End of 5th application phase: The European City Facility records high application numbers

The European City Facility (EUCF) successfully closed the application phase for the fifth call for applications at the end of June 2023. For the first time, the EUCF ran under the EU framework programme "LIFE", the follow-up programme to the European Commission's successful "Horizon 2020" funding campaign.

What are the next steps?

In the coming weeks and months, the validation team of adelphi research together with the partners represented in the consortium will evaluate the submitted application proposals and, if appropriate, qualify them as eligible for funding. A total of 70 applicants will be identified as eligible and thus as beneficiaries. The results of the fifth call will be communicated individually to the respective beneficiaries in September 2023 and additionally announced on the EUCF website.

LIFE EUCF provides financial support of 60,000 euros to successful applicant entities, as well as technical support for capacity building in order to develop valid investment concepts to realise the respective projects. In the next phases, the funding amount will be disbursed to the beneficiaries in a stepwise manner. Thus, beneficiaries are given one year to use the funding for preparing the investment concept in order to implement the envisaged energy efficiency project.

Nice to know

The majority of applications in this call clearly came from Central and Eastern Europe, followed by Southern Europe, the Nordic countries and Western Europe. In detail, the applications are distributed among the eligible geographical regions as follows:

The EUCF is carried out by a European consortium under the leadership of Energy Cities. adelphi research takes responsibility for a wide range of relevant organisational and implementation activities, such as the EUCF application, evaluation and investment concept development processes. In addition, adelphi research is responsible for the smooth validation of the investment concepts prepared by the beneficiaries and contributes to the efficient daily operation of the EUCF with technical and financial expertise.

Contact: Carolina Borges, Consultant at adelphi research gGmbH