The SMARTER Finance for EU (SMARTER4EU) is a significant initiative to launch new green finance programs in the European Union and candidate countries. The project resources would create “on the ground” operational and self-sustaining Green Homes and Green Mortgage (GHGM) programmes implemented in Portugal, Spain and Ukraine. The project follows and builds upon on the success of the SMARTER Finance for Families (SFFF) H2020 project (#847141) which has introduced into 12 European countries comprehensive GHGM programs. While not beneficiaries of the action, SMARTER4EU also intends to share tools, access to capacity building training, and guidance to help the Rep. of Moldova, Rep. of Georgia, and Croatia - the two former of which having created the Essential Tools - to also sign bank partnerships.
SMARTER4EU will build upon and exploit transformational initiatives and trends such as: the acceptance of the “EU Taxonomy on Sustainable Activities”; a growing appreciation for “green finance”; guidance by Central Banks for financial institutions to improve reporting, with a view to increasing transparency and managing climate risk. This project will demonstrate the close “fit for purpose” of the project partners’ green homes certification systems, and answer the need to assess building performance to receive the benefits of discounted green finance.
Webpage: https://www.smarterfinance4.eu/
Eu funding and tender portal: here
Project Partners:
- ASOCIATIA ROMANIA GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL
- IRISH GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
- ENERSAVE CAPITAL SARL
- TEMPLE MEDIA LIMITED
- VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT BODIES ENERGY EFFICIENTCITIES OF UKRAINE
- GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL-ESPANA CONSEJO PARA LA EDIFICACION SOSTENIBLE-ESPANA
- ADENE - AGENCIA PARA A ENERGIA
- NADACIA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL
- ASSOCIATION EUROPEAN-UKRAINIAN ENERGY AGENCY
