For public authorities

Join as a city

Municipalities, metropolitan and inter-municipal bodies, regional authorities and municipal operating companies, in the EU and in candidate countries.

  • Project structuring and readiness assessment
  • Publication in the project pipeline
  • Sector working groups with peer cities
  • Governance rights: voting and board eligibility
Join as a city

For suppliers and financiers

Join as industry

Technology providers, infrastructure and engineering firms, service operators, financiers and SMEs working with European cities.

  • Full pipeline detail and procurement windows
  • Market consultation notifications
  • Sector working groups on equal terms
  • No endorsement, no procurement advantage, no vote
Join as industry

For institutions

Propose a partnership

Financing institutions, federations, universities, research institutes and policy bodies with a defined programme of work in mind.

  • Multi-year, documented and published
  • Scope and limits stated openly
  • No role in governance or assessment
  • Assessed against published principles
Propose a partnership

Without joining

Four things that need no membership.

A network that hides its useful work behind a paywall gets smaller, and a project pipeline only works if the market can actually see it.

Submit a City Challenge

Any public authority in Europe can publish a challenge, member or not. It is the fastest route into the network and it costs nothing.

Use the project pipeline

The pipeline is public. Project titles, cities, sectors, stages, headline investment and procurement windows require no membership.

Read the intelligence

The funding radar, policy briefs and case studies are published openly. Only the working papers behind them are member material.

Attend market consultations

Open market dialogue is open to any supplier, whether or not they are an ESCA member. That is what makes it lawful.

Not sure which applies?

Say what your organisation is and what you are trying to achieve. ESCA will tell you which membership fits, including when the answer is that none of them do and something else would serve you better.