Resilient City Call

Aprašymas

General objective: The main objective of this call is to enhance the resilience of Polish cities. Projects shall strengthen the institutional capacity of local governments for resilience development and management, including through targeted training that improves staff competences in modern development standards and ensure access to essential citizen-centred public services. Common values and principles: Project Promoters, Partners and projects shall respect the values and principles governing the implementation of the Norwegian Financial Mechanism, as referred to in Article 1.3.1 of the Regulation, i.e. human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and the respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities. Applicants shall describe how gender equality considerations are integrated into the project. The strategic role and polycentrism: the call is addressed to cities that perform central functions of national and regional significance in Polish polycentric network. Its objective is to strengthen the capacity of cities to prevent and withstand threats, respond effectively to crisis situations, and adapt to changing social, economic, environmental, and security conditions. As a general rule, solutions relating to safety and resilience will be developed and tested in larger centres so that the resulting solutions can be recommended to towns with less administrative capacity. In addition, the call aims to leverage the potential of r