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Community Mobility Co-operatives

Community Mobility Initiatives

Open call for awards of pilot seed funding 

Up to EUR 10,000 seed funding available for early-stage Community e-Mobility initiatives in SEE.

Hands-on training and coaching to help you design and test your community mobility business model.

Be part of building cleaner, fairer, and more affordable transport — driven by your community.

Become a part of building community mobility in South East Europe.

The Community Mobility Cooperatives project, funded by the European Climate Initiative (EUKI), is supporting communities to take the lead in shaping the future of mobility. Right now, mobility in Southeast Europe is dominated by fossil-fuel cars, expensive Electric Vehicles (EV), and inequitable and limited accessibility to EV charging infrastructure.

We believe communities can change this by creating community-led initiatives that own and run local EV charging points, shared electric vehicles, and eventually much more.

We are looking to support 4 Community eMobility initiatives, in South East Europe with:

Pilot Activation Award

Receive up to EUR 10,000 to support the early development of a community-led e-mobility initiative.

Training & Coaching

Access tailored learning, expert mentoring, and practical sessions to develop your community mobility business plan.

Community-led Mobility Design

Get support to test, launch, and communicate your pilot initiative — including outreach, business planning, and investment preparation.

  • Passionate teams of community leaders, activators and do-ers should apply.
  • Applicants should demonstrate a base capacity of their team to learn, organise new initiatives, engage their community, and follow through on project commitments.
  • Before signing the grant agreement, applicants must have a suitable and approved non-profit, community-governed, legal entity in place (e.g. community organisation, NGO, association, social-purpose SME, cooperative or similar).

Applicants must be based in Slovenia, Croatia, Romania, Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, or North Macedonia.

Applicants should demonstrate the capacity to learn, organize initiatives, engage their community, and deliver project commitments.

  • Take an active part in training courses, workshops, and coaching sessions offered alongside the grant to support their community e-mobility business plan development
  • Develop a business plan for a community mobility initiative.
  • Work towards undertaking initial raising of investment and establishment of a first set of EV charging points by the end of 2026.
  • Share their experiences and lessons learned through public communications channels
  • Submit a financial and narrative report, in accordance with the provided guidelines, rules, and procedures.
  • Implement agreed pilot activities and utilise the grant until 31.12.2026.

Application process

Applications open

27.10.2025

Supporting activities

27.10.2025 - 15.02.2026 (see below for details)

Application deadline

15.02.2026

Pilot partnerships selected

March 2026

Kick-off meetings and preparation for pilot launch

March 2026

Supporting activities

A series of activities between October 2025 and February 2026 will help applicants develop their proposals and connect with peers.

Participation in these activities is not a prerequisite for applying for the pilot partnership, but it will significantly support the development of your application.

Introductory webinars

Learn more about the open call, eligibility, and the concept of community mobility.

Training sessions

Strengthen your application and business plan through practical guidance and coaching.

Inspiration events

Discover stories, insights, and ideas from across the region to motivate and inform your work.

Activity Title Date Notes
Events in 2026
National In-person Workshop – Slovenia Creating Community Mobility Co-operatives 05.02.2026, 09:00 – 12:00 CET, Impact HUB Ljubljana More info →
National In-person Workshop – Slovenia Creating Community Mobility Co-operatives 03.02.2026, 17:00 – 20:00 CET, Impact HUB Ljubljana More info →
National Webinar – Slovenia Creating Community Mobility Co-operatives 27.01.2026, 10:00 – 11:00 CET More info →
National In-person Workshop – North Macedonia Електрификација предводена од граѓаните: Од домовите до улиците 23.01.2026, 09:30 – 15:00 CET More info →
Events in 2025
International In-person Training Creating Community Mobility Co-operatives 04.12.2025, 10:00 – 16:00 CET, Ljubljana More info →
National Webinar – Macedonia Creating Community Mobility Co-operatives 04.12.2025, 10:00 – 11:00 CET More info →
National Webinar – Serbia Creating Community Mobility Co-operatives 04.12.2025, 12:00 – 13:00 CET More info →
National Webinar – Romania Creating Community Mobility Co-operatives 03.12.2025, 16:00 – 17:00 EET More info →
National In-person Training – Serbia Creating Community Mobility Co-operatives 25–27.11.2025, Kragujevac Contact local partner: office@pet.org.rs
National Webinar – Slovenia Skupnostna e-mobilnost 25.11.2025, 10:00 – 11:00 CET More info →
International Webinar Creating Community Mobility Co-operatives 19.11.2025, 10:00 – 11:00 CET More info →

Seed Funding

Training & Coaching

Community-Led Action

EV Charging Pilots

Business Plan Support

Legal Entity Setup

Regional Cooperation

Clean Mobility

Energy Transition

The following activities are eligible for funding support:
  • Outreach and promotion activities, including, but not limited to, social media campaigns, workshops, media outreach, and other similar activities.
  • Business development activities, including developing business plans, financing/investment plans, organisational design, legal establishment, etc.
  • Investment raising, with a focus on collective/community investment processes.
  • Design, procurement, purchasing, installation and commissioning of EV charger(s) and billing system.
Each successful pilot will receive a Pilot Activation Award grant of up to EUR 10.000.

This grant can be used to cover your team’s work as well as a portion of your initial co-operative investment into equipment like EV chargers. The grant can be utilised for costs relating to:

  • Staff
  • External expertise services and/or event costs
  • Travel
  • Equipment (linked to investment in EV charging infrastructure and grid connection).

A maximum of 60% of the grant can be spent on capital investment on equipment costs. The remainder should be spent on business development work and services.

The grant will be paid in 3 instalments, 40% upfront, 40% at the mid-point of the grant, following an approved interim report, and 20% once all requirements of the grant contract have been fulfilled.

Grantees will be required to deliver:
  • A business and investment plan for a community e-mobility social business model (within 6 months).
  • Registration documentation for a suitable legal entity to receive the grant prior to signing the grant agreement. Note: this entity does not have to be a co-operative legal form, and could be an extension of an existing entity.
  • Report on investment-raising and pilot EV charging points established.
  • Report detailing how grant funds have been used (including required supporting documents, as defined in the later grant contract)
  • 3 online articles, videos, or presentations at events, sharing experiences and lessons during the grant period.

How to apply?

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Access the Application Form and detailed call guidelines.

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Contact your local partner

To get support and advice for your application, including access to training courses and coaching, please contact your respective local partner:

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Submit your application

Submit your completed application by 15 February 2026 (23:59 CET) through the online form.

This project is part of the European Climate Initiative (EUKI) of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK). The project is coordinated by University of Ljubljana and in partnership with Korimako (Slovenia), SmartUp – Social Innovation Lab (N.Macedonia), Platform for Energy Transition (Serbia) and Asociatia Orase Energie in Romania (Romania).

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