ICLEI is supporting the EU-funded project ACCTING in launching a call to local authorities, non-profit organisations and collective representation bodies working in the areas of energy, mobility, food, disaster management or biodiversity, to implement a pilot project with potential to reduce or prevent inequalities and negative impacts of the Green Deal on poorer, marginalised and vulnerable groups.
The projects will address the following topics:
- “Next time better and more inclusive” – Engaging local communities to ensure improved disaster responses
- “Wild eyes – Biodiversity crisis knowledge” – Engaging citizens to document the biodiversity crisis
- Awards for inclusive energy communities – Recognising outstanding efforts to mainstream inclusivity in energy communities
- Hands-on small-scale support for vulnerable entrepreneurs – Supporting micro-entrepreneurs to achieve more environmentally sustainable businesses
- Garden BnB – An exchange platform between actors involved with community gardens or agrifood systems
- “Food Everywhere Toolkit” – Inspiring healthy and sustainable food initiatives in schools
- “Green to school: sustainable commutes” – Developing and testing sustainable mobility solutions for schools in peripheral areas
- “Wheels for Justice” – Connecting cycling activism with social justice struggles
- “Series V” – Kickstarting Volunteerism – ‘Crowd-funding’ approach to stimulate volunteers for climate change initiatives
- Cultivating Changemakers: Youth Empowerment through activism – Internship opportunities for school students at NGOs working on social justice in relation to the Green Deal
Each pilot project will be awarded up to €32,000 – subject to costs motivation from applying parties – and should last up to 12 months.
Applications are open to local authorities, non-profit organisations, collective representation bodies working in the following areas: Energy, Mobility, Food, Disaster Management, and Biodiversity. Applicants must be located in the European Union or one of the HORIZON EUROPE Associated Countries. Additional criteria pertaining to specific pilot actions may be found in the call guidelines.
This call for applications is open until 8 September 2023.
Find the full call documents here. For questions, please contact accting-europe@iclei.org. The opportunity is funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme.