Joint Assistance to Support Projects in European Regions (JASPERS) helps cities and regions absorb European funds through top-quality projects. JASPERS offers free of charge assistance for local authorities and promoters for any stage of the project cycle from the early stages of project conception through to the final application for EU funding. Assistance may cover:
European Local Energy Assistance (ELENA) provides grants for technical assistance focused on the implementation of energy efficiency, distributed renewable energy and urban transport projects and programmes.
The grant can be used to finance costs related to feasibility and market studies, programme structuring, business plans, energy audits and financial structuring, as well as to the preparation of tendering procedures, contractual arrangements and project implementation units.
The InvestEU Advisory Hub is the central entry point for project promoters and intermediaries seeking advisory support and technical assistance related to centrally managed EU investment funds and Advisory initiatives under the four InvestEU policy windows as well as under a cross-sectoral/ horizontal advisory component.
Advisory initiatives will be set up under each of the four InvestEU policy windows as well as under a cross-sectoral component for horizontal advisory support services.
The InvestEU Advisory Hub offers support for:
The climate sub-programme supports projects in the areas of farming, land use, peatland management, renewable energies and energy efficiency. It co-finances projects in the areas of urban adaptation and land-use planning, the resilience of infrastructure, sustainable management of water in drought-prone areas, flood and coastal management, the resilience of the agricultural, forestry and tourism sectors, and/or support to the EU's outermost regions.
Projects are co-financed under the LIFE Clean Energy Transition sub-programme in the following five areas of intervention:
Building a national, regional and local policy framework supporting the clean energy transition;
Accelerating technology roll-out, digitalisation, new services and business models and enhancement of the related professional skills on the market;
Attracting private finance for sustainable energy;
Supporting the development of local and regional investment projects;
The LIFE programme is divided into two strands: one for the environment and another for climate action.
The climate action strand also has two sub-programmes:
Climate change mitigation and adaptation
Clean energy transition
Projects are financed under these categories:
- Standard Action Projects (SAPs), traditional LIFE projects focused on best practices, demonstration, capacity building, deployment, mobilizing investment, and implementation of relevant EU policy.
Missions will operate through a portfolio of actions – such as research projects, policy measures or even legislative initiatives - to achieve a measurable goal that could not be achieved through individual actions. The missions will contribute to the goals of the European Green Deal, Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan as well as the Sustainable Development Goals.
Areas where there will be missions
This cluster aims at reducing environmental degradation, halting and reversing the decline of biodiversity on land, inland waters and sea and better
managing natural resources through transformative changes of the economy and society in both urban and rural areas.
Areas of intervention
This cluster aims to fight climate change by better understanding its causes, evolution, risks, impacts and opportunities, and by making the energy and transport sectors are more climate and environment-friendly, more efficient and competitive, smarter, safer and more resilient.
Areas of intervention
Energy cooperatives refer to a business model where citizens jointly own and participate in renewable energy (RES) or energy efficiency (EE) projects. In energy cooperatives citizens are involved in both the decision making and financial & economical participation. All citizens are eligible to participate. After purchasing a cooperative share and becoming a member or co-owner of local RES and EE projects, members share in the profits and often are given the opportunity to buy the electricity at a fair price.
