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Slovenian cities Ljubljana and Celje receive EU funds for urban renewal

by AI | 01.Apr 2025 | Europe in brief AI

The Slovenian capital, Ljubljana, will receive just under five million euros for increasing the energy efficiency of buildings. The Municipality of Celje, as the leading partner, will implement a project to improve green infrastructure in small and medium-sized towns.

Slovenian capital Ljubljana. Photo: Bor Slana/STA

Brussels/Ljubljana/Celje – In Brussels, the most innovative projects aimed at urban renewal were announced. Among the 20 winning projects is Ljubljana’s EffiComfort for increasing the energy efficiency of buildings, for which the Slovenian capital will receive 4.7 million euros in European funds. The municipality of Celje, as the leading partner, will implement the UrbanGreenLeap project to improve green infrastructure in small and medium-sized towns.

The third call for the most innovative projects aimed at urban renewal, within the EUI initiative, received 110 applications from 23 EU member states, with a total of 94 million euros in cohesion funds to be awarded to 20 winning projects.

The EffiComfort project, which supports Ljubljana’s efforts to become climate-neutral by 2030 and to increase the energy efficiency of public and residential buildings, aims to overcome the limitations of the traditional energy renovation model.

The project creators expect that energy consumption in pilot buildings will be reduced by up to a quarter with their model, that the indoor environmental quality will improve, and that energy experts will be trained to maintain the model beyond the project.

Each project will receive up to five million euros from the European Regional Development Fund, covering 80 percent of eligible costs. The EffiComfort project can expect 4.7 million euros in European funds.

The municipality of Celje has been successful in the European Interreg Euro-MED call and will, as the leading partner, implement the UrbanGreenLeap project, aiming to improve green infrastructure in small and medium-sized towns. The total project value is 2.4 million euros, with the EU contributing 1.9 million euros.

The project will run for 33 months, from April 1, 2025, to December 31, 2027, enabling the municipality of Celje to develop strategic solutions for climate change adaptation and strengthening the resilience of urban areas to extreme weather events.

As the leading partner in the project, the municipality of Celje will manage a budget of 440,000 euros, of which 352,000 euros will come from European funds. (March 31)