Cities Forum Rotterdam

The European Commission and the city of Rotterdam held the third CITIES Forum in Rotterdam on the 27-28 November 2017.

This two-day major event of the European Commission brought together key stakeholders from European, national and local levels to debate the progress of the Urban agenda for the EU, the urban dimension of the Cohesion Policy as well as the EU response to the urban dimension of the 2030 Agenda and the New Urban Agenda.

On the first day the partnerships of the Urban Agenda for the EU touched base and organised a series of workshops across the City of Rotterdam. In addition a workshop was organised around the Sustainable Development Goals (2030 Agenda) and how cities can contribute to achieve these goals.

From there a former ocean liner hosted the Cities Forum on the afternoon of the first day with welcoming words and introductions of high level speakers. The second day the progress and future direction of the Urban Agenda and the urban dimension of the Cohesion Policy reflected on global urban policies, strategies and goals. That day a new platform was launched assisting cities in improving their investment capacities, called URBIS.

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