Anticipating The Long-term Future Of Neighbourhoods In Line With The New European Bauhaus
HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions
Basic Information
- Identifier
- HORIZON-NEB-2027-01-BUSINESS-03
- Programme
- Innovative models for neighbourhoods that integrate beauty, inclusiveness and sustainability
- Programme Period
- 2021 - 2027
- Status
- Forthcoming (31094501)
- Opening Date
- May 5, 2027
- Deadline
- December 1, 2027
- Deadline Model
- single-stage
- Budget
- €11,000,000
- Min Grant Amount
- €5,500,000
- Max Grant Amount
- €5,500,000
- Expected Number of Grants
- 2
- Keywords
- HORIZON-NEB-2027-01-BUSINESS-03HORIZON-NEB-2027-01Civil societyDemocratic engagement and civic participationDemographyEconomic impactEnvironment, resources and sustainabilityForesight / ForecastGender in urban planning and developmentGlobalisation, migration, interethnic relationsHistorical demographyInvolvement of vulnerable populationsParticipatory/ParticipationPopulation dynamicsSocial InclusionSocial Sciences and HumanitiesSocial sciences, interdisciplinarySocietal impactSocioeconomic stressorsStrategic foresight analysis/defence analysisSustainabilitySustainable development and climate actionUrban planningUrbanization and urban planning, cities
Description
Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:
- Local stakeholders adopt long-term stewardship and participate[1] in anticipating and envisioning the long-term future[2] of their existing neighbourhoods[3].
- Existing neighbourhoods are more resilient and can adapt to changing socioeconomic, cultural, demographic, and climatic conditions, challenges and needs.
The New European Bauhaus (NEB) is redefining the way neighbourhoods across Europe and beyond are presently planned, designed, developed, and revitalised by fostering a new paradigm for sustainable[3], inclusive[3], and beautiful[3] living environments and lifestyles.
Neighbourhoods are currently planned for short and medium term, typically with a 5 to 10-year perspective[7], often influenced by insufficient coordination with broader regional and national levels or changing political directions in local governance, for instance. However, fundamental changes in socioeconomic, cultural, demographic, and/or climatic conditions can challenge the long-term[8] future resilience and adaptability of neighbourhoods.
Concurrently, there is a need to include local stakeholders in anticipating and envisioning the long-term future of their existing neighbourhoods by anticipating their changing needs, circumstances, and preferences. Participatory foresight approaches can help address these challenges.
Proposals are expected to address all of the following:
- Develop and validate a participatory foresight approach to inform the long-term planning, (re)design and development of existing neighbourhoods. The approach must cover at least the following:
- Analysis of socioeconomic, cultural, demographic and climate[9] conditions, long-term trends (e.g. population decline; shift in population composition and diversity; migration between urban, peri-urban, and rural areas; societal and aesthetic acceptance in neighbourhoods), as well as the drivers for those long-term changes in the targeted neighbourhoods.
- Development of scenarios and visions for potential futures for the neighbourhood, including objectives, measurable targets and packages of measures. This should include intergenerational fairness[3] perspectives that will have a major influence on neighbourhoods in the future.
- Use of co-creation[3] approaches to foster the participation of diverse local stakeholders (including marginalised or underrepresented groups as well as those in a vulnerable situation).
- Develop and validate the participatory foresight approach in at least three neighbourhoods in different Member States and/or Associated Countries.
- Provide recommendations to inform local authorities, decision makers, and the public on applying the participatory foresight approach.
Proposals are expected to follow a participatory[3] and transdisciplinary[3] approach through the integration of different actors and disciplines.
This topic requires the effective contribution of social sciences and humanities (SSH)[3] disciplines and the involvement of SSH experts, institutions, as well as the inclusion of relevant SSH expertise, in order to produce meaningful and significant effects enhancing the societal impact of the related research activities.
In order to achieve the expected outcomes, international cooperation[15] is encouraged.
Proposals are encouraged to exploit synergies with successful proposals from the topic ‘HORIZON-NEB-2027-01-PARTICIPATION-02: Intergenerational neighbourhoods and communities aligned with the New European Bauhaus’ and ‘HORIZON-CL2-2025-01-TRANSFO-10: Intergenerational fairness in the context of demographic change in the EU’ to avoid duplication and exploit opportunities for increased impact.
Proposals are expected to allocate at least 0.8% of their budget for engaging with the Horizon Europe-funded 'New European Bauhaus hub for results and impact' to share their intermediate and final results, findings and learnings, as well as to contribute to impact assessment.
[1] See definition of "participatory process" in the Glossary section of the NEB part of the HE WP26-27.
[2] Long-term future assumes a timeframe of 20+ years here.
[3] See definition in the Glossary section of the NEB part of the HE WP26-27.
[4] See definition in the Glossary section of the NEB part of the HE WP26-27.
