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About EUROCITIES

What is EUROCITIES? EUROCITIES Activities EUROCITIES is the network of major European EUROCITIES works along 3 complementary strands of VISIBILITY . activities: Created in 1986, EUROCITIES brings together the EUROCITIES brings forward its policy priorities by democratically elected local governments of 134 NETWORKING developing Europe-wide campaigns on issues of cities including cities in the European Union (Full common concern, such as sustainable mobility and Members) and cities in other European countries EUROCITIES members benefit from taking part in responsible consumption. These campaigns are (Associate Members). Membership is open to the trans-national projects, research activities, policy aimed at raising awareness and changing behaviour municipal governments of cities which are seminars and workshops with regard to a wide range both within municipal authorities and also among recognised as important regional centres with an of urban issues and challenges. Through networking citizens, whose active support and cooperation is international dimension, and normally having at cities can learn from each other by sharing often essential for achieving policy objectives, least 250 000 inhabitants. knowledge, exchanging experiences, comparing especially at the local level. different approaches, testing innovative solutions EUROCITIES Mission Statement* and analysing best practices. Alongside the *For further information consult the "EUROCITIES advantages for the participating cities, these Strategic Objectives" adopted by the EUROCITIES EUROCITIES is committed to working towards a thematic activities also provide a sound and solid Annual General Meeting in on 28 November common vision of a sustainable future in which all basis for the development of EUROCITIES policy 2003. citizens can enjoy a good quality of life. positions and proposals.

In this framework, EUROCITIES aims at achieving a INFLUENCING Contact European context where cities can be inclusive, EUROCITIES asbl prosperous, creative, and sustainable, with EUROCITIES provides a strong voice for cities in the Square de Meeûs, 1 democratic and effective governance, and where all European Union, and actively contributes to the B-1000 Bruxelles citizens can be provided with opportunities for development and implementation of European participation in all aspects of urban life - including policies, legislation and programmes which are Tel : +32 2 552 08 88 political, cultural, social and economic aspects. relevant for cities. EUROCITIES is an important Fax : +32 2 552 08 89 partner for dialogue with the European Commission, both on the political level and on the technical [email protected] level. EUROCITIES also maintains close contacts with the Committee of the Regions, the European www.eurocities.eu Parliament and the Member States.

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EUROCITIES members EUROCITIES has 134 member cities in 35 European countries

ARMENIA THE , BrabantStad Metropolitan Area, * , Parkstad Limburg, , The , Capital Region, Brussels Hague*, , Charleroi, * , BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA , Bialystok, , Gdansk, , Bourgas, Plovdiv, , Varna Krakow, Lodz, , Poznan, Rzeszow, *, Wroclaw , Porto , Pilsen, Timisoara , * , , , , , Nis, , , Gijon, Las Palmas de Gran , Grenoble Alpes Metropole, Lille Canaria, , Malaga, , , Communaute Urbaine, , Marseille, Nancy, Metropolitan Area, Valencia, * Metropole*, Cote d’Azur, , , Malmo, * Rennes Metropole, Saint Etienne Metropole, Geneva, Zurich , Bursa, , Izmir, Sanliurfa Kharkov, Kiev, , , , , , , , *, Brighton & Hove, , , Dusseldorf, am Main, , , , , , , *, , , Newcastle/, Partnership , Munster, for Urban South Hampshire, * IRELAND , , *, , Naples, , , , FYR MACEDONIA * Executive Committee members

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EUROCITIES partners

ASSOCIATED PARTNERS ASSOCIATED BUSINESS PARTNERS

BELGIUM GREECE PORTUGAL THE NETHERLANDS AUSTRIA / SWEDEN Amaroussion Matosinhos Kapsch Public Service of Wallonia – Sintra Netwerkstad Twente DG Mobility BELGIUM ITALY RUSSIA TURKEY Veolia CROATIA Cesena National Association of Bakirkoy Modena Designers Beyoglu DENMARK Salerno Osmangazi IBM CZECH REPUBLIC SPAIN Ostrava Sahinbey FRANCE Luxembourg San Sebastian-Donostia Yalova CISCO FRANCE Santiago de Compostela GDF Suez Metropole UNITED KINGDOM Brest Metropole Oceane SLOVAKIA GERMANY Reims Metropole Kosice Merseytravel Siemens Saint Denis de la Reunion LB Bromley Tours SWEDEN LB Camden UNITED KINGDOM Preston Microsoft GERMANY Linkoping Ronneby TURKEY Umea Sampas

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EUROCITIES - forums & working groups

