A short-term implementation-focused programme for accelerated impact.
Leveraging Innovation and Financing Transformation Call
The Leveraging Innovation and Financing for Transformation (LIFT) call is now open with applications closing on 24 August 2026.
LIFT provides €2 million in funding for Mission cities to expand the Enabling City Transformation portfolio and address key barriers to climate neutrality through more innovative financing, governance, and systems-change interventions that can be scaled and replicated across Europe.
This is a short-term, implementation-focused programme that will run from 28 September to 6 November 2026. It represents a strategic reinvestment of unused resources from Pilot cities cohort 2 and 3 and Enabling City Transformation programmes to Mission cities that have technical and operational readiness for immediate implementation, allowing accelerated impact and potential for replicability.
