Dear community members,

Welcome to a new edition of the CoP-CITIES newsletter. As you might notice, the structure and content have been revised to better serve the objective of bilateral exchange and dialogue within the community.

Next to that, we have also launched a new webpage for our community. We hope you will take a bit of time to explore this new environment. If you have not had the chance to migrate your profile from the old website, please take the occasion to recreate it.

As you know, the CoP-CITIES is a shared initiative of DG REGIO and the JRC, bringing together cities, city networks, academia, NGOs and other urban stakeholders to strengthen the knowledge base on urban issues. The CoP-CITIES also offers a place to discuss potential future challenges and opportunities for urban areas, and this new edition of the newsletter aims precisely at that, including also the perspective and work of members outside the Commission.

We hope you will like this initiative and we look forward to hearing your feedback at meeting occasions such as the Cities Forum in Turin on 16-17 March, and the CoP Cities Plenary later this year. Please also feel invited to reach out to us and other community members at any moment in time through our new webpage.

The newsletter editorial board