Thematic Groups
Connecting expertise, projects and communities across the ENRICH GLOBAL ecosystem.
Thematic Groups are member-only working bodies within ENRICH GLOBAL, initiated, run and moderated exclusively by member organisations. Each Group brings members together around shared areas of expertise to exchange knowledge, identify common priorities and develop joint international initiatives across countries and sectors.
A Thematic Group may set up its own e-community on the CONNECT Hub, a public or private extension of its work. The Group decides who can participate, external participants outside ENRICH GLOBAL are often welcome.
At a glance:
- Thematic Groups: reserved to ENRICH GLOBAL members.
- E-communities: hosted on the CONNECT Hub, usually open to external participants.
Through webinars, working sessions, collaborative exchanges, training, mentorship, peer advisory and other dedicated activities, Thematic Groups and their e-communities support long-term cooperation spanning multiple sectors and geographies.
Explore the Thematic Groups:
Getting involved
Each Thematic Group provides a structured framework of activities for members, enabling them to share challenges and expertise, align on priorities, and develop new opportunities or initiatives together.
Current and future members of ENRICH GLOBAL can contribute to existing Groups, take on (co)moderation roles or suggest new Groups around emerging topics. Creating a new Thematic Group requires the involvement of at least three ENRICH GLOBAL member organisations, which may also join the network together and implement a shared initiative, and an approval by the Board.
Thematic Groups are additionally open to external projects in which ENRICH GLOBAL or its members are involved, allowing such projects to connect with relevant communities and reinforce the wider ecosystem.
Digital Technologies for Sustainability
Focus: digital tools and technologies for sustainability, including AI, smart systems, simulation and digital infrastructures, mobility, and more.
This Thematic Group has been created and is operated through projects led by ENRICH GLOBAL and its members, namely NGI Enrichers and INPACE. ENRICH GLOBAL members are welcome to join the Group and contribute with their own projects and initiatives.
Lead: G.A.C.,
Members: SPI, EGM, ATC
Thriving Cities and Community Resilience – Resilient Futures
Focus: a wide range of critical topics related to the resilience of urban, peri-urban and rural areas, including sustainable mobility, disaster-risk management, human-centred urban development, climate adaptation, the New European Bauhaus, AI and digital technologies, circular economy, water security, citizen science, systems innovation and virtual living labs. The community acts as a collaborative platform based on best internationalization practices, that drives transdisciplinary solutions for Climate Adaptation and Sustainability by exchanging knowledge and best practices between research, innovation, policy and local actors.
Lead: AUTH
Co-lead: RCISD
Advisory Board: UTH, iCatalist, ANPEI
Members: OFF COURSE, GAC, CJHM, BRC
Project opportunities
Focus: identification of funding opportunities, exchange of experience, initiation of joint proposals, building partnerships. Discussions cover Horizon Europe, Erasmus+, international calls, tenders, proposal preparation and non-EU funding opportunities, supported by a shared funding radar.
Lead: G.A.C.,
Co-leads: SPI (Horizon Europe), RCISD (Erasmus+), CJH Multisourcing(tenders), ENRICH in LAC (non-EU funding opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean)
Members: all ENRICH GLOBAL members
Health innovation
Focus: health innovation, healthy living and wellbeing, healthy ageing, personalised prevention for a healthy living. Online exchanges and thematic discussions with R&I stakeholders and policymakers addressing global healthcare challenges, strategies and new approaches to foster health innovation and healthy living.
Lead: APRE
Co-lead: G.A.C.
Members: DLR
