility, land use, governance, and finance are deeply interdependent and must be addressed in an integrated way.

To support this approach, the ETU framework is structured around six pillars — organisational, environmental, social, territorial, technological, and financial — reflecting the key dimensions that need to evolve together to build resilient and sustainable living areas.By bridging knowledge, tools, and actors across the Mediterranean, the ETU initiative aims to turn tested and successful solutions with high replication potential into actionable approaches that can be scaled and implemented across territories, supporting local authorities in moving from strategy to implementation.