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

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 […]

Successful first complete online EC Meeting

Successful first complete online EC Meeting of Eurotowns today. Major topics were how Covid-19 has affected medium-sized cities and how do we organise best practice transfer from a European perspective as well as the update of the Task Teams and of the work plan for this year. In addition to this, Reggio Emilia presented their […]

Eurotowns Workshop has been accepted for European Week of Regions and Cities

We are happy to announce that our Workshop on „How to empower citizens in a closer way“ during the next EWRC with Carol Thomas from CEMR as moderator has been accepted. The City of Sindelfingen, President of Eurotowns, together with Eurotowns, the European network for medium-sized cities, aims at hosting a workshop about the empowerment […]

Message of Solidarity from the President of Eurotowns

Dear Members, Dear Friends, I hope this message finds you and your families well. We are facing very difficult times these days and Covid-19 has turned our city hall into a crisis management centre. As the leaders of medium-sized cities, it is our responsibility to manage this crisis in the best interest of our citizens, […]

Working in a Network: How Eurotowns support the localizing of the SDGs?

A good article of Schiedam and Eurotowns has been published in the brochure „The SDGs: Global Commitment, International Cooperation, Local Action“. This brochure of VNG International, the International Cooperation Agency of the Association of Netherlands Municipalities, shall give aid to local government politicians and staff who want to include this international dimension of the SDGs […]

Strong Eurotowns delegation at European Cities Forum

A Eurotowns delegation from Jyväsklä, Haarlem, Manresa, Schiedam and Sindelfingen was present at the European Cities Forum in Porto about sustainable urban issues. A special thanks goes to the team of Fiona Wieland from the GD Regio for perfectly organising the Forum and to Heli Leinonkoski Deputy Mayor from Jyväsklä. She had an active part on behalf […]

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