Eurotowns

The network of medium-sized cities in Europe

The network

Eurotowns was established in 1991 as the Europe-wide network for towns and cities with populations between 50.000 and 250.000. Towns and cities of this size play a significant part in the economic and social life of Europe. The Eurotowns network aims to ensure that this fact is properly reflected in the development of European legislation and promotes the interests of medium-sized cities at European level. There are currently 18 cities in membership of Eurotowns.

City networking is an important practice for reinforcing European Cohesion. In addition to being an area of cooperation between communities, participation in such networks enables representation of local government in Europe. It also provides a privilege framework for promoting innovation and exchanging experiences at transnational level.

Eurotowns supports medium-sized cities in Europe to strengthen their role as attractive, inclusive and sustainable places. Furthermore, Eurotowns provides a valuable mechanism for building reliable partnerships, developing innovative and sustainable projects, and effective collaboration on European Union funding applications.

The network structure facilitates productive and mutually beneficial activities focusing on different priorities through thematic Task Teams.

News & Events

Kick-off meeting of URBACT pilot network on SDGs

Today, the new URBACT pilot project „SDGs in Cities“ in cooperation with CEMR started with 19 European municipalities from 19 European countries. We are delighted that our member cities Gävle, Manresa, Reggio Emilia, Schiedam and Solingen have been selected. The colleagues from the Lead partner Tallinn as well as the lead expert Stina had prepared […]

Task Team Inner City Meeting on urban attractiveness in post Covid-19

Topic of the today’s Eurotowns Task Team Inner City Meeting was urban attractiveness in post Covid-19: trends and developments from a medium-sized cities perspective with a very interesting key note speech by Dr. Giuliano Mingardo from the Erasmus Centre of Urban, Port and Transport Economics of the Erasmus University of Rotterdam. A special thanks goes […]

Successful first EC meeting in 2021

Successful first Eurotowns EC meeting in 2021. We discussed and agreed on the work plan for this year. In particular we are very happy to announce that we have with the Spanish City of Avilés and the German city of Böblingen 2 new member cities in our network. We are looking forward to a close […]

First Task Team Inner City meeting in 2021

Successful first Eurotowns Task Team meeting on Inner City in 2021. We agreed on the working programme for this year in order to make our city centers more attractive and resilient places. A special thanks goes to our colleagues from ReggioEmilia as TT leader and to all participants. Stay tuned for the next steps.

Successful TT Social Inclusion meeting

Successful Task Team Social Inclusion meeting of last week on the topic „Digital inclusion – exclusion during the Corona Pandemic“. It was organised by our TT leader Varberg together with Hasselt and Jyväskylä. A special thanks goes to our key note speaker Prof. Dr. Ilse Mariën from Brussels University VUB and to Kristina, Lotta, Leen, […]

Successful last EC Meeting for this year

Successful last Eurotowns EC meeting for this year. We discussed the next steps for our Task Teams and for our priorities in 2021. A special thanks goes to Valentina Schippers from our member city Haarlem and her very interesting presentation about the EU Urban Agenda partnership on innovative and responsible public procurement. Thank you to […]

Successful first online General Assembly

Successful first online General Assembly with a key note on the New Leipzig Charter by Jonas Scholze Executive Director of the German Association for Housing, Urban and Spatial Development as well as with a focus on Best Practice Exchange Corona within our network. We discussed and agreed on the strategic priorities for next year in […]

Eurotowns Workshop during EURegionsWeek

Successful Eurotowns workshop about the empowerment of citizens from a medium-sized cities perspective during #EURegionsWeek. We discussed projects from different Eurotowns Member Cities, in showcasing innovative, digital and sustainable ways of empowering citizens and supporting youth participation in medium-sized cities.We would like to thank all speakers for their valuable input and to Carol Thomas from […]

Eurotowns Workshop during next European Week of Regions and Cities

We are happy to be part of the next online European Week of Regions and Cities (EWRC) this October. Despite the difficulties generated by the Corona pandemic, the EWRC 2020 will offer to participants more than 500 digital working sessions to discover over three consecutive weeks in October, from 5-22 October, covering various topics along the thematic priorities Empowering […]

Reggio Emilia receives Diploma of Europe award

We are proud to announce that our Eurotowns Vice-President Reggio Emilia is among the 26 European cities awarded this year by the Council of Europe with the Diploma of Europe for its commitment to promote the European idea at local level. The Diploma of Europe is one of the 4 prestigious awards granted annually by the […]

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