Eurocities
Eurocities is a network of large cities in Europe, established following a 1986 to further economic, political and social development in its member cities.
Formation | 1986 |
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Type | Network of cities |
Location | |
Region served | Europe |
Membership | 140 member cities |
Official language | English |
President | Anna König Jerlmyr |
Secretary general | Anna Lisa Boni |
Website | www |
Today, Eurocities includes local governments of over 140 of Europe's major cities from 39 countries,[1] which between them comprise 130 million people.
The Eurocities secretariat is based in Brussels, Belgium. The Brussels office carries out policy, projects, human resources, finance, administration and communications work.
Activities and Strategy
Current Activities
Eurocities has five key areas that it focusses its work on:[2][3]
- Cities as drivers of quality jobs and sustainable growth
- Inclusive, diverse and creative cities
- Green, free-flowing and healthy cities
- Smarter cities
- Urban innovation and governance in cities
Perspective for the post-2015
Moving to the 21st century, Eurocities has supported the need to strengthen a European urban model, in contrast to sprawling US metropolises and megacities in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
The former Mayor of Ghent and former president of Eurocities (2016–18), Daniel Termont, declared that "healing Europe’s populist divisions depends on its cities" and their ability to enhance social cohesion and facilitate integration.[4]
The Mayor of Stockholm, current President of EUROCITIES (since November 2018), stated that during her mandate she will focus on providing new tools and services to member cities, so as to ensure that cities can better cooperate with EU institution. A stronger cities' involvement in the EU political debate, she argued, will help EU Institutions regain the trust of the citizens by providing better results.[5]
Membership criteria
Membership of Eurocities is open to any European city with a population of 250,000 or more. Cities within the European Union become full members, and other European cities become associate members. Local authorities of smaller cities, and organisations not eligible to become full or associate members, can become associated partners. Companies and businesses are allowed to become associated business partners.[6]
Members
City | State | Mayor/Leader | Population | Membership |
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Aarhus | Jacob Bundsgaard | 335,684 | Full member | |
Aix-Marseille-Provence[lower-alpha 1] | Jean Montagnac | 1,886,842 | Full member | |
Amsterdam | Femke Halsema | 862,965 | Full member | |
Antwerp | Bart De Wever | 517,042 | Full member | |
Athens | Giorgos Kaminis | 664,046 | Full member | |
Banja Luka | Igor Radojičić | 150,997 | Associate member | |
Barcelona | Ada Colau | 1,604,555 | Full member | |
Belfast | Brian Kingston | 532,928 | Full member | |
Belgrade | Zoran Radojičić | 1,166,763 | Associate member | |
Bergen | Marte Mjøs Persen | 278,121 | Full member | |
Berlin | Michael Müller | 3,431,675 | Full member | |
Białystok | Tadeusz Truskolaski | 295,459 | Full member | |