Cooperation - Warsaw

Governance European Neighbourhood Policy & Enlargement Climate Change & Energy City Attractiveness EU Budget Taskforce Warsaw Tblisi Copenhagen & Nantes Metropole Gothenburg Copenhagen

Culture Forum - Eindhoven Economic Development Forum - Poznan Environment Creative Industries Forum - Malmo Knowledge Society Ghent Clusters Forum - Vienna Mobility Lyon Air Quality, Climate Change Cultural Access & Entitlement Forum - Utrecht Social Aairs & Energy E ciency Broadband Riga Cohesion Policy & Forum - Birmingham Birmingham Amsterdam Barrier-free Cities for all Structural Funds Berlin Culture & Young People Leipzig Employment Rotterdam Clean Cities eInclusion Rotterdam Belfast Ghent Entrepreneurship Developing a New Rotterdam Mobility Culture Mobility of Artists Smart Cities Health & Well-being Nantes Green Areas London Rotterdam Genoa Barcelona & Manchester Metropolitan Areas Lille Metropole & Oslo International Accessibility Resources for Culture Service directive Homelessness & Housing Bologna Greening the Local Economy Netwerkstad Twente Vienna Gothenburg & Zurich Dresden Services of General Interest Road Safety Vienna Open Data Camden Inclusion through Education Noise Malmo Rotterdam Berlin & Munich Urban Regeneration Transport & Energy E ciency Liverpool Murcia Migration & Integration Waste Barcelona Genoa Roma Inclusion Taskforce Water Ghent & Eindhoven ESF Taskforce Birmingham & Rotterdam

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Cooperation

Close cooperation between cities, regions, national 2011 priorities: Working groups: governments and the EU institutions is essential in EUROCITIES working groups carry out policy work on order to address the most important social, . Governance – partnership with the EU specific issues and facilitate exchanges among economic, environmental and political challenges institutions: monitor the urban agenda of the members. Within the cooperation pillar of facing Europe in the 21st century. EUROCITIES is EU presidencies as well as EUROCITIES work EUROCITIES activities, the following working groups therefore committed to developing a permanent with EU institutions, study the impact of the report directly to EUROCITIES executive committee: "territorial dialogue" at European level, covering all Lisbon Treaty on local authorities and develop policies that affect local and regional governments. work around different governance tools: EGTC, macro-regional strategies Working group Chair

EUROCITIES Cooperation Pillar is chaired by . EU budget: shape the network’s strategic City attractiveness Gothenburg Warsaw. position on the EU budget and influence the Climate change & energy Copenhagen

debate around the future multi-annual financial European governance & Objectives: Warsaw perspectives. partnerships . Promote cities’ involvement in policy-making European neighbourhood Tbilisi and implementation. EUROCITIES supports the . Climate change and energy: focus work on policy & enlargement development of innovative processes, tools and climate change mitigation, follow the climate Taskforce on the EU Budget Copenhagen instruments that will enhance governance. change-related discussions on the upcoming EU EUROCITIES also believes that strong political financial framework 2014-2020 commitment at city level is essential to tackle the challenge of climate change. . City attractiveness: develop a deeper Contacts understanding of how brand management can . Promote international networking and act as a tool to achieve competitive, attractive Soraya Zanardo cooperation among cities. EUROCITIES is and prosperous cities Policy assistant – coordination & governance committed to promoting international networking EUROCITIES Brussels office and cooperation among cities in the enlarged . European Neighbourhood Policy Area: Tel.: +32 2 552 08 80 fax: +32 2 552 08 89 European Union and in neighbouring countries. promote core local government and EU values in Email: [email protected] ENP & enlargement partner cities in order to exchange knowledge and best practices.

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EUROCITIES Culture Forum

Culture is a source of inspiration, provides 2011 priorities: Working groups: opportunities, improves health and wellbeing, EUROCITIES working groups carry out policy work on contributes to education and life long learning and . New funding models for culture (cities facing specific issues and facilitate exchanges among generally improves the quality of life of citizens. It budget cuts): improving the understanding of members. EUROCITIES Culture Forum is currently is a strong element for social cohesion in cities. the European-wide phenomenon of decreasing responsible for managing and monitoring funds available for culture, the causes of which Culture in cities should be regarded not only in the following working groups: range from economic crisis to changes in the terms of its artistic dimension but also as a policy agenda. mechanism to stimulate and promote social inclusion and urban regeneration and to assist the Working group Chair . Culture in the social and economic creative economy in general. Culture is therefore a development of cities: for cities, the link Access to culture Riga transversal policy framework that contributes in a between culture and social inclusion/economic Creative industries Ghent number of ways to the objectives of the Europe 2020 growth is crucial. Culture is a key tool to foster Mobility of artists and strategy. Nantes social inclusion and economic growth. The cultural professionals EUROCITIES believes that culture and creativity cultural and creative sector is also one of the Resources for culture Bologna should be supported by public policies at all levels, most promising sectors in cities’ economies in including the European level terms of growth, investment and employment. Young people and culture Rotterdam

