Deadline: 26-Apr-22
The European Commission (EC) is pleased to announce a call for proposals for its grant program entitled “Global Cooperation and Exchange on Urban Climate Neutrality”.
The platform will establish a geographically and thematically structured online repository of evaluated best practices, complemented by a moderated learning community, to facilitate the two-way exchange of experience and practices on achieving climate neutrality between the cities under the Cities Mission and cities worldwide.
The goal is to accelerate learning, replicability and scaling-up of solutions by helping cities to learn from first movers and tailor their approach. As part of these activities, the platform will provide support as relevant to the cooperation and knowledge exchange actions of the global mission on Urban Transitions set up under Mission Innovation. This will include coordination with the Commission and the Global Covenant of Mayors as co-leads of the global mission.
Funding Information
The check will normally be done for the coordinator if the requested grant amount is equal to or greater than EUR 500,000, except for:
- public bodies (entities established as a public body under national law, including local, regional or national authorities) or international organisations; and
- cases where the individual requested grant amount is not more than EUR 60,000 (lowvalue grant)
Expected Outcomes
Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:
- Facilitate the management and transfer of global knowledge on the topic of climate action in cities, helping cities move closer to climate neutrality;
- Increase the visibility of the EU and its cities as frontrunners and collaboration-minded partners in urban climate action;
- Contribute to the implementation of EU policy and international commitment (European Green Deal, Global Approach to Research and Innovation).
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for funding, applicants must be established in one of the eligible countries, ie:
- the Member States of the European Union, including their outermost regions;
- the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) linked to the Member States;
- eligible non-EU countries:
- countries associated to Horizon Europe
- low- and middle-income countries.
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