{"id":131708,"date":"2024-06-20T09:20:32","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T06:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/how-can-cities-improve-their-engagement-with-the-eu\/"},"modified":"2024-06-20T09:20:32","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T06:20:32","slug":"how-can-cities-improve-their-engagement-with-the-eu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/news\/how-can-cities-improve-their-engagement-with-the-eu\/","title":{"rendered":"How can cities improve their engagement with the EU?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\" data-trp-original-action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button\" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131708\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"en\"\/><\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>European city administrations are increasingly recognised as critical partners of the EU institutions in tackling major global issues and achieving key EU objectives, such as the European Green Deal and Europe\u2019s digital transformation. A growing number of urban-focused initiatives, driven by the European Commission, have led to significant opportunities for cities to have their say on EU affairs and to work jointly to achieve common objectives.<\/p>\n<p>Cities equally understand that they need to improve their own structure and organisation to contribute to EU policies and benefit from EU opportunities that will allow them to respond to local challenges, including tackling social inequalities and implementing green infrastructure. As a result, many cities are building their institutions in relation to EU affairs, creating and expanding their European teams and opening offices in Brussels.<\/p>\n<p>However, despite cities\u2019 increased investment in EU politics, there has been very little research carried out into the factors that ensure cities are able to reach their goals at EU level. There are examples of how individual cities are working effectively with the EU, but an overall analysis of why different cities engage in EU affairs and how they organise their engagement has not been carried out.<\/p>\n<p>In an effort to provide greater clarity, Eurocities and the Rise of the Sub research project of the Swiss National Science Foundation have published a new report \u2013 City administrations and EU affairs \u2013 which presents cities\u2019 shared experiences of working on EU affairs, including their common challenges, governance structures and most effective methods of EU engagement.<\/p>\n<p>Drawing on expert interviews, survey results and a city workshop, the new report compiles evidence and data from 25 cities across Europe, to provide all city administrations with the knowledge and understanding they need to boost their own EU engagement further. The report aims to be the starting point for tailored capacity building activities and training for cities on the topic. We spoke to the report\u2019s co-author, Carlo Epifanio, a researcher at the Institute of Political Studies in the University of Lausanne, who explained the report\u2019s key analysis and findings.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What are the main findings of the report?<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nWe decided to write this report to understand how and why cities engage in European affairs, and to study the EU departments of cities. We wanted to understand why they organise a certain way and their main goals. The report\u2019s first finding focused on why cities engage in European affairs, and we found a plethora of reasons. Some cities want to get European funds, and to learn more about European affairs because it is a complicated field. They join European networks, like Eurocities, so they can benefit from their expertise and knowledge of EU affairs and policies.<\/p>\n<p>There are many other reasons, showing that individual cities usually have their own motivations. Some cities want to gain visibility, some cities want to lobby the EU and some want a better reputation. All in all, there are lots of reasons and each city is different.Our second finding is how they organise their European affairs. The report highlights cities\u2019 growing awareness of the need to structure and develop their capacity to engage with the EU.<\/p>\n<p>All of the cities we surveyed have some sort of EU institutionalisation, meaning a person or a unit that follows EU affairs. However, different cities have different degrees of EU institutionalisation. 37% of the cities surveyed have a dedicated EU team, and 25% have an EU unit within an international relations department. Interestingly, 33% of surveyed cities have a delegation in Brussels, where they can develop direct political relations with EU institutions and convey information on new EU legislation and opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/eurocities.eu\/latest\/how-can-cities-improve-their-engagement-with-the-eu\/\">Eurocities<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/vaufien\/how-can-cities-improve-their-engagement-with-the-eu\/\">How can cities improve their engagement with the EU?<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[895,10359,274,606,607,608],"class_list":["post-131708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-city","tag-engagement","tag-eu","tag-vau_viikkokatsaus","tag-vauen","tag-vaufien"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131708\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}