Climbing together: Is the Social Climate Fund working for those who need it most?
June 13, 2025
This report evaluates the quality of stakeholder involvement and the design of national social climate plans in Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia.
On the Mid-Term Review Proposal for Amendments in the ERDF, CF and JTF regulations
May 9, 2025
This letter includes comments on the changes in the European Regional Development Fund, Cohesion Fund and Just Transition Fund regulations related to the mid-term review
Preparing municipalities for the future: A guide to decarbonisation solutions
March 18, 2025
This guide provides an overview of possible funding streams and necessary steps to secure decarbonisation solutions for municipalities.
Reforming with purpose: A checklist of reforms and investments for the EU’s national social climate plans
March 12, 2025
National social climate plans are a critical component of the EU’s efforts to ensure a fair and equitable transition to climate neutrality, helping to counterbalance the adverse impacts of the EU’s second Emissions Trading System on the most vulnerable.
Towards Green Cohesion seminar – Key demands
February 4, 2025
This document presents key recommendations for shaping the future of the EU’s post-2027 cohesion policy.
Unmasking the biomass dilemma in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina
January 17, 2025
As EU law regulating bioenergy is not yet sufficient to avoid climate and nature damage, this report outlines why forest biomass needs to be treated with caution in the Western Balkans.
A well-designed national energy efficiency fund in North Macedonia will enable long-term energy savings in the residential and public sectors
December 20, 2024
National energy efficiency funds are widely recognised as a highly effective mechanism for boosting investment across all sectors. However, their success depends on careful design and implementation.
Cohesion policy at a crossroads: Navigating the 2025 mid-term review and the next EU budget
December 6, 2024
This report details how the mid-term review of EU cohesion policy should be approached with ambition and a clear sense of direction.
Joint civil society letter to the President of the European Commission on the LIFE funding
December 5, 2024
This open letter, addressed to European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, highlights the role of civil society in strengthening democracy, ensuring public participation and amplifying the voices of citizens in decision-making processes.
The European Commission’s proposed Reform and Growth Facility for the Republic of Moldova
December 4, 2024
This briefing draws on the experience of the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility and the Western Balkans Reform and Growth Facility, approved earlier this year, to suggest improvements to the proposed Regulation.
