EU Funding Green Transition
EU Funding Green Transition

LIVE ONLINE WORKSHOP

EU Funding for the Green Transition: Understanding Funding Logic and Improving Your Project’s Fit for EU Funding

For organisations developing a climate or environmental project, EU funding can be a meaningful opportunity to strengthen impact and scale.

However, before investing significant time and internal resources into proposal development, it is essential to understand how EU funding instruments are structured – and how your project needs to be positioned to align with them.

With the EU Green Deal shaping priorities across climate action, energy transition, biodiversity, circular economy and regional development, substantial funding is available.

At the same time, the EU funding landscape can feel complex and difficult to navigate – especially at an early exploration stage.

Programmes are designed for different purposes. They follow distinct intervention logics and require specific levels of maturity, partnership structures and implementation capacity.

This workshop is designed to help you understand these underlying structures and assess how your project idea can be aligned more effectively with the appropriate EU funding instruments, thereby strengthening your strategic positioning and enabling you to move forward in a well-informed and structured way.

What you’ll gain from this workshop

By the end of the session, you will:

  • Understand how EU Green Deal funding instruments are structured and what funded projects are expected to demonstrate
  • Distinguish clearly between innovation-focused funding, implementation funding and regionally managed funding programmes
  • Gain a clear overview of the most relevant EU funding instruments for green transition projects
  • Be able to assess which type of programme aligns best with your project idea
  • Identify what adjustments, refinements or additional elements may be required to improve your project’s funding fit before engaging in full proposal development
  • Avoid common early-stage misalignments that often lead to unsuccessful or inefficient applications

Workshop approach

The workshop includes guided, interactive exercises where participants practise matching real project examples – and their own project ideas – to appropriate EU funding instruments.

Together, we will analyse:

  • The underlying logic of different programmes
  • Typical alignment gaps
  • How projects can be framed or further developed to meet EU expectations


The group is deliberately limited in size to allow discussion, structured reflection and practical exchange.

The objective is to help you move forward in a more informed and strategically sound way – whether that means refining your concept, strengthening certain components, or choosing the most suitable funding pathway.

Register for the workshop

This workshop is particularly suitable for you if ...

  • You are new to EU funding or at an early exploration stage
  • Work in a climate-, energy-, environmental, or sustainability-focused organisation, public authority, or SME based in the EU
  • Are developing a project idea with clear climate or environmental relevance
  • You want to understand how to position your project more effectively within the EU funding landscape
  • You aim to make informed strategic decisions before investing time in proposal drafting

No prior experience with EU funding is required.

This workshop is not designed for you if ...

  • You are already drafting a specific EU proposal and require detailed technical or administrative guidance
  • You are looking for hands-on proposal writing support
  • You need Call-specific interpretation or partner search services
  • Your organisation is based outside of the EU

The focus of this session is strategic orientation and funding fit strengthening at an early stage.

Format & approach

  • Live online workshop
  • Small group (maximum 12 participants)
  • Interactive, expert-led format combining structured input and guided exercises
  • Dedicated time for questions and reflection on your own project idea


The session is designed to deliver practical value and to support you in positioning your project so that it aligns more effectively with EU funding expectations.

Bonuses included with your registration:

  • Compact EU Funding Mapping Document: A concise overview of the EU funding programmes supporting green transition projects (2021–2027), with clickable links to official Call pages and funding sources
  • Replay access: Registered participants will receive time-limited access to a recording of the presentation segments of the workshop. The interactive exercises, discussion, and individual feedback are designed to take place live and are not included in the recording.

Hello, I’m Astrid,

I have been working in EU funding and policy for over 20 years, supporting organisations in securing EU grants across a wide range of fields – from social inclusion and environmental sustainability to research and innovation.

Through workshops, trainings and hands-on advisory support, I have helped many small and medium-sized organisations – including NGOs, public bodies and companies – take their first confident steps into the EU funding landscape and develop successful funding strategies and proposals.

I am a committed advocate for sustainability and have been closely engaged with European environmental policies and funding programmes for many years. My work builds on hands-on experience across EU policy and funding instruments, including roles linked to EU Structural Funds, Horizon Europe and National Contact Point activities, as well as work within and alongside EU institutions and agencies.

Drawing on this experience, this workshop is designed to make EU funding more accessible and to support environmental and sustainability actors in taking their work further with the help of EU funding.

Astrid Mechel spring photo

What participants from previous workshops and seminars are saying

“A wealth of valuable information, insightful perspectives, and an excellent overview of the intricacies of EU funding programmes. I have a much better idea now what funding programme I can consider for our activities and what I need to pay attention to when applying. Many thanks!”
“A game changer! Finally I know where to look for available EU funding opportunities and what an application involves!”
“Thank you for allowing me to learn from your vast expertise in proposal writing and managing EU-funded projects! The seminar was comprehensive and to the point. I feel ready to start now!”
“I just wanted to thank you for the very insightful 'Applying for EU project funding' workshop. I truly appreciated your responsiveness and insightful guidance. Your support in helping us navigate the funding landscape, refined our project proposal, and target the right call made a significant difference. The interaction throughout the course was highly engaging, and your expertise was evident in every step."
“I was very impressed by the seminar you gave. The knowledge you shared helped me a great deal in applying for EU funding, including how I need to plan in terms of time and resources.”
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