The GREEN.EU project, formally known as the European Global Transition Network on Eco-Innovation, Green Economy, and Sustainable Development (green.eu), was an EU-funded Horizon 2020 initiative from around 2015-2018. It established a global network to harmonize concepts around eco-innovation, share best practices, and accelerate the shift to a green economy through stakeholder coordination, including researchers, businesses, and policymakers.
Core Objectives
The project focused on three main areas: standardizing definitions of green economy and eco-innovation, mapping global actors and policies for performance assessment, and fostering knowledge transfer via events and an online platform. It emphasized win-win opportunities, like adopting technologies that boost sustainability without harming competitiveness.
Key Outcomes
A major deliverable was the Inno4SD network and platform (demo at new.inno4sd.net), launched in 2018 for ongoing collaboration across sectors on sustainable development goals. Work packages covered networking, policy agendas, best practices, and lessons integration, with a European focus but global reach.
Related Initiatives
Distinct from the newer EU GREEN Alliance (a university network for sustainability in education), green.eu targeted broader R&D uptake. No active updates post-2018 appear in records, but its framework influenced eco-innovation efforts like Greenovate! Europe.
