Urban Agenda for the EU

📢 Join the Upcoming Webinar of the Greening Cities Partnership on Innovative Financing for Green Infrastructure! 🌱 The City of Ostrava is hosting an insightful webinar to explore the role of Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) in Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) and other innovative financing tools for green infrastructure. Led by Ing. Jan Macháč, PhD, lecturer and researcher at the Faculty of Social and Economic Studies, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem (UJEP), the webinar will delve into how CBA can enhance PPPs, and support negotiations, funding requests, and effectively communicate the value of green infrastructure measures. 📅 When: December 5th, 2024 – 9.00-10.30 am CET 📌 Topic: Cost-Benefit analysis in PPPS for Green Infrastructure Funding Who Should Attend? Researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and all those interested in supporting green infrastructure through innovative financing.   Learn more and register ⬇ https://lnkd.in/deYKMjS7 #GreeningCitiesPartnership #UAEU

The Urban Agenda for the EU is excited to announce that #CitiesForum will be taking place on the 17-19 June 2025 in Kraków, Poland! More details coming soon, and be sure to save the date!

📢 New insights from the EU Urban Agenda: #GreeningCities and #SustainableTourism Consultation Reports are now accessible❗ The newly released reports summarize valuable feedback from a diverse range of stakeholders, including EU institutions, Member States, urban authorities, EU networks, private organizations, research bodies, and civil society. This feedback was gathered during the extensive consultation process for the Action Plans, which took place from June 6 to July 31, 2024. In total, 94 stakeholders participated, submitting responses that highlighted core areas for improvement. Both reports emphasise the commitment of each UAEU Partnership to include stakeholder voices in crafting strategies that address real-world needs and challenges. The final Action Plans are now better equipped to promote sustainability across Europe’s cities and tourism destinations. 🌱 🔗 Read the article to learn more about the consultation reports:  https://lnkd.in/dMKWN-Bk #UAEU #SustainableCities #GreeningCities #SustainableTourism 

📢 A New Public Webinar Series from the #FoodPartnership! We’re thrilled to launch a new series of public webinars, organized by the Food Partnership, to explore the complexities of food systems transformation and innovative solutions shaping our future. Starting November 21st, these webinars will bring together researchers, policymakers, experts, and practitioners from diverse fields to share insights, inspiring practices and case studies. Each session will feature engaging keynote speeches followed by interactive Q&A sessions — giving you the chance to directly engage with the speakers! 📅 Webinar 1 (Nov 21st): 🔸 Case Study 1: Local Food Lessons Across the Atlantic: Examples from Michigan and beyond 🔸 Case Study 2: Changing Food Procurement paradigma with local fully plant-based options: a Portuguese case study 📅 Webinar 2 (Dec 12th): 🔸 Case Study 1: A city of gardeners: the integration of (urban)-agriculture in the planning of the new peri-urban area Oosterwold, the Netherlands 🔸 Case Study 2: The Spanish Network of Municipalities for Agroecology: cooperation and trans-local governance to address food policies and boost agroecological urbanism These sessions are a great opportunity to learn, share, and collaborate on food systems innovation. 🔗 Register now: https://lnkd.in/d9e6ssxQ Stay tuned for more information on upcoming sessions! #FoodSystemsTransformation #Sustainability #Agroecology #UrbanAgriculture #FoodPartnership #UAEU 

𝐈𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 2️⃣ 0️⃣ 2️⃣ 4️⃣ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦! 🫴 The coordinating team of the Urban Agenda Partnership on Innovative & Responsible Public Procurement has a mission: to create a dynamic community where all participants can access comprehensive information on using public procurement as an innovative and strategic tool. 📚 The UAPP Platform serves as a central hub, not only for the resources and information gathered by the Partnership since 2017 but also for showcasing a broad Resource Bank featuring contributions from and about relevant public procurement sources across Europe.   🔗 Please visit the UAPP Platform here: https://lnkd.in/dfGbgGJf   #PublicProcurement #public #procurement

