Frequently asked questions

• The initiative aims to facilitate a profound, collaborative, and multidisciplinary societal transformation along three dimensions (core values):
  1. quality of experience, including style/aesthetics, healthy and safe living environments
  2. sustainability, including circularity
  3. inclusion, including accessibility and affordability
• Therefore, the projects, initiatives, and measures implemented under the New European Bauhaus umbrella will have in common that they will be striving to transform our forms of living to make them more beautiful, sustainable, and inclusive. 

• The New European Bauhaus was announced alongside the Renovation Wave Strategy. 
• The Renovation Wave strategy aims to at least double renovation rates in the next 10 years, leading to higher energy and resource efficiency. It will help boost employment and, through the renovation of 35 million buildings by 2030, can create up to 160,000 extra green jobs in the construction sector. 
• This focus on sustainability – which includes an energy-efficient built environment - is also one of the core principles at the heart of the New European Bauhaus.
• However, The New European Bauhaus will be even broader. We strongly believe that this renovation challenge for Europe should eventually bring greater sustainability, more inclusion, and more beauty for people.
• The initiative seeks to develop and promote methods and ways of thinking that combine the strong focus on sustainability and technology of the Renovation Wavewith considerations on dimensions such as the quality of experience (including style/aesthetics) and inclusion (including affordability and accessibility). 
• Including the voices of artists, designers, architects, social scientists, citizens, and other creative minds across disciplines will help ensure that the Renovation Wave will create more beautiful and inclusive forms of living together in addition to a more energy-efficient built environment. 
• This is the role of the New European Bauhaus to empower the relevant actors to seize this opportunity.

• The New European Bauhaus can clearly contribute to the EU Urban Agenda. The focus on sustainability, inclusion, and aesthetics, combined with the citizen-centric approach, fits the broader context of integrated urban development promoted by the Urban Agenda.
• Some of the tools and methods mobilised under the Urban Agenda might also prove relevant for the New European Bauhaus initiative.

• The proposed Horizon Europe mission on ‘Climate-neutral and smart cities’ is a promising context for the experimentation and demonstration of the New European Bauhaus principles.
• If the mission is confirmed, the inclusion of some New European Bauhaus concepts into the proposed Climate City Contracts could be explored as part of a holistic transition strategy co-designed with citizens and all relevant actors.
• Other missions might also be relevant. Their preparatory phase could create an interesting context for the concretisation of the New European Bauhaus.

• Whatever might be the Commission's dimensions to support and incentivise the co-design of transformation projects according to the values of the New European Bauhaus, the concrete implementation of physical places' transformation on the ground, for instance, renovation projects, will require significant investments. 
• Suppose a Member State wants to put a New European Bauhaus project in their recovery plan. In that case, the Commission will assess the project in line with the Recovery and Resilience Facility (no budget is earmarked for the Bauhaus in it).
• In the medium term, the expectation is that substantial funds will be mobilised for such investments through dedicated initiatives in the Member States using the various EU funds in shared management.
• These funds can support many projects delivering high-quality results by better integrating the three New European Bauhaus dimensions (style/aesthetics, sustainability, inclusion). Through that large quantity of projects run under shared management funds, the real extended impact may be achieved.

• The design phase seeks to further clarify the scope and priorities of the New European Bauhaus.
• During this period, our ambition and objective is to reach out to all stakeholders and interested citizens all over the EU.
• We would like to engage with all those who want to contribute to creating the concept of this ambitious and exciting new project.
• We seek to mobilise designers, architects, engineers, scientists, students, citizens, policy makers and creative minds across all disciplines to reimagine sustainable, inclusive and beautiful forms of living.
• However, participation is not limited to these profiles. All those interested in the New European Bauhaus are welcome to contribute. No specific profile is sought for, and nobody is excluded. 

Choose the way that is best suited to you.

1. Share your views!
   Submit your contribution via our website. You can share with us:
   • an inspiring contemporary example
   • a good idea that you have
   • a challenge that you think should be prioritise
2. Host a conversation!
   • If you are part of a network, an organisation, an institution, a local movement, a neighbourhood, you can organise a local (virtual) event and host a conversation about the New European Bauhaus. Then be sure to come back to our website and share the conclusions of your discussion. 
   • You are also welcome to share through this form a report, an essay, or a paper that you think is relevant.
3. Apply to become a partner!
   • Organisations and associations that have values and goals similar to the New European Bauhaus initiative can help us make our voice louder. We want to team up with inspiring networks and organisations that can act as promoters and key interlocutors throughout the initiative. Check-out the conditions for partners before applying.

• The New European Bauhaus is conceived as a real bottom-up initiative. It will be very much tuned into local needs, which should be explored and tackled through multidisciplinary and co-design approaches that bring diverse perspectives. 
• Local conversations hosted by cities, for example, will be most productive if they involve representatives of diverse local communities. Mixing backgrounds, disciplines, sectors, ages, etc.
• The conversations could try and work out in clear terms what beautiful, sustainable, and inclusive forms of living could mean in their particular local context. What are the most pressing needs or obstacles in this community? What would a successful New European Bauhaus project look like in this local context? Are there good examples close to you?
• You can use the conversation toolkit that we have made available or your own format to facilitate the conversation.
• You can then upload the outcome of this conversation to our website as an input to the design phase. 

• Member State authorities at national, regional, and local levels can make valuable contributions in many ways.
• For example, they can activate their networks and spread the word about the New European Bauhaus. 
• Also, they can organise conversations and events to stimulate the participation of citizens and organisations. These can be multidisciplinary conversations about the direction in which the New European Bauhaus should go or what the initiative means in their particular local context. They can use the conversation toolkit that we have made available or your own format to facilitate the conversation and then upload the outcome of the conversation to our website as an input to the design phase. 
• Moreover, they can share their ideas for the design phase of the initiative, their visions of the post covid world, and the most significant needs and challenges identified in their context. They can also share inspiring local examples that embody the core principles of the New European Bauhaus in an exemplary way. 
• Finally, they are invited to integrate the three core principles of the New European Bauhaus - sustainability, inclusion, and aesthetics - into their relevant policies, strategies, and projects.

• The design phase will last until summer 2021.
• We will continue engaging interested people also beyond the end of the design phase. From April onwards, we will start with sense-making and the work on the concept of the initiative. 
• The earlier you submit your ideas, the better!

• The design phase will last until summer 2021. 
• If the conversation you want to host is meant to contribute to shaping the concept and scope of the initiative, then it should take place before the summer. 
• However, the New European Bauhaus community will continue its journey far beyond the design phase. You will be welcome to host a conversation about the New European Bauhaus at any time. 

• All the contributions that are being collected will feed into the sense making part of the design phase that will start around April 2021. 
• We are putting in place a solution that will make it possible to consult the collected contributions.
• When submitting a contribution, you are asked if you give permission for it to be made public. If your answer is yes, you might also see your idea/example featured on the New European Bauhaus website or social media. 

• The 2021 prize will be launched in March or April through a dedicated call for candidacy on our website.
  The call will clarify:
  • the prize categories, 
  • who can apply and how (information to be provided with the application)
  • the prizes' nature (monetary reward and communication support)
  • the selection process (public voting and role of the New European Bauhaus Partners)
  • the precise time table
• The 2021 prizes will recognize and celebrate existing achievements. By highlighting past experiences, the prizes will broaden the understanding of options and increase awareness of potential challenges. In the following years, after the setup phase, the form and organisation of the prizes may evolve.

• Yes.
• As of 2022, a new, more future-oriented prize will be organised to reward emerging ideas and solutions for the New European Bauhaus. 
• It will be developed taking into account other existing EU prizes as well.

• The high-level roundtable is composed of 18 individuals, advanced thinkers, and practitioners in their field, acting as sounding boards and community ambassadors for the New European Bauhaus.
• The roundtable participants will exchange views, including with the President of the European Commission and lead Commissioners, on key developments across various areas (creativity, technology, urbanism, social dimensions, etc.). Their exchanges and reflections on challenges ahead and ways to stimulate new solutions will inform the initiative.
• The high-level roundtable is not a formal expert or advisory group of the Commission. It is not expected to issue reports or participate in defining operational delivery mechanisms for the New European Bauhaus initiatives.

• The high-level round table members are listed on a dedicated page on the New European Bauhaus website.
• They are renowned and active in fields that are relevant to the initiative, including Social fairness & Inclusion; Design; Architecture & Landscape architecture; Media & Technology; Climate & Sustainability expertise; Sustainable entrepreneurship & Crafts; Urban planning & Local authorities; Next Generation; Art & Culture.
• They were invited based on their recognised competence, capacity, and commitment in their fields and the New European Bauhaus values.
• During the preselection process, more than 50 of these personalities provided an individual pitch on the New European Bauhaus. They also contributed to a series of conversations gathering ideas for the project.
• The final selection strikes a balance in terms of background and area of expertise and experience, gender, nationality, and age.
• Two Committees of the European Parliament have also nominated a member each. Namely, the Committees on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) and Culture and Education (CULT).
• It should be noted that the high-level round table members do not represent countries, organisations, or political affiliations. They are nominated as individuals and do not represent any entity or organisations they might be affiliated with or working for.
• The high-level roundtable will be exchanging views, including with the President of the European Commission and the two lead Commissioners, on key developments across various areas (creativity, technology, urbanism, social dimensions, etc.) that may inform the initiative. The roundtable will also be reflecting on the challenges ahead and ways to stimulate new solutions. Its members are invited to actively contribute to a Europe-wide and international public debate, including promoting the initiative in their respective networks.
• The high-level roundtable is not a formal expert or advisory group of the Commission. It is not expected to issue reports or participate in defining operational delivery mechanisms for the New European Bauhaus initiatives.

• Being an official partner of the New European Bauhaus is not the same as being a member of the high-level roundtable.
• We want to partner with organisations and associations with similar values and goals as the New European Bauhaus initiative to make our voice louder. We seek to team up with inspiring networks and organisations that can act as promoters and key interlocutors throughout the initiative.
• The high-level roundtable is composed of individual personalities, advanced thinkers, and practitioners in their field, acting as sounding boards and community ambassadors for the New European Bauhaus. Organisations or associations cannot be members of the high-level roundtable nor be represented by an individual. 

Organisations, associations, foundations, and networks can apply to become partners if they meet some conditions:

1. Their core activities should be relevant to the New European Bauhaus Initiative under one or more dimensions (sustainability, inclusion, design/aesthetics, citizen engagement, etc.)

2. They should have a substantial outreach capacity on their respective level (EU/local).

3. They shall commit to supporting the New European Bauhaus initiative in one or more of the following:

• gathering a diversity of professionals and disciplines to generate ideas that can be openly shared through the New European Bauhaus website
• identifying inspirational projects practices or concepts 
• engaging with citizens to discuss and collect expectations on the qualitative transformation of living spaces and associated lifestyles

In the application form to be submitted for expressing interest to become a partner, you will have to outline if and how you meet these conditions. 

• The call for partners of the New European Bauhaus will be permanently open throughout the initiative's design and implementation phases. 
• The Commission will regularly review applications and publish the confirmed partnerships on the website.

• The partners will be listed on a dedicated page of the New European Bauhaus website, with some information about their commitment to the initiative. 
• Where relevant, links will be made with the New European Bauhaus-related activities on the partner's website. Similarly, relevant partner activities will be listed on the initiative's website and other media used for the New European Bauhaus communication.
• The partners will be key members of the New European Bauhaus community and will play a role in selecting the winners of the New European Bauhaus prizes. The Commission will carry out a series of exchanges with the partners. It will facilitate interactions among them to help shape the initiative.

The partners' commitment will not be subject to any financial support.

• Political/administrative entities cannot become official partners of the New European Bauhaus.
• Cities, regions, and the Member States can make valuable contributions to the design phase in many other ways.  Please refer to the previous section for more information.

• Private entities that sell goods or services for-profit cannot become official partners.
• Professional organisations and organisations representing businesses in particular sectors can become partners.
• Businesses can make valuable contributions to the design phase in many other ways, for example, by sharing their ideas and proposals for the design phase of the New European Bauhaus. These can be already existing examples of buildings, spaces, materials, products, business models, etc. that embody the core principles of the New European Bauhaus in an exemplary way. The ideas can equally well consist of non-realised visions of looking at a post covid world and what this implies for our roles as consumers, buyers, and producers of goods and services.
• Businesses are also invited to host conversations around the New European Bauhaus. These conversations could, for instance, be organised across business sectors or involving different actors along the value chain. You can use your own format for organising them, or you can use our ready-made toolkit. We invite you to then share the conclusions of your conversations through this harvesting form.

• It cannot be excluded that an individual could meet the criteria for an official partnership. That means that they would have to demonstrate a substantial reach-out capacity and propose credible and impactful commitments supporting the New European Bauhaus initiative.
• See more on the conditions for applying to become a partner above.

• You are very welcome to contribute to the New European Bauhaus design phase in several ways. 
• Everyone (organisations, individuals, networks, etc.) is welcome to share as many examples, ideas, challenges as they like. Same applies to submitting studies, position papers, or other relevant documents.
• Organisations that meet the criteria for becoming a partner to the New European Bauhaus can also apply for partnership with the New European Bauhaus.
• Partners can use all the various entry points provided on the New European Bauhaus website under "Co-design". They can submit examples, ideas, visions, challenges, harvesting of conversations (conclusions), and other inputs.   

• The first calls will be published by summer 2021. More information will be made available on this website in due time.

• The New European Bauhaus is conceived as a multidisciplinary initiative, breaking down silos and bringing different perspectives together to define how we want to live together in the future. 
• This will also be reflected in the New European Bauhaus delivery mechanisms, the concrete calls, and the various flanking measures that will accompany it. 
• The resulting support framework will combine different budgetary and non-budgetary instruments, targeting different objectives and communities around the most common action priorities. 
• In this initial phase, the co-design phase, the Commission services are exploring how to best mobilise and combine their instruments to support the concretisation of the New European Bauhaus on the ground. 
• The potentially relevant budgetary instruments are many: those of cohesion policy, Horizon Europe, including the missions in preparation, the European Innovation Council or the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, the LIFE programme, to name a few.
• The New European Bauhaus support framework will most likely be composed of different funding sources that will be mobilised in different ways over time. How this will be done will depend on what will come out of the design phase. For instance, we can promptly provide technical assistance to ignite the New Bauhaus movement by helping the local stakeholders to develop their new ideas into concrete multidisciplinary collaborations, articulating sustainability, style/aesthetics, and inclusion. Other actions will necessitate longer planning and will need to be aligned with the design phase's conclusions.