Open call for Expressions of Interest
The second NEB Junction Stakeholder Assembly meets online in October and November 2026.
Two online sessions of three hours. Open to the whole New European Bauhaus community and to people who have not been part of it before. No previous experience is needed.
Call window
21 September to 11 October 2026
Closes at 23:59 CEST
Format
Online
Two sessions of three hours, in the cohort you choose
Places
Around 40 per cohort
Up to 100 across the two cohorts
You hear back
By 14 October 2026
Response sent to everyone who applies, selected or not
Dates and cohorts
Two cohorts. You take part in one of them.
One cohort meets in the afternoon and one in the morning, so that people in different time zones and with different working hours can take part. Each cohort meets on two dates and you need to attend both, because the second session builds on the first.
Afternoon cohort
Monday 26 and Tuesday 27 October 2026
14:00 to 17:00 CET
Morning cohort
Thursday 5 and Friday 6 November 2026
09:30 to 12:30 CET
How to apply
One short form, open until Sunday 11 October.
1. Send it
About ten minutes. There is nothing to attach and no document to write.
2. We read it
Every application is read by a person. If something is unclear, we ask you before deciding. Places are confirmed in three rounds: two while the call is open, so that people confirmed early can block the dates, and a third after it closes, when the remaining places are allocated and both cohorts are balanced.
3. You take part
Everyone receives an answer by 14 October. Confirmed participants receive a short preparation pack on Monday 19 October, one week before the first session.
If you are not selected
A waiting list stays open until 22 October. Whenever a place frees up, we contact the next person on the list.
Who it is for
Open to organisations and individuals with an interest in the New European Bauhaus, whatever their experience of it.
The Assembly is open to organisations of many kinds across the New European Bauhaus Community, such as:
- Public authorities, at local, regional and national level
- Companies and businesses, in the built environment, construction and other sectors
- Cultural and creative sectors, design and architecture
- Nonprofit and nongovernmental organisations
- Umbrella organisations and networks
- Academic and research institutions
Organisations with no previous experience of the New European Bauhaus are just as encouraged to join as those who have worked with it for years.
Individuals are warmly welcome as well: residents and neighbourhood groups, cultural and creative practitioners, students, and people who have never worked on a project funded by the European Union. You apply as an individual, not as an organisation.
Your link with the New European Bauhaus
You may have been at the first Assembly or at the Festival, be a member of the New European Bauhaus Community, a Partner, part of a Lab or a Local Chapter, part of an EU funded project, part of a grassroots initiative that works in the same direction, or in first contact with all of it. The form asks which applies to you. None of them is a condition.
How places are allocated
The Assembly is balanced across three criteria. The form asks about each one, and places are allocated to keep that balance.
- Location
- Age
- Gender
Why this Assembly
Not a general conversation about the New European Bauhaus. The sessions are built around what the project is working on now.
NEB Junction is in its second phase, and its strands of work are already under way. Each of them carries questions the project cannot answer from inside itself. The Assembly is where those questions are put to the people the work is meant to serve, so that what you say arrives somewhere specific instead of into a general record.
The tools being built
How the tools and services developed by NEB Junction respond to your needs, and how they could better support your work. This includes giving feedback on emerging solutions, such as the Monitoring System and the Dashboard, to help improve their usability, relevance and impact.
What gets in the way
The challenges, gaps and missing support that limit the implementation and scaling of New European Bauhaus initiatives. This includes reflecting on the current New European Bauhaus Facility, across both its research and innovation and its rollout components, to help shape the priorities and actions of the next long term budget of the European Union.
The direction of travel
How the project's vision and proposed future directions align with your experience and expectations. What is working well, what could be strengthened, and which priorities should shape the next phase of the New European Bauhaus.
What the Assembly does
Two sessions of three hours. What you say is reported at European level.
What comes out of the sessions feeds into what NEB Junction reports to the New European Bauhaus Facility and the European Commission.
What you receive afterwards
On Tuesday 17 November 2026 every participant receives a summary of what was said, where it was reported and what happens next. Session documentation does not name anyone who has not agreed to be named.
Key dates
From the opening of the call to the follow-up note.
