Urban Agenda for the EU

🚀 The Spring Call for Peer Review is now open!   💡 The Peer Review is a unique opportunity for European cities to refine their Sustainable Urban Development (SUD) strategies through peer learning and benchmarking.   🤝 How does it work? Your city could be selected as a 'city under review' and receive personalized support from up to six 'peer reviewer' cities, helping you tackle challenges in developing, implementing, or monitoring your SUD strategy. 📅 Apply now and join the Peer Review experience!  The call is open until 1 May 2025‼️ 🔎Learn how to apply on the European Urban Initiative website: https://lnkd.in/dakM6P5x  #EUI4yourcity #EUI4yourskills #PeerReview

🌍 Building Decarbonisation Partnership Moves Forward in Defining Key Focus Areas 🎉 🔸In recent meetings, partners have been actively exploring and grouping priority areas that will serve as the focus of the Partnership in the coming month. 💡A co-creative session on March 18 helped refine key themes such as multi-level governance in heating and cooling strategies, heat pump readiness, citizen engagement in decarbonisation efforts and people-centred approaches, vertical and horizontal integration among governmental bodies, integrated renovation programmed, financial solutions for large-scale renovations, and the role of innovative business models and digital tools in accelerating progress. What’s Next? 📍 In-person meeting in Mechelen (May 26-27) 👉Learn more in our latest article: https://lnkd.in/d8A3Jbkb #UAEU #BuildingDecarbonisation #Sustainability #CarbonNeutralCities #UrbanDevelopment

📢Don't miss the first Greening Cities webinar on the Nature Restoration Law 🌱 🔎This first session will focus on the baselines and data needed for urban ecosystem restoration, exploring key challenges and tools for measuring progress. Join us to gain expert insights, hear from real-world case studies and actionable strategies, and have your questions answered. 📍webinar #1 - Urban Ecosystem Restoration: Baselines and Data 📆 Tuesday 25 March, 10.00-12.30 CET 💡 Learn more about the topic covered in the webinar and how to register in our article: https://lnkd.in/dauR_wMC #UAEU #NatureRestorationLaw #GreeningCities #Sustainability #WebinarSeries

🚨 Registration is NOW OPEN for the Cities Forum 2025!  The event organised by the European Commission (DG REGIO) and the European Urban Initiative (EUI), is now open for registration! Join us at the #CitiesForum 2025, where urban leaders, policymakers, and experts come together to shape the future of cities.  🗓️ June 17-19  📍 Kraków    🔎 Explore the details and begin organizing your participation today:  https://lnkd.in/duWfpeqv #EUI4yourcity #EUinmyRegion #Kraków #UAEU 

📢Key Takeaways from the 2nd Water Sensitive City Partnership Meeting! Following the successful launch in late January, the #WaterSensitiveCity Partnership, coordinated by the Comunidade Intermunicipal da Região de Coimbra, held its second online meeting on February 26. With 28 participants, the session aimed to refine the Partnership’s thematic focus, aligning it with the key topics of interest shared by the partners. 🏢💧Key issues covered included sustainable water management, addressing water scarcity, excess, and quality, as well as nature-based solutions like blue-green infrastructure for flood prevention and urban cooling. The discussions also emphasized biodiversity protection, nature restoration, and integrating water-sensitive principles into urban planning. 🔗Read our recent article to learn more: https://lnkd.in/ditKAeyp #UAEU #WaterSensitiveCity

Cities of Equality Partnership Moves a Step Closer to the Action Plan🎉 On 6-7 March 2025, members of the Urban Agenda for the EU “Cities of Equality” Partnership gathered in Heerenveen, the Netherlands, for an intensive in-person meeting to finalise the Draft Action Plan. Hosted by the Gemeente Heerenveen, this gathering provided a key opportunity for partners to fine-tune proposed actions, set a collaborative implementation timeline, and design a strategy for public consultation. Over two days, participants engaged in interactive work sessions to refine three key actions: 🔸tackling spatial segregation 🔹mainstreaming equality in future EU funding instruments 🔸enhancing citizen engagement 🔎For more insights, read our latest article: https://lnkd.in/d8_ADnu6 #UAEU #CitiesofEquality #CitizenParticipation #Inclusion DOM NHL Stenden ANCT - Agence nationale de la cohésion des territoires

🔎 Explore the European Urban Initiative Peer Review Call! 💡 The Peer Review process, provided by EUI, offers European cities a unique opportunity to strengthen their Sustainable Urban Development (SUD) strategies through peer learning and benchmarking. 🤝 How does it work? Your city could be selected as a 'city under review' and receive personalized support from up to six 'peer reviewer' cities, helping you tackle challenges in developing, implementing, or monitoring your SUD strategy. 📅 The application process will open by the end of March—don’t miss your chance to gain expert insights from your peers! ➡️ Join the EUI webinar on March 27th to learn more: https://lnkd.in/dE93CX7N #EUI4yourcity #PeerReview

🚨 Have Your Say: Join the Survey on Urban Nature Plans and Targets! The Greening Cities Partnership under the Urban Agenda for the EU invites European cities and towns to participate in a survey aimed at mapping the current status, interest, and capacity to monitor ambitious Urban Nature Plans and Targets.🎯 This effort aligns with the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and the Nature Restoration Regulation.🌱 💡Your input will play a key role in identifying best practices, success factors, and areas of need to promote data-driven approaches for urban ecosystem restoration across the EU. The results will directly shape our recommendations to the European Commission to improve knowledge, regulation, and funding in this critical area. 🔗 Take part in the survey here: https://lnkd.in/d5Gyb9Xw 📅 Deadline: March 17, 2025, 17:00 CET #UAEU #NatureRestorationLaw #GreeningCities

💡Rethinking Tourism for Livable Cities: Key Takeaways from the Sustainable Tourism Partnership Meeting! The 18th Sustainable Tourism Partnership meeting in Barcelona brought together experts from across Europe to address a critical challenge: when left unmanaged, tourism can overwhelm the very cities that make it possible. 🏙️ Discussions explored how tourism must align with environmental sustainability, economic resilience, and local identity—because it doesn’t exist in isolation. By mapping these interconnections, cities and stakeholders moved beyond theory toward practical, scalable solutions.🚀 📖 Read our latest article for key insights from the event! https://lnkd.in/d9aauEyK

Join the Greening Cities Webinar Series on Nature Restoration Law🌱 This webinar series will provide support and practical guidance to cities, regions, and national governments for the implementation of the EU Nature Restoration Law. Join us to gain expert insights, hear from real-world case studies and actionable strategies, and have your questions answered. 👉Mark your calendars for the first two sessions: 📍webinar #1 - Urban Ecosystem Restoration: Baselines and Data 📆 Tuesday 25 March, 10.00-12.30 CET 📍webinar #2 - Collaboration on National Restoration Plans 📆Wednesday 9 April, 10.00-12.30 CET 💡 Learn more about the topics covered in the webinars and how to register in our article: https://lnkd.in/grKCMG2h #UAEU #NatureRestorationLaw #GreeningCities #Sustainability #WebinarSeries