Dear Members of the Community of Practice on Cities,

We hope that you had a restful end-of-year break and we wish you a Happy new year 2022. While we were all hoping for a quick return to normal, it seems uncertainty will remain a part of our life for some time. This ongoing pandemic has taught us the importance to incorporate resilience into our systems and, looking ahead, that we now need to seriously and realistically plan for longer-term issues we know are coming. 

Luckily, more and more cities are playing an active role and gaining momentum, thanks to increasing evidence, networking, and political and funding opportunities. By providing access to new information and events, we hope this latest edition of our newsletter can assist you with a productive start to the year. Furthermore, we are planning several activities for the coming months, including the annual plenary of CoP Cities and the launch of new Future of Cities briefs. We will update you about this soon.

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