Affiliated Institution
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Support Entity Type
PPF
Project Stage Supported
- Enabling environment/capacity building for project proponents
- Project scoping, ideation, and concept note development
- Development of pre-feasibility studies
- Development of feasibility studies
- Project financial structuring
- Matchmaking with investors and funders
Funding Type
Grants
Loans (concessional and market-rate)
In-kind contributions
Type of Recipient
Public entity at the sub-national level
Climate Objective
Cross-cutting
Region
Europe and Central Asia
Middle East and North Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Sectors and Themes
Cities
Disaster Risk Reduction
Energy
Forestry and Other Land Use
Infrastructure and Industry
Nature-based Solutions and Ecosystem Services
Transport
Waste
Water
Co-financing Requirement
No
Application Frequency
Rolling
Contact Information
Countries
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) developed EBRD Green Cities, with the aim of building a better and more sustainable future for cities and their residents. The programme has three central components:
- Green City Action Plans (GCAPs): Assessing and prioritising environmental challenges, and developing an action plan to tackle these challenges through policy interventions and sustainable infrastructure investments.
- Sustainable infrastructure investment: Facilitating and stimulating public or private green investments in: water and wastewater, urban transport, district energy, energy efficiency in buildings, solid waste and other interventions that improve the city’s adaptation and resilience to climate shocks.
- Capacity-building: Providing technical support to city administrators and local stakeholders to ensure that infrastructure investments and policy measures identified in GCAPs can be developed, implemented and monitored effectively.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible cities must meet the following criteria:
- Be a city in the EBRD regions
- Have a population of at least 100,000 (cities with a population of 50,000 will be considered in exceptional circumstances)
- Be willing to conduct a Green City Action Plan
- Initiate an investment trigger project in one of the following sectors: solid waste, water and wastewater, urban transport, district energy, low-carbon and climate-resilient buildings, renewable energy, street lighting, distribution network, smart solutions, climate change resilience and nature based solutions
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