Eurocities

Eurocities

Eurocities

Network of major European cities

Eurocities is a network of large cities in Europe, established in 1986 by the mayors of six large cities: Barcelona, Birmingham, Frankfurt, Lyon, Milan, and Rotterdam. Today, Eurocities members include over 200 of Europe's major cities from 38 countries,[1] which between them represent over 130 million people.[2]

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Eurocities is one of the major city networks in the EU. It is an example of how city diplomacy is seeking influence and prominence in the established world of international relations.[3] At the EU level, Eurocities promotes the implementation of the European Union's subsidiarity principle. This offers multiple opportunities to engage and influence EU initiatives and policies, especially on urban development and more recently the European Green Deal.[4] Eurocities is sometimes seen as an interest group more focused on re-establishing the power of the city over the nation-state, rather than connecting EU citizens across cities and borders. Recently, EU mayors of the network have tried to raise their global profile for their efforts to tackle climate change.[5]

Strategy and activities

Eurocities coordinates multiple projects in the field of mobility, environmental transition, social inclusion, and digital innovation.[6]

The Eurocities secretariat is based in Brussels, Belgium. The network is led by an executive committee composed of 12 elected cities and their mayors. The executive committee meets at least three times a year and oversees the annual work programme, internal rules and budget, as approved by the annual general meeting (AGM). Thematic work is coordinated in six forums and a number of related working groups covering, among other topics, culture, economic development, environment, knowledge society, mobility, and social affairs.

Eurocities activities include:

Advocacy: representing the voice of cities at EU level, to bring about change on the ground

Insights: Monitoring and communicating to cities the latest EU developments, funding opportunities, and trends affecting them

Sharing of best practices: Facilitating the exchange of knowledge, experience and good practices between cities to scale up urban solutions

Training: develop the capacity to face current and future urban challenges

Membership criteria

Membership of Eurocities is open to any European city with a population of 250,000 or more. Cities within the European Union become full members, and other European cities become associate members. Local authorities of smaller cities, but with a population of more than 50,000 can become partners. Companies and businesses can become associated business partners.[7]

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See also

Notes

  1. Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence.
  2. Métropole du Grand Nancy.
  3. Communauté d'agglomération Amiens Métropole.

References

  1. [1]
    "Members list". Eurocities. Archived from the original on 29 October 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  2. [2]
    "A better quality of life for all – Eurocities' strategic framework 2020-2030". Eurocities. Archived from the original on 2020-12-09. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
  3. [3]
    Amiti, Sohaela; Sevin, Efe, eds. (2020). City Diplomacy: Current Trends and Future Prospects. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-3-030-45615-3. OCLC 1176247282.
  4. [4]
    Reichenbach, Michael (November 2020). "The Real Green Deal". ATZ Worldwide. 122 (11): 3. doi:10.1007/s38311-020-0325-7. ISSN 2192-9076. S2CID 226332214.
  5. [5]
    Lin, Jolene (2018-06-04). Governing Climate Change. Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108347907. ISBN 978-1-108-34790-7. S2CID 168973523.
  6. [6]
    "Eurocities – We are a community of more than 190 European cities". Archived from the original on 2020-10-28. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
  7. [7]
    "EUROCITIES website". eurocities.eu. Archived from the original on 2012-01-30.
  8. [8]
    "We are also pleased to announce several new partner cities". Twitter.
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