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Thanks to our Partnership Coordinators, the updated version of the Monitoring Table of Actions is now available online! Follow the link to see the public version.

The Coordinators’ and Action Leaders’ meeting 2020 was the 5th of its kind, held as online meetings over a 4-day event in June. Read the full article here!

In 2020 UIA and Ecorys are exploring the different practices, methodologies and techniques developed by on-going UIA projects to capture the impact of the innovative interventions. Discover the most promising approaches among ongoing UIA projects.

This UIA article presents the first results and findings of the capitalisation workshop organised in the frame of one-year knowledge activities on urban mobility issues, and focuses on how UIA projects deal with data as a resource to support sustainable mobility strategies.

The EER award is a label awarded by the European Committee of the Regions each year to up to 3 cities or regions with outstanding, future-oriented strategies to support SMEs, start-ups and scale-ups. Apply by 28 October!

An EWRC workshop focusing on the relevance of European Structural and Investment Funds in implementing urban development strategies. There will be a presentation on the Handbook of Sustainable Urban Development Strategies recently published by the JRC, offering methodological support to cities, managing authorities and relevant stakeholders involved in the design and implementation of urban strategies under cohesion policy.

On the same topic, this webinar series on ‘Six building blocks to sustainable urban development’ is also based on the Handbook of Sustainable Urban Development Strategies. The 6 sessions target Managing Authorities and Local Authorities of Sustainable Urban Development Strategies as well as other interested urban stakeholders, and will be held on the 3, 9, 13, 17, 19 and 25 November. More information coming soon!

30 September - 2 October: ICLEI and the City of Mannheim will bring together local and regional leaders, European and international institutions and some of the brightest minds working on cutting edge research, businesses and the civil society to forge a more sustainable Europe.

The EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK campaign will run from 16-22 September, and provides the perfect opportunity to present sustainable mobility alternatives to local residents and to explain the challenges that cities and towns are facing.

On the 21 September 2020, the Berlin’s Senate Department for Integration, Labour and Social Services will host an European digital conference with a focus on how decent work can be achieved in the ongoing digitalisation process. Register by Friday 18 September!

From 29 September - 2 October this inline conference will allow policymakers, local authorities, academics, NGOs, urban transport practitioners, urban planners and all those putting the SUMP concept into practice to share their experiences using a virtual forum.

Our Circular Economy Partnership has developed a toolkit to help cities implement PAYT schemes, which have been identified as the most effective option for waste reduction, source separation and an essential first step to recycling. Download the toolkit for free!