• H2020
• Societal Challenges
• Climate Action

Climate change professionals are being encouraged to join Climate-KIC’s Pioneers into Practice programme to be placed in a different environment for two months to broaden networks and stimulate innovative thinking.

Tackling climate change requires action from a broad range of actors to implement the social and technological changes needed to meet Europe’s emission reduction targets.

Addressing these challenges requires pioneers who are multi-skilled, able to combine technical specialisations with social understanding and entrepreneurial spirit. This is what Climate-KIC’s Pioneers into Practice programme sets out to support.

The programme brings together a broad range of professionals – from industry, small companies, universities, research institutes, public bodies as well as NGOs from selected regions to develop cross-disciplinary and international understanding.

The application period for the 2014 edition of the programme ends on 21 March.

Pioneers into Practice is a two-month knowledge development and placement programme that brings together professionals from industry, small companies, universities, research institutes, local councils as well as non-profit and public organisations.

The first month of the placement takes place in the participant’s home region. The participant is given a specific task, and also learns more broadly about their new environment.

This placement is complemented by a mentoring programme which involves an introductory workshop on sustainable transition with training materials and a two-day concluding workshop where participants share their placement experiences and wider thinking on systemic innovation.

This process is broadly repeated for next one-month placement, when the participant will work in one of the other regions that take part in the programme.