Developed by the Dialogue4LivingAreas project, within the framework of the Interreg Euro-MED Green Living Areas Mission, the EUCLID Policy Hub is an online space designed to strengthen policy dialogue and facilitate the transfer of knowledge and good practices across the Mediterranean.

The platform brings the Public Transversal Euro-Mediterranean Living Lab (EUCLL) online, creating a collaborative environment where public authorities, researchers, projects and other stakeholders can connect, exchange experiences and contribute to evidence-based policymaking.

By bringing together policy instruments, territorial information and opportunities for collaboration, the EUCLID Policy Hub aims to bridge the gap between successful project results and their uptake in public policies.

 Explore the EUCLID Policy Hub

The platform offers five interconnected sections to support knowledge sharing, policy development and cooperation:

• 💬 Working Space: Five thematic working groups provide opportunities to discuss policy challenges, exchange good practices and co-create recommendations on green mobility, green energy systems, green and climate-resilient spatial planning, green community engagement and financing the green transition.
• 📚 Catalogue of Policy Instruments: A searchable repository of strategies, regulations, initiatives and good practices from across the Mediterranean. Users can explore and compare instruments by country, topic, type and other criteria to identify approaches relevant to their territories.
• 🗺️ Map of Policy Instruments: An interactive map showing where different policies are being implemented, helping users understand their territorial relevance and explore their potential for adaptation and replication.
• 📅 Policy Windows: An interactive timeline highlighting opportunities to influence, improve or implement public policies, including consultations, political processes and gaps in existing policy frameworks.
• 🤝 Community: A space for experts, policymakers and practitioners to share insights, discuss policy challenges and exchange experiences, supporting continuous dialogue and collaboration.

Together, these tools create an ecosystem where knowledge can be transformed into practical policy action.

From knowledge sharing to policy action

One of the platform’s key objectives is to help ensure that successful approaches developed and tested across Mediterranean territories can inform policy decisions and be replicated elsewhere.

Through the EUCLID Policy Hub, stakeholders can identify relevant policy instruments, assess their applicability to different territorial contexts and explore opportunities to introduce or strengthen sustainable policies.

The platform also encourages continued collaboration, allowing stakeholders to contribute their own experiences and policy instruments, while supporting exchanges between those developing solutions and the authorities interested in adopting them.

🚀 Get involved!

The EUCLID Policy Hub is free to access and open to everyone. Visitors can explore the catalogue, consult the interactive map, discover policy windows and read community discussions without creating an account.

Those interested in contributing can register for a free account to share policy instruments, highlight relevant policy opportunities and participate in the platform’s community.

 Need some guidance to get started? Three video tutorials are available to help users navigate the platform and contribute:

• How to add a Policy Instrument
• How to add a Policy Window
• How to contribute to the Community

Whether you are a policymaker looking for effective approaches, a researcher sharing knowledge or a practitioner working on the green transition, the EUCLID Policy Hub offers opportunities to connect, learn and contribute.

🌍 Explore the platform, share your experiences and help shape greener Mediterranean territories!

👉 Discover the EUCLID Policy Hub and join the community

These topics will be at the heart of the session “Cooling, Greening and Financing Mediterranean Cities for Climate Adaptation”, organised within the framework of the Interreg Euro-MED Green Living Areas Mission.

📅 3 November 2026
🕕 18:05–18:50
📍 Smart City Expo World Congress, Barcelona

From innovative solutions to implementation at scale

Mediterranean cities are increasingly exposed to extreme heat, flash floods, droughts and other climate-related risks. Across Europe, projects are testing new approaches to make urban areas cooler, greener and more resilient — from nature-based solutions and urban greening to the transformation of public spaces and buildings. The challenge now is to move beyond individual pilots and create the conditions for these approaches to be replicated, financed and implemented at a larger scale. The session will bring together three projects from the Interreg Euro-MED Green Living Areas Mission — HEATSAFE, URWAN and EnerCmed — and ADAPT-FIN, a Horizon Europe project linked to the EU Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change. Together, they will share concrete experiences and perspectives on climate adaptation in cities and territories, while opening the discussion on how successful approaches can be replicated and financed.

