Funding and investment

Financial support is crucial to growth and job creation at the local and European level, and to enable cities to meet pressing societal challenges and climate change. We advocate for the early involvement of urban actors in the shaping of the EU budget architecture and in the identification of its key policy priorities, with particular attention to the European Competitiveness Fund and National and Regional Partnership Plans, Horizon Europe (FP10), Connecting Europe Facility, and European Social Fund (ESF+). Further reading:

• Eurocities statement on Empowering cities through Cohesion Policy
• Eurocities and Local Alliance 10-point action plan on the EU budget
• Joint letter to the EU institutions calling for the recognition of local authorities’ role in the EU governance