WG Metropolitan Area (23 March 10-12.30)

Urban Native Forest - Porto's case study

Portuguese presidency of the EU Council

EDF Policy Update (September - October 2020)

Quiet areas in agglomerations – how our cities define them

A Robust Innovation Ecosystem for the Future of Europe

The Urban Economy Forum

The Urban Economy Forum is a Toronto-based initiative that focuses on urban economics and municipal finance. Together with UN-Habitat and International City Leaders (ICL), they are collaborating to promote innovative approaches to urban governance and management. The aim is to assist city leaders to establish prosperous urban futures that are economically, socially, politically and environmentally viable. The Urban Economy Forum in collaboration with UN-Habitat is organizing the Second...

Healthy, thriving and inclusive cities workshops series

EUROCITIES Healthy, thriving and inclusive cities workshops series

Mayors call for a new pact between the EU and cities

“If we get it right in cities, we will get it right for Europe” Cities want to play an active role in Europe’s recovery after the corona pandemic. Mayors of major European cities offered a ‘new pact between the EU and city leadership’ to overcome the impacts of the crisis. In meetings with the European Commission’s Executive Vice President Frans Timmermans and Commissioners Paolo Gentiloni and Johannes Hahn on Friday, the mayors proposed to involve city governments more in the EU recovery...

Deal on EU budget and Recovery Fund is needed by June or delay will put citizens' safety and cohesion in Europe at risk

Following the video conference of the members of the European Council on 23 April the Cohesion Alliance – an EU-wide alliance calling for a stronger cohesion policy after 2020 – calls for cohesion policy to remain a priority amid talks about the Covid-19 recovery strategy taking regions and cities needs and experience on board.