STRENGTHENING URBAN POLICY IN THE EU

Web Conference on 18th November 2021 Discussed how to Integrate the Principles of the New Leipzig Charter into the Urban Agenda for the EU

The New Leipzig Charter is the key reference document on principles of good urban governance in Europe. It is interlinked with the Urban Agenda for the EU as a novel multi-level governance approach that aims to strengthen the “urban dimension” of EU policies. With the first generation of partnerships of the Urban Agenda for the EU coming to an end, the process of paving the way for an even stronger Urban Agenda has been initiated and advanced under the Trio Presidency of Germany, Portugal and Slovenia. This process will conclude with the adoption of the Ljubljana Agreement at the Informal Ministerial on Urban Development on 26 November 2021. The conference therefore raised the question, how the continuation of the Urban Agenda for the EU can contribute to the implementation of the principles of the New Leipzig Charter and vice versa and how to bring an urban dimension into EU-policies in particular in the ongoing implementation of the “Green Deal”.  

The event aimed at the stakeholders of the European “urban development community” with a strong interest in the EU “urban dimension”. The session concluded the comprehensive series of seven public web conferences “Cities Fit for Future” on the implementation of the New Leipzig Charter, which started in September 2020. It was organised by the DV (German Association for Housing, Urban and Spatial Development) and funded by the German Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community in the context of the National Urban Development Policy. You can find the agenda here.

Recording of the Web Conference: