The New European Bauhaus Facility 2025-2027 is a new and unique funding tool for the New European Bauhaus (NEB). It is an initiative of the European Union that fosters the development and scaling up of innovative solutions for the transformation of neighbourhoods to become not only sustainable, but also inclusive and beautiful.
To ensure that the NEB Facility effectively meets real needs on the ground, the European Commission conducted public consultations with the Member States and stakeholders in 2024 to help define its details and priorities.
How does it work and how much funding is available?
The NEB Facility aims to revitalise neighbourhoods through for design for sustainability and inclusion. As a multi-annual funding tool from 2025 to 2027, the NEB Facility is anchored in the EU’s Research and Innovation programme Horizon Europe. It is financed through this programme as well as other programmes and funds from the EU budget.
The NEB Facility supports projects from research and innovation to deployment under two components:
- Research & Innovation (R&I) component:
The NEB Facility 2025-2027 offers funding opportunities for projects to revitalise neighbourhoods through design for sustainability and inclusion.
Through its R&I component, the NEB Facility will focus on three major R&I themes.
- Connecting the green transformation, social inclusion, and local democracy
- Circular and regenerative approaches for the built environment
- Innovative funding and new business models for the built environment, with the goal of enhancing their transformative impact.
This part funds basic research, testing, and demonstration projects. It is supported by Horizon Europe with an estimated €120 million per year from 2025 to 2027.
- Roll-out component:
Aiming to mobilise a similar budget ambition as for the R&I component, the roll-out component will build on support from EU programmes beyond Horizon Europe to scale, deploy, and implement innovative solutions for the built environment and beyond, with the goal of enhancing their transformative impact. The New European Bauhaus has already received funding from 9 EU programmes, resulting in nearly 500 projects being implemented on the ground.
Examples of successful projects supporting the transformative vision of the NEB:
The WATSUPS project aims to mitigate the risk of gentrification by developing a new public space alongside the river Dyle in Mechelen, Belgium. A visible blue-green corridor will connect people, water and nature.
The Arch-E project aims to boost architectural quality in Europe by promoting architectural design competitions and overcoming barriers to cross-border participation, particularly affecting small/micro-enterprises and underrepresented architects, with a special focus on consideration of Baukultur und NEB standards.
The residency project CYENS Centre of Excellence, supported by Culture Moves Europe under Creative Europe, proposes an intervention to the Pournara camp, the first reception centre for migrants and asylum seekers in Cyprus. Hosted by CYENS, artists and creative practitioners will design and construct structures to address the social needs of camp residents, aiming to create a more humane and dignified living space in line with NEB principles.
The ETHNIC project empowers small, hidden and unexplored communities located inland from the Adriatic coast to use their cultural and natural heritage in developing new eco-sustainable tourism destinations with a social inclusion, slow mobility and smart village approach.
What can I apply for and when?
For the R&I component, first funding opportunities will be accessible through the Horizon Europe Work Programme 2025, where the NEB Facility will be highlighted as a cross-cluster issue through a new, dedicated Work Programme part (see an overview of Horizon Europe Work Programmes 2023-2024 here). These opportunities will become available once the Work Programme 2025 is adopted, expected in early 2025.
As for the roll-out component, funding opportunities are linked to various EU programmes. Applicants can apply for funding through these programmes.
- For Cohesion Policy, please consult the managing authorities in your country, and see programme details here.
- For other programmes, the 2025 Work Programme will be accessible on the European Commission website once available.
Stay informed as we will announce updates andhopportunities as they arise.
Where do we stand and what comes next?
The structure and legal framework of the NEB Facility are now established. The next step is to define its details and priorities. To ensure that the NEB Facility effectively meets real needs on the ground, the European Commission has opened consultations with Member States and stakeholders.
These consultations seek to gather input on specific development and transformation needs as well as cutting-edge ideas necessary for transforming neighbourhoods for the better. This input will guide the European Commission in developing the roadmap for implementing the NEB Facility from 2025 to 2027, expected to be published in early 2025.
For more details about the NEB Facility, please refer to the scoping document outlining the new tool and its draft orientations.
Where can I learn more?
- Watch the presentation of the NEB Facility at the "Conference 'New European Bauhaus: Review and Future Perspectives' by Alina Ujupan, Head of the New European Bauhaus Unit in the Joint Research Centre, European Commission.
- For any questions about the NEB and its funding opportunities, contact the NEB National Contact point (roll-out component) or the NEB R&I Contact Point (R&I component) in your country.
- For an overview of NEB projects on the ground, consult the NEB Dashboard.