Funding

Browse content

    Hubs

    Types of content

14 results displayed
Media
Funding climate action in cities

Funding climate action in cities

Finance & Divest
Funding
Local governments
Local governance

09/10/2024

European cities will need to hire a host of new staff to enact the array of climate measures put forward by national and EU legislators—a difficult task given the budget constraints faced by most municipalities. Claire Roumet of Energy Cities discusses how new funding models for cities can help address staffing challenges.
Advocacy
Joined up financial support from EU, national and regional funds for cities and regions are a must for achieving Europe’s social, economic and environmental objectives

Joined up financial support from EU, national and regional funds for cities and regions are a must for achieving Europe’s social, economic and environmental objectives

Letter from the Local Alliance to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen

European policies
Funding
Multilevel Governance
Local governance
Fossil-free cities
Community energy
Food systems
Fair economies

10/09/2024

The European networks of local and regional governments, bringing their expertise in energy, mobility, waste, governance and citizen engagement, have written a joint letter calling for an urgent rethink of Europe’s funding of cities and regions.
News
Drawing inspiration from Mission cities: become a twin city to accelerate your transition

Drawing inspiration from Mission cities: become a twin city to accelerate your transition

Join the latest programme designed to help cities replicate efforts from pilots of the Cities Mission

Tools & Capacity building
Climate neutrality
Funding
Local governments
Learning programme
Local governance

09/04/2024

Do you want to accelerate your climate transition? Don’t wait! Apply for the NetZeroCities Twinning Learning Programme! It’s a 20-month programme for knowledge sharing and […]
News
Learn on innovative financing for your local energy & climate projects!

Learn on innovative financing for your local energy & climate projects!

PROSPECT+, capacity building for cities & regions, launches its final call!

Mobility
Finance & Divest
Renewables
Tools & Capacity building
Energy retrofitting
+
Local governance
Fossil-free cities
Community energy

31/01/2024

Apply to this learning programme which also offers some community energy skills building. It is tailored to enhance local and regional actions in the field of energy efficiency of public and private buildings, public lighting, transport, and cross-sectoral actions such as local energy production.
News
NetZeroCities -15 million Euros to act as innovation hubs as they test solutions for rapid decarbonisation

NetZeroCities -15 million Euros to act as innovation hubs as they test solutions for rapid decarbonisation

Congratulations to the 26 cities selected to join the Pilot Cities Programm

Decarbonisation
Climate neutrality
Funding
Local governance
Fossil-free cities

25/01/2024

Working individually or as clusters, these Pilot Cities will implement systemic and locally designed innovative actions that span multiple areas, from buildings to waste, and […]
News
Rethinking the criteria for assessing “sound” budgetary management at the local level to initiate the ecological shift

Rethinking the criteria for assessing “sound” budgetary management at the local level to initiate the ecological shift

Municipalities and inter-municipal groupings need to devote significant, targeted budgetary resources in a context of increasing scarcity of public funds. 

Finance & Divest
Tools & Capacity building
Urban planning & Vision
Climate neutrality
Funding
+
Local governance
Fossil-free cities

16/06/2023

By Anthony Poulin, Deputy Mayor of Besançon in charge of finance, public procurement, sustainable development and coordination of resilience actions We need to rethink the […]
News
European City Facility to support 70 sustainable energy investment plans with a total budget of 4.2M EUR

European City Facility to support 70 sustainable energy investment plans with a total budget of 4.2M EUR

The 5th EUCF has just opened today, 28 April 2023. The deadline for submitting your application is 30 June 2023, 17:00 (Brussels time).

Energy efficiency & Buildings
Heating & Cooling
Urban planning & Vision
Energy retrofitting
Emissions reduction
+
Fossil-free cities

28/04/2023

The European City Facility (EUCF) supports European local governments in developing sustainable energy investement plans, by funding activities required to build up an investment plan. […]
News
Join a unique capacity-building programme on innovative financing!

Join a unique capacity-building programme on innovative financing!

H2020 PROSPECT+ is launching its third call for applications. Don’t miss the opportunity!

Energy efficiency & Buildings
Mobility
Finance & Divest
Renewables
Tools & Capacity building
+
Fossil-free cities

24/03/2023

Would you like to explore new ways of financing your energy and climate measures? Would you like to learn about energy performance contracting, municipal green […]
News
13 organisations joining forces to boost Smart Energy Performance Contracting

13 organisations joining forces to boost Smart Energy Performance Contracting

Energy efficiency & Buildings
Energy savings
Funding
Fossil-free cities

15/12/2022

13 organisations have partnered in the EU-funded project “Smart EPC” with the aim to integrate energy efficiency services with other energy services and non-energy benefits, […]
News
Local organisations can receive €22,000 to support the Green Deal

Local organisations can receive €22,000 to support the Green Deal

Apply to get funds for your #GreenDeal initiative by 31 January

Energy efficiency & Buildings
Mobility
Sustainable food systems
Funding
Biodiversity
Local governance
Fossil-free cities
Community energy
Food systems
Fair economies

14/12/2022

Local authorities, their local agencies and utilities as well as not-for-profit organisations have the opportunity to apply for €22,000 to become local partners of the […]

Projects All projects

EU Peers

EU Peers

Building the European community of practice for Integrated Home Renovation Services
EU Peers

Integrated Home Renovation Services (IHRS) offer holistic solutions for home renovations and are part of the enabling framework breaking barriers to renovation. The overall objective […]