. Participation of citizens in local cultural life EUROCITIES Culture Forum is chaired by Eindhoven. (with a specific focus on children and young Contacts people): tackling the trend that sees decreased Objectives: cultural participation (a side-effect of the Julie Hervé . Promoting urban and regional development economic crisis) as well as fostering children Policy officer - culture through culture. and young people’s participation in cultural EUROCITIES Brussels office activities and promoting cultural education. Tel.: +32 2 552 08 50 fax: +32 2 552 08 89 . Developing a more favourable framework for Email: [email protected] creative industries, culture and the arts.

. Promoting intercultural dialogue and cultural Rob ter Steege diversity, access to culture. City of Eindhoven – Programme Manager Tel.: +31 6 109 156 13 . Encouraging the mobility of artists and cultural Email: [email protected] professionals.

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EUROCITIES Economic Development Forum

. Promote access for all high quality services. Europe's cities are engines of economic activity and Working groups: EUROCITIES aims to ensure that all citizens are centres of growth and innovation. Economically EUROCITIES working groups carry out policy work on provided with access to a wide range of services successful and prosperous cities are essential for specific issues and facilitate exchanges among which are efficient, reliable and affordable. creating employment, increasing cohesion and members. EUROCITIES Economic Development Forum strengthening Europe's competitiveness. EUROCITIES . Promote responsible consumption patterns. is currently responsible for managing and monitoring is committed to promoting sustainable urban EUROCITIES is committed to promoting the following working groups: economic development and supporting the creation responsible consumption of resources, products of new employment opportunities. EUROCITIES also and services by public authorities and by cities. works with the EU and the Member States to ensure Working group Chair that all citizens have access to a wide range of high- 2011 priorities: Clusters & competitiveness Lyon quality services, including essential public services provided at the local level. . EU funding to support cities’ integrated Cohesion policy Leipzig development: lobbying on EU budget, cohesion Entrepreneurship & SMEs Rotterdam policy and Innovation Programme 2014-2020, 8th EUROCITIES Economic Development Forum is Research Framework Programme. Metropolitan areas Lille & Oslo chaired by Poznan. Services of general interest Vienna . Economic recovery, long-term economic Urban regeneration Liverpool Objectives: development and employment: EU support for . Promoting sustainable urban economic the role of cities in driving economic Contacts development. This includes lobbying for a strong development and job creation through entrepreneurship, clusters and innovation. Soraya Zanardo focus on the urban dimension in the framework of Policy assistant – coordination & governance EU cohesion policy, budget, and structural funds. Particular focus on implementation of Europe2020 and development and EUROCITIES Brussels office . Promote the creation of new employment implementation of agenda for new skills and Tel.: +32 2 552 08 80 fax: +32 2 552 08 89 opportunities and promote entrepreneurship. jobs (flagship Commission initiative). Email: [email protected] EUROCITIES is committed to ensuring the involvement of local governments as key partners . Provision of quality local public services and Marcin Lijewski in the implementation of the European procurement: EU support for the role of cities City of Poznan – Assistant to Deputy Mayor employment strategy; and ensuring the in procurement and management of local public Email: [email protected] development of a European supportive services (including lobbying on public environment for entrepreneurs. procurement directives, SGI package, innovation policy and SSGI legislation).

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EUROCITIES Environment Forum