The call opens
Monday 21 September 2026
The call closes
Sunday 11 October 2026, 23:59 CEST
Answers sent to all applicants
Wednesday 14 October 2026
The Assembly meets
26 and 27 October, 5 and 6 November 2026
| Mon 21 Sep 2026 | The call opens |
| While the call is open | First and second rounds of places confirmed, so that people confirmed early can block the dates |
| Sun 11 Oct 2026 | The call closes, 23:59 CEST |
| Tue 13 Oct 2026 | Third and final round: the remaining places are allocated and both cohorts are finalised |
| Wed 14 Oct 2026 | Answers sent to all applicants. Confirmed participants receive their cohort, both dates and the joining details |
| Mon 19 Oct 2026 | Preparation pack sent to confirmed participants |
| Mon 26 and Tue 27 Oct 2026 | Afternoon cohort meets, 14:00 to 17:00 CET |
| Thu 5 and Fri 6 Nov 2026 | Morning cohort meets, 09:30 to 12:30 CET |
| Tue 17 Nov 2026 | Participants receive the summary and follow-up note |
Questions
Before you apply.
Do I need experience of the New European Bauhaus?
No. We are looking for people who know a place, a practice or a community well. Knowing the initiative is welcome but is not a criterion, and the sessions are designed so that first-time participants can contribute from the start.
I took part in the first Assembly. Can I take part again?
Yes. Having been at the first Assembly is not a condition and it does not rule you out. It does not carry a place over either: places are allocated again from scratch for this one, so you need to send a new Expression of Interest. The form asks about your link with the New European Bauhaus, and having attended the previous Assembly is one of the answers.
Can I apply without an organisation behind me?
Yes. Membership of the New European Bauhaus Community is limited to registered organisations. This call is not. You can apply as an individual, and the organisation field in the form is optional.
Can I choose my cohort?
Yes. The form asks for your first choice and whether the other cohort would also work. Your preference comes first. If we need to move you to balance the cohorts, we ask you before doing so.
Do I have to attend both dates?
Yes. Each cohort meets on two dates and the second session builds on the first, so you need to attend both. The form asks you to confirm this.
What if I am not selected?
You receive an answer either way. A waiting list stays open until 22 October, and we contact the next person on it whenever a place frees up. NEB Junction also runs other sessions during the year, announced separately with open registration.
Privacy
We care about your privacy.
This call is part of the NEB Junction project, funded by the European Union under grant agreement no. 101215634. Democratic Society is the data controller for the personal data processed through this form, under Regulation (EU) 2016/679. The contact point for any request is Domenico Di Siena, at domenico.ds@demsoc.eu.
This form is not anonymous. It asks for your name and email address, because a place has to be offered to someone and everyone who applies hears back. Please do not write personal data about other people in the free text fields.
We use what you send to assess your Expression of Interest, to compose a balanced Assembly and to run the sessions, including any access adjustments you ask for. It is not shared outside the project consortium, and participation is reported in aggregate form. We keep it until the end of the project, 31 October 2027, and then delete it.
You may ask us at any time to access, correct or delete your data, or withdraw your consent, by writing to Domenico Di Siena at domenico.ds@demsoc.eu. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the data protection authority in your country.
Read the full notice
| Who is responsible | Democratic Society, partner in the NEB Junction consortium and the organisation running this call, is the data controller for the personal data processed through this form. The project is funded by the European Union under grant agreement no. 101215634. The contact point for any request is Domenico Di Siena: domenico.ds@demsoc.eu. |
| What we collect | Your name and email address; the organisation or community you name, if any; your category; the three balance fields of location, age and gender; your cohort preference; your confirmation of the dates; your access needs; and anything else you choose to write in the free text fields. |
| Why we collect it | To assess your Expression of Interest, to compose a balanced Assembly, to organise and run the sessions, to contact you about this Assembly and about the sessions that follow it if you agree to that, and to report participation at aggregate level. |
| Legal basis | Your consent, given when you submit the form. You can withdraw it at any time, and withdrawal does not affect anything done while it was in place. Where you tell us about an access need, that information is used only to make your participation possible and is deleted once the sessions are over. |
| Who sees it | The team running this call inside the project consortium. It is not shared outside the consortium. Reporting to the European Commission and to the granting authority is in aggregate form and never names an applicant. |
| Where it is stored | In the Drive managed by Democratic Society. |
| How long we keep it | Until the end of the project, 31 October 2027, and then it is deleted. Aggregate figures without personal data are kept for the project reporting record. |
| Your rights | You may ask us at any time to access, correct or delete your data, or withdraw your consent, by writing to Domenico Di Siena at domenico.ds@demsoc.eu. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the data protection authority in your country. |
| Automated decisions | None. Every application is read by a person, and the composition of the Assembly is decided by people in a selection session. |