News & Events

With the Call 4 deadline quickly approaching, do you have pressing questions that you would like to ask to the Permanent Secretariat? Individual consultations are one of your chances to speak with our Project and Finance officers.

In addition to the seminars, the Permanent Secretariat will also organise online sessions with applicants – two collective Q&A sessions, on 04 and on 12 December, as well as several one-to-one individual consultation sessions in January.

UIA will hold an Applicant Seminar in Brussels on 28 November 2018. Registrations for this event are now closed.

UIA will hold an Applicant Seminar in Munich on 21 November 2018. Registration for this event is now closed.

The European Week of Regions and Cities is the annual event organised by Committee of the Regions and DG Regional and Urban Policy for cities and regions. It will take place in Brussels from 08 to 11 October 2018. UIA will host three workshops. Registrations now open on the EUWRC website.

The UIA Secretariat will be present at the UDN event dedicated to Baltic urban authorities that will take place in Liepaja (Latvia) on the 28th and 29th of June.

Register to the UIA Capitalisation workshop on the topic of Jobs and Skills in the local economy. The event will take place on 22 June 2018 in the Ateliers des Tanneurs, in Brussels, Belgium. The event will be the first capitalisation and dissemination activity of the Urban Innovative Actions Initiative.

As part of the upcoming EU Sustainable Energy Week, the UIA initiative will partner up with the Urban Agenda Energy transition partnership for the “Energy transition in action” workshop. The workshop will take place on the 5th of June, from 4 to 5.30pm in Brussels (Charlemagne building, meeting room “De Gasperi”).

Are you participating to this year’s edition of the EU Green week and eager to hear more about UIA projects? Find out more about which projects will be presented.

The Urban Development Network Workshop will take place in Cork on 27th March 2018. The workshop is organised by the Commission, the Committee of the Regions, the Southern Regional Assembly and the City of Cork as hosts. Members of the UIA Permanent Secretariat will take part together with representatives from UIA projects.

Can a Delivery partner be in charge of the project management? What do you need to ensure a sound management and coordination of the project? You would like to receive some practical examples and advice to better structure your project management WP? How to design a communication strategy? Learn all you need to know in this pre-recorded webinar. Still have questions? Register to the online Q&A session to be held on 9 March 2018 from 10am (CET)!

More than 3,000 city changers are meeting in Vienna from 28 February until 02 March at the UFGC, Europe’s largest event for sustainable cities. UIA will be part of it with a stand and speakers from UIA projects will participate in workshops, come and join us!

Does your project fit the activities you are proposing in your Work Plan? Does each project partner need to secure co-financing contribution? Are all your planned project costs eligible? Learn all you need to know in this pre-recorded webinar. Still have questions? Register to the online Q&A session to be held on 23 February 2018 from 10.00am (CET)!

UIA will hold an Applicant Seminar in Brussels on 22 February 2018. Registration for this event is now closed.

Not sure what the difference between an output and a result is? How is an activity planned and shaped in a UIA application form? Learn all you need to know in this pre-recorded webinar. Still have questions? Register to the online Q&A session to be held on 16 February 2018 from 10.30am (CET)!

UIA will hold an Applicant Seminar in Malmö on 07 February 2018. Registration for this event is now closed. If you wish to attend, please send us an email at info@uia-initiative.eu

Wondering how UIA partnerships look like? Not sure if your Urban Authority is eligible? Learn all you need to know in this pre-recorded webinar. Still have questions? Register to the online Q&A session to be held on 2 February 2018 from 10.30am (CET)!

UIA will hold an Applicant Seminar in Zagreb on 23 January 2017. Registration for this event is closed. If you wish to attend, please send an email to info@uia-initiative.eu

UIA will hold an Applicant Seminar in Bucharest on 11 January 2018. Registrations for this event are now closed.

The 3rd edition of the Cities Forum organised by the European Commission will take place in Rotterdam on 27/28 November 2017. UIA will be present with a stand and UIA cities will participate in workshops and panel discussions. Register now!

The European Week of Regions and Cities is the annual event organised by Committee of the Regions and DG Regional and Urban Policy for cities and regions. It will take place in Brussels from 09 to 12 October 2017. UIA will host a workshop on 10 October together with DG REGIO. Registrations are now closed.

The Air Quality partnership will meet on 13 June in London for a stakeholder workshop. The Partnership will present its first results and engage with the audience to shape recommendations and actions to improve knowledge, legislation and funding on air quality measures.

The Urban Development Network (UDN), managed by the European Commission, and the UIA Permanent Secretariat are joining forces to support urban authorities interested in the 2nd UIA Call for Proposals in preparing their project proposals.

Over the course of February, the Permanent Secretariat of the UIA initiative will organise a series of four webinars to support interested organisations in the preparation of their 2nd Call application.

UIA will hold an Applicant Seminar in Budapest on 26 January 2017. Registrations for this event are now closed.

UIA will hold an Applicant Seminar in Thessaloniki on 19 January 2017. Registrations for this event are closed.

The second UIA Applicant Seminar for Call 2 took place in Porto on 07 December 2016.

150 people attended the first UIA Applicant Seminar for Call 2 that took place in Lille on 01st December 2016.

UIA will introduce Call 2 and its urban mobility topic at the Urban Development Network conference on 'Smart, Innovative & Sustainable urban mobility' organised by the European Commission on 23 November 2016 in Brussels.

The UIA will be proud to announce the selected projects of the 1st Call for Proposals in Brussels on 12 October 2016, during the political event on the EU Urban Agenda at the EWRC.

The European Week of Regions and Cities (formerly the Open Days) is the annual event organised by Committee of the Regions and DG Regional and Urban Policy for cities and regions. It will take place in Brussels from 10 to 13 of October 2016. UIA 's interactive session on 11th of October is already fully booked!

The Committee of the Regions is organizing a forum on the EU Urban Agenda in the Westergasfabriek in Amsterdam on the 30th of May 2016. UIA will attend and hold a stand in the exhibition area.

UIA will take part in the UN Conference Habitat III Europe Regional Meeting "European Habitat", taking place in Prague from the 16th to the 18th of March 2016.

UIA Applicant Seminar in Krakow on the 03rd of February

UIA Applicant Seminar in Rome on the 26th of January

UIA Applicant Seminar in Riga on the 20th of January

1st UIA Applicant Seminar in Brussels on the 13th of January 2016