For people living in cities, a good quality of life ƒ Promoting the use of sustainable energy in Working groups: depends largely on the quality of the urban cities (raising awareness and energy efficiency, EUROCITIES working groups carry out policy work on specific issues and facilitate exchanges among environment. Europe's cities are therefore striving to while decreasing the production of CO2) provide their citizens with clean air, safe water, and members. EUROCITIES Environment Forum is a healthy habitat including plenty of trees, parks and 2011 priorities: currently responsible for managing and monitoring green spaces. EUROCITIES supports its member cities the following working groups: in their efforts to bring about a better environment ƒ Green ICT for energy efficiency: the and work towards achieving sustainable environment forum will further explore the development, by developing and sharing knowledge potential of ICT for energy efficiency Working group Chair and expertise. We also work with the EU institutions improvements. It will cooperate with the Air quality, climate change Birmingham and with national governments to make sure that knowledge society forum and build on their & energy efficiency European legislation and programmes can be work and experiences. Clean cities Belfast implemented successfully at the local level, in order Genoa to improve the urban environment and also to ƒ Implementation of renewable energies in Green areas protect the global environment. cities: the forum will look at the specific Greening the local economy Gothenburg & Zurich challenges cities are facing as well as discuss Noise Rotterdam EUROCITIES Environment Forum is chaired by possibilities for the production of renewable Waste Genoa energies, such as wind power, solar energy or Malmo. Eindhoven & The biogas. Water Hague Objectives: ƒ Climate change adaptation and resilience: ƒ Addressing the challenges associated with global despite the efforts undertaken to limit climate Contacts climate change in terms of reducing greenhouse change, it is clear that global warming will take gas emissions, anticipating the potential place. Cities need to adapt to the Michael Klinkenberg consequences and developing effective consequences, such as extreme weather events Policy officer - environment adaptation measures. and rising sea levels. The forum will exchange EUROCITIES Brussels office Tel.: +32 2 552 08 65 fax: +32 2 552 08 89 ƒ Follow-up of the European Union's 6th experiences and information about existing and Email: [email protected] Environmental Action Programme (with the upcoming adaptation strategies in cities, and

possible development of a 7th Environmental inform the design of the upcoming EU strategy Roland Zinkernagel Action Programme), including the development of on climate change adaptation. City of Malmo – EU Coordinator strategies on urban environment (including urban Email: [email protected] transport), air quality, and the prevention and

recycling of waste.

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EUROCITIES Knowledge Society Forum

The rapid development and increasing use of 2011 priorities: Working groups: information and communications technologies (ICTs) EUROCITIES working groups carry out policy work on has transformed our societies and our economies, . ICT for energy efficiency: to encourage the specific issues and facilitate exchanges among how we do business and communicate with each dissemination of the Green Digital Charter that members. EUROCITIES Knowledge Society Forum is other, and how we work and learn. EUROCITIES highlights how cities, through innovation, can currently responsible for managing and monitoring members are committed to ensuring that everyone find new and creative solutions for dealing with the following working groups: can have access to ICTs and participate in the climate change. To demonstrate the role that information and knowledge society. New ICT can play in improving the energy efficiency technologies are also transforming public of cities, the consequent reduction in emissions Working group Chair administration at all levels, as citizens are learning and working towards achieving a more to expect easy access to real-time information and sustainable low-carbon economy and society. Broadband Amsterdam reliable online services. eInclusion Ghent . Smart Cities: to create a dialogue space for Open data Berlin & Munich EUROCITIES Knowledge Society Forum is chaired by cities to deal with the conceptualisation and Vienna. strategic definition of Smart City and Services directive Dresden Barcelona & understand the diversity of Smart City Smart cities Objectives: strategies and policies in Europe. Allowing the Manchester transfer of successful non-European Smart City . Ensure the development of an inclusive experiences. Improved networking with Contacts knowledge society by making ICTs and online complementary networks supporting open Jan Franke services accessible to all citizens. innovation and open data, such as the European Policy officer – knowledge society . Promote the modernisation of local public Network of Living Labs (ENoLL). EUROCITIES Brussels office administrations through the use of ICT solutions. Tel.: +32 2 552 08 70 fax: +32 2 552 08 89 . Digital inclusion: digital inclusion means both . Helping cities to face social and environmental Email: [email protected] inclusive ICT and the use of ICT to achieve challenges, for instance in terms of energy wider inclusion objectives. To achieve that “no efficiency, workplace and mobility management, Ingrid Goetzl one is left behind” in enjoying the benefits of etc. City of Vienna ICT. To reduce gaps in ICT usage and promote Tel.: +43 1 4000 91381 . Address demographic change and the ageing the use of ICT to overcome exclusion, and Email: [email protected] population by suggesting new solutions for improve economic performance, employment accessibility and monitoring, for instance in the opportunities, quality of life, social health sector. participation and cohesion.

