"The main objective is to actively contribute to the elaboration of an integrated urban security policy at EU level." Andrea Luccaroni tells why Romagna Faentina, a union of six Italian neighbouring municipalities, joined the partnership on Security in Public Spaces.
The "CITIES Forum 2020 – together we shape a sustainable urban future" is a two-day major event of the European Commission bringing together key stakeholders from European, national and local levels. The Forum is a place for all stakeholders to capitalise on common achievements and reflect on the future directions of urban development within Cohesion Policy including the future of the Urban Agenda for the EU.
We've updated our website with a new section - our Urban Blog! This is a space for you to engage, debate, exchange, and discuss topics relevant to you with the Urban Community. Take a look at current discussions and get involved!
The city of Nantes in north-west France is the European Capital of Innovation 2019, the Commission announced today at the European Research and Innovation Days. The title was awarded to Nantes in recognition for its outstanding ability to harness innovation to improve the lives of its citizens and its open and collaborative governance model. It comes with a €1 million cash prize funded by Horizon 2020, the EU's research and innovation programme. The other five runner-up cities – Antwerp (Belgium), Bristol (UK), Espoo (Finland), Glasgow (UK) and Rotterdam (Netherlands) – received €100,000 each to promote and scale up their innovation practice.
The UIA Initiative has launched its fifth Call for Proposals. It will remain open from 16 September 2019 until 12 December 2019 at 2pm CET. Focused on four topics - Air quality, Circular economy, Culture & cultural heritage, Demographic change -, it will be the last UIA Call in the current programming period and the total budget is approximately EUR 50 million ERDF. Apply now!
The prestigious title of European Green Leaf is awarded every year to smaller European cities and towns with 20,000 to 100,000 inhabitants, to recognise and promote their efforts towards better environmental management and outcomes. The European Commission's competition to find the next winner of the European Green Leaf title is open, until 14 October 2019. Will your city or town follow in the footsteps of Limerick (Ireland) and Mechelen (Belgium)?
UIA organises two Applicants Seminars – one in Prague (15 October) and one in Brussels (05 November). The Permanent Secretariat is ready to assist applicants with any technical questions they may have during the fifth Call for Proposal.
Living labs are a modern way of creating user-centred environments that enable innovation, co-creation and start-up development. JRC launches a call for expressions of interest to co-create living labs in two of our research sites Ispra, Italy and Petten, the Netherlands for smart city solutions. The pilot call is open to public and private organisations until 31 December 2020.
23 networks, gathering 26 countries and 203 partners, were approved by the programme's Monitoring Committee on 25 June 2019. Each one of these networks brings together up to 10 partners from different European countries. It is the first time in the life of the programme that such a high proportion has been achieved!
The Urban Agenda Partnership on jobs & skills in the local economy – the view of Rotterdam’s Hans Verdonk, Partnership Co-coordinator.
In the context of the 4th UIA Call for Proposals, 20 new projects have been selected to find creative, innovative and durable solutions to address challenges linked to the digital transition, sustainable use of land and nature based solutions, urban poverty and urban security.
In an increasingly digital world, new and different skills and competencies are needed; labour and occupations are fundamentally changing. Likewise, vocational education and training will change as a result of the digital transformation. At the local level, strategies for dealing with digital skills are developed and tested - local actors in cities are of central importance. The Digital Skills Map provides results, insights and knowledge of diverse projects and models from European regions and cities for inspiration and adaption.
The final version of the Bucharest Declaration is now online. It was endorsed at the Informal Meeting of EU Ministers Responsible for Urban Matters, hosted by the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the EU on 13-14 June 2019 in Bucharest. It is meant to serve as the bridge between the Pact of Amsterdam, endorsed during the 2016 Dutch Presidency, and the Territorial Agenda of the European Union and Leipzig Charter to be revised during the 2020 German Presidency.
In an increasingly digital world, new and different skills and competencies are needed; labour and occupations are fundamentally changing. Likewise, vocational education and training will change as a result of the digital transformation. At the local level, strategies for dealing with digital skills are developed and tested - local actors in cities are of central importance. The Digital Skills Map provides results, insights and knowledge of diverse projects and models from European regions and cities for inspiration and adaption.
