What is Eurocities ? Eurocities is a non-profit making Association of 87 Metropolitan Cities from 26 European countries. The associations’ main aim is to improve the quality of life for the 80% of Europeans living in cities and urban areas by: • influencing the European agenda, • increasing the transfer of knowledge, • facilitating the implementation of practical projects between cities across Europe. Membership of Eurocities is open to democratically elected city governments, and to their economic and scientific partners (Chambers of Commerce and Universities), in cities which: • have a minimum population of 250.000 • have an international dimension • are an important regional centre Aims • to influence the European agenda to ensure that the views of the major cities are taken into account in policy development • to lobby for the involvement of local authorities in European Union programmes • to increase the transfer of knowledge, experience and best practice between city governments • to support the cities of Central and Eastern Europe and the NIS in their progress towards democratic government and a market economy Committees To enable Eurocities to contribute effectively to the European policy debate and develop practical co-operation projects between cities, Eurocities has established the following committees: • Culture (chaired by Helsinki) • East/ West (chaired by Budapest) • Economic Development and Urban Regeneration (chaired by Lille) • Environment (chaired by Stockholm) • Social Welfare (chaired by Antwerp) • Transport (chaired by Torino) • Policy Forum for Technology (chaired by The Hague) Eurocities has also initiated the networks of Car Free Cities (promoting sustainable mobility) and Telecities (defining the urban demand for telematics). Eurocities 18 Square de Meeûs, B- 1050 Brussels T +32.2 552 08 88 F+32.2 552 08 89 - e-mail: [email protected] - http://www.eurocities.org Eurocities Members Executive Committee Antwerp Bordeaux Lille Bilbao (President) Copenhagen Manchester Birmingham Helsinki -(Vice President) Porto Bologna Leipzig Rotterdam Member Cities Amsterdam Geneva Newcastle Athens Genova Nice Barcelona Gent Nottingham Belfast Glasgow Nuremberg Berlin Göteborg Oslo Bonn Graz Palermo Bradford Leeds Roma Bristol Liège Saint Etienne Métropole Brussels Capital-Region Lisbon Sevilla Brussels City Liverpool Sheffield Cardiff Lyon Stockholm Cologne Madrid Strasbourg Den Haag Malaga Tampere Dortmund Malmö Torino Dublin Marseille Trieste Edinburgh Milano Turku Eindhoven Montpellier Utrecht Firenze Munich Valencia Frankfurt am Main Nancy Valladolid Nantes Venezia Napoli Wien Associated Member Cities Brno Katowice Prague Budapest Kiev Skopje Gdansk Krakow St Petersburg Iasi Ljubljana Szczecin Kaliningrad Lodz Tallinn Nicosia Vilnius Chambers of Commerce Lille Universities Lille Pôle universitaire Porto Infante Dom Henrique University Torino Studies University Eurocities 18 Square de Meeûs, B- 1050 Brussels T +32.2 552 08 88 F+32.2 552 08 89 - e-mail: [email protected] - http://www.eurocities.org .