PROGRESS

"Inclusive Cities for Europe" is a partnership between EUROCITIES and the European Commission, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities. It includes numerous activities to raise the voice of cities in the EU Social Inclusion Process and supports EUROCITIES policy work on social affairs and related issues. The programme is co-financed by the European Community Programme for Employment and Social Solidarity - PROGRESS.

Committee of the Regions

The Committee of the Regions (CoR) is a political assembly of local and regional authorities, with a consultative role in the EU legislative process. This institution of the European Union was established in 1994 and is based in Brussels. EUROCITIES and the CoR cooperate regularly with exchange of information and expertise on urban-related EU matters and joint-events. EUROCITIES contributes frequently to CoR official reports on issues relevant for cities. Several cities are simultaneously members of EUROCITIES and the CoR, which further enhances the cooperation between the two organizations.

Sustainable Energy Europe Campaign

The Sustainable Energy Europe Campaign is a European Commission initiative in the framework of the Intelligent Energy - Europe (2003-2006) programme, which aims to raise public awareness and promote sustainable energy production and use among individuals and organisations, private companies and public authorities, professional and energy agencies, industry associations and NGOs across Europe. It aims to contribute to achieving the European Union's energy policy targets within the fields of renewable energy sources, energy efficiency, clean transport and alternative fuels.

euronews

euronews TV is the most widely-watched international news channel in Europe. Starting on 23 January, a monthly series of topical audiovisual reports under the "Metropolitans" banner will highlight how the local governments of Europe’s large cities are responding to the major challenges they face.  The series will highlight the important role that local governments play in addressing the important social, economic and environmental challenges that Europe’s cities are facing in the 21st Century. Each edition will focus on a particular city and how it is dealing with a specific issue. A common theme will be how cities facilitate the active involvement of their citizens and work in partnership with key stakeholders at local level.

Europolitique

Since 1972 Europolitics analyses all current events relating to the EU and its institutions.
Thanks to a multicultural team of journalists all experts in their field, Europolitics offers five times per week analysis over plain facts, an agenda that brings you daily news from EU institutions, six sections that cover all the issues in Europe.
Europolitics is published in two languages (English and French) and available both in print and electronic version.

European Enterprise Awards

The European Enterprise Awards, launched by the European Commission, recognise and reward outstanding initiatives that support entrepreneurship at regional level. Policies that promote entrepreneurship and create a favourable environment for business, in particular small and medium-sized enterprises are crucial if the European Union is to rise to its number one challenge of stimulating economic growth and creating new jobs. The awards, which were launched 2005, are thus not only a competition; they also aim to raise awareness of enterprise, both policy and delivery activities, and celebrate success. Each year, pan-European award winners will be identified and will serve as inspiration for others.

Global City Forum

Global City is the only international forum where public and private leaders exchange best practices and share sustainable urban strategies. This unique networking platform is dedicated to Mayors, urban planners, decision-makers and leaders.

2010 European Year for combating poverty and social exclusion

For 2010, the European Commission has chosen to focus on combating poverty and social exclusion. This gives the EU the opportunity to raise awareness about poverty and social exclusion and to show that these problems are not inevitable.

EUROCITIES is participating fully in the forthcoming European year for combating and social exclusion. We havedeveloped a campaign in preparation for this European Year. Our goals are to promote solutions to tackle poverty and exclusion in cities and raise awareness of their urban dimension. To this end, we will be carrying out a range of activities to promote this European year and to get our message across to national and EU policy makers.

Regional Review

Since 1832, Dods has been seen as the leading provider of political information, public affairs and policy communication for all levels of government and the political community in both the UK and the EU. EUROCITIES’ media partnership with Dods is focused on editorial and event collaboration at the European level. EUROCITIES is represented on the editorial board of the company’s ‘Regional Review’ magazine to ensure coverage of the political views and actions of city government. We also submit ad-hoc editorial contributions to Dods’ other leading pan-European publication, The Parliament Magazine. On the events side, EUROCITIES regularly provides advice on speakers and programmes for city-relevant events organised by Dods.

Belgian EU Presidency

EUROCITIES and the Belgian EU Presidency (July-December 2010) are working together to profile city views on numerous issues like innovation, the future cohesion policy, urban mobility, culture, social inclusion, adaptation to climate change and digital inclusion. This cooperation will also be visible through the organization of joint events in some of these topics.