Report on showcasing activities

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101094455. Grant Agreement number: 101094455 Project acronym: FUTURESILIENCE Project title: Creating future societal resilience through innovative, science-based co-creation labs Type of action: Coordination and Support Action (CSA) D4.4 Report on showcasing activities Deliverable leader Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo Authors Chiara Lodi, Giovanni Marin, Aung Tun Oo Due date 30 October 2025 Actual submission date 28 October 2025 Dissemination Level Public Abstract: This report summarises three different types of FutuResilience project’s activities including the (1) the creation of a newsletter aimed at keeping local authorities updated on the progress of the various pilot cases, and encouraging their involvement and participation; (2) a series of webinars designed for a broad audience, aimed at showcasing pilot cases results by bringing together selected pilots with similar themes; (3) the creation of policy briefs translating core project results and lessons learnt into policy advice. 2 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101094455. Document Revision History Date Version Author/Editor/Contributor Summary of main changes / Status 08/09/2025 0.1 Chiara Lodi, Giovanni Marin, Aung Tun Oo (UNIURB) Structure of the document 18/09/2025 0.2 Chiara Lodi, Giovanni Marin, Aung Tun Oo (UNIURB) First draft 03/10/2025 0.3 Chiara Lodi, Giovanni Marin, Aung Tun Oo (UNIURB) Contribution to different sections 15/10/2025 0.4 Chiara Lodi, Giovanni Marin, Aung Tun Oo (UNIURB) Second draft and revisions 15/10/2025 0.5 Matias Barberis (EFIS) Quality review 22/10/2025 0.6 Chiara Lodi, Giovanni Marin, Aung Tun Oo (UNIURB) Final draft 28/10/2025 1.0 Christine Neve and Matias Barberis (EFIS Centre) Editing and final submission Disclaimer Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or Research Executive Agency (REA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. Copyright This document may not be copied, reproduced, or modified in whole or in part for any purpose without written permission from the FUTURESILIENCE Consortium. In addition, an acknowledgement of the authors of the document and all applicable portions of the copyright notice must be clearly referenced. All rights reserved. This document may change without notice. 3 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101094455. Contents 1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................4 2 Showcasing activities ....................................................................................................................5 2.1 Futuresilience Newsletters .....................................................................................................7 2.2 Results Webinars: showcasing pilot cases results .................................................................8 2.3 Policy Briefs ...........................................................................................................................11 2.4 Thematic Webinars ...............................................................................................................13 3 Conclusion and future outlook ...................................................................................................15 List of tables Table 1 Policy briefs published under the Futuresilience project .......................................................13 Table 2 Organisation of Thematic webinars under the Futuresilience project ..................................13 List of figures Figure 1 Key Showcasing activities of the project .................................................................................6 Figure 2 Snapshot of labs’ activities .......................................................................................................9 4 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101094455. 1 Introduction The FUTURESILIENCE project aims to strengthen the economic and societal resilience of Europe and thereby the ability of European societies to quickly respond to upcoming crises. The core activity of the project is the experimentation phase, which includes 10 pilot cases called “FUTURESILIENCE Labs”. The labs worked on different societal resilience challenges that may be impacted by different crises. Facilitated by consortium partners and involved local, regional or national stakeholders, the Labs discussed and co-created solutions to build societal resilience for specific contexts and needs. This deliverable reports on the showcasing activities of the project. The main objective is to showcase key activities that the project carried out and documented and the achievements and outcomes of the showcasing strategy. In this context, the showcasing activities aimed at strengthening stakeholder engagement, while dissemination project preliminary results, including labs specific results. To achieve this, the project implemented three main types of activities: (1) the creation of a newsletter aimed at keeping core stakeholder groups updated on the progress of the various labs, and encouraging the involvement and participation of stakeholders; (2) a series of webinars designed for a broad audience, aimed at showcasing labs results by bringing together selected labs with similar themes; (3) the creation of policy briefs illustrating, in few pages, the salient aspects, main results and policy implications of the labs as well as a final brief about the lessons learnt from the joint analysis of all the labs and the entire project. 5 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101094455. 2 Showcasing activities Futuresilience showcasing activities, summarised in Figure 1, were mainly categorised into newsletters, webinars and creation of policy briefs. The Futuresilience newsletter was designed to keep updated with the latest project developments, and thus the UNIURB team (Task leader) collected monthly information, key achievements and milestones reached by the Labs and consortium partners. All these news and information were evaluated, sorted and considered to be included in the newsletter by the UNIURB team in collaboration with EFIS Centre (Work-Package leader). Final versions of the newsletters were published on the project website disseminated through social media and targeted emails. The result webinars were organised around the Labs topics and presented after their implementation to wider audiences. They were conducted virtually, recordings were captured and shared via different channels of the project, including email, webpage announcements, and social media platforms (YouTube and LinkedIn). Concerning policy briefs, they were created in a methodical and cooperative manner. Several important factors were taken into consideration when selecting the topics, including the scope of the project's implementation phases and the relevance of policy issues. The selected topic matched the experience of a project implementing partners, who then wrote the content to guarantee the highest standards of quality and accuracy. After that, the drafted versions of the policy brief were quality-reviewed by project experts. Finally, the final versions of the briefs were proofread by professional language editors and then published on the Futuresilience website, Zenodo and distributed by email to targeted policymakers in the policy briefs topic area. From the database of the Futuresilience webpage, key metrics and other data, such as the number of viewers and downloaders, were recorded. The results and key figures of the engagements with audience, attendees and visitors on published newsletters, policy briefs and result webinars were presented and discussed in the following sections. 