The quality of urban places in cities is typically not the product of a single intervention but results from the accumulation over time of a complex combination of factors, behaviours and decisions from multiple stakeholders.  

Through the Horizon2020 action called Urban MAESTRO, the consortium partners (UN-Habitat, University College of London and the Brussels Bouwmeester Maître Architecte) aim to explore innovative ways European cities are being designed and financed.  Urban MAESTRO will focus on those approaches where public authorities act in a semi-formal or informal capacity as enablers or brokers rather than through regulatory or direct investment powers.

The launch event will provide an overview of consortium partners’ activity in the field of urban design governance, will seek feedback from urban practitioners, and will identify synergies with relevant urban policies implemented by Member States and related Institutions.

Event by invitation only. 

Kindly express your interest via email to  unhabitat-europe@un.org