Call for Proposals is Open!!!

The Municipal Exchange Fund A4U has opened its Call for Proposals to support municipal partnerships between Austria and Ukraine.

Municipalities are invited to jointly develop and submit project proposals focused on strengthening Ukrainian local capacities through knowledge transfer, capacity building, and sustainable local development - in close cooperation with Austrian partners.

Projects can last between 6 and 10 months and are to be implemented jointly, fostering the exchange of Austrian expertise to support local development in Ukraine.

Municipalities without an existing partner are encouraged to express their interest! KDZ can assist in finding partner municipalities for the project.

Deadline: 15 May 2026
For full details, please download the Call Package and carefully review the Application Guideline.
Municipalities without an existing partnership can express their interest by submitting the Expression of Interest Form.

DOWNLOAD THE CALL PACKAGE

A4U - Application Form

A4U - Application Guideline

A4U - Expression of Interest Form

A4U - Partnership Agreement

EGSIM_Manual

Please note that all Application documents may be submitted in ENGLISH ONLY.

Submit your Application to a4ucall@kdz.or.at!

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to get in touch with the Project’s Grant Manager: Anastasiia Hatsenko : hatsenko@kdz.or.at

The A4U project is implemented by KDZ – Centre for Public Administration Research and funded by the Austrian Development Agency (ADA) as part of International Partnerships Austria and the Austrian Association of Cities and Towns (AACT). A4U is part of U-LEAD with Europe - a multi-donor action of the EU and its member states Germany, Denmark, France, Austria, Poland and Slovenia.

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Kelmend Zajazi | Executive Director of NALAS

The long-term cooperation with KDZ means a lot to us at NALAS. In KDZ we found a peer that fully understands who we are.

Isabelle Verschuren | Federal Public Service Policy and Support (BOSA), CAF correspondent of Belgium

In the last years Belgium has planned and organised many different CAF activities (e.g. CAF training, Certification of CAF label) together with KDZ.

Josep Medrano | Director of Strategic Planning and Taxation, City of Barcelona

For the City of Barcelona, the collaboration with KDZ through the European "Cities for Sustainable Public Finances (CSPF)" has reached a qualitative advance.