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This call for expression of interest is the chance for your city to join the Mission and be among the 100 cities that commit to climate-neutrality by 2030

You can register to access the online questionnaire (preview) that allows you to submit your city’s Expression of Interest. The questionnaire asks for information on your city’s current situation, ongoing work, and plans regarding climate neutrality. Courtesy translations of the questionnaire can be viewed in all EU languages after registration.

• A factsheet will shortly be available in all EU languages and shows the eligibility conditions, a timeline and benefits for your city
• Check the updated Frequently Asked Questions for more information
• More questions? Find detailed information in an Info Kit for cities

The amendment to the Work Programme is available on the Funding & Tender portal.

Two new calls will contribute to the implementation of the Climate-neutral and Smart Cities Mission by providing support to cities to achieve climate neutrality.

Actions under these calls will cover a wide range of subjects such as urban planning and design for climate-neutral cities, sustainable urban mobility, positive and clean energy districts.

The first call will be open 11 January 2022 – 26 April 2022, with an overall indicative budget of EUR 117 million. The second call will be open 28 April 2022 – 6 September 2022, with an indicative budget of EUR 42 million. In addition, support in the range of EUR 81 million will be provided to the scale-up of the Mission Platform that will in turn help cities in their journey towards climate-neutrality.

The NetZeroCities project is now accepting applications for two City Panels, one for city practitioners and one for politicians and senior managers, to provide city-user input and to help shape the services of the Mission Platform.

For further information, please refer to the FAQs or contact eucitiesmission@iclei.org.

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Don’t miss the EU Missions Info Days where dedicated research and innovation actions for the implementation of five EU Missions will be presented.

Watch the conference which was co-organised with the Committee of the Regions.

To help cities fill in the questionnaire of the Call for Expression of Interest, three webinars were organised, focusing on different sections of the questionnaire. You can watch the recordings online.

• Webinar on the first part of the questionnaire (covering eligibility, climate neutrality target, vision/ambition, current level of emissions)
• Webinar on the second part of the questionnaire (participating cities' existing plans, initiatives and synergies)
• Webinar on the third part of the questionnaire (finance, investment strategies, governance, partnerships, capacity and risk) – recording will be available soon on the Missions website