Driving change, delivering results
Cities are on the frontlines, driving change and delivering results.
This week, we’re diving into key urban mobility tools, unlocking innovative energy financing strategies, exploring the intersection of cultural heritage and social transformation, and overcoming barriers to innovative public procurement.
Let’s build the cities of tomorrow, today!
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?? Events
Mayors Business Forum
The?Intelligent Cities Challenge Conference & Mayors – Business Forum?is the third and last in-person event of the Intelligent Cities Challenge, bringing together more than 250 City and Business leaders from cities, urban development and transition experts, green and digital technology solutions providers, academics, and the European Commission. The first day is open to the public, and it combines sessions on the outcomes and progress made and an exhibition on Local Green Deals (LGDs).?
When? 5 March 2025
Where? Brussels, Belgium
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Final PROSPECT+ event - Rethinking Funding at the Local Level?
This?final in-person event?of the PROSPECT+ project?draws on its exploration of public authorities’ attitudes toward innovative financing instruments. The event will feature actionable recommendations to enable cities to access the resources required for energy transition and climate neutrality. These insights are particularly relevant for policymakers, investors, and stakeholders shaping support for cities’ energy transition.?
When? 11 March 2025
Where? Brussels, Belgium
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Smart City Exchange Forum 2025?
The 2025 Smart City Exchange Forum aims to explore how data, AI, and smart governance frameworks are transforming urban environments into sustainable, people-centered spaces. Participants will have the opportunity to network with municipal leaders, researchers, and tech providers, and gain actionable insights into real-world strategies for shaping resilient cities.?
When? 13 March 2025?
Where? Hybrid: PROTO Invention Factory (Tallinn, Estonia) & Online?
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Big Buyers Working Together (BBWT) – 2025 Annual Event!??
This year’s BBWT Annual Event invites participants to join in engaging conversations, interesting panels, and insightful presentations alongside relevant stakeholders in the world of?strategic public procurement.?Participants will also get the opportunity to learn about how host city Helsinki has implemented public procurement.
When? 25 March 2025
Where? Helsinki, Finland
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EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK award ceremony and workshops
On 27 March, the most well-known Europe-wide campaign on sustainable mobility is celebrating its?award ceremony and preparatory workshops in Brussels. The event is hosted by the European Commission, and it will be attended by urban mobility professionals at the European, national, and local levels. During the workshops, participants will prepare for the 2025 theme:?Mobility for Everyone?(a response to?transport poverty). The award ceremony will celebrate the achievements of cities from 2024.
When? 27 March 2025
Where? Brussels
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Joint final event of MOVE21 and SCALE-UP
Join the?final event of?MOVE21?and?SCALE-UP, two transformative EU-funded Horizon 2020 projects advancing urban mobility and multimodal transport solutions across Europe.
This two-day gathering brings together policymakers, city leaders, innovators, and sustainability experts to explore how tested solutions from the projects can inspire scalable change. Discussions will focus on strategies to?improve urban mobility?and?SUMPs, with a special emphasis on the collaboration opportunities linked to passenger and logistics transport in?urban nodes?under the new TEN-T regulation.
When? 1-2 April 2025
Where? Brussels
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Busworld EU 2025: Empowering Local Authorities in Public Transport?
Take part in the world’s largest bus and coach industry event,?Busworld EU 2025. This is your opportunity to share insights, explore innovations, and shape the future of sustainable public transport alongside 40,000 participants and 530 exhibitors, including top manufacturers and policymakers.?
When? 4-9 October 2025
Where? Brussels, Belgium
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??Webinars
Q&A: "Discover the CCA and CPA Programmes"
The Circular City Centre – C3 is a?competence and resource hub?within the European Investment Bank, funded by the European Commission as part of the Circular Cities and Regions Initiative (CCRI). It supports EU cities in their transition to a circular economy by offering tailored advisory programmes that help cities develop circular economy strategies, prepare circular projects for implementation, and improve access to financing.
Join this event to learn more and get your questions answered.
When? 19 February 2025 | 11.00 – 12.00 CET
Application Deadline for the C3 advisory programs: 28 February 2025
CASE STUDIES: "SUVs in cities: parking reform to discourage ever larger cars"
Join the upcoming webinar concerning the public health and environmental impacts of SUVs and actions being taken by leading cities in Europe. Eurocities members will explore the current SUV trend in the car market and hear from city leaders pioneering parking reforms to push back against large SUVs.
When? 19 February 2025 | 14.30 – 16.00 CET
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EAFIP Webinar – Innovation (public) procurement uptake!?
This webinar, organised by the?European Assistance for Innovation Procurement (EAFIP), presents the findings of the EC Expert Group on how to overcome the legal barriers signaled in the Draghi and Letta reports that hamper widespread implementation of?innovation procurement?within the different EU Member States.???
When??20 February?2025 | 10.00 – 13.35 CET?
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Behavioural insights & choice design in urban mobility policies
This webinar, aimed primarily at city representatives, is looking into behavioural change from a scientific and practical perspective.
The webinar will feature three key interventions on what triggers behavioural change, looking into the challenges of different users with their own unique needs and how sustainable mobility planning is designing the choices of these users, for moving around the city.
When? 25 February 2025 | 14.00 - 16.00 CET
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CASE STUDIES: "Streets for All"
Follow this webinar addressing two topics related to inclusive urban mobility: mobility justice and accessibility for vulnerable groups, on one side, and school streets and the specific mobility needs of various age groups, on the other.
During the webinar, Eurocities members Barcelona, Lyon, Valencia, and Warsaw, will share their experience among several other presentations.
When? 26 February 2025 | 10.00 – 11:30?CET
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TRAINING: "Addressing migrant women's needs in local integration strategies
Eurocities’ CONSOLIDATE project on migration integration is hosting this training on key principles for effective women-focused integration strategies. The training will feature experts, academics, cities, and representatives of civil society and is organised in collaboration with the European Network of Migrant Women (ENOMW) and MigrationWork.
When? 6 March 2025 | 10.00 – 16.00 CET
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SURVEY:?Take 15mins to respond to the?CodeZERO?survey on delivery attributes?
Help the CodeZERO Project understand the impact of delivery models on your urban areas by responding to?the survey organised by Horizon Europe.
SURVEY: Input on climate financing challenges
Final chance to share your city’s biggest financing challenges and needs to shape the final recommendations that the PROSPECT+ Team will share in March with key players, including representatives of the European Commission, the European Investment Bank, the European Committee of the Regions and others.
Input your feedback by 28 February.
SURVEY: Have your say on the impact of tourism on the monoculturalisation of city-centres!
This UAP survey is conducted as part of a research project launched by the European City Alliance on Balanced Urban Tourism in partnership with the Eurocities network. It will also support the implementation of the newly adopted?Action Plan?of the Urban Agenda Partnership on Sustainable Tourism.?
Answer the survey?by?28 February COB.?
?? Resources
ARTICLE: The right to access affordable and quality housing
The growing European housing crisis demands a people-centred response, that involves city leaders, to ensure housing policies that grant access to quality, affordable homes for all citizens. As part of the Eurocities?#100daysEU campaign, which highlights ten priorities for a better Europe, this week’s focus is on affordable and quality housing.
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