How cities and regions can collaborate internationally on innovation: Network Effects report launch

Nesta, an UK innovation foundation, will host an event to launch their latest report ‘Network Effects’. The forthcoming paper outlines the crucial role that an intensive dialogue on innovation among cities and regions, at international level, might have in the economic recovery post-COVID-19.

Let’s move to the new collaboration platform

Let’s move to the new collaboration platform

Innovation power through transnational cooperation

It is urgent to push green innovation! CO2 emissions are not dropping quick enough. Therefore, cities and regions have a great responsibility to enable conditions for companies and innovators to come up with green innovations in order to find sustainable solutions for our common challenges - and a greener future.

EU budget: what's in for cities and how to get hold of the new funds

What does the next 7-year EU budget mean for cities?

The European Commission has put its cards on the table, and this week national leaders agreed to the biggest ever EU budget proposal, to support recovery in Europe.

Social Affairs Forum policy updates for May - July 2020

This document presents an overview of EU policy and funding updates relevant to social affairs as well as news from EUROCITIES and from member cities, for the period May - July 2020.

City actions and policy response to social and economic impacts of COVID-19

Cities are on the frontline of managing the COVID-19 crisis. They are dealing with the immediate consequences of the crisis. Many cities have adapted their services in quick, effective, and innovative ways to respond to the emergency. As we are now moving past the emergency stage of this crisis, many cities are pro-actively setting out measures to mitigate the social and economic effects of the COVID-19 crisis on people, jobs, businesses, the local economy and equality and inclusion in...

A strong cohesion policy for Europe’s recovery

Cities need to be at the heart of Europe’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, and to ensure that the critical green and digital transitions stay on track. And this should be coupled with a strong cohesion policy that leaves no place or person behind.

Paving the way for sustainable cities - New EUROCITIES report on the implementation of SDGs at local level

#CohesionAlliance webinar: The European Recovery Plan and its implications for EU cohesion policy

The Committee of the Regions' #CohesionAlliance is organising a webinar to affirm cohesion as a fundamental value of the European Union and a key objective for all its policies and investment. The event will take place on 14 July from 12:00 to 13:30 CEST.