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As part of the European Week of Regions and Cities 2024, the European Urban Initiative (EUI) in collaboration with the Région Hauts-de-France, Lille European Metropole and Amiens Metropole, organised a Capacity Building workshop on the role of city-region collaboration in developing and fostering an innovation ecosystem and unlocking inclusive economic growth.

Discover how EUI City-to-City Exchanges can strengthen creative local strategy design and policies related to housing. How can cities keep communities strong and reduce inequality by providing more affordable housing? The EUI City-to-City Exchange between Fingal County Council, Ireland and Helsinki, Finland is an example of how EU cooperation can create unique strategies and solutions for better and affordable housing.

Is your city working on designing and/or implementing a Sustainable Urban Development (SUD) strategy? Wondering how to best address objectives such as multi-sectoral policy, multi-stakeholder governance, and promoting community-led processes? EUI opens on 1 October a call for Peer Reviews. This is the perfect occasion for cities to get targeted advice on their SUDs from peers and EU-experts.

Europe faces an urgent need for long-term political commitment to adequate housing. While all governments are implicated, cities are where housing justice can be realised.