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Eurocities
Formation1986
TypeNetwork of cities
Location
Region served
Europe
Membership
200 member cities
Official language
English
President
Burkhard Jung
Secretary general
André Sobczak
Website www.eurocities.eu

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, [1] which between them represent over 130 million people. [2]

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. [3] 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. [4] 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. [5]

Strategy and activities

Eurocities coordinates multiple projects in the field of mobility, environmental transition, social inclusion, and digital innovation. [6]

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. [7]

Members

Full and associate members [1]
City State Population Membership
Aarhus   Denmark 335,684 Full member
Aix-Marseille-Provence [a]   France 1,886,842 Full member
Amsterdam   Netherlands 873,338 Full member
Angers Loire Métropole   France 301,245 Full member
Antwerp   Belgium 517,042 Full member
Athens   Greece 664,046 Full member
Banja Luka   Bosnia and Herzegovina 150,997 Associate member
Barcelona   Spain 1,604,555 Full member
Belfast   United Kingdom 532,928 Associate member
Belgrade   Serbia 1,166,763 Associate member
Bergen   Norway 278,121 Full member
Berlin   Germany 3,431,675 Full member
Białystok   Poland 295,459 Full member
Bilbao   Spain 345,141 Full member
Birmingham   United Kingdom 1,142,494 Associate member
Bochum   Germany 365,587 Full member
Bologna   Italy 389,009 Full member
Bonn   Germany 331,885 Full member
Bordeaux   France 246,586 Full member
BrabantStad   Netherlands 912,000 Full member
Braga   Portugal 181,494 Full member
Bratislava   Slovakia 421,801 Full member
Brighton and Hove   United Kingdom 276,334 Associate member
Bristol   United Kingdom 471,117 Associate member
Brno   Czech Republic 377,028 Full member
Brussels   Belgium 178,552 Full member
Brussels Capital Region   Belgium 1,191,604 Full member
Budapest   Hungary 1,759,407 Full member
Burgas   Bulgaria 211,033 Full member
Bydgoszcz   Poland 358,614 Full member
Cagliari   Italy 431,538 Full member
Cardiff   United Kingdom 359,512 Associate member
Chemnitz   Germany 243,105 Full member
Cluj-Napoca   Romania 324,576 Full member
Cologne   Germany 1,073,096 Full member
Constanța   Romania 283,872 Full member
Copenhagen   Denmark 799,033 Full member
Coventry   United Kingdom 345,324 Associate member
Debrecen   Hungary 202,402 Full member
Dortmund   Germany 586,852 Full member
Dresden   Germany 555,351 Full member
Dublin   Ireland 1,501,500 Full member
Düsseldorf   Germany 619,477 Full member
Edinburgh   United Kingdom 526,470 Associate member
Eindhoven   Netherlands 235,691 Full member
Espoo   Finland 281,886 Full member
Essen   Germany 579,432 Full member
Florence   Italy 383,083 Full member
Frankfurt   Germany 746,878 Full member
Gaziantep   Turkey 1,556,381 Associate member
Gdańsk   Poland 464,254 Full member
Genoa   Italy 580,097 Full member
Ghent   Belgium 262,219 Full member
Gijón   Spain 271,843 Full member
Glasgow   United Kingdom 621,020 Associate member
Gothenburg   Sweden 572,779 Full member
Grand Nancy [b]   France 260,665 Full member
Grenoble-Alpes Métropole   France 451,752 Full member
Hamburg   Germany 1,822,445 Full member
Hanover   Germany 534,049 Full member
Helsinki   Finland 648,650 Full member
Istanbul   Turkey 15,519,267 Associate member
İzmir   Turkey 4,367,251 Associate member
Karlsruhe   Germany 311,919 Full member
Katowice   Poland 297,197 Full member
Kharkiv   Ukraine 1,439,036 Associate member
Kiel   Germany 247,441 Full member
Kyiv   Ukraine 2,900,920 Associate member
Leeds   United Kingdom 784,800 Associate member
Leipzig   Germany 581,980 Full member
Lisbon   Portugal 505,526 Full member
Ljubljana   Slovenia 290,010 Full member
Łódź   Poland 687,702 Full member
London   United Kingdom 9,126,366 Associate member
Lublin   Poland 349,103 Full member
Luxembourg   Luxembourg 107,247 Full member
Lviv   Ukraine 727,968 Associate member
Lyon   France 513,275 Full member
Madrid   Spain 3,223,334 Full member
Málaga   Spain 571,026 Full member
Malmö   Sweden 312,012 Full member
Manchester   United Kingdom 545,500 Associate member
Mannheim   Germany 307,997 Full member
Marseille   France 870,731 Full member
Métropole Européenne de Lille   France 1,154,103 Full member
Milan   Italy 1,372,810 Full member
Munich   Germany 1,456,039 Full member
Münster   Germany 311,846 Full member
Murcia   Spain 447,182 Full member
Nantes   France 303,382 Full member
Newcastle upon Tyne   United Kingdom 480,400 Associate member
Nice   France 343,895 Full member
Nicosia   Cyprus 181,234 Full member
Novi Sad   Serbia 250,439 Associate member
Nuremberg   Germany 515,201 Full member
Odesa   Ukraine 1,016,515 Associate member
