Delivering the European Green Deal under Policy Objective 2: Cohesion for Transitions Community of Practice (2024CE16BAT009)

The Cohesion for Transitions (C4T) Community of Practice is dedicated to all stakeholders involved in the management of Cohesion Policy in the EU Member States and regions. This includes, primarily Managing Authorities, intermediate bodies, implementing bodies and members of Monitoring Committees. Only exceptionally access to the C4T Community of Practice can be granted to external stakeholders.

The main objectives of the call for tender are :

• Management of the Cohesion for Transitions (C4T) Community of Practice
• Management of C4T Academic Sounding Board to ensure synergies with academic institutions in the planning and implementation of projects financed by Cohesion Policy
• Organisation of the annual C4T Conference (in Spring) and the C4T Forum (in autumn) as events for stakeholders active in the fields under the European Green Deal and Cohesion Policy
• Consolidation of the three C4T Working Groups (energy, environment, climate change), including the increase of members in all Working Groups with the target of having representatives of all EU Member States
• Provision of tailor-made technical assistance support for the implementation of PO2 investments in 2021-2027 Cohesion Policy programmes (European Regional Development Fund and Cohesion Fund), including the development and/or implementation of sustainability transitions to regions, local authorities and/or Member States
• Provision of ad-hoc analytical support for the further development of the implementation of sustainability transitions with Cohesion Policy, focused on regions, cities and local communities
• Continuation of the management of the Cohesion for Transitions (C4T) website
• Ensure knowledge management and communication activities.