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• European Urban Knowledge Network (EUKN)

European Urban Knowledge Network (EUKN)

Who are the partners in this project?

Fifteen European Member States are participating in the EUKN project:

Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France,  Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands and United Kingdom. The European Commission, and the Eurocities group are also working with the network to strengthen the evidence base around the performance of cities across Europe and urban policy development more widely.

What will the project offer?

Exchanging urban experience and stimulating co-operation within Europe will help to strengthen cities and enables them to make a sustained and powerful contribution to the economic, environmental and social success of Europe as a whole.

The EUKN portal site contains research findings, policy papers and good practice from partners across Europe on six urban policy themes. All documents found on the site cover one or more of these themes:

• Urban environment
• Housing
• Transport and infrastructure
• Economy: knowledge and employment
• Social inclusion and integration
• Security and crime prevention.

The EUKN portal and the national websites serving as focal points will form an interactive communication hub and discussion forum for national policy and decision makers, researchers and practitioners.

EUKN also organises conferences, meetings, seminars and exchange programmes for stakeholders described above who are concerned with urban issues.

What will happen in the future?

The long-term goal is to create a wider and stronger evidence base across Europe for developing policies towards cities and city-regions, including practical models of what works and doesn't work, so cities and urban projects can more easily benchmark their performance against each other. It will provide a resource for policy-makers and practitioners in European cities, local, regional and national governments.

Further information

The UK National Focal Point is administered by Communities and Local Government and the Academy for Sustainable Communities - http://www.eukn.org/unitedkingdom.