📢 Driving Change: #Food and #CitiesofEquality Partnerships met in-person last week to advance their Action Plans! Hosted by the City of Milan, co-coordinator of the partnership, the #FoodThematicPartnership meeting generated a wealth of ideas across three focus areas: Innovative Funding, EU/National Regulation, and City-Region Framework. Key concepts that emerged included promoting food democracy, enhancing food education for behavioural change, improving public procurement processes, advocating for an integrated EU food policy as well as national food policies, and developing innovative funding mechanisms to support local food initiatives. To learn more about the latest advancements, read the article here ⬇ https://lnkd.in/dsF23ZVm The #CitiesofEqualityPartnership gathered in Paris to start discussing concrete actions to shape more inclusive and equitable cities.   During recent brainstorming sessions, key proposals have emerged, including:   🔹 Collecting best practices to tackle spatial segregation   🔹 Developing guidelines to integrate equality considerations in urban planning   🔹 Advocating for better EU funding for social justice frameworks   🔹 Supporting local authorities in citizen engagement efforts Discover more about the progress toward the Action Plan here ⬇ https://lnkd.in/dKC2hF5G For both #UAEU Partnerships this marks a vital step toward developing the Draft Action Plans, outlining the actions to be implemented in the coming years. 

🌍 Cities of Equality Partnership gathers in Paris! 🇫🇷 This week, partners from across Europe have gathered in Paris to start discussing concrete actions that the #CitiesofEquality Partnership will implement to shape more inclusive and equitable cities.  During recent brainstorming sessions, key proposals have emerged, including: 🔹 Collecting best practices to tackle spatial segregation  🔹 Developing guidelines to integrate equality considerations in urban planning  🔹 Advocating for better EU funding for social justice frameworks  🔹 Supporting local authorities in citizen engagement efforts This is a crucial first step towards the Partnership’s Draft Action Plan, which will set out the actions that will be implemented in the next few years.  Stay tuned for more updates on the progress of the Cities of Equality Partnership.  #CitiesOfEquality 

📢 It was an inspiring day in Milan, where the #FoodPartnership gathered to actively shaping the first steps of its Action Plan! Filippo Gavazzeni, head of the #MilanUrbanFoodPolicyPact Secretariat, opened the session by highlighting the significance of the partnership’s mission and efforts to create a unique European framework to support food policy at the local level. “European Union serves as an inspiration for many other countries, and we need to lead the way in transforming food systems.” During the day, partners engaged in group discussions, exchanging ideas and feedback on current initiatives, practices, and policies relevant for the partnership’s goal. Together, they explored both the progress made and the actions still needed to build more resilient and sustainable food systems in cities. 🌱 Several key ideas emerged to guide the Partnership’s future work, with a focus on advocacy for an integrated EU food policy, promoting food democracy, food education to drive behavioural change, improving food procurement, establishing funding guidelines to define key concepts and priorities for a comprehensive food funding framework. The key ideas will serve as the groundwork for the draft action plan. #FoodPartnership #ResilientFoodSystems #UAEU

European Week of Regions and Cities

𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 Last week, the Urban Agenda for the EU participated in the #EURegionsWeek, the biggest annual Brussels-based event dedicated to cohesion policy. 🖥️ Between the 8th and the 10th of October, the participants of the EU Week of Regions and Cities had a chance to learn about the mission of the Urban Agenda for the EU at the European Urban Initiative stand. 👩🏫 On Tuesday, the 8th of October, the Urban Agenda for the EU held two 𝐄𝐔 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐬 on the progress of the Greening Cities and Sustainable Tourism Thematic Partnerships. The EU Regions Talks provided an excellent opportunity to inform government officials, experts, academics, and the broader public about the partnerships’ achievements. 📰 Read the full article about the European Week of Regions and Cities on the UAEU website: https://lnkd.in/dzigrgBx #EURegions #CohesionPolicy #SustainableCities #EUCities #UrbanAgenda