Dear Urban Community,

The summer holiday season has officially kicked off and we hope most of you are enjoying some well-deserved relaxation and time away from your homeoffice work stations!

Since our last newsletter, lockdown measures have begun to ease for many of us in Europe, allowing for a slight restoration of some semblance of 'normality'. Total normality is still far off for most of us though.

This did not prevent us from moving ahead with our planned Coordinators' and Action Leaders' Meeting on 3 and 5 June, nor the Joint Meeting of the Partnerships on Culture/Cultural Heritage and Security in Public Spaces on 12 June, both of which took the form of interactive virtual events. These meetings allowed Coordinators and Action Leaders of all the UAEU Partnerships to gather, reflect on and discuss the current state of play of the UAEU and the next steps the project will take in the near future.

You can find more infromation on this below, as well as relevant news, publications and events. We wish you happy reading and a happier summer!

The Urban Agenda for the EU Communications Team

Any questions? Drop us a line at ua.communication@ecorys.com.