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With around €10 billion of support over 2020-2030, the Innovation Fund is one of the world’s largest funding programmes for the demonstration of innovative low-carbon technologies, aiming to bring to the market industrial solutions to decarbonise Europe.  

The second call for proposals under the Innovation...Läs mer

After three and a half years of intensive work, this is time for the H2020-funded PROSPECT project to end, but not without great successes and achievements to look back at!

Innovative financing is often an option for climate projects, but cities, municipalities and regions need to know how to activate and use it: PROSPECT filled that...Läs mer

“As a buyer from a government, we must give the right signal. We must stimulate the market. With the Big Buyers group, we give attention, we motivate each other. We have to make big steps, but if we do it together, it’s easier.” - Richard Brabers, city of Rotterdam, member of the Big Buyers Initiative heavy-duty electric vehicles...Läs mer

Your energy agency, city or region faces some challenges in its energy and climate data collection, monitoring, processing or communication?

If the answer to one of these challenges is YES, then take this survey to help design a training programme mentored by experienced energy agencies.

Filling in the survey will give you a chance to...Läs mer

Do you work on regional development policies? Are you involved in the structural funds management? Would you like to learn from smart and sustainable solutions from other regions?

The Interreg Europe Policy Learning Platform has a specialised service for you. They can organise 2-day meetings in your region or online. Going deep into the...Läs mer

Are you thinking about setting up an energy community, but you’re not sure where to start? Do you already have a group and are wondering how to move through the next steps? Or do you maybe already know what type of project you would like to do, but you need more information on how to finance it? If the answer to any of these questions is...Läs mer

Our office conducted an online survey during the summer 2020 aimed at collecting local and regional authorities’ views and suggestions on the future of the Covenant initiative in Europe.

The outcome will be used to reposition the initiative in its new (policy, social, economic) context and transform it so that it best support climate...Läs mer

The climate crisis is the most crucial development challenge of our time, and cities have a key role in driving the shift to low-carbon, inclusive economies.

The Climate Smart Cities Challenge open call is an opportunity for cities to participate as implementation partners in a city-based open innovation competition that will...Läs mer

In a session organised with the Committee of the Regions as part of the European Week of Regions and Cities, we invited several of our signatories to share their experience in implementing participatory models of governance to combat climate change.

To Rafal Trzaskowski, Mayor of Warsaw and Committee of the Regions rapporteur on the EU...Läs mer