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European Week of Regions and Cities

The European Week of Regions and Cities is an annual four-day event during which cities and regions showcase their capacity to create growth and jobs, implement European Union cohesion policy, and prove the importance of the local and regional level for good European governance.

 
Seminar on EU supported Integrated Urban Development Strategies

As a part of the seminar series "Leaps into Urban Regeneration", Carlotta Fioretti (JRC, unit B3) will present how the EU integrated approach to sustainable urban development has been put in practice for the programming period 2014-2020, also offering perspectives for post2020. This analysis is largely based on the KC TP online webtool STRAT-board, that offers a visual representation of almost 1000 sustainable urban development strategies currently implemented across Europe.

The seminar will take place December 6 at 16:00 CET at the Politecnico di Torino in Italy.

 
Launch of the Community of Practice on Cities in Brussels

On October 5 the Community of Practice on Cities will be officially launched in Brussels!

Acknowledging the increasing centrality of the urban dimension, the Knowledge Centre for Territorial Policies now fosters a Community of Practice on Cities (CoP-CITIES) that will address specific challenges and features of cities and urban systems, while promoting the adoption of a territorial point of view.

The mission of the COP-CITIES is to tap the potential of an extended pool of expertise to improve information sharing and enhance collaboration among stakeholders, including EU citizens.

At the kick-off event the CoP-CITIES will be officially launched, other EC services will be invited to join, and its next steps and future developments will be discussed.