The Call to join the third Cohort of Twin Cities as part of the EU Cities Mission is open until 31 October 2024. Any city within EU Member States and Horizon Europe Associated Countries that is not currently part of the Twinning Learning Programme, the Pilot Cities Programme, or the EU Cities Mission and is committed to reaching climate neutrality before or by 2050 can apply. Selected Twin Cities will join an 18-month tailored learning programme for knowledge sharing and transfer of good practices between Twin Cities and Pilot Cities.
Twin Cities will be matched with select Pilot Cities from Cohort 2 (Oslo, Trondheim, and Pecs and Miskolc, and Bratislava and Kosice) and with the third cohort of Pilot Cities. Working individually or as clusters, Pilot Cities are testing new approaches to a rapid climate transition within the Horizon Europe programme. Their work, and the transfer of their learnings to Twin Cities is a crucial part of accomplishing the EU Mission: Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities (“EU Cities Mission”), which aims for 112 cities to be climate neutral by 2030, and for all European Cities to follow suit by 2050.
The overarching objective of the Twinning Learning Programme is to foster lasting connections between cities facing similar challenges and sharing interests in different emissions domains on the road to climate neutrality. It will enable an accelerated transition towards climate neutrality across Europe, as Twin Cities will embed the learnings from Pilot activities in their local contexts, replicating solutions that work across multiple systems related to climate neutrality from buildings to waste, using various levers of change, including social innovation, governance, finance, and policy.
The programme consists of three facilitated modules: Getting started, Co-creating, and Capitalising. Upon completion of the learning cycle, Twin Cities will embed the learnings from pilot activities across the city via a Twin City Action Plan. About this toolkit
Timeline
- Call deadline: The call is now open until 31 October 2024, at 17:00 CET.
- Result announcement: The successful Twin Cities will be announced in early December 2024.
- Programme start: The Twinning Learning Programme is set to start by mid-December 2024.
Call guidelines
All information regarding the Twin City Call Cohort 3 is accessible here.
Info-session date and registration
The info session will take place on Wednesday, 18 September 14:00-15:00 CET. This will be the opportunity to learn more about the Twinning Learning Programme and its Twin Cities Cohort 3 Open Call and ask all your questions. Registrations are open here.
Questions: For further questions, please reach out to the Twinning Learning Programme team at twincities@netzerocities.eu.
Capacity Building (Masterclasses, Peer-to-Peer Learning, Technical Assistance)
This Call for Twin Cities is open to any city in an EU Member State or Horizon Europe Associated Country who is not part of the EU Cities Mission and not yet part of the Twinning Learning Programme or the Pilot Cities Programme. A commitment to reaching climate neutrality before or by 2050 is also required.
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