Neighbourhood Economics will collaborate with the 2 cities of Malmo and Bologna and their respective neighbourhoods in order to identify climate challenges and already mature and/or scalable mitigation and adaptation projects that can transform urban spaces, generate social capital, get finance and create jobs, engaging local stakeholders and accelerating the financing of mitigation and adaptation projects. Objectives include:

• Involving the community and engaging local stakeholders (start-up, private/public organization, universities, citizen)
• Supporting the design and co-creation of climate mitigation and adaptation solutions for the district
• Defining the criteria for selecting bankable projects according to the financing products available on the market
• Informing the local stakeholders and the cities about financing opportunities and stimulating dialogue between the financing actors and the stakeholders
• Accelerating the implementation of projects supporting the application for financing products (grant, loan/mortgage, crowdfunding, mini bond, green bond, goods amortization in energy supply);
• Demonstrating Neighbourhood Economics is scalable in other cities.

Activities

Factsheets will be provided to stakeholders in order to describe and define the activities planned for the year 2017 and the year 2018.

Workshops and meetings will be organised with the financing institutions to inform local actors and cities on the financing opportunities.

A template will be developed to establish the criteria to assess the bankability of the projects

A call for ideas will be issue to identify and select up to 3 bankable projects according with the priorities.

The call for ideas will be published on varies web pages (AESS, Comune di Bologna, ecc..) and promoted through Social Media related pages.

Partners

The Consortium consists of:

Agenzia per L’energia e lo sviluppo sostenibile (Lead Partner)

Contact: Claudia Camrani

Role: Overall project management, coordination, monitoring and evaluation. Development of business plan and dissemination. Support the development of Bologna demonstrator

City of Bologna (Contributing partner)

Role: Development of Bologna demonstrator

Contact: Giovanni Fini

City of Malmö (Contributing Partner)

Role: Development of Malmo demonstrator

Contact: Andreas Anderholm Pedersen

CDP Worldwide (EUROPE) (Contributing Partner)

Role: Community and finance engagement

Contact: Shirin Reuvers

Interested?

The target audience is represented by the city but at district level. Here, citizens, businesses, start-ups, non-profit associations and public actors need support and assistance in the design and finance of climate mitigation and adaptation solutions. Therefore, crucial is the role of public and financial institutions to inform the district actors on the availability of the financing products and to boost the implementation of mitigation and adaptation projects.