28 May 2021

Community of Practice on Cities

COP-CITIES Newsletter #7

Foreword

Dear members of the Community of Practice on Cities,

Welcome to the 7^th Edition of the CoP-Cities Newsletter. This edition marks a year that we have been publishing our newsletter, and well over a year of living within the restrictions imposed by the Covid pandemic. We hope that as we move into the summer, the systematic easing of restrictions and progress in the vaccination campaigns will allow you all to take a breather and reconnect with family and friends.

Looking forward, as always, we hope some of the lessons learnt during the hardest moments of the lockdowns can help improve our lives, and especially the overall quality of life in both urban and rural areas.

As usual, keep in mind that this is a bimonthly publication, with a new edition foreseen for the end of July. For any feedback on this edition, or contributions to the following one, including highlights of your current work, upcoming publications, or events, please let us know at jrc-kctp@ec.europa.eu.

Finally, on a very personal note, my contract will be ending soon and I will be leaving already next week on maternity leave. I wish you all the best, and look forward to working together again in the future.

We will be welcoming our third little girl, who we have decided to call Asha, meaning hope.

Ine Vandecasteele

Editorial Team: Jean-Philippe Aurambout, Patrizia Sulis, and a big welcome to Giulia Testori

Highlights

The first CoP on Cities online plenary was a success!

We held our online CoP on cities plenary meeting last month on April 28th.

We were joined, by almost 80 members and learned of current and new developments related to cities from within the European Commission (DG REGIO, DG RTD, DG CNCT, DG MOVE), as well as from Eurocities, CEMR, and EUKN . This was a great opportunity to exchange information on current initiatives and identify synergies for future collaborations, including the upcoming Urban Observatory and the City Science Initiative.

Latest Publications

Policy brief on tourism in Europe

JRC colleagues also published a brief on Tourism, you can access the publication through the link below.

Policy brief on broadband accessibility

Our JRC colleagues just released a new publication on broadband accessibility, you can check it out through the link below.

Forthcoming Activities and Events

Leading the Digital Decade

This two-day online event will focus on defining the path to Europe’s digital transformation towards 2030.

date

01/06/2021 - 02/06/2021

Registration

Report launch: Local and regional indicators and multilevel governance for the SDGs

In this event, the Joint Research Centre (JRC) will present three methodological reports on the localisation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Europe.

Under the coordination of the JRC, three international experts have elaborated specific analysis, based on the experiences of European local and regional governments that use monitoring as a tool to localise the SDGs and the 2030 Agenda.

The event will be streamed from 14:30 to 16:00

date

16/06/2021

venue

Online: Webex

Registration

Link to the event page

CONNECT University Summer School 2021 | Digital for our Planet

From the 21st of June to the 2nd of July, CONNECT University organises a special sixth edition of Summer School. The aim of this edition is to share knowledge and information about the way climate change is interconnected with digital transformation.

You can find more information and register through the link below.

date

21/06/2021 - 02/07/2021

Registration

B2G data sharing in cities: 5 online workshops

This series of online workshops is part of the Living-in.eu movement, and it is based on the findings of the report of the High-Level Expert Group on Business-to-Government (B2G) data sharing and earlier workshops. For this new series, the aim is to explore opportunities for upscaling B2G data sharing. The organisers would like to invite city experts and programme managers experienced with B2G data sharing and setting up data partnerships, to discuss how cities and the European Commission can cooperate in achieving more data sharing.

date

05/05/2021 - 07/07/2021

Registration

Past events

EU-US Young Leaders Seminar on the Future of Cities

As part of the EU-US Young Leaders Seminar on the Future of Cities, organised by the Fulbright Commission in Brussels, our JRC colleagues participated to “The Future of Cities: Expert Panel Discussion” and the "Technology Transforming Cities: Q&A and Working Group Discussion".

The event provided an effective platform to exchange and discuss information with the audience.

Urban Agenda for the EU: 8th Partnership Meeting – Security in Public Spaces

The 8th meeting of the Urban Agenda (UA) Partnership on the Security in Public Spaces took place on May 11-12th, 2021, with the participation of external stakeholders and experts from EC DG REGIO, HOME, CNECT, and JRC.

Cooperation

ELTIS newsletter

If you are interested in urban mobility, you may also want to visit the Urban Mobility Observatory and view its monthly newsletter. Eltis facilitates the exchange of information, knowledge and experience in the field of sustainable urban mobility in Europe.

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