cooperation
Close cooperation between cities, regions, national governments and the EU institutions is essential in order to address the most important challenges facing Europe in the 21st century
We work with all levels of government to ensure cities’ interests are taken into account when EU policies affecting local and regional governments are developed.
We work closely with the main EU institutions and advisory bodies, including the European Parliament's urban intergroup.
We sit on the Urban Development Group (UDG) which unites national ministries in charge of urban affairs and we have established close links on urban matters with a number of member states which have held EU presidencies.
We maintain close links with other networks representing regional and local authorities, and together we push for a strengthening of multilevel governance when developing and implementing EU policies.
Priorities:
Promoting city involvement in policy making and implementation:
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reinforcing our position as a partner of the EU institutions and national governments by fostering a ‘territorial dialogue’ covering relevant policy issues
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engaging with the EU on the development of innovative processes, tools and instruments designed to enhance governance in Europe, such as the open method of coordination and territorial pacts
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encouraging research designed to improve citizens' quality of life and support sustainable urban development
Promoting international networking and cooperation among cities:
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promoting international networking and cooperation among EU cities and cities in neighbouring countries, carried out through a number of working groups that report directly to our executive committee (ExCom)
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our cooperation platform, one of our main networking events, meets annually and is open to all of our members, providing an ideal opportunity for developing exchanges and partnerships.
chair
Stockholm
Mayor of Stockholm
members
Aarhus Acharnes Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropole Almere Amaroussion Amiens Metropole Amsterdam Angers Loire Metropole Antwerp Arezzo Athens Banja Luka Barcelona Belfast Belgrade Bergen Berlin Beylikdüzü Beyoglu Bialystok Bilbao Birmingham Bologna Bonn Bordeaux BrabantStad Braga Bratislava Bremen Brest Metropole Oceane Brighton & Hove Bristol Brno Brussels Brussels Capital Region Burgas Bydgoszcz Cardiff Chemnitz Cluj-Napoca Cologne Constanta Copenhagen Derry-Strabane Donostia-San Sebastian Dortmund Dresden Dublin Dusseldorf Edinburgh Eindhoven Espoo Essen EUROCITIES Brussels Office Florence Frankfurt Fuenlabrada Gaziantep Gdansk Genoa Ghent Gijon Glasgow Gothenburg Grand Nancy Grand Reims Grenoble Alpes Metropole Hagen Hamburg Helsinki Heraklion Istanbul Izmir Kapsch TrafficCom AB Karlsruhe Karlstad Katowice Kharkiv Kiel Klaipeda Konya Kortrijk Kungsbacka Kyiv Lausanne Leeds Leeuwarden Leipzig Linkoping Lisbon Lisburn and Castlereagh Liverpool Ljubljana Lodz London Lublin Luxembourg Lviv Lyon Madrid Malaga Malmo Manchester Mannheim Metropole Europeenne de Lille Milan Munich Munster Murcia Nacka Nantes Netwerkstad Twente Newcastle-Gateshead Nice Cote d Azur Nicosia Nilufer Novi Sad Nuremberg Odessa Oslo Osmangazi Oulu Palermo Paris Pendik Pesaro Pilsen Pisa Porto Poznan Prague Preston Rennes Metropole Reykjavik Riga Rijeka Rome Rotterdam Rzeszow Sarajevo Seville Sheffield Skopje Sofia Solna St Etienne St Nazaire Stavanger Stockholm Strasbourg Stuttgart Sunderland Tallinn Tampere Tbilisi Terrassa Metropolitan Area The Hague Thessaloniki Timisoara Tirana Toulouse Tours Turin Turkish Cypriot community of Nicosia Turku Umea Uppsala Utrecht Valladolid Vantaa Varna Venice Verona Vienna Vilnius Warsaw Wolverhampton Wroclaw Yerevan Zagreb Zaragoza Zurich