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    NetZeroCities ECT2: Enabling City Transformation 2

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    Run by SGA3-NZC

    3 Dec 2026
    Deadline
    €1.5M
    Per company
    €8M
    Total for all companies

    What this call funds

    This call supports EU Mission Cities in tackling systemic barriers that block whole city climate transformation, such as heating and cooling, building retrofits, urban mobility, finance and energy systems. It funds a 22 month programme of pilot interventions, capacity building and governance work designed to turn climate ambitions into durable, scalable city wide delivery. Grants are cascading subgrants tied to actual costs incurred.

    climate adaptation · energy efficiency · smart cities · renewable energy · regional development · social innovation

    Who wins this

    A designated EU Mission City, alone or leading a consortium with other Mission Cities and partners like research institutions, SMEs or NGOs, seeking to resolve a specific systemic barrier to citywide climate neutrality.

    Could you win this call?

    Only the website is required.

    The call in detail

    Indicative grant size
    €1.5M
    Submission
    Single-stage submission (full proposal at once)
    Type of action
    Cascade funding
    Partners
    Not stated in the call.
    Eligible applicants
    public body
    Support to third parties
    Cascading grants of 500,000 EUR, 1,000,000 EUR or 1,500,000 EUR depending on the number of distinct Mission Cities in the consortium, reimbursed against actual costs incurred.
    Also required
    Only designated EU Mission Cities may apply as lead applicants, other organisations may join as consortium partners but non Mission cities or districts cannot lead, and a mandatory letter of support from the city mayor is required for each participating city.
    Eligible countries (45)
    Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Israel, Türkiye, Ukraine, Serbia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Georgia, Armenia, Moldova, Tunisia, New Zealand

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