SMART CITIES & REGIONS

UNECE Forum of Mayors fosters city-to-city learning for regeneration and resilience, facilitating an inclusive multilateralism +++ UNECE helps Ukraine draft law to address housing challenges and develops municipal investment tracker for greater transparency in reconstruction projects +++ OECD: Smart City Data Governance: Challenges and the Way Forward +++ EU Commission on ECA Special Report “Smart Cities: : Tangible solutions, but fragmentation challenges their wider adoption” +++
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European Week of Regions and Cities puts the spotlight on Cohesion Policy and its role in supporting regions face the effects of Russia’s war on Ukraine +++ Speech by Commissioner Elisa Ferreira at the press conference launching the 2023 European Week of Regions and Cities +++ New European Bauhaus: applications open for 2024 edition of NEB Prizes +++ ACUTE / UERA TWG Urban Accessibility and Connectivity: Research Seminar +++

UNECE: 3rd Forum of Mayors to gather 50 city leaders in push for networked and inclusive multilateralism +++ 84th session of the UNECE Committee on Urban Development, Housing and Land Management +++ The Spanish Presidency stimulates debate on the future of EU Cohesion Policy +++ The network of European Digital Innovation Hubs (EDIHs) in full action +++ Digital Europe Programme: Commission opens calls to invest in data spaces for tourism and cultural heritage.

MEPs: STEP should also support EU cohesion +++ 5 reasons to celebrate transnational cooperation with Interreg Baltic Sea Region +++ Seminar on Tackling Border Obstacles through and beyond Interreg on 26 September +++ Digital Alps Conference 2023 +++ Driving Urban Transition: Update on the DUT Call 2023 +++ Upcoming DUT events: Workshop at EU Regions week +++ Get ready for the next URBACT call for Innovation Transfer Networks.

EESC: Conference on #ReskillEU – new jobs for energy and transport in Europe +++ CAP: EU Common Agricultural Policy as a driver for rural digital transformation +++ CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION: Opening Speech by EU Commissioner Elisa Ferreira at the EU Parliament debate on Amending the proposed mechanism to resolve legal and administrative obstacles in a cross-border context +++ ITU: Digital Transformation and Cities Digest +++ Seventh meeting of United for Smart Sustainable

European Rural Youth Summit +++ ITU Digital Transformation and Cities Digest +++ Seventh meeting of United for Smart Sustainable Cities +++ URBACT: Unlocking the potential of testing actions +++ Mit Datenkompetenz zur smarten Kommune – Fraunhofer IAO +++ Kommunen in die Cloud! – Fraunhofer IAO Veranstaltungen +++ Wärmenetze in ländlichen Regionen: Neue dena-Studie zeigt kleinen Kommunen Strategien und Anwendungsfälle bei der Wärmeplanung +++ Klimahausen – Nachhaltig gut leben: Lebenswerte Stadt im Klimawandel –

ITU: Upcoming ITU events on Smart Sustainable Cities and metaverse +++DUT: Boosting local and regional cooperation for a clean energy transition and improved energy security +++ SMART SPECIALISATION PLATFORM: Connecting Regional Innovation Valleys through Circular Industries +++ SMART MOBILITY: Speakers announced for Urban Mobility Days 2023

Site under construction: Digital management of EU funds is behind schedule +++ DUT Call 2023 – First Information Available: People-centred Urban Transformation – Mobility, Energy, Circularity +++ Smart City Update from Turku: Turku Recognizes potential in AI: Revolutionizing City Operations and Enhancing Citizen Services.

Speech by President von der Leyen at the Brussels Urban Summit 2023, via video message +++ A vision of unity – interview with Burkhard Jung, Mayor of Leipzig and new president of Eurocities +++ Urban Digital Innovation Executive Leadership Programme +++ Urban Public Space Design project cluster meets NetZeroCities in Brussels.

EU Cohesion Policy: €120 million call for urban innovation projects +++ WHO urges Europe to rethink mobility to improve health and wellbeing +++ Experts discuss in Sweden new possible actions to enhance European innovation policy and interregional cooperation.

COHESION POLICY Speech by EU Commissioner Elisa Ferreira for the 2023 annual conference for the

URBAN FUTURE Update on Urban Future: Making cities sustainable! EUROCITIES Ghent hosts cities for end to energy

SMART ADMINISTRATION MEPs: Accelerating the digitalisation of key public services NEW EUROPEAN BAUHAUS New European Bauhaus:

RURAL TRANSFORMATION AURORAL: Empowering rural digital transformation EU Commission takes step towards 100 regional innovation

COHESION POLICY #UF23: How cities are cutting emissions URBAN FUTURES Introductory remarks by Mr Janusz

EU COHESION POLICY EU cohesion and agricultural spending: gaps in measures to detect, resolve and