Our work sprouts from the ideas and discussions developed within our Forums and Working Groups

Cooperation working groups :

  • Children and young people (Leeds)
  • European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) and enlargement (Vienna & Kharkov) 
  • Food (Milan) 
  • Public services (Nantes Metropole) 
  • Public procurement (Haarlem) 
  • Substance abuse prevention (Oslo)

Culture forum & working groups :

  • Art and culture in public spaces (Munich)
  • Cultural resources and partnerships (Espoo) 
  • Cultural services and culture for inclusive cities (Belfast) 
  • Skills, creativity, and work (Ghent & Eindhoven)

Econominc Development forum & working groups :

  • City branding and international economic relations (Genoa) 
  • Entrepreneurship and SMEs (Braga) 
  • Innovation (London) 
  • Long term investment (Gothenburg)

Knowledge Society forum & working groups :

  • Data (Zaragoza)
  • Digital citizenship (Genoa & Zaragoza) 
  • Urban digital foresight (Ghent & Rotterdam)

Social Affairs forum & working groups :

  • Education (Amsterdam)
  • Employment (Barcelona) 
  • Homelessness (Glasgow) 
  • Housing (Vienna) 
  • Migration and integration (Amsterdam) 
  • Roma inclusion (Glasgow) 
  • Smart social inclusion (Rotterdam) 
  • Urban ageing (Amsterdam)

Mobility forum & working groups :

  • Barrier-free city for all (Barcelona) 
  • Planning streets for people (Malmo) 
  • Digital and automated mobility (Lisbon) 
  • Zero-emission mobility (London)

Environment forum & working groups :

  • Air quality (Berlin & London) 
  • Climate change and energy efficiency (Stockholm & Utrecht) 
  • Green areas and biodiversity (Utrecht and Guimaraes) 
  • Noise (Rotterdam & Turin) 
  • Waste (Ljubljana & Oslo) 
  • Water (Porto)

Urban Govenanace working groups :

  • Cohesion policy and structural funds (Florence) 
  • Creative citizenship (Nantes Metropole)
  • Metropolitan areas (Brno)
  • Urban Agenda for the EU (Amsterdam)