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

Cooperation working groups :

  • Children and young people (Milan)
  • European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) and enlargement 
  • Food (Milan) 
  • Public services 
  • Sport
  • Substance abuse prevention (Oslo)
  • TF on women’s rights and gender equality (Vienna)

Culture forum & working groups :

  • Art and culture in public spaces (Glasgow)
  • Cultural leadership and management (Espoo) 
  • Cultural services and culture for inclusive cities (Berlin) 
  • TF on sustainable culture (Lille)
  • Online group on municipal libraries (Berlin)

Digital forum & working groups :

  • Data (Barcelona)
  • Digital citizenship (Amsterdam) 
  • Urban digital foresight (Brussels Capital Region & Rotterdam)
  • DF Lab (Lisbon - co-Ambassador)
  • Cybersecurity community of practice

Econominc Development forum & working groups :

  • City branding and international economic relations (Prague) 
  • Innovation and entrepreneurship (San Sebastian) 
  • Public procurement (Haarlem)
  • TF on MFF
  • Sustainable tourism

Environment forum & working groups :

  • Air quality (Munich) 
  • Climate change and energy efficiency (Vienna) 
  • Green areas and biodiversity (Guimaraes) 
  • Noise (Lisbon) 
  • Waste (Oslo) 
  • TF on adaptation (Guimaraes) 

Mobility forum & working groups :

  • Barrier-free city for all (Barcelona) 
  • Digital and automated mobility (Amsterdam) 
  • Planning streets for people (Braga) 
  • Zero-emission mobility (London)
  • 30km/h and Speed Management Strategies in Cities (Bologna)
  • TF on cycling (Copenhagen)
  • Informal Group on the Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities (Vienna)

Social Affairs forum & working groups :

  • Education (Helsinki)
  • Employment (Stockholm) 
  • Homelessness (Lyon metropole) 
  • Housing (Vienna) 
  • Migration and integration (Amsterdam) 
  • Roma inclusion (Vienna) 
  • Wellbeing and ageing (Amsterdam)
  • TF European Social Fund + (Lyon metropole) 
  • TF EU Funding for housing (Lyon metropole)
  • Directors of Social Affairs

Urban Govenanace working groups :

  • Cohesion policy and structural funds (Florence) 
  • Metropolitan areas (Brno)
  • Sustainable development goals (Mannheim)
  • Urban Agenda for the EU (Amsterdam)