1. European Urban Knowledge Network www.eukn.eu

2. EUKN: Interface between urban actors

3. EUKN website and eLibrary

4. In the eLibrary >6,000 Knowledge documents on research, policy and practice Elaborated dossiers on specific topics  Health and Quality of Life  Urban Climate Resilience  Sustainable Urban Mobility  Integration of Ethnic Minorities and Migrants  Demographic Change  Youth in Cities  Food and Cities

5. Other activities Policy Labs with member states Sustainable Housing Quarters (Luxembourg) Integrated Territorial Approach (Czech Republic) Housing and Care (Netherlands) Cooperation between towns, cities and their neighbourhoods (Hungary) Integrated urban approach & EU Structural Funds (Romania) … more in preparation

6. EUKN Annual Conference Energy Efficient Cities Oradea, Romania, on 6 -7 of November 2013 Key note speakers, interactive workshops, on-site visits Debate & a look into the sustainable future

7. Research for EU Presidencies

8. Policy Lab Romania Central theme: Integrated Approach Key elements: Difficult complex process with many stakeholders Policy related: Integration of different policy areas Cross-sectoral: Cooperation with different levels of government and with different actors (including citizens and private partners). Horizontal & vertical cooperation Place-based: Cities and their surroundings (regions) are interconnected, therefore the developments have to be implemented in an integrated way

9. Broader framework European context: EU Presidencies: National programmes Cohesion Policy, Structural Funds (5% urban), ITI and CLLD, RFSC ??? German EU Presidency:Leipzig Charter on Sustainable European Cities (2007) French EU Presidencies:Marseille Statement (2008) Spanish EU Presidency:Toledo Declaration (2010) Hungarian EU Presidency:Territorial agenda of the European Union 2020 (2011) Polish EU Presidency:Effective instruments supporting territorial development (2011) New Deal for Communities (UK), Politique de la Ville (France), Wijkaanpak (The Netherlands), Reference Framework for European Sustainable Cities (RFSC)

10. Case Study

11. Policy Lab Romania More information to be found on: www.eukn.eu/PolicyLabs