The New European Bauhaus (NEB) is an environmental, economic, and cultural initiative that combines design, sustainability, accessibility, affordability and investment to make the European Green Deal a reality in Europe. The Commission launched three new European Bauhaus open calls for citizens, cities and towns to make an impact on the ground.
"Citizens are key drivers of the transition towards more sustainable, inclusive and beautiful places and lifestyles. The two calls published by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology are supporting their full engagement in development of innovative and collaborative models of local initiatives by offering tailor-made opportunities to them. The New European Bauhaus is made by and for each citizen" said Mariya Gabriel, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth.
With the launch of NEB LAB co-creation space and soon hosting the New European Bauhaus Festival in Brussels, the New European Bauhaus initiative is warming up to deliver beautiful, sustainable, and inclusive projects to improve our daily lives.
What is the NEB LAB?
The NEB Lab serves as a "think and do tank" for co-creating, prototyping, and testing the tools, ideas, and policy measures that will enable transformation on the ground. The lab will operate as an accelerator and connector.
The lab will continue its community-building journey by embracing real projects inspired by the New European Bauhaus. It will begin with the official Partners, High-Level Roundtable (HLRT) members, New European Bauhaus prize winners and finalists, and National Contact Points.
The Festival of the New European Bauhaus
The Festival of the New European Bauhaus will take place from 9 to 12 June 2022 in Brussels in hybrid form. While the festival's main activities will be in Brussels, there will be NEB side events across Europe.
The festival invites people from all areas of life to discuss and shape our future. A beautiful, inclusive, and sustainable future. It's a fantastic opportunity to network, exchange, and celebrate anything from science to art, design to politics, architecture to technology.
The festival will have three pillars:
The Forum: discuss and exchange ideas about the New European Bauhaus.
The Fair: present and highlight work and prototypes that reflect and support the New European Bauhaus ideals.
The Fest: a moment of celebration bringing together culture, and art, to celebrate freedom of expression with daring, innovative, and disruptive ideas and visions.
Three New European Bauhaus open calls
Title: New European Bauhaus Call for proposals for Citizen Engagement Activities
Programme: Other
Budget: € 15,000
Description: EIT Community invites applicants to develop and submit applications aligned with the New European Bauhaus initiative focused on developing long-term solutions in collaboration with citizens to deliver transformation that match the needs of a wider community.
The present EIT Community call for projects aims to work on activities where citizens and end-users are not only asked to identify relevant challenges of their city aligned with New European Bauhaus challenges, but also empowered to co-create together potential solutions in an ideation process. It is expected to encourage/incentivise the uptake of more sustainable habits, through co-creation of new products, services or solutions with citizens, empowering citizens to implement new solutions in their communities and triggering change by actively influencing local policies.
Further on all proposals need to embed and integrate all the three core New European Bauhaus values (sustainability, aesthetics, inclusion) and all the three key New European Bauhaus principles (multilevel, participatory, transdisciplinary approach) into their projects.
Deadline: 29/05/2022
To find more information on this New European Bauhaus open call, click here.
Title: New European Bauhaus Call for proposals for Co-Creation of public space through citizen engagement
Programme: Other
Budget: € 45,000
Description: The EIT Community invites applicants to develop and submit applications aligned with the New European Bauhaus initiative focused on the inhabited places and on our relationship with natural environments, beyond the built space.
It is a practical approach to discover beautiful, sustainable, and inclusive ways of living and to use them to inspire our way forward.
The present EIT Community call for projects aims to resolve challenges that the cities, peri-urban and rural areas face, focusing on NEB challenges innovation and action in public spaces through citizen engagement in their re-designing. The call will identify inspirational, beautiful, sustainable and inclusive project proposals, demonstrating new solutions that boost the transformation of cities, peri-urban and rural areas by bringing individuals and communities closer to nature, bringing sense of belonging, addressing the needs of territories, communities that needed specific attention, and transforming value chains and life of materials towards circularity.
Further on all proposals need to embed and integrate all the three core New European Bauhaus values (sustainability, aesthetics, inclusion) and all the three key New European Bauhaus principles (multilevel, participatory, transdisciplinary approach) into their projects.
Deadline: 29/05/2022
To find more information on this New European Bauhaus open call, click here.
Title: Support to New European Bauhaus Local Initiatives
Programme: Other
Budget: € -
Description: The New European Bauhaus makes the European Green Deal a cultural, human-centred, positive and tangible experience for everyone, promoting the transformation and adaptation of our cities all around Europe through beautiful, sustainable and inclusive places.
Through this competitive call, we seek to incubate inspiring place-based transformative projects, that foster the three complementary values of the New European Bauhaus in daily lives, living spaces and experiences:
- Sustainability – foster climate goals, circularity, zero pollution, and biodiversity
- Aesthetics – increase the quality of experience and style beyond functionality
- Inclusion – promote valuing diversity, accessibility and affordability
Specifically, we are looking to promote projects led by local public authorities and contributing to the New European Bauhaus in the following four action areas:
- Renovation of existing buildings and public spaces in a spirit of circularity and carbon neutrality;
- Preservation and transformation of cultural heritage;
- Adaptation and transformation of buildings for affordable housing solutions;
- Regeneration of urban or rural spaces.
To submit your New European Bauhaus application, click here.
Deadline: 23/05/2022
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