Where: Breakfast meeting of the Urban Intergroup in the European Parliament, Room JAN 6Q1
When: 16 April, 09:00-11:00
Eurocities and the Urban Intergroup of the European Parliament are organising a breakfast debate to discuss whether the EU’s NextGenerationEU recovery plan is providing the investment that cities need to achieve their green ambitions.
The breakfast meeting – Delivering green investments in cities: Is the EU recovery plan meeting its promises? – is taking place after the European Commission’s mid-term review of the plan’s funding instrument, the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF).
The meeting will provide the opportunity to discuss the Urban Recovery Watch report, published by Eurocities and CIDOB (Barcelona Centre for International Affairs), which says the RRF is not meeting cities needs.
Bringing together city leaders, MEPs and representatives from the European Commission, the meeting will present the experiences of cities, as well as the Commission’s perspective on the topic.
Linking up with the debate on the future of the Cohesion Policy, panellists will also discuss the potential implications of using this model to deliver future cohesion investments.
MEPs participating include MEP Jan Olbrycht, MEP Siegfried Muresan, MEP Marcos Ros Sempere (tbc) and MEP Damien Boeselager (tbc).
Confirmed city leaders include Laia Bonet, Deputy Mayor of Barcelona, Benedek Javor, Head of the Representation of Budapest to the EU, and Anna Lisa Boni, Deputy Mayor of Bologna.
Confirmed as representing the European Commission will be Johannes Luebking, Director at SG RECOVER.
The Breakfast meeting will take place in the European Parliament, Room JAN 6Q1, from 09:00-11:00 on 16 April.
View the draft agenda for the event.
You can register for the event via this link. The deadline for registration is Thursday 11 April at 12.00.
* Please note, as we have limited room capacity, if we receive too many registrations, priority will be given to politicians and member cities as well as representatives of associations, then go on a ‘first come, first serve’ basis.
