Translating research results is crucial for ensuring that the most up-to-date, evidence-informed policies and practices are implemented to maximise wellbeing, public health and reduce inequalities. However, generating policy impact from research is challenging. Research evidence of similar quality often has different uptake in policy and practice and there is a significant lag time between research initiation and adoption.

Are you a local authority or another stakeholder interested in participating in a process to translate innovative research on urban health issues into practice? Take a couple minutes to fill in the following survey to connect with the Urban Health Cluster (UHC).

ENLIGHTENme, of which ICLEI is a partner, is one of the six EU-projects that are part of the UHC. It provides local authorities and other relevant stakeholders an opportunity to participate in the process of translating research on urban health issues into practice. The projects organised within the UHC are funded under the same Call of the Horizon 2020 European Programme for Innovative Actions for improving urban health and well-being – addressing environmental, climate and socioeconomic factors.

The Cluster objectives are to increase visibility of urban health research, to bring stronger contributions to policies such as the EU Urban Agenda and to facilitate international cooperation and synergies with other relevant initiatives on urban health. The UHC is organised into working groups dedicated to the different research challenges for improving urban health and well-being.

Help contribute to policy that incorporates urban well-being research and fill out this survey today.