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EUROCITIES Mobility Forum

The increasing amount of road traffic in urban areas . EU Action Plan on Urban Mobility and White Working groups: leads to a wide range of problems including Paper on Transport: EUROCITIES believes that EUROCITIES working groups carry out policy work on congestion and accidents, air pollution and noise, integrated urban transport solutions should be specific issues and facilitate exchanges among harming the environment and undermining citizens' part of an overall integrated strategy to ensure members. EUROCITIES Mobility Forum is currently health. EUROCITIES members are committed to the conditions for promoting accessible, responsible for managing and monitoring promoting more sustainable and integrated urban liveable and sustainable cities throughout the the following working groups: transport systems, providing citizens with EU and neighbouring countries. convenient and accessible public transport, and protecting the safety of pedestrians and cyclists. We 2011 priorities: Working group Chair are working with the EU institutions and the Member Barrier-free city for all Berlin States to develop and implement more . Towards a new mobility culture: the Developing a new mobility London environmentally and people-friendly urban transport implementation of the Action Plan on Urban culture policies. Mobility. The forum will ensure that the action Borough of plan benefits cities in practical ways, through Road safety Camden/LEPT EUROCITIES Mobility Forum is chaired by Utrecht. exchange of best practice, relevant funding Transport & energy efficiency Murcia programmes and guidance. Objectives: International accessibility Netwerkstad . Promote sustainable, accessible, safe and . Financing urban mobility: the forum will be Twente integrated transport networks: EUROCITIES finalising a paper on ‘Financing urban mobility seeks to promote the increased use of sustainable in the future’, providing recommendations for the EU to consider when allocating the future urban transport solutions and the integration of Contacts public transport networks, with the aim of EU budget. This work will align with the enabling all citizens to access all parts of the city network’s overall position on the EU budget, Vanessa Holve while reducing the use of the private car. drafted within the EUROCITIES EU Budget Policy officer – mobility Taskforce. EUROCITIES Brussels office . Promote the development of a new mobility Tel.: +32 2 552 08 72 fax: +32 2 552 08 89 . Clean and efficient urban transport: culture: The basis of an integrated approach Email: [email protected] recognising the link between mobility and enables cities to achieve a significant modal shift environment, the forum intends to reach a fully towards more sustainable transport modes. This Mark Degenkamp integrated approach linking transport, is based on the development and implementation City of Utrecht – Policy Advisor Mobility environment and economic development. The of a mobility management approach within cities Email: [email protected] and between cities, which on the basis of forum will exchange best practice and study the predicted travel behaviour, intervenes developments of the signatories of the proactively to encourage sustainable solutions for Covenant of Mayors and the Smart Cities both freight and citizens. initiative. Updated 01/03/2011 For more information: www.eurocities.eu

EUROCITIES Social Affairs Forum

Europe's cities are engines of growth and prosperity, 2011 priorities: Working groups: but at the same time they are the places where EUROCITIES working groups carry out policy work on poverty and social exclusion hit the hardest. In the ƒ Organising social services in the context of specific issues and facilitate exchanges among European Union more than 80 million people are at reduced public finances by supporting cities in members. EUROCITIES Social Affairs Forum is risk of poverty and social exclusion, most of them in meeting the bigger social challenges they are currently responsible for managing and monitoring urban areas. Cities must strive to be inclusive, facing with fewer resources, and in the context the following working groups: helping the most vulnerable groups and individuals of the economic downturn. to participate fully in society, with access to health ƒ care, housing, education and employment. With Adapting social services to meet new and Working group Chair reduced public finances this implies finding emerging social needs (e.g. inclusion of young Employment Rotterdam innovative and efficient solutions that respond to people, migration, demographic change). Education Malmo the new and emerging needs of people living in ƒ Tackling economic exclusion through innovative cities. EUROCITIES and its members are committed Health inequalities Rotterdam policies for education, unemployment, re- to tackling the causes of social exclusion, Housing & homelessness Vienna & Newcastle skilling and combating poverty. This includes eradicating all forms of discrimination and ensuring influencing EU policies to give a stronger role to Migration & integration Barcelona equal opportunities for all. cities in areas such as the ‘inclusive growth’ Roma Ghent

strand of Europe 2020 and future EU funding Taskforce on ESF (European EUROCITIES Social Affairs Forum is chaired by Birmingham such as the European Social Fund and Social Fund) Birmingham. PROGRESS.

Objectives: ƒ Support of exchanges of experience and know- Contacts The social affairs forum’s work is supported by how among cities working to tackle poverty and Dirk Gebhardt EUROCITIES PROGRESS-partnership with the social exclusion, to eradicate all forms of Programme officer- social affairs European Commission. This partnership aims at discrimination and to improve the integration of EUROCITIES Brussels office fostering social inclusion on the ground by migrants and asylum seekers. Tel.: +32 2 552 08 64 fax: +32 2 552 08 89 strengthening the role of cities in EU policy-making Email: [email protected] ƒ Strengthen the involvement of local authorities in and developing the capacity of our network. This

the development and implementation of national partnership provides resources for mutual learning Jennifer Crisp and European social policies. between cities, for keeping member cities up-to- City of Birmingham – International Officer date on EU policy developments and for bringing E-mail: [email protected] city representatives to Brussels to engage in

political debates.

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