A grant to support the Mission Director and the Annual Innovation Summit of the Urban Transitions Mission under Mission Innovation

A grant to support the Mission Director for the Urban Transitions Mission under Mission Innovation, co-led by the European Commission DG Research and Innovation (RTD), the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy (GCoM), and Joint Programming Initiative - Urban Europe (JPI UE).

This grant covers the resources required to appoint the Director for an initial two-year period - including overhead costs - as well as travel and external event engagements.

It also contains a contribution towards conceptualization, development, and execution of the planned Annual Innovation Summit under the Urban Transitions Mission: a gathering of clean energy and net-zero leaders across national governments (and the European Commission), cities and local governments, businesses, academia, and civil society.