27 May 2022

Community of Practice on Cities

COP-CITIES Newsletter #13

Dear Members of the Community of Practice on Cities,

Welcome to the 13th edition of our Newsletter.

It has been a period rich of activities for CoP Cities. We had our annual plenary, a special event on local taxes and the release of two new policy briefs. We hope you found them rich of inspirations and we are looking forward for your cooperation while we are scoping and drafting our next batch of contributions.

As usual, keep in mind that this is a bi-monthly publication, with a new edition foreseen for the end of July 2022. 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.

The Editorial Team

Jean-Philippe Aurambout, Patrizia Sulis, and Giulia Testori

Highlights

Launch of the Science for Policy report “New perspectives on territorial disparities. From lonely places to places of opportunities”

The launch of the Science for Policy report “New perspectives on territorial disparities. From lonely places to places of opportunities” will be held online on the 23rd of June at 14:30. The report aims at identifying places with vulnerabilities in terms of local endowment, accessibility, or connectivity, using a spatial, multi-scalar and interdisciplinary approach to places. Results can contribute to bridging local, regional, and national concepts with European policies and instruments, to make the implementation of these policies more effective.

During the launch, the report's editors will present the outputs of the analysis and the policy recommendations to address spatial disparities in European territories. Experts and academics will discuss the report’s findings in relation to policy interventions and implementation to better support local development and territorial cohesion. A detailed agenda of the event and a link to attend the online launch will be sent before the event.

Spotlight on CoP Work

Our new brief on 'Urban-rural interactions' is out!

How are cities intertwined with their surrounding areas? How have their relationships changed in the past? How could they evolve in the future? Find it out in our latest CoP-Cities policy brief on “Urban-rural interactions and their territorial disparities”.

New policy brief on Local taxes in EU Member States

Our JRC colleagues just released a new policy brief on Local taxes on economic activity in municipalities in EU Member States. This brief, among the various findings, identifies interesting trends between economic growth and the share of revenues from taxes on local economic activities to local budgets.

Latest Publications

The new TERRI report is out

The Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) just released the TERRI Report.

This report examines the evolution of territorial and governance reforms of recent years and explores the changing nature of relationships between central and subnational governments in Europe.

Green balance in urban areas as an indicator for policy support: a multi-level application

Our colleagues just released a new scientific article that looks at trends of urban green areas in European cities. They do so by providing a methodology to compute a new indicator to report the status of Urban Green Infrastructure (UGI) under the Green City Accord.

Forthcoming Activities and Events

World Urban Forum

The World Urban Forum is the most important global event on sustainable urbanisation and human settlement. The theme of this 11th edition is “Transforming Our Cities for a Better Urban Future”.

Several thematic sessions will be offered by the EC and its partners, including training events, SDGs in Action sessions or Voices from Cities contributions. The WUF 11 is a great opportunity to discuss urban issues; it allows the dissemination of the results of research activities on territorial trends and urban challenges, and extends and reinforces links and collaborations with external partners and European local and regional governments.

date

26/06/2022 - 30/06/2022

venue

Katowice, Poland and online

Registration

Direct link

Webinars on city statistics

The European Commission Expert Group on City statistics and the IAOS Standing Committee on Regional and Urban Statistics (SCORUS) are organising two webinars on city statistics.

1. City statistics: past, present and future (7 June 15:30-17:00 Brussels time)

2. Integrating available data sources for city statistics: Challenges and opportunities (8 June 11:30-13:00 Brussels time).

To follow the webinar, please fill in the form provided by the link.

date

07/06/2022 - 08/06/2022

venue

Online

Registration

Direct link

Past events

The second CoP Cities Plenary meeting - Thank you for joining!

Last month, we held our second online CoP Cities plenary meeting on April 28th.

More than 60 members joined and learned of current and new developments related to cities from within the European Commission (DG REGIO) and from Urban Innovative Actions (UIA) and the City Science Initiative (CSI).

We also presented our latest batch of policy briefs and learnt about the new methodology developed by the JRC for running the CityLabs.

Click on the link below to get access to the presentations.

Useful Tools

Looking for funding for your city? Check the URBACT’s online Toolbox

URBACT just upgraded their online toolbox to help urban practitioners navigate their way from local problem analysis to new guides on funding urban projects.

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