About the request
The City Expert Support Facility (CESF), through NetZeroCities / Climate-KIC, are requesting proposals for City Finance Specialised Services, dedicated to support capital and finance needs for specific Mission cities in the following geographic areas:
- Bulgaria : Sofia and Gabrovo
- Czech Republic : Liberec
- Estonia : Tartu
- Hungary : Budapest, Miskolc and Pecs
- Israel : Eilat
- Latvia : Riga and Liepāja
- Lithuania : Vilnius and Tauragė
- Slovakia : Bratislava and Košice
In a practical sense, the City Finance Specialist (CFS) will be expected to work collaboratively with each city’s transition team and finance leadership to identify areas of support work and prioritise execution. The CFS will serve as a connection point with the Climate City Capital Hub (CH) and ensure project preparation assistance and capital markets engagement from the CH is aligned with city processes and decision-making. Over time, the CFS serves to help each city build their internal capacity and capabilities, providing direct assistance while avoiding locking in dependencies on the CFS long term.
The CFS will need to:
- Identify and provide priority capacity- and capability-building support to Mission cities in the defined geography of this CFS.
- Support Mission cities with implementation of their investment plans.
- Become familiar with cities organisational structure, get to know all stakeholders and be aware of who the decision makers are.
- Work to establish a plan for needed capacity and capability development, both among existing city staff and with additional roles for the city to establish and recruit.
- Work in close collaboration with NetZeroCities and the Climate City Capital Hub to provide across the Cities Mission substantial opportunities for shared learning, synergies in capacity and capability support activities, policy development, and capital markets engagement.
The City Finance Specialist Service Provider (CFS) will be expected to plan for regular in-person meeting time with city staff. Working with Finance Theme leadership, workflows will be developed to reflect the particular needs and expectations appropriate for each country and situation a CFS will be serving.
Please find all further relevant information including key tasks, foreseen timeline, full detailed scope, out of scope, milestones, and all related information below.
Timeline and additional information
Interested parties are invited to submit their proposals by 30 July 2025 to Baptiste Mesa [CESF@netzerocities.eu]. Proposals should include and address all specific requirements related to the request which can be found below.
