Affordable and housing in the EU – the European City Facility Anke Möllers, Energy Cities

1. Affordable and decent
housing in the EU – the
European City Facility
Anke Möllers
Energy Cities
This project has received funding from the
European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and
innovation programme under grant agreement
No 864212
Riga, 6 July 2022

2. The European learning community
for future-proof cities
www.energy-cities.eu

3. (Collective
1000+
members
30+
countries
THE POWER OF A
NETWORK

4. This project has received funding from the
European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and
innovation programme under grant agreement
No 864212
to support local
investments
in sustainable energy
Designed by cities for
cities
European City Facility - EUCF

5. Limited human resources and capacity
Conservative approach to project finance
Lack of experience with developing investment packages
Reluctance to invest in project preparation
Difficulty of matching elections and investment cycles
Barriers to financing sustainable energy

6. Title
This project has received funding from the
European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and
innovation programme under grant agreement
No 864212
Deliver more than 200 investment concepts
Provide financial and technical expertise to cities
Build capacity of more than 400 municipal staff
Facilitate access to private & EU finance and advisory services
Trigger EUR 320 million of public and private investment
EUCF - objectives

7. What does the EUCF finance?

8. EUCF – application

9. Central & East (BG, CZ,HR, EE, LV, LT, SI, SK, PL, RO, HU)
North & West (BE, DE, IE, FR, LU, NL, AT, FI, SE, DK, UK)
South (GR, IT, ES, MT, PT, CY)
Regional approach

10. Call 4: 9 June 2022 - 30 September 2022
The 4th call is open

11. 4th call - available budget
Region
Budget available
(M EUR)
Applications to be
selected
Nordic countries and
Western Europe
0,54 9
Central Eastern
Europe
1,32 22
Southern
Europe
1,02 17
Total 2,88 48

12. Investment sectors so far (call 1 -
3)

13. Anke Möllers
anke.mollers@energy-cities.eu
www.eucityfacility.eu
@eucityfacility