Bilbao | Juan María Aburto | 345,141 | Full member | |
Birmingham | Ian Ward | 1,141,816 | Full member | |
Bologna | Virginio Merola | 389,009 | Full member | |
Bonn | Ashok-Alexander Sridharan | 327,258 | Full member | |
Bordeaux | Alain Juppé | 246,586 | Full member | |
Braga | Ricardo Rio | 181,494 | Full member | |
Bratislava | Matúš Vallo | 421,801 | Full member | |
Brighton and Hove | Warren Morgan | 290,885 | Full member | |
Bristol | Marvin Rees | 463,377 | Full member | |
Brno | Markéta Vaňková | 377,028 | Full member | |
Brussels | Philippe Close | 178,552 | Full member | |
Brussels Capital Region | Rudi Vervoort | 1,191,604 | Full member | |
Budapest | István Tarlós | 1,759,407 | Full member | |
Burgas | Dimitar Nikolov | 211,033 | Full member | |
Bydgoszcz | Rafał Bruski | 358,614 | Full member | |
Cardiff | Huw Thomas | 364,248 | Full member | |
Chemnitz | Barbara Ludwig | 247,237 | Full member | |
Cluj-Napoca | Emil Boc | 324,576 | Full member | |
Cologne | Henriette Reker | 1,085,664 | Full member | |
Constanța | Decebal Făgădău | 283,872 | Full member | |
Copenhagen | Frank Jensen | 606,057 | Full member | |
Dortmund | Ullrich Sierau | 587,010 | Full member | |
Dresden | Dirk Hilbert | 554,649 | Full member | |
Dublin | Mícheál Mac Donncha | 553,165 | Full member | |
Düsseldorf | Thomas Geisel | 619,294 | Full member | |
Edinburgh | Frank Ross | 518,500 | Full member | |
Eindhoven | John Jorritsma | 231,642 | Full member | |
Espoo | Jukka Mäkelä | 281,886 | Full member | |
Essen | Thomas Kufen | 583,109 | Full member | |
Florence | Dario Nardella | 383,083 | Full member | |
Frankfurt | Peter Feldmann | 746,878 | Full member | |
Gaziantep | Fatma Şahin | 1,556,381 | Associate member | |
Gdańsk | Aleksandra Dulkiewicz | 464,254 | Full member | |
Genoa | Marco Bucci | 580,097 | Full member | |
Ghent | Mathias De Clercq | 262,219 | Full member | |
Gijon | Carmen Moriyón | 271,843 | Full member | |
Glasgow | Susan Aitken | 621,020 | Full member | |
Gothenburg | Ann-Sofie Hermansson | 572,779 | Full member | |
Grand Nancy[lower-alpha 2] | André Rossinot | 260,665 | Full member | |
Grenoble-Alpes Métropole | Christophe Ferrari | 451,752 | Full member | |
Hamburg | Peter Tschentscher | 1,822,445 | Full member | |
Helsinki | Jan Vapaavuori | 648,650 | Full member | |
Istanbul | Ekrem Imamoglu | 15,519,267 | Associate member | |
Izmir | Tunç Soyer | 4,367,251 | Associate member | |
Karlsruhe | Frank Mentrup | 311,919 | Full member | |
Katowice | Marcin Krupa | 297,197 | Full member | |
Kharkiv | Hennadiy Kernes | 1,439,036 | Associate member | |
Kiel | Ulf Kämpfer | 247,441 | Full member | |
Konya | Ugur Ibrahim Altay | 2,161,303 | Associate member | |
Kyiv | Vitali Klitschko | 2,900,920 | Associate member | |
Leeds | Graham Latty | 784,800 | Full member | |
Leipzig | Burkhard Jung | 581,980 | Full member | |
Lisbon | Fernando Medina | 505,526 | Full member | |
Liverpool | Joe Anderson | 491,500 | Full member | |
Ljubljana | Zoran Janković | 290,010 | Full member | |
Lodz | Hanna Zdanowska | 687,702 | Full member | |
London | Sadiq Khan | 9,126,366 | Full member | |
Lublin | Krzysztof Żuk | 349,103 | Full member | |
Luxembourg | Lydie Polfer | 107,247 | Full member | |
