The Competence Network of Urban Transformation and Resilience is a German-Ukrainian collaboration of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Odessa State Academy of Civil Engineering and Academy, Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv, Lviv Polytechnic National University, State University "Kyiv Aviation Institute", and O.M.Beketov National University of Urban Economy.

The network offers joint courses for students of the participating universities in the field of urban planning and urban design, putting the questions of resilience and sustainable transformative planning into focus.

The project builds upon the collaborative teaching activities that have been carried out from 2022 until 2025 within the Remote Lab of Urban Planning and Design and part of the programme „Ukraine digital". The project is funded by German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).