[5] See definition in the Glossary section of the NEB part of the HE WP26-27.
[6] See definition in the Glossary section of the NEB part of the HE WP26-27.
[7] Regional Foundation, Neighborhood Planning: Strategies for Success, Regional Foundation website, accessed 29 September 2025, https://www.regionalfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/About-Neighborhood-Planning_RF_2023-06.pdf
[8] Long-term assumes a timeframe of 20+ years here.
[9] Including data provided by the European State of the Climate Report 2024. Copernicus, ‘European State of the Climate Report 2024’, 2025, https://climate.copernicus.eu/esotc/2024#:~:text=The%20ESOTC%20provides%20descriptions%20and%20analyses%20of%20climate,a%20focus%20on%20resilience%20of%20the%20built%20environment.
[10] See definition in the Glossary section of the NEB part of the HE WP26-27.
[11] See definition in the Glossary section of the NEB part of the HE WP26-27.
[12] See definition in the Glossary section of the NEB part of the HE WP26-27.
[13] See definition in the Glossary section of the NEB part of the HE WP26-27.
[14] See definition in the Glossary section of the NEB part of the HE WP26-27.
[15] International cooperation and participation of countries beyond EU Member States, associated countries, or third countries under the Horizon Europe programme.
Destination & Scope
Revitalising neighbourhoods for communities to come together is about ensuring the right conditions. Innovative funding and new business models can provide the necessary framework and incentives to rethink how solutions and projects are designed, planned, executed, and invested in for the structural and systemic transformation of neighbourhoods[1] in line with New European Bauhaus (NEB) values[1] and working principles[1]. Demonstrating the socioeconomic, environmental, financial, aesthetic[4] and cultural value creation of NEB-aligned solutions and projects can incentivise stakeholders in the built environment[1] and its related ecosystems (e.g. construction[1], banking, insurance, social economy, and real estate) to invest and participate in the circular[1], inclusive[1], affordable, accessible, sustainable[1] and culturally significant revitalisation of neighbourhoods. New business and innovative funding models are thus crucial to encourage long-term and life-cycle thinking in the built environment while enhancing its long-term, sustainable competitiveness.
This Destination will address three of the Commission political guidelines 2024-2029, namely:
- A new plan for Europe’s sustainable prosperity and competitiveness
- Supporting people, strengthening our societies and our social model
- Sustaining our quality of life: Food security, water and nature
This Destination supports the NEB Facility’s overarching aim to drive the implementation of the European Green Deal on the ground. Its focus on circular economy principles, biodiversity, responsible and sufficient use of natural resources, and sustainable competitiveness contributes to the Clean Industrial Deal[10], EU Circular Economy Action Plan[11], new Circular Economy Act[12], Zero Pollution Action Plan[13], EU Biodiversity Strategy[14], and European Climate Adaptation Plan[15]. This Destination also seeks to engage local stakeholders and the local social economy in neighbourhood transformation while addressing community[1] challenges and needs as well as better understanding and leveraging appropriate market dynamics. It thereby offers potential contributions to the EU Startup and Scaleup Strategy[17]. By focusing on the reuse of the existing building stock, the provision of key social infrastructures[1] and services, and addressing homelessness[1] at neighbourhood level, it also contributes to the EU Renovation Wave[20] and potentially contributes to the European Affordable Housing Plan[21].
In work programme 2026-2027, this Destination contributes to the following overarching expected impacts set out in the Horizon Europe strategic plan 2025-2027:
8. Realising the full potential of cultural heritage, arts, and cultural and creative sectors
9. Strengthening social and economic resilience and sustainability
15. Achieving global leadership in climate-neutral, circular and digitized industrial and digital value chains
In addition, proposals for topics under this Destination should set out a credible pathway to contributing to the development of innovative funding and new business models for the transformation of neighbourhoods, and more specifically to one or several of the following impacts:
- Better understanding of the contextual local conditions that drive or hinder sustainable neighbourhood developments and the uptake of NEB-aligned solutions and projects, such as capital and real estate market dynamics and socioeconomic, cultural, demographic, and climatic changes.
- Anticipation and consideration of future needs, functions and inhabitants (including more-than-human[1] perspectives) of neighbourhoods and their developments towards the future.
- Demonstrated socioeconomic, financial, environmental, cultural, and aesthetic value of NEB-aligned solutions and projects driving the revitalisation of the built environment in neighbourhoods.
- Increased investment in the transformation of neighbourhoods in line with NEB through alternative, innovative, and community-based investment and ownership approaches[23].
- Community and place-based approaches that adopt a systemic perspective and use co-creation[1] approaches with diverse local stakeholders, including marginalised or underrepresented groups or those in a vulnerable situation, and contribute to addressing pressing community challenges and needs such as homelessness and housing.
- Circular manufacturing, renovation, and reuse approaches in the built environment contribute to the sufficient use of resources and space.