6 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101094455. Figure 1 Key Showcasing activities of the project 7 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101094455. 2.1 Futuresilience Newsletters The FUTURESILIENCE newsletters were designed to keep stakeholders updated with the latest project developments. They were published every six months and covered the Futuresilience key activities, events, news and updates from Labs. In total, six newsletters were published (seven expected in total). The first newsletter was published following the kick-off meeting of the Futuresilience project and the official launch of the project open call in June 2023. The key contents of the first newsletter focused on key information about the open call for Futureresilience Labs. Furthermore, information about events attended by project’s participants were reported, such as a presentation at the Knowledge Valorisation Week, organised by the European Commission in Brussels, the SEEDS Workshop in Italy, and the Social Impact of Science Conference in Canada. The main contents of second newsletter were related to the kick-off activities of the three initial labs that were part of consortium partnership (CHIOS, MURCIA and BAPEMED), the selection processes of the new Labs following the call for applications and attended events, such as the European Urban Resilience Forum and the Disaster Resilient Societies Annual Event. This newsletter also reported and described the first Futuresilience Policy Roundtable. The third newsletter was published focusing on the first half of the FutuResilience project. This newsletter provided the first insights from the ongoing activities of the ten Futuresilience Labs, showcasing their innovative approaches and preliminary findings. The newsletter also reported about events, including the first Futuresilience Thematic Webinar, aimed at sharing insights from real-world applications of different approaches for designing policies that could implement efficient co-creation activities and knowledge valorisation. Among the events, the newsletter included the MeRest Workshop and the participation of CHIOS Lab at the European Regional Science Association Annual Congress. The newsletter also presented insights from the first mutual-learning workshop. The fourth newsletter provided comprehensive updates from the ten Labs, highlighting their efforts to create scenarios that look ahead and investigate how to deal with possible futures. In this newsletter, we highlighted the organisation of the second mutual-learning workshop that took place in person at UNIFE (Italy) on 6th November 2024. Four expert-led webinars and one hybrid open conference, covering topics like anticipatory governance and involving vulnerable groups in policymaking, were organised. Additionally, attended events were presented, including the Second and the Third Futuresilience Thematic Webinars. The first explored how policymakers navigate uncertainty in designing and implementing effective policies, while the second emphasised involving vulnerable populations in policy design to build resilient societies and highlighted the disproportionate impact of climate change on 8 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101094455. these groups and the need for intersectional, inclusive approaches to enhance their adaptive capacities. Other events have been attended by partners, for example, the Open Conference “Designing policies for a resilient Europe” in Italy, which brought together experts and stakeholders to share knowledge about innovative strategies to strengthen societal resilience and forge new connections, the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region Annual Forum and the CERIS - Disaster Research Days 2024. We shared the newsletter on the project's LinkedIn page and received 737 impressions with a 4.61% overall engagement rate 1 . In the fifth newsletter, the focus was on the simulation exercise developed as core activity of the project. Besides, this newsletter also shares updated findings from Labs, with a specific focus on their work in policy design, which aims to translate consortium research into actionable recommendations. This newsletter highlighted the organisation of the third Futuresilience mutual learning workshop, which focused on the exchange of knowledge and lessons learnt from the Labs in their policy design phase. This newsletter was viewed by 324 users on our social media platforms, with an overall engagement rate of 8.33%. Recently, the sixth newsletter was released. This issue included relevant insights from the major project simulation exercise, the collective results of the Futuresilience Labs, and the synthesis of the five Results Webinars – including links to the recordings of webinars, available on YouTube. Finally, the newsletter highlighted significant recent and upcoming dissemination events. This newsletter was also impressed by 149 users on our social media platforms, with an average engagement rate of 9.4%. Finally, the seventh newsletter is planned to be published early December 2025, highlighting the final activities and achievements from the project. 2.2 Results Webinars: showcasing pilot cases results The Futuresilience project funded ten Labs that bring together multiple stakeholders to co-create evidence-informed policies aimed at strengthening societal resilience against various crises (Fig. 2 showcases a collection of pictures from Labs activities). By emphasising knowledge valorisation for policy uptake, Labs served as experimental spaces for policy testing, using a diverse range of approaches and tools with a strong focus on future-oriented thinking. 1 The engagement rate is computed as: ER = [Likes + 0.5 x Comments] / Views. It provides a hint about how many of the viewer actively reacted to the post. 9 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101094455. Figure 2 Snapshot of labs’ activities Over approximately fifteen months, each Lab began by defining concrete challenges, mapping key stakeholders, and exploring how these challenges might evolve over time by developing different scenarios. Focusing on enhancing societal preparedness, Labs’ stakeholders collaborated to design evidence-based policy actions capable of addressing the initial challenges across multiple plausible future scenarios. In order to highlight the work and the results obtained by the Labs, a Results Webinar Series was organised, which marked a key milestone of the project. Results, methodologies, outputs, and key lessons learnt were disseminated to a wider audience. Five webinars have been carried out. The University of Ferrara (UNIFE) led in organising and moderating these results webinars (online). The first two Results Webinars concerned “Social Integration & Resilience” and “Climate, Disasters & Resilience.” In the first webinar, 2 CHIOS and COSIGHT described their experience. The CHIOS Lab, which addressed resilience to migration, climate, and social pressures using participatory foresight, showed that policies on vocational training, multicultural education, and water management remain effective across scenarios. The COSIGHT Lab, focused on migration, highlighted labour market integration as the key pathway for low-skilled youth and refugee women, with recommendations for personalised support, youth mentoring, and dedicated education centres. This Results Webinar was highly relevant since it had shown that the unresolved social conflicts weaken resilience, making multi-level cooperation and community-based solutions essential. 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ko6G5QlIj0