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• Projects and measures implemented as part of the funding project must comply with an overarching, sustainable strategy. This strategy was also the basis for the application for inclusion in the funding program.
• Based on various participation formats, a strategy would be developed for Wolfsburg on the topics of economy, ecology and social issues, and the following development goals would be formulated for the center of Wolfsburg:
• Stabilize Wolfsburg's city center as a social center.
• Design Wolfsburg's city center as a showcase for digitization, climate protection and climate adaptation.
• Develop Wolfsburg's city center as a diverse, multifunctional place.

Both investment and non-investment measures that contribute to the implementation of the strategy can be funded. More detailed information can be found on the pages of the NBank and the Ministry of Federal and European Affairs and Regional Development (MB).

You can access the strategy in the download area.

• Website of the Lower Saxony Ministry of Federal and European Affairs and Regional Development
• NBank website

A steering group consists of voting representatives of the city administration, politicians, Wolfsburg representatives from the fields of ecology, economy and social affairs as well as other advisory members. The committee acts as a point of contact for project sponsors, performs the initial review of submitted project outlines and carries out the official eligibility check using an evaluation table and quality criteria.

Kai Kronschnabel was elected chairman of the steering group. Mr. Kronschnabel is Chairman of the Planning and Building Committee of the City of Wolfburg and Jens Hortmeyer (Chairman of the Strategy Committee) was elected as Deputy Chairman to replace Kai Kronschnabel. After one year, the chairman and deputy chairman swapped positions.

The rules of procedure are available in the download area.

The decision whether a project is "worthy" to be funded or not depends on the following criteria:

• Effectiveness of the project in relation to the challenges identified in the territorial strategy.
• Innovation content of the project for the inner city development
• Involvement of different stakeholders and civil society in project development and implementation
• Publicity of the project and transferability to other municipalities
• Contribution to the implementation / conformity of the project to the inner city development concept
• Use of opportunities offered by digitalization
• Contribution of the project to the European cross-cutting objectives (sustainable development, equality, equal opportunities, non-discrimination and accessibility, "good work")

In addition to the City of Wolfsburg, the following actors are eligible as recipients of funds reserved with the state:

• Legal entities that are not profit-oriented.
• Companies with majority municipal ownership (municipal subsidiaries)
• Neighborhood communities in accordance with the Lower Saxony Neighborhood Act

• Development of a project outline
• Submission of the project outline for initial review by the steering group by the due date
• Public discussion of the project outline in the steering group meeting (revision of the project outline if necessary)
• Submission of application to NBank for eligibility check
• Transmission of the application documents from the NBank to the steering group if all formal requirements are met
• Issuance of the grant notice by the NBank
• Implementation