16 May 2012

Next URBAN Intergroup meeting in Strasbourg – 24.05.2012

The next URBAN Intergroup meeting will take place on the 24th of May. The main topic of the meeting will be the presentation by Barbara Steenbergen, International Union of Tenants (IUT), Head of EU office on “Affordable housing for all – policy implications of shrinking budget”.


4 May 2012

Working lunch with EUROCITIES

On the 8th of May the URBAN Intergroup organised jointly with EUROCITIES a working lunch to discuss the major issues related to the next structural funds programming period relevant for cities. Several MEPs involved in the work on the new regulations debated with numerous representatives of cities from across Europe at 4 thematic tables about: partnership, functional urban areas, new territorial instruments and the ESF contribution to urban development.