NetZeroCities

On this page, you will find the collection of NetZeroCities resources on the topic of Finance: (1) videos on the training program on the investment plan; (2) The finance Guidance Tool; (3) information on Cities' Action and Investment Plans and (4) Deliverables.

7.1: Training programme and embedded tutoring on innovative finance for city officials:

The video recording recordings of the module on Investment plan is provided below in 3 parts

Video: NetZeroCities Capability Building Module Investment Plan | Part A

Video: NetZeroCities Capability Building Module Investment Plan | Part B

Video: NetZeroCities Capability Building Module Investment Plan | Part C

7.2: Finance Guidance tool

The Finance Guidance Tool aims to support the cities in navigating the complex landscape of financing options to fund its climate neutrality interventions. In this endeavour, it provides the cities with:

an overview of existing financing instruments of the European Union implemented in partnership with public and private institutions.
information on funding programmes and opportunities offered by the EU between 2021-2027 under Multiannual Financial Framework and Next Generation EU
information on City-focused initiatives in Europe that could assist the cities
An overview of financial products available for cities to explore from public and private financial institutions
Access to innovative financing approaches and Best Practices

The Finance guidance tool is conceived as an interactive online tool to guide the cities in exploring financing resources beyond the traditionally used sources. The tool uses a step-by-step questionnaire to identify the financing needs of the cities and based on the responses suggests financing products that the city could consider to finance the climate neutral projects and actions. The tool is intended to be simple, easy to comprehend and quick to access information. Following are the listed financing options available to the cities.