Project number: 836819
Project title: TRACER = Smart strategies for the transition in coal intensive regions
Programme: Horizon 2020
Project coordinator: CZU
Project leader: Ing. Markéta Hendrychová, Ph.D.
Contact person: Mgr. Emílie Trakalová
Project schedule: 2019-2021
Total bundget: 2 323 200 CZK
Abstract:
The overall objective of TRACER is to support 9 coal-intensive regions around Europe to design (or re-design) their Research and Innovation (R&I) strategies in order to facilitate their transition towards a sustainable energy, technological, economic and social systems. Policy makers in these regions – the so called ‘TRACER target regions’ – will be assisted to develop, implement and review their R&I strategies by providing information, developing methodologies, expertise and advice. The main deliverables of TRACER (a set of blueprints and tools for Member States, Associated Countries and regions) will assist the target regions to identify short- and medium-term solutions to help their transition to a more future-proof business model. The action will lead to new and deepened cooperation in R&I between coal intensive regions that will facilitate their transition to a more sustainable energy system.
The specific objectives of TRACER are:
- to assist the regional actors (in the target regions) in developing R&I strategies for smart specialisation, including the development of public R&I capacities, consistent with the EU’s Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET Plan);
- to identify and exchange some “best practices”, including industrial roadmaps from coal towards new technologies and transition strategies for coal based combined heat and power production to low carbon electricity and district heating generation;
- to investigate relevant social challenges in the target regions, including necessary re-skilling needs of the workforce;
- to provide guidance to regional actors for the access to available European funds and programmes, and on how to leverage additional national public and private co-financing.
Tracer project has been funded under European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (No. 836819) with duration April 2019- March 2021 (3 years). The project consortium includes 15 partners from 12 european countries – Czech republic is represented by Czech University of Life Sciences Prague and Charles University.
In the Czech Republic, several worskhops, dialogues with local and regional stakeholders and Summer school (2020) will be organized.