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Smart Cities Marketplace

Call for Applications - Matchmaking Services

The Smart Cities Marketplace provides regular matchmaking services to help cities and city consortia with their project proposals to achieve climate neutrality. On a regular basis calls for applications are published. These aim to help with identifying projects, or further shaping project ideas to become bankable through tailor-made technical assistance. Matchmaking services also aim to help investors to find smart city proposals. Projects with a high maturity level can be further supported through the deal meetings with the platform’s Investor Network. The Smart Cities Marketplace‘s support is thus provided throughout the ‘Explore’, ‘Shape’ and ‘Deal’ stages of the respective projects.

Interested cities or city consortia can respond by providing as much information as possible in the intake form, available here, with the details of their projects.

The call is open continuously open and applications will be assessed and a personalised follow-up will be assured regarding the matchmaking services that the Smart Cities Marketplace can provide you with. A response within the timeframe of the current call will ensure that your application is followed up promptly. However, the intake form is permanently available on the website, in case you would like to apply at a later stage (further calls will follow).  If you need help filling out the intake form, consult the Guidance Document (also see below) available, or contact the Smart Cities Marketplace via the helpdesk

To be eligible for the call, applications must comply with the following minimum requirements:

  • Applications must concern project concepts to be situated in one of the EU Member States, or in a country being eligible under the Horizon Europe programme
  • Applicants must represent a city or a consortium including at least one city that endorses the project. Small and mid-sized cities, meaning cities with less than 100.000 inhabitants are the main target group of the matchmaking, although larger cities are also welcome to apply.
  • Applicants must have identified a project or technology suitable for intervention (i.e., in the area of clean energy, sustainable mobility and digital solutions), the geographical area in which the project is planned, the main target beneficiaries of the project, and the main stakeholders to be engaged.

Applicants can also take advantage of the Smart Cities Marketplace services, which provide support for developing project ideas. In order to prepare and/or improve the project to become eligible for an application, we recommend consulting the growing collection of Solution Booklets available on the Smart Cities Marketplace website here.

Documents

PML self-assessment tool v5.xlsm
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SCM_Guidance_CallForApplications.pdf
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