Connecting solutions, cities and finance

Through concrete examples, the participating projects will showcase different approaches being developed and tested to address climate adaptation challenges in Mediterranean cities. Building on these experiences, the discussion will highlight some of the key conditions and challenges for moving from pilot actions towards wider implementation, including the question of how cities can mobilise financing for climate adaptation. By bringing together practical experiences from projects and expertise on climate adaptation finance, the session will offer a space to exchange lessons, identify common challenges and reflect on what is needed to take successful solutions further.

The session is organised by MedCities and EMEA in the framework of the Interreg Euro-MED Green Living Areas Mission.

👉 Are you attending Smart City Expo World Congress 2026? Join us on 3 November to discover concrete climate adaptation solutions and discuss how they can be taken further in Mediterranean cities.

We can provide members of our community interested in attending the session with a special code for a free pass to access the Congress.

Find out more about the session

The Ecosystemic Transition hUb (ETU) has launched its first Open Call, inviting organisations, projects, and practitioners to submit tested solutions that support the green transition of Mediterranean territories.

The objective of the call is to expand the portfolio of solutions available on the ETU platform, complementing those developed within the Interreg Euro-MED Green Living Areas Mission.

The call is open to publicly available solutions that have already been tested in real contexts — urban, rural, coastal, or island — and that support local authorities in designing and implementing sustainable strategies and actions, particularly within one or more of the five key ETU themes:

• green resilient planning
• green energy systems
• green mobility
• green community engagement
• financing the green transition

Solutions may include:

• tools and digital platforms
• governance and participatory approaches
• planning methodologies
• financial instruments
• community engagement initiatives

Selected solutions will:

• gain visibility on the ETU platform
• be shared with a wide network of public authorities and practitioners
• contribute to knowledge exchange, policy discussions, and ETU events

Beyond visibility, the call aims to facilitate replication and scaling, enabling solutions to be adapted and implemented in new territories.

Particular attention will be given to solutions that support key planning processes such as Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMP), Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plans (SECAP), and Urban Nature Plans.

This first call is part of a broader ETU roadmap. Future calls (ETU call 2 and ETU call 3) will support local authorities in testing and transferring individual solutions, as well as implementing integrated packages of complementary tools.

How to apply

Complete the online application form. Submissions will be reviewed on a rolling basis by the Community for Green Living Areas (C4LA) consortium.

Solutions that meet the eligibility criteria will be featured on the ETU platform.

Apply now and contribute to accelerating the green transition across the Mediterranean!

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.

As part of the Ecosystemic Transition hUb (ETU), the Green Living Areas Mission is developing the ETU platform — a space where cities, practitioners, and project partners can explore and share a growing portfolio of solutions for the green transition.

The platform functions as both a knowledge hub and a practical tool, providing access to methodologies, digital tools, and real-life experiences developed across the Mediterranean.

The core of the platform is a growing portfolio of tested solutions, developed and implemented in real territorial contexts. These include tools, methodologies, digital platforms, and practical approaches that support local authorities in addressing concrete challenges.

For each solution, the platform provides key information, including:

• the challenge addressed and the solution’s added value
• the organisations behind it
• direct access to the solution

It also highlights where and how the solution has been tested, presenting the results achieved and the lessons learned from pilot experiences.

To facilitate navigation, solutions are structured using the ETU Matrix, which combines five themes of the green transition — green resilient planning, green energy systems, green mobility, green community engagement, and financing the green transition — with six cross-cutting pillars reflecting the ecosystemic dimensions of territorial transformation (organisational, environmental, social, territorial, technological, and financial).

Beyond accessing solutions, users can:

• stay informed about the latest ETU news and upcoming events
• connect with local partners through the Territorial Antennas
• learn about ETU calls to submit new solutions or benefit from transfer opportunities

The platform is designed to support key territorial planning frameworks such as Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMP), Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plans (SECAP), and Urban Nature Plans.By bridging knowledge and practice, the ETU platform helps local authorities move from inspiration to implementation, facilitating the transfer and scaling of solutions across Mediterranean territories.