Lviv | Andriy Sadovyi | 727,968 | Associate member | |
Lyon | Gérard Collomb | 513,275 | Full member | |
Madrid | Manuela Carmena | 3,223,334 | Full member | |
Málaga | Francisco De La Torre Prados | 571,026 | Full member | |
Malmö | Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh | 312,012 | Full member | |
Manchester | Richard Leese | 545,500 | Full member | |
Mannheim | Peter Kurz | 307,997 | Full member | |
Métropole Européenne de Lille | Damien Castelain | 1,154,103 | Full member | |
Milan | Giuseppe Sala | 1,372,810 | Full member | |
Munich | Dieter Reiter | 1,456,039 | Full member | |
Munster (Germany) | Markus Lewe | 311,846 | Full member | |
Murcia | José Ballesta Germán | 447,182 | Full member | |
Nantes | Johanna Rolland | 303,382 | Full member | |
Newcastle-Gateshead | Nick Forbes | 480,400 | Full member | |
Nice | Christian Estrosi | 343,895 | Full member | |
Nicosia | Constantinos Yiorkadjis | 181,234 | Full member | |
Nottingham | Jon Collins | 321,500 | Full member | |
Novi Sad | Miloš Vučević | 250,439 | Associate member | |
Nuremberg | Ulrich Maly | 515,201 | Full member | |
Odessa | Gennadiy Trukhanov | 1,016,515 | Associate member | |
Oslo | Marianne Borgen | 673,469 | Full member | |
Oulu | Päivi Laajala | 202,753 | Full member | |
Palermo | Leoluca Orlando | 676,118 | Full member | |
Paris | Anne Hidalgo | 2,140,526 | Full member | |
Pilsen | Martin Baxa | 306,000 | Full member | |
Porto | Rui Moreira | 302,472 | Full member | |
Poznan | Jacek Jaśkowiak | 537,643 | Full member | |
Prague | Zdeněk Hřib | 1,301,132 | Full member | |
Rennes Métropole | Emmanuel Couet | 444,723 | Full member | |
Reykjavik | Dagur Bergþóruson Eggertsson | 128,830 | Full member | |
Riga | Nils Ušakovs | 615 369 | Full member | |
Rome | Virginia Raggi | 2,872,800 | Full member | |
Rotterdam | Ahmed Aboutaleb | 1,015,215 | Full member | |
Rzeszow | Tadeusz Ferenc | 189 662 | Full member | |
Sarajevo | Abdulah Skaka | 275,524 | Associate member | |
Seville | Juan Espadas | 703,021 | Full member | |
Sheffield | Magid Magid | 577,800 | Full member | |
Skopje | Petre Šilegov | 544,086 | Associate member | |
Sofia | Yordanka Fandakova | 1,238,438 | Full member | |
Saint-Étienne Métropole | Gaël Perdriau | 408,685 | Full member | |
Stockholm | Anna König Jelmyr | 960,031 | Full member | |
Strasbourg | Roland Ries | 279,284 | Full member | |
Stuttgart | Fritz Kuhn | 632,743 | Full member | |
Sunderland | Tim Hakim | 280,600 | Full member | |
Tallinn | Taavi Aas | 439,919 | Full member | |
Tampere | Lauri Lyly | 234,441 | Full member | |
Tbilisi | Kakha Kaladze | 1,158,700 | Associate member | |
Terrassa Metropolitan Area | Alfredo Vega | 410,000 | Full member | |
The Hague | Pauline Krikke | 527,748 | Full member | |
Thessaloniki | Yiannis Boutaris | 325,182 | Full member | |
Timișoara | Nicolae Robu | 319,279 | Full member | |
Tirana | Erion Veliaj | 557,422 | Associate member | |
Toulouse | Jean-Luc Moudenc | 479,638 | Full member | |
Turin | Chiara Appendino | 878,074 | Full member | |
Turku | Minna Arve | 190,935 | Full member | |
Uppsala | Marlene Burwick | 210,000 | Full member | |
Utrecht | Jan van Zanen | 345,080 | Full member | |
Valladolid | Oscar Puente | 299,715 | Full member | |
