The Scalable Cities Action Grant is a financial tool to support the replication of measures already successfully tested in Smart Cities and Communities projects.
2nd Call for Proposals is now open!
The present second call for proposals addresses three main priority topics:
a) Systemic changes in governance
b) Education, training and capacity building
c) Data and digitalization
This call seek to:
- improve and optimise internal city governance structures, and/or;
- support the transfer of knowledge from SCC projects to cities through the development and/or implementation of educational activities and programmes, and/or;
- accelerate the digitalization of the energy sector which can help municipalities to lower their energy consumption, stimulate investments in renewable energy and ultimately lower energy bills.
Budget:
The total envelope available for the present call is 336.000 EUR. The maximum grant amount for one project is EUR 50 000.
- Small projects – Below to 15.000 EUR each;
- Medium projects -Between 15.000 - 30.000 EUR each; and
- Large projects - between 30.000 and 50.000 EUR
2nd call for proposal’s deadline: will stay open from 17th February until 31st May 2023
Eligibility
Proposals can be submitted both by individual legal entitiesor by consortia.
Existence of energy and climate plans: the applicant local authority or the city represented by the applicant (in case the applicant is not a local authority) must be a signatory of the Covenant of Mayors, with a current SECAP or SEAP accepted by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre. Alternatively, the city needs to demonstrate the existence of a similar plan with targets as ambitious as the 2020 European Energy and Climate targets.
Additionally, the Scalable Cities Action Grant welcomes and will prioritise applications including small (up to 100.000 inhabitants) and medium (up to 300.000 inhabitants) sized cities.