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100+ initiatives, 60 cities, one commitment: low-carbon and inclusive culture in action
A new Eurocities catalogue showcases 100+ city initiatives putting the Lille Call to Action into practice, demonstrating how culture can drive low-carbon transformation and inclusion, and inviting more cities to join the growing group of 60 signatories.
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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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“Vulnerabilities are often at the local level, and local actors know best where they are”
Raluca Painter, Head of Unit for the Social Climate Fund at the European Commission, speaks about how local governments are involved in the design and implementation of national social climate plans.
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Public services for the people, by the people
Between Espoo, Helsinki, and Rotterdam, who will be the first to win the UserCentriCities Award for best user-centric service in European cities and regions?
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Conference on the Future of Europe: Voice of the people?
The year long Conference on the Future of Europe has concluded, and recommendations have been handed to the EU institutions. So what's next for this exercise to create a Union closer to the people?
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Amsterdam, Barcelona, Madrid and Vienna pledge to the European Pillar of Social Rights
Mental health, combatting homelessness, a fair integration into the labour market and gender equality are the commitments of these cities
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Happening now! Eurocities 2022 Espoo, 8-10 June
Three European Commissioners participating, three strands of discussions running through the programme, three panel debates, one gala evening, many opportunities to meet, exchange and rekindle contacts.
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Festival of Europe: urban renaissance
Mayors from Ukrainian and EU cities met alongside European and national officials in Florence, at the European University Institute’s Festival of Europe conference, to exchange on some current and future urban needs.
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In cities, Europe Day sparks celebrations and a quest for peace
Local leaders call for unity, solidarity and justice as cities mark Europe Day across the continent and stand in solidarity with Ukraine.
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The sustainable 20s
The next three years will be crucial for Helsinki to become climate neutral by 2030. What do they have going for them, and what challenges do they still have to tackle?
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Tourism is boosting Zagreb and Ostend’s post-covid recovery
Ostend and Zagreb are two of many cities that had a booming tourism sector before the pandemic and are now doing their best to recover, create jobs and plan for the future.
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Urban leaders signal G7
A statement signed today by mayors and representatives of city networks, including Eurocities, sends a strong message to G7 leaders to consider cities as drivers of change for peace, democracy and sustainability.
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Local networks to EU: make Euro 7 more ambitious
The much-awaited Euro 7/VII regulation will be a game-changer for air quality in cities. But Eurocities and Polis ask the European Commission for more determined and swift action.
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