Posts Tagged ‘Funding’

Financing Cities – a view from the European Investment Bank

How can the European Investment Bank (EIB) support the financing of urban projects?  What does a city need to do to access EIB finance?  What is EFSI and what can it do to help a city fund both innovative actions and the development of infrastructure in its area? After twenty years working in cities and […]

By Desmond Gardner, on May 15th, 2018 at 11:12

A postcard from the SS Rotterdam: Reflection on the 2017 Cities Forum

Memory’s a funny thing. Sometimes, after moderating big events, I remember almost nothing of the detailed discussions. It’s as if the intensity of the exchange is so much that nothing sticks. Or maybe inside my head it has nothing to stick to! But, just back from moderating the 2017 EU Cities Forum in Rotterdam, my […]

By Eddy Adams, on December 4th, 2017 at 13:24

Funding Local Action Plan delivery

ESIMeC  is one of the 3 so called URBACT ‘delivery pilots’ funded to test whether transnational exchange and learning continues to be useful during implementation of Local Action Plans. The pilots started early in 2014 and run until March 2015 so now seems like a good time to take stock and share some of our […]

By Alison Partridge, on December 19th, 2014 at 19:53