SDG summer deals

The city of Ghent and EUROCITIES invite you for an international public debate on the SDGs

Culture opening spaces for dialogue – EUROCITIES culture forum on facebook live

Watch the discussion on Thursday morning (9:00-12:00) how local cultural policies and practices can drive social cohesion in cities throughout Europe.

Building an inclusive society – Turin adopts ‘Guidelines for cultural diversity and participation’

Without the inclusion of citizens in the political processes, there can be no democracy. The city of Turin is tackling this issue head on, ensuring that even the most vulnerable social groups can be heard.

EUROCITIES members win ESPON support for targeted analysis

EUROCITIES members are stepping up their work on urban ageing, learning from one another how to best address the demographic challenge their cities is facing.

Working group urban ageing looks at dementia-friendly environments in Vienna

The working group on urban ageing met on 22-23 March in Vienna. The group gathered 11 cities - Oslo, Vienna, Manchester, Hengelo, Barcelona, Tilburg, Amsterdam, Ghent, Nantes, Frankfurt, Düsseldorf - to discuss how to make cities more age-friendly as healthy environments.

Highlights from the Social Affairs Forum in Utrecht, 7-8 March 2018

On 7-8 March, the social affairs forum met in Utrecht. A record number of 175 participants from over 50 cities, including 15 elected city politicians and representatives of the European Commission, OECD and UN-HABITAT, took part in the meeting. They agreed cities play a key role in translating the Sustainable Development Goals into relevant actions at local level and involving citizens in the process.

2nd Chance final event

2nd Chance is an URBACT network of 11 city partners from all over Europe. In the last 3 years they have tested and applied a new collaborative approach of reactivating larger abandoned buildings, such as former convents, hospitals, prisons, factories, as strategic places for a sustainable renewal of cities and neighbourhoods.

Forty-four cities supports 'Cities4Europe - Europe for citizens'

‘Cities4Europe – Europe for citizens’: involve - inspire - impact

'The cities for our future challenges': Join the competititon

Smart Age-friendly Cities - Age-friendly Smart Cities

"Greater alignment between European Innovation Partnership on Smart Cities and Communities (SCC) and on EIP Active and Healthy Ageing (AHA) operational plans and actions offer the opportunity to aim at common social, environmental and economic impacts in a more integrated fashion while addressing a rich ‘society for all ages’ approach.