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Grants for sustainable professional events in Berlin
Are you planning a sustainable professional event at a conference hotel or event venue in Berlin? Under the ‘Congress fund for sustainable meetings’, you can receive a grant for each attendee at an analogue event (possibly combined with a hybrid format).
Grant for a sustainable event
Extra bonus for hybrid and decentralised events
Funding of up to EUR 35 per day per attendee participating in a professional event in Berlin
Events in Berlin,
Events that address a professional audience if attendees participate exclusively for professional reasons (for instance, on behalf of employers or for research reasons at a scientific congress)
What is not eligible for support?
Basic funding | Supplementary funding (hybrid | OR |
Supplementary funding (decentralised event) | Total (max.) per attendee/per day |
EUR 25 | EUR 10 | EUR 10 | EUR 35 |
Projects financed under this support programme make a direct and indirect positive contribution to the following Sustainable Development Goals (SDG):
IBB generally excludes certain projects from financing or specifies conditions that must be met.
You can find more detailed information on the exclusion criteria in our sustainability guidelines and further conditions to be met in the funding guidelines.
Actual number of attendees present > expected number of attendees present | Original funding amount = Final funding amount |
Actual number of attendees present < expected number of attendees present | Funding amount reduced accordingly |
Actual number of attendees present < 50 | No funding possible! |
No evidence of fulfilment of the targets crossed off in the Sustainable Event Scorecard | No funding possible! |
Requirements for hybrid or decentralised events are not met, although originally applied for | Funding amount reduced accordingly |
Eligible expenses actually incurred < Funding amount calculated on the basis of the actual number of attendees present | Funding amount reduced accordingly |
The Sustainable Event Scorecard is used as the basis for evaluating the sustainability of an event or event management. It addresses various sustainability topics from 13 fields of action, including social and environmental impact as well as the event’s carbon footprint, climate protection, diversity, regionality and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
In order to receive funding from the Congress Fund for Sustainable Meetings, at least 300 out of 930 possible points must be reached in at least four of the 13 fields of action on the Sustainable Event Scorecard.
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