We cordially invite you to participate in a consultation meeting on the New European Bauhaus Facility that will take place online on the 17h December 2024 between 16:30 and 17:30. Consultation meeting is organized by Ministry of Culture RS, Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation RS, Centre for Creativity / MAO and European Commission.

New European Bauhaus has a cross-cutting and transdisciplinary nature that requires the coordinating team at the European Commission to consult and take into account a wide range of areas, policies and stakeholders. The proposed meeting aims to contribute to the NEB Facility consultation process by kick-starting the conversation on various aspects of the Facility and encouraging national, regional and local authorities and other stakeholders to co-create the future Facility’s action. Your feedback and comments will feed the development of the roadmap for the implementation of the proposed NEB Facility for the period of 2025-2027.

Anchored in Horizon, the NEB Facility is a unique tool that aims to revitalise neighbourhoods through design for sustainability and inclusion. It is a multi-annual and cross-cutting tool that builds on and combines different funding instruments of the Commission and covers the full cycle of implementation of solutions – from research and innovation to deployment – through its two components:

• A research and innovation (R&I) component covering fundamental research, testing and demonstration and implemented as a cross-cluster issue in the Horizon Europe Work Programmes for years 2025-2027, with an earmarked budget of €120 million per year.
• A roll-out component will be delivered through investments across different EU programmes to scale up, deploy and implement the innovative solutions, business models, etc., resulting from the R&I component as well as contributing to it through the identification of additional R&I needs. The roll out will also include all the actions delivered under different EU programmes contributing to the goals of the Facility and particularly the implementation of the New European Bauhaus values and principles at the neighbourhood level. The expectation is that the roll-out component leverages a similar level of investment as the R&I component.

Meeting Agenda:

• Presentation of the “NEB Facility”
• Discussion on the “NEB Facility” to better understand national priorities and constraints
• Research and Innovation (R&I) Component
• Roll out Component
• Next Steps

By putting people, culture and cultural diversity at the heart of the transformation of neighbourhoods, the NEB Facility will connect people with the implementation of the green transition in their neighbourhoods. It will contribute to the wider social acceptance of the innovative solutions developed, leading to faster pace of transformation.

More information on the NEB Facility is available in the NEB Facility Scoping document.

We kindly ask you to confirm your participation by sending a message to Borut Cink (borut.cink@ec.europa.eu) by 16 December. The meeting link will be shared with you after the deadline.