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Why public procurement matters now: how cities are shaping markets and delivering change
From Oslo to Madrid, cities are using public procurement to drive climate action, innovation and social goals. But legal uncertainty and limited capacity still hold them back across Europe.
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Funding the future of integration: how innovative finance can unlock inclusion solutions
Innovative projects already exist and demonstrate effective ways to support vulnerable populations and foster inclusion. Yet scaling these initiatives requires the right financial ecosystem.
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Rotterdam’s vertical expansion to save time and space
Rotterdam is turning unused rooftops into new space for affordable housing, sustainability and urban growth. Through its Topping Up project, the city is showing how vertical expansion can help cities densify without spreading out.
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Istanbul’s City Hero: Ekrem İmamoğlu
Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu is one of the shortlisted ‘City Heroes’ at the Eurocities Awards 2026. The winners will be announced at the Eurocities Annual Conference in Utrecht, 8-10 June 2026.
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Holding the food transition together: city strategies in uncertain times
Grenoble-Alpes Metropole’s food and agriculture strategy is helping keep a complex transition on track, even as budgets shrink and political priorities shift.
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Sharing food initiatives, growing change
What happens when European cities share their best food ideas? An ode to the cities learning together through the Cleverfood project.
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If you eat, you are in
Lambeth is showing how food can unite communities, improve health and shape local policy. Discover a city transforming its food system
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Hamburg partners with businesses for resilient food
Why are other cities hungry for Hamburg’s recipe? Find out how the city is cooking up a stronger food system.
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Warsaw’s Food Lab: How collaboration is transforming urban food systems
How Warsaw built a food lab without a food policy – and why its approach could inspire Europe’s next moves on food.
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Eurocities Academy: Practical tools for Urban Food Policy
People need better access to healthy food. This is how the Eurocities Academy helps cities act with practical tools and peer learning.
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Why EU Food Policy needs cities
Europe’s food future starts in its cities. Will EU rules unlock their power or hold them back?
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Liege’s Food Belt: a citizen-led food revolution
How 600 citizens turned Liege into Europe’s food revolution hub changing what’s on people's plate and in city politics.
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Good food for all: how Bury is rewiring its food system
Bury is changing the way a community eats, from healthy school meals and local markets to sustainable kitchens, making good food accessible to all
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Shared Table: How Vantaa turns surplus food into social impact
Ten years on, a simple idea is feeding 10,000 people a week, cutting waste, and sparking new innovation - all under strict food-safety standards.
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