City managers are faced with a challenging task. They need to promote urban regeneration, provide sustainable urban mobility and social infrastructure, tackle climate challenges, reduce pollution and foster innovation — all while ensuring that people are treated fairly.

JASPERS offers integrated, area-based and targeted assistance to local and regional authorities as they prepare green, inclusive and sustainable urban investments with the potential to be selected for EU financing. 

JASPERS assistance typically encompasses:

• Support in preparing urban investment projects and programmes intended for EU funding, across most areas of a city’s long-term investment plan

• Strategic assistance in refining urban development strategies, setting investment priorities and identifying pipelines, and overcoming investment barriers