01 Mar 2023
53 cities take part in EU Cities Mission pilot programme
The Mission Platform of the EU Mission for Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities has invited 53 cities from across twenty-one EU and Horizon 2020 Associated Countries to take part in its Pilot Cities Programme. These Pilot Cities will experiment with new ways to rapidly decarbonise over the course of a two-year programme. The 53 cities were selected from more than 100 applications and will receive between €0.5 million and €1.5 million from a total of €32 million in grants from NetZeroCities, a Horizon 2020 project, which is managing the Mission Platform.
Cities that were not selected as Pilot Cities at this stage will have many other ways to engage with the Cities Mission, for example through a twinning and teaming programme that will start shortly. Further Pilot Calls are also being planned.
NetZeroCities is a project consortium consisting of 33 partners from 27 European countries, managing the EU Cities Mission platform. The project supports the 112 European cities known as the Mission Cities in drastically reducing their greenhouse gas emissions to achieve climate neutrality.
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