Boost for Small Municipalities: All applications

The "Save by cycling" project, promoted by the municipalities of Curno, Mozzo and Treviolo (IT), encourages sustainable mobility and cycle tourism. Cycling residents and tourists earn vouchers to spend in local shops. Further, the project improves cycle paths, digitises maps and promotes cultural events. This joint initiative improves quality of life, reduces environmental impact and enhances the local area, creating a replicable model of sustainable mobility and tourism.

Gorey Market House Regeneration is a transformational project for a key town-centre heritage asset that is adored by the local community & is a focal point within a bustling location. Its regeneration is deeply rooted in NEB values & principles promoting inclusion, sustainability & beauty, & its regeneration serves to restore a beating heart for the local community & wider area. Gorey Market House Regeneration will support a thriving, adaptable, inclusive, connected & loved town centre for all.

CSR Alta Sabina is a forward-thinking Green Community that unites 10 Lazio municipalities in a project to regenerate using "Natural Intelligence". By securing NextGenerationEU funds, it is blending local practices and knowledge with civic technologies. Residents act as active "prosumers", co-producing ecological services via the Social Community Pact and a blockchain-based digital wallet. Together, we are building a circular future where innovation resonates with nature to reverse depopulation.

The Picha and Resin Tapper Route is a 3 km circular trail where the local community preserves living resin-tapping heritage. Visitors reconnect with nature, experience the forest’s beauty, and explore an immersive ‘landscape museum’ of interactive cultural stations, engaging in inclusive, educational, and sustainable practices that promote local identity, rural development, and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Every community needs roots and wings. 'Roots & Wings' unites our oldest and youngest residents in an upgraded, accessible shared house. By adding a youth space to our intergenerational center, we create a hub for skill-sharing. Elders teach youth to repair and create, championing a circular economy and deep social bonds. It is a welcoming space where saving resources and making friends happen at the same time.

This is a strategic plan for a Spanish municipality of 10,000 inhabitants, carried out in accordance with the methodology of the Spanish Urban Agenda (AUE) that applies the values of the New European Bauhaus. It is based on sustainability, inclusion and quality, and has included a complete participation process. It has been a pilot project and has won the national award for sustainability, serving as an example for Spanish municipalities with less than 20,000 inhabitants.

Arrobitxulo is Usurbil's new Community Hub, co-created with its youth to break the mold of traditional civic centers. Driven by eco-feminism, inclusion, and Basque culture, it features innovative areas like a 'messy zone', digital and sound labs, and mirrored rooms. This sustainable, hybrid building opens completely to a dynamic outdoor plaza, tearing down social and physical barriers. It empowers the community to self-manage a creative, safe, and intergenerational meeting space.

Püspökszilágy is a small village located in Central Hungary. Nearly 10 years ago, the village began implementing highly innovative, small-scale natural water retention solutions. Starting in 2023, it launched the “Garden of Our Future” initiative as part of a LIFE program. Under this project, a community-based bio-intensive farm is being established. Today, Püspökszilágy, has become a model community in Hungary for sustainable rural development.

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A 21,945 m² green-blue regeneration project in central Argenta that turns a former transit area into a hybrid garden. By redesigning a road, a historic garden and a school-side lawn, Giardino Primaro increases permeability, biodiversity and water retention while creating inclusive spaces to meet, play, rest and learn. The project reconnects the town with its hidden water landscape and rebuilds a sense of belonging.