The cluster related to vulnerability of Roma people encompasses three actions: Action 10: Adoption of an integrated Roma framework from a multilevel governance approach Action 11: Strengthening the...
Igor Kos is one of the members of the Circular Economy Partnership. He is an advisor at WCYCLE Institute in Maribor, Slovenia. The communication team of the Urban Agenda for the EU Technical...
Public Procurement as a tool for the overall strategy in cities The study visit will bring together technicians from European cities, members of the Public Procurement Partnership of the Urban Agenda...
The Urban Mobility Partnership, established in 2017 within the framework of the Urban Agenda for the EU, has issued a political recommendation paper regarding the involvement of municipalities,...
The European Commission opened a call for proposals to support the Integration of Third-country nationals . This call is part of the activities foreseen in the Annual Work Programme 2018 for the...
The consultation aims to assess how well the various better regulation tools used by the Commission work in practice and contribute to achieving the objectives of its better regulation policy. These...
With the support of the HELP Project in Westminster , FEANTSA is in a privileged position to offer cities a bursary to attend the FEANTSA Research Conference in Budapest on 21 September 2018...
The 7th meeting of the Partnership for Urban Mobility (PUM) took place in Burgas, Bulgaria. The meeting was kicked off the first day with an official welcome by the Lord Mayor of Burgas, Mr Dimitar...
The online Public Feedback of the Sustainable Use of Land and Nature-Based Solutions Partnership kicks off today, on 1 August 2018, and will be accessible online for six weeks, until Wednesday, 19...
Sustainable Use of Land and Nature-Based Solutions is one of 12 Priority Themes identified in the Pact of Amsterdam, adopted in 2016. Based on the Pact, the Urban Agenda for the EU was established...
Join the Public Feedback on Draft Action 1 BOTTLENECKS Inefficient land use is an adverse consequence of poorly managed land which undermines the sustainable growth objectives set by the Europe 2020...
Join the Public Feedback on Draft Action 2 BOTTLENECKS The main problem that this action deals with is the lack of comprehensive and up-to-date information for cities on how to receive EU-level...
Join the Public Feedback on Draft Action 3 BOTTLENECKS In the aftermath of the financial crisis, the public sector has lost the steering role, both in terms of power and financial resources, to...
Join the Public Feedback on Draft Action 4 BOTTLENECKS Land take can be defined as the loss of undeveloped land to human-developed land. Concerning net land take , for the EC “ no net land take...
Join the Public Feedback on Draft Action 5 BOTTLENECKS Urban sprawl is one of the main challenges of developing towns and cities, where development spreads without proper control and management. This...
Join the Public Feedback on Draft Action 6 BOTTLENECKS The concept of NBS has been included in the funding priorities of the EU Commission in terms of research and investments - from H2020 and LIFE...
Join the Public Feedback on Draft Action 7.1 BOTTLENECKS Funding for infrastructure investment which comprises NBS financing is widely available (ESIF, Horizon 2020, EIB, LIFE, EEA & Norway...
Join the Public Feedback on Draft Action 7.2 BOTTLENECKS One of the main challenges in implementing (and financing) NBS is a bias toward existing and well-known solutions. The status quo is often...
Join the Public Feedback on Draft Action 8 BOTTLENECKS Working with nature and ensuring the sustainable use of land can pave the way towards a more resource efficient, competitive and greener economy...
Join the Public Feedback on Draft Action 9 BOTTLENECKS Several sets of targets and performance indicators for city sustainability have been developed in the European Union (see e.g. EKLIPSE, Think...
