Together for a greener future: Cluj-Napoca’s citizen-centric climate strategy

2025-05-21T09:51:59+02:00February 3rd, 2025|

Author: Barbara Jarkiewicz Stories from Pilot Cities: Cluj-Napoca is a participant in the Pilot Cities Programme, an EU grant-funded programme that focuses on exploring and testing pathways to rapid decarbonisation over a two-year period. "We are doing it for them, so we need to do it together.” - says Liviu Purtator from Cluj-Napoca City Hall. Involving citizens is one of the key elements in successfully driving climate transition in cities and in Romania the city of Cluj-Napoca has implemented impactful activities to bring citizens on board to build a net-zero city together. [...]

Expert Support to the Community of Practice of Cities in Poland

2025-02-19T11:22:27+01:00January 29th, 2025|

Deadline: 12 February 2025 Deadline to submit clarifications/questions: 5 February 2025 In the context of the efforts of Polish cities within the EU Mission for 100 Climate Neutral Cities by 2030, and specifically the opportunity identified to provide additional support to the community of cities working toward the Mission’s objectives within the Polish national ecosystem, through the NetZeroCities City Expert Support Facility, NetZeroCities / Climate-KIC are requesting quotation for services from an organization or individual able to operate within this national context. The role involves supporting teams from NetZeroCities, as relevant, to take charge of and facilitate the process described [...]

Seeking Expert Support for Stakeholder Engagement for Rome’s Climate Transition

2025-01-22T17:21:52+01:00January 22nd, 2025|

Deadline: 11 February 2025 (23:59:59 CET) Through the NetZeroCities City Expert Support Facility, NetZeroCities / Climate-KIC are requesting quotations for expert support to Roma Capitale to advance and solidify the strong multi-level collaborative structure required to implement the Climate City Contract. About the request Roma Capitale has finalised the Climate City Contract (CCC) and aims to receive the Mission Label in 2025. Starting from the establishment of an internal Climate Office within the public body in 2021, Rome’s path toward the Mission Label started in 2022 with the launch of an engagement strategy that involves the public agencies, the private sector [...]

Expert Support to the Community of Practice of Cities in the Czech Republic

2025-01-22T17:02:05+01:00January 22nd, 2025|

Deadline: 5 February 2025 In the context of the efforts of Czech cities within the EU Mission for 100 Climate Neutral Cities by 2030, and specifically the opportunity identified to provide additional support to the community of cities working toward the mission’s objectives within the Czech Republic's national ecosystem, the NetZeroCities City Expert Support Facility, NetZeroCities / Climate-KIC are requesting quotation for services from an organization or individual able to operate within this national context. The role involves supporting teams from NetZeroCities, as relevant, to take charge of and facilitate the process described below. About the request The following is [...]

Seeking Expert Analysis for Urban Food Policy Innovation in Amsterdam

2025-01-22T16:53:00+01:00January 22nd, 2025|

Deadline: 11 February 2025 (23:59:59 CET) Through the NetZeroCities City Expert Support Facility, NetZeroCities / Climate-KIC are requesting quotation for urban food policy innovation expertise (individual or team) to support the City of Amsterdam in its integrated climate neutrality efforts. About the request Across the Mission for 100 Climate Neutral Cities by 2030, many cities recognize that scope 3 emissions are critical to address. In Amsterdam, about 80% of CO2 emissions is due to material use (Monitor Circulaire Economie Technische toelichting (2022)). Amsterdam already has an aspiring circular economy ambition1 and wants to use the opportunity of the Mission to [...]

Expert analysis to support successful development of district energy services in Padova

2025-01-17T17:53:37+01:00January 17th, 2025|

Deadline: 7 February 2025 (23:59:59 CET) Through the NetZeroCities City Expert Support Facility, NetZeroCities / Climate-KIC are requesting quotations for the first phase of a planned two-phase analysis to support successful development of district energy services in Padova. This first phase is a district energy screening study, which builds on the district energy directions articulated in Padova’s Climate City Contract. The completion of this screening study will set forth the directions for the City in the anticipated second phase, describe the needed business and technical analyses needed in the second phase along with a budget for that work, and establish [...]

The Power of Partnerships: Forging Alliances to Scale and Speed Up the Impact of the Cities Mission

2025-05-21T09:56:42+02:00December 20th, 2024|

For cities to reach climate neutrality, they will need to overcome systemic problems – a key feature of the ‘Mission model’. Read here about how the Mission Platform, managed by NetZeroCities, is incorporating Mission principles to strengthen its support to cities and creating new partnerships for fresh thinking.  Just as cities are building partnerships to connect, exchange, and create knowledge and activities across their city, NetZeroCities is doing the same as the platform for the EU Cities Mission. But how does their will to cooperate relate to climate ambition?   When it comes to cities reaching their climate [...]

NetZeroCities Seasonal School: Fuelling Climate City Contract Implementation

2025-02-06T15:38:06+01:00December 16th, 2024|

17 Mission Cities representatives gathered in Madrid for the fifth edition of the NetZeroCities Seasonal School, hosted by consortium partners Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and Politecnico de Milano from 27 to 29 November. This event focused specifically on the implementation phase of Climate City Contracts (CCCs), supporting cities as they move from planning to accelerated action on their climate goals. The Seasonal Schools are a key part of the NetZeroCities Capability Building Programme, offering Mission Cities tailored support throughout the various phases of their CCCs. These outline cities’ climate strategies, including Commitments, Actions, and Investment Plans, [...]

Expert support focused on stakeholder mobilisation in Umeå: Request for Proposals (Updated)

2025-01-08T15:16:36+01:00December 4th, 2024|

Update (08 January): The submission deadline was  postponed to 22 January 2025, with the implementation deadlines postponed accordingly (details below). Update (20 December): A document with responses to questions from interested parties has been added as an annex to this RfP. Deadline: 22 January 2025 (23:59:59 CET) Through the NetZeroCities City Expert Support Facility, NetZeroCities / Climate-KIC are requesting quotations for expert support focused on stakeholder mobilisation – answering the question: How can Umeå municipality practically and effectively facilitate multi-actor climate action? Responding to this question entails the explicit intent to explore strategies that do not always involve the municipality [...]

Support with implementation of Sustainable Energy Community in Liberec: Request for Proposals (Updated)

2024-12-20T16:46:23+01:00December 4th, 2024|

Update (20 December): A document with responses to questions from interested parties has been added as an annex to this RfP. Deadline: 8 January 2025 Through the NetZeroCities City Expert Support Facility, NetZeroCities / Climate-KIC are requesting quotations to provide technical, legal and administrative assistance for the implementation of a Sustainable Energy Community (EC) in the city of Liberec, associated to the Department of Energy Management (creation of the legal-administrative entity). About the request City of Liberec wants to act as a facilitator for the creation of the EC. To that end, the city council of Liberec, specifically its Department [...]

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