Upcoming Events

With a 2030 target, the EU Mission "Restore our Ocean and Waters" aims to protect and restore the health of our ocean and waters through research and innovation, citizen engagement and blue investments. The Mission’s approach addresses the ocean and waters as one and plays a key role in achieving climate neutrality and restoring nature.

Faced with recurrent water-related crises, this edition of the EU Green Week 2024 annual conference will debate what is needed to make the EU more water resilient, today and tomorrow. Water is a vital shared resource to be passed down from generation to generation and one of the essentials for people, the environment and a just, sustainable, and resilient economy.

The Urban Future conference week is held in Rotterdam, Netherlands on June 5-7, 2024. It brings together activists and influencers who represent different areas like mobility, energy, real estate, public transport, housing, urban planning, tech and public administration. The event creates a platform for sharing information on what has worked and what mistakes to avoid when it comes to sustainability. Participants have an opportunity to learn from different fields and they get to bring something new about sustainability back to their own cities.

The program of the EMPEREST international workshop will focus on the topic “Technical solutions for removing organic micropollutants from wastewater”.

Sustainable transformation for resilient coastal city Gdańsk is the Polish maritime capital with the population reaching half a million. It is a large center of economic life, science, culture and a popular tourist destination.

The UBC TALKS about sustainable urban mobility planning on 24 September is organised together with the SUMPs for BSR project, led by UBC Sustainable Cities Commission and featuring several UBC member cities preparing pilots for active mobility modes.

Join the 10th European Conference on Sustainable Cities & Towns on 1-3 October 2024 in Aalborg! See how Local Green Deals are making the EU Green Deal a reality across Europe: The conference will bring to the forefront ongoing trends, challenges, and opportunities as well as demonstrate the potential of local governments to shape a new sustainable urban reality. How can we become powerful enablers by working together with key partners at multiple levels?

The European Week of Regions and Cities is the biggest annual Brussels-based event dedicated to cohesion policy. This year edition of the #EURegionsWeek (EWRC) will take place on 7-10 October 2024.

EUSBSR Annual Forum is the annual meeting place for the people involved in transnational cooperation and implementing the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region. The event offers a forum for policy dialogue and introduces the macro-regional approach to new groups of actors.

The UBC TALKS webinar on 26 November will focus on the topic of green public procurement. Tune in to learn about different solutions, developed guides, and training opportunities for municipalities validated through the pilots in the Baltic Sea Region cities!