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Eurocities

Network of major European cities

Summary

Network of major European cities

FieldValue
nameEurocities
imageLogo of Eurocities.svg
formation1986
typeNetwork of cities
locationBrussels
coords
region_servedEurope
membership200 member cities
languageEnglish
leader_titlePresident
leader_nameBurkhard Jung
leader_title2Secretary general
leader_name2André Sobczak
website

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, which between them represent over 130 million people.

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. 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. 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.

Strategy and activities

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

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.

Members

CityStatePopulationMembership
AarhusDenmarkFull member
Aix-Marseille-ProvenceFranceFull member
AmsterdamNetherlandsFull member
Angers Loire MétropoleFranceFull member
AntwerpBelgiumFull member
AthensGreeceFull member
Banja LukaBosnia and HerzegovinaAssociate member
BarcelonaSpainFull member
BelfastUnited KingdomAssociate member
BelgradeSerbiaAssociate member
BergenNorwayFull member
BerlinGermanyFull member
BiałystokPolandFull member
BilbaoSpainFull member
BirminghamUnited KingdomAssociate member
BochumGermanyFull member
BolognaItalyFull member
BonnGermanyFull member
BordeauxFranceFull member
BrabantStadNetherlandsFull member
BragaPortugalFull member
BratislavaSlovakiaFull member
Brighton and HoveUnited KingdomAssociate member
BristolUnited KingdomAssociate member
BrnoCzech RepublicFull member
BrusselsBelgiumFull member
Brussels Capital RegionBelgiumFull member
BudapestHungaryFull member
BurgasBulgariaFull member
BydgoszczPolandFull member
CagliariItalyFull member
CardiffUnited KingdomAssociate member
ChemnitzGermanyFull member
Cluj-NapocaRomaniaFull member
CologneGermanyFull member
ConstanțaRomaniaFull member
CopenhagenDenmarkFull member
CoventryUnited KingdomAssociate member
DebrecenHungaryFull member
DortmundGermanyFull member
DresdenGermanyFull member
DublinIrelandFull member
DüsseldorfGermanyFull member
EdinburghUnited KingdomAssociate member
EindhovenNetherlandsFull member
EspooFinlandFull member
EssenGermanyFull member
FlorenceItalyFull member
FrankfurtGermanyFull member
GaziantepTurkeyAssociate member
GdańskPolandFull member
GenoaItalyFull member
GhentBelgiumFull member
GijónSpainFull member
GlasgowUnited KingdomAssociate member
GothenburgSwedenFull member
Grand NancyFranceFull member
Grenoble-Alpes MétropoleFranceFull member
HamburgGermanyFull member
HanoverGermanyFull member
HelsinkiFinlandFull member
IstanbulTurkeyAssociate member
İzmirTurkeyAssociate member
KarlsruheGermanyFull member
KatowicePolandFull member
KharkivUkraineAssociate member
KielGermanyFull member
KyivUkraineAssociate member
LeedsUnited KingdomAssociate member
LeipzigGermanyFull member
LisbonPortugalFull member
LjubljanaSloveniaFull member
ŁódźPolandFull member
LondonUnited KingdomAssociate member
LublinPolandFull member
LuxembourgLuxembourgFull member
LvivUkraineAssociate member
LyonFranceFull member
MadridSpainFull member
MálagaSpainFull member
MalmöSwedenFull member
ManchesterUnited KingdomAssociate member
MannheimGermanyFull member
MarseilleFranceFull member
Métropole Européenne de LilleFranceFull member
MilanItalyFull member
MunichGermanyFull member
MünsterGermanyFull member
MurciaSpainFull member
NantesFranceFull member
Newcastle upon TyneUnited KingdomAssociate member
NiceFranceFull member
NicosiaCyprusFull member
Novi SadSerbiaAssociate member
NurembergGermanyFull member
OdesaUkraineAssociate member
OsloNorwayAssociate member
OuluFinlandFull member
PalermoItalyFull member
ParisFranceFull member
PilsenCzechFull member
PortoPortugalFull member
PoznańPolandFull member
PragueCzechFull member
Reggio Calabria Metropolitan CityItalyFull member
Rennes MétropoleFranceFull member
ReykjavíkIcelandAssociate member
RigaLatviaFull member
RomeItalyFull member
RotterdamNetherlandsFull member
RzeszówPolandFull member
SarajevoBosnia and HerzegovinaAssociate member
SevilleSpainFull member
SheffieldUnited KingdomAssociate member
SkopjeNorth MacedoniaAssociate member
SofiaBulgariaFull member
Saint-Étienne MétropoleFranceFull member
StockholmSwedenFull member
StrasbourgFranceFull member
StuttgartGermanyFull member
SunderlandUnited KingdomAssociate member
TallinnEstoniaFull member
TampereFinlandFull member
TarantoItalyFull member
TbilisiGeorgiaAssociate member
Terrassa Metropolitan AreaSpainFull member
The HagueThe NetherlandsFull member
ThessalonikiGreeceFull member
TimișoaraRomaniaFull member
TiranaAlbaniaAssociate member
ToulouseFranceFull member
TurinItalyFull member
TurkuFinlandFull member
UppsalaSwedenFull member
UtrechtNetherlandsFull member
ValenciaSpainFull member
ValladolidSpainFull member
VantaaFinlandFull member
VarnaBulgariaFull member
VeniceItalyFull member
ViennaAustriaFull member
VilniusLithuaniaFull member
WarsawPolandFull member
WiesbadenGermanyFull member
WrocławPolandFull member
YerevanArmeniaAssociate member
ZagrebCroatiaFull member
ZaragozaSpainFull member
ZürichSwitzerlandAssociate member
CityStatePopulation
AlcobendasSpain
AlmereNetherlands
AmiensFrance
ArezzoItaly
BeyoğluTurkey
BorlängeSweden
BremenGermany
Brest MétropoleFrance
BrugesBelgium
CesenaItaly
Derry-StrabaneUnited Kingdom
DordrechtThe Netherlands
FuenlabradaSpain
Grand Paris SudFrance
Grand ReimsFrance
GroningenNetherlands
GuimarãesPortugal
HaarlemNetherlands
HagenGermany
HeraklionGreece
KadıköyTurkey
KarlstadSweden
KlaipėdaLithuania
KortrijkBelgium
KungsbackaSweden
LahtiFinland
Le HavreFrance
LeeuwardenNetherlands
LeuvenBelgium
LinköpingSweden
LogroñoSpain
MarousiGreece
MatosinhosPortugal
MetzFrance
MezitliTurkey
NackaSweden
Netwerkstad TwenteNetherlands
OsmangaziTurkey
OstendBelgium
PauFrance
PesaroItaly
RijekaCroatia128,624
RubíSpain
San SebastiánSpain
SipooFinland
SolnaSweden
Saint-NazaireFrance
StavangerNorway
TrevisoItaly
Turkish Cypriot community of NicosiaCyprus
UmeåSweden
ValongoPortugal
WolverhamptonUnited Kingdom

Notes

References

References

  1. "Members list".
  2. (30 August 2020). "A better quality of life for all – Eurocities' strategic framework 2020-2030".
  3. (2020). "City Diplomacy: Current Trends and Future Prospects". Palgrave Macmillan.
  4. Reichenbach, Michael. (November 2020). "The Real Green Deal". ATZ Worldwide.
  5. Lin, Jolene. (2018-06-04). "Governing Climate Change". Cambridge University Press.
  6. "Eurocities – We are a community of more than 190 European cities".
  7. "EUROCITIES website".
  8. "We are also pleased to announce several new partner cities".
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