The European Commission has recently published the Call for Proposals of the Partnership for sustainable cities with te objective to promote integrated urban development through partnerships built among local authorities of the EU Member States and of partner countries.
This call represents a good contribution amid the new EU political priorities, promoting good governance, “Green Deal”, growth, job creation and digitalisation. More specifically, it aims at strengthening urban governance, ensuring social inclusiveness of cities, improving resilience and greening of cities and improving. prosperity and innovation in cities. The guidelines of the call can be found on the EuropeAid website.
List of activities that may be financed includes: Pilot projects on basic services and network infrastructures, i.e. water, sanitation, waste (including recycling), energy (including efficiency) and public transport, Improving the quality of air in the cities and management of water and solid waste, Pilot projects to support the design and implementation of new environmental and climate-resilient local public policies in line with the EU green deal.
The deadline for the submission of concept notes is 23/04/2021 at 16:00 (Brussels time). Questions shall be redirected to intpa-171273@ec.europa.eu, no later than 21 days before the deadline.