Vantaa | Ritva Viljanen | 226,160 | Full member | |
Varna | Ivan Portnih | 335,854 | Full member | |
Venice | Luigi Brugnaro | 260,897 | Full member | |
Verona | Federico Sboarina | 258,108 | Full member | |
Vienna | Michael Ludwig | 1,899,055 | Full member | |
Vilnius | Remigijus Šimašius | 536,631 | Full member | |
Warsaw | Rafał Trzaskowski | 1,764,615 | Full member | |
Wroclaw | Jacek Sutryk | 639,258 | Full member | |
Yerevan | Hayk Marutyan | 1,075,800 | Associate member | |
Zagreb | Milan Bandić | 802,588 | Full member | |
Zaragoza | Pedro Santisteve | 666,880 | Full member | |
Zurich | Corine Mauch | 409,241 | Associate member |
City | State | Mayor/Leader | Population |
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Acharnes | Sotiris Douros | 106,943 | |
Almere | Franc Weerwind | 202,764 | |
Amiens[lower-alpha 3] | Alain Gest | 178,915 | |
Amarousio | Giοrgos Patoulis | 80,000 | |
Arezzo | Alessandro Ghinelli | 99,000 | |
Beşiktaş | Rıza Akpolat | 185,447 | |
Beylikdüzü | Mehmet Murat Çalık | 314,670 | |
Beyoğlu | Haydar Ali Yıldız | 254,000 | |
Bremen | Carsten Sieling | 527,900 | |
Brest Metropole | François Cuillandre | 210,000 | |
Cesena | Paolo Lucchi | 95,909 | |
Derry-Strabane | John Boyle | 148,000 | |
Donostia-San Sebastian | Eneko Goia Laso | 180,000 | |
Fuenlabrada | Manuel Robles Delgado | 198,000 | |
Grand Reims | Catherine Vautrin | 298,000 | |
Groningen | Peter den Oudsten | 200,000 | |
Guimaraes | Domingos Bragança | 158,124 | |
Haarlem | Jos Wienen | 157,000 | |
Hagen | Erik O. Schulz | 201,700 | |
Heraklion | Vasilis Labrinos | 150,000 | |
Kadikoy | Şerdil Dara Odabaşı | 458.638 | |
Karlstad | Per-Samuel Nisser | 87,000 | |
Klaipeda | Vytautas Grubliauskas | ||
Kortrijk | Vincent Van Quickenborne | 75,000 | |
Kungsbacka | Hans Forsberg | 80,000 | |
Lausanne | Grégoire Junod | 140,000 | |
Leeuwarden | Ferd Crone | 108,768 | |
Leuven | Mohamed Ridouani | 100,000 | |
Linköping | Lars Vikinge | 159,000 | |
Lisburn and Castlereagh | Tim Morrow | 135,000 | |
Mezitli | Neşet Tarhan | 180,000 | |
Nacka | Mats Gerdau | 100,000 | |
Netwerkstad Twente | 320,000 | ||
Osmangazi | Mustafa Dündar | 750,000 | |
Ostend | Bart Tommelein | 71,921 | |
Pendik | Ahmet Cin | 625,797 | |
Pesaro | Matteo Ricci | 94,813 | |
Preston | Cllr Matthew Brown | 130,000 | |
Rijeka | Vojko Obersnel | 142,500 | |
Serdivan | Yusuf Alemdar | 90,680 | |
Sipoo | Mikael Grannas | 19,235 | |
Solna | Pehr Granfalk | 80,000 | |
Saint-Nazaire | Joël-Guy Batteux | 115,000 | |
Stavanger | Christine Sagen Helgø | 126,469 | |
Turkish Cypriot community of Nicosia | Mehmet Harmanci | 313,000 | |
Umeå | Anders Agren | ||
Wolverhampton | Phil Page | 236,400 |
Notes
- Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence.
- Métropole du Grand Nancy.
- Communauté d'agglomération Amiens Métropole.
References
- "Members list".
- "Europe 2020 – Priorities – European Commission".
- http://nws.eurocities.eu/MediaShell/media/141218%20EUROCITIES%20strategic%20framework_FINAL.pdf
- http://municipalist.org/healing-europes-populist-divisions-depends-on-its-cities/
- https://cities-today.com/mayor-of-stockholm-elected-as-eurocities-president/
- http://eurocities.eu/eurocities/members/how_to_join