The European Capitals of Culture initiative is designed to: Highlight the richness and diversity of cultures in Europe Celebrate the cultural features ...
Public Funding
Putting good ideas into practice requires resources. Here you can find a summary of German, European, and international funding opportunities available to support smart cities, i.e. the digitization in urban areas, and urban development.
If you have any information about other relevant funding projects, we would be happy to add them to our list. You are also welcome to share your experience with such projects with the community or ask any questions you may have in the comments section. We look forward to hearing from you.
Planned City Extensions
The aim of UN-Habitat’s support on planned city extensions is to increase residential and economic densities with compact communities while guiding new ...
Safer Cities Programme
Programme embraces a holistic, integrated, multi-level government and multi-sectoral approach to improving the livability of cities and quality of life for ...
Urban Planning and Design Lab
The LAB supports local, regional and national authorities to implement policies, plans and designs through participatory planning processes for more ...
Global Public Space Programme
A key element of the programme is to design and build high-quality public spaces in partnership with local governments. The programme focuses mainly on ...
City Prosperity Initiative
Global initiative that enables city authorities, as well as local and national stakeholders, to identify opportunities and potential areas of intervention ...
Lending for Energy Efficiency
UNEP and the UNEP Risoe Centre on Energy and Environment have started an effort with the World Bank’s Energy Efficiency and Environment Thematic ...
Seed Capital Assistance Facility (SCAF)
New initiative operating across Asia and Africa. The facility is aimed at helping energy investment funds provide seed financing to early stage clean ...
Cities and Climate Change Initiative
The initiative seeks to enhance the preparedness and mitigation activities of cities in developing countries. It emphasizes good governance, responsibility ...
Africa Urban Agenda Programme
Raise the profile of urbanization as a force for the structural transformation of Africa …
