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The pilot action “Food Everywhere Toolkit – Inspiring healthy and sustainable food initiatives in schools” aims to develop a set of tools and resources to inspire, motivate and assist teachers, principals, students, people working in various jobs within schools, and potentially also parents, to launch initiatives at their school in which healthy and sustainable food is available everywhere in the school and becomes part of its core values. The main objective is to increase the number of schools prioritizing healthy and sustainable food, promoting a shift in children and families’ behavior towards adopting environmentally sustainable diets.

The pilot action, Cultivating Changemakers: Youth Empowerment through activism – Internship opportunities for school students at NGOs working on social justice in relation to the Green Deal, aims to empower students and inspire them to create positive change in their community through fostering a transformative shift in the attitudes and behaviours regarding the Green Deal and sustainable practices. Through this funding opportunity, the objective is to support projects that engage students in sustainability-focused activities, foster leadership skills, and encourage environmental consciousness.

The pilot action “Wheels for Justice” – Connecting cycling activism with social justice struggles, aims to connect cycling activism with social justice struggles through identifying innovative approaches to expand the reach and impact of cycling, making it more accessible and inclusive. The objective is to celebrate and share successful initiatives in inclusive cycling, while also advocating for actions to address the obstacles encountered during this process.

The pilot action, “Green to school: sustainable commutes” – Developing and testing sustainable mobility solutions for schools in peripheral areas, aims to promote sustainable transportation choices in schools located in peripheral areas. This involves encouraging civil society organizations, schools, and parents to collaborate in making the school journey more sustainable. By working together, you can develop and test innovative ideas that will inspire students and their families to embrace sustainable mobility options.

The pilot action Garden BnB – An exchange platform between actors involved with community gardens or agrifood systems seeks to develop a broad network of urban community garden actors (and prospects) that comes together on a living exchange platform. The goal is to establish and strengthen links between different actors / networks of community gardens, to facilitate the sharing of resources including knowledge between them, and to include new actors interested in starting such practices. This initiative will actively involve vulnerable groups, while also building a shared repository of knowledge to support ongoing development and growth.

The pilot action “Awards for inclusive energy communities – Recognising outstanding efforts to mainstream inclusivity in energy communities” encourages collaboration, knowledge exchange, and learning among energy communities. ACCTING recognizes and celebrates inclusive and innovative approaches that inspire others to adopt similar practices and principles. The objective is also to showcase and amplify the successes of best-practice energy communities, gaining media attention and serving as role models for other initiatives in the field. The fund will contribute to the growth and development of inclusive energy communities, driving the transition to a more sustainable and equitable energy future.

The pilot action, Hands-on small-scale support for vulnerable entrepreneurs – Supporting micro-entrepreneurs to achieve more environmentally sustainable businesses, aims to inspire vulnerable micro-entrepreneurs to adopt environmentally-friendly practices in their businesses. The objective is to provide them with support in attaining environmental sustainability while promoting the spirit of healthy competition through increasing their knowledge, skills and capacities.

The pilot action “Awards for inclusive energy communities – Recognising outstanding efforts to mainstream inclusivity in energy communities” encourages collaboration, knowledge exchange, and learning among energy communities. ACCTING recognizes and celebrates inclusive and innovative approaches that inspire others to adopt similar practices and principles. The objective is also to showcase and amplify the successes of best-practice energy communities, gaining media attention and serving as role models for other initiatives in the field. The fund will contribute to the growth and development of inclusive energy communities, driving the transition to a more sustainable and equitable energy future.

The pilot action “Next time better and more inclusive” – Engaging local communities to ensure improved disaster responses aims to facilitate participants in co-creating a scenario for managing a disaster using a bottom-up approach that involves all stakeholders, including citizens. The goal is to inform and induce behavioral change among actors from local communities as well as authorities. This pilot project will be implemented in a region that has recently experienced a sudden disaster. The objective is to reduce the risk of similar disasters in the future and improve disaster preparedness.

ACCTING is launching a call to local authorities, non-profit organisations and collective representation bodies working in the areas of energy, mobility, food, disaster management or biodiversity, to implement a pilot project with potential to reduce or prevent inequalities and negative impacts of the Green Deal on poorer, marginalised and vulnerable groups.