Oslo   Norway 673,469 Associate member
Oulu   Finland 202,753 Full member
Palermo   Italy 676,118 Full member
Paris   France 2,140,526 Full member
Pilsen   Czech Republic 306,000 Full member
Porto   Portugal 302,472 Full member
Poznań   Poland 537,643 Full member
Prague   Czech Republic 1,301,132 Full member
Reggio Calabria Metropolitan City   Italy 559,215 Full member
Rennes Métropole   France 444,723 Full member
Reykjavík   Iceland 128,830 Associate member
Riga   Latvia 615,369 Full member
Rome   Italy 2,872,800 Full member
Rotterdam   Netherlands 1,015,215 Full member
Rzeszów   Poland 189,662 Full member
Sarajevo   Bosnia and Herzegovina 275,524 Associate member
Seville   Spain 703,021 Full member
Sheffield   United Kingdom 577,800 Associate member
Skopje   North Macedonia 544,086 Associate member
Sofia   Bulgaria 1,238,438 Full member
Saint-Étienne Métropole   France 408,685 Full member
Stockholm   Sweden 960,031 Full member
Strasbourg   France 279,284 Full member
Stuttgart   Germany 632,743 Full member
Sunderland   United Kingdom 280,600 Associate member
Tallinn   Estonia 439,919 Full member
Tampere   Finland 234,441 Full member
Taranto   Italy 198,585 Full member
Tbilisi   Georgia 1,158,700 Associate member
Terrassa Metropolitan Area   Spain 410,000 Full member
The Hague   Netherlands 527,748 Full member
Thessaloniki   Greece 325,182 Full member
Timișoara   Romania 319,279 Full member
Tirana   Albania 557,422 Associate member
Toulouse   France 479,638 Full member
Turin   Italy 878,074 Full member
Turku   Finland 190,935 Full member
Uppsala   Sweden 210,000 Full member
Utrecht   Netherlands 345,080 Full member
Valencia   Spain 801,456 Full member
Valladolid   Spain 299,715 Full member
Vantaa   Finland 226,160 Full member
Varna   Bulgaria 335,854 Full member
Venice   Italy 260,897 Full member
Vienna   Austria 1,899,055 Full member
Vilnius   Lithuania 536,631 Full member
Warsaw   Poland 1,764,615 Full member
Wiesbaden   Germany 290,955 Full member
Wrocław   Poland 639,258 Full member
Yerevan   Armenia 1,075,800 Associate member
Zagreb   Croatia 802,588 Full member
Zaragoza   Spain 666,880 Full member
Zürich    Switzerland 409,241 Associate member
Partners
City State Population
Alcobendas   Spain 116,037
Almere   Netherlands 202,764
Amiens [c]   France 178,915
Arezzo   Italy 99,000
Beyoğlu   Turkey 254,000
Borlänge   Sweden 52,590
Bremen   Germany 527,900
Brest Métropole   France 210,000
Bruges   Belgium 118,284
Cesena   Italy 95,909
Derry-Strabane   United Kingdom 148,000
Dordrecht   Netherlands 119,115
Fuenlabrada   Spain 198,000
Grand Paris Sud   France 347,022
Grand Reims   France 298,000
Groningen   Netherlands 200,000
Guimarães   Portugal 158,124
Haarlem   Netherlands 157,000
Hagen   Germany 201,700
Heraklion   Greece 150,000
Kadıköy   Turkey 458,638
Karlstad   Sweden 87,000
Klaipėda   Lithuania 172,292
Kortrijk   Belgium 75,000
Kungsbacka   Sweden 80,000
Lahti   Finland 120,112
Le Havre   France 169,733
Leeuwarden   Netherlands 108,768
Leuven   Belgium 100,000
Linköping   Sweden 159,000
Logroño   Spain 151,113
Marousi   Greece 80,000
Matosinhos [8]   Portugal 172,000
Metz   France 116,581
Mezitli   Turkey 180,000
Nacka   Sweden 100,000
Netwerkstad Twente   Netherlands 320,000
Osmangazi   Turkey 750,000
Ostend   Belgium 71,921
Pau   France 76,275
Pesaro   Italy 94,813
Rijeka   Croatia 128,624
Rubí   Spain 76,423
San Sebastián   Spain 186,665
Sipoo   Finland 19,235
Solna   Sweden 80,000
Saint-Nazaire   France 115,000
Stavanger   Norway 126,469
Treviso   Italy 85,760
Turkish Cypriot community of Nicosia   Cyprus 313,000
Umeå   Sweden 130,224
Valongo   Portugal 93,858
Wolverhampton   United Kingdom 236,400

See also

Notes

References

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  2. ^ "A better quality of life for all – Eurocities' strategic framework 2020-2030". Eurocities. Archived from the original on 2020-12-09. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
  3. ^ Amiti, Sohaela; Sevin, Efe, eds. (2020). City Diplomacy: Current Trends and Future Prospects. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN  978-3-030-45615-3. OCLC  1176247282.
  4. ^ Reichenbach, Michael (November 2020). "The Real Green Deal". ATZ Worldwide. 122 (11): 3. doi: 10.1007/s38311-020-0325-7. ISSN  2192-9076. S2CID  226332214.
  5. ^ Lin, Jolene (2018-06-04). Governing Climate Change. Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781108347907. ISBN  978-1-108-34790-7. S2CID  168973523.
  6. ^ "Eurocities – We are a community of more than 190 European cities". Archived from the original on 2020-10-28. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
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  8. ^ "We are also pleased to announce several new partner cities". Twitter.

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