The 5th call for project ideas is open from 25 November 2020 until 19 January 2021

The European Climate Initiative (EUKI) finances climate action projects in eight core areas: Climate policy, energy, buildings and municipalities, mobility, agriculture, soils and forestry, awareness, climate-aligned finance and sustainable economy. On this page you find information on the selection procedure for projects applying under the European Climate Initiative (EUKI) funding programme.

NGOs, public authorities, non-profit enterprises as well as academic and educational institutions are called to submit their project ideas until 19th of January 2021.

Register here for the online Information Day taking place on 15th of December 2020: https://lnkd.in/ddNFdmp

Eligibility 

Prospective project implementers must have their official office in an EU member state or be registered there. Prospective implementers from central, eastern and southern Europe in particular are encouraged to submit project proposals. In individual cases, interested parties from EU accession candidate countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey) may also apply for financing as implementing partners. Bilateral and multilateral consortia are equally welcome to participate; as a rule, however, the number of implementing partners (in addition to the implementer) must not exceed four.

Prospective funding recipients must be legal entities endowed with legal capacity. Individuals are not eligible for financing. In addition, prospective funding recipients must be non-profit organisations or belong to one of the following categories:

• Non-governmental organisations
• National/regional/local authorities
• Non-profit enterprises
• Academic and educational institutions

⇒ More information.