EU Programme:
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The European Urban Initiative (EUI) sets out to help realise the Urban Agenda for the EU, working closely with the new URBACT IV programme, and by consolidating the Urban Innovative Actions (UIA) and Urban Development Network (UDN) into one initiative, giving concrete support to cities; fostering city-led innovation, the sharing of urban knowledge, practice, and to further build capacity.
The European Urban Initiative (EUI) is funded by the European Union, with a total ERDF budget of €450m for 2021-27. All this in line with objective 5 of the European Cohesion Policy (for the 2021-2027 period) bringing “Europe closer to citizen” seeks to enhance Member States’ commitment to integrated territorial development and to foster sustainable urban development.
The EUI sets out to support urban areas of all size with innovative actions, capacity and knowledge building, policy development, and communication on sustainable urban development of EU relevance. The projects help test new solutions, techniques, and planning models. In doing this, the EU seeks to ensure cities are actively involved in designing and implementing policy responses to their local challenges.
EMRA was appointed as the European Urban Initiative’s (EUI) Urban Contact Point (UCP) in the summer of 2023.
You can visit the EUI programme page here: https://www.urban-initiative.eu/
The EUI Ireland webpage contains news and other content focused on EUI activities in Ireland:
https://www.urban-initiative.eu/urban-contact-points/ireland#
For any queries and or to learn more, reach out to:
Karl Murphy, EMRA, at kmurphy@emra.ie