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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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Young leaders focus on ‘future skills’ in Dublin
How can cities adapt to AI, tackle the climate crisis and stay attractive to young people? Eurocities Next Generation Academy in Dublin gathered young professionals to develop practical solutions.
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Strengthening social services in Central and Eastern Europe: lessons from Zagreb
Zagreb shares how disciplined budgeting, cooperation and people-centred design are strengthening social services, offering practical lessons for cities across Central and Eastern Europe.
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Cities call for four actions to improve EU food systems
The mayors of over 200 large cities are calling for the new European Commission to ensure they are given a central role in future decisions on the transformation of European food systems.
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Eurocities Shadow Commission champions urban priorities at EU level
Eurocities has launched its full Shadow Commission College, to raise the voices of city mayors as direct political counterparts to the incoming College of European Commissioners.
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Cities and regions demand national action on nature
In an urgent appeal to heads of state and environment ministers, a coalition of cities, regions, environmental authorities, and partners of the Urban Agenda Partnership on Greening Cities has called for the immediate adoption of the EU Nature Restoration Law. The signatories of this open letter express their grave concern over the ongoing delay in enacting this legislation, warning of serious consequences for nature.
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Gdansk, Madrid and Pau win top prizes at Eurocities Awards
The 2024 winners impressed the panel of expert judges with their projects to attract talented workers for the green transition, support sustainable food systems, and mobilise citizens to vote in elections.
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Survey of European mayors: City leaders need support to tackle housing and social crises
As the European elections approach, the second annual Eurocities Pulse Mayors Survey, which collected responses from 92 mayors, reveals the main challenges and priorities shaping urban affairs in 2024. Top of mayors' agendas are climate action, the housing crisis and tackling rising social inequalities.
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Local Alliance urges EU to stay the course on Green Deal implementation
Eurocities has joined other leading networks of European cities and regions to form the Local Alliance, calling on EU leaders to find new ways to effectively roll out the European Green Deal at local level.
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Cities call for EU alliance to tackle climate, digital and social challenges
Ahead of next year’s European elections, mayors from over 200 large cities have launched a Eurocities manifesto calling with one voice for a new EU alliance to bring Europe into the urban century.
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Cities need increased funding and local housing to tackle youth homelessness
As youth homelessness continues to rise across Europe, a new Eurocities report shows that cities need increased EU and national funding to develop social supports, along with greater investment in affordable and social housing to tackle the growing crisis.
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Cities deeply concerned over EU Parliament’s decision on Euro 7
Eurocities and Polis have expressed profound disappointment and concern over the recent vote of the European Parliament regarding the regulation of vehicle air pollutant standards, widely referred to as Euro 7.
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Jobs for city lovers: a new joint initiative
Eurocities, CEMR and UCLG World Secretariat join efforts under the Talent Hub for Cities and Regions, to attract and cultivate talents in the field of territorial diplomacy.
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