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The Urban Agenda for the EU (UAEU) will organise a key session at the Cities Forum 2025, titled “Unlocking urban potential through European cooperation: the Urban Agenda for the EU.” This session, taking place on Wednesday, 18 June, from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM, will demonstrate how the Urban Agenda drives sustainable and inclusive urban development through concrete actions, collaborative processes, and long-term partnerships.

The Building Decarbonisation Partnership will be represented at EUSEW 2025 by the City of Mechelen. Ighor Van de Vyver will highlight the work being carried out by the Partnership members, particularly within Working Group 2: Financing Building Decarbonisation. To be addressed are also the challenges that small and medium-sized cities face in accessing funding and navigating complex EU financial instruments.

The final webinar in the Greening Cities Partnership’s NRR Webinar Series will focus on collaboration across different levels of government for the development of National Restoration Plans (NRPs). The session will explore how cities, regions, and national governments can align their policy ambitions to ensure effective urban ecosystem restoration under the EU Nature Restoration Regulation.

Organised by the Greening Cities Partnership in collaboration with the NATURANCE Horizon project, this Innovation Lab roundtable brings together financial institutions and cities to explore mechanisms that accelerate investment in nature-based solutions, green infrastructure and biodiversity action, by addressing current barriers and highlighting enabling conditions through city-led case studies.