You are invited: The New European Bauhaus Festival is open! (08/06/2022)
The festival brings together citizens from all walks of life to debate and shape our future landscape. It is an opportunity to explore the New European Bauhaus values of beauty, sustainability and togetherness, and their power to address societal challenges.
World Urban Forum: The European Mission goes international (08/06/2022)
The eleventh session of the World Urban Forum (WUF11) will take place 26-30 June in Katowice, Poland.
The countdown is on: Cities Mission Kick-Off Event on 13 June (08/06/2022)
After months of preparation, 377 expressions of interest and an exciting reveal of the selected cities, it is now time to start the work of the Mission for 100 climate-neutral and smart cities by 2030 in earnest.
CrAFt Platform launched (08/06/2022)
On 1 May 2022 CrAFt (CReating Actionable FuTures) launched its platform, under the umbrella of the Cities Mission.
Apply now: European Capital of Innovation Awards 2022 (08/06/2022)
This year, the contest will award six prizes in total for the two categories: the European Capital of Innovation and the Rising Innovative City.
Meet the Mission Cities! Selected Cities of the Mission for 100 Climate-neutral and Smart Cities by 2030 are announced (28/04/2022)
We are delighted to announce the 100 selected cities of the Mission for 100 climate-neutral and smart cities by 2030. 12 cities from Associated Countries and from countries that are in the process of negotiating their association to Horizon Europe were also selected to participate in the Cities Mission.
List of Applicant Cities for Mission "100 Climate-neutral and Smart Cities by 2030" published (23/02/2022)
We thought it would be useful to let you know that since the close of our Call for Expression of Interest, we have had a lot of interest in which cities have applied! Therefore, the European Commission services have today published the names of the cities that have expressed their interest to be part of the Cities Mission, and have agreed to have their name published.
Follow Cities Mission news on social media (01/02/2022)
Follow news about the Cities Mission on Twitter
Overwhelming response to Cities Mission Call for Expression of Interest (01/02/2022)
The Call for cities to express their interest to join the new Horizon Europe Mission for climate-neutral and smart cities closed yesterday, 31 January.
Closing on 31 January 2022 - Call for Expression of Interest to join the Mission “100 climate-neutral and smart cities by 2030” (18/01/2022)
The Commission Call for Expression of Interest addressed to cities to join the European Mission on Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities will close on 31 January 2022.
High-level event on Civic Engagement in EU Missions (21/03/2022)
The event will take place in Paris on 21 March 2022. It is organised by the French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation in the context of the French presidency of the Council of the European Union.
Cities Mission Webinar: Friday 21 January 2022 14:00 CET (21/01/2022)
A webinar about the Cities Mission will take place on Friday 21 January 2022, at 14:00 CET. During the webinar Mission Manager Matthew Baldwin and members from the Mission team will reply to questions by city representatives.
Introducing NetZeroCities – the consortium running the Cities Mission Platform (18/01/2022)
NetZeroCities continues its work to design and build the Mission Platform, as well as preparing for the start of the Climate City Contract process with selected cities following the identification of the 100 Mission Cities.
The Commission is seeking experts to advise on EU Missions (18/01/2022)
The European Commission is recruiting top independent experts to advise on EU Missions, including the Cities Mission.
Follow Cities Mission news on social media (18/01/2022)
The Horizon Europe 2021-2022 Missions Work Programme is adopted (15/12/2021)
The Work Programme was adopted on 15 December.
Missed an event? Check out the recording! (17/12/2021)
On 25 November, the launch of the implementation of EU Missions and the presentation of the Call for Expression of Interest for the Cities Mission took place.
Setup of City Panels to shape the tools and services under the Mission Platform (16/12/2021)
This is an opportunity to influence the design of the tools and services that will be available to cities (One-Stop Shop, Climate City Contract). It is also an opportunity to network with other cities that are committed to climate neutrality.
Open until 31 January 2022 - Call for Expression of Interest to join the Mission “100 climate-neutral and smart cities by 2030” (15/12/2021)
The Commission call for expression of interest addressed to cities to join the European Mission on Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities is open until 31 January 2022.
EU Missions Info Days 18 – 19 January 2021 (18/01/2022)
You can participate in the Cities Mission session on 19 January 2021, 10:45 – 12:45 CET.
Follow Cities Mission news on social media (17/12/2021)
Check out the upcoming events about the Call for Expression of Interest (22/11/2021)
To help cities fill in the questionnaire of the Call for Expression of Interest, a series of webinars will be organised, focusing on different sections of the questionnaire.
The Call for Expression of Interest to join the Mission “100 climate-neutral and smart cities by 2030” is now open. (22/11/2021)
Today, the Commission launched a call for expression of interest addressed to cities to join the European Mission on Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities. This is the chance for your city to take up the ambitious challenge that the Mission has set out to address: to deliver at least 100 climate-neutral and smart European cities by 2030, and to ensure that these cities act as experimentation and innovation hubs to put all European cities in a position to become climate-neutral by 2050.
