After a short Easter break, we take the opportunity to look back on the Urban Development Group (UDG) meeting of 21 March 2019. The UDG meetings are an important forum for the Urban Agenda for the EU stakeholders to discuss progress and next steps. At the same time, the UDG prepares and advises the DGUM – the meeting of the Directors General on Urban Matters – whose next meeting will be on 8/9 May 2019.

The Energy Transition Partnership presented the draft Action Plan and the key findings of the Public Feedback held in February and March 2019. Naturally, the  new Partnerships  Culture/Cultural Heritage and Security in Public Spaces presented themselves to the UDG as well.

During the meeting, the Romanian Presidency presented some preliminary results of a survey among UDG members on the Urban Agenda for the EU, identifying obstacles and recommendations for the further development of this initiative. EUROCITIES, the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR), and URBACT reflected on the Urban Agenda’s main achievements from their perspective as well as their contributions.

Speaking of surveys: the European Commission is currently preparing an Assessment Study on the Urban Agenda for the EU and invites all stakeholders to contribute. All information is available below.

As usual, below you also find compiled a list of events, initiatives, calls, and articles related to the Urban challenges.

You are invited to browse through the information below and the Futurium website. Also make sure to follow the Urban Agenda for the EU on Twitter @EUUrbanAgenda and our newsletter at bit.ly/UA-Newsletter.

The communication Team