Monitoring and evaluation of results is a challenging task: how to identify and adapt the key concepts of monitoring approaches within a local project, while taking into account the regional, national or global agendas? UIA projects deploy a set of innovative approaches to assess and capture the impact of innovative interventions. Find out more here!
The final report of the UDN webinar series ‘Six Building Blocks to Sustainable Urban Development’ based on the Handbook of Sustainable Urban Development Strategies has been published on the UDN dedicated webpage. Follow the link to view the page and download report.
The second article of our series of articles dedicated to the Urban Agenda Partnerships is out! Organised under the green dimension of the New Leipzig Charter, the articles look at what are the climate adaptation strategies and energy transitions solutions available for EU urban practitioners.
DG REGIO published a call for expression of interest for the selection of an entrusted entity for the indirect management of the European Urban Initiative. All documents and information about the call are available through the following link.
Please contribute to our Security in Public Spaces Partnership by taking 10-15minutes to complete their survey on Action 4: Development of a capacity building training scheme about integrated sustainable urban security.
The Urban Data Platform + is hosting a new page dedicated to the localisation of SDGs, where you can also access the EU Handbook for SDG Voluntary Local Reviews and learn about on-going activities regarding European Commission support to the implementation of SDGs at the local level. Have a look!
Enabling a circular economy transition in cities requires a much stronger focus on the role of waste prevention, repair, reuse, and recycling, as opposed to current models of disposal. In this Urban Case Study, we look at an Urban Resource Centre in Flanders showcased by our Circular Economy Partnership. Take a look!
The Partnership has been working to improve legislation, financing, and knowledge offered by the EU in the field of adaptation to climate change. Action 3 delivers recommendations to the ERDF Operational Programmes to improve the accessibility of municipalities to these funds. Read the report here!
This year we are developing a series of capitalisation articles based on the 14 Partnerships of the Urban Agenda for the EU and urban initiatives of Cohesion Policy, structured around the three city dimensions of the New Leipzig Charter. It links Actions from the Digital Transition and Jobs and Skills Partnerships, and explores the impact of the pandemic on Jobs & Skills in Europe.
On 10 and 11 February 2021, the 4th Partnership meeting of the Culture and Cultural Heritage Partnership took place, leading to productive discussions and concrete action points for the Partnership. Read the outcomes of the meeting here.
You can now access the translations for the Handbook, developed as methodological support to augment knowledge on how to implement integrated and place-based urban strategies under cohesion policy, in BG, ES, EL, IT, HU, PL and RO.
The ERA-NET Cofund Urban Transformation Capacities (ENUTC) invites researchers, cities, municipalities, businesses, civil society and other stakeholders to build transnational consortia to create challenge-driven innovation and research projects that enable and support capacity building for urban transformations. Application deadline for pre-proposals: 15 April 2021.
Time to Share is an opportunity for 23 URBACT networks and more than 160 city partners to share their key results and findings of the transfer practice, in a series of events culminating in the flagship URBACT City Festival on 15, 16 and 17 June 2021. Registrations open in April. More details here!
On January 27th, the City of Vienna organised a webinar on the “Affordable Housing Initiative” of the EU, announced by the European Commission as a cornerstone of its renovation wave strategy. Read the full report and see the presentations from the webinar here!
On February 2nd 2021, the Partnership on Innovative and Responsible Public Procurement held an online webinar. The focus of the session was to present and answer questions about the Partnership's free E-learning modules. Follow the link below to view the webinar and presentations.
The Climate Adaptation Partnership has published it's Action 3 deliverable, with the objective of contributing to the 2021-2027 MFF, and resulting in this report addressed to managing authorities of the OPs and to the different European institutions.
The Global Public Space Programme of UN-Habitat have developed a toolkit to guide cities when conducting a city-wide public space assessment, which can help cities understand the state of the quantity and quality of public spaces, specifically the network, distribution and accessibility.
