Norway's Enabling City Transformation Activity: Empowered Governance

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Stavanger & Trondheim

Norwegian

Context and Challenges

Stavanger and Trondheim are leveraging their experience in citizen engagement and cross-sector collaboration to co-create a new governance model for climate neutrality. While both cities are active in the EU Mission, fragmented structures and institutional inertia pose challenges. This project will develop a science-based, stakeholder-driven framework for governance, including portfolio pilots and national learning loops, to make climate governance more inclusive, responsive, and replicable across Europe.

Objectives

  • Co-create science-based governance models
  • Pilot just transition portfolios in each city
  • Engage communities and businesses in decision-making
  • Build skills and capacity for systemic transformation
  • Share knowledge through national and EU channels

Key Terms

Collaborative Governance | Just Transition | Circular Economy | Portfolio Pilots | Systemic Innovation

Activites and Innovations

  • Local portfolio pilots on emissions and waste

  • Governance co-creation workshops and masterclasses

  • Storytelling, scenario planning, and shared roadmaps

  • Learning loops and transdisciplinary training

  • Development of replicable portfolio design tools

Emission Domains

  • Residual Emissions

  • Waste and Circular Economy

Levers of Change

  • Governance and policy

  • Democracy and participation

  • Learning and capabilities

  • Social innovation

  • Financing and funding

  • Data and digitalisation

Expected Impact and Outcomes

  • Tailored governance models for climate neutrality
  • Community and private sector mobilization
  • Transferable design tools and transition roadmaps
  • Strengthened capacity for cross-sector collaboration