Main achievements from 2019:
Achievement 1:
-Policy statement ‘European cities as drivers for investment’.
Achievement 2:
-Analysis Evaluation of the effects of the Maastricht deficit and debt level, ESA 2010 and EUROSTAT, on city finances”.
Achievement 3:
-Stakeholders interventions during high-level events in EP and CoR.
-Collecting case studies on public private partnership (PPP) and financial schemes.
Specific objectives for 2020 are:
Objective 1:
- Influence European institutions towards a Green Deal that is suited for cities.
How do you want to achieve it?
- Promote innovative city government and administration.
- Ensure the financial sustainability of cities.
- Manage the use of disruptive technologies to transform public services.
- Strengthen public participation in decision making.
- Explore strategic partnerships and the co-creation of public services.
- Promote gender equality and fight all discrimination.
- Plan for the cities of the future.
Objective 2:
- Being a core group of EUROCITIES dealing with investments for European cities, connect and work with other WGs.
How do you want to achieve it?
- Stakeholder Interventions, meeting with European Union institutions.
- Cooperation with European institutions and core stakeholders: European Parliament(EP), European Commission (EC); especially Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN), European Investment Bank (EIB), EUROSTAT, European Committee of the Regions (CoR), European Association of Long-Term Investors (ELTI), Intergroups in EP working on urban development and investments.
- Presentation of lessons learnt and transferability of the innovative financing schemes (results from work with H2020 PROSPECT).
- Work on synergies with Covenant of Mayors.
Which EUROCITIES strategic objectives are your objectives contributing to?
- Ensure access to adequate and affordable housing;
- Promote the attractiveness of cities for people, business andinvestments;
- Tackle mismatches in local skills and future needs;
- Support the transition to a circular economy;
- Strengthen sustainable mobility within and beyond cities;
- Promote safe, connected and sustainable urban mobility;
- Support the transition towards clean fuels and vehicles;
- Promote culture as a tool for social sustainability;
- Regenerate and design open and inspiring public spaces for and withpeople;
- Strengthen safety and security in public spaces;
- Promote innovative city government and administration;
- Ensure the financial sustainability of cities;
- Explore strategic partnerships and the co-creation of public services;
- Plan for the cities of the future.