When possible and relevant, actions are strongly recommended to collaborate with and build on the results of past and ongoing research projects, including regional, national or European funded projects, to ensure consistency and continuity in research.
[1] See definition in the Glossary section of the NEB part of the HE WP26-27.
[2] See definition in the Glossary section of the NEB part of the HE WP26-27.
[3] See definition in the Glossary section of the NEB part of the HE WP26-27.
[4] See definition of "beautiful” in the Glossary section of the NEB part of the HE WP26-27.
[5] See definition in the Glossary section of the NEB part of the HE WP26-27.
[6] See definition in the Glossary section of the NEB part of the HE WP26-27.
[7] See definition in the Glossary section of the NEB part of the HE WP26-27.
[8] See definition in the Glossary section of the NEB part of the HE WP26-27.
[9] See definition in the Glossary section of the NEB part of the HE WP26-27.
[10] European Commission, ’Clean Industrial Deal’, accessed 5 August 2025, https://commission.europa.eu/topics/eu-competitiveness/clean-industrial-deal_en
[11] European Commission, ’Circular Economy Action Plan’, accessed 5 August 2025, https://environment.ec.europa.eu/strategy/circular-economy-action-plan_en
[12] Under development and with expected adoption by the end of 2025.
[13] European Commission, ’Zero Pollution Action Plan’, accessed 5 August 2025, https://environment.ec.europa.eu/strategy/zero-pollution-action-plan_en
[14] European Commission, ’Biodiversity Strategy 2030’, accessed 5 August 2025, https://environment.ec.europa.eu/strategy/biodiversity-strategy-2030_en
[15] European Commission, ’EU Adaptation Strategy’, accessed 5 August 2025, https://climate.ec.europa.eu/eu-action/adaptation-climate-change/eu-adaptation-strategy_en
[16] See definition in the Glossary section of the NEB part of the HE WP26-27.
[17] European Commission, ’EU Startup and Scaleup Strategy’, accessed 5 August 2025, https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/strategy/strategy-research-and-innovation/jobs-and-economy/eu-startup-and-scaleup-strategy_en
[18] See definition in the Glossary section of the NEB part of the HE WP26-27.
[19] See definition in the Glossary section of the NEB part of the HE WP26-27.
[20] European Commission, ’Renovation Wave’, accessed 5 August 2025, https://energy.ec.europa.eu/topics/energy-efficiency/energy-performance-buildings/renovation-wave_en
[21] European Commission, ’European Affordable Housing Plan’, accessed 5 August 2025, https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/14670-European-Affordable-Housing-Plan_en
[22] See definition in the Glossary section of the NEB part of the HE WP26-27.
[23] See the NEB Investment Guidelines for more information. European Commission, ’NEB Investment Guidelines’, New European Bauhaus, accessed 5 August 2025, https://new-european-bauhaus.europa.eu/tools-and-resources/neb-investment-guidelines_en . Sections of particular relevance for applicants to consider include: 1. Introduction; 2. Mapping the NEB; 4.4 Project risks; 5. Making the NEB case; and 6. Conclusions.
[24] See definition in the Glossary section of the NEB part of the HE WP26-27.
Eligibility & Conditions
General conditions
1. Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layout
2. Eligible Countries
described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes.
A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide.
3. Other Eligible Conditions
described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes.
4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion
described in Annex C of the Work Programme General Annexes.
5a. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds
are described in Annex D of the Work Programme General Annexes.
5b. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes
are described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes and the Online Manual.
5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement
described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes.
6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants
Eligible costs will take the form of a lump sum as defined in the Decision of 7 July 2021 authorising the use of lump sum contributions under the Horizon Europe Programme – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2021-2027) – and in actions under the Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community (2021-2025) [[This decision is available on the Funding and Tenders Portal, in the reference documents section for Horizon Europe, under ‘Simplified costs decisions’ or through this link: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/guidance/ls-decision_he_en.pdf]].
described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes.
Specific conditions
described in the [specific topic of the Work Programme]
Application and evaluation forms and model grant agreement (MGA):
Application form templates — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System
Standard application form (HE RIA, IA)
Evaluation form templates — will be used with the necessary adaptations
Standard evaluation form (HE RIA, IA)
Guidance
Model Grant Agreements (MGA)
Call-specific instructions
Additional documents:
HE Main Work Programme 2026-2027 – 1. General Introduction
HE Main Work Programme 2026-2027 – 13. New European Bauhaus Facility (NEB)
HE Main Work Programme 2026-2027 – 15. General Annexes
HE Framework Programme 2021/695
HE Specific Programme Decision 2021/764
EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509
Decision authorising the use of lump sum contributions under the Horizon Europe Programme
Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment
EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement
Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual
Frequently Asked Questions About Anticipating The Long-term Future Of Neighbourhoods In Line With The New European Bauhaus
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